Hello Sunshine!

 Hello Friends,

Can you imagine being on the beach with your toes in the sand, feeling the warm sun on your face and a slight salty breeze in the air.  Well, Diane here to share some Summertime beachy card inspiration with you using fabulous Dies R Us stamps and dies.  I have used the Marianne designs "Creatables" flower dies along with leaves from Karen Burniston and outline dies from Lawn Fawn.  The paper I used is a fun beachy theme from Prima Marketing called "Golden Coast" paper pad.

Come see what I have created.

This card is very simple to make.

I used gold card stock in between the layers to accent all the beautiful gold foiling in the Prima Marketing papers.

  Here is a picture of the supplies I used for this card. 

Later in this post I will have links for the supplies.

Card Tutorial

Below I have created for you a photo tutorial, so you may recreate this fun Summertime card.

Have Fun!!!

First, I chose my papers.

Next, I embossed my sentiment.

I used "Versamark" to stamp the Lawn Fawn "Hello Sunshine" stamp onto a scrap of white

cardstock.  Then, I sprinkled "Zing", Gold embossing powder on top of the wet stamped image.

I used my heat tool to set the embossing powder.

This creates a raised golden texture.

Using the Lawn Fawn coordinating die to the sentiment stamp set, I cut out my sentiment.

I wanted to create a small decorative boarder for my circle sentiment, so I selected the

Lawn Fawn, Stitched Scalloped Circle Frame.  I cut this out of Gold cardstock and attached 

it to the back of my sentiment circle.  Set aside.

The next step is creating handmade flowers.  This is so much fun.

I encourage you to give it a try.  I took the flower dies from

Marianne Designs, and using my Sizzix Big Shot Die cutting machine, I 

cut the flower pieces using pink metallic cardstock.  This cardstock is

available at Michael's Arts and Crafts and comes in all colors.  It is so pretty.

Next, I cut out the leaves.  I used gold metallic cardstock for them.

In order to add dimension and shape to these flowers, I suggest making a small

cut between each petal.  This will allow for the paper to come up a little as you

used an embossing flower shaping tool, as seen below.

I use this flower shaping tool which has a small ball at the end to roll around the

circumference of the middle of the flower.  As I roll the tool around, the petals

slowly lift up a little and create dimension.

Once I have all the petals shaped, then I glue them together.

Placing glue only in the center of the flower and then putting the smaller

flower on the larger one.

The next step is to add a center for your flower.

 Here I am using a flatback gem stone.

Because there is a hole in the center of this flower die, you could use a 

stamens for added dimension and a more realistic look.

This card measure 5x7.  My card base was cut from white cardstock measuring

10x7, I scored in the middle at 5" and folded my card in half.  The layers of decorative

card are cut as follows.  The first gold layer measures 4 7/8 x 6 7/8.  The next layer,

Prima paper measures 4 5/8 x 6 5/8.  The next gold layer measures 3 3/4 x 5 3/4.

Then next Prima paper layer measures 3 1/2 x 5 1/2.

Putting it all Together...

Here I am adhering with glue the Prima decorative paper on top of the gold metallic paper.

This will be my base decorative paper.

Do the same with the smaller layers.

Using pop dots or foam dimensional tape and glue to "pop" up the smaller layer

on top of the larger decorative base layer.  This really adds interest to your card.

  

Next, add your flowers, gold rope bow and gold leaves to the front of your card

with hot glue.

Here is another look at the finished card.

Supplies:

Available at Dies R Us

Lawn Fawn Magic Messages

Coordinating die to "magic messages" stamp set.

I used the second to the smallest.

Right now this flower die is not available at Dies R Us, however if you really want

it, you can find it by searching for it on Google.  There are plenty of flower dies currently

available at Dies R us.  You can use any floral die for the embellishments to this card.

Come check them out at Dies R Us.

Thank you for joining me today.  I hope you were inspired by my card.

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  

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Using Your Die Cuts in Mixed Media

 

Summer Greeting!  Chris here and today I am super excited to share this "Freedom Canvas" I created using some of my new dies and supplies from DiesRUs.  So many times I forget to create something besides greeting cards!  But dies are so versatile and can be used in your mixed media projects too!  So let me show you how I created this canvas. 

To recreate this project you will need :

Dies R Us Supplies

Scrap Man Collage Honeycomb Die

Scrapman Trellis Die

Elizabeth Craft Design Small Butterfly Die

Karen Burniston Flowers & Bee Die set

Distress Oxide Inks - Broken China, Faded Jeans

Finnabair - Cling Stamp - Don't Forget To Fly

Nuvo Crystal Drops - Red

Other Supplies 

5x7 inch canvas, card stock, adhesive, water, Archival Ink, Stencil brush to apply ink

So let's get started with our project!

Start your canvas by applying your Distress Oxide ink onto the canvas.  

Keep blending and adding ink until you are satisfied with your canvas. 

Sprinkle water drops onto your canvas and let dry. 

Die cut Scrap Man Collage Honeycomb Die from white card stock. 

Using your Scrapman Trellis Die, cut 2 trellis from black card stock. 

Die Cut your Butterfly using  the Elizabeth Craft Design Small Butterfly Die.  I choose a purple embossed card stock for the butterfly wings.  

Adhere your die cut honeycomb to your canvas. 

Taking your 2 die cut trellises, flip one so that it is facing the opposite direction. Adhere together along the trellis line. 

 Adhere trellises together along the trellis line to create a larger die cut. 

Adhere larger Trellis die cut to your canvas. 

Using your Finnabair - Cling Stamp - Don't Forget To Fly stamp "Freedom Stamp onto Bottom left side of canvas with archival ink. 

Using your Karen Burniston Flowers & Bee Die set, die cut leaf stems from varying colors of green card stock. 

Adhere these leaf stems to your canvas. 

Die cut flowers from the Karen Burniston Flowers & Bee Die set.  Note I again used an embossed card stock for extra texture. 

Adhere the center of your flowers to your canvas. Lift the edges of your flowers to add more dimension to your canvas. 

You can see the extra dimension this gives to your flowers. 

Add Nuvo Crystal Drops - Red to the centers of all your flowers. 

Gently Fold your die cut butterfly along the body and adhere  to your canvas. Just look at how the butterfly pops off the page!

 

Here is a final look at the finished project. I hope you are inspired to get creative with your die cuts. 

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  

 

 For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

 

click below for:

STORE

CHALLENGE BLOG

FACEBOOK

INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

 

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