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Friday, September 1, 2017

Dies R Us Challenge #80- Die Cut Handmade Flowers

Hello sweet friends!

Welcome to a brand new challenge at Dies R US! Our challenge today is " Die cut handmade flowers". So anything you want to create, any theme, any style... just use some handmade die cut flowers on your project.

So here is the card that I created for today's challenge.

My card is an A2 and I used GP cardstock and the papers are from Lemoncraft's "House of Roses" collection. My first panel was cut with the largest rectangle from the Lawn Fawn- Stitched Rectangle Frame Dies. On top of that, I die cut out that beautiful soft green music note paper from the "scalloped stitched rectangular dies" from My Creative Time. And from there it was all layers!

I cut out the pretty floral paper with a tag die, also from MCT and I wanted it adhered on a slant. To this tag, I adhered the Lawn Fawn- Thinking About You Border Die that I cut out of some cucumber crush cardstock (Stampin' Up) and added star dust stickles to it. I really like how it looks on the slant to be aligned with the tag. It's different but nice. Since we had to use die cut handmade flowers on our projects, I decided I wanted to match the paper collection and have roses on this card. So I cut out the two roses out of watermelon wonder (Stampin' Up) cardstock and used the Memory Box- Plush Classic Rose Die. I am not the best at rolling roses but I think they came out okay. I added some cotton candy stickles to the inside centers and randomly around the petals.

Now that the roses were cut and ready, I set them aside and cut out those beautiful scrolls from Spellbinders. I thought they would make such a beautiful accent and I wanted to bring in a little more white to compliment that first stitched rectangle frame layer. I added star dust stickles to them as well and I just love the shine! I adhered the scrolls where I wanted them and then I adhered the roses and leaves in place. The leaves were already cut from a previous project so I just used them, it worked out! And after looking at everything together, I still had a large open space on that tag so I cut out a small tag from MCT and stamped the sentiment "Sweet friend" from the MCT "Teeny tag greetings" stamp set. Added in some green/white twine, tied a bow and adhered it with foam tape. It gives a little dimension and is exactly perfect to fill in that space. Really love how this turned out and I even finished the inside with the "Just a note" sentiment from the "Just a note" stamp set from MCT....

And that completes my card! All of the dies that I used that you can purchase in the Dies R Us store are highlighted in the links above and can be found HERE.

Well that is all I have for you today my friends. I appreciate you for taking time out of your day to visit me and see what I am up to. Please don't forget to stop by the Dies R US challenge blog to see what the rest of my design team sisters have created for you today. And make sure to link up your own project too! And for more inspiration, check out the Dies R US Inspiration blog . You will find yourself browsing for awhile. There are so many gorgeous projects that will surely inspire you! Thanks again for stopping by!

Until next time, Enjoy life's blessings~

Monday, May 1, 2017

April's Showers bring May's flowers~ Dies R Us Challenge 72

Hello sweet friends!

Welcome to a new challenge at Dies R US! Our challenge today is all about flowers. We want to see flowers on your projects!

So here is the card that I created for today's challenge.

I decided to make a step card as I haven't made one in such a long time. I forgot how fun they were to make. My card base is made with 110lb white cardstock and the papers are from My Besties Designs. I cut out the Tutti Designs- Garden Trellis Die and colored in some of the flowers and then used some leaves to scatter around from cutting out the Impression Obsession-Bouquet Dies. I cut out the bouquet dies twice just so I could get the extra leaves to scatter on the trellis die and to get the extra grass that I adhered in front of the trellis. Then the actual bouquet I colored in as I cut out out on white cardstock. I used my spectrum noir markers to color in the flowers and grass. I also cut out the Tutti Designs- Tulip Corner Die out of white cardstock and colored them in with the same colors. They were sort of brighter than I had wanted so once all the flowers were cut and colored, I used some gesso to mute the colors and give it a softer look. I love how the gesso gave them such a softer look and almost like a glow to them. I added in a very thin strip of washi tape to the top and bottom of the trellis and to the "steps" of the card. I love how this breaks it up and gives off a nice contrast. Next I adhered the flowers down on the steps the way I wanted them.

Before adhering the trellis down to the card, I added a little bit of cheesecloth for a bit more texture. Love how this looks! To finish off the card, I added in some bare wood chippies, some butterflies and the sentiment "Thank you". I added some Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen to the butterlies, the sentiment and all the flowers to make them sparkle. Then I added a few clear sequins to the butterflies and a few to give the card a finished look. All of the dies that I used are highlighted in the links above and can be found in the Dies R Us store HERE.