Apr 30, 2018

A Summer Stay In Touch card


Happy Monday Dies R Us fans!  Kathleen here with a clean and simple card to "stay in touch" or even a birthday card by changing the sentiment.  What says summer more that blue gingham and red Geraniums!

To make this card I first die cut all the pieces for the Geranium 6 times by using 2 layers of red cardstock for the petal pcs. and flower base. Use two layers of green cardstock for the leaves.  Run these two layer sandwiches  through your cutting machine only 3 times for the petals and leaves and once for the base pc.   
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Dies - Susan's Garden - Geranium

You'll end up with a bunch of parts like this.  I added a little red ink to the leaf edges.  Now use flower shaping tools to create shape and dimension to these flower and leaf parts:


Next, cut one of "Basket" die from light brown cardstock and lightly go over it with ink or as I did with raw umber Panpastel.
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Dies - Gathering Basket


Next and using the second largest die from the nested die set below, cut one oval from white cardstock:
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Stitched Ovals


Using the largest die from the set below and the same red cardstock you choose for the "Geranium" petals, cut one red scalloped oval:
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Dies - Dotted Scallop Ovals


Adhere the white oval to the red oval.  Now adhere the "gathering basket" to the ovals.  I used my thumbs to sort of give shape to the basket and using glue started with the bottom edge then pushing the sides into the center just a tad to make the "basket" have dimension and left the top edges free to insert the "Geraniums".

Assemble two of the geraniums and tuck into the basket.  The third assembled Geranium I glued to the center front of the basket.  I created the sentiment "Just For You" on my computer and cut it out with the smallest die from this set:
Elizabeth Craft Designs - Stitches Circles

The finished card measures 6 x 6.5".  Make a white card base by scoring a 12 x 12" pc. of white cardstock at 6".  Fold at the score line and trim to 6 x 6.5".  Cut a rectangle mat out of blue gingham cardstock that measures 5 x 5.75" and adhere, centered, to the base card.  Adhere the basket full of Geraniums on ovals centered over the blue gingham and your done!

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Apr 29, 2018

Tim The Tool Man

Good Morning, Donna Phelan back again. 

Today I am sharing a masculine birthday card I have made for my brother in law, Tim.  He's a handy kind of guy, just like his brother!  ;)






I started by adding some great texture to my card base panel, using a Darice Chevrons Embossing Folder.  Have you checked out the variety of Embossing Folders we now carry in the Dies R Us Store?  Go ahead, I'll wait! 

I then cut a piece of white card stock using the Tutti Designs Cross Stitch Nesting-Rectangles, this made for a great focal panel to place my Tutti Designs Dies Tools.  I only used 5 of them, but this set comes with 6...that's SIX Tools, 2 different sized Nails and a Bolt die....that is an amazing set for such a low, low price!!!





I cut my Tools 3 times each.  Once from chipboard, colored  and glitter card stock and foiled paper.  Then I just assembled them all together.  Added a few 'screw' brads and stamped my Happy Birthday sentiment in Pacific Blue ink.  






I also backed my focal panel with Fun Foam to give it some dimension and a nice sturdy feel.



Here's What I used:


Tutti Designs - Cross Stitch Nesting Rectangles





Tutti Designs - Dies - Tools



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Apr 28, 2018

Happy Father's Day card by Bev

 

Hi ..Bev back again with a DT project for Dies R Us showcases a Father's Day card made using some die cuts and super fun layers for depth and dimension along with Scraperfect Best Glue Ever and Vintage Photo inking onall the edges.. 

Supply List:
Glue: ScraPerfect Best Ever Glue
Ink: Tim Holtz Vintage Photo
Machine/ tools: Big Shot Express, Misti
Other: Cardstock,

This is a super fun and easy card. I grabbed nautical paper, die cut the sentiment and accent and pulled buttons from my stash. 


Be sure to ink all the edges for contrast and depth. I matted with cardstock and glued to the card base.


In the close up you get a better view of the die cuts.





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Apr 27, 2018

April Showers Bring May Flowers


 April showers?  We've had more snow in April than showers, but the May flowers are workin' hard to grow!  Thanks to these fun Lawn Fawn goodies, there's lots of Spring blooms in my craft room!


 For the card in this ensemble, I layered to the base a light blue cardstock for the 'sky' and Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Spring pattern paper at the bottom.  The flowers/pots were created using Lawn Fawn Little Flowers dies to cut the cardstock and Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Spring pattern paper (such pretty designs!).  The 'just the note' die is part of the Small Stitched Envelope dies.


 To complete this gift ensemble, I created a pretty, little gift card holder to tuck either a note, gift card or small treat.


 Using Lawn Fawn Small Stitched Envelope dies, I cut the envelop from Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid Spring pattern paper.  The die makes perfect score lines which makes assembling the envelope a snap!  For the front, I added a one of the Lawn Fawn Little Flowers I had put together.


 Speaking of 'snaps', I added a velcro snap to enable the envelope to be opened and closed.  Using the label and word die included in this collection, I created a small note card.


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Apr 26, 2018

Have A Magical Day with Fairy Friends

Happy Thursday everyone! It's Rosemary here sharing this card created with Lawn Fawn Dies, Stamps and Paper. I really enjoy creating scene cards, and the awesome selection at DIES R US gives me so many options!! I love that they carry Lawn Fawn Stamps and paper along with a bunch of their dies. It makes creating a cohesive scene easy and fun!
 
 
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The links to all of the products used for this card from the Dies R Us Store are shown below. Here is a step-by-step of how I created this card. I used Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside Backdrop Portrait Die, Lawn Fawn Fairy Friends, and Lawn Fawn Simple Puffy Cloud Frames Dies.

First, I cut out the large hillside backdrop die from green cardstock twice. On the 2nd one, you don't need the full shape....just the bottom part. 

On the 2nd piece, you are going to snip off the bottom part. I always like to raise that part on foam squares to give the card more dimension.

Here you can see what you need....the full die-cut and then just the bottom portion of the hillside.

Next I cut out the clouds, and added blue cardstock for the sky. The clouds have not been glued on yet. I'm going to add foam squares to the large cloud later. If you are going to stamp a sentiment like I did on the green panel, then you want to do that now before you add foam squares to the back.

Next, I stamped the house twice on watercolor paper, and once on the patterned paper. This pad is no longer in the store, but I linked the Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid-Spring 6x6 Paper Pad below because the patterns are similar.

I cut around the patterned paper house. Next I took a craft knife and cut out the little window areas. I used Mustard Yellow Distress Marker to color yellow on the window on one of the blank images. Then I glued the patterned paper house on top of the house with the yellow window. Next, I used Distress Markers to color the door, step, and rooftop of the 2nd house. The green was Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, and Crushed Olive. The pink was Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar. The door was Walnut Stain, Vintage Photo and Antique Linen. The step was Black Soot.

After the watercolor dried, I cut out the rooftop and door. I also colored the areas I'm paper-piecing black so if I didn't cut the roof and door precisely, the pattered paper underneath won't show.

I decided to do a simple paper tole effect on the house so I added foam squares (you can cut the squares so they fit better) to the roof and door.

You can see the raised effect here. Later, I ended up taking the foam off the back of the door and just gluing the door directly to the house. It worked better with the design.

Here you can see some of the dimension. The large cloud, the fairies, the house and the bottom green panel with the sentiment are all raised on foam squares. I did the same paper tole technique on the flowers next to the house.

 
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Here are the Dies R Us products used:




(the one I used isn't in the store, but the SPRING paper pad 
is very close to the same colors)

(to color the fairy house and flowers)




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