A Diamond Top Card

Today, I am sharing my very last card 

made for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

I have really enjoyed being part of this wonderful design team for the last year,

which has found me learning so much from the other fabulous ladies
and of course, making new friendships.

Thanks to Dani, the owner of Dies R Us, for giving me this great opportunity and
a big thank you to Darlene, the design team coordinator. She is one amazing team leader!

So, onto my Diamond Top card. I found some very easy instructions to follow on
Christina Griffith's blog HERE, where you will find she has also put together a short video.

Here is my card base after scoring and folding at the required measurements.

Next, using the Large Cross Stitched Square Stackables from Lawn Fawn, 
I cut a square from blue card and glued it to the diamond top, followed by a smaller
square Nestabilities die from Spellbinders.

I then made up one of the styles of cupcake from the Sizzix Triplets - Cupcakes,
and glued it to the centre of the diamond top.

For the lower part of my card I cut a piece of blue card and a smaller piece of yellow card.

For the embossing of the yellow card, I used a technique I came across on
Jennifer McGuire's blog HERE, using the Lawn Fawn - Stitched Borders.
She has used these dies in various ways with such a great effect.
Connie from the Design Team also used this technique for her card HERE

Keeping the four dies connected, I placed them onto the card using low tack tape,

and run it through my die cutting machine.

I continued doing this, until the whole piece was embossed.

 I then glued it to the blue card and glued it to the base card.

Lastly, using Papermania Sentiment Stamps  - Clare Curd's Signature Range,
I stamped my sentiment onto yellow card, used one of the

X-Cut - Decorative Dies Large - Tags and Bookplates to make a tag.

Then, using the same die, I drew around the outer edge on blue card,

cut with scissors and used as a matt for the sentiment.

I placed it in position with 3D foam pads, and then added the diamantes.

Challenges entered:-

Ooh La La - Layer It Up
Dragonfly Dreams - Girly with Die Cut/Punch

Allsorts Challenge - Cakes, Cupcakes and Sweet Treats

Southern Girls Challenge - Use a Die Cut

Simon Says - Use More than One Die or Punch

Here are the dies I have used:-

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A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

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Hello Spring!

Today, I am sharing my latest card 

made for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

As we are in the first week of Spring, I thought I would use some bright

Spring colours for my card today.

I started by embossing a 7"x5" card base.

Then using the largest of the Lawn Fawn - Stitched Scalloped Border Dies, I cut three

borders in yellow and green, and glued them together and added them to the bottom of a white embossed panel.

Next using the second largest of the Lawn Fawn - Stitched Scalloped Border Dies, I cut a yellow border and glued it to the top of the embossed panel.

Using orange card, I cut the word 'Hello' from the Avery Elle - Sentimental Die Set

and glued it to the central panel. Finally I added a couple of green sequins

and yellow enamel dots to finish.

The products I have used are:-

Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Lace

Challenges entered:-

CAS on Sunday - Sentiment

Make My Monday - White Embossing

Ooh La La - Spring is in the Air

Fussy and Fancy - Springtime

Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes

AAA Cards - Die Cuts

Thanks so much for stopping by.

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Why not check out all the fabulous dies available at the Dies R Us store AND, 

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A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

offered to the lucky winner of each challenge.

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Janice

Hello Sunshine!

Today, I am sharing my latest design team card 

made for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.


I started by embossing a 7"x 5" card base with a Darice Honeycomb Background embossing folder.

Next, using the Lawn Fawn - Spring Showers die set, I cut the clouds and sun in white card, colouring the sun and edging the clouds with Promakers.

I generated the word 'sunshine' on my computer, then I used the smallest die from the
Sue Wilson Designs - Frames and Tags - Pierced Flags, to cut the flag.

For the larger yellow one, I used the middle die and white card, which I coloured with a Promarker.

Next I die cut the 'hello' from the My Favourite Things, Die-Namics 'Hello There' die set.
I was lucky enough to win this set from a snippets challenge that Di runs over at
 Pixie's Crafty Workshop

Lastly I added silk flowers from my stash, sequins and diamante gems to decorate.

Challenges entered:-

Here are the products I have used:-

Thanks so much for stopping by.

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A Gilding Flakes Birthday Card

Today I am sharing my latest design team card 

made for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

This is a birthday card using some beautifully coloured gilding flakes
and the Sue Wilson Designs - Striplet/Stacked Diamond.

I started by placing the inner die from the set onto a rectangle of cream hammered
card and ran it through my die cutting machine.
Next I placed the outer die around the stacked diamonds, secured with low tack tape and
embossed it through my die cutting machine.

To give this effect....

Using 'Variegated Red' Gilding Flakes, I covered a smaller panel of card with a piece

of double sided adhesive sheet, covered with gilding flakes and burnished,

to place behind the diamonds.

Using strong double sided tape, I attached this panel behind the diamonds,

and then matt and layered it onto some orange card and gold mirri card.

Lastly, I attached this to the base card, stamped the sentiment and added the nail heads.

Here is the die set I have used:-

Other products used:-

Inkylicious Twinchie Stamp - Happy Birthday
Crafty Notions Gilding Flakes - Variegated Red
Josy Rose Nail Heads which you can find HERE

Hougie Board

Challenges entered:-
Lemon Shortbread - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Make My Monday - Shimmer and Shine
Ooh La La Challenge - Die Cuts

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Check back daily for more great inspiration from the girls on the design team.

Why not check out all the fabulous dies available at the Dies R Us store AND, 

don't forget we have a Dies R Us Challenge Blog too!

A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

offered to the lucky winner of each challenge.

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It's a Wrap!

Hello, today I am sharing my latest design team make

for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog - A Chocolate Bar Wrapper!

I think it's nice to give as a small thank you gift to someone or maybe to cheer them up.

I first saw the idea on my friend Christine's blogs HERE and HERE, where she has made
a selection of wrappers for all sorts of occasions and got me started on them!

I first cut a piece paper of My Mind's Eye from the Wild Asparagus 8"x 8"paper pack to the size of the chocolate bar - 8"x 6" ensuring the two edges overlapped to stick together, on the underneath.

Next I ran a green Promarker along each long side and wrapped it around the
chocolate bar, using double sided tape to join together at the back.

With the Sue Wilson Designs - Petite Peony Cluster die, I die cut the larger die in
cream card and the peony die in plum card. This I did twice.

Next I glued the plum peonies behind the cream ones on the flourish.

With the second set, I did exactly the same, but this time I snipped off the foliage.

Using 3D foam pads, I attached them to the flourish.

Next, using the Sizzix - Framelits 'Hello' set of dies and stamps, I stamped

the 'for you' and die cut it with the smaller die of one of the pairs of frames and cut the
larger die in plum card to matt it.

Lastly, I added a couple of punched butterflies and some diamantes to finish.

Here are the dies I have used:-

Challenges entered:-

Pixies's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Must use Flowers

The Paper Girls Challenge - Patterned Paper

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Calender Challenge - Something New (Sizzix Framelit Dies)

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Dies and Punches

Craft for the Craic - Pick Me Up!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Check back daily for more great inspiration from the girls on the design team.

Why not check out all the fabulous dies available at the Dies R Us store AND, 

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A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

offered to the lucky winner of each challenge.

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A Female 'CAS' Card

Today I'm sharing  my latest design team card 

made for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

All the details on how I made the card can be found HERE

I made this card recently for a friend who loves fancy umbrellas, so

I thought this Bugaboo digi image would be perfect for her, which I coloured myself with Promarkers. This is another one I selected as part of my recent prize.

I started with a card base measuring 4.5" x 5.75"

Taping the largest die from the Lawn Fawn - Large Stitched Rectangle Stackables

onto the card front with low tack tape, I ran it through my die cut/embossing

machine to emboss the frame onto the card.

Here is how the front looks after embossing the frame.

Next, using the Budding Vine embossing folder from Craft Concepts, I embossed a
smaller piece of white card, matt and layered it onto some lilac

card and glued it directly to the card base..

I used a darker lilac piece of card for the Lawn Fawn - Say Cheese Die, glued

the coloured image into the window, and added some twine.

I attached it to the card front with 3D foam tape, added some sequins and

enamel dots to finish.

Here are the items I have used:-

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Dies, dies and more dies!

Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes

Stamp Art Papel Retarte 92 - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Anything but Square

Tuesday Throwdown - Anything Goes

Colouring in Scrapland - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap- Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Check the Dies R Us blog daily for more great inspiration from the girls on the design team.

Why not check out all the fabulous dies available at the Dies R Us store AND, 

don't forget we have a Dies R Us Challenge Blog too!

A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

offered to the lucky winner of each challenge.

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Janice

A Poppy Card

Today I am sharing my latest design team card 

made for the Dies R Us Inspirational Blog.

I started with an A5 card base and placed the Sue Wilson Designs - Gemini Collection/Lyra

on the right hand edge of the card and ran it through my die cutting machine.

Next I glued a piece of red card behind the cut edge, and added some score lines

to the remaining front of the card.

Using the Memory Box - Prim Poppy Die, I die cut four poppies in red and green card.

I then snipped the red poppy heads away from their stems and glued them to the green ones.

I then positioned them onto the card, cutting away a couple of pieces of stem from one of them, and then glued them to the card.

Using the Memory Box - Precious Daises die, I cut the smaller bow in red card, glued it

to the poppy stems, adding a diamante to the centre.

I have not added a sentiment just yet, as I think this card can be used for different

occasions e.g. Birthday, Anniversary, Get Well and Sympathy.

These are the dies I have used:-

Challenges entered:-

Create and Makes - Anything Goes

Everybody Art Challenge - Anything Goes

Ike's World Challenge - Anything Goes with a twist - Use a bow

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Try it on Tuesday - Anything but Square

Scrapyland - Favourite Colours (Maroon)

The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Check back daily for more great inspiration from the girls on the design team.

Why not check out all the fabulous dies available at the Dies R Us store AND, 

don't forget we have a Dies R Us Challenge Blog too!

A new challenge is offered on the 1st and 15th of each month with a PRIZE VOUCHER 

offered to the lucky winner of each challenge.

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Janice