Top Dog Dies - Ooh La La!

Another card to share with you today using the newly release Top Dog Dies Vintage A2 Mat and the Dog Days #2 dies.  The French Poodle die seemed just perfect for the Ooh La La sentiment. The stitching on the Vintage A2 Mat is so elegant.  I am also submitting this to the Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes.

Tog Dog Dies Dog Days #2

Pop over to Top Dog Dies today to see the entire release of new dies HERE!

Top Dog Dies August Release

All of the new August Releases dies at Top Dog Dies are now available now!

I have a card to share with  you today  but first lets have a look at the new dies...

Some new poochies to follow last month's Labrador dog die, now we have a Scottie and a Poodle, a dragon, a windmill,  a vintage mat and a gorgeous mosaic mat which I am currently using in a project to share with you later.

Top Dog Dies Dog Days #2 Die Set

Top Dog Dies Dragon Die

Top Dog Dies Windmill Die

Top Dog Dies Vintage A2 Mat Die

Top Dog Dies Modern Mosaic A2 Mat Die

I could not wait to make a card as soon as I saw the Windmill die...I knew exactly what a wanted to do. Create a country scene using some fun patterned paper.

If you would like a chance to win the entire August release click HERE!

Top Dog Dies Thursday Post

Hello Top Dog Dies fans!

It is Thursday today and I have a tutorial up on the Top Dog Dies Blog today!

It is release week and the August dies will be available for sale at the Top Dog Dies shop on August 15th.  Of course there is a giveaway, see the link to the contest at the bottom of my post.  

Today I used the brand new Top Dog Dies Dog Days #2 die set to create an easy to create set of gift enclosures.  I hope you head over to the Top Dog Dies Blog to see my tutorial for these easy to create 3" x 3" enclosures.

New Die Release Giveaway!

Top Dog Dies Weekly Post

It is my day today to post a project for Top Dog Dies.  My project today uses the new Top Dog Dies Banners #1. Such unique shapes that can be used in conjunction with other die sets or as stand alone dies as I did here today.

Top Dog Dies Banners #1

Top Dog Dies Weekly Post

I have a couple more projects to share with you today using two more of the new release dies over at Top Dog Dies.

First up is the Top Dog Dies Party Drinks Die. Love this die and all of it's possibilities to make fun summer fruity drinks!

I die cut my drink glasses and the actual drinks from vellum. I coloured the backs of the drinks with Copic markers, which you may have seen Lee Ann Barrett do with her Top Dog Dies drink card last week. I realized when I went to adhere the drinks to the card base that with I don't have vellum adhesive, how am I going to adhere them to the card? I used my Xyron to add adhesive to the backs of the drink glasses and drinks. You have to be careful when you have something super sticky, so there were some gymnastics putting the straws into the he glasses just right. I added the salt to the rim of the margarita glass after I had adhered it and the lime was added last.

My second card  uses the new Dog Days of Summer #1 dies.

I created a sympathy card for a dog owner who has lost their pet. It is a more serious take on dies that are so very cute and fun but I find that a pet sympathy card has it's place.

I stamped a fence on the white panel, die cut the dog in dark chocolate, the hydrant in yellow and used the tiny dog banner for the sympathy sentiment.

Fire hydrants are yellow in Canada, what colour are they where you are?

Head over to the Top Dog Dies shop today to see the six new dies released this month.

Top Dog Dies July Release Preview and Giveaway

Happy Thursday and today is my day to post for Top Dog Dies.

Today I am introducing four brand new exclusive Top Dog Dies from the July release!

There is an awesome giveaway on the Top Dog Dies Blog HERE!

My fist card features the new Corset die! Endless opportunities with this one it can be elegant and classy just like the card Top Dog Dies teammate Cathy Weber did on her blog in this post HERE or if can be bold and sassy like what I have done today with the purple corset. My niece is getting married in the fall and I know that she is going to love this when I give it to her at her shower.  I am anticipating a squeal!

I die cut it in both purple and black, then cut the black bow off and glued it over the top of the purple corset bow, it is topped off with a purple gem!  The sentiment is on one of the three banner dies. I don`t have any stamps that are suitable for a shower or festivities leading up to the main event, so I had to improvise with my computer!

This is how I did it:

1. position the negative over the printed sentiment
2. Slip the die into the negative, you will feel in lock into place
3. Use a Post it note or Post it tape to s
4. Print the sentiment
5. Die cut the banner using copy paper, discard the positive
6. Srecure the die and run it through you die cut machine
7. Perfectly aligned!

My second card uses two other new dies, the Flower Lace A2 Mat die and the new Vintage Frame Die.  I have actually gotten a few emails from people wondering if I am changing my design style. Now I am not but I am stretching out my creativity. I love that using Top Dog dies is pushing me out of my comfort zone to try new things. Lately I seem to be in love with Distress Inks, especially the ones that are vibrant colours!  For my card I used 5 different inks colours to create the card base  and then put the Flower Lace die cut over top--LOVE!  Then I created a swatch of yellow and die cut the Vintage Frame  to stamp the sentiment on. My suggestion it that if you do this let the paper dry before stamping on it.  I stamped this fab sentiment from Mama Elephant!





These dies and more will be released by  Top Dog Dies next Tuesday, July 29th!  
Here's a peek of the new dies I used today:

   

Top Dog Dies - Butterfly Belly Band Gatefold Card

Happy Friday!

I am on today over at the Top Dog Dies Blog with a tutorial for this Butterfly Belly Band Gatefold card. Fun and easy to make using the steel-rule Top Dog Dies A2 Card #1 and the Butterfly Die Set. I would love it if you popped over to have a look and let me know what you think!

I am also submitting this card to Virginia's View Challenge #5 - Die Cutting

Have a great weekend!

Top Dog Dies Weekly Post

It's Thursday and that means time for my weekly Top Dog Dies post.
Today I have a card to share with you that is made using two exclusive Top Dog Dies...

Signature Antique Die
Sew Much Fun

I ran a folded A2 card base through my Sizzix placing the fold just outside of the steel blade on the left of the die so that it did not cut the base into two pieces. I ended up with a shaped card. I covered the front with some of my coveted Bella Blvd. Snapshots patterned paper. Then I cut a bright pink and then a smaller white panel to put in the centre of the card. The patterned paper is now a frame. I embellished the card front with two spool of twine from the Sew Much Fun die set.

Top Dog Dies and a Beautiful Birthday and Curtain Call Reminder

Today is my first official day posting for Top Dog Dies!

Thursday will be my regular posting day.

Today I am using the butterfly from  Top Dog Dies Butterfly Die Set for a  clean and simple birthday card. I used some patterned paper from Lawn Fawn Bright Side, embossed my sentiment in white and added a few sequins. I allowed the elegant butterfly to take centre stage on my card.

This is also a reminder that the curtain is still up at the Curtain Call for the Birthday Bash challenge. 

There is still time to join us for the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Birthday Bash!  You have until July 10th at 8:00 AM CDT to be inspired and share your project!

Top Dog is giving away some dies of their choice to the LEAD

Exciting News

I am really excited to share with you today that I am joining the Design Team at Top Dog Dies!

I did a Guest Design with them back in the spring and created a Mini Recipe Album and card using the Mason Jar steel rule die and Mason Jar Finishers set.

I am joining the existing team along with some new and familiar faces, read the post HERE!

I am really looking forward to sharing and inspiring you!

Top Dog Dies - Guest Design

Hello, I am excited to share with you that today I am guest designing for Top Dog Dies!

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

For the whole month of May Top Dog is doing a guest designer giveaway!

 The winner will receive their choice of $50 worth of exclusive dies from Top Dog Dies! All you need to do is register via the Rafflecopter app on the page to enter. Deadline to enter will be May 31, 2014 at midnight Central Standard Time.

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I am sharing two projects with you today using the Mason Jar Album steel-rule die and the Mason Jar Album Finishers Die Set. My first project is a family reunion recipe album that I am sharing a complete tutorial on the Top Dog Dies blog including a description of what is inside.

My second project that I am sharing is a card using the Mason Jar Album Finishers set in a different way using some paper from Lawn Fawn Daphne's Closet and a sentiment from Reverse Confetti's Beautiful Banners!