Egg Hunt

Hello and Happy Easter!  I'm so sad that this is my final post for Dies R Us.  Thank you so much Dani and Darlene for allowing me to be part of this amazing team.  I'll sure miss this group of talented designers but I'm glad to know that I'll be seeing you all in blog-land.

It's so easy to whip up cute cards in a jiffy with the dies you can find at Dies R Us.  This card literally took me about 15 minutes to make using a pre-printed background and printed papers.  Here's how I made it:

I started by cutting the Frantic Stamper Assorted Bunnies out of Desert Storm card stock and brushed the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

Next I cut the words Happy Easter using Frantic Stamper Elegant Happy Spring Easter Words out of rainbow printed paper that my sweet friend Ann shared with me a while ago.  Thanks Ann!

I cut these little eggs using Impression Obsession Egg Block out of solid card stock and some printed papers.  I stamped the plain colored eggs using larger egg stamps that I had with patterns on them, using the same color ink.  This is a fun way to add pattern to plain cardstock.  

This card assembled quickly using Best Ever Glue that's now available in the DRU store.

I hope you're inspired by today's project.  You can find all these dies and so many more amazing products at Dies R Us.

    

 

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I hope you're inspired by today's project.  Don't forget to join in on all 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.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Blessings~ Birgit

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PTI ~ Make-It Monday Stenciled Edges

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Hello ~  I've got a quick post with the card I made for this week's PTI ~ Make-it Monday challenge.

Lizzie showed us a great technique for creating stenciled edges on our cards.  I like this technique and have done it before, but I never think of using it so I'm glad she reminded me of it.

I used one of the stencils from the Garden Gate Make-it Market kit for the stenciling around the edges.  I love the flowers from Seasonal Borders: Spring!  It took a few times to line them up properly, but in the end they came out ok.  I used the same Layered Banner Die that Lizzie used.

You can join in on the fun here.

I'll also be adding this card to the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~ Spring Flowers
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

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PTI March Blog Hop

Hello friends~   I'm playing along with PTI's March Blog Hop and combining it with Melissa Phillip's Make-It Monday Challenge.

Here's the inspiration photo for the blog hop:

The focus for my card was the soft yellows and pinks of the flowers in that pretty "nest like" basket.  

I used Beautiful Berries ~ Spring, Shape Shifters ~ Circle and Banner Style and sponged some leaves on the background using the leaf stencil from Garden Gate Make-it Market kit.  

I mentioned that I'm combining this with Melissa's Make-it Monday Embossing Enamel Splatters.  I didn't have any chunky embossing powder so I used my regular embossing powder but it was so fine it kept blowing off my butterfly.  Now that I've been looking at some of the other projects I got some good tips on melting it from underneath or using an ink splatter stamp and versa mark first.  Now why didn't I think of that?

 My butterfly definitely doesn't have the lovely shabby look that Melissa's butterfly does but it was a nice finishing touch on this card.  

I hope you'll join in on the fun!  You can find the details of the blog hop here.

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Color Throwdown #485 ~ Hello Friend

Hello crafty friends~  I'm popping in with a card I made using this pretty color palette from Color Throwdown.

It's so clean and fresh, I love it!

 I used one of my favorite flower stamps from PTI called Gran's Garden.  My grandmother had many flower gardens that I remember her tending to so carefully when I was young.  

I took right after her with a love for flowers and gardening myself, though I'm not quite as good at is as she was.

You can find all the details on the challenge and see lots of pretty inspiration here.

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Floral Frenzy

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Transormation Tuesday with PTI

Hello~ Just popping in with a card I made / transformed for PTI's Transformation Tuesday.

I made this card a while ago using PTI's Tulip Time and while I liked it, the background seemed too busy.

I rebuilt the card using the same design but changing up the background using a softer piece of patterned paper.  The ticket (in place of the tag) was a freebie that I won in a past challenge. 

 You can find all the details about PTI's Transformation Tuesday here.

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