Cardinal Joy!

Hi there, 

I'm sharing my last 2019 card today !! I just don't know where this year went! Today I am highlighting Dee's Distinctively Cardinal Frame for DRU.

Here is the cardinal frame die cut:

Dee's Distinctively Cardinal Frame

I started with backing a piece of white cardstock with a piece of Super Adhesive Sheet. The die was placed face down on to the adhesive side, so that when I ran it through it only cut the adhesive sheet and not completely through to the cardstock.

I then ran the die cut through with red cardstock and fussy cut the two birds.

I picked off the protective backing from the cardinals and branches and placed the red cardstock cardinals in their appropriate spots. 

I then took Glistening Emeralds flocking and burnished it in to the remaining sticky surface.

The remainder of the protective backing was then peeled off and Sparkling Snow glitter was burnished in as a sparkly background.

I found the perfectly sized frame for my piece - the Cheery Lyn Celtic Square Boutique Stacker Frame. This particular one is not in the store, but there are other stacker frames. The medium sized frame was cut out of green cardstock.

This was layered to red cardstock and then to a white card base before adding the focal piece with foam tape for dimension. I added Nuvo Crystal Drops Ebony Black for the eyes.

The last step was to add the sentiment. I taped a piece of adhesive tape to a scrap of red cardstock. This time I put the "joy" die on the other side so that it would be sticky on the back of the word.

I took of the sticky backing from the die and stuck it on the top of the glittered panel.

It was a bit fiddly getting the adhesive off the back of the dot of the "joy", but I really liked the result. Hope you do too?

Here are the products that I used in my card today:

Dee’s Distinctively Cardinal Frame

Memory Box Sketchblock Joy

Cheery Lyn Celtic Square Boutique Stacker Frame

Glistening Emeralds Flocking

Sparkling Snow Glitter

Nuvo Crystal Drops Ebony Black

Wishing you all a wonderful, happy and healthy New Year!

See you again in 2020!

Shona

Merry Kiss-mass!

Hi there,

Today I am here with my card for Christmas at Sweet Stampin', where we have the optional twist of using critters. 

I had recently received this cute stamp and die set as a freebie with a magazine and I decided to use one of the adorable images and the snow globe die for my card.

After stamping the image in Versafine Claire Morning Mist, I used my Watercolor Pencils from Stampin' Up to color the cute little couple. The mistletoe berries were given a spot of Nuvo Morning Dew Crystal Drops.

I cut the card front with the biggest of the Tutti Cross Stitch Nesting Rectangles and the globe die at the same time.

I die cut the globe again from wood grain paper and put it in the negative space. The sentiment from the stamp set was stamped below the globe.

A piece of acetate was attached behind the globe and then mounting foam was stuck around the back of the globe to create the shaker.

A little spoon of Shaved Ice was placed on top of the image and then the globe piece was turned over and attached on top of the image.

The shaker panel was then taped on to a white card base to finish the card.

Here you can see the Crystal Drop Mistletoe berries. I think this card will be going to my newly-wed son and daughter-in-law!

Hope you've enjoyed my share today? I hope this has inspired you to get out those critter stamps and enter our challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'. Below is a list of the products used in my card:

Margaret Sherry Christmas Cuties (free from Magazine)

Versafine Claire Morning Mist

Versafine Claire Nocturne

Globe die cut (from same set)

Tutti Dies Cross Stitch Nesting Rectangles

Watercolor pencils from SU

Nuvo Crystal Drops Morning Dew

Stampendous Shaved Ice

Foam Tape

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:
2 Crafty Critters Crazies Challenge #33: Anything with a critter
Classic Design Team Open Challenge #12: Anything Goes
The Holly and the Ivy Christmas Challenge #62: Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #12: Anything Goes

Till next time!

Shona

Reindeer Snow Globe Shaker

Hi there, 

Well, here we are again - December! That was the quickest year ever, wasn't it? My December header is a little herd of deer in our front yard, enjoying all those extra acorns that Mother Nature provided for them this year! My first card for December is for the Dies R Us Design Team and also includes a deer - a snow globe shaker card, using the Memory Box Evergreen Reindeer and the Tutti Cross Stitched Nesting Circles.

Here are the dies I used:

Memory Box Evergreen Reindeer:

Tutti Cross Stitched Nesting Circles:

I ran both dies through the big shot at the same time. 

In an effort to make it look like a snow globe, I used the Spellbinders Mega Ovals Large to cut a base - cutting it out first and then die cutting another piece out of the "top" - from a piece of wood-grained self-adhesive cardstock.

         
I then stuck acetate to the back of the "globe" with double stick tape.

A piece of digi paper was attached to the front of a white card base for the background. Happy Holidays from an old Sparkle N' Sprinkle Set was stamped in Versafine Clair Monarch under the globe and heat set with Clear embossing powder.

Mounting tape was then attached to the back of the globe panel.

A few spoons of Stampendous Shaved Ice was then added on top of the background paper.

The top panel was then placed on to the card base to finish off my card.

Below you will find the products that I have used in my project today: 

Christmas Sayings Set 223 (SNS)

Tutti Cross Stitch Nesting Circles

Memory Box Evergreen Reindeer

Spellbinders Mega Ovals Large

Versafine Clair Monarch

Clear Detail embossing powder

Stampendous Shaved Ice

Mounting Foam

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE

CHALLENGE BLOG

FACEBOOK

INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I hope you've enjoyed my share today?

Till next time,

Wish Upon a Star

Hi there, today I'd like to share a mostly white on white card, using the Precious Marieke Star Circle Die.

This is the die that I used today, the Precious Marieke Star Circle, which can be found over at Dies R Us

I began by die cutting the star circle die from both white cardstock and silver mirror cardstock. 

The negative star spots of the white version were filled in with the stars from the silver version. The little stars were quite fiddly to insert into the spots. They were held in place with little pieces of tape on the back. I used my stamp platform to stamp the sentiment from an old Sparkle N Sprinkle set. The platform allowed me to position the stamp exactly where I wanted it on the white card base in Versafine Clair Morning Mist. This was heat embossed with Silver Detail.

The circle was then attached using little foam pads behind the bigger stars and bits of foam pads behind the little stars. A few self-adhesive clear rhinestones were attached to finish off my card for today.

Below is a list of the products used in my card today:

Nesties Christmas Trees Set 420 (SNS)

Precious Marieke Star Circle Die

Versafine Clair Morning Mist

Silver Detail embossing powder

Clear Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Foam Pads

Silver Mirror Cardstock

I'd like to join in the following challenges:
Scrapy Land Challenge #126: Use a die that Scrapy Land carries
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #11: Anything Goes
The Holly and the Ivy Challenge #61: Anything Goes
Krafty Chicks Challenge #483: Monochrome

I hope you've enjoyed my share today?

Till next time,

Shona

Brayered Nativity

Hi there,

Today I have a card for Christmas at Sweet Stampin' with the option of trees. I went for a less traditional Christmas tree - palm trees!

The palm trees in this sweet nativity scene waved to me as I thought what I was going to do for my card this month.

I brayered a piece of glossy white cardstock with the Kaleidacolor Creole Spice ink pad. 

I ran the die over both the brayered panel and a navy panel (which had been die cut with the Cross Stitched Frame Border). The positive part of the die was inserted into the negative of the navy panel. Then a piece of yellow cardstock was layered with a piece of Super Adhesive Sheet. 

After removing the protective backing the blue panel was layered over the yellow cardstock. Daisy glitter was then burnished on top of the sticky surface. This added a "glow" to the background.

The nativity scene panel was layered to blue corrugated cardstock and then a gold ribbon was tied around the base before being layered to a blue cardfront.

Here are the products I used on my project today:

Kaleidacolor Creole Spice Ink Pad

Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders

Die-namites Nativity Scene

2 ½” Tear-ific Tape

Daisy Semi Transparent Microfine Glitter

Brayer

Gold Ribbon

Blue Corrugated Cardstock

Well we didn't see much of a Fall here this year. No snow yet, but that's only because
there is no precipitation! I just returned yesterday from a four day stay in Arizona, it was
a bit of a whirlwind tour, but I enjoyed every minute of it! Hard to come back from
86 degrees to 36!! We were staying in a resort in Scottsdale where there was a very well
kept canopy of date palm trees. Maybe this was the inspiration for my card! Also a night
time scene.

Join us for the challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'. We'd love to see what you do
with your tree stamps!

Thanks for stopping by today. Warm hugs from New Jersey!

Shona

Holly Season's Greetings

Hi there, 

Today I have a Christmas card for the Dies R Us team featuring the Elizabeth Crafts Season's Greetings and Memory Box Ornate Holly dies. I added some Glistening Emeralds flocking along with some red and green mirror cardstock.

Here are the two dies that I used in today's card:

Elizabeth Craft Season's Greetings:

Memory Box Ornate Holly:

First, I die cut the Elizabeth Craft Season's Greetings sentiment from red mirror cardstock.

Then I layered a piece of white cardstock with a piece of Super Adhesive Sheet and die cut using the Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame Borders. After removing the protective backing I centered the sentiment on to the sticky panel.

Unfortunately the Glistening Emeralds flocking covered up the cross stitch pattern, but I know it is there!! I also forgot to take a picture of that process! I cut a piece of white cardstock 1/4" larger than the die cut and edged it with red Krylon pen.

I then cut out a couple of the Memory Box Ornate Holly from green mirror cardstock.

After assembling all the layers, the ornate holly sprigs were cut and arranged on top and I used self-adhesive red rhinestones as the holly berries, which adhered the sprigs to the card front.

Here is a list of the products that I used in my project today!

Elizabeth Craft Dies Season’s Greetings

Memory Box Ornate Holly
Super Adhesive Sheet

Glistening Emeralds Flocking
Craft Perfect Red Mirror Cardstock
Craft Perfect Green Mirror Cardstock

Red Self Adhesive Rhinestones

Red Krylon Pen

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:

Scrapy Land Challenge #125: Anything Goes using a die that SL sells
Holly and the Ivy Challenge #59: Anything Christmas Goes
Take It Make It November Challenge: Anything Goes
World Wide Open Design Team #10: Anything Goes Challenge
Classic DT Open Challenge #11 - November: Anything Goes

Hope you've enjoyed my share today,

Till next time,

Shona