Double D Pink and White

 WOW!!! We were blown away with how many of you linked up with us for our HEARTS challenge. It was so hard to pick favorites. You guys are awesome.
                       
                      What fun retro pink and white images Dar found. 

 

I kept my card pink and white with just a little green for accent.  I started with Tutti design rose frame that I cut twice once from pink and once from pink gingham. I inlaid the pink gingham and put some velum behind the whole piece. As I look at this picture I see that I got the sentiment off center. Not sure I can fix that without destroying the card so I will send it to one of my friends who drinks a lot. Just kidding!!!!

I used the following dies from DRU to create this card/

Tutti Rose

Sue Wilson Just a Note

 Dogwood Flower

 Elizabeth Craft Ladder Fern

If you link up with us, you will have a chance to win this awesome die from IO. 

As always,  the team has put together some awesome inspiration for you at Double D Challenge Blog. 

In the Pink

The Impression Obsession challenge is  "In the Pink.  

I think it is easy to see how this card was put together.  It did require cutting the heart die three times , but now I have enough pieces for other cards. 

IO products used for this card.
sketched roses

heart flourish

flora heart frame

Dies R Us Birds and Bees

Time for another challenge  at Dies R Us  called  Birds and/or the Bees

which reminds of this song. "Let me tell ya bout the birds and the bees, and the flowers and the trees, and the moon up above, and this thing called love."   Now for those of you who are my age you probably know this song and you  will find yourself  humming this little ditty for the rest of the day. You're Welcome.!!!

I started with the Karen Burniston Twist Panel Pop Up up die and Jeanines Art Vintage Flowers paper pad

I used pink card stock for the base of the card and the paper pack for all the decorative pieces. The paper pad is double sided and I cut it so I had two extra birds that I fussy cut and popped up on top of the original birds. I went to my stash of birthday sentiments stamps and used them for the message. I added a little lace a few hearts that come with the die, and a couple of dogwood flowers. 

Here are the products from the Dies R Us Store that I used for my project. 

Karen Burniston Birthday

Elizabeth Craft Dogwood 2

Karen Burniston Twist Panel Pop Up

 Jeanines Art Vintage Flowers paper pad

The team has more inspiration for you at Dies R Us .  Join us for this challenge and a chance to win a gift certificate for the Dies R Us Store.

Double D Hearts

It is all about Hearts at Double D Challenge Blog. I love this Mood Board that is full of whimsy, polka dots, pearls, lace, hearts and flowers. We are anxious to see what you create using the board's inspiration. 

This is the card I created for this challenge.  I used the beige and white tones from the board and included the polka dots in the papers.  The heart die is from IO and the love sentiment  is PTI .  I stamped an IO cover a card rose stamp on white and used craft for the card base.

The fun thing about using positives and negatives is that I was able to create a second card from the left over materials.

The heart die is available at the DRU Store. 

Impression Obsession Heart

If you join us for this challenge, you could win this prize. 

Head on over to Double D Challenge Blog and check out what the team has created, and then create you own heart design for the challenge.

Dies R Us Use the Color Red

A new challenge starts today at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. All you need to do is use the color red and use at least one die cut on your card.  I decided to try a CAS card for this challenge. The IO frames die adds texture to the card. I cut the Memory Box Wild flower corner. I was going to inlay some of the flower parts but I liked it just the way it was so I added the sentiment from Sue Wilson and a few hearts that came from a Cheery Lynn heart die. 

The dies I used are available at the Dies R Store. Make sure you sign up for the news letter so you will be notified about special sales and special orders. 

Memory Box Wildflower

Impression Obsession Frames

  Sue Wilson Just for You

Sharon's Birthday

I made this card for my college roommate who loves the beach and flip flops.  I am going to enter this at  Scrapyland Anything Goes


                               
   

Spellbinders Grand Cabinet 

Sue Wilson Palm Trees

Sue Wilson Birthday Frame (Haooy)

IO Flip flops

Karen Burniston Birthday

X Cut umbrella and chairs

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Double D Looking Back in Time

WOW!  What great entries we had for our anniversary challenge.  The team works hard to provide inspiration for the challenges and it was fun that so many of you linked up to our challenges and took the time to comment on our blogs.  Thank You for your support of Double D. You are the best.  The randomly drawn winner of a $20 gift certificate to Dies are Us Store store from the  people who commented on my blog and posted on DD is Beverly Seizmore. CONGRATULATIONS,Beverly.  Please e-mail me at fkkrug@gmail.com for your voucher number.   You will find the winners of all the prizes plus the designer favorites on the Double D Blog. 

Now on to a brand New Challenge. 

Looking Back in Time

Create something that reminds you of times gone by!

I was intrigued by the vintage look of this board with vintage images and in black and white. I looked through my dies and stamps and found a bicycle and some keys, but I was drawn to the typewriter.  I guess I must be vintage too because I learned to type on this type of typewriter. I was so excited when my husband bought me an electric typewriter for our anniversary one year. I used that typewriter until we got our first computer.... years later. 

I did not have a typewriter die so I looked on line until I found a vintage one that had a free down load. Since all the pictures were clean and simple,  I did a clean and simple card that would be appropriate to send to a man.  I always have a hard time making them so it will be nice to have this in my stash.

This is the prize you can win if you post an entry on the Double D Blog. 


Hope you will join us.

Dies R Us New Baby

Anything NEW

(New dies, New baby, New house ... )

The new challenge at Dies R Us is all about something new.  I got this new Sue Wilson Die and it celebrates the arrival of a new baby.  

These dies are so easy to make a really cute card  

with just one die set.  It is easy to use as a stencil to high light the embossing and the background can be cut from contrasting colors or decorative papers.  The word baby cuts out so you can change the color.  I am basically a monochromatic person so I just used a different blue. I did a little sponging on the edges of the pieces to make them pop. 

Sue Wilson Welcome Little One


As usual there is a gift certificate for one random person who enters the challenge and the team will pick their favorites. The DRU store adds to its inventory all the time so be sure to check out the STORE.  While you are there be sure to sign up for their newsletter so you will be notified about special sales and new products an releases.

Double D 3rd Anniversary ~ It's On The Menu

It's a new year and a THIRD anniversary for Double D Challenge Blog and we are celebrating with food. Grab some inspiration from the mood board and create a food related project and join us for this challenge. 

 

Since it is our third anniversary, there are three prizes up for grabs for those of you who celebrate with us and create a food related project. 

Prize 1

Prize 2

Prize 3

I love Pop Up Cards and got this die set from Karen Burniston for Christmas.  Some of her pop ups are a little difficult until you get the hang of them, but this one was really easy. The hardest part for me was getting a decent photo. 

Something sweet just goes with coffee so I used a cupcake from Karen's Pop up cupcake. Although I did not use it, there is a slot at the back of the coffee cup to add a gift card.    

Coffee Pop UpCupcake Pop Up

You will find more inspiration from the talented designers at Double D Challenge Blog. You will want to visit the blogs of the designers because some of them are offering blog candy  to celebrate this occasion.  

As a way to say thank you for your support,  I will be giving out a $20 gift certificate to my favorite  place to shop, the Dies R Us Store. You will need to link up a project for the challenge and leave a comment on my blog to win .   The winners of all the prizes from all the designers who have blog candy will be posted on the Double D Blog on January 16 th.  I will also announce my winner here on my blog. 

I want to thank all of you who have taken the time to link up your projects with us at Double D.  You are all so creative and give us inspiration and tips.  YOU have made the blog a success. 

Dies R Us Anything Goes

Happy New Year!!! Dies R Us  is starting the New Year with everyone's favorite challenge, Anything Goes.  If you have not visited the DRU Store  recently, you need to check out all the things you can purchase besides dies. The store now carries a huge selection of everything you need for your paper crafting. I hope you have signed up for the e-mails because if you haven't you are missing out on fabulous sales and special order opportunities.

 

I have several January birthday cards so I decided on a birthday card for this challenge.  I bought this IO leafy background a few months back but have not used it. I think it is gorgeous especially framed in the IO All in One Frame.



These are the dies I used for the cards.

Elizabeth Craft Ladder Fern

Elizabeth Craft Ostrich Fern

Impression Obsession all In One Frame
Impression Obsession Leafy Background


I hope you will join us for this first challenge of the New Year. What could be a better way to celebrate 2019 than being creative.  Link your designs at Dies R Us.  Your designs always inspire us.

Double D Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

There is something so magical about taking a walk on a snowy day or seeing the moon cast its light and shadows on new fallen snow.  I don't see much of that here in California,but as a native Pennsylvanian I am familiar with snow.... lots of snow. For our new challenge at Double D Challenge Blog, Darlene created this fun mood board for us with lots of inspiration.

I liked all the the pictures so I combined the snow globe, the snowman, and the touches of red in three of the pictures.  

I used several dies from Impression Obsession. to make this shaker card. The snow globe, the trees.sentiment, and bells are IO. A Memory Box snowflake backed by a Poppy Stamp pine sprig and a Frantic Stamper snowman. 

Join us for this last challenge of 2018 at Double D Challenge Blog and you have a chance to win this fun snowflake die. 

The next challenge we will be celebrating our THIRD year as a blog. You will want to join us for the January challenges because there will be extra prizes and blog candy up for grabs.