Bunny Line Up!

Posted By Jennifer E.



It's that time of the month again...DRS Designs is preparing for their next stamp release! This time St. Patty's Day and Easter themed stamps will be come available to the public for purchase tomorrow, Feb 1, 2011!  Over the last few days the Design Team has been showing off some sneek peeks of these great new images. Did you see any of them?

The Easter card I made for today shows off the new Big Bunny Face (639G) and the One Line Happy Easter sentiment (665B).  I used the masking technique to stamp the Bunny faces side by side and colored them with Copic Markers in pastel colors. 

I embellished this card using the Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, some pink and white grosgrain ribbon, a decorative border punch, and 3 rhinestones that I colored with a purple Copic Marker to match! ;-) 

Stay tuned to the "New Releases" page on the DRS Designs site to see all of the new stamps as soon as they become available!  Happy Shopping!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Not every Valentine has to be red!

Welcome!

I decided to walk on the wild side and went a different color route with this Valentine!

I stamped most of a black piece of cs with our Interlocking Stars using gold pigment ink an embossed them using gold powder. The ribbon was a scrap that came wrapped on ??? and I folded it in 3rds to give it lots of pop! I stamped the top 2 lines only of our new To the Moon stamp (again using gold ink and gold ep) and finished off the outside by punching out a silver circle, then putting the circle back into the same punch and punching it in half to give me the quarter moon shape.



For the inside I stamped a white piece of cs across the top using the same Interlocking Star bg and blue ink and colored in a few using a gold paint pen and a few using a silver paint pen. To finish it off I stamped the last line of our new To the Moon saying and added the exclamation point using a gold paint pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Happy Valenswine's Pig I love you!

Hi there!  Can I just say, I LOVE this little cupig!!!!  He can be found at DRS Designs and I've had so much fun making Valentine's cards with him.  Also, the ribbon card edger and interlocking hearts background were used.  I stamped the background in cherry cobbler and embossed with clear ep.  My cupig was colored in with pretty in pink and I ended up using some champagne shimmerz paint on him.  Red shimmerz was used on wings and nose.  Papers:  white, pretty in pink, cherry cobbler.  I popped up the long cherry piece and the image. Added some rhinestones on either side of the fabulous new I love greeting sentiment from DRS.  DRS Designs has a lot of versatile, fun images-go check out the store!

Thanks for looking and have a great weekend!

Pam

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Frosty Winter Snowflakes

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday! The weekend is almost here!

Yesterday, we had one cold, really windy day here in the south. It felt a lot like this card looks: frosty! I love this new winter greeting. I made it look even icier by embossing it with a white sparkly embossing powder on the teal card stock. For the white background, I used a snowflake flurry embossing folder on the left combined with the interlocking snowflake background stamped in two colors on the right.

I made a double bow using two ribbons and attached it. After layering it onto a teal panel, everything is attached to a 4.25 x 5.5 white card. I added some stickles to the embossed snowflakes for some extra sparkle.

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







Supplies:
stamps: Winter Wording Square, Interlocking Snow Background
paper: white, teal
ink: white pigment, aqua & neptune dye inks
accessories: ribbon, stickles, white spark embossing powder, snowflake flurry embossing folder

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Happy Valentine's Day

It's Thursday again and I have another fabulous creation, using the newly released stamps from DRS Designs. For today's card I have definitely gone Pink! I have used (597G) Girl Swirl Heart and Happy Valentine's (603C) sentiment. I embossed the hearts with white embossing powder to really make them stand out. I punched out a center heart and let the sentiment show through. I added some flower ribbon and a hear border punch.

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Simplicity

posted by Cathy/Crafty Thoughts...

Hi There!!! Me again! Hope you had a good week since we met up last. I have a pair of simple cards for you today. I think every once in while we all need to step back and just go with the easy approach. I know its hard not to use all the wonderful supplies out there, but sometimes you just need to let your stamped images do the talking.

I used the same three flowers with butterfly image on these cards...changing up the sentiments based on the occasion for which the card is being sent.

Sympathy:




Sending a smile/Get Well:



Both of these cards will be put to use :(. Sometimes its great to make up a bunch of simple cards like this so you have them ready to go when you need them. The flowers on both are raised on pop dots. The butterfly was stamped on the card and then on a scrap and adhered with a pop dot.

Thanks for checking in...
See you soon..

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You're the Song in My Heart

Hi Everyone,

It's Karin posting today, and I say that mainly because I thought you might not know it's me from the card style today.  I tried to step outside of my comfort zone and make a card that had a vintage flair to it.

I distressed the edges of my papers and used some distress ink to give it an aged quality.  I stamped the one side of the background with the new Girl Swirl stamp; I love that it matches the new Filigree Heart exactly.  I stamped the heart, cut it out and covered it in crackle glaze. Once it was dry, I bent it until it cracked and then rubbed distress ink all over it.  I also added a lace heart, and the music notes are pieces of Tim Holtz paper tape.  So easy to use.  All these elements tied into the sentiment Song in my Heart.

Here is a closer shot of the crackle heart...

Thanks for visiting with me at the blog today, and you can check out all of the stamps from DRS Designs here.

Have a good one!

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Winter

Posted by Jennifer E.

With the bitter cold temperatures we've been having, there's no doubt that Old Man Winter is in the area reminding us daily that Winter is still here.  I spent the weekend warm and cozy in my stamp room and was inspired by the weather to make this card. 

The background was simply created by stamping the Interlocking Snow Background (015H) with light blue ink.  I inked the edges and then matted it before adhering it to a dark blue cardstock base.  

  For the middle layer I continued the layering frenzy and split the Warm Wishes Greeting (611D)  so that there was one word on each side of the Winter Wording Square.  I embellished it with some very pretty ribbon, and added a bow that was layered with a snowflake punch-out and a small light blue brad.  I heat embossed the Winter Wording Square (618G) with dark blue embossing powder, then cut it out and matted it as the focal point on my card front.

Doesn't that embellished bow give this card an elegant look?

Thanks for stopping by to see my card today.  I hope you liked it and that you're staying warm and cozy too.  Hang in there...only 8 more weeks til Spring! ;-)

Smiles,
Jennifer

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Heavy Metal

Welcome!

Do you like FREE STUFF??? Do you like to STAMP??? Well, when you put those 2 things together you get a great blog like Tuesday Morning Sketches! To make it even better DRS Designs is sponsoring them this week! Pop on over and read up on all the rules and regs and then...get stamping! You only have until 8pm this evening and you could be the winner!

The theme for the week is "Heavy Metal" and I played along with this clean and simple card~


I stamped our Vertical Get Well using brown ink and layered it on the Ivory textured paper. To make the medallion was a bit of a struggle at first. The tabs on the leaf are not in the center and I was having problems with centering it, till I punched a small hold in a small square of paper, put it into my punch (upside down) then put the leaf in place and centered and punched it. There is a light background on the circle that I made using Vicki's Versatile Background and Taupe ink that I stamped off twice on scrap paper.

The metal leaf is from a box of paper fasteners I saw several years ago while out of town. Being the leaf fanatic that I am I grabbed a box, and found out later that they were "on sale". Well, didn't I have to go back the next day and buy more. The funny part??? This is the first one I've used!

Thanks for stopping by!!

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A Heavy Metal I love you!

Happy Saturday to everyone in cyberland!  I made this card earlier in the week.  Unfortunately, life has been a wee bit crazy and I've not been able to spend the time I'd like on crafting.  We just put my MIL in an assisted living home and she's none too happy about it.  She is SAFE now.

Onto the creation!  DRS Designs is sponsoring the Tuesday Morning sketch-Jan.

18th, which is to use heavy metal on your creation.  I chose the great new release I love you! greeting from DRS and also used the fly away heart and flowers. I stamped the hearts and flowers in versamark and embossed with black powder.  I added crystal effects to the hearts and put chunky red glitter over top.  For the metal tag, I used a vanilla piece of metal and inked it up with red craft ink and clear embossed it.  A bit of lace and the card is finished.

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Valenswine Love

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I guess this just proves that pigs DO fly, lol! Not only does one little pig have wings, he's all decked out like a little piggy cupid! Isn't he cute?

The Cupig & Leonard were stamped, colored w/ markers & a water brush, then cut out. I stamped, colored and die cut two of the heart giga circles. After attaching them to turquoise lacy circles, I cut them to fit my embossed white background. I added a little ribbon and a buckle before attaching them. For Leonard's billboard, I stamped the greeting, masked it then stretched his billboard by stamping one half then moving it to fit the greeting and stamping the other half. I cut this out and attached it over the original. I also added a slightly popped up nose for Leonard.

The pink layer was stamped all over with the interlocking heart bg using rose chalk ink. After adding a turquoise layer, I attached it all to a white 4.25 x 5.5 card.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!







Supplies:
stamps: Cupig, Valenswine Greeting, Leonard Pig the Billboard, Interlocking Heart Bg, Heart 3" Giga Circle
paper: white, turquoise, lt pink
ink: permanent black, rose chalk ink
accessories: markers; water brush; ribbon; buckle, circle & lacy circle dies; tiny heart & swirls embossing folders

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Metal Challenge

Happy Thursday! I love Thursdays. It is close to the weekend and the work week is almost over. Even though i do love my job, it is nice to have a couple of days to recoup. Today I have a card for you using the newly released Filigree Heart (599E) and the Giga Heart Circle (273L) from DRS Designs. DRS is sponsoring the Tuesday Morning Sketches "Heavy Metal" challenge, use metal embellishments on your project. DRS is giving away a $10 store voucher.

For my card today, I embossed the filigree heart and the circle heart with gold. I used a cuttlebug embossing folder for the background layer. I layered my focal images on the circle crown nestie and embellished the tips with gold metal circles. thanks for stopping by and please join us for theTuesday Morning Sketches Metal Challenge.

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To the moon with metal...

Happy Wednesday, Cathy here again. Did you know that DRS Designs is sponsoring the weekly challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketches? This week's challenge is to use metal on your card.

Here is mine...



This new sentiment is so versatile. It's great for Valentines Day or Anniversary, birthday, a simple I love you card, or even a card for a child. I added a paper flower from a K & Co pad I found at Target. A new Cuttle bug embossing folder, ribbon, a jewel, a button and twine finished things off.

Participate in the challenge by posting a card over at TMS, that qualifies, and be entered to win a gift certificate from DRS!

Thanks for checking in...
See you soon...

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I Love You

Hi Everyone,

It's Karin hosting here a the blog today, and I love that we are sponsoring the challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week. The prize is a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store and the theme is called "Heavy Metal".  Not sure how heavy my metal is, but I used a charm on my Valentine card that I made with some of the new releases.

Here are the stamps I used:

Girl Swirl on the background

I Love You for the sentiment

I used a border punch for the sides of the background and a die cut for the heart.  The heart in the center is up on a pop dot for a bit of dimension.  Other than that, a clean and simple design. 

Thanks for visiting us and I hope you give the challenge a try!

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Warm Penguin Wishes!

Posted By Jennifer E.

Well, I'm not sure about you but I'm about done with the cold Winter temperatures and all of the snow. I say, bring on the warmth and sunshine!

Ok...back to reality...I know we have at least 3-4 more months of this cold icky stuff before there's any improvement in the weather. Perhaps I can offer some warmth with the card I made to share with you today.

This cute and adorable penguin image is DRS Designs new Skating Penguin (569D).   I colored him with Copic Makers and I've paired him with one of their new sentiments, the Warm Wishes Greeting (611D).  I also used the new Woven Plaid Background stamp (613P) to create the plaid you see in the background.  Yes, that's right, I made it, just by stamping the Woven Plaid stamp both horizontally and vertically over a piece of smooth purple cardstock!  I love how the plaid looks--it really adds a lot of texture to your work! Make sure to check out the rest of DRS Designs new stamps.  They'd be perfect for all of your Winter and Valentine's Day stamping needs!

Thanks for stopping by today,
I hope you all have a great Monday!

Smiles,

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Bring it On!

Welcome!

I'm not sure how the western half of this country is doing snow-wise, but we've certainly had our fair share here in the east! And even though we already have more than 2 feet on the ground, I'm looking forward to even more! So to Mother Nature I say "Bring it On!!!"



I started my card by stamping our new Let it Snow Penguins on 2 pieces of white cs once using black ink and the 2nd using cyan ink. I embossed both using clear powder. After coloring the 3 little penguins on the black one, I used a 1" circle punch, and adhered them to the blue version. I then stamped our 4 in 1 Snowflakes around the edges using turquoise ink, added my layers and last but not least, added a little bit of bling to the center of the darker snowflakes and dotted the center of the others using a glitter pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Keep your fingers crossed that we see a little more white stuff soon!!

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A Cowboy's Warm Wishes

Happy Saturday!

My card today is using some oldies, but goodies from DRS Designs and the Warm Wishes Greeting is one of the fabulous new releases.  I stamped Vicki's versatile background in black on the hazelnut tan card base.  Weathered the almost amethsyt layer by crumpling it up and distressing with a sponge and black ink.  Apricot appeal and black are also used to frame the image and are weathered as well.  The cowboy silhouette image was stamped in black.  Used sticky note and circle punch to make a mask for the sun.  Brayered colors on in this order, apricot appeal, pink passion, lovely lilac and sponged on black.  Removed the mask and sponged on some apricot appeal for the sun setting.  Sentiment stamped on white and punched out and sponged apricot appeal on it as well as laid it on ink pad.  A couple jumbo eyelets and twine finish it off.

I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend!

Pam

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Valentine Heart

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope y'all have had a great week. It's been a rough week here in the south. We had over 8" of snow late Sunday into Monday. Then with freezing temps all week, and ice on top of and underneath the snow, we were frozen in for four days! It's pretty bad when you don't have any mail for all that time and the biggest mall in Georgia was shut down until Thursday afternoon.

Since I've had enough winter to last me a while, I thought a Valentine might be a nice change. I love these new DRS Designs images! The swirls are fabulous and the woven plaid is destined to be a favorite. I stamped the swirl and woven plaid in the same rouge chalk ink. For the heart and greeting, I inked the images first with VersaMark then tapped them with the melon ink before embossing them with the rose sparkle powder. After die cutting them, I used the pixie dust ink to lightly sponge the edges while the dies were still in place.

A pale pink marker was used to trace the heart image and underline the greeting. I used a ribbon punch on the plaid, threaded the ribbon through and tied it. All the layers have the dk rose backing and the finished card measures 4.25 x 5.5.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!






Supplies:
stamps: Girl Swirl Heart, Girl Swirl, Sm. Valentine's Day Greeting, Woven Plaid
paper: white, dk rose
ink: rouge & pixie dust chalk inks, melon mambo, VersaMark
accessories: pink marker, rose embossing powder, ribbon, ribbon punch, shaped dies

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Winter

Yes, it is winter. We have had a couple of snow storms, here in NH. I have to say I don't like them. Too too messy! My new car is filthy. My dog is filthy. It makes my house filthy. Yuck! Okay enough! Look at this beautiful winter scene created with a newly released stamp from DRS Designs, Winter Wording Square (618G) paired with the Triple Tree with Snow(004L). I had embossed the images with white, added some white icicles done with a border punch and topped off my card with pleated navy ribbon.

I hope you are warm and cozy and enjoying your winter!

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Happy Valenswines day!!!

Hi There - it's Wednesday again and that means its time for me, Cathy, to post!!! I hope your week and winter are off to a great start! Here is my card, in preparation of the next big holiday coming up, images by DRS Designs...



Don't you just love this new Cupig image by DRS?! How cute and fun...the sentiment is a perfect addition. I used the new filigree heart on the blue panel as a background image. A couple of embossing folders and a jewel completed the look. Oh, and I can't forget Cupigs wings. I stamped Cupig twice and cut out a separate set of wings, added some glitter and then added them to the card with pop dots.

Thanks for checking in...
See you soon...

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Warm Plaid Wishes

Hi Everyone,

Are you enjoying seeing the new stamps that were recently released by DRS Designs? 

One of my favorites, is this new background stamp named Woven Plaid.  I used it to create the background for my card today, and it just reminds me of a warm throw I want to cuddle up under during these cold January nights. 

The stamp is so user friendly.  I stamped it in red ink horizontally and in black vertically.  That's it, and look how totally cool it comes out!

I knew I had to use the sentiment Warm Wishes, and what better to pair it with than this sweet Skating Penguin...

I went ahead and embossed him and created the stripes on his scarf with a colorless blender pen, just wiping the color away.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today and visit DRS Designs here, and see all of the new releases.

Have a great day!

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To The Moon And Back!

Posted By Jennifer E.

Valentine's Day will be here before you know it, so now is the time to get started on your Valentine's Day cards.  DRS Designs just released some great Valentine stamps to help you "get in the mood."  The card I'm sharing with you today uses 3 of them, however, the Moonlight Cat Serenade image (605L) that I've used is not one of them.  Can you believe it's actually a Halloween image?!?!  With all that I've used around it to decorate and embellish this card, I've spiced it up to make it a very cute Valentine's Day card!  This was my entry for this past weeks Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge, SC314.

Creating this card took a bit of planning and sketching before I actually could get started putting it together. First, I stamped the Moonlight Cat Serenade (605L) on white cardstock with black ink.  I then carefully cut it out leaving a slight white border around the cats since I was going to mat it with black cardstock.  I paper pieced the fence after stamping it on red cardstock.  I created my own designer paper for the vertical panel by stamping the new Woven Plaid (613P) background stamp in both the horizontal and vertical directions to add a pattern element to the design.  Both sentiments are also new. The Love You To The Moon Greeting (580D) and the Small Valentine's Day Greeting (603C) are 3-lined sentiments where one line is directly below the other, but I've cut them up to stamp them easier to accomodate this layout.

The final conclusion for this card is the same as the New Years Card I made a few weeks ago-- Make sure to always think outside the box when looking for the right stamp for your project.  Who would have thought a Halloween stamp would make such a great Valentine's Day card!  Hope you enjoyed seeing it!

Thanks for stopping by and stay tuned for more fun stuff coming soon!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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A Plaid for all Occasions (or no occasion!)

Welcome!

Here's a bit of fun for you using our original plaid stamp!

I started by stamping white card stock horizontally with turquoise dye ink, and


vertically with green dye ink. I did a second piece with pink and lavender inks, and a third piece with turquoise and lavender inks.



Next I cut each piece down to 3 squares (approx 1 1/2" squares each) and layered them on a 5" square of black card stock, and attached that to a 5 1/4" square folded blue card.



All that was left was to add our Big Girl Panties saying (1105F) and a little bling!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Let it Snow!

Happy Saturday!!!!  Can you tell I'm wishing that it would snow here in Colorado?  Today it is 50 degrees...maybe Sunday my wish will come true!  My card today uses our new release from DRS Designs called Let it Snow Penguins 571K.  I stamped the image in black on white cardstock and used this fun snowflake embossing folder.  Colored penguins winter gear in melon mambo, baja breeze and crushed curry.  Feet in gray.  Sponged with melon mambo.  Papers used:  white, black, melon mambo.  Accessories:  rhinestones here and there for interest.  Spritzed entire image with white shimmer spray.

May the rest of your weekend be wonderful and happy!

~Pam~

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Frosty Snowmen

by Julie Warner -The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

Since once again we have snow in our forecast for this weekend, a whole card of little frosty snowmen seemed the way to go. Unlike the folks further north, our snow usually only hangs around a few days so it's always fun to see here. If I had to shovel or dig out all the time it might change my opinion, lol.

For my very frosty card, I scored a grid on white card stock. It really is scored in both directions, though it's hard to see the vertical lines in this light. I stamped all the little inch sized frosties using a blue rainbow pad with the ink gradually getting lighter toward the top. A little shading was added w/ markers and the edges were sponged before attaching to a 5.5 x 4.25 card.
The big Frosty was colored, cut out and layered onto a snowflake embossed oval. A few die cut snowflakes were added behind him. The greeting was also die cut w/ a tag die. I used a glue pen to dot all the snowflakes, buttons, and capital letter then sprinkled on some transparent glitter.

Thanks so much for stopping by!







Supplies:
stamps: Snowman in a Box, Warm Wishes Greeting, Simply Snowman
paper: white
ink: blue rainbow dye ink pad, cobalt permanent ink
accessories: snowflake, oval & tag dies, markers, snowflake embossing folder, glue pen, transparent glitter, scoring board or tool

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A Lot of Penguins

Isn't this guy adorable. He is the newly released Skating Penguin (569D) from DRS Designs. I cut him out with an oval nestie and layered him on black cs. I tore some white cs to give the illusion of snow and then propped up some mini penguins cut from a border punch. The sentiment Warm Wishes (611D) is also a new release from DRS.

Would you like to win a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store? We are this weeks sponsor for the challenge at Top Tip Tuesday, so all you have to do is create an altered can or tin. Then link up your creation at the Tip Top Tuesday blog for your chance to win!

Be sure to check out the page with all of the new releases and start making your own Valentine's Day cards to give out. It will be here before you know it...

Have a great day!

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Candle Pail...All Aglow

Hi there, Cathy here...

I thought I would share an "altered project" with you today. This week DRS Designs is sponsoring a challenge over on the Top Tip Tuesday blog. Head on over and check them out...you could win some stamping money from some DRS Designs stamps!!! Thats my kind of prize!



and a view of the tag...



I stamped the filigree heart on vellum and colored the back with a red copic marker. I then colored the little tear drops with my Sakura stardust pen.

The tag was stamped with the same image as you can see, in its entirety. I added a tag with the new I Love You sentiment. The pail came from the Target $1 spot (not this year, but maybe they are available again?) I'm trying to stay away from there, so I really don't know. ;)

I tried to take a photo of the pail while it was lit...with a battery operated tealight, but it didn't work.

I hope you'll try out the challenge. I'm sure we all have some tins of some sort that are in need of altering!!!!

Thanks for checking in...
See you soon...

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Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi Everyone! 

It's Tuesday with me, Karin, and I'm so excited to be moving on to the next "big" holiday with my card making :)  Hoo-Ray for Valentine's Day!  

This 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square card was made using a couple of the new releases here at DRS Designs.  When I saw this Filigree Heart I knew it would make the best butterfly!   I stamped the heart four times in red, colored in bits with a pink Copic and then cut them all out.  I used a punch for the body, some bent floral wire for antennae, and assembled it using glue dots and pop dots.

 

The new Small Valentine's Day greeting fit perfectly in the corner and then I embossed right over it.  I thought the swirls would coordinate nicely with the swirls on the Filigree Heart. Finally, a few gems were added in keeping with the pink, girlie theme.

Would you like to win a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store?  We are this weeks sponsor for the challenge at Top Tip Tuesday, so all you have to do is create an altered can or tin. Then link up your creation at the Tip Top Tuesday blog for your chance to win!

Be sure to check out the page with all of the new releases and start making your own Valentine's Day cards to give out.  It will be here before you know it...

Have a great day!

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Getting Ready For Valentine's Day!

Posted By Jennifer E.

Are you ready to start making your Valentines?

All of us here at DRS Designs are celebrating the New Year with some new fun Winter and Valentine stamps now available for purchase. You can find them all HERE! 

I created a Valentine's Day card to share with you today and I've used several of the newly released designs.  The background of this card was stamped repeatedly with the "I Love You!" Greeting (608B).  When I received my new stamps, I couldn't wait to get Cupig (607G) inky. Isn't he adorable!?!?!?  I colored him with Copic Markers.  He also has his own perfect sentiment...The Valenswine's Day Greeting (616C) which totally makes this card complete! Wouldn't you agree? 

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Jennifer

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