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Sep 29, 2021

Halloween Houses

Hi all! I am so excited to share my little Halloween Houses with you! Halloween is my favorite holiday; I love all the spookiness, the decor and costumes and since the weather is cooler, yet not that cold yet, it just can't get much better! I think we should have Halloween at least once a month so everyone could dream up great costumes and buy candy without feeling guilty :) These Halloween Houses are so easy to make and you can find all the dies you need at Dies R Us - truly one stop shopping with great prices!

What I Used to Make my Houses:
I used the following on both houses;
Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat Box, #LF1232
Lawn Fawn Scalloped Treat Box Halloween Add On Dies, #LF1487
Card in Black, Yellow, White, Orange, Brown and Grey

I am calling this house House #1. In addition to the above products I used the following:
Lawn Fawn Spooky Village Stamp Set, #LF2014 {sentiment}
Die-Namics Stitched Fishtail Sentiment Strips, #MFT-1123

I cut the actual house out of heavy black card, as well as the the doorknob and one bat. The roof, door and windows were cut out of grey card; yellow card was used to add a warm glow to the windows. I added some spooky brown trees to each side of the house, the back has a window and a cute ghost. Lastly, I added the sentiment. These houses are so cute in person, they are small, the perfect size for gift card and you can make them to match almost any occasion, including just because! You can make a beach house, a winter house, a spring themed house and even a dog house! I am sure Lawn Fawn will continue making add on options for the treat box as it's a great seller and so adorable, even with no add on!

On to House #2. I used the products listed about as well as some orange card and the following:
Lawn Fawn Pick of the Patch Stamp Set, #LF1754
Lawn Fawn Pick of the Patch Die Set, #LF1755
Lawn Fawn Costume Party Stamp Set, #LF1458 {sentiment}
Embossing Ink
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder
Acetate

I constructed the little house using grey card, used a darker grey for the roof and black for the door and windows. I backed the windows and door with yellow card and used some brown trees on each of the sides. I also made a pumpkin and added it to one side along with a tree. The back of the house has a black cat and a window. This one is my favorite of the two houses because I also added 2 black bats "flying" above the house with the help of some acetate strips. I love them! I embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder on black card and trimmed it to fit the spot on the roof.

These are perfect for a small, snack sized candy bar or a few truffles {dark chocolate, of course!} and if I don't give them away, I know they will come out to decorate for Halloween year after year. They are easy enough to make using an assembly line, enlist some help from the kids or friend, and you can make a whole class worth in no time! And who knows, I may construct an entire village of spooky little treat boxes! I hope I have inspired you to dig out some dies and enter the Dies R Us monthly giveaway; just be sure you use products that Dies R Us carries and you could win! Thanks so much for stopping by and I'd love to know which house you like the best, just drop a note in the comments :) Thank you all for all your support during my Design Team time here at Dies R Us! This is my last post and I had a lovely time. Stay safe and see you soon! Oh and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Christi

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Sep 15, 2021

Sue WIlson Shaker Card

Hi Dies R Us friends!! Today I am sharing an easy shaker card featuring a Sue Wilson Die. I hope you like it!

What I Used to Make this Card:
White Card Base
KaiserCraft Paper Pad, Rose Avenue, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" {retired but available}
Sue Wilson Expressions Die, Hello, #CED5401 {out of stock, but this will work as well}
White Card
Foam Tape, doubled
Filler from Stash

This was an easy shaker card to make since the die I chose was rectangular; the hardest part

was cutting the foam tape! I have a huge roll of foam tape I bought years ago at a convention and I consistently forget I have it; well, this time I remembered! Since the shaker fill has some little gems in it I doubled the foam tape, sticky side to sticky side, then cut it in about half to fit around the die thus allowing enough height for the fill to shake and not get stuck. I chose sequins, gems and sparkly bits that didn't clash with the paper I covered the card base with. Once I made the shaker part of the card using the die cut, acetate, foam tape and the fill, I attached it to the base that I had covered with a pink paper with a geometric design lightly embossed on it, very pretty I think and the photos don't do it justice.

I certainly hope you enjoyed my card and that will encourage you to pull out some of your dies and make a card to join in on the monthly challenge; just be sure the die you use is from one of the companies Dies R Us carries {shouldn't be difficult, they carry everything!} and join in the fun! Take care and stay safe! Until next time, Christi

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Sep 1, 2021

Fall is on the Way!

It's difficult to think in anther few weeks fall will be upon us as when I am writing this we are expecting another few days up in the high 90's! I can tell the difference in the evening and it has cooled down significantly so sleeping is not a problem, thank goodness! I wanted to give this card a fall feel and I think I achieved my goal! You can find this beautiful die, as well as so many more, at Dies R Us and I hope this inspires you to join in our challenge.

What I Used to Make my Card:
Vanilla Card Blank
Poppystamps Adriana Oval Frame Die, #2327
Sue Wilson Mini Sentiments, Just For You Die, #CEDME028
Watercolor Paper {I use this}
Zig Clean Color Brush Markers
Wink of Stella, Gold
Nuvo Dream Drops, Indigo Eclipse, #1796N
Dark Brown Card

No stamping on this card so I put my coloring skills to work trying to make the leaves around the oval look like fall leaves as much as possible. I took some pictures of my process so you can see that I actually colored over some of the leaves quite a few times

Once the leaves were finally to my liking, I colored the inner oval with the gold marker and used the Nuvo drops on the berries. These are not your regular drops, they actually have an

iridescent shine to them that is beautiful, so beautiful I bought all three colors! Once the gold and the berries were dry, I attached the oval to a cream colored card base {white just looked too stark} and adhered the sentiment die which was cut from dark brown card in the center. I am very pleased with how this card came out; I hope you like it as well!

Don't forget that you have until the end of the month to join in the Dies R Us challenge, all the important links can be found below. All you need to enter is to use a die from a company they carry and you could win! Please do pop by to see the design teams wonderful inspiration; there is a new post every day. Thanks so much for stopping by and see you soon! Christi

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Aug 25, 2021

Your Own Magic

I apologize for my late posting, I have no good excuse except time has gotten away from me.

While I have long admired all of the fairy cards other artists have made I didn't jump on that bandwagon until recently. I love colorful backgrounds, pre-made and hand made, and these fairies just pop! Dies R Us now carries most of the Fairy Hugs brand of stamps, glitter and background paper and I just think everyone needs some fairies to play with! I used nothing but Fairy Hugs stamps on this card, I hope you enjoy it!

What I Used to Make my Card:
5" x 7" white card base
Watercolor Paper {I use this}
Gina K Amalgam Ink Pad in Obsidian Ink
Fairy Hugs Tree Condo, #FHS-107
Fairy Hugs Condo Dwellers, #FHS-060
Fairy Hugs Condo Dwellers 2, #FHS-108
Fairy Hugs About You, #FHS-129
Tutti Dies Nesting Stitched Rectangles, #TUTTI-217
Oxide Inks Background - Mermaid Lagoon, Kitsch Flamingo, Squeezed Lemon & Salvaged Patina
Gansi Tambi Starry Colors, Light Gold {available all over}
Nuvo Embossing Powder - Fine Detail Black
Simon Says Stamp Embossing Ink
Trinity Stamps Fairy Rocks

I had made the Oxide ink background especially to use these stamps on so I used light ink colors and lots of spritzing. I colored and spritzed this background probably 4 times so I could get just the right look; I wanted the background to look whimsical and colorful but not over power the stamps. Once I was done, I splattered light gold watercolor paint onto the background. You can see the background before I stamped on it in this picture.

Once the background was dry I proceeded to stamp my images directly onto it. That is when I learned I should have waited to splatter the gold ink as my stamping ink refused to cover the metallic paint. The worst part was where I was placing the tree trunk but since I know I was going to be covering it with a sentiment, I wasn't too concerned. I'm not sure if an ink such as Staz On would have covered the gold; I didn't want to take the chance of not being able to line up the card in the exact place to try another ink. I stamped my tree with black ink and then embossing ink and

The Products I used

embossed the tree, leaving the fairies stamped only. I stamped the sentiment on a piece of white scrap card and cut it down with a stitched rectangle die adhering to the panel in the middle of the tree. I then trimmed down the watercolor panel and adhered it to the 5" x 7" card base. For a finishing touch I embellished the card with some fanciful clear gems.

I hope you enjoyed my card! Remember, these products as well as MUCH more are available at the Dies R Us store! Please make sure to check out all our pages; links below. Thanks SO much!! Christi

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Aug 4, 2021

Colorful Love Card

I have SO many patterned paper pads; I buy them with good intention, but then they end up sitting in my stash, forgotten. It was actually the background paper that inspired me to get a bit tropical for this card, I hope you like it!

What I Used to Make my Card:
White Card Base
Sue Wilson Caribbean Island Collection, St. Kitts, #CED5204
Impression Obsession Love Die, #DIE385B
KaiserCraft Fly Free 6.5" x 6.5" Paper Pad #PP975
Teal Blue Card

One of the best things about Sue Wilson dies is that you get so many options in one package! Using the St. Kitts die I started this card by cutting out the background in the patterned paper, then the outline in the teal blue, I continued with the patterned paper and then layered the teal blue onto that. There is also

a pink paper in the paper pad that has epoxy detail and it since it's from the same pack, it matched the patterned paper so that is what I cut the sentiment out of.

You may not know that the Dies R Us challenge is always Anything Goes with a die that they carry - and they carry LOTS of dies so it should be easy to enter! All of the links are below so you can easily find the store and then the challenge! Thanks so much for stopping by! Christi

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Jul 28, 2021

A Doodle Rose Wreath Background with Dies R Us!

Hi Dies R Us friends! Did you know you can make a cool background using almost any die? I decided to give it a try using this cute Doodle Rose Wreath from Sue Wilson. It's been hot here (and probably where you are, too) so I felt like a nice tropical aqua would be a nice, cool color to use. I hope you like my card:

What I used to Make my Card:
White Card Base
White Card
Doodle Rose Wreath Die from Sue Wilson
Simply the Best Die from Sue Wilson
Dimensional Dots
Aqua Card

In progress

The background was fairly simple; I just started cutting on a 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" sheet of white cardstock, once I was done, I trimmed it down to 5 1/4" x 4". Some of the edges "lost" the flowers, so I took some of the cut out swirly pieces and glued them where the flowers would of been. I put the aqua paper on the back, attached the panel onto the card base. The sentiment was cut from the same aqua card and attached to a white back, trimmed down, which was then adhered to the card using dimensional dots. The most important part was letting the back panel dry completely prior to trimming it so the flowers I added it didn't get torn off when I trimmed the card. I think it came out really nice!

You can see the exact products I used in the picture on the right. There are SO many dies you could do this with, the possibilities are endless! You can visit the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog daily to learn all types of new and inventive ways to use your dies; my fellow teammates are very creative! Thanks so much for stopping by and I will see you next time ~ fondly, Christi

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