top dog dies monday...

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a card I made using some newly released Top Dog Dies.  Last week Top Dog Dies released six new die sets and one of them is this totally cute set of elephants... momma and baby, along with some fun little "extras".  You can find all the new dies on the Top Dog Dies website.

 

Aren't those little ellies just the cutest thing ever???  I die cut them using two different shades of grey cardstock (both are from SSS).  The "grass" was die cut using another of the newly release TDD sets: Dotted Border Dies.   The sentiment is from the SSS stamp Bring the Sunshine.  The little flower is one of the "extras" in the elephant set.  There is also a little heart and a balloon... too cute! 

 

Thanks for stopping by... wanted to let you know that this is my last post as a Top Dog Dies design team member.  I recently made the decision to step down from the design team. 

 

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white, SSS grey; Stampin Up! green and pink; Inks:  Stampin Up! So Saffron; Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp; My Mind's Eye black enamel dots

i {heart} you...

Hey friends!!  Dropping in with my Top Dog Dies Monday post.  I have another Valentine's Day inspired card to share.  This one uses loads of Top Dog Dies!!   Since my card is a heart shaped card I'm going to post this to the current Fusion challenge... I took my inspiration from the hearts in the inspiration photo.  ETA:  Adding this to the current Stampin Celebration challenge:  Love.

 

I started by creating my card base using the large heart from the Heart Mini Album Finishers set.  I then die cut some patterned paper (from the Echo Park 6x6 pad Love Story pad) using the scalloped heart from the Heart Doily Die set.  The doily heart from the same set was die cut from pale pink cardstock.  The two were layered and adhered to the heart card base.  The Heart Mini Album Finishers set has these sweet little envelope and letter dies so I die cut the envelope and letter from additional Love Story papers.  I made the little envelope, stamped the letter with the sentiment and adhered them to the doily heart.  Red die cut lips were added to the envelope and I was done.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  Stampin Up!; Patterned Paper:  Echo Park; Dies:  Top Dog Dies; Stamps:  Hero Arts

Top Dog Dies Monday!!

Hello friends!!  Popping in with Top Dog Dies Monday post!  I made another fun little Valentine's Day card using fabulous Top Dog Dies and some fun patterned papers.   For this card I used the Top Dog Dies steel rule Photo Mats die.  The sentiment stamp is from the Clearly Whimsy Stamps Travel 2 set and was perfect for my card.  Once, again, I used the little intertwined hearts from the Top Dog Dies Mini Heart Album Finishers set, as well as the little arrow from the set.   I die cut the photo frame from some fun papers from the Echo Park Love Story 6x6 pad and then stamped it with the sentiment.  The hearts and arrow were die cut using red cardstock.  To make my little hearts/arrow piece I die cut four hearts and then one arrow.  The arrow was threaded through one set of hearts and then three additional hearts were adhered to the back.  I covered my white cardstock with some polka dot paper from the Love Story pad added the photo frame and hearts and I was done. 

Wanted to let you know that Top Dog Dies is having a giveaway featuring products from Little B.  You have until January 25, 2015 to enter.  Find all the info at the Top Dog website.

Thanks for stopping by...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  SSS fog grey, PTI white; SU! Cherry Cobbler; Dies:  Top Dog Dies; Stamps:  Clearly Whimsy Stamps;  PP:  Echo Park
 
 

top dog monday...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with my first post as a member of the Top Dog Dies design team!  Every Monday through the end of June I will be posting a new project made with fun and fabulous Top Dog Dies!   With Valentine's Day just around the corner I have a card to share that I made with the following Top Dog Dies:  Heart Border die and Heart Mini Album Finishers die set.

I die cut the border from red cardstock and then very carefully removed some of the little hearts to create the pattern for the border.  After I was done I added little strips of tape to the back to keep the remaining hearts from falling out and the border was trimmed to fit my card front.  It took a little bit of time to poke out all the little hearts, but I really like the look it created.  I die cut the cute little intertwined hearts from white and pink cardstock, inset the pink pieces into the white hearts and added tape to the back to keep them from falling out.   I adhered the border to some white cardstock that I partially embossed with a dots embossing folder.   The sentiment (from PTI) was stamped and adhered to the card stock piece.  Finished by added the little hearts and adhered the entire piece to my card front.

Thanks for stopping by and make sure you check out all the fantastic dies that Top Dog Dies has to offer!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white cardstock; Stampin Up! red; Dies:  Top Dog Dies; Stamps:  PTI; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black; dots embossing folder

some fun news to share...

Hey friends!!  Christmas is almost here and my little guy is just beside himself with excitement!  I'm pretty excited too because I have some fantastic news to share... I'm joining the Top Dog Dies design team!!  Starting in January I will be sharing projects here on my blog and over at the Top Dog Dies blog using fabulous Top Dog Dies!   The announcement is being made today on the Top Dog Dies blog and as you can see I will be joining some very, very talented ladies!

Thanks for stopping by...

Top Dog Dies - Xmas Special!

Hey friends!! Popping into let you know that Top Dog Dies has another fun Christmas special.  This one starts today and runs through December 14th.  Just spend $50.00 and you will get the Merry Christmas die set for free!!  How cool is that??  Just click on the link here to go to the Top Dog Dies website.  Here is what the set looks like:

Thanks for stopping by... happy shopping!  Oh and one more thing... Top Dog Dies is having a huge giveaway!  One lucky person will win $500.00 in dies!!!  All the details are to found at Top Dog Dies.

Top Dog Christmas Deals!

Hey friends!!  Popping in with a quick post to let you know that Top Dog Dies has two special Christmas deals.  Here is deal #1:

Free Top Dog Dies Ornament & Tags #2 Die Set with $60 purchase.  Click on the link to see this fun set!  This deal starts today and ends on December 7, 2014

http://www.topdogdies.com/top-dog-dies-ornament-tags-2-die-set.html

Deal #2:

Free Top Dog Dies Merry Christmas Die Set with $50 purchase.  Click on the link to see this cool set!  This deal starts on December 9, 2014 and ends on December 14, 2014.

http://www.topdogdies.com/top-dog-dies-merry-christmas-die-set.html

And the fun doesn't stop with these two deals!  Tog Dog Dies is also having a sweepstakes/giveaway!

Thanks for stopping by... and happy shopping! 

Top Dog Dies... Cyber Monday Sale!

Hey friends!!  Popping in to let you know that Top Dog Dies is having a Cyber Monday Sale!  Here are the details:
10% off Top Dog Dies brand and free shipping on any order (US only)
Use Coupon Code Cyber and just follow this link:

 Cyber Monday Sale: 10% off Top Dog Dies brand and free shipping on any order (US only)
Thanks for stopping by... and happy shopping!

Top Dog Dies... black friday sale

Hey there... popping in to let you know that Top Dog dies is having a Black Friday sale going on right now!  Black Friday Sale #1:  15% off orders over $100;  Use coupon code BLACK15.  Black Friday Sale #2:    10% off orders over $40;  Use coupon code BLACK10.    The sale ends Sunday, November 30th. 

Top Dog has lots of fabulous dies so I hope that you will check out this fantastic sale!   Thanks for stopping by...

Top Dog Dies Guest Designer... and a Giveaway!!

{for my PRS blog hop post, please click here}

Hello everyone!!  Have some fun news to share!  Today I am guest designing on the Top Dog Dies blog.  If you haven't heard of Top Dog Dies here is some information about them: 

Top Dog is a new online store that offers their own brand of wafer thin and steel rule dies, along with dies from brands that you already know and trust including Little B, Lawn Fawn, Taylored Expressions, Savvy Stamps and Cherry Lynn Designs.  Top Dog Dies is also the leading retailer in the US for Tattered Lace, a new line of intricate dies designed by British designer Stephanie Weightman.

I have one project to share here on my blog and I have a project that I'm sharing (with a quick tutorial) over on the Top Dog Blog.   Top Dog Dies was kind enough to send me some really wonderful dies and for this project I used the Signature Antique steel rule die, as well as the wafer thin Isabella Fan die.   The Signature Antique steel rule die is perfect for making cards or creating a mini album.  I made a quick little card.  I created a standard A2 size card by cutting my 8 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock at 5 1/2" and then scoring at 4 1/4".  The folded edge was placed right up against the flat side of the die, taped in place using some washi tape and then run through my die cutting machine to create my card.  I die cut some patterned paper using the die and adhered it to the front of my card.  I cut my fan from additional patterned paper and then very carefully scored and then folder the fan.  One of the things that I really liked about the die (aside from the fact that it is beautiful) is that when you die cut your paper or cardstock little dotted lines are created that are the perfect guide for scoring and folding!  I kept this simple because I wanted the fan to take centerstage.  So I simply adhered the fan and then added the ribbon and flower embellishment.   Here is a little peek of the project I'm sharing on the Top Dog blog:

Thanks for stopping by... please make sure to head over to the Top Dog blog to check out my other project and because Top Dog Dies is having a month long guest designer giveaway!  The winner will receive $50 worth of exclusive Top Dog Dies (winner's choice!!).  Simply click over to the Guest Designer post and register via the Rafflecopter app on the page.  Deadline to enter is Sunday, August 31st at midnight CST.  Good luck!!