Greetings, Crafty Friends!
Welcome to my blog for a little Dies R Us Inspiration!
Yikes! This morning we had a fierce thunderstorm bringing an unusually strong amount of lightning and thunder and LOTS OF HAIL! It beat the vegetable garden down pretty badly, but other than that, all is well.
In the Ellis Household, we are celebrating our 40th Wedding Anniversary,Yikes! This morning we had a fierce thunderstorm bringing an unusually strong amount of lightning and thunder and LOTS OF HAIL! It beat the vegetable garden down pretty badly, but other than that, all is well.
so today I'm showing a humorous card for my husband,
who prefers Simple and Silly.
(Noooo, I'm pretty sure that is NOT why he married me, giggle)
That being said...
Have you ever tried combining...
elegant, ornate elements...
with...
silly, humorous pieces?
Dies R Us is an on-line store carrying a huge assortment of amazing dies by several manufacturers.
I hope you enjoy today's project
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My card uses the following Dies R Us Products:
Die-Versions - Bug's Life Sweet Petites DVP-086
Sue Wilson Spanish Collection Seville CED1203
Darice Dies - hearts (plain and scallop) nesting dies
Impression Obsession - Grass DIE038-J
We live on a mini-farm, and my husband is constantly battling the buggies and ickies around the place here in central, rural Florida. Hence, the characters of my card.
Wouldn't this card would be so sweet even without the easel effect?
Wouldn't this card would be so sweet even without the easel effect?
But I liked the sentiment so much, that an easel card was the only option.
How my multi-dies are held together:
(this is what my work area REALLY looked like before cropping the above photo): LOL
Will those buggies NEVER stop?
How to make the border for the "stop":
Use the same border to create cohesiveness on the top panel.
Be sure to distress-ink the border for interest!
I discovered the slug on a freebie site! It's eyes are just perfect for the theme. The clip art site is called Clipart Panda by Ron Leishman.
The silly, love-smitten slug has been paired with the cutest ever snail digi set called
Snails Galore by Christy Croll at her store called Tiddly Inks. Would you believe her fantastic 9-piece set is only $1?
I used some of Christy's "slime" behind and round the clipart slug.
Christy, thanks for such a fun image!
- Image: Snails Galore by Christy Croll at her store called Tiddly Inks.
- Sparkle N Sprinkle Parisian Mist Glitter G1037 (border stop)
- Copic Markers, Distress Inks, Fibers
- Crafting a Beautiful Mess #2 Anything Goes 5/26 (last Friday M) (3rd entry)
- Crafting by Designs (May 4) May Anything Goes, M (1st Wed)
- Crafting with an Attitude #18 Anything Goes M (1st Thurs) 6/2
- Digital Delights by Louby Lou #9 - Anything Goes (used 2 digital image and 1 digital coloring book image) (last Thurs 5/26
- Ellibelle's Creative Moments Let's Color Saturday Linky Party #9 (images are colored with Copics)
- Fab N Funky Challenges #303 "Three Or More Layers" 5/11
- Inspiration Destination #84 "Anything Goes" 5/11
- Jade's Sparkling Butterflies (2 Crafty Girls) #18 "Add a Sentiment" 5/12
- Scrapy Land (#41) Anything Goes with a Die Manufacterer SL sells (listed in body of post) 5/15
Our winter herbs have flowered and are now seeding:
The lush, thick densely-green parsley, suddenly spiked upward with elongated, straight leaves, and then blossomed, barely resembling green Queen Ann's Lace:
The aromatic Basil struggled through the winter but provided lush, yummy leaves. Then it flowered a salmony-coral color, bursting open with seeds this week!
and lots of stamping hugs,
