Graduation Shaker {DRU}

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Hey everyone! 

Today I'm sharing a shaker card I created for the Dies R Us Inspiration team.  This graduation card is to celebrate the high school graduation of a friend of mine.

The following dies were used to create this fun shaker card:

Tutti Designs: Dotted Nesting Rectangles

Tutti Designs: Grad Silhouettes

Cheapo Dies: Grad Cap

Die-Versions: We Did It  

Frantic Stamper: Congrats

MFT: Caption Numbers (Any of these would also work.)

 I die cut each of the pieces beforehand.

In order to create a frame, I used the largest and third to largest die from the Dotted Nesting Rectangles set.

Save the center piece for the inside of the card.

The background was die cut from mirrored cardstock as was the main Grad Cap.  Be sure to save all the negative pieces of the Grad Cap to place them back.  My trick for doing this is to add a piece of regular Scotch tape on the back.  The sticky side is automatically facing upright, so all you need to do is add the negative pieces and they are permanently in place.

I partially die cut the Grad Cap a second time so I could fussy cut out the tassel in the appropriate color.  I then adhered this on top of the main Grad Cap.

I chose smaller numbers to commemorate the year, but any size can work.  

I added glitter to the frame I created using the Glueless Glitter technique that I talk about fairly often. The steps are simple: 1) add Versamark to the die cut; 2) cover with Clear embossing powder and heat set; 3) add Versamark over everything again; 4) Cover the area with your choice of glitter; 5) Heat set one final time.  You know it's ready when the glitter begins twinkling (that means it's melting into the embossing powder).  Easy, peasy!  

This photo shows the glitter having a bluish tint but's a silver holographic color. This was due to the angle I took the photo.  If you look carefully, you can also see that I have already added my acetate to the back of this frame. If I had taken the photo straight on, it would have captured my camera's reflection 😀.

Now you're ready to assemble.  I adhered the group of grads to my mirrored cardstock and added my shaker glitter (the same mixed sized glitter that I used on the frame) and some small seed beads.

Next, I added dimensional foam to the back of my glittery frame and adhered it on top of my mirrored cardstock.  I also added some dimensional foam to the back of the Grad Cap and adhered that in the upper right corner.  The year was adhered in the bottom left corner.  I used Cosmic Shimmer Specialist Glue (you can find this at DRU)  because it hold really well on  glittery surfaces and it dries clear.

On the inside, I die cut the girl silhouette from black cardstock and the Congrats message from more of the mirrored cardstock.  Adhere both of these to the center piece you created when die cutting the frame.  Finally, add this piece to the inside center.  Be sure to leave a little room for a written message as well.

Here's one final look at the finished 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.

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Happy Burg-Day

Hey everyone, I have a fun birthday shaker card to share with you today.

I used the following dies to create this fun shaker card:

Little B: Circles 

Avery Elle: Sentimentals die and stamp sets

My Favorite Things: Fishtail Flags Stax 

I saw this cute hamburger image and sentiment on Facebook and knew right away I needed to get my very own stamp sets.  Both the sentiment and image (Franks A Lot, Kawaii Foods) are by Jaded Blossom (a new to me company).  I have to say, I fell in love with a number of their products 😀.  Not only did I purchase the stamp sets, I also purchased the two heart stencils (Random Hearts, Falling Hearts) I've used.

To start out, I used a deckle edge trimmer to cut out my front panel.  Using one of the circle dies, I die cut the middle and then used the Random Hearts stencil and Distress Oxide (Dusty Concord) to decorate the panel.  Leaving the stencil in place, I also spritzed it with a homemade gold spritz.  It's very subtle and doesn't show up very well in the photos, but it looks pretty cool in person. I love that it's only on the hearts and not the white portion of the cardstock.

Using this top panel as a template, I lightly drew a circle onto the front of the card base so I would know where to add my Falling Hearts stencil.  I only wanted it to be in the center of my shaker card and not cover the entire card front.

I decided to create a No-Lines image, so the hamburger was stamped with Memento ink (Desert Sand) and then colored with Copic markers.  I used a stamp positioner to stamp the Desert Sand a couple times. I left the stamp in place so that I could add VersaMarker and heat set the lines after the image was colored.  This gives it a bit more dimension and helps define the stamped lines without being obvious.

I stamped my sentiment with VersaFine Clair (Chianti) and heat set it.  Then I used a fishtail banner to die cut it out.  My set is older than what is pictured and does not have the stitching. In order to get the fishtail cut on both sides, I die cut it twice, making sure to line it up perfectly.

For the inside, I created another panel using my deckle cutter and lightly shaded it with Dusty Concord Distress Oxide.  The Avery Elle die set I used also has a coordinating clear stamp set to go along with it.

I die cut my "celebrate", added Chianti ink to it, and then applied Clear embossing powder to heat set it.  The "Your Day" is part of the stamp set as well. This leaves plenty of room for a personal note.

Here's one more look at the shaker card where you can see more of the filler:

Until next time......

Dream {Lavinia World #8}

Hey everyone, today is Thursday and that means it's time for a new bi-weekly challenge from Lavinia World Challenges! Submit your project by Sept 9 for a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to Lavinia World.  Your chances of winning doubles if you use a Lavinia stamp 😀.

I created a fun shaker card for this challenge and used the following Lavinia stamps:

Rory & Darcy Set

Cherry Blossom Tree

I started out by creating my background panel using Canvas paper (normally used for acrylic and oil paints) and Nuvo Shimmer Powder.  Using this type of paper gives it more of a handmade paper look in person.  To get this look, I heavily spritzed the paper with water and then began adding the Shimmer powders.  I then used my handy crafting tool (my finger) and moved the water and powder around.  Pretty quickly the paper begins to pill and the top layer begins to rub off.  I kept going until I was happy with the results and then I let it dry overnight.  I brushed off some of the larger pill that fell off and I left the remaining ones.  This is what makes it look more like handmade papers.

Since the paper definitely has texture, you'll want to stamp your images using some sort of stamp positioner (like the Tim Holtz Stamp Platform or a Misti) because it will most likely take more than one stamping to get full coverage.  I did need to stamp each image several times using Versafine Claire Nocturne ink.  I added the ground using a Copic marker.

Once this was completed, I created my shaker box and decorated the front using a Sue Wilson Designs nesting frame set (Noble Dies-Double Pierced Rectangles, Set B).  I wanted these to have a bit of shimmer so I heat embossed them with an embossing powder that also included glitter in it.  My sentiment is also a die cut, from Simon Says Stamp.

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Celebration Blog Hop

This is my second post for the day.  Please scroll down for my first post of the day.  Thanks

We here at Die-Versions have collaborated with two awesome companies:  Joy Clair Stamps and DL.ART  to come up with a fun and festive Celebration Blog Hop. We want to showcase how well our three companies products work together.  Die-Versions makes very intricate and lovely dies; Joy Clair makes high quality clear stamps; and DL.ART makes gorgeous rayon hand dyed crinkle ribbon and also carries bakers twine and other hand crafted seasonal supplies.

The Celebration Blog Hop will take place on Wednesday, May 18th, Thursday, May 19th and Friday, May 20th.  Over the three days all Design Team Members will be sharing with you projects they have made for all the many upcoming Celebrations that come around this time of year, ie....Weddings, Baby Showers, Baby Births, Graduations, Father's Day, and of course Birthdays!  All Design Team Members will be using supplies from all three companies to make their projects so you can see for yourself how lovely these products work together and how dies, stamps and ribbons are the perfect combination!!

There will be prizes for those who comment on all the blogs over the three days and who become followers of all the blogs. Die-Versions is giving away a $50.00 Gift Certificate to the Die-Versions store. Joy Clair is giving away 3 $25.00 Gift Certificates to the Joy Clair store, one each day  and DL.ART is giving away a $10.00 Gift Code to the DL.ART store to one lucky winner!!  The prizes will be announced on all three of the companies  Die-Versions, Joy Clair and DL.ART blogs on Sunday, May 22nd.

DL.ART is running a 3 day Special during the Blog Hop for all of the Design Team Followers ~ 12% off your entire order at DL.ART by using code:  DJDHOPS this code will only be valid on the 3 days of the Celebration Blog Hop.

You should have come here from Donna's blog; if not, then please start at the beginning on the Die-Versions Blog.   The complete list of Designers for the entire Celebration Blog Hop is listed on the Die-Versions Blog.

Now for a bit about my projects.  I created three different projects for today's Blog Hop: a graduation layout, a baby card, and a Father's Day card. 

 My graduation layout showcases the following products from each of the companies: 

   Die-Versions: Graduation Set; Graduation Cameos, We Did It!

   Joy Clair: Oh Baby (congratulations sentiment); Hugs and Smiles (swirl flowers, smile sentiment); Raise Your Glass (Cheers! sentiment)

   DLART: Baby Bundle crinkle ribbon (blue)

I started out with white cardstock and I heat embossed the various stamps using VersaMark ink and Pumpkin and Sapphire embossing powders.  Once these were cool, I spritzed on Dylusions Ink Sprays (calypso teal, squeezed orange).  

I also heat embossed the negative portions of the Cap (from the Graduation set) with Black embossing powder for a shine look and added Pumpkin embossing powder to the end of the tassel.  I also cut the diploma twice so that I could add back the negative pieces.  I altered the diploma die slightly by cutting of the ribbon that is part of the die cut and added my own bow using the Baby Blue crinkle ribbon.  Another piece of the crinkle ribbon was added to my journaling tag, which is tucked behind one of the photos.

The boy cameos were added to the top right and left corners of the layout and I created a bottom border by die cutting the We Did It! die three times and adhering it to the bottom.  You can also see some of the stamped images peeking behind the die cuts.

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I created a shaker card for my second project and used the following products from each of the companies:
  Die-Versions: Baby Boy Bootie
  Joy Clair: Oh Baby! (footprints); Hugs and Smiles (sentiment)
  DLART: Baby Bundle crinkle ribbon (blue)

After creating the shaker card, I heat embossed my sentiment and the baby footprints using Black embossing powder.  The Baby Boy Bootie was colored with Copic markers as I love bright, primary colors for babies (and in general :-).).  It reminds me of some little sneakers someone had given us when our son was a baby.  I also took advantage of the openings on the shoe to thread my ribbon through it to create shoelaces.

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For my final project, I created a quick Father's Day card and I used the following products from each of the companies:

  Die-Versions: Stitched Nesting Stars
  Joy Clair: Dad's Day
  DLART: Baby Bundle crinkle ribbon (Sweet Dreams - white)

This is a pretty quick card to make.  I stamped the popsicles across a piece of white cardstock and colored them all the same with Copic markers.  Pan Pastels were used to quickly color the background.  I stamped the image again with the sentiment added to the center, fussy cut it out, and colored it with Copics.  The entire piece was then heat embossed with Clear embossing powder.

I die cut the star using the largest and next to largest dies in the set to create a frame.  The frame was colored with Copic markers and the insert was heat embossed with Firefly embossing powder.  Then I adhered the focal image between the outer star frame and the insert.  This was then pop dotted above the line of popsicles.


I added a bit of Sweet Dreams crinkle ribbon behind the stamped images and adhered to a piece digi paper from Echo Park (Beach Party).

I hope you have enjoyed the Celebration Blog Hop!! Be sure to leave comments on on all the blogs for a chance at winning one of the many prizes!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Your next stop on the blog hop is Penny's blog.  If you should get lost along the way please go back to the Die-Versions Blog and the whole list for each day will be listed there.

Mr and Mrs

Today's card showcases the new Nesting Flowers die set and the new Heart Border die from Die-Versions, plus a few of the DV Sweet Wordlets.  One of the things I do when I receive any new die is to die cut it from scrap cardstock.  Then I go from there.  Today's card idea all started with the negative pieces (the tiny hearts) from the Heart Border die.

I also recently received a couple new colors of Nuance pigment powder (Hot Pink and Red) and I wanted to create a sample for future reference.  I had left overs and decided to die cut the Heart border from a piece of this to see what it looks like actually cut.  I was pushing the negative pieces together in a pile and immediately thought how fun these would be in a shaker card. That's how it all started.

The Nesting Flowers die set makes a fantastic shaker.  I created more of the watercolored cardstock with the Nuance powders so that I could cut out the shaker piece as well as the "flower" next to it.  A quick trick to making sure all the curves are secure and that none of your shaker pieces will escape is to die cut the same shape from fun foam and adhere that to the cardstock.  The clear acetate is actually from some packaging material that I had saved.  (If it isn't too scratched, then I cut it down and save it for projects like this.)

Before adhering the acetate top to the base, I die cut the Sweet Wordlet "Love" from the watercolored cardstock and adhered that to the base.  The hearts move, but the word does not.

The second "flower" idea came about from seeing a Spirelli tutorial and thinking that the nesting flower die could be used for a variation of this.  More of the negative hearts were also adhered to this piece.

Instead of creating a Valentine's type of card with these dies, I thought they would also be perfect for a couple just getting married.  The "Congratulations" and "Mr. & Mrs." are more DV Sweet Wordlets.  Although the camera didn't capture it, the black cardstock was spritzed with a homemade spritzer (Marion Smith Designs Whisper pigment powder and water) for added shimmer.

Be sure to visit the Die-Versions Blog to see what the rest of the talented team has created.  And remember, if you'd like to receive 15% off your next Die-Versions order, use the code anne15 when checking out.  This code works for the everyday sales price and you can use it every time you order :-).  Have fun shopping!

Witch's Hat

Halloween is only a few days away and I wanted to make one more card for a friend.  I created a shaker card using the Witch Hat by Die-Versions  The shaker part has spiders from the DV Spider Web die and orange glitter.

The hat was colored with various embossing powders from Sparkle N Sprinkle: Black Magic for the spiders, Firefly for the yellow lightning bolts, Pumpkin on the hat band, Amethyst on the outline of the hat, and Glow in the Dark on the spider webs.

My (not so secret) message, a rubber stamp from Stampers Anonymous, was stamped onto Embossable Clear Acetate with VersaMark and then heat set with more Glow in the Dark embossing powder.


 It's really hard for me to get a good picture of it glowing, but it really does. The photo on the left is blurry, but you can see how much it glows in the dark.  The photo on the right also shows the glow aspect, but it was taken in a dark room, but some light was shining in.

Be sure to check the Die-Versions blog often to see what the rest of the team has created for you.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Mushroom Shaker

Shaker cards are still the rage, so I thought this new Mushroom set from Die-Versions would be the perfect focal point for my shaker card.

After the mushrooms were die cut, they were colored with Copic markers and then I heat embossed the tops with Sparkle embossing powder from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  The Hello was die cut using the DV Hello Express Edge out of the same patterned paper as my background.

My circle frame was cut from sticker paper and I added Lapis Lazuli glitter by Martha Stewart.  The inside of the shaker was filled with stars, sequins, and more glitter.

All the elements came together quickly to create a fun interactive card.

Creative

I love this Gingko Leaves stamp from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  You can either purchase it as a set (Leaf Robe set) or individually.  The sentiment is part of the set.  After stamping the image with VersaMark, I heat embossed it with SNS Forest Green embossing powder and fussy cut it out.

I wanted to do something a little different and decided to create a shaker card since I hadn't done one in quite a while.  (Although I generally feel that "less is more", that's not the case when adding glitter to the inside of the shaker.  I added what I thought was quite a bit of the SNS Cyclamen glitter, but I should have added a LOT more.)

I also created my own glitter paper using the negative portion of a Spellbinders die left over from a different project, my Xyron machine, and Sparkle N Sprinkle Cyclamen glitter.  Add a double bow and you're all set.