Diane DiTullio

and the winner is...

Thanks again for the great response to Ellie's jewelry giveaway! I hope you got a chance to check out her fabulous Shining Stones Etsy shop! 

Congratulations to Jenine the winner of the beautiful Fly Away Home necklace! Ellie will be shipping that prize out to you shortly! 

 

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Giveaway open until Tuesday!

Because of the great response and the holiday weekend, I've decided to extend the jewelry giveaway until Tuesday! We've got a fun-filled long weekend planned including soccer games, the pumpkin patch, a corn maze and plenty of fall clean up! So, you have a few days more to enter! See the post below for details!

I had to share a proud crafting mom moment. The kindergarten class had to create a scrapbook page about themselves for school this week. Colin helped pick out all of the photos, drew his own picture, and signed his name for his page. (I had to cheat a little and help with the organization!) LOVE it! :)

 

 

                                                                             Have a great Saturday! :)

Happy World Card Making Day and an Incredible Giveaway!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today and participating in World Card Making Day! I hope you have a lot of time to yourself today to enjoy card making! With the holidays just around the corner, card making is definitely one of my favorite hobbies and I'm ready to kick into overdrive to get my Christmas cards done. I'll get my chance to get started, but after soccer games are over this morning. I'll be posting more cards throughout the day so be sure to check back! 

In the meantime, I wanted to share a card that I created with the gorgeous Fancy Pants Designs Happy Together Collection. I've used several pieces from the collection including the Happy Together Tags and Titles, Rub-on's, Printed Transparency, and several patterned papers. 

 

 

Now for the really fun part! I figured what is a celebration without a giveaway! I'm teaming up with a super talented blogger and friend, Ellie, who has a passion for jewelry making and an incredible Etsy shop!  Her gorgeous handmade creations can be found at Shining Stones on Etsy.   Her jewelry is unique, beautiful and affordable. Ellie is also the incredible author of One Crafty Mother, a blog filled with her story of soul bearing-revelations, wisdom, and good humor. Be sure to check both of these sites out! 

You have until Friday (October 8th at 5pm EST) to enter this giveaway where I will then determine a winner on random.org!

There are a few ways to put yourself in the drawing for this necklace:

1) Leave a comment on this blog post with your email. (So I can contact you if you win)

2) Follow my Facebook Fan Page, (top right hand corner) then comment on this post that you’re a follower.

3) Follow One Crafty Mother, then comment on this post that you’re a follower.

4) If you go to Shining Stones and pick your favorite items, one comment per item gives you as many entries as you want. 

 On top of the giveaway, all  jewelry in Ellie's shop is 15% off for you for the duration of this giveaway!

To take advantage of the 15% discount offered, go to Ellie’s shop at www.shiningstones.etsy.com and select your item(s).   At checkout, please select “other” for method of payment, and in the “message to seller” section put the following promotional code:   GIVEAWAY15D    You will get a message saying “please contact the seller to arrange payment”, but Ellie will contact you to arrage direct billing, at the discounted price, over Paypal, check or money order.

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I also have several "Fall Favorites Card Class Kits ready for purchase. All kits are pre-cut, pre-stamped and include full color photos and instructions. Kits are $25 plus $5 shipping within the US and payment is accepted via paypal to dianedi@comcast.net. 

Enjoy the day and I'll be checking back in later this afternoon!

To get back to the Paper Crafts Blog Hop: http://www.worldcardmakingday.com

World Card Making Day 2010.

Did you know that World Card Making Day is being celebrated this Saturday, Oct 2nd?

                                

What is the day all about? 

World Card Making Day is a holiday especially for card makers around the world to:

• Celebrate the creativity of handmade cards and the personal connection that they create between friends and family
• Kick off (and get a head start on) the holiday card-making season

If you aren't headed to your local craft store or a crop, why not celebrate online with Paper Crafts Magazine! 

• You can find out more information about celebrating at Paper Crafts: World Card Making Day website.
• You can share your work in the World Card Making Day Gallery.
• You can also participate in a World Card Making Day Contest.
• Countdown with contests and inspiration at the Paper Crafts Connection blog
• You can participate in the Blog Tour!  (link to follow)

I know that I'm working on cards today and tomorrow that I'll be posting for the Blog Tour on Saturday! Hope to see you then!

Fancy Pants Designs Projects.

Today is my article day at A Cherry on Top! For my monthly Creative Team Reveal, I've used Fancy Pants Designs new Happy Together collection! An absolutely stunning collection using a gorgeous blue and brown color scheme. You could make this line work for any project that you have to create!  For a complete look at the article and a full view of the products that I've used, click here to view the article. 

This first layout is absolutely one of my favorites that I've created in the last few months. Mainly, this photograph is one of my favorites of my son. A few ago, we took a day trip to Plymouth to enjoy the gorgeous weather and to soak in the last days of summer. We ate lunch at the WeatherDeck looking over at the water, played at the sand bottom playground, and spent an hour walking on the beach looking for shells and crabs. I took this photo of  Colin while he was so enthralled looking for the crab that got away. 

On the layout, I've used the Happy Together Journaling Book, Glitter Die-cuts, Tags and Titles, Rub-on's, and hand cut embellishments from various patterned papers. I added machine stitching, KaiserCraft pearls in Chocolate, and the title is from Little Yellow Bicycle clear stickers. 

 

 

This layout also uses all Happy Together goodies! For this layout, I really wanted to use the Printed Transparency and the gorgeous Glitter Cuts. Instead of using the entire transparency, I cut out a few pieces and used it to layer around the base of my photo. The glitter cut is the entire flower embellishment used in the upper right hand corner of the layout. The die-cut background that I created was cut from the Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge. I've also used Elements Stickers, Tags and Titles, and one of the 5"x8" journaling book pages. 

 

 

In August, we had a family birthday party for three of us who all have birthdays within 4 days of each other. I was fortunate to capture a terrific photo of my daughter, Lauren, with my in-laws! I NEVER get good photos of them so this was such a victory for me!

For this layout, I've used Happy Together Tags and titles, the flocked transparency, Element Stickers, and 2 of the Journaling book pages. 

 

I'll be posting a few of the cards I created with this line tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

 

Fall Favorites Card Class Photos

Happy Monday! I just wanted to post a few photos of Wednesday's FAll Favorites Card Class. Here are 4 of the 5 cards we will be creating! I've cut a few extra kits so if you are in the local area you can still sign up. CLICK HERE.   If you are interested in purchasing a kit via paypal and having it mailed, please email me at dianedi@comcast.net. Class kit is $25.00. 

 

Turning 6.

My baby turned 6 years old yesterday. Truly unbelievable.  He has been talking about his birthday for over a month and his day was finally here. If you were the bus driver, next door neighbor, teacher, or anyone else, he would have told you himself! Love that kid! Even though it has been a long time since I turned six, I still get that giddy over my birthday. I just don't tell everyone. lol. So, I got to sit back yesterday and smile thinking about how incredible it was watching his excitement. It makes everyday stresses seem so small. It is one of the little things in life that I will always treasure.

One of the things that I love about my kids school is that the kids create cards for each other on their birthdays. Colin hopped off the bus and immediately dumped out his bag of cards to start reading them. So fun!

Right now, Colin is crazy about Batman and Spiderman. I did a combination of decorations for him. Batman cake and Spiderman decorations.

Maybe next year, I'll have better luck getter a natural smile instead of the cheesy fake grin! :)

 

 

 

 

Hanover Park and Recreation - New Card Classes

Well, after abandoning my blog and taking a hiatus from teaching craft classes, I'm thrilled to be jumping back into it! Everyone needs a bit of a break now and then.  I needed a bit of time to refresh and get back to a creative place. I've been creating like a crazy woman and I'm so excited to start teaching again!

With the start of the new school year, Lauren is in second grade and Colin has officially started kindergarten. We are already adjusting to the school and activity schedule. Technically, I'm supposed to have have more time to myself during the day to get everything done, but you how that goes! 

I've already scheduled 11 classes from now until the end of year. I'm thrilled to be partnering with the Hanover Park and Recreation to host monthly card and scrapbooking classes. I'll be posting photos as soon as they are ready to go! I'll also be teaching 3 classes at Ink About It in Westford, MA in November and December.

If you are in the local area and are interested in taking any of these classes, you can sign up online through the Hanover Park and Recreation department. Click on the links of the class titles and it will take you directly to the page for registration. If you are unable to make a class or if you are not in the local area, please email me at dianedi@comcast.net as class kits will be available. Payment can be made via paypal. Class kits include full color photos and instructions.

Here is a look at the upcoming schedule at the Hanover Park and Recreation:

Monthly Card Class Series - Do you love the idea of creating and giving homemade cards? Join Diane for monthly card classes in which each class you will be creating 5 beautifully detailed cards using many techniques that you can use throughout your crafting. You’ll get to play with many different products such as stamps, inks, paints, glitter, mists, masks, ribbon, flowers, and more. 

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"Fall Favorites Card Class"

 In this class, we’ll be creating 5 cards for several different occasions including Fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving. Who can resist the rich burgundy, brown and orange colors of fall? Or the spooky ghosts for halloween? You’ll be able to create the sentiment on several of the cards to suit your needs (thank you, birthday, thinking of you). Add some glitter and stamping and we’ll create some beautiful cards. Envelopes included.  Please bring to class Basic Tool Kit. 

Date: Sept 29th 7:00-9:00pm

Cost: $25.00

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"Make a Wish Birthday Card Class"

In this class, we'll be creating 5 fabulous cards for birthdays! Using the new Fancy Pants “It’s Your Day” collection, we’ll create some fabulously fun cards using balloons, cakes, and candles. We’ll use polka dots, stripes and colors in fabulous shades of blue, orange, red, yellow and green with journaling cards, elements stickers, glitter, jewels and ribbon. Please bring to class Basic Tool Kit. 

Date: Oct 27th 7:00-9:00pm

Cost: $25.00

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"Holiday Card Class Part 1"

Have you always wanted to send homemade Christmas cards, but never had the time? This year, come and create 5 beautifully detailed holiday cards to give to family, friends, neighbors, and teachers!  Be prepared to sparkle and create with glitter, sequins, jewels, stamps, velvet, felt poinsettias, reindeer, holly, and more. Please bring basic class kit. 

Date: Nov. 18th 7:00-9:00pm

Cost: $25.00

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"Holiday Card Class Part 2"

In this class, we’ll be creating five beautifully detailed holiday cards. These cards will be different than the cards created in Part 2! For those students attending both Part 1 and Part 2, you will receive a free “Merry Christmas” stamp at the time of the 2nd class. Please bring basic class kit.

Date: Dec 8th 7:00-9:00pm

Cost: $25.00

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Ink About It Classes this Saturday!

If you are in the local MA area and are interested in taking some classes, I'll be teaching this Saturday, May 9th at Ink About It in Westford, MA! Please call 978-392-0321 to register. If you are unable to attend either of the classes, I can also mail class kits. Please email me at dianedi@comcast.net if you are interested.

Ink About it is also celebrating their 5th anniversary this week with fabulous new product and sales. Be sure to check it out!

I'll be teaching 2 classes - a Prima card class and a layout class featuring (3) 12x12 pages filled with tons of product! Samples are in the store. 

Prima Card Class - Sat May 9th from 10am - 12pm  

Join me in creating 5 cards with various themes to include Happy Birthday, Graduation (your choice of boy or girl theme), Wedding, Father's Day and Thank You. (The father's day sentiment can be changed to Happy Birthday.) We'll be using gorgeous new Prima products including new die-cut and signs of spring papers, collage stamps, die-cut felt, flirty little secret journaling cards, flocked transparencies,  lace, pearls and of course flowers! For good measure, we'll also be playing with glimmer mist and glitter. In this class, you will also be receiving one of Prima's new collage stamps to take home with you! Please bring adhesive, scissors, and light/dark brown inks to class. Class is $28.00

        

Prima Layout Class  - Sat May 9th from 1-4pm

Join me in creating (3) 12x12 layouts using various new products from Prima including stunning stitched mulberry paper and various die-cut papers, die-cut felt, collage stamps, jewels, lace, and flowers! Layouts will feature spring colors such as pink, blue, green, yellow and orange. You can customize the titles of your pages using the Prima whisper felt alphabet letters included in your kit.  You will also learn how to transform ordinary white flowers into pieces of art with glimmer mist, paint, stamps, pearls and jewels. Please bring adhesive, scissors, and light/dark brown inks to class. Class is $33.00.

Samples in store...

Easter Scrapbook Sales and Photobooth

A few great sales to share that I've received so far for Easter weekend!

1. A Cherry on Top - One of the best sales that they've ever had!

_{Don't you love a great deal? So we've created ONE Promo Code to do it all! When you place an order of at least $100 (sub-total) and use the WOW Promo code, you will} ...

• Save 20% off your entire regular price purchase
• Enjoy 99¢ Shipping*
• Receive a free gift: Fancy Pants Rub-Ons ($4.99 value)

The fine print: 
*Subtotal amount does not include shipping, digital downloadable products, Gift Certificates, or prior orders. The 99¢ shipping is for US addresses only and excludes Purple Cows, iCube products. International addresses will receive $8 shipping discount. This Promo Code excludes expedited shipping options such as UPS 2nd Day and UPS Overnight, World Wide Expedited/Express. The free rub-on gift may vary from image. Valid on purchases placed April 9-12, 2009.

2. A Million Memories - 20% off sale using code 401 at checkout. Sale ends on 4/12/2009

3. Unity Stamp Company - save 15% off on your order of $15 or more using code: Earthday.

4. Scrap Lovers - 15% off the regular price.

5. Scrapgal - 20% off patterned paper from 4/9 - 4/18/2009 using code April09

I thought I would share some fun photos that we took the other day using the computer! If you have an imac, I used Photobooth as they were looking into the webcam on the computer. The kids could have done this for hours. LOL. Isn't technology amazing? 

 

There goes Lauren again with the peace signs! LOL.

Using the look of mirror's in a fun house, this was definitely Colin's favorite! Me...not so much! LOL.

No school for both of my kiddos today. So, we are off to a playdate! Enjoy the day!