Happily Ever After

April 27, 2021April 26, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

Hi, it’s Sue here from the Dies R Us Design Team with an interactive wedding card.

This card is primarily made with Karen Burniston dies focusing on the Cake Pop-Up in a 7 inch x 5 inch card base. (I used an off-white shimmer card stock for the inside of the card and took mica spray-painted shimmer card panels for the front and back of the card.)

Cut out two of each of the cake tier pieces, two of the three scalloped edging pieces and two of the bride and groom piece. (I used shimmer cardstock for all but the groom pieces.) Fold tier pieces on scored lines as shown in the video. Glue each tier together following the video.

It is easier to decorate the cake before attaching it to the card. (I added some embellishment drops to the scalloped edges that needed to dry overnight.) Glue one set of bride and groom together on to tab at cake top. Glue the second set on to back side of cake top. Adhere the scalloped edging on to each tier of cake, starting and stopping each scalloped piece at the center fold of each tier.

Cut a 3 1/4 inch circle from silver mirror and then cut a 2 1/4 inch circle from the center of the larger circle. Cut in half and glue on either side of the card base fold. Play with the layout of your decorative pieces before gluing the cake to the silver circle. Align the cake center fold with the card base fold. Place glue on the lowest tier’s folded tabs and glue in place. Fold card closed and firmly press cake to card base. Wait until glue has set to open.

I used the fancy layered label and tiny hearts dies from the Paper Frames Pop-Up set to decorate the inside of the card. (To make the tiny hearts be visible I coated them in a peachy translucent embellishment drops that had to dry overnight.)

The sentiments for the card front are dies from my stash and the “Happily ever after” is a Karen Burniston die that I cut twice so that I could paper piece the red heart into the blue words. The gold swags on the card front are from another Karen Burniston dies set of Party Border Blends.

Hope this fun card has provided some inspiration for your crafting. 😊

SUPPLIES Used from Dies R Us:

Dies

Miscellaneous

Other Supplies:

Simply Creative Mr & Mrs steel cutting die
Momenta Firefly’s Celebrate Happy Birthday die set 35516 R7
Papers by BoBunny and Recollections’ Shimmer Cardstock
Colored and mirror cardstock scraps
Nuvo Dream Drops – Cloud 9
Nuvo Jewel Drops – Peach Sobert
“Congratulations” stamp by Jennifer Ellory from Cardmaking & Papercraft issue 178
Stampin’ Up – Crumb Cake ink pad
Neenah Social – A7 envelope – Bare white techweave
Nuvo Mica Mists – Pecan Peach, Nebula Blue, Silver Smoke and Antique Gold

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A Basket of Flowers For Mom

April 16, 2021April 11, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

Mothers deserve special cards. A basket full of roses using Anna Griffin’s new Basket Pop-Up kit and a few tea service pieces from an older Anna Griffin Favorite Tea Embellishments made the perfect card for this special mom.

The envelope was stamped with stamps from Anna Griffin’s Treasury of Stamps and Dies using Stampin’ Up Always Artichoke ink.

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A Sweet Spring Card

April 13, 2021April 15, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

Hi, I’m Sue SK of Ully Cat’s World and a new member of the Dies R Us Design Team.

This sweet spring card is a z-fold card that when flat fits in an A2 (4 3/8 in x 5 ¾ in) envelope.

It uses two dies – TuttiDesigns Easter Gate and Poppy stampsHello Poe Script.

1. Cut three gates from white cardstock, saving the waste pieces from between the fence pickets to use as fence rail extensions. (See bottom left gate).

2. Trim arch and left flowers from gate/fence and save off-cuts from second die-cut.

3. Trim off areas of gate to make into fence. (Compare right fence to left gate.)

4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 with third die-cut.

5. Glue a fence section to each side of gate. Use the waste pieces as fence rail extensions and flowers to glue the pieces together.

6. Fold right side of fence as shown.

7. Color the flowers, vine and grass using fine tip markers.

8. Taking one of the waste birds, trim off excess paper from feet and tail. Cut a wing from scrap and glue onto bird. Color bird.

9. Glue bird’s eye back into gate piece and glue colored bird over bird on gate. Use fine tip pen to add dot to eye. Glue third scrap bird onto back of bird on gate.

10. Glue the two waste arch/vine pieces to the back of gate arch. (Red outline) Add fence rails as needed to support where fence pieces were added to gate piece.

11. Cut a blue piece of cardstock 10 inches x 4 inches. Score at 3 ¼ inches and 5 5/8 inches.

12. Color the background to add grass using a green marker and clouds using white watercolor crayon.

13. Die-cut two of the “Hello” sentiment in light and dark colors. Glue light on top of dark, off setting to create a shadow.

14. Glue left side of fence to left side of card, matching bottom edges and left corner.

15. Glue right small folded flower/fence section and fold card base onto glued section.

16. Glue sentiment onto from of card.

Don’t forget to decorate your envelope and get more use out of your dies by using the off-cuts as stencils.

17. Using the waste piece from under the arch and gate, tape closed the bird’s feet and tail. Stencil using ink and sponge dauber.

18. With a fine tip pen add details to the bird.

Hope this card brings a smile to your face and provides some inspiration to your crafting.

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SUPPLIES Used from Dies R Us:

Tutti Designs – Dies – Easter Gate

Hello Sentiments

CosmicShimmer – Specialist Acrylic Glue – 125ml

Sizzix - Big Shot PLUS Machine Only - White and Gray + 10 BONUS DIES

Sizzix – Big Shot PLUS die cutting Machine

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Vested Tags

April 10, 2021April 5, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

Cards for men can be fun to make when they use a small die set by Leane Creatief which includes a suit jacket, a vest, shirt collar, two ties and a BBQ apron as well as a tag box. The box makes up to a little over 4 ½ inches tall by 1 ¾ inches wide and 3/8 inches deep. Perfect for tucking a note, tickets to a sporting event, or folded money.

(I purchased this die from Dies R Us when they had one of their special European dies sales, but it sold out quickly. You can get some lovely dies from around the world in these sales, but you must act quickly when you see one you like.)

For the card background I used two Poppystamps border dies to create a layered set of circles using oatmeal cookie and a dark brown scrap of cardstock for the layers under the plaid paper. Oatmeal cookie was used to cut the tags out of and a cream piece of Recollections cardstock was used to make a mini slimline card base (5 ½ inches x 3 ½ inches).

The “Happy Birthday” sentiment was cut once from a light color and once from a dark brown scrap and glued together a bit off set to give depth. A third layer was cut and glued to the back not be seen, but to raise the words up.

The vest was cut from a plaid paper. The buttons and pockets were stenciled on through the die. The tag is attached using foam squares.

A mustache was stamped using an older Sizzix stamp set in a dark brown on the back of the envelope.

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Supplies:

Dies

Stamps

Sizzix – World’s Best Dad Stamps – 662006

Papers

Inks

Stampin’ Up – Classic Stampin’ Pad – Soft Suede

Miscellaneous

Cosmic Shimmer Acrylic Glue
Foam squares
Burgundy satin ribbon

You Can Never Say Thank You Enough

April 6, 2021April 6, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

Hi, I’m Sue SK of Ully Cat’s World and a new member of the Dies R Us Design Team.

My mother told me that you can never say thank you enough, so this card is to say thank you to Dies R Us for inviting me to be part of their team.

I really like using this Karen Burniston Swirls pattern plate die with background papers that I made with color pigments like Brusho Inks or Cosmic Shimmer – Pixie Powders.

Picking a dark background makes the swirls stand out. The swirls die-cut is 4 ¼ inches x 5 ½ inches, so I cut a black piece of card 4 ½ inches x 5 ¾ inches to glue the swirls onto using CosmicShimmer Specialist Acrylic Glue.

Next, I cut the Karen Burniston “Thank You” three times – one in white, one from a blue and white background paper and one from the orange background paper. I off-set the words and glued them together to create a sentiment with depth and shadow. (An alternative Thank You die to the one I use is Altenew – Dies – Simply Thank You.)

After adhering the sentiment on top of the swirls, I used foam squares to adhere the panel to a 4 ¾ inches x 6 ½ inches black panel glued to the white card base.

Hope this provides some inspiration for your crafting.

SUPPLIES Used from Dies R Us:

Karen Burniston - Dies - Pattern Plate - Swirls

KarenBurniston – Die – Pattern Plate – Swirls – 1124

Altenew – Dies – Simply Thank You

Brusho Inks

Cosmic Shimmer – Pixie Powders

CosmicShimmer – Specialist Acrylic Glue – 125ml

Sizzix – Big Shot PLUS die cutting Machine

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A Spring Basket of Flowers

April 5, 2021April 4, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

Special aunts deserve special cards. A basket full of spring flowers using Anna Griffin’s new Basket Pop-Up kit and a few flowers from an older Anna Griffin Pretty Paintings kit made the perfect card for this special aunt.

The envelope was stamped with stamps from Anna Griffin’s Treasury of Stamps and Dies using Stampin’ Up Soft Suede ink.

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A Quick Thank You

April 3, 2021April 3, 2021 | ullycatdesigns

Needing a unique and handcrafted Thank You card, I came up with this pop-in window card using double-sided patterned paper from Paper Heaven, the frame dies from the newest Die-cutting Essentials issue 75, and some word dies from Hunkydory’s Moonstone brand.

When the card is closed it look like a flat card, but when it opens, the window back mechanism opens and moves the window panel ¼ inch back from the card opening.