Season's Greetings

Hello, Alicia posting my final card for the Inspiration Team today.  I jumped ahead a season to create this Karen Burniston winter card.  I have always had so much fun playing with her animals and characters.  The first time I use one of her dies, I will go to Karen Burniston YouTube channel and watch her assembly video.  This is my first time using the Winter Animals set so I watched that video. 

I very much enjoy her tips such as using the die as a stencil.  I used it here to detail the hat on the penguin with a white gel pen.  I used the same plaid paper for Ms. Claus's suit and the penguin's hat and scarf.

I layered some trees cut from a green patterned paper on white glitter stitched hillside border.  I used the same white glitter paper for Ms. Claus's trim and the penguin's pom on his hat. I colored Ms. Claus's cheeks and cut her glasses from silver metallic paper.  I layered all the pieces on patterned paper.  I layered the the snowy hill cut on the patterned paper then die cut the stitched rectangle for a uniform look.

Store products used:

Karen Burniston Gnome & Santa dies

Karen Burniston Winter Animals

Karen Burniston Word Set 3 Holiday

Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillside borders

Spellbinders Nested Pine Tree dies

Tutti Stitched Rectangle dies

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Kind of Fun To Do The Impossible

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Lisa here, with a magical easel card.  I wanted to break out an oldie-but-goodie die from my collection, so I grabbed my Spellbinders Polka Dot Frame Die set and started brainstorming. 

Now I said this is an easel card, so when you bend the top up and rest it on the sentiment tag inside, it looks like this:

This die cuts and embosses, so at first I cut and embossed a frame out of white Neenah 80lb cardstock.

After picking out my die, I knew I wanted something Disney inspired, so I dug through my Echo Park paper collection and pulled out a sheet with cut-apart sentiments.  As you can see though, the white didn't really pop.

So I switched to red cardstock and it made a huge difference.  I glued the white one to back of the red for stability.

Almost looks like chipboard with the dimension.  I love it.  I decided to add even more detail to the frame with paint pens.  The ones I used are by Dylusions but I'm sure that any would work.

I did go over the white a couple of times to make the dots bolder.  This is why I love die cutting so much, there are so many things you can do to cardstock to make it suit your project.

Onto the easel card itself.  If you've never made one before, they're actually really easy.  You just make a top-folding card--mine is 5"x7"--and then cut another piece of cardstock to 5x7, that will be the easel topper.

Here you'll see my top-folding 5x7 card on the left--I scored the front panel in the middle at 3.5".  On the right is that flat 5x7 panel where I'll be adhering my frame.

I took this last photo too to show you how I made the top-folding 5x7 card.  If you were thinking I had cardstock that was at least 14" long, I don't!  I cut two pieces from an 8.5x11 sheet of 110lb cardstock and pieced them together to create my card base.  That seam is in the back, you don't even notice it.

The easel stand of the card was created with another sentiment from the same sheet of patterned paper I showed you earlier.  Just matted on some cardstock and popped up on foam tape.

I hope this card inspires to try making an easel card with any of the fun and amazing dies that Dies R Us carries.  --Lisa

Products Used:

• Spellbinders Polka Dot Frame Die set
• 1/4" Scor Tape
• 1/2" Scor Tape
• Neenah Solar White 80lb and 110lb cardstock
• Echo Park Magical Adventure 2 paper
• 10mm glitter cabochon stones
• Red cardstock scraps
• Mini glue dots

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Adding Color to Die Cuts and Layering Them for Interest

 Happy Friday! Amanda here, with my last post for the Dies R Us team. Today, I am sharing one of my favorite ways to color die cuts....ink blending! I'm also sharing a layered card design that adds interest and texture to your cards.

As usual, I do have a video tutorial prepared for you and below that will be a few more finished card pictures for your enjoyment, as well as the supply list.

Supply List

• Scrapman Dies - Rosebud
  
  
  
  
  
• Scrapman Dies - Barberry
  
  
  
  
  
• Scrapman Dies - Collage Diamonds
  
  
  
  
  
• Spellbinders - Deck the Halls (only used the bow)
  Not in stock, but find other great Spellbinders dies HERE
  OR there is a similar bow die in this Frantic Stamper set HERE
• Spellbinders - Grand Ovals (used smallest one)
  Retired set. Find other great Spellbinders dies HERE
  OR try this nesting oval die set from Elizabeth Crafts HERE
• VersaMark
• VersaFine Clair - Nocturne
• Craft Perfect - December Skies - 6x6 Paper Pad - Used Silver Silk
• The Personal Stamp Exchange - Silver Embossing Powder
• Nuvo - Aqua Shimmer Pen - Glitter Gloss
• Distress Ink
  • Festive Berries
  • Fired Brick
  • Mowed Lawn
  • Peeled Paint
  • Vintage Photo
  • Wilted Violet
• Unity Stamps - Aging Gorgeously
  

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Learn to Look at Your Dies Differently | Stretch Your Dies | Spellbinders

Hey Crafty Friends! Amanda here and today, I have another post on how to stretch your dies / learn to look at them a little differently. Today, we are going to be using the Spellbinders Pointed Harmony Doily Dies (S4-1061) & the Spellbinders Glimmer Poinsettia (GLP-196) a little differently than what they were intended to make the card below.

As usual, I do have a video prepared for you today. 

And here are some more finished project pictures for your enjoyment.

Supply List

• Spellbinders - Pointed Harmony Doily Dies (S4-1061)
  Not in stock, but click here to see other great Spellbinders Dies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Spellbinders - Gilded Nested Rectangle Dies Set (S4-1013) - Used the 2 Largest Dies)
  Not in stock, but click here to see other great Spellbinders Dies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Spellbinders - Gilded Nested Rectangle Glimmer Set (GLP-103)
  Not in stock, but click here to see other great Spellbinders Dies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Spellbinders - Glimmer Poinsettia (GLP-196)
  Not in stock, but click here to see other great Spellbinders Dies
  
  
  
• VersaMark
• 1/8in Scor Tape
• Simon Says Stamp - Holographic Cardstock
• Spellbinders - Glimmer Foil - Prism (GLF-032)
• Studio Katia - Flower Bunch - Stamptember 2020 Collaboration
• Simon Says Stamp - Detail White Embossing Powder
• Brown Sharpie
• Distress Ink
• Worn Lipstick
• Mowed Lawn
• Peeled Paint
• Peacock Feathers
• Trinity Stamps Jewels
• Turquoise Cardstock from stash
• McGill Paper Blossoms Tool Kit
• McGill Paper Blossoms Molding Mat
• Neenah - Creative Collection™ Metallic Specialty Card Stock - White Gold

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Elegant Sympathy Card Using Scrapman & Spellbinders Dies

Hello! Amanda here and today, I am sharing a sympathy card. The card we all hate to have to send, but unfortunately, we all have to send them at some point in our cardmaking. I never keep any on hand, because, well, I really hate making them. So, I only make them when I need them. This way, I can usually make them to suite the person I am giving them to. This particular card, I don't know the recipient real well. She has dated my cousin for many years and married into the family 2yrs ago, but they have lived on the other side of the country most of that time. Her grandpa, unfortunately, died of Covid recently. So, I just went with simple and elegant.

As usual, I do have a video tutorial prepared for you. I will have more pictures and a supply list below that.

Here are some more finished product pictures.

Supply List

• Scrapman - Frame Love
  
  
  
  
  
• Scrapman - Rosebud
  
  
  
  
  
• Spellbinders - Graceful Brackets
   - Unfortunately, Dies R Us doesn't have this die set in stock, but check out the other great Spellbinders dies they do have HERE You can also check out the other great edger dies they have HERE
• VersaMark
• VersaFine Clair - Nocturne
• Simon Says Stamp - Detail White Embossing Powder
• Gina K Designs - Vertical Greetings & Things
• Unity Stamps - Mourning Dove
• Craft Perfect - Specialty Card - Navy Toile
• Paper Accents - Pearlized Garnet

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A Unique Mix of Industrial and Foliage Using Spellbinders Dies

Hello! Amanda here and today I have a card using a unique mix of industrial and foliage dies. I hope you enjoy!

As usual, I do have a very quick video tutorial prepared for you today. Below that, I will have more finished card pictures and a list of supplies.

Supply List

Unfortunately, neither of the Spellbinders dies I used are in stock at Dies R Us, however, be sure to check out the other great Spellbinders Dies they carry located HERE

• Spellbinders - Naples Medallion Dies - You might find some great substitutions for this die in the many varieties of circular dies that Dies R Us carries, located HERE
• Spellbinders - Mosaic Vine Dies - You can find some other great Vine Dies on the Dies R Us website located HERE
  
• VersaFine Clair - Nocturne
• Nuvo Crystal Drops - Olive Branch - Dies R Us doesn't have this particular color in stock, but they do have many other colors of Nuvo Drops located HERE
• Simon Says Stamp - Banner Greetings Stamp Set
• Distress Ink
  • Old Paper
  • Antique Linen
• Tonic Studios - Craft Perfect - Mirror Card - Satin - Copper Mine
• Tonic Studios - Craft Perfect - Pearlescent Card - Fresh Mint
  
  

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