Scotch Man (DRU Inspiration)

Hey everyone, it's my turn on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog. Today I'm sharing a masculine birthday card, but it would really be perfect for anyone who loves a good glass of bourbon/whiskey/scotch etc. 😀

I used the following dies from Dies R Us:

Yvonne's Creations: Whiskey

Tutti Designs: Slimline Gentlemen Background

Tutti Designs: Slimline Scalloped Rectangles

Memory Box: Tall Birthday Candles

Die-Versions: Marker Micro

Poppystamps: Happy Birthday Background (any of these would work)

Spellbinders: Sunday Drive with Santa add-on (any small image would work for the bottle label)

MFT: Bitty Birthday Wishes (any of these would work)

As I usually do, I die cut all my pieces before starting the assembly process. I started with the Whiskey bottle and die cut everything in both white cardstock and in vellum.  At this point I wasn't exactly sure how I was going to combine the individual pieces, but I knew I wanted to color the bottle with my Copics. I ended up adding the vellum to the top of the bottle and around the outsides of the glasses to give each of these pieces a frosted look.

The label was die cut from a piece of silver mirrored cardstock.

Next came the small deer head for the label. This was also die cut from vellum.

The Tall Birthday Candles and the Slimline Scalloped Rectangles were die cut from white cardstock as well. These pieces will be for the inside of the card.

I used the negative pieces from Poppystamp's Happy Birthday Background die for the front sentiment.

Brown cardstock was used to die cut the  Slimline Gentlemen Background and then it was adhered to a page from an old dictionary. (If you look closely, it's one of the "S" pages and defines the word Scot and Scottish.)

This is the inside of birthday card.

And one final look at the front of the birthday card:

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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:

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Christmas {DRU Inspiration}

  (This is my second post for today. Please scroll down to see my Lavinia World project.)

Hey everyone!  Can you believe Christmas is next week!!! I'm not quite ready, so I'm rushing around getting all my last minute things together (like one more Christmas card 😆).

For this project, I used the following products:

Lawn Fawn: Shadow Box Card Fireplace Add-On (these would also work)
Spellbinders: Christmas Tree (any of these would work well)
Memory Box: Special Merry Christmas (many of these would work well)
Fairy Hugs: Stone Wall
Fairy Hugs Glitter Powder: Shamrock
Fairy Hugs Glitter Powder: Sunshine

Unfortunately, all of the specific dies I used for this card are now out of stock due to their popularity; however, I've linked many other options that would work as well.  I would suggest signing up for the newsletter and purchase the dies you like as soon as you see them available. 

To start off, I die cut every thing out of white cardstock and then proceeded to color the individual die cuts with either Distress Inks, Altenew inks, or Copic markers.

My card is a standard A2 size, so the front panel is 4" x 5.25".  I ran this through a Crafters Companion embossing folder (Stone Wall) to give a light amount of texture to the background.  Although it doesn't show up very well in the photo, you can see it quite well in person. 

Then I began coloring and assembling the individual pieces and adhered them to the front panel.

For the fireplace itself, I stamped the Fairy Hugs Stone Wall onto the die cut to give it the looks of stones.  I added dimensional strips behind the fireplace surround and mantel for added dimension.

I added Fairy Hugs Sunshine glitter powder to the star on the Christmas Tree die cut and added Nuvo Glitter Drops (Ruby Slipper) for my ornaments.

After die cutting the Merry Christmas sentiment, I added Fairy Hugs Shamrock glitter for added sparkle.

Here's one final look at today's project:

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Cottage {Fairy Stamper}

 

Hey everyone! Happy Monday.  Today I'm sharing another project created for Fairy Stamper.  I created this scene using the Fairy Hugs Stone Wall stamp, and a number of different die cuts. 

Fairy Hugs: Stone Wall

I only used the one stamped image, but I wanted to show how well these Fairy Hugs stamps coordinate with many dies that you may already own.  One of the things I like about this particular stamp is that you can extend the wall in either direction quite easily  The stones are staggered perfectly so you can match up the ends and keep stamping.

For this project, I stamped the Stone Wall once with Distress Ink and then fussy cut it out.  The rest of this card is comprised of the following dies: Poppy Stamps (Proper Brick House), Memory Box (Puffy Clouds), Your Next Stamp (Chunky Grass), Sizzix/Tim Holtz (Funky Florals #3), and Elizabeth Craft Designs (Country Scapes-Woods 2).  

I die cut everything out of white cardstock and added color using my Copic markers. For me, this is easier than trying to coordinate different pieces of cardstock.  I also added a touch of Fairy Hugs Glitter Powder (Pixie Dust) to the flowers.  I love how the Pixie Dust takes on the color beneath it and just adds more sparkle.

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Willow the Witch {Lavinia World #38}

 

Hey everyone, it's Thursday and time for a brand new Lavinia World Challenges #38!  Since Halloween is right around the corner, I decided that's the theme I would use.  The theme is always anything goes using a stamped image, but no digital images please.  The winner will receive a $15 gift code to Lavinia World.

I used Willow the Witch and a bunch of different dies to create today's project.

I started out by stamping Willow with VersaFine Clair (Twilight) onto my background that was created with Distress Oxides.  I must have had some sort of residue on my hands when I touched the stamp because when I stamped her, she came out this teal/dark bluish black color.  I have no idea why it did it but I loved it and I also know I'll never be able to recreate it. I also lost some of the details on her sleeves, but I was ok with that.  

I stamped her a couple more times on plain white cardstock and was able to get a lighter versions. Here is one of the versions.  I heat embossed both the project and the image below with clear embossing powder.  This will allow me to add my background later without messing up the stamped image.

Next, I began building the forest that Willow was creating her potions in.  I used Memory Box (Rustic Tree Collage, Willowbend Collage) dies to create the trees and then accented them with a ghost, spider, bats and a broom from Tutti Designs (Spooky Banner, Spooky Tree).

The next step was to frame the scene using an Impression Obsession die (All-in-One-Frames:Rectangles 2). I dry embossed the die cut with a Crafters Companion embossing folder (Wood Grain) and then inked it up with Distress Oxides.

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Luna and Moon Fairy {DRU Insp}

Today I'm sharing a slimline card I created for the Dies R Us Inspiration team.  I love making these long, slim cards. 😀

But before we get started, I wanted to share that the DRU Inspiration team is having a DT Call. All the details about this call can be found here.

Now for more about today's project. The following dies were used to create this slimline card:

Lawn Fawn: Large Slimline with Slider dies

Impression Obsession: Sea Birds

Impression Obsession: Mini Shell set

Memory Box: Big Splash Border 

(Any of these wave dies would work but this Frantic Stamper die or this Joy! Craft die are the most similar.)

I started out with white cardstock and die cut my slimline focal point.  Then I die cut the waves border and adhered it to the cardstock, making sure to not adhere the actual curly cue waves.  VersaFine Clair inks were used to create my background.  Next I die cut the mini sea shells and the sea birds to get ready to add them to my scene.  

I stamped the Moon Fairy by Lavinia stamps in the upper right hand corner of the card. Since the moon portion of the stamp is open, I added white paint within the border of the moon and once that was dry, I added yellow marker.  I also added white paint to the large stars on the stamped image.

I stamped Luna, the whale (a Fairy Hugs stamp) onto a piece of white cardstock and fussy cut her out so I could position her under the ocean waves and looking up at the moon.  (This Poppystamps die would also work well.)  The Berry Wreath stamp (also by Lavinia) and more VersaFine Clair ink was used to stamp on the ocean floor.

I wasn't quite happy with everything and decided I needed a few more stars in the sky.  I reached for the Stars Miniature stamp from Lavinia and stamped them with Hero Arts Unicorn pigment ink. 

I adhered my focal piece onto a purple layer and then to the black card base.

One final look at today's project:

I hope you've enjoyed 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.

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