Dies R Us Leaves Challenge

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog!  Life has gotten busy with school again and I need to focus more time on academics and my kiddies.  I've made the difficult decision to step down from my very first DT position at Dies R Us. I'm very sad to leave but today's post will be my last.  There is some amazingly wonderful talent and heart in the design team.  I will miss the challenge blog and will be visiting regularly.  I hope you will do as well.

Today's card was inspired by the new Dies R Us Leaves in the Trees Challenge that begins today.  For this card I used three Cheery Lynn dies.  

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Fall Leaves

Cheery Lynn Winter Holiday Words

Cheery Lynn Classic Circles L4 

I cut a large circle and stamped it with a wood grain stamp.  The card is A2 sized.  The really cool thing about this card is the Blessings die.  It's part of the Cheery Lynn Designs Winter Holiday Words set and I don't have anything else like it in my die collection.  I love how it just almost embossed-cut out the word.  It's a very simple, graphic die.  Love it!

These leaves cut the same way, there are really interesting swirls cut into them.  They were cut out of white card stock and then colored with distress ink.  

Make sure to stop by the Dies R Us Challenge blog for more inspiration from my awesome teammates and join in the current Leaves in the Trees challenge!

Dies R Us Gone Fishin'

Good morning!  Today I'm back with a card featured on the Dies R Us Challenge blog.  The new Summer Vacation challenge begins today.  I don't do a lot of fishing but my husband and sons go when they can so fishing makes me think of summer.  

For this card I used three Cheery Lynn Designs dies.  I colored them all with distress ink and actually cut the tip off the fishing pole because it's so long.  This is a 5.5" card, this die would be perfect on a scrapbook page but I'm a card maker and I love the detail on the fish that come with it.

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Fishing Set

Cheery Lynn Gone Fishing (out of stock)

Cheery Lynn Life Saver

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.  Check out the Dies R Us Blog for more great inspiration from my teammates and make sure to join in the latest Summer Vacation challenge!

Dies R Us Going Camping

Hi friends!  I'm back today with an inspiration card for Dies R Us's new challenge Outdoor Fun.  The camping dies are from Cheery Lynn's last release.  This card was created on an A2 card base.  Everything was colored with sponges and distress ink.  The stamped sentiment is from Riley and Co. and reminds me of a friend of mine and fellow scout mom.  I get a kick out of this saying, it's how I'd like to camp too.  

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Designs Camping Set

Cheery Lynn Designs Ship's Compass

Cheery Lynn Designs A2 Rectangle (Out of Stock)

Thanks for looking and I hope you can join in the current challenge at the Dies R Us challenge blog for a chance to win a gift card to the Dies R Us store.  Make sure to check out the great sale this weekend too!

Dies R Us You're the Best

Hello friends!  I'm sharing a card that's up on the Dies R Us Challenge Blog, which means it's time for a brand new challenge beginning today!  Come and join the fun for a chance to win a gift card to the Dies R Us store (and who doesn't love free dies?).  

I used all Cheery Lynn Designs dies for this card.  I find that they are easy to pair, cut beautifully (even intricate designs) and I LOVE the gorgeous details in so many of the dies.  Check out the lines in the nest and bird wing above.

I colored everything with distress inks, used black paint for the bird's eye and feet and added little droplets of clear glaze on the eggs and fern leaves.  Thanks for looking and make sure to join in the current Birds challenge for a chance to win.  The main Dies R Us Blog and the Challenge Blog have so many gorgeous samples made by my DT teammates.  

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Designs Bird Nest & Eggs

Cheery Lynn Designs Fern Leaf

Cheery Lynn Designs Lattice #2

Cheery Lynn Designs Feathered Friends

Cheery Lynn Designs You're The Best Sentiment Oval (out of stock)

Dies R Us Happy Golden Anniversary

Hi, I'm back today posting with a card for the new Dies R Us Challenge.  The background paper that was cut with the Horizon Boutique Stacker is a shimmery gold.  The shimmer isn't showing up well and unfortunately looks almost dull in the photo.  The Happy Anniversary and floral flourish from the Cheery Lynn Step Card set were all covered in frantage embossing powder.

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Happy

Cheery Lynn Anniversary

Cheery Lynn Horizon Boutique Stackers Square (out of stock)

Cheery Lynn Fleur de Lis Oval

Cheery Lynn Step Card Bundle #4 (out of stock)

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to join in the new Dies R Us Anniversary Challenge for a chance to win a gift card to the Dies R Us store.  There will be two prizes this time around and there's some gorgeous inspiration from my teammates on the blog too!

Dies R Us Love

Hi everyone!  I'm sharing a card that posted today at Dies R Us.  The new challenge begins today and the theme is LOVE.  Pop on over and see the wonderful inspiration from my DT teammates, they outdid themselves with some beautiful cards!  

This was a simple card to put together.  I distressed the edge of the patterned card stock with a tonic distressing tool for a vintage look.  The flower, hearts and flourish were colored with distress ink.  All of the dies are from Cheery Lynn Designs. 

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Designs - French Pastry Doily

Cheery Lynn Designs - Two of Hearts

Cheery Lynn Designs - Gardenia Small

Cheery Lynn Designs - Love (out of stock)

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you can join in the Love challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Dies R Us Store.

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The Sisterhood of Crafters Love Letters

Dies R Us Always

Happy New Year!  I'm sharing a card for the Dies R Us Something New challenge beginning today.  My "something new" is the Cheery Lynn/Crafty Ann Lattice die in the background.  

These roses were originally intended for another card but they seemed weighty enough on their own that I decided to build a card around them.  The petals were colored with distress ink and molded with a stylus. Embossing paste and glitter glue were dabbed on the edges for the appearance of snow and because I always like a bit of sparkle! Last, I added flat-back pearls to the center of each flower.

The edges of some of the pine needles were heat embossed with Frantage embossing powder and some were painted with a gold pen.  The edges of the lattice layer were distressed with a distressing tool and sponged with distress ink.  

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Designs - Tea Rose Medium (out of stock)

Cheery Lynn Designs - Pierced Banners (out of stock)

Cheery Lynn Designs - Pine Branches (out of stock)

Cheery Lynn Designs - Always

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for a chance to win  a gift voucher to the Dies R Us online store.  You can link up and check out all the wonderful inspiration from my teammates HERE.  Wishing you and yours a wonderful Happy and Healthy 2016!

Hugs!

Dies R Us Gold Christmas

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Designs - Winter Neighborhood Border

Cheery Lynn Designs - Snowflake Set 2

Good Morning!  I'm back today sharing a new card inspired by the new challenge starting today at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  The theme is Christmas.  I was inspired by White Christmas but I ended up adding in some gold.  I guess my card is more of a monochromatic Christmas.  

I began with a cream 5.5 inch card and then layered a piece of design paper on top.  I cut a large circle out of the design paper with a Cheery Lynn Circle Stacker Set.  Then I glued a white scalloped ring to the front of the design paper.  I used the Cheery Lynn Horizon Boutique Circle and then cut the center out with the same circle from the Circle Stacker Set to form the ring.  

Before gluing down the design paper I played around with my Winter Neighborhood Border that I cut with a gold glitter paper.  I positioned it so all three houses would show through.  I cut a rounded piece of the same glitter paper and glued it in front of the border strip so the houses could be centered in the circle.  

Last to add a little more glitz I used a snowflake from the Cheery Lynn Snowflake Set 2 and glued it on top.  This kind of design would work well as a shaker card too but I was afraid the plastic would obscure the sparkle of the glitter paper.  

Thanks for stopping by today and make sure to submit your holiday project to the new Christmas challenge at Dies R Us for a chance to win a gift card to the store!

Dies R Us Fall Flowers

Hi everyone, I'm back with a new card inspired by the Dies R Us Challenge that begins today.  I hope you'll play along for a chance to win a gift certificate to Dies R Us.  The store is amazing, they have dies from so many companies!  

I made the flowers using two Cheery Lynn Gardenia dies.  I cut them out of orange paper and inked the edges with distress ink to give them a more natural appearance.  They were molding with a molding mat and stylus tools and the centers are rhinestones.  I added the dies from the Cheery Lynn Add a Flourish die and glued them to the kraft background paper that had the Cheery Lynn green Concentric Circles Border attached.

Thanks for looking and make sure to join in the challenge for a chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us online store.

Cheery Lynn Concenrtic Circles Mesh Border

Cheery Lynn Add a Flourish

Cheery Lyynn Small Gardenia

Cheery Lynn Gardenia Strip

Dies R Us Boo!

Good Morning!  I'm back today with another Halloween card.  Make sure to check out all my Dies R Us teammates' cards - they are spectacular!  I just love spooky things but I'm such a wimp when it comes to scary movies.

This was such a quick card and fun to make.  I cut the frame using the Memory box Sleepy Hollow Oval Frame.  This die isn't currently in stock but  if you used an oval die and some of the new Memory Box tree dies you could create a similar look.  Then I colored it with distress ink and glued it to a piece of purple background paper.  I then used foam adhesive to adhere it to the back of the card front, positioning it so oval frame fit perfectly in the negative space of the cut-out.  The foam tape really gives the card dimension.  I then glued ghosts around from Memory Box's Swirling Ghosts die. 

Thanks for visiting!  I hope you enjoyed my project and make sure to join in the new Dies R Us Boo to You challenge beginning today!

Dies R Us Dies

Memory Box Swirling Ghosts

Memory Box Sleepy Hollow Oval Frame

Dies R Us Back to School

Good Morning!  It's that time of year when all of a sudden it's the first day of school and it FEELS like the first day of school - it's colder and the air is crisper.  At least it's starting to feel like that in NY.  I made this for the new Back to School challenge at Dies R Us.

To create this card I layered lots of primary colored design paper with a few dies sprinkled in.  I didn't think I had a lot of school dies to use on this project but when I began to put things together I had more than I thought.  I double cut the Impression Obsession Thanks die, once in yellow and once in white to get a shadow effect.  

Dies

Avery Elle Count On It

Impression Obsession Thanks Word

Frantic Stamper Village School House

Taylored Expressions Party Banner Border

Technique Tuesday Notebook Card

Thanks for visiting and don't forget to join in the new Back to School Challenge.  You have two weeks to enter!  

Dies R Us Sunshine

Good Morning!  This is my inspiration card today at Dies R Us.  I hope you can join in the Summertime Fun challenge beginning today.    

I was inspired by my teammate Vicki's beautiful pinwheel card HERE and my designer paper.  I hope you like the result.  The sunflowers were colored with distress ink.  The large circles are Cheery Lynn dies. The "you are my sunshine" sentiment is an old House Mouse Stamp.  I popped up the banner by using foam adhesive on both short edges and bending up the center before adhering it.

Dies R Us Dies
Cheery Lynn Sunflower

Cheery Lynn Rose Leaf Strip

Cheery Lynn Pierced Banners

Thanks for visiting!  

Dies R Us Celebrate

Good Morning!  I'm posting today with an inspiration card for the new Stars & Stripes Challenge going on at Dies R Us.  Come and join the fun and link up a new project for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Dies R Us store!

Frantic Stamper Star Card Panel

Frantic Stamper Stars & Stripes Photo Card

Cheery Lynn Cutie Fringe 4

For this card I used an A2 card base, then added a blue mat, then a red one and then used the Frantic Stamper Star Card Panel on top.  I cut the star card panel a second time and paper pieced in some of the blue stars.

I added three Cheery Lynn Cutie Fringe #4's that I rolled with a quilling tool.  The blue Celebrate word is from Frantic Stamper's Stars and Stripes Photo Card Die.

Thanks for looking and I can't wait to see your stars and stripes cards!

Dies R Us Happy Anniversary!

Happy Friday!  This month Dies R Us is celebrating their one year anniversary!  In celebration the new Anniversary Challenge will run for the entire month and there will be 5 winners!  I hope you can join in the fun.

I created the layers using three dies from Sue Wilson's New York Madison Square die set.  All of the flower dies and embellishments are from Cheery Lynn Designs.  The off-white paper is a shimmery card stock and the middle lacy panel and words were cut out of a shiny chrome paper.  It's prettier in real life, the sheen didn't photograph well.

I added a silver center to the Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum flower using the Cheery Lynn Build a Flower #2 embellishments and then glued a rhinestone center.  The smaller flower is Cheery Lynn's Sweet Christine cut from a light gray textured card stock.  I glued blue pearls to the centers.  I then positioned the flowers and tucked darker gray Cheery Lynn Leafy Flourish leaves behind the flowers.

Supplies

Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum Strip

Cheery Lynn Embellishment 2

Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip

Cheery Lynn Sweet Christine

Cheery Lynn Happy

Cheery Lynn Anniversary

Sue Wilson New York Madison Square

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to join the challenge.  You have a whole month to link up and play along!

Cardabilities Celebrate

Hi friends!  Today the Dies R Us Design Team has joined the DT over at Cardabilities for a new sketch challenge.  Join the fun for a chance to win a $20 Dies R Us gift certificate!  This is the inspiration card I designed based on the Cardabilities sketch below.

Dies R Us Dies

Cheery Lynn Olive Branches

Cheery Lynn Chrysanthemum Strip

Cheery Lynn Celebrate

Impression Obsession Circle Shaker Frame

A sketch is a great place to start creating if you're not sure where to begin.  Pop on over to Cardabilities and join in the fun!

Thanks for visiting and have a great day!

Dies R Us Nautical Dreams

Welcome and happy April Fools Day!  It's the first of the month so it's time for a new challenge over at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  Join us for our "One for the Boys" Challenge for a chance to win a voucher to the Dies R Us store!

DRU has an amazing assortment of dies and free US shipping with a $35 purchase.  For my international friends, shipping is free with a $50 purchase.

Dies

Cheery Lynn Designs Seahorse Family

Cheery Lynn Designs Sand Dollar & Starfish

Cheery Lynn Designs Ships Compass

The seahorse, compass and starfish die cuts were all colored with distress ink and positioned around the stamped quote.  I popped up some of the elements with foam adhesive for added dimension.  The little dots are dew drops and the center of the compass is a gold bead that I colored darker with a Copic marker.

Thanks for visiting and remember to join in the current Dies R Us Challenge for a chance to win a great prize!

Challenge Entered

Country View Challenges Kraft

Dies R Us Dream Big

Good Morning!  Thanks for stopping by today and Happy March!  There's still a foot of snow on my lawn but March gives me hope that Spring is coming.  :)

I created this card for the new Monochromatic Challenge at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. All dies on this card are from Cheery Lynn Designs.  Come join the new challenge for a chance to win a $10 gift voucher to the Dies R Us store!

The card base is a 5.5" cream square.  I first distressed the edges of a piece of DP using a distressing tool and ink.  Then I popped up the DP with foam adhesive and tilted it so the card base made an irregular border around it.  

The Cheery Lynn Gardenia Flowers, Cutie Flowers, Flourish Leaves, Nautical Wheeler Doily, Clock, Dream Big words and Mesh Border were all cut out of white card stock and colored with neutral (and a little pink) distress ink.  The Gardenia die always creates gorgeous flowers.  Here's a closer look:

I cut the banner with another design paper and glued the dream big words.  I used the center of the Nautical Wheeler Doily for the center of my clock.  I added foam adhesive behind it and it fit perfectly.  

Cheery Lynn Dies

Clock

Cuties 3

Dream Big

Flourish Leaf Strip

Horizon Fishtail Banners

Mesh Border

Nautical Wheeler Doily

Small Gardenia

Thanks for looking and have a wonderful day!

Challenges Entered

Cheery Lynn Designs Doilies

Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes

Graph It Color Challenge Vintage

Crafty Catz Challenge Dies/Punches

Crafting for all Seasons Dies/Punches

Sister act card challenge Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge Anything Goes 

Frosted Designs Homemade flowers/recycled materials

Jo's Scrap Shack Anything Goes

Dies R Us Gingham Love

Good Morning!  I have a new card to share that I created for the new Hearts. challenge going on over at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.

Dies

Memory-Box--La-Rue-Heart

Cheery-Lynn--Horizon-Coved-Boutique-Stacker

Cheery-Lynn--Love

When I don't know where to start, I often flip through paper pads.  The papers inspire me and also makes coordinating a breeze.  I don't have many heart dies in my collection, but this La Rue Heart is just so lovely I had to have it.  

I cut the heart out of the gingham card stock and then cut it again out of the blue.  I popped up the gingham paper so the coordinating rose card stock would show through.   I covered the La Rue Heart in glitter and glued it to the rose card stock so it sits below the gingham layer.

I wanted to add a small border to the top and bottom so I cut a Cheery Lynn Horizon Coved Rectangles die and then cut off the scalloped sides.  It added just the right sized delicate scallop.

The Cheery Lynn Love die was cut and then covered with silver Frantage embossing powder.

Last I spritzed some seam binding tape with glimmer mist and made a bow topped with a button and added some sequins for sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by!  

Dies R Us Birthday Bouquet

Hi,  I made this for the new Anything Goes With a Twist (Something New) Challenge at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  Come over and join the fun for a chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store.  There is an amazing selection of dies and free USA shipping if you spend over $35 and free International over $50.

This Magnolia Tilda stamp, Die-Mensions Birthday topper die and Spellbinders Labels 42 Decorative Elements are all new for me.  

The Spellbinders Labels 42 die is gorgeous but because it's so intricate I found that using a layer of wax paper between the die and card stock helped with smooth removal from the die.  I love this new die-mensions birthday topper.  It's such a different die that adds a fun element on projects.  I'm looking forward to embossing it and making it look like metal on future cards.  

Thanks for looking and get some of your new goodies together and come and join our latest challenge!  Happy New Year!

Supplies

Magnolia Tilda Binding Flowers Stamp

Cheery Lynn Anastasia Border

Cheery Lynn Cuties 4

Cheery Lynn Cuties 2

Cheery Lynn Cuties 3

Cheery Lynn Rose Leaf Strip

Die-Mensions Birthday Topper

Penny Black Dies Pennant

Spellbinders Labels 42 Decorative Elements

Spellbinders Matting Basics A

Trimcraft - Love Letters 6x6 Paper Pad

Challenges Entered

Midweek Magnolias Anything Goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Anything Goes

Tilda's Town Something New

7 Kids Challenge Anything Goes

Stamp and Create with Magnolia Banners or Bunting

Dies R Us Skating Bliss

Good Morning!  I created this card for the new Winter Wonderland Challenge going on at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  It's such a fun challenge with a ton of possibilities and I hope you can play along.

Impression Obsession Small Snowflake Set

Spellbinders A2 Devine Eloquence

This was a birthday card I created for my son's friend's birthday.  The little girl had an ice skating party and I immediately thought of this stamp.  I wanted a lacy, frilly card so I pulled out my new Spellbinders die and this card came together in a snap.  

Her dress was colored with copics and the panel underneath was sponged with distress ink.  The Impression Obsession Snowflakes were covered in glitter as is the skater's dress.  I hope you can join this challenge.  

I can't wait to see what Winter Wonderland you create with dies!

Challenge Entered

Craft Hoarders Anonymous Celebrate the Season