"Hugs" Valentine's Day Card with Concord & 9th

Hi Everyone, Kristina here today with more Valentines! I love this Hugs die from Concord and 9th because its perfect for friend/family Valentines Day cards, and all occasions cards year round. 

I knew I wanted to make a set of cards so I kept the design fairly simple. 

Here what I did:

• First I cut several white panels to 4x5.25 and ran them through my die cut machine with a simple heart die to create a window
• I repeated this process with pieces of fun foam cut slightly smaller than my panel, and adhered the two together, for dimension
• Using a strong adhesive, I adhered glitter paper to the fun foam, to show through my heart window
• Onto the front of the card, I die cut the Hugs die in a color of card stock that coordinated with my glitter paper, and used Vellum to cut the shadow. I adhere this across the window, hiding my glue behind the card stock 
• Lastly, I glued the whole completed panel down to the same coordinating card stock used for the Hugs die. 

Supplies

Concord and 9th Hugs Dies Shop at: Dies R Us

Elizabeth Craft Nesting Hearts Shop at: Dies R Us

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Be Mine

Hidey-ho my crafty friends!  Kristina H. here with a Valentine's Day home decor project to share with you.

I have been on a roll lately making banners and non-card projects.  On to all the juicy details with lots of photos!

I did have to do a bit of extra planning for this project but it was totally worth it.  I started by using some cheap paper to cut out my banners and letters.  I needed to see if the stamps and dies I had picked out were going to fit alright.

I laid them out on the floor and then added the actual dies and stamps to give me a rough idea.  Next I picked out all of my papers and got to cutting.

Here are the banners put together after I sponged the edges with ink and added the ivory hearts.

On to gluing all of the critter pieces together.

 

I then stamped the koala, flamingo and octupus onto Ivory cardstock with a Copic safe ink.  I forgot to write down the colors I used.  Sorry about that!  After they were colored I cut them out with the coordinating dies.  Then I got down to putting everything together!

Here are close up shots of the letters as they were completed.

Here they are all together.

I used an 1/8" hole punch to cut the holes for the ribbon.  I then threaded a cream color 1/4" sheer ribbon through all of the pieces.  They were staying in place so I didn't have to add any adhesives.  For a few finishing touches I added Nuvo Jewel drops in Strawberry, Rosewater and Key Lime.  These particular ones aren't in the Dies R Us store but there are tons of other colors that would work just as well.  I'll link to them in the supply list below.  I also added a bit of Wink of Stella glitter marker to all of the letters to add a little bit of bling.

And one close up picture before I go.

This beauty is now hanging up in my living room!

Supplies used:

Zig 2-Way Glue Pen - Fine Tip Shop at: Dies R Us	Lawn Fawn Octopi My Heart die Shop at: Dies R Us	Lawn Fawn I Love You stamps Shop at: Dies R Us	Lawn Fawn I Love You dies Shop at: Dies R Us
Lawn Fawn Flamingo Together stamps Shop at: Dies R Us	Lawn Fawn Flamingo Together dies Shop at: Dies R Us	Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Banners Shop at: Dies R Us	Nuvo Drops Shop at: Dies R Us
Karen Burniston Woodland Animals Shop at: Dies R Us	Karen Burniston Cat and Dog Shop at: Dies R Us	Karen Burniston Christmas Animals Shop at: Dies R Us	Karen Burniston Blackboard Alphabet Shop at: Dies R Us

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~Kristina H

Elegant and so easy to make Cards at Dies R Us

Hi .. How are you today. This DT project for Dies R Us showcases some stunning 6x6 square cards designed using some die cuts along with Scraperfect Best Glue Ever with the non clog writing tip. 

Each one is just a bit different showing the versitility of the dies but using prints, plain cardstock, sentiments and images... along with stamped sentiment for inside cards to celebrate birthdays.

This above card uses amazing print paper and is matted. So easy and elegant.

This card is green paneling  but the die is elegant and with a darker green mat pops... and add a super image centre and it's done... rich and elegant.

This card is a cardstock die with a shaded print matting along with a matted circles with a die cut sentiment.

All cards are stamped with this birthday sentiment inside.

Supply List:

Dies:  Jeanine's Art Die - Winter Classic Mirror Frame,  Amy Design Ice Crystal Frame, 

Sue Wilson Designs - Expressions Collection - Ornate Oval Special Day

Glue: ScraPerfect Best Ever Glue, ScraPerfect non clog Writer

Ink: Tim Holtz Black Soot
Machine tools: Sizziz Big Kick, Tim Holtz platform stamper
Other: Paper, Cardstock, Square card base/envelopes, ink

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Easter Bunny is on his way!

 Lena here with you today to share an Easter card. Yes, I know it's still a little early, crafting friends, but I thought I'd get a little ahead this year with my Easter cards :-)

Isn't this Easter Bunny by Die-Versions, just the cutest? You can get it at the Dies R Us store right HERE.  It won't be around for very much longer, so get your shopping done today.

This is what the card looks like when closed and ready for mailing.

And here is a full view of the inside of the card.

Now for a quick pictorial of how I put this super easy card together.

I began by cutting out the background twice using the Art of Living Frame by Jeanine's Art.  Once out of the blue patterned paper and once out of solid pink card stock. Then I cut out the bunny and after getting all my bits and pieces together, I assembled it. Using a small sponge dauber, I sponged all the edges of the bunny with Memento Desert Sand ink.

In order to add a little more interest to my scene, I used a few cuts of the Small Beach Grass
by Impression Obsession, and a few more of the Easter Eggs that come with the Easter Bunny die. Using a FineLine Bottle Applicator, I adhered the frame and the Easter Bunny scene to a 5.5" x 5.5" pink easel card base.

 For the inside, I cut another Art of Living Frame out of the patterned paper, and another little piece of grass and a couple more of the Easter eggs. To mat the sentiment, I used the inner circle of Anja's Circle from Marianne Design, then used a small circle from Memory and cut out 3 white mats.  I adhered them to each other to give it a little dimension and to make a little wedge for the easel part of the card to work :-)
And, voila, my first Easter card for 2019 was done :-)

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Easter Bunny by Die-Versions

Art of Living Frame by Jeanine's Art

Anja's Circle - Marianne Designs

Small Beach Grass by Impression Obsession

Memento Desert Sand

FineLine Bottle Applicator

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Crafty hugs,