IO Hearts

The challenge at Impression Obsession is Have a Heart.  I just got some new dies from IO's newest release from the Dies R Us Store.  I used them along with some dies I already had to make this Double Z fold card. 

These are the dies I used. 

Impression Obsession Looped Hearts

Impression Obsession

   Impression Obsession Love words
Impression Obsession XO border

Double D Balloons

Our challenge at Double D Challenge Blog is all about balloons.




I needed a birthday card so I made this fun pop-up box card using  balloons.  I used Stampin' Up Balloon Adventure dies and balloon punch for the balloons.  The base of the card was created with Spellbinders pop up die.  I could not get a good picture of the card, but many of the balloons were cut from glitter paper so there is a lot of sparkle and shine.  Most of us who make cards are familiar with these cards, but when I send them to friends who are not card makers, they are  thrilled with this fun fancy fold.  Sometimes I forget what is common to me is special to them.  

If you play along you can  win this fun die from Elizabeth Craft Design. 

We hope you will join us for this challenge  at Double D Challenge Blog.  

Dies R Us Birthday

It is already the middle of January which means it is time for another challenge at DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG.  I always need birthday cards so this is a perfect challenge for me. 

A special friend of mine, Donna Phelan, has a birthday on December the 25th.  You can find her amazing designs HERE. Her favorite color is sunshine yellow so I sent her this colorful card.  This is also a practical gift.  There is a monthly calendar, post it notes, and a pen.  I made several of this type of card for December, January and February birthdays. I love a card that has a purpose.  I might do a few more designs for March and April birthdays. 

These are the dies I used for this project.  They are  available at the DIES R US STORE.  

Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy

Precious Marieke Square Flower Frame

Tutti Designs Honeycomb

    Sue Wilson Birthday Frame (Birthday Sentiments)

  Karen Burniston Word Set 2 (Happy Sentiment)

We hope you will join us at DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG for this challenge.  

Exciting News 

We also have some exciting news to share with you. we have some exciting news to share with you.  .Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

Also If you have not signed up for the DRU newsletter you are missing out on some great sales and special purchases on European Dies. 

Double D 4th Anniversary

                                                 

4th anniversary and celebrating with some

 'PUNCH'

we want to see some poor neglected punches used

  This year our team and wonderful blog creators. Diane and Darlene, celebrate our 4th year. I can't believe it has been that long. We have become very close as a team and support each other whenever we can.  I feel honored to be part of such a talented group of women. 

                                                    

What a colorful mood board. I took my inspiration from the yellow punch and the fruit slices 

in the first three drinks. 

I found some free digital pictures of lemons on line and fussy cut them.  The leaves look black but they are dark green. I did not get into card making when punches were so popular,but I do have a few. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch.  We hope you have time to join us for this challenge at Double D Challenge Blog.

 You will have a chance to win this cute Lawn Fawn Stamp and Die Set.

  

                                                      

Dies R Us Anything Goes

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! 

Time for everyone's favorite type challenge Anything Goes.  Just remember to use metal dies from a company carried at Dies R Us.

 I love this sweet bird from Precious Marieke and wanted to make it the focal image.  I embossed a piece of card stock with Tim Holtz brick embossing folder and sponged it with stormy sky distress ink. From that point I layered the dies.  Of course, I had to add a few of my homemade flowers and and some greenery. 

Here are the dies I used for this card.

Sue Wilson Daisy Circle

Precious Marieke Spring Birds


Amy Design Musical Stave

Lawn Fawn Reverse Stitched Scalloped Squares

We hope you will start the New Year by joining us for this challenge at Dies R U Challenge Blog.  One randomly selected entry will be chosen to win a gift voucher from the Dies R Us Store.