Blue Birds singing . . .

Love Because You Can!

Hello Dies R Us friends and welcome back to our Inspiration Blog.  Our team is here to inspire you Monday through Friday, showcasing some of the FABULOUS dies available for your purchase at our Dies R Us Store.

My card today uses a variety of fun dies and, I based the entire card around this beautiful image I found over on Pinterest recently.  The gorgeous background die is one of the Sue Wilson Designs dies from Creative Expressions ... Spanish Collection Background 'CED1201'.  Isn't it just gorgeous?  And since you can't see the center portion, here's a closeup of what the die looks like.  These dies are all so pretty you almost hate to cover them up with anything else!

Behind my bird image I had die cut the Cheery Lynn Designs 'Mandy Doily #DL276' in white card stock then die cut a blue panel using a Spellbinder Classic circle die.  Another blue panel was die cut with a Spellbinder Scallop circle die, cut in half and positioned on the bottom of my image panel.

Now that I'm looking at this background die image ... and my finished card ... I could have very easily cut the entire center part out and used it on another creation!  

Dang!!!  Oh well ... I'll remember that for next time!

OH and at the last minute I decided I needed to add this fabulous Memory Box 'Party Music' #98757 panel on the front to pull out the music background of my image.  There!  Perfect!  

I few added pearls and ribbon and my card is ready to send off in the mail!

To finish the inside, I've used a few more dies available at Dies R Us Store.  A 'portion' of Spellbinder 'Fancy Lattice' #S5-152   and Cheery Lynn Designs 'Happy'  #B226 and 'Birthday'  #B231

So there you  have it!  

With all these amazing dies available at the Dies R Us Store, you can make a beautiful card inside & out in no time at all!  Be sure to pop over and check out the growing list of dies available to you.  And if by chance it's out of stock ... simply click on the 'Put Me On The Waiting List' tab, add your information and you'll be notified as soon as it's once again available (which usually isn't very long at all!). 

Just a quick reminder also of our DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG!  A new challenge goes live on the 1st and 15th of each month with one lucky winner receiving a gift prize to the Dies R Us Store.  Won't you come join in the fun!?!

Bithday Wishes...

Hi, it's Mikha again!! Yes, it's already Monday, LOL.

Today I'm gonna share a birthday card for a friend of mine.

Please don't get bored. I love Magnolia!! And since Dies R Us carry the stamps on the store, I can't stop putting them on my cart, LOL.

I'm using:

Magnolia - Butterfly Dreams - Tilda With Butterfly Dress

Magnolia DooHickey's Cutting Dies - Old Swedish Lace

Magnolia DooHickey's Cutting Dies - Mini Doily

Cheery Lynn Designs - Pretty Pretty Bows (Set of 2)

And the "Caroline" text are using TimHoltz dies called Vintage Market :)

Coloured this cutie using copics. 

And simply put embelishments everywhere :) 

Thanks for visiting today!!

Wishing you a great day :)

And don't forget to pop on the Inspirational Blog tomorrow, Darlene's gonna show you something incredible :)

xoxo,

Mikha Adriani

Live Laugh Love

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

Wow, what a week its been. Sorry everyone for my late inspirational post, I've been stuck on a forced extended holiday due to car problems (how bad can that really be?...) I've missed my studio very much and as soon as I got home and unpacked I headed straight in there to make this card for a dear friend who move interstate to be with her family.

Dies used include:

Spellbinders Label 1
Cheery Lyn Southern Charm Valance
Memory Box Macarena Corner
Docrafts Xcut Tags & Bookplates

This sweet digi is from QKR Stampede and I've coloured it with Copics. I cut the image and cardstock with the same Spellbinders Label 1 die. I embossed the image before trimming the embossed edge to give a narrow border when layered together.

To bring out the beautiful blue in the designer paper, I matched some cardstock and used both the Cheery Lyn Southern Charm Valance and the Memory Box Macarena Corner on the same cardstock I layered the designer papers on. To finish I used the Docrafts Xcut Tags & Bookplates with a simple, sweet sentiment. Add a splash of Wink of Stella on the shell image & some gems & its complete!

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.

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  ~

Fall Blessings

Happy Thursday everyone! Robin here with my inspiration of the week for Dies R Us! You really should stop by the shop and see how many new dies have arrived for the holidays!

My card started with the Thicket Wreath die from Poppystamps. I cut the wreath from a tone on tone polka dot dark brown card stock. This die does double duty as a stencil, great idea Poppystamps! By leaving the paper in the die I was able to color the leaves quite easily! I used the Paper Smooches Dot & Dashes to create the stitched edge on my sentiment banner. 

The little Fall tag is accented with a leaf from Impression Obsessions Small Leaf Set, too cute! The card is finished with a few wraps of twine, small twine bow and a button!

Just a quick reminder, shipping is FREE when your order is $35 or more! I think that is the lowest minimum on the web! Be sure to check out all the Design Team members inspirations for the week on our Dies R Us Blog!

And, our Challenge Blog will have a new challenge starting next week; the theme is "Halloween".

Until next week, thanks for stopping by, Robin

It's Your Day!

Hello, again!

Yes, it's Wednesday already!  I know as the summer disappears, it seems the days are already getting shorter or maybe it just feels that way because we are all getting busier!  I've been busy concentrating on my holiday cards this past week, but wouldn't you know it, I had to stop to make a birthday card right in the middle!  The card I ended up with was a simple card to make and one you could easily make ahead to keep in your emergency stash.  I took a simple image & really dressed it up with the beautiful lacy dies I chose. The dies I used for this card are as Spellbinders Decorative Labels One, Magnolia Doohickey Cute Corner & Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly Small.

There are 3 butterfly dies in the Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterfly set I used and they have been favorites of mine for years!  They are all different sizes & shapes & at least one of them is always perfect for whatever spot I need one.   If you haven't stopped at the Dies R Us Store recently, you are missing all the new products we carry now!  At last count, I think we carry around 42 different companies along with the European dies that we carry quite often.  Be sure you are signed up for our newsletter so you won't miss anything!  You won't be sorry! And you won't find lower prices OR lower shipping rates anywhere else!  Take it from a die "addict"....I won't shop anywhere else!

Once you are finished shopping, head on over to the Dies R Us Challenge Blog & join in for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Until next Wednesday, happy crafting!
Sherri

Christmas is coming . . .

. . . are you working on your holiday cards??

Hello Dies R Us Friends!

Darlene here today with an easy yet elegant holiday card that you could make in just a few minutes!!

Using:

Poppy Stamps - Large Flourish Tree #1088

Cheery Lynn Designs - Merry Christmas w/Tree Sentiment #B477

TIP TODAY:
I have found using the E6000 Spray adhesive on these intricate, open dies works best.  
You can find this product in most of your larger crafting stores.

My background panel was created using an older Sizzix Swirl Embossing Folder but you could use several of the newer Sizzix embossing folders now available at Dies R Us.  After embossing my background panel I 'edged' it using a Gold Pilot Marker, giving the illusion of a mat without the bulk and red Stickle ornaments gave my fancy flourish tree a more festive look.

If you haven't popped over to the Dies R Us Store yet, you really owe it to yourself to do so!  They are adding more and more companies to the list of already fabulous companies providing you a wide selection of dies as well as embossing folders and stamps now available!

And just a reminder of the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  Offering a new challenge on the 1st and 15th of each month with a Dies R Us gift voucher going out to one lucky winner each challenge.  The design teams do an AMAZING job of creating to inspire you and we'd love to have you come join in the fun!!

That's it for me today and I look forward to sharing another fun creation with you next Tuesday!  But in the meantime please feel free to stop back ANY DAY OF THE WEEK for NEW inspiration from my team mates!  Until then ...

Shaker Card; but... wait! ;)

Hi everybody! It's Monday and it's Mikha's turn to host Dies R Us Inspirational Blog :)

I've been forever want to do this! Make a shaker card with one, yes only one dies :)

And this time, I'm using Spellbinders Labels 1. I just cut the paper using this and make layers.

If you think this is an usual shaker card, wait a second ;)

Yess, this is a double shaker card!! :) :) I used 2 times on 2 sides the transparent mika.

I hope you understand what I mean with this picture below :)

Idk why, I'm quite love this simple invitation :)

And this is how it looks when I took the pict using different point of view.

You could see it too from here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

And if you haven't shop on our store, that's the right time, as we're having new arrival.

And for free shipping? Just spend 35$ for US customers and 50$ for International customer.

Until next time ;)

xoxo,

Mikha Adriani

Loads of Fun!

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

This week my husband celebrated another birthday and this is the card I made for him. The image made me giggle a bit cos both of our kids constantly hang off him like this all of the time!

Dies used include:

Poppystamps Simple Banner
Memory Box Antique Gears
Die Versions Sweet Petite Socket

This cute image, sentiment & digital paper are from Doodle Pantry and was really useful to put this card together quickly. After colouring the image with Copics and layering the squares onto solid mats I used the Memory Box Antique Gears to add some dimension to the card.

I layered the Poppystamps Simple Banner in red over some glitter cardstock to add some sparkle to the card, and some more sparkle with the Die Versions Sweet Petite Socket.

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.

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  ~

Stand Alone Die Cuts

Happy Thursday everyone, Robin here with my inspiration of the week for Dies R Us! We are getting closer and closer to the holidays and you know what that means, yup, no time for anything too complicated. Take a look at the Dies R Us store and check out all the stand alone dies they carry; some are just one die cut, a quickly stamped sentiment and poof you're done! 

This quick card started with Die-Versions Patterned Pumpkin die that was cut from a copper metallic cardstock. I adhered the pumpkin with spray adhesive to a medium brown dot patterned paper and added light brown and green pearls. 

There is something about burlap that just says "Fall" so I had to add this to my card. After the ribbon was added I adhered the layer to my base card with foam strips.

My sentiment was stamped onto a Cheery Lynn Scalloped Window Stacker die cut. These dies have a beautiful small scalloped edge and the embossed edge is an added element. All in all, a super quick card made possible with a stand alone die for your main focus.

We have just started a new challenge on the DRU challenge blog, so hop on over and check it out. Our challenge features "Gift Tags"! And who doesn't need gift tags at this time of year? Don't forget, to sign up for the DRU newsletter, lots of information on what's new and on sale!

See you here next week and thanks for stopping by, Robin

The Rainbow's End!

Hello again, friends!

It's time for my little bit of inspiration for you today & I have a really sweet card to share.   Although I don't have to make a lot of baby cards anymore, I still need them from time to time & I always try to make them extra special.  I can't think of anything more wonderful than welcoming a new baby so the card should reflect that special event!  I think this one does!  I've used some of my favorite dies on this one along with one I have rarely used.  The dies you need to create this card with are Memory Box Marshmallow Clouds (or Memory Box Puffy Clouds), Poppy Stamps Rainbow, Impression Obsession Stork & Joy Craft Square 6002/0147 (which we carry from time to time when we offer our European dies so watch for it!).

I made this card to welcome a baby girl, but you can easily change your papers to welcome a baby boy or to leave it either/or and make as a generic version if you don't know the sex of the baby yet.

 Here is a closeup of this darling stork! I think he is the cutest I've seen yet!

I hope this has given you some ideas of your own & I know if you have been following our design team blog all week, you are probably overflowing with new ideas!  Be sure to check out the Dies R Us store for even more inspiration! New things are added almost daily & you will be amazed at both the variety AND the low, low prices!

And be sure to check out the Dies R Us Challenge Blog too!  A new challenge is just starting today so you have plenty of time to join in on the fun & your chance to win a gift certificate!

Until next week, happy crafting!
Sherri