Mum to Be

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

This week's inspirational card is for a special 'Mum to Be'. I came across this already coloured imaged, which was one of the very first images I had coloured when I got my first set of Copics 2 years ago! It's great to see how much improvement I've made in that time, but still a gorgeous image to make into a card.

Dies used include:

Taylored Expression Label Stacklets 1

Memory Box Beloved Stars

Memory Box Baby Stuff

Poppystamps Hanging Flower Basket

Although Dies R Us are specialists in dies, they also have a huge Magnolia stamp collection available too, including this glowing 'Mother to Be Tilda'.

I love the Poppystamps Hanging Flower Basket as you can fill it will all sorts of things & not just flowers, like these cute little Memory Box Baby Stuff things.

Here is a close up of those gorgeous dies.

The Memory Box Beloved Stars is handy as it also incorporates 4 additional stars which you can use elsewhere on your creation too.

If you haven't already popped over to the shop swing by to get this stamp & 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.

Until next week, happy crafting!

~  Alicia  ~

How Many Days 'till Christmas?

Happy Thursday everyone! Robin here with my inspiration of the week for Dies R Us, your on line super store for dies! I know we all think Christmas is several months away but what can I say? Sometimes you have an idea, pull out some paper and POOF!

My idea started when I saw this beautiful stamp from Crafty Individuals called 'Jingle Bells Rooftops'.  I started with an off white piece of card stock and stamped with an all over text in gold ink. Out of the same card stock, I used the largest die from Spellbinders Elegant Labels Four, I lightly sponged the edges with a light brown ink and adhered to the background. The background was then glued to a dark red A7 card base.

I then stamped the image on a piece of card stock in brown ink, die cut the image using Spellbinders Labels Twenty-Two and left the piece in the die. By lightly sponging the image, while still in the die, I created a nice crisp border.  The stamped piece was layered, using foam pop ups, onto a dark red die cut from the same Spellbinders Elegant Labels Four set. This layered piece was then adhered to the background using more foam pop-ups.

The card was finished with a metallic gold bow! I hope this card has given you some inspiration for your cards using the beautiful Spellbinders dies carried by Dies R Us!

For more inspiration check out all our design team members weekly projects! Because of high volume, sometimes Dies R Us is temporarily out of stock on a particular die; don't worry just leave your email and as soon as it is back in stock you will receive notification!

Until next week, thanks for stopping by, Robin

A Plum Purdy Christmas!

Happy September!

When the days start getting shorter and the evenings cooler, it is a sure sign that summer is almost over & it won't be long before you need to start thinking about the holidays ahead.  In past years, although my intentions were always good, I usually ended up doing a mad scramble toward the end of November to get all my Christmas cards made.  Well, this year will be different!  I've already started a few & intend to do several each week so I can enjoy the holidays this year!  Hopefully, my card will get you enthused about starting your cards too!

The image I used on this card is from Plum Purdy.   I've had this one for years & I drag it out every single year just because I love it so much.  I think everyone loves snowmen!

The outside frame is Spellbinders Reflective Moment and I cut the image out with Spellbinders Elegant Ovals. The beautiful snowflakes were cut from glitter paper with Spellbinders Create a Flake One.

After you check out the daily posts on this blog for all the great ideas, be sure you head on over to the Dies R Us Challenge Blog!  We begin a new challenge on the first & fifteenth of each month with a chance to win a gift certificate to our awesome store!  You DON'T want to miss that!!  I guarantee you there are so many awesome dies in stock that you will have a hard time deciding just which ones you can't live without!

Until next week, I wish you happy crafting!

Sherri

Easy, Peasy Holiday Card

Yep!  It's Tuesday and that means it is time once again for me, Darlene, to share my Dies R Us Inspiration card with you!

Today I've create a very Easy, Peasy holiday card that I think is also very STRIKING in design!

With all the fabulous holiday dies, embossing folders & now stamps

available at our Dies R Us Store, you can have those holiday

cards knocked out in no time flat!!!

Here are the items from the STORE I have used today:

Spellbinder M-Bossabilities 'Framed Petite Labels' #EL-026

Spellbinder 'Petite Labels One' #S3-205

 Memory Box 'Cabrini Ornaments' #98944

I just LOVE these Spellbinder M-Bossabilities embossing folders!  If you don't have any in your stash, you owe it to yourself to give them a try!  There is a bonus to these folders!  You reverse the folder for a SECOND design ... how cool is that!!!

NOTE:  If by chance any of the dies you are desiring are Out of Stock, simply click on the PUT ME ON THE WAITING LIST tab and you'll be notified by email when it arrives.  

HINT:  While cutting out the Cabrini Ornaments, I realized that all three ornaments are of the exact same shape, orientation.  That means you can use just the bottom ornament portion of the die to cut your different colors and they will fit in any of the other ornament openings!   How gorgeous would these ornaments be die cut from beautiful glitter paper that I see in the stores!

I hope you'll pop over to the Dies R Us Store and check out the HUGE selection of dies available.  We have all the top names (Spellbinder, Cheery Lynn Designs, Memory Box, Impression Obsession) & many, many MORE!  AND THE PRICES can't be beat!

Don't forget to sign up for the newsletter to get notification on Pre-Orders, Members Only Sales .... Shipping costs are AMAZING and now they've opened up a LOYALTY REWARD PROGRAM ... you really need to pop over and check it ALL out for yourself!

 I'll be back next Tuesday with another creation to share but be sure to stop back each day to see what my team mates have created to inspire you!  

Did you see Mikha's creation yesterday?  WOW!

And, wait until you see what Sherri has in store for you tomorrow!  AMAZING!!

Till next week ...

Fly High To The Sky!

Hi everybody!!

It's Monday again and Mikha is here bringing you new inspiration at Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

Today I'm using:

Docrafts - Xcut Nesting Dies - Scalloped Circle

Magnolia Doohickey's - Jolly Tags

Taylored Expressions - Swirly Clouds

Magnolia - Animal Of The Year - Sweet Tilda With Balloon

And here's what I turned them into:

I made my own crinkle ribbon. Just crush; not litterally crush, lol; some organdy ribbon, and surprisingly the do look like a seam binding ribbon :) I put them on the top of two tags than can be move from the card.

I coloured this Tilda using Copic.

Added some embellishments. 

Have you visit the store? We just have plenty new dies arrive, and new brand too :)

Just shop for 35$ and your shipping is free for US residence, and 50$ for international customers.

We're having new challenge starting soon HERE, and don't forget to join us :)

Thanks for visiting today :)

xoxo,

Mikha Adriani

Shine! You are Fabulous!

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

I've had a bit of a clean out of the studio & found 3 (thought to be lost) Lala Land stamps! Score!!!

 So I did what one would naturally do with an old-but-new-again stamp, I used them - but with a twist. I played again with the white embossing technique :)

I also combined my old-but-new-again stamp with an old-but-rarely-used die the Spellbinders Heart Circle.

Dies used include:

Docraft Xcut Rectangle Parenthesis #2

Spellbinders Heart Circle

Die-Versions Crochet Lace

Doohickey Doily Flower

I stamped & embossed in white Lala Lands 'Dress Up Marci' before colouring her with Copics. I framed her (with a little bit of fussy cutting to make the hat overhang the frame) with the Docraft Xcut Rectangle Parenthesis #2 and a swipe of shimmer blue chalk. I layered Marci over a couple of strips of designer paper before tucking in the Spellbinders Heart Circle at the bottom of the stack.

I embossed the 'Shine' sentiment with metallic blue powder and added a pennant too. I still felt like it was off balance so I used the Die-Versions Crochet Lace & the Doohickey Doily Flower to add a little more detail.

Our last challenge closed yesterday over at the Challenge Blog, however our 9th challenge will be starting on September 1. The theme will be 'Back to School'. There are plenty of awesome DT creations from the talented Team A. To be in the running for the $10 voucher at the Dies R Us store just use a die in your challenge entry. So get your craft on & make something over the weekend!

Until next Friday, happy crafting!

~  Alicia  ~

A Touch of Fall

Happy Thursday everyone! Robin here with my inspiration of the week for Dies R Us, your on line super store for dies! Maybe I was just wishing but when I went for my walk this morning I thought there was a touch of Fall in the air. Who knows; maybe I just want this drought we are having finally OVER!

I started with a tall vertical card base with a bottom opening. The beautiful tree die I used is Memory Box Yorkshire Tree and Yorkshire Tree Background. The tree was cut from kraft card stock and I used a pattern paper for the leaves. After adhering the the two parts of the tree together I placed the tree on a contrast green card stock that I machine stitched along the edges. The tree layer was placed on the card base using 3D foam. I stamped the sentiment on a homemade label, added bakers twine and finished the card with nail heads.

I hope you have enjoyed my design for the week and please visit all our Design Team members weekly inspirations. 

Don't forget our bi-monthly challenge!!! You have the opportunity to win a gift certificate to the Dies R Us shop. Just go to our Dies R Us Challenge blog and see what our next theme will be, make a card or paper project, up load it to our gallery and who knows, you might be the next winner!

Until next week, thanks for stopping by, Robin

Gather Summer While You Can!

Hello again!

I hope you are already well on your way to a fantastic week!  It's hard to believe that it is almost September already, isn't it?  Where has the summer gone!  I thought I would share a simple card with you this morning that I like to call "Gather Summer While You Can!"  There won't be too many more days when we can gather summer flowers and enjoy their beauty!

The image I used for this card was from Cornish Heritage Farms & would be perfect for any number of different occasions from birthday & get well to just thinking of you.  I used just two dies on this card, Spellbinders Elegant Ovals and Sue Wilson Cordoba.  I love to mix & match my die sets to create totally different looks!

I hope you enjoyed today's bit of inspiration and have checked in with the other design team members too!
Be sure to give the Dies R Us Challenge Blog a visit!  Once you do, I'm sure you will want to join in for the chance to win a gift certificate!

Well, I'm off to check out the Dies R Us store again!  LOVE that place!!  All the die companies & brands I love most all under one roof & the lowest prices around! One stop shopping at it's finest!

See you next week with a Christmas card!  Until then, happy creating!!

Sherri

Home Sweet Home

Hello Dies R Us Fans!

Darlene here and today I'm playing with one of the many new Darice Embossing Folders now being carried at our Dies R Us Store.  SO many to choose from, they emboss BEAUTIFULLY and the price is unbelievable (most under $5)! At these prices, I'm thinking these will be a perfect holiday surprise for a few of my crafting friends!!

Today's card has no ink, no markers, no design paper, no digi images, no stamped images ... but what it does have are these fabulous items from our STORE:

Darice 'Bird Cages' Embossing Folder  #1219-101

Memory Box 'Gold Finch' #98756

Spellbinder D'Lites 'Home Sweet Home' #S2-086

Poppy Stamps 'Simple Banner' #836

I am in need of some 'Welcome Home' type cards for my upcoming craft shows and I think this will work quite nicely!!  Maybe even the same style in various colors ... red for 'Cardinals' ... yellow for 'Gold Finch'.   These embossing folders emboss so beautifully I really hated to cover up any part of the beautiful image.

Please be sure to pop over to the store to see ALL the new companies/product that has been added to our inventory!  And while you're there, be sure to sign up for our Newletter (if you haven't already) so you don't miss out on the latest additions, sales and special orders that are sometimes only public to those receiving the newletter notification.

And REMEMBER ... there's still time to play along in our current challenge at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog!  

Hope to see you there!

I'll be back next week to share more die cutting inspiration fun.  

And, one of my team mates will be here each weekday to share THEIR creative style with you!

So until then . . .

Happy Anniversary!!

Today is Monday and I'm here again, bringing you new inspiration at Dies R Us Inspirational Blog!

I made a scrapbook layout for my friend's 1st anniversary. You should agree that they're such a lovely couple, eh? :)

I'm using:

Spellbinders - Resplendent Rectangle

Magnolia Doohickey's - Old Swedish Lace (To tell you the truth, I never expect this dies is sooo gorgeous!! You should get yourself one ;) )

American Craft - Day Dreamer

I also coloured an image by JadeDragonne, a talented artist!

Thank you for visiting today :) I wish you have a great day!

Have you visit the store? Because you wouldn't dissapointed of what we have there :)

And if you haven't entered our stitching challenge, please click HERE and join us :)

Don't forget to come back tomorrow!! Darlene's gonna show you something interesting!

xoxo,

Mikha Adriani