NEWS!

Greetings all, sorry I have been quiet of late, but I have been busy designing new cards and organising some new *products*. Now you can buy a packet of 10 mixed cards for only $15.00 - that's a saving of $10.00. Packs available include - mixed occassions, birthday cards for guys, Birthday cards for girls etc... I will also be selling packs of Christmas cards as well - 15 for $30.00. Prices don't include postage, but, if you want to get some cards, be quick as they will sell out fast.

I have my Christmas stash out now and *card making central* is looking very festive! Don't forget, if you have any orders, place them NOW the closer it get's to Christmas the busier it will become for me.

Just sharing some trivia.....

Mickey Mouse has 4 fingers on each hand......

Card Sale!

I had a very nice meeting with a lady Friday, she has recently bought/set up a stall and was looking for new products to sell.... I took along 2 boxes of my cards, which she looked through and bought in bulk! I was very excited to make a large sale, and it's good to know my work will be available for sale in another outlet/way :-) Hopefully the cards will sell as well for her as they do for me and it will lead to her returning for more stock! She also gave me a few ideas and one is making up cards in a similar theme/range and selling as a packet - rather than individually, so I am busy sorting out sets - ie *Girls card* *Ocassion cards such as 21st, wedding, good luck etc* - I'm very excited and am already busy getting creative :-) These card packs will be availabe at a reduced rate also.

Trivia for the day

Did you know: The largest member of the cat family is the lion weighing 240kg!

Trivia Spot

Trivia spot:
Emus and Kangaroos cannot walk backward

Did You Know.....

Did you know **On average, Women dream more than men***

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BLYPE - is the name given to skin that peels off after sunburn.....

The largest pumpkin ever grown recorded a weight of 482kg!

(that's a LOT of pumpkin pie!)

Designs By Diane - Hand Made Cards on Facebook

Follow my Face Book Page :-)

Petrol trivia

Around four billion litres of petroleum is consumed throughout the world each day

Babushka Cards

Did you know - Vintage Port takes 40 years to reach maturity.

I sat down and had a good card afternoon yesterday, producing 8 more samples of Babushka Cards for the web-shop. I made 4 gift tags and 4 full size cards. I will be e-mailing out my samples and see what happens. Anyway I wanted to share some photos of them here.....


The 4 gift tags



2 of the large/normal size cards, both are lined inside, the yellow one I used a star punch and shimmery lemon ribbon, with the doll raised in the center. The black card I just went with a striking black and white them, raising the doll in the middle, but at an angle, opposite to the white.




The last 2, on the green card I added some red and gold ribbon, and highlighted the doll with some gold glitter. The other card features 4 flowers punched out with the inside layer showing through, some distressed black paper and the doll raised on top.

Fingers crossed my designs are liked!

snails and cards

An average snail moves at a rate of 58cm per hour

Started work on 8 more Babushka Card samples for the web-shop - if they like them, they are willing to place an order for 100 gift cards and 100 greeting cards - that will keep me BUSY, but, will be a nice boost for me - getting my name/designs out there.

Look for my fan page coming soon to Face Book as well!

Did you know

26 minutes of slow dancing will burn about 420 kilojules.

Crocodiles.....

A 55kg crocodile exerts a force of approximately 700kg between it's jaws.

I have some sample cards to make for a web-shop and if successful I am looking at a 200 card order! wish me luck :-)

Trivia:

A tiger's paw prints are called pug marks

Did you know

Did you know the starfish has 5 limbs and can re-grow 4 of them as long as it's central body is not harmed.

Did you know....

the first bike was called a hobbyhorse :-)

Babushka Cards

I was recently asked to make a few *Babushka* style cards, which was a challenge for the creative side. Basically it's another name for Russian Stacking Dolls. I was able to download a few images from the web and made my 5 sample cards. They are for sale at www.freewebs.com/minniesmessages. I also made a few gift cards for using on presents, and may consider looking into that further as another avenue/variety of cards and styles to add to my repertoire. As always any feedback and suggestions are appreciated.

have also been comissioned to make 15 *Thank You* cards, so my desk will be working hard come the weekend

Stay safe
~~D~~ xx


Here's a photo of the *Babushka Batch*

3 lines of trivia

It's been a while since I dropped by with some Triva - so here's a few for you xx

Cinophobia is a fear of beds.....

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear

The plastic things on the end of shoe laces are called aglets

:-)

Did you know

A Crocodile can not stick out it's tongue!