Loads of Love Card - for Dies R Us Inspiration Blog

I'm posting today for the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog, where it's always my pleasure to create something with my lovely and growing collection of wonderful dies from the Dies R Us Store. 

My husband loves old trucks, so when trying to figure out his Valentine's card for this year, an old truck seemed like a good choice:

This old truck is by Cheapo Dies and is called Loads of Love.  I also used a set of stitched snowdrift dies from Lawn Fawn.

Here's all the supplies and papers I used:

Here's everything die cut.  I cut out extra wheels and hubcaps so I could keep the best 2 to use on the truck. Gluing small things together can be tough for me, so I gave myself extra chances :)

I thought the truck could use some rust, so a little metallic wax did the trick:

I used a hot foil machine and a foil stamp to achieve the background on this card.  I really like the look you can achieve with hot foil:

I used Stick It Sheets to adhere the letters to the card.

I wanted to make sure you've heard the exciting news!  Dies R Us now has a sister store located in Canada called Didi Crafts.  It will ship both to the Us and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as Dies R Us, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to pay huge taxes or large shipping costs.  How great is that?!?!

I hope you check this blog every day for wonderful inspiration!  The design team is so creative, you don't want to miss anything.  Then, join in the challenges at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  Here's one last link to the Dies R Us Store for you, too! 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- January Linky Party

Outlawz Festive Fridays -- Snowy Weather

DigiChoosday -- ATG

Crafty Happiness Challenge -- ATG - optional Love

Poinsettia Peace -- for Dies R Us Inspiration Blog

Happy Christmas Eve!  I'm posting today on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog, and I hope this finds you relaxed and ready for the next few exciting days!

I am sharing a card of peace, just in case you need to slow down and remember to take a breath!

This card uses a Sue Wilson die, sone paper piecing, some foil, and some glitter:

First,  a picture of the supplies (they will be linked below):

The main focal point of the card uses Creative Expressions Craft dies by Sue Wilson, the Festive Collection - Poinsettia Flower Square.  It is currently out of stock, but there are many other similar dies in the Dies R Us Store.

I started by cutting the die out of white card stock, using Stick It Adhesive Sheets behind the poinsettia to make paper piecing easier:

Then, I cut just the inside layer with red, and added that in. It adhered because of the Stick It.

Next, I added the leaves and the gold pearls.

There were some open spaces, so I added white glitter to those.  I also used  a die cut for the Elizabeth Craft Winter Wishes set to cut out the word "Peace".

In this pic, you can see all the die cuts, and the glitter.  The gold square was cut out with a Spellbinders die.

Here are the products used from the Dies R Us Store:

Sue Wilson  Poinsettia Flower Square

Elizabeth Craft - Winter Wishes

Stick It Sheets

I'll leave you with one more view of my peaceful poinsettia card, and I'll wish you the merriest of Christmases!

I hope you check this blog every day for wonderful inspiration!  The design team is so creative, you don't want to miss anything.  Then, join in the challenges at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  Here's one last link to the Dies R Us Store for you, too! 

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I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

D.L. Art -- December Linky Party

TTCRD -- ATG

Not Just Cards -- ATG

Outlawz Festive Friday -- Christmas

Warm Winter Wishes -- for Dies R Us Challenge Blog

How did we get to December already, crafty friends?  I think this month is going to go super fast!  I'm posting today on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog, where I get to play with wonderful dies and great products found in the Dies R Us Store.

It has been cold, and there's has been ice on the lakes near my house for nearly a month now.  Ice fishing is well underway.  Yes, winter is here!  So, I used a gorgeous set of dies from Birch Press Designs, found in the Dies R Us Store to create today's wintry card:

 This uses the Glitz Snowflake Set.  It is currently out of stock.  but there are some other beautiful Birch Press Snowflake designs that are in stock.  All of the Birch Press Designs are so intricate and amazing to work with.  I just love them!

Here are all the supplies I used on this card -- you can see there's also a  Creative Expressions Festive Greetings Stamp Set tucked in there.  It has been my go-to set this Christmas season:

I started this card by picking put the paper colors.  I thought it would look amazing with some specialty papers, so I chose the base layer as a peacock blue foil, the the middle layer as a light blue glitter, then the top layer in white for contrast.

Here's the 3 layers die cut.  I used Stick It Adhesive Sheets on the back of each layer.

Dies R Us Store supplies used on this card:

Birch Press Glitz Snowflake

Creative Expressions Festive Greetings Clear Stamp Set

Stick It Adhesive Sheets

Before you get too busy with the busy holiday season, I'll leave you with one more view of this pretty card:

I hope you check this blog every day for wonderful inspiration!  The design team is so creative, you don't want to miss anything.  Then, join in the challenges at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  Here's one last link to the Dies R Us Store for you, too! 

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STORE
CHALLENGE BLOG
FACEBOOK
INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Outlawz Festive Friday -- Christmas

Polkadoodles -- ATG

TTCRD -- ATG

One Card Panel, 3 Cards -- for Dies R Us Inspiration Blog

I'm pleased to be posting today for the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog.    I had a great time with today's post!  

I've been playing with a card panel die, and I want to show you what I've come up with!  One panel, 3 looks!

The die is a Diagonal Striped Card Panel Die from Frantic Stamper.  There's lots you can do with this!

The first card I created was a Christmas card:

I'll tell you more about it in a bit, but first, a photo of all the supplies used in today's projects:

All the die cut pieces for the first card look like this:

Once it was die cut, it was easy to put together.  I used Stick It Adhesive for small die cuts and the Best Glue Ever for everything else.

Card 2 is a thank you card.  In this one, the card is a landscape card, and I cut out a square to go behind the diagonal panel.  Here are all the parts of the card after they are die cut, but before they are put together:

Here's the assembled Thank You card:

The final card is a sympathy card.  I went back to the original orientation with this one.  Here are all the pieces die cut:

Here's the last card, assembled:

I'll give you links for all the wonderful dies and products I used on these cards, found in the Dies R Us Store: 

Frantic Stamper Diagonal Striped Card Panel

Creative Expressions 'Tis the Season

Creative Expressions With Sympathy

Stick It Adhesive Sheets

Best Glue Ever

I also used dies from Crafter's Companion, Sizzix, and Memory Box.   

I hope you enjoyed your visit and that I was able to inspire you to use your dies, create a project, and come play along with us 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 1st and 15th of every month.  Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest too.

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STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Festive Fridays --Christmas

D.L. Art --Oct linky Party

Lil Patch of crafty friends --ATG

Cute Witch -- for Dies R Us Inspiration Blog

Greetings, fellow crafters.  I'm on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog today, and I always enjoy a chance to play with dies! I have a witch to share today that is not too scary at all!

I like the cute things of Halloween, not the scary things, and I love the candy, so bring it on!

Here's a photo of all the supplies I used on this card:

The focal point of this card is a Tutti Designs die, Cute Witch.  I die cut her 3 times -- once with black card stock, once with orange glitter paper, and once with purple glitter paper.  Here's a photo of everything die cut:

You may have noticed I just cut the pumpkin and got a bit of her hand using the orange glitter paper.  I didn't want to waste anymore of the paper than I had to.  I could have done the same thing with the purple glitter paper, but at the time that I cut it out, I thought I was going to use the socks and shoes, too.  As it turned out, the glitter paper shredded, so I opted to leave that portion black, and just trim off the purple hat and use that. 

Here's a photo of the portions trimmed and ready to layer for the Cute Witch:

The circle die is from Lawn Fawn.  It is a stitched stackable circle die.  There are quite a few version of this, if you search Lawn Fawn circle dies.

I stamped the sentiment using the Lawn Fawn Happy Howloween Stamp Set. It is stamped on a die from Avery Elle, but these banners on close out from EK Success would work great, too. I used Stick It Adhesive Sheets to adhere all the small pieces together.


Dies R Us products used on this card:

Tutti Designs Cute Witch

Lawn Fawn Stitched Circle Stackables

Lawn Fawn Happy Howloween

Stick It Adhesive Sheets

The papers on this card are from We Are 3 Digital Shop. The glittery black paper is from the Halloween paper pack. The spider web paper is one of the Web Works papers. 

I'll leave you with one last shot of the cute witch!

Visit the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog often to see the incredible creations from the very talented design team.  There's also a Dies R Us challenge blog to enter your creations where you use dies. 

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Dies R Us Challenge Blog -- ATG

Crafty Calendar Challenge -- Autumn Colors/Halloween

Outlawz Festive Fridays Challenge -- ATG

Crafter's Castle -- Fall/Autumn