Stars and Stripes

Happy Memorial Day!!

This is one of those cards that wasn't planned, but just kinda fell together. I was originally trying to make some stripes using our Open Plaid stamp (P631) and I was going to add our In God We Trust in between the lines. It sounded like a good idea, but just didn't work. As I kept playing and trying different things to make it work, I eventually picked up our Flower and Vine Card Edger (P227) and stamped it using red ink and colored in the open leaves with a red marker.

Once I had the red "stripes" the rest fell into place. Cutting the paper to follow the curve of the stripes really made the flag stand out, and wanting something different for the stars I used our Interlocking Star Background (H819) and stamped it using silver ink and embossing powder on dark blue paper and then colored in the stars using a silver paint pen. I cut the sides straight but followed the curve of the vines for the top and bottom. I attached it all onto a folded blue card and stamped our In God We Trust (B282) in the bottom right corner.

Thanks so much for spending part of your Memorial Day with us!

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Bee-cause it's Sunday...

Happy Sunday!

I hope you're having a wonderful holiday weekend!

I had so much fun making this card! I love a bright and cheerful card - and what's more cheery than happy bees???



I started by stamping our Oval Spirograph (L160) onto white card stock using black ink. I was in kind of a hurry so I only colored in a few of the openings, and then stamped our Bee-cause you're special (F544) sentiment around the edges, and cut out the center oval. Then I did a whole lotta layering!

Next I worked on my Happy Bee (C561). I stamped him on white card stock and colored him with markers and added some jelly roll glitter pen to his wings (I'm not sure why he's a he, but he is!) After cutting him out, I folded 2 pieces of paper together to make a "spring", and attached him to the center.



Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back and visit us during our Stamp a Day Giveaway!

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Way To Go ,Graduate!

I love these new Graduation Images from DRS Designs. I used the Brushstroke mortarboard and stamped it in a random pattern to make it look like there were a bunch of them thrown into the air. then I colored it with copics and added a red tassel, because when I graduated 100 years ago, those were my high school colors.Next, I stamped and colored the Congratulations Graduate image and colored it the same way and mounted it on red... added some dots for flair... and here is my card! It is graduation time and these stamps from DRS DESIGNS are just perfect.Thanks for stopping in!

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Friday Funny!

Posted By Jennifer E.

TGIF and for those of us here in the United States, Happy Memorial Day weekend to you all!

  Someone over at DRS Designs sure has a great sense of humor!  The card I have to share with you today is sure to make you smile, if not fully laugh out loud!

I just love this card!  I love it's simple and elegant design, and the bold sentiment! This is definitely not your traditonal birthday card!

I stamped the Snapdragon Diamond (H008) twice and colored them with Copic Markers.  I cut out just the flower portion from one of them to layer with foam tape.  The Snapdragon Greeting (G012) you see here is actually all one stamp.  You'll often see me split them up to make them work in different spaces on my projects.  Wonder how I do it?  All of my stamps from DRS Designs are rubber mounted on cling cushion.  I cut them up and divide the words as the need arises.  Then I just make sure the entire stamp goes back together on the cling storage panel that I keep in a 3 ring binder.  I love making my stamps more versatile and finding new ways to use them! 

  

Have you heard about DRS Designs Stamp A Day Give Away that is scheduled for June? Just like the name of the game says, DRS Designs is giving away one free stamp everyday for the entire month of June! You can find all of the details you need to play HERE and we hope that you'll join us right here on the DRS Designs Blog starting next Tuesday, June 1st.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Dream Today

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff


With the new Design Team members joining us in June, we'll be having a little schedule roulette, so my posting day will be moving. I'm excited to see what the new kids on the block are doing and (gasp!) June is almost here! And DRS will having a Stamp a Day giveaway in June! You're going to love it, so be sure to check back for more details!

It seems every other kid in my neighborhood is graduating this year, so I'm going to need a lot of these. I tried to keep it on the simpler side and gender neutral. Ok, there's a ribbon, but it's in a knot. Guys like knots. Girls like ribbons. I thought I could also swap the peach layers for a lt blue for a more masculine look.

I used chalk inks to stamp the sentiment and grad cap and my Out of the Box Nestie technique to cut it out using a labels 2 nestie. I used the same die and traced it around it for the navy layer and the next larger one for the peach layer.

For the background, I sponged on the chalk inks in streaks then stamped over it using the same inks and the star background image. I used the same ink to color the white grosgrain ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to give the graduates in your life a big pat on the back for a job well done!







Supplies:
stamps: Brush Mortarboard, We Create Our Tomorrows greeting, Interlocking Star Background
paper: white, navy, peach
ink: various chalk ink
accessories: Spellbinders labels 2 die, ribbon

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Refrigerator Fun!

Welcome!

Look what I found at my local dollar store ~


They're supposed to be put under furniture blah, blah, blah ;) They even come in 2 sizes and shapes ~



I just don't understand why they're not in the craft section!

These were so easy to make - I simply cut a piece of card stock to fit the inside and then stamped it with our Three Flowers with Butterfly (H1068). After I colored it, I taped it to the bottom of the slider and then added an assortment of jewels and seed beads. For the clear top I raided my recycle bin and found a piece of flat clear plastic that I was able to cut down to size and after carefully applying glue, I laid it on top and set it aside to dry.

The drying time gave me plenty of time to use Spaceboy Skip (H285) to make this one for a special little boy!

Once both were dry I added a magnetic strip to the back and my refrigerator magnets were ready for hanging!

I'm thinking these will make wonderful graduation party favors.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Out of This World!

By Debbie Seyer - A Peek Into My Stamping Room

I make alot of birthday cards but since I have 3 girls, I don't make many boy cards. I don't even have alot of images that would be good for a boy birthday. I was so excited to see the newest releases from DRS Designs. These images I used for today's cards are perfect for that special young man in your life!



For this card, I used the new release image called Spaceboy Skip and a cute new sentiment called Out of this World Birthday. I colored the image using my copic markers and then went over that with a Sakura glitter pen. It gives a bit of glitter without being girly!! The background was created using the Starry Background.


This second card has a different image but the same Out of This World sentiment. The image is called To The Moon. Two different cards using the same sentiment? It's a good thing, right? I sure think so! Hope these cards give you an idea for the next manly birthday card you need to make! Have a great day!

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Birthday Cake

For this card I used the dotted circle stamp on the pinking layer and also used it to create the background layer.  The cake was colored with copic markers.  Thanks for looking!

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An Interplanetary Birthday!

By: Dawn Knight - Dawn's Rubber Room

I love this saying from DRS Designs and I knew what I was going to do to show it off! I die cut 2 circles with my nesties and then I cuttlebugged them and made them look like the moon and the sun. I also sponged some ink on the "planets" for texture. I die cut the shape that the sentiment is on with my nesties as well. I sponged around the "cloud" with blue ink and used pop dots to raise it up. I cuttlebugged stars on the background to make this a truly "out of this world" card!

Thanks for stopping by...

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A Card and Gift for Dad!

Happy Friday! Hope you're all looking forward to the weekend. I know I am!

I've been busy this week finishing up DT requirements for the last batch of new releases from DRS Designs.  The project I have to share with you today shows off 4 of the new stamps!

This is my Father's Day card and gift for my Dad.  The front of the card was cut on a diagonal and layered so that it formed a pocket.  I stamped the Remote Control Greeting (K288) on the front and embellished it with the King of the Remote Greeting (C290) and ribbon. I colored the crown with yellow Copic Markers and added Yellow Stickles to give it a bit of sparkle!

The above picture shows you where the pocket was created a little bit better, now that The Ultimate Remote (K292) has been removed. I know it's a bit hard to see on these photos, but that remote is hilarious!  Some of the buttons on it read:
Snow Blower
Lawn Mower
Leaf Blower
Beer
Pizza
Nachos
Backrub
Naptime
Now you can see why it is the perfect compliment to the Remote Control Greeting!

I used just a portion of the 10 Mile Father's Day Greeting (G280) to create a frame around the inside of the card.  This left plenty of space for my own personal message.

And finally, the best part of this project--the gift for Dad!  The Ultimate Remote is actually a gift card holder!  What could be a better gift for my Dad on Father's Day then a FREE dinner from his favorite Daughter! *wink!*

Thank for visiting today!

Smiles,

Jennifer

***PS: Don't forget about the Spoon Full of Sugar Blog Challenge that DRS Designs is sponsoring this week.  You have until Monday May 24th to create some that is Cute and Girlie to be entered to win a prize from DRS Designs!

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Bright Garden

by Julie Warner- The Write Stuff
I hope you're having a great week! Here's a little garden scene to brighten your day.
This is also for the Spoonful of Sugar challenge DRS is sponsoring this week. I think these girlie colored flowers and butterfly will qualify.

The fence was repeatedly stamped then masked and the flowers were stamped several times. I stamped the fence again and cut the individual pickets out and popped them up on top of the base image. I used markers to color everything then cut it out with large die. With die in place, I sponged on some blue ink for the sky. I added the butterfly on top and pierced a little trail.

I used a little border punch on the blue layer and added a few piercings before attaching it to a bright fuchsia layer. The greeting was stamped and cut out with the side end of the same die and yellow ink was sponged on.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed these (weedless) flowers, lol!






Supplies:
stamps: Three Flowers & Butterfly, Add a Fence, You Brighten My Day greeting
paper: white, brilliant blue, bright fuchsia
ink: black permanent, yellow, lt blue
accessories: markers, paper piercer, Spellbinders labels 8 die, border punch

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A blast from my past

Welcome!

As I sat down to stamp the other night, I had to do a little cleaning from my previous stamping fun (I'm sure you'd never leave dirty stamps sitting around!?) One of the stamps I had to clean was our Original Plaid Stamp (P641) and for whatever reason I remembered a background I haven't made in years. So in my efforts to put off cleaning I jumped right to in and got to work!

To start with let me show you a picture of my completed card ~



I love our new "Nothing Goes Right" greeting (D152) and was looking for the "right" background to go with it. I'm happy I stumbled myself into remembering this one!

The easiest way I can tell you how to make this background is to get a piece of thin scrap paper (copy paper) that's larger than your background card stock and cut a 3/4" x 5" rectangle out of the center. Tape the edges of your background card to your work surface and after laying the mask on top of your background paper (I like to tape this too) you can stamp the plaid at a 45 degree angle. I normally start at the bottom and work my way up, lining up the previous stamping with the edge of my wood so I get the same angle. Once the whole column is complete, I move my mask making sure the edges of the previous stamping is seen on one side. I stamp this next column so that the angle is opposite my first column. That's it - a little time consuming but not difficult.

Finishing up this card was a snap - I attached my background onto white paper and then onto my black folded card. I inked and stamped the top and then the bottom of the nothing goes right saying on separate pieces of card stock and after layering both with black I attached them to the center of my card.

Thanks for stopping by!!

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Cute & Girly DRS Style!

By Debbie Seyer - A Peek Into My Stamping Room
Starting today, DRS Designs will be sponsoring the A Spoon Full of Sugar challenge blog. This week's challenge is to make a cute & girlie project! Here are my cards for this challenge.


Now my cards aren't really "cute" but they are definitely girlie! The first card is a graduation card for my cousin's daughter. I used the Go Confidently Graduation Greeting for the focal point of my card. The flowers are from the Three Flowers with Butterfly stamp. I colored in the flowers using Copic markers and cut them out. I mounted them onto the card using some 3d foam squares and put a pearl in the centers. I die cut a heart out of cardstock and lace, layered the two together and added a pearl doo dad to complete this card. Quite girlie, don't you think?

My second card using a new release sentiment and one of my favorite butterflies!


The You Brighten My Day sentiment was stamped first and then die cut using the double-ended tag die template from Spellbinders. I stamped the Flower Butterfly on the background cardstock and onto white cardstock. After cutting out the butterfly, I applied Crystal Stickles for that all important shimmery goodness!

I hope you will play along with the design team over at the Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge. You could win some really great DRS Designs stuff! Have a great day!

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Father's Day is on it's Way!

Welcome!

Give Dad the ultimate dream for Father's Day!! What man wouldn't love to sit back in his easy chair and still get all his chores done??

I stamped my Open Plaid Background (P631) using vintage green and purple Vivid dye inks. I stamped The Ultimate Remote (K292) on white paper using black dye ink and colored it using light and medium gray markers and then cut it out. I stamped our Remote Control Greeting (K288) and King of the Remote (C290) on white paper using Vivid cornflower blue ink and after trimming I sponged the edges with Vivid spring green dye ink. All that was left was to color the crown gold and tape it all together.

Thanks for stopping by!!

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BRRRRRR..Happy Father's Day...

By Dawn Knight

I Love this sentiment from DRS Designs new release. It just sounds like something a daddy would say...

So... for Father's Day... You can say it back!!! I used the snow background and stamped it onto sparkley white paper. Then I used a cuttlebug embossing folder and embossed the snow. To make it stand out some more... I sponged it with the same blue ink I stamped the snowflakes in. Then I stamped the sentiment and layered that onto blue card stock and here is my finished creation! I hope you like it and thanks for stopping in! Be sure to check out DRS Designs new releases on the website!     

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For the Graduate!

Posted By Jennifer E.

I know it won't be long before my mailbox is flooded with Graduation announcements and Open House invitations, so I'm preparing ahead of time!

I've used DRS Designs's new Congratulations Graduation image (K274) and the Graduation Background stamp (H984) to make a few simple Graduation cards.  I really enjoyed making these cards, probably becuase they were quick and easy to mass produce, but also becuase I could coordinate them to each of the graduates school colors.  Here's one I made for the first of many graduates this Summer, whose school colors are red and blue.

I stamped the focal image twice and then I used Copic Markers to color the Graduation Cap on one of them and the small images on the Graduation Background.  I cut the colored grad cap out and used a small black brad in the center of it for a realistic effect. Next, foam tape was added to the back of the Graduation Cap and I adhered it to the second image.  This gave the front of the card a bit of dimension.

After a bit of layering, and adding some red ribbon and 5 small white brads, this card was complete! There's not much to it, but since I'll need at least 5 graduation cards this summer, I had to keep things simple. 

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy your weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Thinking of Hummingbirds

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff
Happy Thursday!

I love birds and this hummingbird image is just terrific! I decided to keep my design simple to keep the attention on the image. The hummer scene was stamped onto white matte coat card stock and colored with markers and a blender. I stamped, colored and cut out an extra bird and attached him on top of the base image. I added a little sparkle to the hummer and flowers with a clear glitter Stardust pen.

The 4.25 x 5.5 (A2) white card was stamped across the front. A die cut border was added down the left side and a rose mat underneath the image. The sentiment and rose layer were die cut and added.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Now I have to go fill up my hummingbird feeders. Those little guys sure drink a lot!






Supplies:
stamps: Hummingbird, Thinking of You, Design a Square
paper: white matte coat, rose
ink: Ancient Page coal, neptune
accessories: markers, Spellbinders classic oval Nestie, classic square, Spades border, foam tape, Stardust clear glitter pen

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A Challenge for myself

Welcome!

Have you ever set yourself up for a card challenge? That was my fun the other night!

We have a great postage frame stamp for the outside of envelopes (F174) ~

It's a great stamp, but it's usage is pretty limited. I decided to try and change that. I told myself I needed to use it as the focal image on a card and then set myself down to stamp. I got lucky that the 3 colors of card stock jumped right out at me :)

Actually I have to admit the whole thing sorta put itself together - I stamped our Butterfly Vine (H914) twice across the top and twice across the bottom using dark brown dye ink and kraft card stock. I let that dry as I stamped a separate piece of card stock with our In God We Trust postage frame (F174) using the same ink. I covered the "hole" where you're supposed to put the stamp with a small piece of sage card stock and layered that on chocolate card stock. I adhered this to the center of my card and colored the Butterfly Vines with lavender and sage markers. Last but not least I stamped our Textured Butterfly (E985) using the "rock and roll" inking method. I first inked the whole butterfly using lavender dye ink then "rolled" the edges of the stamp on a darker color ink pad - in this case purple dye ink. I stamped the whole thing on more kraft card stock and after cutting it out I attached it to the sage card stock. I don't know who first came up with the "rock and roll" inking, but my hats off to them!


I never really know why certain cards appeal to me, but this one did. Maybe because I was expecting to stare at the postage frame stamp all night and instead was done in 20 minutes ;) whatever the reason I REALLY love this background. So much so that I wanted to see more of it. I couldn't just change the focal image - that would be cheating!

So here's my 2nd card using a lot of the same supplies and adding our Vertical Sympathy Stamp (D610) ~


I hope your own personal challenges go as well as mine did!

Thanks for stopping by

Sue

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Because I Said So!

By Debbie Seyer - A Peek Into My Stamping Room



Here is a card I made using a new release from DRS called I Said So Mother's Day Greeting. It made me laugh out loud when I first saw it. I used another DRS stamp for this card. On the background paper, I stamped the Love Is Patient text background using Antique Linen Distress ink. It's hard to see in this picture but it really adds that extra "something" to this damask patterned paper.

For the flowers, I used a technique shown to me by my friend, Heidi. This flower was made from dried baby wipes - yes, you read that right, BABY WIPES! First, I took some baby wipes out of the container and let them dry completely. Then I die cut them using a set of scalloped circle die templates. After that, I stamped the circles using Rich Cocoa Memento ink and the Love Is Patient greeting. I then swiped my Aqua Mist stamp pad over the flowers to add some color. Here is a picture of what they looked like at this point.

After getting the scalloped circles to the color I wanted, I put them together using a brad. I spritzed them with some Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist to give them that extra something!


I think it turned out great! I love this technique because its inexpensive and fun to make these flowers! You should give it a try.

Here is another card I made using the I Said So Mother's Day Greeting and the Silhouette Branch Background.



Hope you had a great Mother's Day!

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Happy Birthday!

I used to love my spirograph when I was a kid... and this stamp brings me back!  I colored it with a rainbow assortment of copics and echo'd the rainbow along the bottom scallops.  Thanks for looking!

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A Quick, Fun Card Featuring a NEW RELEASE!

By: Dawn Knight

I saw this sentiment and I KNEW that I HAD to have it. I had the idea to use arrows as soon as I saw it.

So, today while strolling the aisles of the big box craft store... what do I find??? And on CLEARENCE, no less??? ARROW STICKERS!!! How totally perfect! I layered all of the matching cardstock in 1/4 in increments and then on the white panel, I stamped the sentiment and then I added the epoxy stickers.Quick, easy and sure to brighten someone's day during a challenging time! Thanks for stopping in and be sure to check out all of the new releases at DRS Designs!

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Say It Back to Them on Father's Day!

How many times have you heard your Dad or Grandpa start a story with a line similar to this new Father's Day greeting from DRS Designs?

With this sentiment you now have a chance to say it back to them and wish them a Happy Father's Day!

The image portion of this card was created by using Alcohol Inks on glossy cardstock--blue and silver for the sky, and green and gold for the ground.  I stamped the Silhouette Hiker image (G1026) using Staz On ink.  Once I had the layout arranged and I held this card back, I realized how silly it was to have picked this image to go with this sentiment.  It fits with the words "walk" and "uphill," but not so much with the snow part.  I think the Boot Prints in the Snow (M150) image from DRS Designs would have been much more fitting.  Yet, that could be a bit silly too, since Father's Day is in warm and sunny June! I guess you could make it to fit your Dad or Grandpa and what he likes better. However, in this case, it was too late.  The whole thing was already assembled and adhered into place.  I added just a touch of Stickles to the ground to glisten it up a bit.  So, now this hiker is walking in the cold frost to wish his Dad a Happy Father's Day! LOL!

Make sure to check out all of the New Releases just in time for both Mother's and Father's Day and even Graduation!

Happy Friday to you all!  Hope you have a great weekend!

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Birthday Test

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff
I hope y'all are having a good week! This Birthday Test image sure made me smile. Such a fun image and although I broke it up into several parts, except for the oval ribbon frame, it really is just one image. I think it would be great used as an innie/outie, too. Put the answer inside the card and rest on the front.

Since it's such fun image, I paired it with some bright, fun colors. I used a cobalt ink to stamp everything and used a stamp positioner to break up the sentiment part for the upper and lower areas. I used oval dies to cut all the layers under the duck/bunny and a scallop oval die for the cobalt layers. For the corners I used a pair of corner scissors and also stamped part of the oval ribbon frame around the cut corners. A Swiss dot folder was used to emboss the cobalt layer and it's all attached to a 4.25 x 5.5 (A2) white card.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you passed the Birthday Test!






Supplies:
stamps: Birthday Test, Ribbon Scallop Oval
paper: white, summer sun, orange, cobalt
ink: Ancient Page cobalt, sunburst
accessories: markers, Spellbinders classic oval Nestie sm and lg, classic scallop oval lg., Cuttlebug Swiss dots folder, Fiskars corner scissors, foam tape

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To the Moon!

Welcome!

I hope you've all enjoyed some of the beautiful weather we had yesterday - it was the perfect day, well the first half anyway! I'm just glad the heat of last weekend is gone. 90° in May is just too much! It did give me the perfect reason to spend more time in my stamping room which is in the basement. I was cool as a cucumber as I stamped a couple of nights away!

My favorite card of my stamping frenzy was Spaceboy Skip (H285). It took me 3 tries to get the sentiment the right color, but he was worth it!

I started by stamping Skip on 4.5" x 5" piece of white card stock using black dye ink. Using our Star Background (H124) I stamped stars on the rest of the card stock using versamark ink and then embossed using silver embossing powder. To get the blue sky I used a dry paper towel and my Vivid brand cornflower blue, ultramarine blue and purple inks, and just rubbed on the color. I didn't mask Skip, I just tried to be careful not to get too much ink on him. I had to rub on a lot of layers to get the sky as dark as I wanted. When I was finished with the sky I colored Skip using Bic markers, then used my silver pen and colored in the stars that come with Skip (I colored over the black outline as well as the inside of the stars) and the added a few sliver accents on the rocket and Skip.

The large "planet" was a corner of kraft card stock cut with scissors then stamped with our new Out of this World birthday saying (F267) using versamark ink and then embossed using white powder. I sponged on some Vivid brand taupe and brown inks, trying to add circles for craters. Both layers are assembled on a folded blue card.


Thanks for stopping by!

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Show Your Appreciation!

By Debbie Seyer - A Peek Into My Stamping Room

Did you know that this week is Teacher Appreciation Week? Well, I found out about it and got busy. I wanted to give my daughter's teacher something I know she will love!



This box is made from a template I downloaded. After cutting and scoring, I stamped the Chocolate Chip Background using Rich Cocoa Memento ink. I stamped the All That Box of Chocolates greeting onto white cardstock using the Rich Cocoa ink and cut/embossed using the Mega Curved Rectangles Nestabilities. The sentiment actually has Thank You underneath but I did some selective inking and didn't use the thank you portion. Since I know this teacher loves chocolate, I think she will get the idea, don't you? This is the last of my Teacher Appreciation gifts that I will be giving. I sure hope my kid's teachers enjoy them! Tell a teacher you appreciate them this week!

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Rainbow Birthday

The candles were stamped in black ink and colored with Copics.  I used a colorbox ink pad to create the background rainbow stripes.  Thanks for looking!

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Thank You... It Needs To Be Said...

By: Dawn Knight

Pride in my country runs deep.I come from a military family. My niece is getting ready to deploy to Iraq. Her Hubby is there for the third time. These men and women and families make so many sacrifices and I am proud to work for DRS Designs, a stamp company that recognizes that!This card was quick to make and it says so much! I stamped the image and then I colored it in with copic markers. Then I added the red strips on the white paper and punched out some stars and added them to the blue. I think this would be a wonderful card to make and send to our military serving in Iraq and other locations.Thanks for popping by and check out this site for where to send these wonderful cards to our troops.

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