Supernatural Fan Art

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Today over at the Make My Monday challenge blog. We have a NEW challenge it's to Use a Digital Stamp.

For these cards, I printed them out onto Neenah Bright White Premium Cardstock. I get mine from Office Depot. It's not the quality of paper to create a card with but it works great for printing out digital stamps. As for coloring them in, I used my colored pencils and blended with baby oil. Then I fussy cut the images out. As for the backgrounds, I used my stencils and Amazon makeup brushes. The stencils I used didn't fit on the card base. So I used Post-Its to cover up the areas I wasn't stenciling at the time. When the stenciling was done, I used black marker to cover up any areas that didn't look finished after I fussy cut. Then I used 3M foam tape to pop the images up.

Stamps: Kindred Stamps Demon Hunters

Paper: CTMH Kraft

Ink: CTMH Sapphire

Accessories: Amazon makeup brush, Prismacolor Premier Scarlet Lake, Permanent Red, Deco Peach, Eggshell, Beige, 90% Cool Grey, 90% Warm Grey, Indanthrone Blue, China Blue, Denim Blue, Indigo Blue, Chestnut, Chocolate, Sienna Brown, 20% French Grey, Burnt Ochre, 70% Warm Grey, 70% Cool Grey

Stamps: Kindred Stamps Demon Hunters

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Espresso

Accessories: Altenew Tree Ring, Amazon makeup brush, QuicKutz Nesting Circles, Homemade Stencil (DoCrafts Xcut Dies Large Feathers), Prismacolor Premier Sand, Beige, 10% French Grey, 90% Cool Grey, 70% Cool Grey, Chocolate, Chestnut, Dark Umber, Eggshell, Deco Peach, Cobalt Blue Hue, China Blue

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Thanks So Much Floral

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
PBSC April - Anything Goes...Optional 'Use Ribbon or Twine'
Penny Black and More Challenge April - Anything Goes
Simon Says: Flower Power
Festive Friday Challenge #FF0057 from the list I used blue and red cardstock, along with coloring the image in blue and green distress crayon, and appreciation (thanks) sentiment
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Cookie Challenge #140 - Anything Goes



To color in this stamp I used distress crayons in the colors Chipped Sapphire and Peeled Paint. I then spritzed water onto the stamp. Then I stamped it onto watercolor paper. Next, I mounted the watercolor paper onto Black cardstock. And then I wrapped black and white bakers twine around it. After that I used 3M foam tape to place the piece onto the cardbase. Then I used Post-It tape to cover that piece up. Next I brought out gold paint, a toothbrush, and water bottle to flick the paint onto the cardbase. Finally, I stamped the sentiment and mounted it onto a Candy Apple scrap.

Stamps: Penny Black Constellations, TAC Trendy Greetings

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black, Bluebird, Candy Apple

Ink: CTMH Archival Black

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set 2, bakers twine

Here is a video on how I created this card.

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Merci Floral Constellations

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
PBSC April - Anything Goes...Optional 'Use Ribbon or Twine'
Penny Black and More Challenge April - Anything Goes
Simon Says: Flower Power
If You Give A Crafter A Cookie Cookie Challenge #140 - Anything Goes

To color in this stamp I used distress crayons in the colors Seedless Preserves and Peeled Paint. I then spritzed water onto the stamp. Then I stamped it onto watercolor paper. Next, I mounted the watercolor paper onto Flaxen cardstock. And then I wrapped black and white bakers twine around it. After that I used 3M foam tape to place the piece onto the cardbase. Then I used Post-It tape to cover that piece up. Next I brought out gold paint, a toothbrush, and water bottle to flick the paint onto the cardbase. Finally, I stamped the sentiment and mounted it onto a purple scrap.

Stamps: Penny Black Constellations, SU! Faites vos voeux!

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black, Flaxen, Spectrum Noir Watercolour Paper Pad

Ink: CTMH Intense Black

Accessories: Tim Holtz Distress Crayons Set 2, bakers twine, FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Paint 660E Pure Gold

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Always Here For You

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I am so excited because today is my start as a Design Team member of the Color My Heart Color Dare team. The  new challenge is to get inspiration from this color wheel picture. And to keep it in a single gradient of colors. So if you pick the color pink as I did you would go light,  medium and dark pink.

If you are a regular follower of my blog, I know this card is a little outside of my regular style. I'm experimenting right now. Let me know what you think of my experiment. I'm thinking I should ease up a little on the ink splotching. But that it does in general look cool.

Stamps: Altenew Painted Rose

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Ballerina, Pixie, Raspberry, New England Ivy, Fern, Sweet Leaf

Accessories: FolkArt Metallic Pure Gold Acrylic Paint, M. Graham & Co. Ivory Black Acrylic

Today's card is also being entered into the following challenges:

Lil Patch of  Crafty Friends Challenge #130
Simon Says: Flower Power

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Happy Birthday Drink

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Create A Smile We dare you to create a smile : Mood board
Lil Patch of  Crafty Friends Challenge #130


Today is the 14th day I am participating in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring. Have you had a chance to play along?

This card is created around a freebie digital stamp by Create A Smile. After printing the digital stamp. I brought out my Amazon makeup brush to apply distress ink to the drink part of the cup image. As for the umbrella and fruit, I used colored pencils on that. (Link to watching how I use colored pencils and blend.) I then fussy cut the image out and popped it up with 3M foam tape. After that I brought out my water bottle and spritzed the drink. And used a paper towel to clean up the water. This created a condensation and more of an actual drink-y look to the image. I then stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment under the cup.

Stamps: Create A Smile Freebie Lemonade, SU Party Pandas

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Archival Black, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed, Lucky Clover, Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade

Accessories: Prismacolor Premier Ginger Root, Imperial Violet, Cobalt Turquoise, Parma Violet, Muted Turquoise, Amazon Makeup Brush, Fantastix

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Playing in the Garden

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Simon Says: Flower Power
Addicted to CAS Challenge #183 - Animal
HMFMC #314 Anything Goes + the option of FLOWERS
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge - homemade cloud stencil
Arty Divas Challenge #20
Shopping Our Stash #418 - Happy Passover / Happy Easter / Happy Spring - this cute little scene just says SPRING to me




Have you had a chance to play along in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? Today is the 13th day I am participating in challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring.

To create this card, I started out by stamping the image onto both a ROCK label and the card base. Then I used my colored pencils and blended them with baby oil. (This is the way I do that technique.) I then brought out some Post-It Tape to block off just the image. After that I was able to bring out my homemade stencil to create the cloudy background. (HERE is the way I create stencils.) When that was done, I then stamped the sentiment underneath.

Stamps: House Mouse Designs Clear Stamp Set (POPHM51), Iris Play

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Lilac

Accessories: CTMH Round Sponge, Prismacolor Premier Kelly Green, SAP Green Light, Blush Pink, Sienna Brown, Deco Peach, Imperial Violet, Chocolate, Parma Violet, Fantastix

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Homemade Stencils and Mother's Day

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Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME! Mother's Day is just around the corner. That's why, I am so excited to share this Happy Mother's Day card, with y'all!

I have created a video to share with you on how I created this card!

Supplies used (not listed under the card picture)
Post-It Tape
Transparency Film or Junk Mail (something you can use to create a stencil)
Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion
Xyron

Steps to create this card:
1. Grab your supplies.
2. Create a stencil with the hearts panel die.
3. Apply Post-It Tape to mask off sections of your cardstock the stencil doesn't cover.
4. Take your makeup brush to apply ink through the stencil.
5. Repeat steps 3 & 4 until the card front is covered with the hearts.
6. Cut the sentiment piece 4 times and layer them up on the card front.
7. Take your embellishment pieces and place around the card.
8. Stick in an envelope and give to your Mom or Mother-in-law (or another beloved female member of the family) on Mother's Day

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black

Ink: CTMH Candy Apple

Accessories: CTMH Black & White Dots, Enamel Outlet Glitter White Enamel Dots, Kat Scrappiness Heart Panel Die, Happy Mother's Day Die, Amazon Makeup Brush

Some of the products are no longer available in the Dies R Us site. But here are similar items you can find there.

Frantic Stamper Open Hearts Card Panel Die

Impression Obsession Mother's Day Die

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 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

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay Healthy! 

Stay Safe!

Stay Crafty!

Sweet Rainbow Hello

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Your Next Stamp Challenge #137 – Stripes
Inkspirational Challenge #211 - Paint Splatters
Through The Craft Room DoorAnything Goes Challenge April 21st 2020
Arty Divas Challenge #20
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #118: Anything Goes



Have you had a chance to play along in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? Today is the 12th day I am participating in challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring.

For today's card I started out by stamping this cute little skunk. I then used colored pencils to color him in. (If you would like to see how I use colored pencils visit HERE.) When that was done I fussy cut him out. Before laying him onto the card I stamped the background. I used the Hero Arts Brush stamp set to create a rainbow stripe. For each time that I stamped the ink, I then took my water bottle and sprayed it before stamping it down. I feel like it gives it more of a watercolor effect than stamping alone would have done. After I put the cute stamp onto the green stripe, I then brought out my marker to draw a shadow effect underneath. To finish the card off I stamped the sentiment and then die cut it.

Stamps: YNS Woodland Cuties, HA Brush

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, Black, Canson XL Watercolor

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Candy Apple, Poppy, Lemon, Willow, Carolina, Pansy

Accessories: MFT Stitched Sentiment Strips Die-namics , Spectrum Noir Triblend Dull Green, Fantastix, Prismcolor Premier Blush Pink, 90% Warm Grey, 70% Warm Grey, 10% Warm Grey, Deco Peach

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Isaiah 49:16

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I hope y'all can play along with us at the Cardz4Guys challenge blog. This week's challenge is #243 Use Dies as Your Main Feature.

With all the craziness going on in the world. Let us all remember that last week was Easter and that He lives. And because He lives, we live. Although right now is horrible and most of us are stuck at home He knows us and loves us. This card would be perfect for a missionary or anyone who believes in Him.

For today's card, I started out by grabbing my die cut. And taking a scrap of white cardstock and painting it. Then I ran the scrap through my Xyron. Finally, I ran the painted scrap with the die through my die cutting machine.

Next, I brought out a stencil, makeup brush, ink and Post-It tape. I taped off half of the card front and stenciled through it. Then I removed both the stencil and Post-It tape and repeated on the opposite side. When that was done, I brought out my stamp and ink and stamped onto the card front. Finally, I glued the front of the card onto the cardbase.

Stamps: Stampabilities Palm of His Hand

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Lemonade

Accessories: Amazon makeup brush, Yasatomo Pearlescent Watercolor Set, Tim Holtz Rays Layering Stencil, Xyron, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Crosses Two

Today's card is also being entered into the following challenges:
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Through The Craft Room DoorAnything Goes Challenge April 21st 2020
Arty Divas Challenge #20
Shopping Our Stash #418 - Happy Passover / Happy Easter / Happy Spring - This card says EASTER to me. And I have been holding on to this die cut forever. Never really knew when I would use it.
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #118: Anything Goes
Crafter's Castle April Challenge #28



A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe and healthy!

Happy Crafting,

M.E.

Clever Bowlers

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Art Impressions Challenge #280 Kid at Heart
Simon Says: Knock On Wood
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Arty Divas Challenge #20
Lemon Shortbread Challenge #118: Anything Goes



Have you had a chance to play along in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? Today is the 11th day I am participating in challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring.

For today's card I started out by stamping onto both the card base and some ROCK label paper. I then fussy cut the bowler babes from the ROCK label to create a removal paper mask. The coloring was done with a mix of alcohol markers and colored pencils. (You can see the way I blend my colored pencils in THIS video.) When that was done I put the label paper over the babes. I covered the bottom of the card with Post-It tape to create a division between the top of the card and the bottom.  And then I brought out a stencil and Amazon makeup brush to create the background. The bottom was created when I moved the Post-It tape up to where the stenciling had been done. Then I took the Almond ink pad and swiped it along the bottom of the card. After that I then brought out my T-square and a sharpie to draw lines over the swiped area of the card. This creates the illusion of the bottom being a wood floor. And then I brought out my Brown Grey marker to create a shadow under the bowler babes. To finish the card off I took some wood paper to stamp the sentiment on and placed it onto the card.

Stamps: TCP Welcome to the Funny Farm, AI Spare Me

Paper: CTMH White Daisy, BARC Wood White Birch

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Pacifica, Almond

Accessories: Amazon makeup brush, Fantastix, Copic E31 Brick Beige, Shin Han WG4 Warm Grey, Prismacolor Premier Dahlia Purple, Raspberry, Poppy Red, Metallic Gold, Silver, Light Aqua, Aquamarine, Crimson Red, Crimson Lake, Mulberry, 10% French Grey, 30% French Grey, 70% Cool Grey, 90% Cool Grey , Spectrum Noir Triblend Earth Brown, Brown Grey, Coral, True Blue, Jade Green, Dark Red, Fair Skin

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Birthday Frenzy

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Inky Paws Challenge #121
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Creative Fingers Challenge #184
Crafty Catz Challenge #502 ~ Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #394
Polkadoodles Week 16 Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge
Southern Girls ~ Team Lou ~ Anything Goes
PENNY'S CHALLENGE #469
CCEE2016 - Stencils




Today is the 10th day I am participating in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring. Have you had a chance to play along?

For this card, I used a We R Memory Stamp Press. It comes with a platform and a plexi sheet to place your stamps on. You can buy extra plexi sheets. Which is what I do. I actually have 2 Stamp Presses and an extra plexi sheet. I took the party hats from one stamp set. But there are only 2 hats. So I started out by attaching the shark stamp onto one of the plexi sheets. Then I put the hats on top of that, and attached them onto another plexi sheet. I did that a couple of times until the party hats were stamped onto a good number of the sharks. For each party hat, I created a paper mask, which was fussy cut. I placed the paper masks on top of the hats and then I stamped the sharks. The group of sharks is an individual stamp.

As for the coloring. The hats were colored with alcohol marker. While the sharks were colored with pencils. Then I blended the sharks out using a Fantastix and baby oil. If you would like to see how I did that please visit here.

Stamps: CTMH Holiday Occasions, Lawn Fawn Peacock Before 'n Afters, Newton's Nook Shark Frenzy

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers

Accessories: Spellbinders Curved Rectangles, Dylusions Small Fishtails Stencil, Amazon makeup brush, Prismacolor Premier Crimson Red, Crimson Lake, 10% Cool Grey, 90% Cool Grey, 70% Cool Grey, 20% Cool Grey, 50% Cold Grey, 30% Cold Grey, Slate Grey, Spectrum Noir Triblend Lavender, Green Turquoise, Fantastix

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Birthday Dreams

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Inky Paws Challenge #121
Creative Fingers Challenge #184
Crafty Catz Challenge #502 ~ Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #394
Polkadoodles Week 16 Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge
Craft Rocket Challenge #69 - Furry Friends
Southern Girls ~ Team Lou ~ Anything Goes
PENNY'S CHALLENGE #469



Have you had a chance to play along in The Daily Marker 30 Day Challenge? Today is the 10th day I am participating in challenge! I have found it to be great motivation to work on my coloring.

For this card, I used a We R Memory Stamp Press. It comes with a platform and a plexi sheet to place your stamps on. You can buy extra plexi sheets. Which is what I do. I actually have 2 Stamp Presses and an extra plexi sheet. I took the party hats from one stamp set. I started out by attaching the kitty onto one of the plexi sheets. Then I put the hat on top of that, and attached it onto another plexi sheet. I colored this image in with alcohol markers for the bedding and colored pencils for the cat. The cat was blended by using a Fantastix and baby oil. If you would like to see how I do that please visit here. Then I created a mask for the kitty using ROCK Sticker Label Paper. I placed the mask for the party hat back on the kitty. And then I brought out an Amazon makeup brush to apply the squeezed lemonade to the area. Finally, I pieced the card together.

Stamps: CTMH Holiday Occasions, Lawn Fawn Peacock Before 'n Afters, Newton's Naptime

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: CTMH Intense Black, Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade

Accessories: Tim Holtz Stitched Circles, Amazon makeup brush, Prismacolor Premier Blush Pink, Deco Peach, 90% Warm Grey, 70% Warm Grey, 50% Warm Grey, Spectrum Noir Triblend, Blue Turquoise, Dark Red, Brown Grey, Hydrangea, Purple, True Blue, Ice Grey, Jade Green, Orange, Bright Pink, Dull Green, Fantastix

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Blossoming Birthday

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Today's card is being entered into the following challenges:
Inky Paws Challenge #121
STAMPlorations April Stencil Challenge
Creative Fingers Challenge #184
Crafty Catz Challenge #502 ~ Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #394
Polkadoodles Week 16 Anything Goes Craft & Card Making Challenge
Southern Girls ~ Team Lou ~ Anything Goes
PENNY'S CHALLENGE #469
CCEE2016 - Stencils




For today's card, I felt like I needed to go a little crazy with a stencil. So I grabbed a rainbow assortment of distress inks. Then I used a makeup brush to apply the colors through the stencil. After that I took a water spray bottle and spritz water on. Then I blotted the water with a kitchen towel. When that was done, I took a couple of sentiment stamps and combined them to make this sentiment. I then took a die cut to the sentiment piece. And finally, I used 3M foam tape to pop the sentiment up.

Stamps: CTMH Holiday Occasions, Newton's Nook Floral Fringe

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Lucky Clover, Mustard Seed, Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, CTMH Intense Black

Accessories: CTMH Stitched Circles, Amazon makeup brush

A complete list of the supplies is under the picture. The list, contains compensated affiliate links. If you wish to create a similar card. There is no cost to you for using the links. But it does provide funds to help continue this blog.

Thank you for stopping by!

Please stay safe!

Happy Crafting,
M.E.

Imagine

Howdy Y'all!

Mary Ellen here from Creative Time With ME! This is my first project as a member of the Dies R Us Inspiration Team!  I am so blessed to join this wonderful team of talented designers! Especially during a time like this when we all need to find ways to inspire us and keep us going! That is why I am so excited to share this imagine card.

I have created a video to share with you on how I created this card!

Paper: CTMH White Daisy

Ink: Dylusions Ink Spray Crushed Grape, Vibrant Turquoise, Black Marble

Accessories: Heidi Swapp Imagine die, Tim Holtz Swirling Stars die, Nuvo Crystal Drops Bright Gold, M. Graham & Co. Acrylic Titanium White

Some of the products that I used in this card are retired. But here are similar items you can find in the Dies R Us site.

Serendipity Dies Imagine

Sue Wilson Designs - Festive Collection - Starry Night Sky

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Starfall Reverse Cut

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Wavy Stars Edger

Frantic Stamper - Dies - Cascading Stars

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 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

Thank you for stopping by!

Stay Healthy! 

Stay Safe!