Pigs in Mud

Hi Everyone,

 

While my card share for today may be birthday themed, I'm about as happy as a pig in mud due to the nice weather we've had in Ohio.  I know some parts of the U.S. hasn't been as fortunate, but I've taken advantage of the sunshine and got tons of yard work done. Yippee! More time for stamping now ;)

 

Anyway, here are Leonard and Friends in all their muddy glory!  The stamp is named Leonard Pig's Bathtime Buddies.  This and the Hogwash Saying are just perfect for each other.  I stamped the Leonard multiple times to create the background, and before the ink was dry, I took a paper towel and smudged it.  That's what gave it that soft muddy effect. Other than that, I just stamped, colored and die cut the main image.
 

 

 I simply added a few grey buttons to finish off the card and now it's ready for that special someone with a great sense of humor!

 

Thanks for popping in today and you still have time to enter our graduation challenge right here!
Karin 

 



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Big Deal Birthday

Hi Everyone. Today I have a card that I made for my dad for his birthday. He absolutely loves to play cards, so when I saw this new stamp I knew what his card would say this year!

The Big Deal Birthday greeting was stamped in Memento black ink on white CS, colored with a red copic, die cut and layered on black CS. The 4 Suits Vertical image was stamped in Memento black ink on white CS, colored with copics and layered on black CS. The red panel was embossed with a CB argyle folder and layered on black CS. Red and black gingham ribbon, baker's twine and a black button complete the look.

My dad loved it, by the way!! Thanks for stopping by today.

The challenge this week is Graduation!! You can see details here. We'd love to have you join us.

Until next time,
shelia

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Slow Moving Moose

Hi all I hope you are enjoying your Sunday. My card today is a masculine card that could be used for a birthday or fathers day.

 I stamped the Vertical Triple Tree with black ink on yellow card and layered it onto black card. I samped the Slow Moving Moose with black ink and airbrushed the sky with a copic marker in Y38. This was layered onto the Triple Tree panel. A Button and embroidery floss was added to the bottom of the card. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.


Have a wonderful day,

Janett

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Let the Graduation Parties Begin!

Hello and happy Saturday!  I am bringing a graduation card to you today. I am afraid to count the number of cards that I still need to make!  I find it difficult to make masculine cards, but I love this sea grass...I off stamped it on the Culmination Graduation greeting panel, sponged sahara sand and baja breeze on the image panel and masked for the sun which I then sponged in with crushed curry.  No frills as this will go to a young man graduating from college. 

Have a great Saturday!

Pam

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Cattail Bridge

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope you're having a terrific week! It's warmed up in hurry here. I have no clue how we went from sweatshirts one day to shorts a few days later. Down here we have a General Lee groundhog and like the Punxsutawney Phil, I do believe we have a failure to communicate! This has to have been the longest cool weather Spring we've had in a very long time.

For my card today, I'm using this wonderful Cattail Bridge image. After stamping, I colored it with Copic markers and though it may not make sense, I decided to put a window around it. For the frame in front of the window, I inked a brick embossing folder w/ a combination of sand & gray inks before embossing it. I stamped, colored and cut out a bunch of the Long Tail Cattails and placed them in front of the window. The sentiment was die cut and added on top. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:
stamps: Cattail Bridge, Long Tail Cattails, Thinking of You
paper: white
ink: Memento tuxedo black, desert sand, London fog
accessories: Copic markers, Sizzx embossing folder (bricked), Spellbinders classic oval die

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Challenge #70 - ConGRADulations

Hi Everyone, Happy Thursday!

Congratulations to 
kbrandy4!  

You are the winner from our Circles challenge!  

Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize. 

And now here are the details about this weeks blog challenge:
Since this is the time of year to Congratulate Graduates, we want to see your 

"ConGRADulation" Cards.
Anything with a graduation theme will qualify!

We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the InLinkz feature below. Each week one lucky participant will receive a prize just for playing along! Challenge entries don't have to use DRS Designs stamps, but if you use them on your challenge card, you'll get an extra entry into the prize drawing. Deadline for this challenge is Wednesday May 22nd at 6pm EST. The winner will be announced in the challenge post next Thursday.

For the prize, one winner will be randomly selected to win the following 3 stamps:
Golfer Duff (457L)
Back Nine Birthday Greeting (658F)
On Father's Day Greeting (034D)

Here are some fabulous cards created by the DRS DT to inspire you:

Jennifer E.

Shelia

Julie

Karin

Sue

Janett

Pam

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!
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What Cancer Cannot Do....

Welcome!

My card today - while not the happiest of subjects - is something many of us are familiar with.  And if you know someone who is facing this battle, a card of encouragement could go a long way to cheer them up.

I started my card by stamping a small piece of lavender card stock with our Woven Plaid stamp using purple ink.  After trimming to size I sponged more purple along the sides.  Next I stamped more lavender cs with the Small Silhouette Butterfly and purple ink and then attached the plaid on top and covered the seam with lavender cs.

I stamped the Cancer Prayer on ivory cs using purple ink and after stamping off 3 times added the butterfly to the center of the prayer.  All that was left was to sponge all the layers and attach them all together.

Thanks so much for stopping!
Sue

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