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. 

Dies R Us Anything Christmas

How is this for a Clean and Simple card?  I made the flowers using Sue Wilson's Festive Poinsettia Garland. I did some sponging on red card stock, shaped them and glued two of the flowers together and filled the center with prills. Then I placed them on the Memory Box Poinsettia Band and put some Nuvo Drops on the berries of the die.   I embossed a piece of white card with  a Crafter's Companion 3D embosiing folder and put the whole thing on a red card stock base. A sentiment from Elizabeth Crafts finished the design. 

Memory Box Poinsettia Band

Sue Wilson Poinsettia Garland

 Elizabeth Craft Merry Christmsas

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Double D Run Rudolph

It is a good thing Rudolph likes snow because there is a lot of snow on this Mood Board from Double D Challenge Blog.  This time Diane has challenged us to use a deer on our card. 

I went for the cold snowy look. I forget where I got this die, but I think it is Penny Black.  I used distress ink for the background and liberally splattered glue mixed with water and covered it with glitter to get that snowy look. The sentiment is from PTI.  The frame is from Impression Obsession. 

We hope you will share your deer creations with us.at  Double D Challenge Blog. One randomly chosen entry will win this cute deer die.

Dies R Us Snowflakes

Where did November go?  Here it is the first of December and time for another challenge at  Dies R Us Challenge Blog.   The challenge is to use a snowflake somewhere on your card or project.  I used the Memory Box oval snowflake and a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder for my card. I love the Frantic Stamper Sweet Holly die. I cut it out in white and also in pink glitter paper. The die makes it easy to paper piece the different parts. 

Here are the dies I used for this project.  You can find them at the Dies R Us Store

Frantic Stamper Sweet Holly

Memory Box
Impression Obsession Merry Christmas


We hope you will join us at  Dies R Us Challenge Blog. One random entry will win a gift certificate from the store.  

Double D Snuggle Up Buttercup

Darlene must have been  thinking about keeping warm when she designed this challenge and created this mood board for the Double D Challenge Blog.  Don't you love all the patterns and textures?  I took my inspiration from the bottom right picture. The cat looks so content snuggled up in his blanket.

  I had the perfect cat stamp designed by Theresa Momber for Gina K designs.  It was one of the very first stamp sets I bought to make a card for my daughter's birthday. I am not a colorist but I did the best I could, and I found the perfect papers in my stash. I added a little texture with some lace and my paper crimper. The holiday circle was a gift from Dies R Us that I got when I placed an order this summer.

Here is the prize you can win if you link up a Snuggle  Up Butter Cup at  Double D Challenge Blog



Can't wait to see what you create.

Dies R Us Give Thanks

It is the 15th of November and time for a new challenge at  Dies R Us . November is typically the month where we are asked to think of our blessings instead of our troubles and Give Thanks. I love this sentiment by IO because it is so elegant, but cut from gold glitter paper is stands out even more.  I decided to keep the card CAS, or at least my attempt at CAS.   Look at all that white space.

Here are the dies I used for the card. 

Impression Obsession Give Thanks


Impression Obsession Ornate Oval

Sue Wilson Poinsettia Garland


We hope you will join us at Dies R Us for your chance to win a random gift certificate from the store.

Dies R Us Stitching

It is the beginning of a new month and time for another challenge at Dies R Us.  This time we challenge you to use a die with stitching. This frame die by IO is perfect for framing a sentiment, and perfect for the challenge because both pieces have stitching on them. I used PTI  poppy card stock and gingham paper for the frames and the background for the IO sentiment. Some pine branches from Poppy Stamps and bells from IO and my card is complete.

Here are the dies I used with links back to the store. 

Impression Obsession Frames

Impression Obsession Jingle Bells

Impression Obsession Merry Christmas

Poppy Stamps Pine

Poppy Stamps Wispy Pine corner

We hope you will join us because one random winner will have a chance for a gift certificate from our store. Check out what the team has designed for your inspiration at Dies R Us  and then link your design to the blog.  We can't wait to see what you create.

Double D Stripes and Dots

Time for another challenge at  Double D Challenge Blog. Darlene has provided us with a fun and colorful mood board; 

I am getting my Christmas cards done one challenge at a time. I used some  PTI paper that I bought a couple of years ago when they had a huge anniversary sale. I bought every color they had and have used them a lot.  They were perfect for this challenge at Double D Challenge Blog 

Here are the dies I used.


Poppy Stamps Banner


Sue Wilson Poinsettia Garland



Sue Wilson Border


One Random entry will get this prize.  We hope you join us.

Make It Sparkle

I just got two new dies from IO so I thought I would use them for their Make It Sparkle Challenge .  One more Christmas card done.

These are the IO Dies I used. 

All in One Frames

Jingle Bells


 Snowflake background

Dies R Us Fall

Fall has arrived even here in sunny California,  We don't have the magnificent

 changing of leaves like you see in Pennsylvania where I grew up, but there are a few trees that change color and our evenings and mornings have the cool, crisp air that I associate with fall. The challenge at Dies R Us is all about fall. 

 I just got this Tutti Design frame from the Dies R Us Store`so I decided to feature it on my card. I covered the frantic stamper tree with gilding flakes.  I embossed a piece of card stock with gold embossing powder and then cut the  IO give thanks sentiment that I backed with black. 

These are the dies I used for the card. 

 Tutti Designs Maple Leaf Frame


Frantic Stamper Ash



Impression Obsession Give Thanks



Check out the inspiration from the Design Team at Dies R Us and then pull out your fall dies and stamps and join us for this challenge. 

Scare - in" Up Some Pumpkins

Pumpkins  and scarecrows and a fun mood board.  Somewhere I have a stamp set from Gina K Designs designer Theresa Momber that was perfect for this challenge.... but I could not find it. It will probably turn up after I clean up my craft room from my many Christmas projects.

As I looked through my supplies, I found  some IO pumpkins and Memory Box pumpkins so I went to the internet to find a scarecrow that was legal to use. I found this happy fellow.

 The picture with stairs and the shelves of pumpkins inspired me to do a stair step card.  This is soooo different from what I usually do, but it was fun.  The best part of being part of this design team is that we are challenged to give you examples, but then we get to be inspired by your awesome creativity.  I think Darlene and Diane have put together an amazing team because none of us approach the challenge in the same way which opens up so possibilities for all of you. Take some time this challenge to thank Diane and Darlene for all they do to bring this challenge blog to YOU.  They are amazing.  Check out what the design team did for this challenge HERE. 

Happy Anniversary

We hope you will join us for the current challenge at Dies R Us. This time it is Anything goes using dies available at the Dies R Us Store.   I love doing all kinds of interactive cards which do require some extra time, but are worth the extra effort. Many of my cards use some sort of Pop up designs on the inside so I am always looking for easy to do things for the outside of the card. This Sue Wilson Wedded Bliss design is perfect for an easy and quick outside.

Sue Wilson Wedded Bliss

I cut the die in white and put it on a blue background. I added some color to the cake and the, bottle and the cut the ring, heart,  and sentiment from gold glitter paper. I glued the rings and heart to the white die cut to add a little bit of bling. I used some gold stickles to the bottle to give it some shine. 

We Hope you will join us at Dies R Us for the Challenge. 

Double D If the Shoe Fits

Time for a new Challenge at Double D Challenge Blog. What an assortment of different types of shoes: casual, glamorous,babies, cowboys. 

             

I did not have a lot of stamps or dies for this challenge, but I did have flip flops. I used IO flip flop dies and added some bling, a few pearl and rhinestones made flip flops a little more glamorous like the pair in the picture. 

If you join us for this challenge you will have a chance to win this fun shoe die. 

Just like the mood board the team has used many varieties of shoes for this "If the Shoe Fits Challenge". We are always excited to see what you create.