Be Mine! {DRU Inspiration}

  

Hey everyone, Valentine's Day is only four days away and I decided to share one final Valentine's Day card.

The following products were use for today's project for Dies R Us:

Tutti Designs: Cross Stitch Hearts
Memory Box: Heart Delights (this would work perfectly as well)
Cheapo Dies: Newsprint
Paper Roses: Texture 3 (this would work well)
La-La Land: Love Notes stamp (any animal stamp or die cut would work well)

I began today's project by taking my background mat and tearing off the edges. This was then adhered to my white card stock base.  I started building up my card from there by die cutting all my pieces before adhering them.

I took the individual small hearts that were die cut from the Memory Box die and adhered them to my texture grid by Paper Rose. I set this aside to let the glue dry a bit longer and started on the rest of the card.

I adhered the large heart (die cut from the second to largest die in the set) to the side of the background mat. Next came the texture grid with the hearts already on it.  I die cut my sentiment using the Cheapo Dies font die and placed them where I thought I wanted it.  

At this point, I decided I needed something a little extra and remembered a previous project where used the La-La Land stamp and had two of the images left for a future project. This was just what I needed.

I adhered the cat in the lower right corner and then added the sentiment letters to complete the card.

Here's one final look at the finished project:

Head back to the Dies R Us Blog tomorrow for more fabulous inspiration from the DRU Inspiration design team.

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 $10 gift certificate 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

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Friendship {DRU Inspiration}

Hi everyone. I'm back today with a new project for the DRU Inspiration team.  I created this cute card for a friend of mine who doesn't care for typical Valentine's cards.  That's why I made it about friendship. 😀

I used the following products for today's project.

Poppystamps: Pinpoint Hearts
My Favorite Things: Skinny Strips (many of these would work)
Crafters' Companion: For A Special Friend stamp and die set (many of these will work)
La-La Land Crafts: Love Notes stamp set (any stamped image or die cut will work)

I started out by stamping my image with Memento ink and then coloring it with Copic markers.  Since I used a stamp positioner to stamp the image, I left the stamp in place while I colored it. Once it was colored, I placed the stamped image back in the positioner and stamped it again with VersaMark embossing ink. Then I heat embossed it with Clear embossing powder.  This extra step gives the image much more definition and a bit of shine. I fussy cut out each animal and saved the other two for upcoming projects.

Next up I used my paper trimmer to cut some patterned papers to the correct sizes for matting on an A2 sized card. On the smaller of the two mats, I die cut the Pinpoint Hearts.  Once this was die cut, I thought the pinpoints didn't stand out as much as I wanted, so I added a darker ink to the die cut area.  I didn't like that either, so I added the same ink randomly to the rest of the mat. Then I die cut another piece of the same patterned paper and fussy cut around the edges. 

I die cut my word Friend from the same patterned paper as the backing mat and stamped the other part of the sentiment onto white cardstock. I die cut this out using a small label die. You could also hand cut it.

Now I was ready for the assembly of my card. I adhered the backing mat to my white card stock base. Next came the patterned paper that I added lots of ink to and then the fussy cut out heart directly on top.  I completed the card by adding the panda and my sentiments.

Here is one final look at today's project:

Head back to the Dies R Us Blog tomorrow for more fabulous inspiration from the DRU Inspiration design team.

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 $10 gift certificate 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

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Anime Mia

It's the last Friday of May and that means it's time for the Scrapper's Delights Anime New Release.  There are three images you can choose from or, you can choose the VIP Deal where you not only get the three new release images, but you also get the Zodiac Gemini.  You can only get these with the VIP Deal.

I wanted to use Anime Mia for my project today.  I printed her on white cardstock, colored her with Copic markers, and then fussy cut her out.

I die cut two Paper Rose Stitched Square Frames, one medium that I colored with green chalk and one large that I colored with a Copic marker that matches her dress.

I added a sentiment and another Paper Rose die cut (Wheat and Grass Border) that was die cut from gold glitter paper.

This is such a bold and vibrant card that I decided it didn't need anything else.

Be sure to check out the Scrapper's Delights store and join the Facebook Fan Page Progressive Freebie Challenge (just ask to join) and the monthly Challenge Blog.  You can also get lots of inspiration and check out what the rest of the team created on the Scrapper's Delights Inspiration Blog.

I'll be sharing a Zodiac Chibi release with you next Friday, so I hope you come back to check it out.

Until next time.....