Better late than never- let's get our Whimsy on!

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I am soooooo late today with my post. Lot's of reasons why but let's just say life gets in the way sometimes lolz. BUT I am here now and ready to share my card today again using our sponsor Sweet Pea stamps. Before I go any further I would like to thank our May sponsor's Sweet Pea stamps and to steal Jacquie's great term the awesomated Randi for organizing this for all of us. Our guest inspiration kiddies today are Kim's girls Kaeli and Emilie and their dare was to make our cards sparkle. Oh...sweet girls after my own heart- I am such a glitter girl! I coloured my mermaid with copics and then used different colours of glitter on her mermaid tail. I hope my card has enough bling girls- if it doesn't it's because the rest of the glitter is all over me, my dog and my 2 cats from the clouds of glitter from my craft studio. Yep you read that right....my studio...formerly known as my craft room. A couple of fun ladies I was colouring with last night decided we are 'artiste's' (said with a hoity toity tone) and one lady correctly pointed out that as an artiste my work space can't be called just my craft room but rather my craft studio. I agree and I appreciate you bringing this to my attention.

Okay...now lean in closer....I want to let you in on a little secret- we may have a big announcement to share with you next Wed and let me just say I am soooo jealous about what part of this announcement means for you. I am soo terrible at keeping good secrets. My hubby and I have to buy each other's gifts the week before Christmas or we run the risk of caving and exchanging them early lolz.

To help get your mojo running I invite you to hop on over to the challenge blog to get started on this week's challenge details or to see my fellow daredevil's delish creations. I have also included the links below. Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

The Dare Devil Designers:

Cassie Larson... Heather Schlatter... Jacquie Peifer... Jessica Diedrich... Kim Ross...Rebecca Ednie...Randi Whall...Kris...Andrea..Krista

2 sketches to choose from today for your Whimsical Wednesday

Today at the Diedrich Dare blog we are spending our Whimsical Wednesday with 2 more guest designers. Heather's 2 cutie patooties Willow and Piper (love those names!) have given us 2 different sketches to work from. Click here to go to the challenge blog and check them out. I had wanted to make a card from each of the challenges but time ran short on me so I combined elements from both. I used Willow's sketch and used one of my Sweet Pea images that had butterflies in it for Piper. You girl's did an AMAZING job with the sketches and I have filed them to keep using! I am really getting more comfortable colouring my Sweet Pea images well enough to do them justice. I think next week I am going to branch out and try the gorgeous hair like Randi does. 

To help get your mojo running I invite you to hop on over to the challenge blog to get started on this week's challenge details or to see my fellow daredevil's delish creations. I have also included the links below. Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

The Dare Devil Designers:

Cassie Larson... Heather Schlatter... Jacquie Peifer... Jessica Diedrich... Kim Ross...Rebecca Ednie...Randi Whall...Kris...Andrea..Krista

Another sketchy treat from the Whimsical Wednesday blog..

Thank you so very much to everyone sweet words to my daughter last week for her great sketch! She was glowing from all the praise and she has been on a card making frenzy at times now lol! This week I am so excited to work with a sketch from Jacquie's daughter Kyah. Seriously...isn't it fantastic! I loved working with  your sketch Kyah and hope I did you proud. I would use one of your sketch's anytime sweetie! Oh and quite honestly I am SURE I will be using this one again =).

I used this month's sponsor's stamps again this week for the challenge as I finally received my happy mail from Sweet Pea stamps (I swear you would think I lived in Iceland with how long it take mail from the US to reach me yet I can drive across the border in just under an hour). I got 3!! Sweat Pea stamps to add to my collection. WOW, thanks so very much!! This is my first share with one of the images I received. I am loving colouring these fantasy images I just wish I could get their hair as incredible as they are in the pictures...or as well as fellow daredevil Randi- seriously have you seen her amazing work with these stamps! I may need to find out where Randi lives and go for a visit hee hee. Just to colour..you don't need to feed me Randi.

I invite you to hop on over to the challenge blog to get started on this week's challenge details or to see my fellow daredevil's delish creations and I have also included the links below. Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

The Dare Devil Designers:

Cassie Larson... Heather Schlatter... Jacquie Peifer... Jessica Diedrich... Kim Ross...Rebecca Ednie...Randi Whall...Kris...Andrea..Krista

Whimsical Wednesday presents Mix it Up May!

Today is a very special day for us Diedrich Daredevils as we are adding to the sketch talent roster this month by getting a few more of the Daredevil's lil'daredevils to challenge us this month. Today's lil'daredevil comes from my household and is my youngest DD! Kaitlyn is our first guest in our Mix it Up May challenge and she made this sketch for you to try. She wants you to know the following details- the ribbon doesn't have to be polka dotted and can be anywhere on your card and your stamp doesn't have to be a 'people' stamp. She cracks me up lol. She also made a card with her sketch and she did it all on her own with no help from Mom. I think she did amazing!

I'm also thrilled to announce that SWEET PEA STAMPS is the May sponsor for the Diedrich Dare blog!!! All month long, the DT will be featuring creations with Sweet Pea Stamps fantasy image collection! That's a whole lot of Sweet Pea eye candy!! So be sure to check out the Daredevils' blogs this month.

Sweet Pea Stamps range anywhere from whimsical to artistic. They are made of hiqh quality, unmounted red rubber. They have an amazing collection of images from three talented fantasy artists: Ching-Chou Kuik, Elaine Cox, and Lisa Victoria. If you would like to see more samples, please check out the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.

THIS WEEK'S PRIZE:

$20 Gift Certificate to Sweet Pea Stamps!!!

I invite you to hop on over to the challenge blog to get started on this week's challenge details or to see my fellow daredevil's delish creations and I have also included the links below. Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by!

The Dare Devil Designers:

Cassie Larson... Heather Schlatter... Jacquie Peifer... Jessica Diedrich... Kim Ross...Rebecca Ednie...Randi Whall...Kris...Andrea..Krista