Double D Spring

Signs of spring are everywhere so the DOUBLE D spring challenge is perfect.  As usual, Dar has created a beautiful Mood Board.  I was inspired by the shades of pink and the flower wreath so that is where I began.

I began going through my die cuts and dies and found this wreath in my stash.  It is not a die I own, so I am guessing it was sent to me by one of my wonderful team mates. It was perfect for the challenge.

I dug into my bag of pink flowers and selected these.  The Hello was left over from the last challenge.  The only thing I had to cut is the Impression Obsession bird houses. I always have an assortment of leaves cut and ready to use so this card came together quickly.

We hope you join us for this challenge at DOUBLE D.   If you do, you can win this prize.

                                                               
The Double D team has some wonderful inspiration for you.  One of the things I love most about these Mood Boards is that we all find our inspiration in such different ways which I hope helps you to let your imagination run WILD. We hope you join us for this challenge.
                                                 

Things with Wings

We are half way through the month of March so a new challenge at Dies R Us Challenge Blog begins today.  It is called Things With Wings. I have not used my Impression Obsession doves for awhile so that is where I began.

Impression Obsession Doves

  If you have not signed up for the Dies R Us newsletter you are missing out on some fabulous sales and some special order items that are made available.  These Spellbinder crosses were a special order item awhile back and they make a perfect focal image.

I think you can see how I layered the dies without a lengthy written description. These are the other  dies I used for the layers.

Poppy Stamps Double Scallop Oval 


Tutti Designs Lily of the Valley Frame



I think this card would be perfect as a sympathy card, Easter card or maybe a confirmation card.


                                  



The other designers on the team have lots of inspiration to share with you over at Dies R Us Challenge Blog. We hope you will join us for this challenge.


Don't forget that Dies R Us has a new sister store.  Be sure to visit there also.

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts. 

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!


Thanks for stopping by. 

Double D St. Patrick's Day

What a fun mood board we have over at Double D Challenge Blog.  Don't you just love the dog with the shamrock hat?  My inspiration comes from the shamrock, the daisy and the lucky poster.

It is so funny that you make a card and think it looks great until you see the picture and a glaring error stares back at you, but it is too late to do anything about it except pretend it was a happy accident. lol

I  have had this die for awhile and never used it.  I embossed a sheet of card stock with silver embossing powder and the cut out the die. I used my Versa mark Pen over the good luck and then embossed it in green.  I had to do this a couple of times to get good coverage,  The little shamrocks are from IO and also embossed in green,  and the daisy is Elizabeth Crafts. We hope you will join us for this challenge at DOUBLE D CHALLENGE BLOG.  You have a chnce to win this cute die set if you link up your card with us. 

Tag You're It

February is history and March is promising thoughts of spring. In Northern California, our almond, plum, cherry and peach trees are in full bloom and as breath taking as always. I love my little farming community.  The grapefruits, lemons, limes and  oranges have provided their fruit for the season and now the the summer fruits and nuts are beginning the process. God is good!!!

So the first of the month means a new challenge at  Dies R Us.  When I get new dies, I can't wait to use them. I wanted to use my new stiched flower die from Impression Obsession and the hugs die. I have had the Impression Obsession All in One Frame Die for awhile and it is one of my "go to" dies.  In this case, I used part of it to make a tag.  I cut it from pink and white so I could vary the layers.  

I also used shades of pink and green for the flower.

These are the Impression Obsession Dies I used tor the tag.

Impression Obsession All In One Frame

Impression Obsession Stitched Flower Bouquet


 Impression Obsession Hugs

Since both Dies R Us and Impression Obsession Tag You're It  had the same challenges I decided to enter my tag into the Impression Obsession Challenge too.

We hope you will link up your tag and join us for the challenge at  Dies R Us Challenge .

Also if you have not signed up for the DRU newsletter you are missing some awesome sales and special promotions.  For instance, in February there was a special promotion of Spellbinder dies. I was able to get a few of my favorites.

Also don't forget, .Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in the USA and Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada.  Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different.  Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Have a wonderful MARCH!!!