Happy Tuesday everyone. It's Rosie here
today for my first post as a Dies R Us Designer. I'm so excited to
showcase the amazing dies carried in the Dies R Us Store! For my project today, I'm featuring the Memory Box Oh So Merry Frame Die, along with the Lawn Fawn Merry Christmas Border Die. I wanted to show the variety of ways this die can be used, and also how the look changes based on the papers/colors used.
I
cut out the Memory Box Oh So Merry Frame Die multiple times from white
cardstock and also from white glitter cardstock. If I know I'm going to
make multiple cards in one sitting I cut out several at one time.
This
die cut measures 4.25" x 5.5", so I cut my patterned paper at 4.5" x
6". I also die cut the Lawn Fawn Merry Christmas Border Die, but only
used the word Christmas. That's the great thing about dies....you can
cut apart the different elements and use them separately. Take a look at
the Oh So Merry Die. If you wanted to, you could cut out the word Merry
and also the snowflakes to create a totally different design.
To
finish off this pretty easy and simple card, I just glued the white die
cut frame and the word Christmas on top of the patterned paper. Next, I
cut red cardstock at 5" x 6.25" to go behind the patterned paper. The
white card base is 5.25" x 6.5".
Since
I had multiple of these die-cuts ready, I decided to make a SHAKER
version of the same card. I used the same dies, and cut a piece of
plastic the same size of the die: 4.25" x 5.5".
I
glued the Oh So Merry Frame and the word Christmas on top of the
plastic. Then I turned it over and added foam tape around the border to
create an edge to encase the sprinkles. I filled it with various
snowflake and star sprinkles and glitter from my stash.
Next,
to enclose everything I cut an extra piece of decorative paper the same
size as the frame, 4.25" x 5.5" and glued that on top. You can also cut
an extra piece of plastic that same size to close it off. This makes it
easier to line up the shaker on your card base because you can now flip
it over to see what you are doing.
Here you can see it flipped back over and sitting next to the card base.
And, here is the Shaker element glued to the card base.
You
can see how this shaker element takes the card to the next level. It
just makes it's more fun and interactive for your recipient!
And
here are both versions side-by-side. It is a little hard to see the
word Christmas with the shaker element, but only because all the
sprinkles have settled to the bottom of the card, and the picture is at
an angle.
To
make the card even more "extra", you can add a bow, along with some
sparkles to the snowflakes. Really it just depends on how much time you
have. If you wanted to change it up even more, you could add some
stamped characters. The possibilities are endless!
Here
is a pink shaker version using the same dies! I wanted you to see how
you can change up the feel of the card, by using different papers and
different colors. For this card, I did cut extra plastic to go on the
back of the shaker element since I only had 1 sheet of this pink star
paper.
Here are the products I used:
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Thank you for stopping by! Have a great week!
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