Dies R Us Challenge - Spring Flowers

Hello Friends!

Here we are in the middle of April and that means it's time for another fun challenge over on the  Dies R Us Challenge Blog. Our theme today is:

SPRING FLOWERS

It won't be long before I will be outside planting and mowing!

YAY!  Can't wait ... I love Spring ... when all the flowers & trees awake from their winter sleep.

The dies I've used today are:

Sue Wilson Designs - Kinetics Collection - Arched Window/Door

 

Sue Wilson Designs - Kinetics Collection - 3D Window Box & Accessories

 

Sue Wilson Designs - Kinetics Collection - Window Shutter & Valance

 

Sue Wilson Designs - Finishing Touches - Trailing Ivy

 

Yvonne Creations - Home Sweet Home

I originally had the planter box cut from white card stock (as you can see

by the sides of the planter box that are peeking out)

but the embossed panels didn't come out very well and didn't realize

it until I had it put together ... so I quickly die cut another panel, snipped

off the tabs and glued it over top of the white one.  

You can't really see it in the photo but the embossing came out better on

the darker panel but of course then I covered it up with my sentiment

die so I guess I should have just left it alone LOL.

I've used an old Darice brick wall embossing folder to create the

'wall' of my house then sponged over it with some Tim Holtz Walnut Stain ink.

 Don't forget to check out sister store in Canada . . .

Dies R Us now has a sister store with warehouses in USA & Canada called Didi Crafts.  

It will ship to both the US and Canada. Didi Crafts will carry some of the same products as DRU, but most will be different. Now our Canadian friends don't have to worry about huge taxes or shipping fees. How great is that!?!

Scrapbooking & Cardmaking Store

I hope you will 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

  Hope to see you there!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!
  

As always . . .

Double D - Showers & Flowers

Hello Friends!

It's time once again for a new challenge over on the

Double D Challenge Blog.

I'm pleased to be your hostess today and we would like to see creations 

using the theme:

SHOWERS & FLOWERS

 Here's the mood board I've created to help inspire you . . .

 I can't wait to see what you created using this mood board as your inspiration!

Here's what I've come up with . . .

I'm really pleased with how this card came together!

 I've used Mintay 'Together' designer paper and a few dies ... Viola!

The dies I've used are:

Sue Wilson - Necessities Collection - Rain Or Shine

Tutti Designs 'Nesting Stitched Rectangles' 

and the little row of flowers is an old (but favorite) stamp 

from Repeat Impressions and my 'rain drops' are also very old ... Cloud9 Designs Rain Dots.

We have this fun Impression Obsession Umbrella die offered as the prize to one lucky random winner.  Remember ... you gotta play to win!

So be sure to pop over to the Double D Challenge Blog to see all the details and amazing samples offered up by our VERY TALENTED design team ladies!!

 

 Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope to see you at Double D!

As always . . .

   

Tutti Designs - Flowers for a Friend

Hello friends ... Happy Monday!

As promised, I have another card focusing on flowers for you using dies from the Tutti Designs Store.  I have a crafting friend who is having some health issues and I thought I'd make her a card to lift her spirits and since she loves Tutti Designs dies, I think she'll really enjoy receiving this one!!

The dies I've chosen to create with today are:

Easter Flower Basket

Easter Tulips

Friends

Here's a few tips on how this card came together . . .

To create my main focus image, I die cut the flower basket twice from white card stock.  I then glued one basket panel atop a scrap of golden yellow card stock and fussy cut around the basket portion.

The second white basket panel I colored completely with my markers and glued it atop the white panel.  This gave some distance and dimension on the basket portion of my die.

Next I die cut the Easter Tulips twice from white card stock and colored both panels.  I then placed one branch behind the basket handle and one in front.  By placing these flowers to the side, some of the flowers reached beyond the side edge of my card so I snipped them off and placed them on the left side of my basket to help tie it all together.

Please be sure to pop over to the Tutti Designs Store and check out all of the fabulous dies available. Need more inspiration?  The team has something new to share on the Tutti Designs Blog  EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY!   

 

Here's another peek at my card . . .

Pop in often and see for yourself ... what a talented group of designers!!

For your convenience, here are all the Tutti Designs quick links you will need:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

OH ... AND DID YOU KNOW?

We now have a Tutti Designs UK Store ...


AND

Tutti Deigns Canada


CHECK 'EM OUT!!

Wishing you all an AMAZING day ahead!  

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by! 

HAPPY EASTER!

Wishing You All a Joyous Easter!

Stay Healthy!

Long Distance Hugs from the Pavlick's!

Keeping Inspired & Positive

Hello Everyone and Happy Thursday!

Last week while communicating with friend & fellow Double D design team member Birgit, she mentioned how she was struggling to get into crafting and found herself sitting on the couch watching TV and becoming a bit depressed.  Instantly I thought 'what can I do to help her through this slump'.  If you follow my blog, you know that BFF Diane & I have been participating in the same online challenges to help keep us motivated and it's been a lot of fun.

So that is what I proposed to Birgit and asked her to jump over to Paper Playful and choose a challenge that looked like fun to her.  She did exactly that and I'm happy to say that some of the other DT ladies (lol in fact, ALL of them) have decided to join in the fun!  So, today we are playing along with the Cut It Up Challenge where the theme is:

Hopping Down the Bunny Trail (Easter)!

(and instructed ... Don't forget the die cut!)

At the bottom of my post I will share link to each of the girls who are playing along ... please take a minute, pop over to their blogs and share some positivity!  It's a difficult time we are all going through right now and we need to stick together.

Here's what I've created . . .

The dies I've used are:

Frantic Stamper 'Easter Basket & Bow' (FRA 9389)

Impression Obsession 'Bunny Set' (DIE 043)

Cheery Lynn Designs 'Lace Corner Deco E' (B165)

Paper Rose 'Grass Edge' (17571)

I began my card with a background panel of pink/blue plaid designer paper then added a panel of pink card stock.  My basket was die cut from white card stock then colored with Spectrum Noir alcohol markers.  Now HERE COMES the FUN PART ... the eggs inside my basket . . .

were fussy cut from a smaller scrap piece from this designer paper.  Wasn't sure if it was going to work but it worked out beautifully I think!!  Adds extra dimension but is totally flat! LOL

After die cutting my bunny trio and coloring their ears & noses pink, I decided to die cut just the one from brown card stock to appear in the basket as a 'chocolate bunny'.  I was tempted to 'bite off' part of one ear but just didn't have the heart to do that!  LOL

Friends playing along are:

Birgit

Amelia

Donna

Barbara

Diane

Judy

Vicki
Kathy

Annie

How awesome that all my Double D friends are joining in this fun challenge!
Can't wait to pop over to their blogs and see what they've created!

A few other challenges to share in:
Always Fun Challenge - Easter
 Use Your Stuff Challenge - Easter
Happy Little Stampers April Challenge - ATG w/dies
 
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge - Easter/Spring
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Spring Mood Board

Well, that's it for me today!  

Stay safe and healthy my friends!

We will get through this Corona Virus outbreak as long as

everyone follows the rules and watches out for friends & family.

Friendly reminder . . .

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

As always . . .

Sisterhood of Crafters - Kids Card

Hello my friends!

Today I have a card for the new challenge over on The Sisterhood of Crafters!

Our theme this time around is 

Make a Kids Card ...

WOW ... the ideas on this theme are endless ... my mind is swirling!

Here's what I came up with . . .

A while back, I bought all four of the cutest Stampendous sets

over on Dies R Us and thought the cute little elephant set

would make for a really cute kids card.

I actually created my own background panel using just the leaves stamp.

and colored a leaf here & there using Magicals by Lindy's which was gifted to me

by my sweet Aussie friend Annie.  

I hope you'll come join in our challenge fun at The Sisterhood of Crafters!
My 'sistahs' have created some fabulous creations to help inspire you ... 

be sure to pop over and check them out!

 See you there!

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!

Bleaching Technique

Hello Friends!

This past Sunday, I shared a card I created for the CAS MIX UP Challenge using a 'Bleaching' Technique and Stamps.  I actually had created 2 cards to share in that challenge but then my friend brought it to my attention that the challenge is also CAS ... well pooh!  Missed that fact!  So even though I don't feel I can now enter these two cards into the challenge, I still wanted to share them with you and encourage you to give this technique a go ... I'm really impressed with the outcome!

Second thought ... maybe they are CAS enough to qualify ... I will enter them and if not that's okay too ... at least they will know I loved their theme and wanted to show off my creations.

On my 1st card,  I've used Jennifer McGuire's tutorial ... found here: 

Coloring with Bleach - Jennifer McGuire (13:07)

What do you think?

I've used TH Oxide Distress Inks 'Salty Ocean & Chipped Sapphire'. The stamp set used for my leaves & flower are from Simon Says Stamps called 'Even More Spring Flowers' (#SSS101814) and my sentiment is from Inspired by Stamping.

I actually followed the base card that Jennifer created by cutting my card stock at an angle first.  After smearing & sponging on my inks as she did, I then did the water spritzing for the upper portion and the bleaching for the lower portion.

For my 2nd card,  I used the technique shared by Andrea Kidman found here:

Watercolour card with bleach - Andrea Kidman (6:16)

After watching the video, I grabbed a few of my artist brushes and began creating. As instructed but not nearly as well as she did, I began layering my background using the colors across the back row of my watercolor box from right to left (4 colors) ...

My stamp is an old stamp by Whispers - Sugarloaf Products (circa 2003).  After bleaching the butterfly and while my brush was drying out I lightly made some STREAKS across the background.  Lastly I splattered white watercolor using a little larger brush.

Well, that's it for me today!  

Stay safe and healthy my friends!

We will get through this Corona Virus outbreak as long as

everyone follows the rules and watches out for friends & family.

Friendly reminder . . .

Thanks so much for stopping by!

As always . . .

Tutti Designs - Lily of the Valley

Hello friends ... Happy Monday!

Spring is on it's way and since the Tutti Designs Store has so many beautiful flower type dies, that is what you'll be seeing from me throughout this month for my Monday posts.  Beginning with today's card using a couple of their beautiful Lily of the Valley dies.

I LOVE how this card came together and it could be used for a variety of occasions!

Dies used are:

Spellbinder Chantilly Paper Lace 'Hemstitch Ovals' (#S5-332)

Tutti Designs 'Lily of the Valley Frame'

Lily of the Valley Branch

Memory Box 'Peaceful Joyeux Noel'

I've die cut the 'Lily of the Valley frame' three times, coloring (Spectrum Noir alcohol markers) only the one used on the top as I glued them together to create dimension.  I also off set the 'flowers' just slightly to create a 'shadow effect'.  Then popped it all up with dimensional tape around my Hemstitch Oval panel which was also then popped up.  

A little sponging of Tim Holtz Broken China distress ink directly to my card front helped make the little flowers pop a bit more.  Also used the same ink on the birds which were snipped from this holiday die.  I love when I can use my dies more then one way!

The lower leaves were also snipped from the original die, colored and added to the frame die for more fullness.

Please be sure to pop over to the Tutti Designs Store and check out all of the fabulous dies available.  Need more inspiration?  The team has something new to share on the Tutti Designs Blog  EVERY DAY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY!   

Pop in often and see for yourself ... what a talented group of designers!!

For your convenience, here are all the Tutti Designs quick links you will need:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

 OH ... AND DID YOU KNOW?

We now have a Tutti Designs UK Store ...


AND

Tutti Deigns Canada


CHECK 'EM OUT!!

Wishing you all an AMAZING day ahead!  

As always, thanks SO MUCH for taking the time to stop by!