It's Your Day!

Wedding season is upon us so today's inspiration is a card that can be used for any special celebration such as a wedding, anniversary or any other momentous occasion.

 Birgit here with you today, showing you a beautiful card using the following dies:

I started by cutting this Cheery Lynn Designs Lattice Heart & Vines out of gold card stock.  The detail on this die is incredible and it cut perfectly with one pass through my machine.  I chose to leave the negative pieces in the heart for this project.

 I cute quite a few of the Elizabeth Craft Garden Notes Carnation petals out of red, coral and white card stock, using the three smallest petal dies because I didn't want the carnations to come out too large.  That's one of the nice things about these dies is that you can use just the sizes you want and still create stunning layered flowers.  The more layers you use, the fuller your flowers will be.

I added a touch of color to the centers of the petals using coordinating Copic markers before molding the petals on a craft mat and gluing them together using Glossy Accents.  

Next, I cut a few Poppystamps Hampstead Stems out of green card stock and started to play around with designs.

Before gluing any dies down, I ran the front of the card through my machine using an embossing folder to add interest.  There are many different embossing folders in the Dies R Us store that are well suited for any type of card.  I also cut an Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Fishtail Banner out of silver sparkle card stock and heat embossed the sentiment in black.

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Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

Happy 4th Of July!

Joyce with Paper Finesse here today with a card for the 4th of July. The entire "frame" not the fireworks background was cut with Amy Design - American Frame die.

I cut the frame out of white cardstock using the  Amy Design - American Frame. I couldn't just leave it white so I covered a small piece of paper to fit behind the flag and the stripes on the right. I colored the paper red and added a thick layer of red Stickles. I also added a bit of gold to the flame and blue on USA and the flag. I also put silver glitter paper behind the Statue Of Liberty and ended with coloring the skyline dark gray.

For the fireworks I tested embossing powders I thought would show up on the dark background. Since the red didn't show well I stamped with white, dried then embossed in red. Still not so good so I stamped again in silver.

The blue and pink didn't show the detail lines so well so I experimented. I stamped with Versamark then brushed on Pearl EX powders which worked great! The colors in this shot are more true to life. The gold, greens and purple are the Pearl Ex ones.

I added a Celebrate sentiment cut from silver glitter paper.

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Amy Design - American Frame
Neat & Tangled - Celebrate

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Pretty Vase of Flowers for You!

Hello Dies R Us Friends!
Darlene with you today and for my inspiration share today, I have decided to create using some of my newest Sue Wilson dies and my favorite color ... PURPLE!

The dies I have used on today's creation are:

Sue Wilson Cathedral Background

Sue Wilson Finishing Touches - Hobnail Vase

Sue Wilson Finishing Touches - Queen Anne's Lace

From time to time I go through my scraps of designer paper and start cutting strips to create background panels for cards vs throwing them away.  I have used one of those panels today for my background.

I've used the smaller of the two oval dies for the opening in my Sue Wilson background panel.  Then, I used the larger oval die to cut my decorative panel and adhered it to the back of my cathedral background panel.

I then cut the same size panel as my Cathedral Background from shimmery purple card stock and adhered to the back to 'pull the colors together'.

Once that was completed I decided to add some sparkle to the outside edge.   To do that I simply used Scor-tape around the outside edge and sprinkled Glamour Dust on each side.  Being sure to burnish it with my finger to remove all the excess glitter.  You can use the glitter of your choice for this step of course!

Now it's time to assemble my vase of flowers . . .

After die cutting the Vase and two sets of flowers, I decided to add some sparkle using touches of white glue and the same Glamour Dust glitter I used around the outside decorative panel of my background.

Though a bit difficult to see in the photos, it is really pretty in real life!

Next came arranging the flowers in the vase.  I added dimensional tape to the back of the vase then simply laid each stem into the vase as my arrangement came together.

Adding a little piece of dimensional tape to the back of each flower, my overall design was popped up and beautiful!  I'm sure this card will bring a smile!  LOL ... I know I'm smiling!

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Dianthus

Hello.  Marsha here with a card featuring one of my favorite flowers, the carnation.  Even though I used lots of layers and dies, this was really an easy card to put together.

I started with embossing a piece of white card stock using the Darice Quatrefoil Double embossing folder.   After embossing, I very softly sponged a bit of Celery Green onto the raised portions of the embossed panel.
After coloring the carnation with copics, I cut it out using Elizabeth Crafts Designs Stitched Ovals,
tracing and hand cutting the pink layer and then cutting out the green oval with another ECD oval in the set.

The last die I used is the Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish.

That is is for today.  Thanks for looking.  Come back each day to the Inspiration Dies R Us Blog for more inspiration.

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Summer Anticipation

Vickie Y sharing with you today.  I really enjoy using dies that create a scene such as this adorable On The Windowsill die from Frantic Stamper.  I imagine these two friends are relaxing, feeling the spring breeze coming through the open window as they anticipate the warmth of summer!

This is what I used from the Dies R Us online store to create my card:

Frantic Stamper On The Windowsill

Memory Box Pinpoint Rectangle Layers

Penny Black Heartfelt

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Easy Peasy!

Hello and welcome back. Do you sometimes find yourself in need of a quick card? If so, stick around and I, Lena, will show you how easy it is to make a quick card by just using a couple of dies. One of my favorite type of dies to use in these cases are frame dies. They are easy and fun to use and make the card without you having to spend too much time adding embellishments.

In this case, I've used the Vehicle Frame die by Amy Designs.

I took the inside piece of the frame and embossed it with a Diamond Plate embossing folder. When you add it back into the center of the frame, you have a beautifully embossed background. Next, I chose a focal die to fit within the frame.  I chose to use the Convertible Roadster by Frantic Stamper.  I cut two of these so that I could place one on the inside too.

 I stamped a birthday message and it was done, one easy peasy card made in less than 15 minutes.

I bet if you go through your dies, you will find lots of beautiful dies that you can use as focal images, so all you need are a few frame dies.  You can also use either a stamped sentiment or die cut words as your focal point on your card.

Here is an example of a quick card made with a frame die and using a word die as the focal point.  I used the Musical Frame by Precious Marieke, the Just a Note by Sue Wilson and the Virtuoso Music die by Memory Box.  I've been told that this musical die is retired, so here are a few other musical dies that will work just as well.  These are the Musical Stave by Amy Designs, Musical Score by Frantic Stamper and the Fancy Music Border by Memory Box

I hope my post has inspired you to add a few frame dies to your collection. When in need of a quick card, they definitely help you to create a pretty card in a jiffy.  Now it's your turn to come play along at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  A new challenge begins on the first and fifteenth of every month.  Be sure to Follow Us on Facebook too. 

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Thank You Deer

Good morning!  Alicia here today.  I have been in need of some new masculine cards, so I pulled out some nice masculine papers and started cutting.  I made several panels with Frantic Stamper Stitched Corner cut tags, my new favorite die set.  I began with an A2 piece of printed paper and made my cuts in the center so I could use the negatives.  I love a die that gives you two usable pieces.  Since the stitching is on both sides this die provides a wonderful frame.  I used the frame from the largest die to begin my card.  I popped it up to add dimension.  I kept the cut for another card and layered more cuts with the same set inside.

I then selected papers for my decorative die.  Unfortunately, this set is sold out but there are so many deer dies in the store...here's the closest to the one I used:  Frantic Stamper Deer Bust.  I have already made a couple of Father's Day cards this year, so I choose to use a simple thank you.  I stamped my sentiment on a banner included in the set.  I inked all the edges and my woodsy masculine card is complete!

 

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Spellbinders D-lites Aristocrat

Frantic Stamper Stitched Corner cut tags

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