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!

Classy Cards Thanks Border

Hi, I'm posting today with a card for the current Classy Cards 'n Such Blog "On The Edge" challenge. It's a simple challenge with lots of possibilities.  Create something new, include a border and make sure one item on your project is sold at the Classy Cards 'n Such Store.  Join us this week for a chance to win a great prize.  You can even link up at the end of this post!

When planning my card I immediately thought of this Sue Wilson French Border die. It's one of my favorites and because of the large size and beautiful design, it always makes a statement.

I first cut two of the Sue Wilson Border dies with white card stock.  I adhered them to the top and bottom of paper cut from the Authentique Favorite 6x6 Paper Pad.  I backed the Authentique DP with a piece of solid blue card stock.  The blue card stock was adhered with Joy Foam Pads to the white A2 card underneath.

The center Tag is a matching Sue Wilson French die that is part of the same set as the border.  I cut it using the same blue card stock from the background.  I popped up the tag doubling up two layers of Joy Foam Pads for extra dimension. To finish I glued the Thanks word from the Impression Obsession Greeting Set to the center of the tag and added white pearls and silver rhinestones.

Thanks for visiting and remember you can save 10% off your entire order at the Classy Cards 'n Such shop using coupon code JENNY-10.

Supplies

Authentique Favorite Paper

Impression Obsession Greeting Set dies

Sue Wilson French Collection Corner Border & Tag dies

White Pearls

Silver Rhinestones

Joy Foam Pads

Challenge Entered:

Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes
The Sisters of Craft Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Patterned peper

You can link to the "On the Edge" challenge by visiting the Classy Cards 'n Such Blog or clicking on the blue frog below:

Kraftin Kimmie Rapunzel

Hi!  I created this as an inspiration card for the new Anything Goes (With a Twist) Challenge at Crafting by Designs. 

I was in a princess mood.  I think Rapunzel may be retired, but there are so many other adorable Kraftin' Kimmie stamps available with new releases monthly.  My wishlist is a mile long, KKS images are always cute, fun and sometimes sassy!  They just announced a guest DT call on the FB Page, and I submitted this card.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed, wish me luck!

This originally began as a tag but things kept changing direction.  There are so many different dies on this card.  I just kept pulling out supplies.  

The MFT layered pink roses were colored with glimmer mist and copics. The Marianne Design purple leaf die cuts were colored with distress ink.  The greenery was cut from green paper with a Penny Black die and sponged with distress ink and the ends colored with gold Smooch paint.

Rapunzel was colored with copics and glittered with clear stickles.  The Die-Namics flourish die was embossed with two types of gold embossing powder.  The Magnolia banner and Sue Wilson French Collection Corner die (under the flowers) were embossed with Frantage embossing powder.

I added some sequins in spots, and voila!  I framed this in my daughter's room.  I had a collection of empty frames and shadowboxes on her wall and figured maybe it was time to fill them before she becomes a teenager. My Kraftin' Kimmie Cinderella Card ended up there too, now I just need to make her one more princess card and her wall will be done. :)

Supplies

Kraftin Kimmie Stamp

Marianne Designs Leaves

Penny Black Nature's Song

La La Land Rolled Roses Set

MFT Die-namics Formal Flourish

MFT Die-namics Layered Rose

Magnolia Event Banners
Sue Wilson French Collection 

Frantage Embossing Powder

Gold Embossing Powder

Copics

Distress Ink

Glimmer Mist
Sequins & Flat-back Pearls

Thanks for looking!

Challenge Entered
Scrapyland #7

Classy Cards Merry Christmas

I designed this card for the latest Classy Cards 'n Such challenge Candy Cane Christmas.  I hope you can come join us and play along.  I started by looking through my Christmas papers and new dies.

This card came together quickly.  These new Sue Wilson dies are so versatile.  I didn't realize when I ordered them that there were so many possibilities with them.  I love how they give you the option of having a mat behind the beautiful scroll design.

First I cut a piece of red card stock 1/4 inch smaller than my 5.5 x 5.5 card.  I cut the Bo Bunny Mistletoe paper to a 5 x 5 square and glued them down. I used red paper to cut out the Sue Wilson French Collection - Provence mat.  I used the smaller of the two shaped dies in the set to back the red scroll design with a white mat.  I used Joy! Foam Pads to attach the center to the patterned trees paper for dimension.

The green center of the scroll design was cut with the smaller shaped die from the French Collection - Provence die set.  The green center was raised using Joy! Foam Pads. The top tag layer was cut from white card stock from the Sue Wilson French Collection - Corner, Border & Tag dies.

I used the die as a stencil and sponged red distress ink in the center.  The die creates little raised dots around the central oval and I added red flat-backed pearls for a little glam.  The Merry Christmas sentiment is a stamp from my stash.  I think it's from Hero Arts and I'm not sure it's still made.

Thanks for looking and I can't wait to see your Candy Cane creations!

Supplies

Sue Wilson French Collection Provence

Sue Wilson French Collection Corner, Border & Tag

Bo Bunny Mistletoe Collection Paper

Joy! Foam Pads

Flat-back pearls