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

Fall Leaves are Falling . . .

Welcome back Dies R Us Fans!

Darlene here today sharing a very Fall, Fun & Easy card creation for your inspiration!

 

The dies I have chosen from our Dies R Us Store are as follows:

Elizabeth Craft 'Get Well' #790

Tattered Lace 'Lavish Winter Foliage' #D413

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 back in stock. 

Today's card actually used a variety of scraps from the pile that is accumulating on my worktable!  Before die cutting the leaves, I took a piece of scrap white cardstock (same process for the panel behind my sentiment) and sponged around & across it with various Tim Holtz distress fall color inks.  Once die cut, I added a bit more color to the edges of a few of the leaves.

For my sentiment panel, I die cut the Get Well Soon words from a scrap piece of green cardstock and instead of using the 'positive' side of the words, I decided to use the 'negative' portion and really like the outcome.  

TIP:  Just another way you can use your dies ... TWO FOR ONE ... the positive & the negative sides are generally both very useful!

A QUICK REMINDER:  New challenge at our Dies R Us Challenge Blog goes live tomorrow, October 1st!

Theme: GIFT TAGS 

(Suggestions:  Christmas, Birthdays, Weddings, Halloween Goodie Handouts)

I hope you'll come join in the fun!!

A Christmas Wishes...

Hi everybody! :)

It's Monday again and Mikha is here with new inspiration for Dies R Us blog.

Yes, christmas is already in the air and coming in few weeks ;) who's excited? Hehe...

Today I'm using:

Magnolia - Winter Wonderland - The Day Before X-mas Stocking Tilda

Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Elegant Ovals

Magnolia DooHickey's Cutting Dies - Spruce

Magnolia DooHickey's Cutting Dies - Lovely Fence

Magnolia DooHickey's Cutting Dies - Paris Night

*Magnolia DooHickey Club All I Want For Christmas Vol #2 - Limited Edition

I coloured Tilda with Copics using no line technique :)

Then added embelishments everywhere, hehe... 

I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to come to our inspirational blog tomorrow, as Darlene's gonna show you something beautiful!

If you stop by the store, you'll find tons of new dies (and some stamps). You'll recieve free shipping for spending only 35$ for US customers and 50$ for international customers! Not only that, you'll also recieve loyality point every 1$ you spend, which you could redeem your dies ;)

Thanks for visiting me today, and wishing you a lovely day!

xoxo,

Mikha Adriani

So Precious

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

This week's inspirational card is for a friend who has been struggling to have a child for almost 10 years, and was finally blessed with a healthy precious bundle of joy this week! Here is my card.

Dies used include:

Spellbinders Standard Circle

Elizabeth Craft Designs Square with Circle Frame

Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers

Magnolia Doohickey Swirly Butterfly

I've used the super cute Saturated Canary 'Butterfly Baby' and used the no lines technique to colour her in with Copics. I've cut her out with the Spellbinders Standard Circle and framed her with the Elizabeth Craft Designs Square with Circle Frame. Here is a close up of her.

Because of the delicate and intricate frame I wanted some small embellishments so used two of the Impression Obsession Spiral Flowers and the Magnolia Doohickey Swirly Butterfly to complement the image, along with some seambinding ribbon with a pearl brad and charm.

Here are some close ups of the dies.

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.

Until next week, happy crafting!

~  Alicia  ~

Thanksgiving Wishes

Happy Thursday everyone, Robin here with my inspiration of the week for Dies R Us! It amazes me how many different dies there are for all the holidays and it seem Dies R Us has them ALL! So check out our store and take a peek at our other design team members projects for the week; lots of inspiration on their blogs!

My card for today features the beautiful Lawn Fawn Stitched Leaves Die set. Just look at the detail in all those leaves! My sentiment is stamped onto Taylored Expressions Banner Stacklets 2; this die set contains seven dies and is one of my "go to" banner sets!  I layered the leaves onto my sentiment banner and adhered to a piece of craft card stock. The card was finished with a few wraps of paper twine and a couple of dark orange embellishments!

Don't forget to add your name to the Dies R Us newsletter! You will kept up to date on all the latest releases AND special sales! Also, if the die you need is not in stock, add your name to the "want list", you will receive an email as soon as we have back in the store; it's that easy!

We have a "Fall Festival" challenge going on right NOW; you still have time to participate and possibly win a gift certificate to Dies R Us. Check out our Challenge Blog for all the details!

Until next week, thanks for stopping by, Robin

Indecision!

Welcome back!

It's Wednesday again and time for me to see if I can give you a bit of inspiration and get those creative juices flowing!  The title of today's post is "Indecision" and it wasn't hard for me to settle on that as you will see.  I imagine all of us die lovers are a lot alike, aren't we?  The minute you get a new die you just HAVE to cut it out & see what gorgeous creation you can come up with!  I can't wait for the mailman to bring them to me & run directly upstairs to my craft room to tear the package open & start running it through my die machine. Sound familiar?

Well, one of the dies I got with my last order was Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles Two.  I have had Spellbinders Romantic Rectangles for ages & it is one of my favorites.  I think I love this one even more! I had already colored two flower images so I grabbed them from my stack & cut both of them with this gorgeous die, thinking once the cards were completed, I would use one for my post.  Oops!  I hadn't counted on liking BOTH of them & not being able to decide which one to use, so I am posting both & letting YOU decide!

These are just a small sample of all the unbelievable dies you can find at Dies R Us!  They are adding new products on a daily basis so be sure you visit often! And remember, they not only carry dies, but also stamps and embossing folders so they are truly a one stop shopping experience!

Besides the Inspiration Blog, we also have a Dies R Us Challenge Blog where new challenges are posted the first & fifteenth of each month.  If you haven't entered, be sure to head that way or you will miss a lot of fun and some terrific prizes!

See you again next week!  Have a fantastic week & happy creating!
Sherri

Poinsettia and Bells ... Christmas is already in the air!

Welcome back Dies R Us Fans!

 Darlene here and I'm hard at work trying to be sure I have enough holiday cards for my upcoming craft shows as well as what I will need personally for friends and family.  Just a warning ... as I'm sure you will be seeing me create LOTS of Christmas cards in the weeks to come!  LOL!

For my card today I was having fun with layers ...

Oh my goodness ... I have so much beautiful holiday designer paper that I really didn't know where to start ... so, I started by die cutting the main focus for my card and that is the Cottage Cutz 'Elegant Poinsettia Spray' #CCE-036 which was one of those SPECIAL ORDER ITEMS that was announce in our Newsletter ... (hurry and get signed up for the newsletter so you don't miss out on these deals ... they are typically a Limited Time Offer)! 

 I also used:

Spellbinder Labels Seventeen #S5-025

and

Impression Obsession Mistletoe & Bells #DIE110

A couple of my favorite design paper companies are Graphic45 and KaiserCraft.  Today's card uses papers from both companies.  For my die cuts I simply cut each from white cardstock then the fun began!  The poinsettia spray was colored with my Spectrum Noir alcohol markers (DR7 & DG3) ... green Stickles was added at the end for sparkle as well as gold Stickles in the flower center.  

After coloring the greenery & ribbon on the Mistletoe & Bells die cut, I recut the bells section of the die with gold matte paper and glued them over top of the white bells.

There is just no end to the holiday fun with all the fabulous dies available for a very reasonable price in our Dies R Us Store.  If you haven't popped over yet ... NOW'S THE TIME!!!

There are new companies being added all the time!

Prices are great, shipping is VERY reasonable and we even have a new Loyalty Rewards program!

Here's the LINK ... check it out!

I'll be back again next Tuesday ... be sure to come back tomorrow to see what Sherri has to share!

OH!  And remember we have a new challenge over on our Dies R Us Challenge Blog every 1st and 15th of the month with a gift voucher prize to one lucky player!  Hope to see you there!

Till next time . . .

Never Forget This Moment - A Special Birthday

Hi everybody!! Mikha is here!

Sorry I'm writing so lateee... I was out of internet access, and just got it like right now.

Gonna share a card I made for Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

This time, I'm only using:

Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Resplendent Rectangles
and also Bird Cage from Joy Craft.

Joy Craft? Yes, we also sell Joy Craft and others European Dies. But in limited time, so make sure you subscribe the newsletter so that you won't miss it

Anyway, here's what I made:
These cards are the same, just different base paper patterns.

Used A Day For Daisies image and coloured her with my Copics.

I hope you enjoy it and don't forget to come to our inspirational blog tomorrow, as Darlene's gonna show you something beautiful!

If you stop by the store, you'll find tons of new dies (and some stamps). You'll recieve free shipping for spending only 35$ for US customers and 50$ for international customers! Not only that, you'll also recieve loyality point every 1$ you spend, which you could redeem your dies ;)

Until next week ;)

xoxo,

Mikha Adriani

Growing Old...

Greetings Dies R Us friends!

Today is my big brother's birthday, so this week's inspirational card is for him. Although my brother is still in his 30's he is such a 'big kid' so this sentiment works well with him, although 'Gus' is the spitting image of my Dad, which my brother may not appreciate...

Dies used include:

Spellbinders Label 38

Avery Elle Chevron Border

Taylored Expression Party Banner Border

Docrafts Xcut Tags & Bookplates

This grumpy old guy is Gus (which is my Hubby's name too!) and he is from Bugaboo Stamps. I just love him! I coloured him up with Copics and framed him with the Spellbinders Label 38 before layering him over the Avery Elle Chevron Border. I put some music washi tape sitting behind the Avery Elle Chevron Border, which I'd cut from glitter cardstock.

I have a huge collection of washi tape so I used some colourful spotty washi tape in lines as my 'designer paper' and also for the Taylored Expression Party Banner Border, which was layered over black before I trimmed it down for the front of the card. The first part of the sentiment was cut with one of the Docrafts Xcut Tags & Bookplates.

The inside of the card was decorated with the remainder of the sentiment, also cut with the same Docrafts Xcut Tags & Bookplates, and I used the remainder of the off-cut Taylored Expression Party Banner Border too.

Over at the Challenge Blog our 10th challenge is underway. It will be finishing up on September 28. The theme is 'Fall Festival'. There is a great variety of awesome DT creations from the talented Team B. 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  ~