Saying Hello and Goodbye!

News to share!

We sadly must say GOODBYE to our Monday Inspiration team member Mikha!  Life can sometimes get in the way of our having fun but we do what we need to do!  

The Dies R Us family wish Mikha the BEST of LUCK and HAPPINESS in her life's endeavors!

Taking over the Monday Inspiration Spot will be new team member

LESLIE MILLER - Running With Scissors

 

You will also see Leslie's creations shared on the Dies R Us Challenge Blog - Team B.

 

Here's a little bit about Leslie ...

 I'm an Oregon coast gal loving all things stamping, garden, and Golden Retriever.  I live here with my retired husband, Rich, and my two Goldens, Wally and LuLu.  Speaking of retirement, that's me after 31 years on the job and now it's time to have fun!  I've been stamping for more years than I can remember and I've never stopped enjoying it.  I love to color and play with designer papers, embossing folders, ribbons, dies, and pretty much anything I can use to dress up a card and still fit it in an envelope.  Cute, funny, pretty, shabby, earthy, you name it -- I love it all!  I share my crafty life on my stamping blog, Running With Scissors... and my garden and two beautiful Goldens on another blog, Goldens and Garden.

 

WELCOME Leslie and BEST OF LUCK Mikha!!

Garden Tea

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

This week's inspirational DT card for Dies R Us is another request for a bride-to-be. Although they are not the same brands, I love this combination of stamp and die, they go together so well.

Materials used include:

Memory Box Pretty Pumps

Poppy Stamps Teacup Stack

Dies R Us Butterflies

Docrafts Xcut Parenthesis 2

Magnolia 'Little London Afternoon Tea' stamp

I used the cute Magnolia 'Little London Afternoon Tea' stamp and masked it with the wooden bench (from CC Designs) before colouring with Copics. I framed her with Docrafts Xcut Parenthesis 2 before distressing the edges and adding some Frantage.

My twisted easel card has some wonderful designer paper layers and is embellished with Poppy Stamps Teacup Stack, Memory Box Pretty Pumps and Dies R Us Butterflies.

Here is a closer look at the Poppy Stamps Teacup Stack and one of the Dies R Us Butterflies. This butterfly die is one of my favourites as it cuts out 11 individual butterflies in one cut! I also love how all of these little butterflies are all different shapes and sizes too.

And the lovely embossed sentiment, embellished with Memory Box Pretty Pumps.

I hope you've had a chance to check out the other amazing creations from all of the other members of the Dies R Us Design Team, especially Mikha's final amazing creation this week as she is stepping down from the Dies R Us team. Sorry to see you go, you've been an amazing inspiration to so many people but understandably life constantly moves forward. Goodbye and good luck!

To all of the wonderful Dies R Us fans, please come back next week for more wonderful inspiration from us again and until next week, happy crafting!

~  Alicia  ~

Happy Colors

Hello and Happy Thursday to you!!

My card today is called "Happy Colors".

I named it that as the colors just make me "HAPPY"!

I cut a Cheery Lynn Designs Pinwheel Doily from white card stock.

It comes with an "angel wing"...

but I didn't use it this time.

If you are not sure what an angel wing is,

it's a "solid" cut of the doily to place underneath.

I stenciled Memory Box Florina stencil with Persimmon chalk ink.

Then I placed a circle die on using 

Memory Box Open Studio Stitched Circle Layers.

The flower was made with 

Sue Wilson Finishing Touches Open Petals.

Make sure to look at all the Sue Wilson Flower dies in stock!

The paper is Ken Oliver Watercolored Memories.

I finished with a few flying butterflies and a stamped sentiment!

Make sure and visit the blog Monday thru Friday to see all the

inspiration the DT offers..it is fabulous!

Don't forget to visit (and join in) our challenges at the 

Dies R Us challenge blog!

You will see more fabulous inspiration there.

Visit the Dies R Us store often, there are always new dies coming in.

Thank you for visiting with me!!

Diane

Love & Happiness!

Hello again, friends!

Can you believe June is only a few days away?  And, of course, June is traditionally a month for brides!  Keeping that in mind, I had to share a wedding card today.  With the multitude of amazing dies available at Dies R Us, you can create gorgeous wedding cards in just minutes!  The beautiful card I will share today was created with just 3 dies!  I used Die-Versions Whispers Wedding Canopy, Die-Versions Whispers Garden Gazebo & Spellbinders Bow Elegance.

I normally use a plain white card for my base, but I had a package of gorgeous Recollections brand cards I bought on sale at Michaels.  They have an embossed frame edge and as you can see, they were the perfect base for my beautiful dies.  A small bow and some pearls were the only embellishments I needed to add.

If you are wondering where I got my wedding couple, I simply made a couple of cuts to the beautiful Wedding Canopy die and slipped the couple from beneath the canopy.  Never be afraid to use just portions of your dies as it gives you so many more options!  For instance, the beautiful canopy in the original die also has two topiary trees which you could cut out to use beside your window or door dies!

Don't forget to check out the daily and challenge blogs!  And if you haven't been to the store since last week, you will want to check it out again!  We are adding new products daily!!

See you again next week!   Go create something wonderful!

"I Do!"

Hello Dies R Us Fans!

Darlene here today to share another inspiration sample with you.

I had a request for a wedding card using a purple & white color scheme.  She didn't want a lot of layers or fussiness so this is what I came up with. 

The dies I chose for this card are:

Cheery Lynn Designs 'I DO'

Spellbinder Shapabilities 'Floral Affair'

Marianne 'Tiny's Love Birds'  LR0298

The only 'fussiness' I added to my card was the 'pearl necklace' and diamond Stickles on the birds wings and the brides dress.  I used Spectrum Noir alcohol markers to color in the brides face/hair.  The pearls are actually purple though they look black in the photo.

This is a true showing of how quick & easy a wedding card can be created with just a few die cuts.  You will find dies available at the Dies R Us Store to cover a large variety of occasions.  Please be sure to pop over and have a peek.  I'm sure you'll find exactly what you're looking for!  AND at a very reasonable price!!!

A quick reminder that you still have a few days to participate in our 1st Anniversary Challenge at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  YOU could be one of our FIVE winner's ... HURRY!!

Please stop back tomorrow when Sherri will have an ADORABLE card to share with you.  And, don't forget Diane will be here on Thursday and Alicia on Friday.

I will be back next Tuesday ...

Till then ...

Thank You For Everything :)

 Hi everybody!

It's Mikha :) and this is my last post for Dies R Us Inspirational Blog...

And yes, I'm gonna miss Dies R Us... 

But life goes on and I have to deal with thing called life for a while. I'll reduce sooo much my craft activity for a while,until I get more settle.

I really want to say thank you so much for all of you who keeps with me until the end.

This is a quick card I made with "Follow Me Tilda", representing me doing this blog post tonight hehe...

I also used Memory Box - Precious Hearts, Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Elegant Ovals and Magnolia Doohickey Vintage Square for the base.

I coloured her with my copics.

 

Thank you so much for visiting me today!

I'm so blessed for being part of this :)

Don't forget to come back tomorrow!

Pssst, she's gonna show you wedding related inspiration tomorrow ;) (I hope it's okay to give a sneak peek, Darlene hehe)

And...

 Until we meet again <3

Lots of love,

Mikha Adriani

Sassy Steampunk

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

This week's inspirational DT card for Dies R Us is a wonderful Sassy Steampunk card. If you thought that the 'Steampunk' style was difficult, all you need are a few dies and a fantastic image!

Dies used include: 

Cheery Lyn Designs Burlap Border

Kaiser Craft Clock

Memory Box Antique Gear Set

I started off with this Sassy Studio Designs Josephine Steampunk Frame image and coloured her with Copics before fussy cutting around it. I layered her over some coordinating designer papers and used the Cheery Lyn Designs Burlap Border to add some texture. This was the first time I used this die and I just love it.

I then cut out the Kaiser Craft Clock in a coordinating bold colour to highlight the gorgeous teal in the designer paper. And what it can't be a steampunk card without gears/cogs. So I used the Memory Box Antique Gear Set on glitter cardstock to add some extra embellishment to the card.

If you haven't already popped over to the shop swing by to get all of these dies (& oh so much more!). And if you are like me you will love the free shipping on all orders over $50 for international shipments and just $35 for all domestic ones too. You will also receive 1 reward point for every dollar you spend. For all of the rewards information see here. And if the die you want is 'Out of Stock', simply click on the 'Put me on the Waiting List' and you will be notified when it becomes available.

Please come back next week for more wonderful inspiration from all of the ladies on the  Dies R Us team. Until next week, happy crafting!

~  Alicia  ~

Bearded Iris

Hi All!

Diane here with you on this Thursday before the 

 Memorial Day holiday in the US

with a card using one of the new flower dies in the

Dies R Us store!

I started with a background paper that I softened the color

by machine stitching vellum on top.

The Iris  die is by Frantic Stamper and called Mix and Match Irises.

If you are not familiar with these, they are flower dies 

that you can mix and match with Frantic Stamper Stems.

There are several other flowers to choose from, too.

You purchase the stems and the flower heads separately.

I think these dies would be pretty cut in white card stock,

then colored and shaded in with your pens and/or watercolors.

I also used a butterfly by Wild Rose Studio called Little Butterfly!

I love the detail and the size!

When in the Dies R Us store, enter in the word "butterfly"

and you will be amazed at how many different ones there are

to select from in various styles and sizes!!

Don't forget to come back tomorrow 

to see Alicia's inspiration project!

There is also an anniversary party going on at the

Dies R Us challenge blog 

with 5 prizes given out to five lucky entrants.

All you have to do is enter the challenge with an anniversary card!

Thank you for visiting with me.

Have a safe and fabulous holiday!

Diane

Have a Sweet Birthday!

Hello, friends!

It's Wednesday again and time to share in another celebration!  We all have lots of birthday celebrations in our lives & a handmade card is always a special treat to receive.  Today I used a darling digi image from Tiddly Inks.  I fell in love with this sweet face and knew she would be perfect for two of my newest dies.
I used Wild Rose Studio Olivette Corner and Spellbinders Pierced Ovals for this fun card.

I LOVE this Wild Rose Studio Olivette Corner! It not only cuts a beautiful corner design, but extra flowers that you can use to stack on the main flower for a whole new look!  As you can see from the image below, I also cut the corner in the purple polka dot and added it to the inside sentiment.

If you haven't been to the Dies R Us Challenge Blog yet, be sure to head there!  We are having a month long celebration of our one year anniversary and there are lots of prizes to be won!

Until next Wednesday, have a fantastic week!

Sherri

Congratulations Graduates!

Hello Everyone and Welcome Back!

Darlene here today, and like my team mate Sherri, I have several orders (as well as what I need personally) for graduation cards and how wonderful that there are so many dies at the Dies R Us store to choose from to create with! 

The dies I've used on this creation are:

Cheery Lynn Designs 'Congratulations' B289 (inside panel)

Impression Obsession *NEW* 'Grads Walking' DIE289

Taylored Expressions 'Grad Cap'  TE177

Sue Wilson 'Spanish Collection - Granada'  CED1207

Remember, if by chance any of the dies you are wanting are Out Of Stock ... simply click on the 'Put Me On The Waiting List', fill out the information and you will be notified as soon as it arrives back in stock. 

Don't forget to join in our MONTH LONG Anniversary challenge going on at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  In honor of our 1st Anniversary, we will be choosing FIVE winner's for this challenge, who will receive a DRU gift voucher.  Please come join in the fun!

Well I'd better get back to creating ... don't want to walk into the party empty handed!

I will be back again next Tuesday but remember, there are NEW INSPIRATION SAMPLES shared here on the Inspiration Blog EVERY DAY Monday through Friday!

Please stop back often ...