A Little Bird Told Me . . .

Hello Dies R Us Friends!

Darlene here sharing another fun creation using dies from the 

Dies R Us Store.

Today I was playing around with my Gelatos to create some background panels and thought it would be fun to add a little 3D effect to my cards.  There are so many dies you could use to create this effect ... my brain is swirling around a number of fun ideas.  What's your thoughts??

Technique:  I simply scribbled purple and blue Gelatos onto a piece of white card stock, spritz with water then smeared it around with my finger.  With another piece of white card stock I die cut the oval with my Spellbinder Classic Ovals die.  Once the colored panel was dry, I adhered the two together around the outer edge.  Next, I die cut my Impression Obsession 'Bird on a Branch' #DIE161 from garden green card stock and the bird AGAIN from a scrap of blue card stock.  I glued the blue bird on top of the base (green) bird and colored in the legs/created an eye with a black marker.  Small pieces of 3d foam tape was used behind the bird and some of the outer leaves for dimension. My butterfly is from the Cheery Lynn Designs 'Exotic Butterflies Small' #DL113.

Inside View

 On the inside of my card I used the 'scrap piece' that was die cut from my card front panel using the Spellbinder Classic Oval for my sentiment.  I used a coordinating marker to do the dots around the outer edge and added a Memory Box 'Vivienne Butterfly' #98265.

 Since I was playing around I decided to make a second card for you today using the same Gelatos background technique.  Once again, it was a quick and easy creation.  I die cut this fabulous Die-Mensions 'Ornate Birthday Balloons' #DME-030 sentiment, colored in the balloon with coordinating colors using my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, popped up the balloons with 3d form tape and VIOLA!  

Birthday card ready for the party!!!

It doesn't get much easier than that!!!

 

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I hope you've enjoyed today's cards and please come back tomorrow to be inspired by the fabulous creation Sherri has created for you!  

OH, one more thing ...have you checked out our challenges over on the Dies R Us Challenge Blog?  They are held on the 1st and 15th of each month and the teams have AWESOME creations to inspire you.  Please come join us ... 

I'll see you again next Tuesday ... have a great week!

Celebrate The Moment

Hi everybody!

Mikha is here :) Happy Monday!

There's no coloring image today :) Just a little combination of easel card and scrapbook! :)
Made this for my friend :)

I used:

Magnolia Doohickey - Dream Tag

Magnolia Doohickey - Dragonflies

Spellbinders Labels One

and Heart Banner from Lala Land :)

Here's the closer look.

I simply added pearls, charm, ribbon, laces.

And also frantage everywhere! :D 

I added chipboard "Celebrate The Moment" as it's a birthday present to him :)

Thanks for looking.

I hope you visit the store as we're having new dies arriving. Get free shipping by ordering above 50$ if you're an internation customer and 35$ if you live in US ;)

Wishing you a nice day!!

Hugsss,

Mikha Adriani

Above & Beyond!

Greetings Die R Us friends.

I'm back with another superhero card again this week. If you likeed my little super star from last week then you should love this one too. 

Dies used in this card include:

Impression Obsession Clouds

Die-Versions Pow!

Memory Box Cityscape Silhouette

Spellbinders Classic Oval

Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Oval

This is my first effort at a tri-fold shutter card too and I love how easy it  was to create! 

Here is my card closed up. It was cut from a 6" x 12" piece of cardstock and fits nicely into a standard C6 envelope.

I used the Impression Obsession Clouds not only as an embellishment, but also as a masked the background. How awesome does it look?! Check out the details of this great stamp 'Wonder Regan' from Sassy Studio Designs. 

I printed out a simple card sentiment on the computer and die cut it with Spellbinders Classic Oval and also a matt from glitter cardstock with the Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Oval.

I used the Memory Box Cityscape Silhouette and die cut it twice, once with some glitter cardstock and once with black to emphasis it and to create a shadow. I did this too with the Die-Versions Pow! sentiment on the cover. It's a very simple technique, but it give so much definition!

I hope that I've given you some new inspiration, tips or ideas from this card. I had a great time making it up. Please visit the Dies R Us shop to grab all of these great dies (plus oodles more!!) and if you are like me and live internationally, then postage is FREE on all orders over $50!

If you are interested on how I created this tri-fold shutter card (with template dimensions) or interested in how I created this masked cloud background then please visit my blog for more details.

~  Alicia  ~

Sunflower Garden

Happy Thursday everyone! Robin here with my inspiration of the week for Dies R Us! I hope you hop on over to our store and check out all the new dies. It seems each week more companies are being added to the shop, we now have Lawn Fawn, with their coordinating stamps.

My card for the week was made for my girlfriend Judy, it was her birthday a few weeks ago. Just like Sunflowers, Judy always puts a smile on my face with her crazy life.  

My  card uses two Cheery Lynn dies, Sunflower and Lattice 2.  Behind the Sunflowers I used Taylored Expressions Curly Swirlies die. The Swirlie die is such a useful die cut for that little flourish behind flowers and when you need a little something on your project but just don't know what. 

I used a Spellbinders Ribbon Tag Trio 1 die to stamp the sentiment; what I love about this tag set is you can add a complimentary ribbon easily to your card without any trouble at all.

I hope you have been stopping by our Dies R Us Challenge Blog to see all the entries and the wonderful samples from our design teams.  

Until next week…thanks for stopping by, Robin

Fast & Easy!

Hi, everyone!

Another Wednesday and time for my little bit of inspiration for you!  Today I want to give you a card you can put together in a hurry.  If you are like me, it is not unusual to spend several hours getting a card made. But let's be honest, there are those times when you need a card and just don't have hours to make it.  With the dies I used on this card, you can create any number of cards in a hurry, just by changing the sentiment. I made this card into a birthday card, but you could just as easily make it into a get well, thinking of you, thank you, or card of encourgement.  You only need 3 dies for this great card: Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish, Spellbinders A2 Filigree Delight & Spellbinders Blooms One.

Here is a close up of the darling flower you get with this awesome Spellbinders Blooms One.

I hope you have already checked the inspiration that Mikha & Darlene have posted earlier in the week, and don't forget to check back tomorrow & Friday for Robin & Alicia's posts!

And remember to join in our next challenge on the Dies R Us Challenge blog too!

Catch you next week!  Until then, happy cutting and crafting!

Sherri

Ooops ... a missed birthday!

Hello my friends!  Thanks for stopping by today!

Darlene here with my Tuesday inspiration creation for you!

You would think with all the cards I have made, I would remember to send one to family members on their birthdays!  But no ... now I needed to create a belated card!  LOL!   Worked out okay though because I was able to use some of the extra die cuts I had laying on my work table.

I am really enjoying these new Memory Box stencils!  They are fabulous for creating a quick background as I have done here.  This stencil is called 'Textured Honey Comb' #88521.  I sponged with Memento 'cantaloupe' ink first then did the outer edges with SU 'more mustard' ink.  Then matted my panel using SU more mustard card stock.

Dies used today are:

Memory Box 'Gold Finch' - #98756

Impression Obsession 'Rabbit Set' - DIE 168

Poppystamps 'Carolina Birdhouse' - #928

Poppystamps ' Picket Fence' - #827

Cheery Lynn Designs 'Add a Flourish' - B456

Cheery Lynn Designs 'Lace Corner Deco E' - B165

Spellbinder Nestabilities 'Labels 17' - S5-025

I hope you've found inspiration in today's creation!  Don't forget to come join us at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store awarded to one lucky winner for each challenge.

Be sure to come back each day for NEW INSPIRATION from my fellow Dies R Us designers!

And, I'll see you back here next Tuesday!

Till then . . .

Birthday Balloon

Good day!!

Happy Monday!

Mikha is here, again! Please don't get bored, lol.

Gonna share you a card using Spellbinders - Opulent Oval and also Spellbinders - Floral Oval.

Where I used them are is totally obvious, right? :) But you really could get this beautiful combining result by using them!!

I simply coloured my Tilda and cut them with the 2nd dies of Spellbinders - Opulent Oval and then cut the largest Spellbinders - Floral Oval; layered them together.

And added some embellishments, flowers, pealrs, doily, lace and ribbon. All of them are my go to embellishments, hehe :) 

I wish you enjoy this. And don't forget to pop on the store! We're having SALE for Memorial Day, last until today! Don't miss this chance!!

And if you haven't entered our Flower Challenge, there's still some plenty time to go! :)

Have a nice day!

xoxo,

Mikha Adriani

Pow!

Greetings Dies R Us friends, fans & visitors. Yay for Friday!

I have a little boy who is puts the sunshine in my days! He has two speeds, ON &OFF (& it's only OFF when he is sleeping!) Needless to say that my day comprises of chasing after him constantly reminding him that he cannot fly & that if he rides his scooter down our steep driveway all the way from the top, then he will end up looking like a skeleton! He loves all things 'Superhero' too, so this card is for him or for any little boy out there dreaming they are a Superhero!

Dies used include: Spellbinders Standard Circles, Die Versions Sweet Petites 'Pow!', Impression Obsession Clouds

I use the Star Boy Luka stamp from Lala Land & coloured him with Copics to match my cute designer papers (from Pebbles). I used the Spellbinders Standard Circles to give me a basic 'frame' for my image. After layering my DP's I felt that it was 'missing' something, so I added the Impression Obsession Clouds to give it a bit of a lift.

Here is a close up of the 'Pow!' sentiment. How cute is this Die Versions Sweet Petites 'Pow!' die?! I highlighted it some more by adding some Kindyglitz to it.

A quick reminder too that over at our new challenge blog and we are running our second challenge of 'Flowers'. So pop over to our challenge blog to join in the fun and to see more stunning cards created by our inspiration team, who are all in Team B of the challenge blog Design Team.

And don't forget to stop by the Dies R Us store to grab these dies, or any other die you are after from your favorite brands.

Thanks for stopping by.

~  Alicia  ~

You Did It!!!

Happy Thursday everyone! Robin here with my inspiration of the week for Dies R Us. It seems everyone I talk to has or knows of someone graduating; guess it is that time of year. And we know we could all use a congratulations card at sometime or another, so why not now? 

I started this card sponging the Memory Box stencil, Flora, with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create the background. The sentiment is from Elizabeth Craft Designs and was cut from a contrasting blue cover stock. I used the inlay technique to keep the sentiment straight and easy to adhere to the card. Just remember to keep the itty bitty pieces from the background so they can go back into their assigned places in the sentiment.

The beautiful butterfly was created using two Memory Box dies, Lunette Butterfly and Oriel Butterfly.  The card was finished with Gems by Hero Arts.

Don't forget to stop by Dies R Us, your one stop shop for dies!  We are adding more dies everyday AND shipping is FREE for orders $35 and over.  The new Dies R Us Challenge Blog is an on going, twice monthly challenge. Our theme for the second half of this month is "May Flowers. Stop by and take a peek.

Until next week…thanks for stopping by, Robin

Spring is Bursting Out Everywhere!

Hello again, crafters!

It's Wednesday, once again and time for me to share a little bit of inspiration with you. No matter what part of the country you are in, spring has finally arrived and is bursting out everywhere.  So today, I decided to color up one of my favorite digi images from Sassy Cheryl.  This image just says spring to me and always brings a smile to my face.  To really make it the center of attention on my card, I used the following dies:

Spellbinders Adorning Squares

 Memory Box Tiny Tendrils

 Magnolia Cute Corner 

Spellbinders Blooms One

I began by cutting my finished image with Spellbinders Adorning Squares.  I then cut 4 Magnolia Cute Corners and glued them onto the corners of my card first.  If you get into the habit of always gluing down your corners first, it is much easier to center your main image in the middle of your card. 

I just got this Spellbinders Blooms One die yesterday and am already in love with it.  The die gives you 3 different flower sizes which can be stacked for amazing flowers!  I decided to go with the 2 smaller of the 3 to keep the proportions of the card, and finished them off with a button which I colored to match the flower on my image.  

I hope you have already checked out Mikha & Darlene's posts from earlier in the week.  And don't forget to come back tomorrow & Friday to see what Robin & Alicia have for you.   Hopefully, you will get an idea from one of our cards that you can use on our Dies R Us Challenge Blog!  If you haven't entered one of them yet, be sure you do!  It's lots of fun & you have the chance to win prizes!

I'm heading back to the Dies R Us store to check out all the new arrivals!  See you there!

Happy Cutting!

Sherri