Double D Banners

                                                 

The new challenge at Double D Challenge Blog is called Banners. Diane has provided all sorts of banners in different sizes,shapes,and patterns on this mood board.  I love this Sue Wilson Birthday die with a built in banner.   I have used this die by itself and also cut it apart and used bits and pieces of it on different cards.  I decided to use a blue plaid with matching blue paper so  I can use this card for either a guy or a girl.

 

Of course, Diane has the perfect prize to go along with the challenge. The possibilities of this die set is amazing. 

  My team mates have provided lots of inspiration for you, and we hope you will join us for this challenge at Double D Challenge Blog . 

DRU Anything Goes

April 1st and time to start a new challenge at Dies R Us Challenge Blog. This time our challenge is Anything Goes, but remember you need to use at least one die in your project.  I can't tell you how often I use the Memory Box Deer Grove Oval in my designs. I use it with the deer, but frequently I de deer it and just use the tree background.  The deer became a church in this example.

This card could be for Easter, conformation or even a wedding.  I used the following dies from the

DIES R US STORE. 

Memory Box deer Grove Oval

Frantic Stamper Large Church


 Lawn Fawn Reverse Scalloped Rectangles


We hope you join us for the Anything Goes Challenge at DIES R US CHALLENGE BLOG. We have some new designers joining the team so be sure to check out the inspiration.

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!!!

Double D Saying Hello

What an amazing mood board from Dar at DOUBLE D CHALLENGE BLOG  I just got a new flower die from Dies R Us Store that was perfect for the lower left hand block.  I liked the grey wood toned background so I started the  pattern and created a wood toned background using my Score Pal. I dry embossed over the wood background with an embossing folder and added some darker ink. One of my older Cheery Lynn dies got some love and was added onto the  background. Next came the hyacinths from Elizabeth crafts. A Karen Burniston Hello die was added to the finished flower bouquet. 

We hope you will join us for this challenge,  If you do you could win  this fun Hello die. 

Go visit the DOUBLE D CHALLENGE BLOG and then link up your Hello Design.  

Dies R Us Wild Thing

Time for another challenge at Dies R Us Challenge Blog  We are asking you to use some sort of animal on your project.  I decided to make another valentine using the Memory Box Squirrel Collage and and some Impression Obsession dies.  I cut the heart out in white and red.  I used the inside negative of the white heart and cut the squirrle collage from the center. I inlaid that into the center of the heart  the  backed it with some red card stock. Then I placed that inside the white card stock that I had cut the white heart from. I added a hugs sentiment and an XO border to complete my valentine.

Impression Obsession Heart Frame

Impression Obsession XO Border

Memory Box Squirrel Collage

     Impression Obsession Hugs


We 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.  

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!?!

Double D Hearts

A new month and a new challenge at Double D Challenge Blog. It is all about hearts. Diane has created this fabulous Mood board for us.  I don't know about you but I love gingham and Swiss Dots. 

I decided to make a side step card for this challenge. It has been awhile since I have done one of these. I used a Spellbinders die for the heart and key.  The rest of the dies are from Impression Obsession.  I had to smile because when I showed my husband some of the cards I made for Valentine's Day he asked me what XO meant. Is that a girl thing? 

If you play along with us for this challenge,  you can win this fun heart die. I love how the Dar and Diane always have a prize that is perfect for the challenge. 

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

                                           

Impression Obsession Have a Heart Challenge

If this card looks familiar, it is because I made it and  posted it for the DRU Challenge,but it works for the Impression Obsession Have a Heart Challenge so I wanted to post it on their blog too.

These are the dies I used for the challenge. 

Impression Obsession Heart Flourish

Impression Obsession Love Words

Dies R Us Hearts, Love, Valentine

XOXOXO (HEARTS, LOVE, VALENTINES)

I was making a card for the IO challenge. Since I wanted to use the  IO heart flourish die, I cut it from  a piece of 51/2 by 41/4 white card stock. When I was cleaning up my desk, the negative part of the die was sitting on top of a piece of designer paper. While my IO dies were still on my desk, I decided to make another card which was perfect for the challenge at  Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  What a happy accident.  

Here are the dies I used. 

Impression Obsession Heart Flourish

   Impression Obsession Love Words

The added plus is that I have a another entry for the  Impression Obsession challenge Have a Heart. Hope you will join us for the Hearts, Love Valentine challenge at Dies R Us Challenge Blog.

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.