Hello crafting friends. I'm on the Dies R Us Inspiration blog today, sharing another Christmas card with you.
As you know by now, I'm a huge fan of Marianne Design dies and when Dies R Us have their Special Order Sales, I tend to buy more than my fair share :-) If you love international dies or are just looking for some to complete the dies you already have, the best way to know about these amazing sales is to subscribe to the Dies R Us Newsletter.
So using one of Marianne's newest dies, Petra's Winter Circle, I cut out all the layers in the different colours that I had planned.
This die is gorgeous and comes with a few embellishment pieces.
After die cutting and embossing them, and while the card stock is still in the dies, I used Memento Desert Sand to add a bit of shading.
Once that was done and I had all my bits and pieces together, it was very easy and quick to assemble the card.
I picked a small greeting stamp and curved it on the stamping block so that it would take the same curve as the greeting space on the banner of the die. I could have stopped right here, but felt that I wanted to add something to the bottom of the card to balance it out. So I grabbed another few dies, listed below, and made the little poinsettia arrangement. I added a few gems here and there and adhered the image, which is from a die cutting sheet by Amy Design, called Warm Christmas Feelings. For the inside, I used the fancy circle from the die to cut out the circle. The stamped greeting from the Festive Greetings stamp set by Creative Expressions.
Here is a list of the crafty supplies used,
each linked to the Dies R Us store for your convenience.
each linked to the Dies R Us store for your convenience.
Petra's Twigs - Marianne Designs
I hope you enjoyed my Christmas card today. Christmas will be here before you know it, so I hope that I was able to inspire you to use your dies, create a project, and come play along with us at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog for your chance to win a gift voucher to the Dies R Us Store. A new challenge begins on the 1st and 15th of every month. Be sure to follow us on Facebook and Pinterest too.
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Crafty hugs,
This is magnificent, Lena!! So many details to absorb when looking at it. I love MD die cuts...always perfect background dies and so elegant!!
ReplyDeleteSo sweet! xoxo
ReplyDeleteWow, gorgeous! Love you new dies and I think the added extras at the bottom gives your design a great balance, as you predicted it would.
ReplyDeleteLena, this is beautiful! Those birds....! Wow, wow, wow! Thanks for sharing this stunning creation!
ReplyDeleteYou are right. petra's winter circle is soooo nice.
ReplyDeleteAnd you made a stunning card with it.
Chapeau
Marian
Such a beautiful card, Lena! I love all the details here, the layered birds, the flowers and leaves, and those beautiful dies! Gorgeous on the inside too!
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