Dies R Us Giveing Thanks

Giving Thanks and/or Turkey

We are officially half way through the month of November and it is time for a new challenge at DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG.  I love this IO die.  It is large enough to be the focal image of a card and looks great cut from glitter paper. I cut the oval out a sheet of white card stock and embossed it and layered it on a black card base.  I inlaid the snowflake die cut and centered the sentiment. I always have  flowers that I make on hand so I added one of them to complete the design.  

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

Memory Box Bativa Oval

Impression Obsession Give Thanks


Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy

Double D Neutral Fall

What a fabulous mood board.  I love the neutral colors with little pops of muted orange, like on the truck, the pillow, the flowers in the watering can, and some of the pumpkins so that  was my inspiration. I chose brown instead of grey for a background, but I think I will try it again using shades of grey. 

  

                                                      

The thing I love most about the DD Mood Boards is that there are so many ways to glean inspiration. Colors, patterns, texture, shapes  and objects are just a few ideas from this board. Our DD Team has provided lots of inspiration for you at DD Challenge Blog. We know you will have fun with this challenge. 

Elizabeth Craft Wooden Crate
Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy
Impression Obsession Wheat
Memory Box Stitched Pumpkins

Dies R Us Trees or Leaves

                            Trees and/or Leaves

The challenge this time at Dies R Us Challenge Blog is called trees and or leaves.  I thought about doing a fall theme with some leaves, but bottom line is that I need more Christmas cards. This was really simple.  I cut the trees twice one from white and once from gold glitter card stock and glued them together. The pretty frame is from Frantic Stamper. I use this die over and over again. Because the border is thin, I topped it with a frame from Lawn Fawn. I think I will add a sentiment across the trees, but I didn't have the size I wanted. I just ordered some different sizes from the Dies R Us Store so I will choose from them. 

Frantic Stamper Elemental Ovals 12

Frantic Stamper Evergreen Trio


                                                        Lawn Fawn Stitched Frame Rectangle

Head on over to the Dies R Us Challenge Blog and check out the inspiration from the team.  We hope you will join us for the challenge.

Double D Silhouettes

Time for another fun challenge at Double D Challenge Blog.

Link up and one random winner can win this prize.This time it is all about silhouettes.

SILHOUETTES

Use a silhouette as the focus of your project.

                                                        


I don't think there is any question about what inspired me for this challenge.  I used a few layers but for me this is CAS.  I have friends that can make CAS look fabulous... but it is not my talent. I did some sponging and used the IO bird on a branch.

I am looking forward to inspiration from you.... The design team, as usual, has done a fabulous job. Go take a look  at Double D Challenge Blog.

Link up and one random winner can win this prize.

Dies R Us pumpkins or apples

Pumpkins and/or Apples

I live in a small farm community and I am surrounded by roadside stands that sell their homegrown produce. Strawberries, blueberries, peaches, cherries,walnuts,pecans, almonds, prunes and plums, tomatoes, cucumbers to name a few  are available.  I even have a winery and home made candy company seven minutes of my home. I live next door to a walnut orchard so after the harvest, I have permission to glean the orchard and gather enough walnuts to last until next year. We have two major pumpkin festivals in my neighborhood ans we have two fun weekends for the entire county to enjoy.   So this truck full of pumpkins is something I will be seeing from now until Halloween.

I started with a Chepo truck and filled it with some IO pumpkins.  The tree is another IO die that actually comes with a bride and groom and another tree. I just used part of the die cut from kraft card stock.  I added a little orange to the leaves. A few IO clouds and birds and a frame finished my card.


Impression Obsession All in One Frames

Impression Obsession Bride and Groom Frame


Impression Obssession Clouds


Impression Obssession Pumpkins

Impression Obssession Birds

 Chepo Loads of Love

Double D Orange and White

Orange and White..that's it!

This mood board is just full of texture, dimension and sweet patterns. I love the Mood Boards that Dar and Diane provide for us. I always come away with so many ideas and have to chose one for the challenge. 

 I love the stack of pretty material tied with a bow so I used the top piece of material with the orange background and white leaves for my inspiration.  I started with Canyon Clay PTI  card stock and  topped an IO leafy background die. Then I framed it with a Lawn Fawn frame. The Sue Wilson Just a Note die was left over from another project.  An Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy and some IO Wheat and a couple of white dies from Sue Wilson's Festive Garland finished off this card. 

If you play along with us at Double D Challenge Blog for our orange challenge, you could win this great Cottage Cutz die.




I bought all these Dies from the Dies R Us Store

Lawn Fawn Reversed Scallop Rectangles

Sue Wilson Festive Garland

Sue Wilson Just a Note


Impression Obsession Ornate Oval


Impression Obsession Leafy Background.

Elizabeth Craft Shasta Daisy



Impression Obsession

Dies R Us Anything Goes

I love cards that have a WOW factor when you open them so the Karen Burniston  Pop and Twist die is perfect for me. I made this type of card from scratch before Karen released the die set.  I cannot believe how easy it is to create the card using the die especially if you watch her video HERE.

Karen BurnistonTwist Panel Pop UP

Sue Wilson Birthday Party

Sue Wilson Celebration Shadow Box

Karen Burniston Cupcake Pop Up

So we hope you will join us for our Any Thing Goes Challenge at Dies R Us Challenge Blog. 

Double D Sentiment

Happy third Wednesday of the month.  The third Wednesday means a new challenge at  Double D Challenge Blog.

FOCUS ON THE SENTIMENT

A sentiment must be the FOCUS of your project

I love this sentiment from Impression Obsession so that was my starting point. Since the sentiment refers to birds, I wanted to use some birds on my card.   I just got these two sweet bird dies from the Dies R Us Store  so I decided I would use them.

 I cut an aperture with a Sue Wilson die from blue card stock so I could place the gold embossed sentiment behind the aperture.  I sponged a little bit of distress ink around the sentiment. I backed the birds with some blue card stock to make the lacy parts show up better.  A few Heartfelt flowers from my stash finished my card.

                        Precious Marieke Happy Birdie

                        


                  Precious Marieke Spring Birds
                

We would love to see how you would make the  sentiment the STAR of your card.  We hope you will join us at   Double D Challenge Blog.

Dies R Us Planes, Trains, Automobiles

We have a new challenge,planes, trains, automobiles,starting today at Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  I made this simple card with two Chepo Dies. I cut the palm tree die from brown, yellow, and green and did some paper piecing. 

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 Chepo Loads of Love

 Chepo Palm Trees

We hope you will join us for this challenge and a chance to win a gift certificate for the Dies R Us Store. 

Double D Featured

A new challenge starts at Double D Challenge Blog today. And with the challenge comes another fun Mood Board.

Choose an object from the mood board and make it the 'feature' on your card.

                                                

I chose the butterfly and tulip quilt. I just got the tulip die from Penny Black and was anxious to use it.  I added some color with markers and then did a little shaping. 

I sponged the butterfly frame from Memory Box with distress ink while it was still in the die to get some color on some of the butterflies. I added a little twine around the tulips to tie it together. The DD team has some fabulous inspiration for you on the blog. We hope you will join us for this challenge at  Double D Challenge Blog.

Dies R Us Nature

It is the first of September and time for  a new challenge at Dies R Us Challenge Blog. The challenge this time is nature which includes so many different aspects. 

I have had this Frantic Stamper die for about five years and still love it.  I usually make two or three cards with it every year because it  creates a beautiful scene.  Trees, rabbits, birds are all included in the die for the natire challemge.   I added a moon and some snowfall to complete the winter scene  and nature challenge. 

These are the dies I used to create this nature scene. 

Frantic Stamper Church in the Wildwood

Impression Obsession Frame

Impression Obsession Evergreen tree

We hope you will join us with a nature inspired creation of your own. The DRU team is always inspired by you. 

Double D Pearls

Today starts another fabulous challenge at Double D Challenge Blog. Time to bring out the bling,and use pearls, gems or rhinestones in your project.  I needed a wedding card so I decided to use this challenge as a stepping stone for that card. I love pearls and decided that would be my gem of choice.  Take your cue from this beautiful design board. 

PEARLS, GEMS or RHINESTONES

  I created  this easel  card for a couple who had an out door ceremony so I tried to mimic some trees and an arch. I cut an oval from the center of a blue panel and backed it with vellum, Next  I added an IO  tree frame,   I topped the entire frame with a PTI floral frame and added a Frantic Stamper bride and groom with a Sue Wilson sentiment on top. This was fun to make. I love layering. 

We hope you will join us for this challenge at Double D Challenge Blog.  Without you, we have no purpose.