DRS Designs Rubber Stamps

Leonard Says Happy Valentine's Day!

2012-01-28T00:01:00.002-05:00

Happy Saturday from DRS Designs! I can't believe that it is almost February! I find it incredibly hard to believe. However, I am looking forward to Feb. 1st as my daughter MacKenna will be officially signing to Ottawa Univ. in Kansas to play soccer. It has been months of hard work and tough decisions. We are so happy for her!

My card today features Leonard the Pig rose offering, Heart drops and the Happy Valentine's day greeting. I started by stamping Leonard in versamark and embossed in black. I colored him with going gray and pink pirouette for his nose. The roses were painted with red smooch. I sponged some black around him (he is a pig, you know) and then sponged some pink pirouette around the edge of the circle. Next, it was layered with a pink scalloped circle and then just a plain red circle. I versamarked the heart drops and embossed them in black as well. The pinking hearts punch was used on the red layer and some sweet, black lace, heart charm and embroidery thread to attach it. Lastly, the sentiment was stamped in black and cut into a banner. Oh, the pink layer was run through an embossing folder.

Come check out the great stamps available in the online store!

Have a lovely day!

Pam

Shamrock Hills

2012-01-27T00:08:00.000-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I tell ya, all the green in this card makes me want to start talking like the little leprechaun on the Lucky Charms commercial. Aye, they're after me lucky charms!

With the exception of the sentiment, everything else was white embossed on this card. I hand cut the hills and embossed the edges so they'd show up against all that green. The shamrocks were fussy cut and the green button was dotted w/ the white marker. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25. If you're not feeling a wee bit Irish after looking at all these green shamrocks, then you'd better go have a few green beers, lol!

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

Supplies:
stamps: Swirly Shamrocks, Irish On Greeting, Polka Dot Background
ink: Colorbox frost white pigment, Memento Cottage Ivy
paper: white, kelly green
accessories: white embossing powder, ribbon, green button, white Permapaque marker

Challenge #9 Hearts!

2012-01-26T00:17:00.001-05:00

Congratulations
Nancy Brown!

You are the winner of last week's Snowman challenge. Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

For our new challenge this week, it's all about love! Show us some

HEARTS

and one lucky winner will win these 3 stamps from the DRS Designs Valentine's Day collection:

Valentine Flower 582K

Small Valentine's Day Greeting 603C

Interlocking Heart Background 808H

This challenge ends Wednesday February 1st at 6pm EST. We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the InLinkz feature below. 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. Winners will be announced in the challenge post next Thursday.

These heart cards were created by the DRS Design Team:

Karin

Jennifer E.

Shelia

Janett

Julie

Chrissy D

Sue

Pam

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VALENTINE TREE

2012-01-25T05:00:00.000-05:00

Happy Wednesday Everyone! Today I am sharing a fun card with the Valentine Tree! Isn't thos stamp fun?? I love the hearts as the leaves on this fun tree! I stamped the image in Black Staz On and used Melon Mambo Ink and a Blender Pen to color on this Glossy White Cardstock. I used the paper piercing tool and Mat Pack to pierce the light pink card stock. I stamped the Fly Away Hearts and Flowers in Melon Mambo Ink. The faux stitching was created with a stitched stamp and Black Staz On ink. I stamped the One Line Valentine Greeting and popped it up with Dimensionals. I wrapped some pink gingham ribbon around the image and added some buttons from my stash, attaching them with mini glue dots.

Stamps: Valentine Tree, Fly Away Hearts and Flowers, One Line Valentine Greeting
Ink: Black Staz On, Melon Mambo
CS: Glossy White, Pink Pirhouette, Melon Mambo
Other: Pink and White Gingham Ribbon, Dimensionals, Misc buttons, Mini Glue Dots, Paper Piercing Tool and Mat Pack

Thank you for stopping by! Today is your last day to play along with this weeks challenge. We hope you will play a long with us!

Have a great day!

Great Friends

2012-01-24T04:00:00.034-05:00

Hi Everyone,

I'm popping in with a card today featuring a newer stamp from DRS Designs. It's the fun "Great Friends Drink Alike" stamp and I could see using it for St.Patty's Day, Mardi Gras or even just a friends birthday!

I paired mine with the Drink Line Up stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed with clear powder.

And my always favorite Polka Dot Background stamp was used for the paper at the top of the card. All I needed was a few gems and ribbon to complete it. I love having fun simple cards like this on hand. It makes so easy to remember a friend in a special way, when a last minute need arises.

Don't forget that the current challenge here at the DRS Designs blog is Snowmen. Link up your card right here for a chance at a great prize!

Have a good one!
Karin

Red, White and Black Valentine

2012-01-23T00:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Monday! Hope you all had an excellent weekend! We had a few inches of snow, but it's suppose to warm up and melt away today. :-( I don't like driving in the snow, but I love seeing everything covered in white!

Today I have made a red, white and black Valentine card. I started with black card stock, stamped my image DRS Designs Girl Swirl (585G) in Versafine and then embossed it with detail white embossing powder. DRS Designs Hugs and Kisses sentiment (190G) is stamped in Stazon black on white card stock and then layered on red card stock. I used my newest nesties labels that I found on clearance at JoAnn's! The hearts were cut with a Cuttlebug die and popped up with foam squares. Red ribbon was added to complete the look.

I added white card stock inside my card since you can't really write on black card stock! I stamped DRS Designs (978F) Scattered Hearts in red in the corners.

Hope you like it.

Until next time,
shelia

Irish Everthing

2012-01-22T00:01:00.006-05:00

Good morning everyone, today I wanted to share a little luck of the

Irish with all these wonderful DRS designs Irish stamps. My card

today is a Telescoping card. I used the spellbinder circle die and the

lacey circle die. The stamps I used were An-Irish-Blessing, Swirly-

Shamrocks, Everything-Irish, Irish-On-Greeting. The edges were

sponged with distree Ink in antique linen. I colored the image with

copic markers.

　
Have a wonderful day,

Janett

A Valentine in January

2012-01-21T00:01:00.003-05:00

For my card today here at DRS Designs, I went with the Girl Swirl

Heart stamped in noir black and then high lighted with red liquid pearls. For the sentiment, I used the brand new one line Happy Valentine greeting. I wanted to do kind of look like a banner so I popped the center of the greeting on a dimensional and glued down either end. Using a chip board heart, I covered it with liquid pearls and added 3 rhinestones.....it took 4 evah to dry!!!!!!! I am a bit of an inpatient person!

Head over to the store and check out the wonderful new stamps we have....we've got you covered for the upcoming holidays!

Pam

Irish Blessing

2012-01-20T00:08:00.000-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!
I'm starting to feel a little green so...rather than turn into Kermit the frog, I thought I'd channel it into a St. Paddy's Day card. I love it when I get to work on St. Patrick's Day cards because any shade of green is my favorite color. I think I used 3 different shades of green and a little metallic gold on this one.

The wonderful Irish Blessing was stamped and I die cut two sizes of the badge/shield to make a double frame. Everything else is punch work. Different flowers, branches and four leaf clovers were punched and glued around the frame (I used a stylus and a foam pad to give the flowers a little shape). One little green crystal was added in the center of the gold flower on top. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies:
stamps: Irish Blessing
ink: Archival library green
paper: kelly green, pine green, lime green, metallic gold, white
accessories: Xyron Creatopia badge/shield die, various punches (Marvy, Paper Studio, Family Treasures, McGill), green crystal

Challenge #8 Snowmen!

2012-01-19T00:01:00.044-05:00

Thanks to all of you who have been playing in our challenges over the last few weeks! We hope you are enjoying them and that you are having fun winning free stamps!

This week we'd like to congratulate
AMY DUFF,
you are the winner from last week's paper piecing challenge! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

For our next challenge, we want to see

Snowmen!

One lucky winner will be selected to win any snowman stamp from DRS Designs--your choice of design! We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the In Linkz feature below. Each week one lucky participant will receive a prize package from DRS Designs 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. The winner will be announced in the challenge post next Thursday.

This challenge ends Wednesday January 25th at 5pm EST.

Here are the Snowmen Challenge entries created by the DRS Design Team:

Karin

Shelia

Jennifer E.

Janett

Julie

Pam

Sue

Chrissy D

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STACKED LOVE

2012-01-18T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello Everyone and a very happy Wednesday to each of you! I have a project today using the latest stamp release that I totally LOVE.

For my card today, I’m sharing the image called “ Stacked Love”! I stamped this image in Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black. I also used the Valentine's Hugs and Kisses, Woven Plaid and the Open Plaid Background stamps. I used the Navy and Red Ink Pad. I used Copic Markers B28, B23, B21 and R46 to color the images. I finished the card off with some K&C Gems.

Thanks for stopping by today, I really appreciate it! Have a blessed rest of your week! xx

Valentine Tree

2012-01-17T04:00:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone,

My card share today is full of Valentine's Day goodness. It's got pink and red. It's got gems and lace. It's got hearts and flowers. Well, ok, no flowers, but where was I supposed to put those? LOL! No more room, so the flowers will have to be on my next valentine :) Seriously though, I think this newly released

Valentine Tree is just so sweet colored in pink and red!

I used the Interlocking Hearts for the background paper and the traditional One Line Valentine greeting on a trendy banner on the bottom.

How many Valentine's do you send out each year? I probably do maybe 6 or so, but why not join me by surprising a new friend or neighbor with one this year!

Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Happy Valentines Day

2012-01-16T00:01:00.005-05:00

Happy Martin Luther King Day! If you have the day off from work like me, I hope you are enjoying it!

Today I made a Valentine Card using DRS Designs new releases Scattered Hearts (978F) and One Line Valentine Greeting (996D). I cut the one line greeting into 3 lines for this card.

A while back I saw a card in a magazine using long pendants and I really like the look, so I went with that for this Valentine. I stamped DRS Designs interlocking hearts background (808H) in SU Rose Romance on pink card stock and then cut the card stock into three strips for the pendants. I also stamped the Scattered Hearts in Rose Romance on pink CS. I added some lace stickles to the 3 smaller hearts. I used my nesties to make a layer in white. The sentiment is stamped in Rose Romance on white CS, cut it into 3 parts and mounted them on one of the pendants. I added some pink twine to finish the look. Hope you like it.

Until next time,
shelia

Leonard Pig

2012-01-15T00:01:00.001-05:00

The card that I’m sharing today was made with the cute little Leonard Pig with Rose Offering this is such a cute stamp.

The background was stamped with the One Line Valentine Greeting on pink paper. The edges and the card base were sponged with Distress Ink. I stamped Leonard with brown ink and colored with copic markers. He was cut out with a spellbinder die. I punched some brown limbs and added some red circles they were glued to the back of the image. Everything was layered onto a green oval and attached to the background.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

2012-01-14T00:01:00.003-05:00

My card today just makes me smile! Leonard is so cute, isn't he? All stamps are from here at DRS Designs and includes Leonard Pig rose offering, interlocking heart bg and A treat for you greeting. I stamped Leonard on white cardstock and colored him with pretty in pink and rose red. The flowers were painted with red smooch. Next, I punched him out with a scallop circle punch and added a black and rose red one as well. Using grandma's lightest pink, I used markers to color the interlocking heart bg in pretty in pink, rose red and real red. Seam binding, a corduroy button, embroidery thread, a tag with the sentiment and one paper pieced heart at bottom of Leonard were added. I using the pinking shears heart punch for the edge.

Take care!

Pam

Love Birds

2012-01-13T00:08:00.000-05:00

Happy Friday!
It just turned really, really cold here so this little early spring Valentine card looks very inviting. I guess I shouldn't complain...it's been a very mild winter so far.

The little love birds were punched out of water color paper and a little color added. I punched their wings out of some left over w/c paper that had part of the heart tree stamped on it. For the scene, after I added a water color wash of green for the ground and blue for the sky, I stamped the Valentine tree and easy grass background. I drew in the little heart flowers and added some color with markers.

The blue and green backgrounds were embossed w/ a little hearts folder and I added a border punched fence and some tiny little punched flowers and cut out hearts on top of the fence. The sentiment (part of love you to the moon sentiment.) The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

Supplies:
stamps: Valentine Tree, Easy Grass Background, Love You to the Moon greeting
paper: water color, lt blue, lt green
ink: Ancient Page coal
accessories: Tombow markers, bird punches (McGill & Martha Stewart), fence punch (Martha Stewart), heart embossing folder (Cuttlebug -Love Language combo), Spellbinders labels 8 die

Challenge #7 Paper Piecing

2012-01-12T00:01:00.037-05:00

Congratulations
JILL ELMER!

You are the winner of last week's Spotlight Technique challenge! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

This week we want to see what you can do with scissors. Yep, get your scissors out and do a little
PAPER PIECING.
One lucky winner will be selected to win a $10 DRS Designs Store Voucher.

This challenge ends Wednesday January 18th at 6pm EST.

Here are the Paper Pieced cards by the DRS Design Team:

Karin

Shelia

Julie

Janett

Chrissy

Jennifer E.

Pam

Sue

Thanks to all of you who have played along in our challenges over the past few weeks. We greatly appreciate it and hope you are enjoying them as much as we are.
Good Luck!

UNFRIEND YOU?

2012-01-11T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hey Everyone! Welcome!!! Check out these FUN stamps! If you have been on Facebook, you may have heard the sentiment, Don't make me unfriend you!!! :) Well...maybe if you are in the 7th grade.

Todays card uses the FUN images from DRS Designs. Do you see that little pig flinging the mud? That would be me flinging it at my sisters. :) I was always the trouble maker with a grin. I used the Leonard Pig's Bathtime Buddies image and stamped in Cocoa Ink. I colored these cute pigs with the R02, R20 and R24 Copic markers. The card stock I used is the Craft, Blush, Red Poppy and Whisper White. I stamped the Unfriend You Greeting in Red Poppy Ink. I stamped the Unfriend You Greeting repeatedly in Versamark on the Blush cardstock. I added the Red Gem Brads along the side and the red and white stitched ribbon. The Leonard pigs' image is popped up with Pop Dots to add a little dimension.

I hope you enjoyed my project! Check out the latest release from DRS Designs! Have a wonderful day!!!

Two Cards

2012-01-10T04:00:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone,

I'm here today to show off one of my favorite stamps from the new releases here at DRS Designs. Leonard the Pig is making another appearance this Valentine's day on this Rose Offering stamp. Doesn't he just tickle your funny bone?? His grin it just too cute! He was simply die cut and colored with Copic markers.

I knew right away that I wanted to pair him with the punny Happy Valenswine's Day sentiment and I created my backgrounds using the Interlocking Hearts and Easy Dot backgrounds. I had a scrap of ribbon left, and lucky for me it was just enough to go the length of my card. This confirms why I don't throw stuff away ;)

This second card was what I made for the sketch challenge over at the Card Patterns blog. DRS Designs is the sponsor this week, so if you want a chance at winning a $20.00 voucher to the store, I encourage you to check it out.

These were the stamps I used for this card:

Silhouette Branch Background

Thank You for Your Support

I love the way it turned out and since it's one of the more masculine cards I've made, I sent it off to a cousin of mine. He gave me a beautiful ornament for Christmas, and I wanted him to know how much I loved it.

Now don't forget, the current challenge here at the DRS Designs blog is to use the Spotlight Technique. Give it a try and you will have a chance at more stamps!

Thankful

2012-01-09T00:30:00.014-05:00

Happy Monday Everyone,

I feel like I should be working on Valentine cards since Valentine's Day will be here shortly, but I did not get any Thank You Cards made before Christmas, so I've spent the weekend working on thank yous!! My Thank You cards range from CAS (clean and simple) to Shaped Cards using Nestie dies.

My CAS cards were made with DRS Designs Flyaway Butterfly ((917H) and Thank you for your support (335E). The Flyaway Butterfly is so pretty both plain and colored! For the sentiment I only used the Thank you part of the stamp. I also stamped the flyaway butterfly on the inside of the card. You can see the butterfly trying to peek out. :-)

This Thank You was made using DRS Designs Plaid Background (613P). This plaid is my favorite. I love how it looks like real cloth. I stamped the plaid in Handsome Hunter and Cranberry Crisp. The sentiment is the same as in the CAS card. The middle strip was made with a Martha Stewart punch. The bird is SU 2 step Bird punch. I embossed the bird and it's wing in 2 different CB folders and added a small half pearl for the eye. On the inside corner I stamped the branch from DRS Designs 4 in 1 stamp (385M) in Handsome Hunter.

For my final card I used a Nesties label die to cut a shaped card. I've seen a lot of these lately and wanted to give it a try. It's really not difficult at all and I like the result!

After die cutting the card, I embossed it with the Swirl CB folder. I made a frame using the same label die and the next smaller die out of purple cs and attached it to the front of the card. The center panel is stamped with DRS Designs Butterfly Vine (914H) and the same Thank you stamp. Can you tell I like butterflies? I colored the butterflies and vine with copics, added a purple layer and a punched butterfly to complete the card.

Well now that the thank you cards are made, I guess I'd better go and address them, etc. so I can get them in the mail!!

Until next time,

shelia

Valentine Tree

2012-01-08T00:01:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone. I hope your New Year is off to a great start.

Well it’s time to start on those Valentine cards and DRS designs has some great new stamps. The card that I’m sharing today uses Valentine Tree 976H and One Line Valentine Greeting 996D.

I stamped the tree on white card with brown ink and colored the heart with Copic markers. I used green chalk for the ground and pink for the sky. Layered onto brown and then green card with some lace. The edge was cut with spellbinder edgeabilities and pink card was layered behind. The One Line Valentine Greeting was stamped with brown ink and cut with a spellbinder die.
　
Have a wonderful day,

Janett　

Happy Valentine's Day!

2012-01-07T00:01:00.001-05:00

My card for today features DRS Designs Valentine tree and the Happy Valentine's Greeting. I chose to use the spotlight technique but decided to use a square punch vs a circle punch. I like how it came out. I used smooch paint to paint some of the hearts and painted smooch around edge of square. Some freehand grass and the sky was sponged in with brilliant blue. Lastly, some twine and a jumbo button along with the black layer being embossed.

Have a great day!

Pam

Piggy Love

2012-01-06T00:08:00.004-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!
In case you missed it, check out DRS Designs Thursday Challenge, Spotlight Technique. You could win some really cute images just for playing along. Speaking of challenges, if it wasn't for the Splitcoast sketch challenge from Wednesday, I might not have ever finished this card and you'd be looking at a blank page right now. I had all the parts and pieces done and I played around for a really long time but until I arranged them per the sketch, they just wouldn't gel. Guess that sketch literally (pardon my pun) saved my bacon.

After I stamped and colored my little Romeo, I die cut then masked the image and while the die was still in place, I sponged on some neptune ink for the background. The lt blue bg was embossed w/ a border folder and the lower pink bg is piece I had left over from some long ago project. If I remember right, it was embossed w/ a distressed stripe folder, white ink sponged over the raised areas, then embossed w/ a mesh folder. Actually the reverse side looks more like mesh...this side reminds me of pigskin. The hearts down the side were stamped and I used two sizes of heart punches on them. I inked the sentiment w/ a black marker and stamped the 3 words on 3 colors of c/s then cut them out. The black strip across the bottom was punched. On the 5.50 x 4.25 card front, I stamped some hearts and k another Leonard image but it's hard to see now.

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

Supplies:
stamps: Leonard Pig Rose Offering, Scattered Hearts, One Line Valentine Greeting,
Leonard Pig's Dance of Joy, Interlocking Hearts
paper: white, black, pink, lt blue
ink: Ancient Page coal, Distress Ink spun sugar
accessories: Spellbinders labels 20, Cuttlebug distressed stripes & mesh embossing folders, Sizzix thank you set (border on lt blue), Tombow markers, EK Success retro flower border punch, heart punches

Challenge #6 Spotlight Technique

2012-01-05T00:01:00.061-05:00

Congratulations to
Audrey E.
You are the winner of last week's Snowflakes challenge!
Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

This week we challenge you to use the Spotlight Technique.

Want a chance to win the 3 stamps by that were used on this card? Then I invite you to play along with our next challenge to win! Please post your Spotlight Technique cards using the Inlinkz feature below. One lucky participant will be selected and announced here on the blog next Thursday, January 12th. Remember, you don't have to use DRS Designs stamps, but please use them if you have them! Participants using DRS stamps will receive an extra entry in the prize drawing. Deadline for this challenge is 5pm EST Wednesday January 11th.

Here's inspiration from the DRS Designs DT:

Karin

Shelia

Janett

Pam

Sue

Chrissy D

Julie

Thanks for stoppin' by today and good luck with the Spotlight Technique challenge. We look forward to seeing your cards!

Feeling Rosy?

2012-01-04T05:01:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone!!! Isn't this little pig FUN??? It makes me smile! On todays card, I used the BRAND NEW release from DRS Designs! I used the WONDERFUL One Line Valentine's Greeting and Leonard Pig Rose Offering as my primary images. On the background I stamped the Fly Away Hearts and Roses in Regal Rose Ink. I layered the images on the Spellbinders Labels 18, the Elegant Ovals die and the Ovals die and the words are stamped on the Ribbon banners die. I sponged the edges with Rose Red Ink and popped up each layer to add some dimension using Pop Dots. I wrapped a White Satin Ribbon around and tied a bow to finish off this cute Valentine.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

LOVE

2012-01-03T04:00:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone,

I'm so excited to be showing off a couple of the newly released stamps from DRS Designs. It's so refreshing to be thinking about the next big card making holiday....Valentine's Day!

Hearts are simply so sweet to use right after the winter holiday's have come to an end. I used the new Scattered Hearts for my background and randomly filled some in using Stickles. Made my own glittery paper that way, and I used it for the back drop of my Gate Fold card.

The new Stacked Love stamp was perfect for the center, and I colored it in with my Copic marker, adding some sparkle to those tiny hearts in there. Some big pearl embellishments finished off my corners. And that my friends, is my first Valentine card this year :)

Remember we have a challenge here at the blog each and every Thursday, and the current challenge is Snowflakes. Why not link up for a chance to win some DRS Designs stamps?!

Have a great day!
Karin

Happy New Year!

2012-01-02T00:01:00.004-05:00

I hope everyone has had a great holiday. I have enjoyed spending the holidays with my family in Virginia. We have had so much fun together! Now that the new year is here, I guess it's time to head back home, return to work and more normal life. Not the most pleasant thought, is it?!! So today I'm sharing a card that I hope will bring some cheer!

DRS Designs has some really cute sentiments. This is one that I really like. Last week I shared a new years card with butterflies. This week's card has snowflakes, which some call winter's butterflies! Snowflakes and butterflies are two of my favorite things.

The sentiment is stamped in Not Quite Navy ink on white, cut with a square nestie and layered on a navy blue square. The background is made with two spellbinder labels. The light blue label is stamped in Not Quite Navy with the Swirling Snowflake stamp (168F). I added some tiny half pearls to the centers of some of the snowflakes on this layer. After adding the navy blue ribbon, I attached the sentiment with pop dots for some dimension. I added some small punched snowflakes with half pearls to the sentiment. I also sponged some Not Quite Navy ink around the edges of the white card to finish it off.

Hope this brings a bit of cheer to you this Monday!

Until next time,
shelia

Happy New Year

2012-01-01T00:01:00.002-05:00

Happy New Year! Can you believe that it is all ready 2012, for me 2011 went by so fast. I’m wishing everyone a safe and Happy New Year, and lots of time to stamp.

The card that I’m sharing today was made with the Starry Background it was stamped with silver ink on navy paper. I Stamped the 365 Days of Happiness Greeting with navy ink onto white card. Then I used silver ribbon to make a bow.

Have a Happy New Year,

Janett

Life

2011-12-31T00:01:00.001-05:00

Happy last day of the year!

My card today features DRS Designs Pinecone square and the background is done with the pine bough randomly stamped. My sentiment creating yourself was only partially stamped on the front. The entire greeting is inside: Life isn't about finding yourself, it's about creating yourself. I love it AND the font it is done in. A silver jumbo brad and a piece of ribbon stapled onto main image used for my embellies. I am into the monochromatic look lately and I did this in soft suede.

Happiest wishes for a wonderful 2012 and please be safe this evening!

Pam

Snowflake Penguins

2011-12-30T00:08:00.001-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!
Have y'all checked out the DRS Designs Thursday Challenge? Just create a card using Snowflakes and link it up to challenge post. Easy as pie! And with your link, you'll be in the drawing for some fabulous images!

For my card today, I'm continuing the snowflake theme. I just love these cute little penguins. Such happy little guys! For most of us so far, it's been a really mild winter so snowflakes aren't even in the forecast. Not yet...anyway. Wherever these guys are, there is snow! I tried to use frosty colors to enhance the snowflakes and to me, the colors always look wintry. I really only used two stamps for this: the let it snow penguins and the interlocking snow background. After stamping and coloring the penguins, I die cut them and added some purple strips adorned w/ punched snowflakes. The 5.50 x 4.25 white card front was stamped w/ the snowflake bg using two colors of ink. I also stamped the snowflakes using the purple ink onto the lt blue panels. More punched snowflakes were added on top of an embossed snowflake circle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a Happy New Year!!

Supplies:
stamps: Let it Snow Penguins, Interlocking Snow Background
paper: white, lt blue, purple
ink: Ancient Page coal, Memento lavender & summer sky
accessories: Spellbinders long rectangles, circles and pennant dies, snowflake punches, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder, Tombow markers

Challenge #5 SNOWFLAKES

2011-12-29T00:01:00.067-05:00

Hi Everyone, Happy Thursday!

Jennifer here today to give you the details about this weeks blog challenge. For starters, congratulations to
VICKI S!
You are the winner from last week's Heat Embossing challenge! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

This weeks Theme is:

SNOWFLAKES
and we are giving away a prize package containing these 3 stamps:
Interlocking Snow Background (015H)
Warm Wishes Greeting (611D)
Snowman in a Box (581C)

The Design Team has used these stamps below on their challenge projects.

We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the Linked In feature below. Each week one lucky participant will receive a prize package of stamps 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 January 4th at 5pm EST. The winner will be announced in the challenge post next Thursday.

Here are the DT challenge cards to inspire you:

Karin

Shelia

Janett

Chrissy D

Sue

Jennifer

Pam

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!

The Stockings were hung...

2011-12-28T05:00:00.000-05:00

by the chimney with care... Well, Hello Everyone, this is Chrissy D here! My family has a long drawn out Christmas celebration. With family scattered through out the States, we see them all different days! This is good and bad... good because we can prolong the celebration, bad for the waistline! :)

I just love this is "I Scene a Stocking" stamp from DRS Designs. I stamped this on White Neenah cardstock and colored it with my Copic Markers. Using a Glassy glaze, I added White Flower Soft on the cuff.

I used a Stocking Punch for the additional stockings and stamped the Starry background in Red Ink and the Open Plaid Background with White Craft Ink. I used a Signo White Gel Pen to add the faux stitching. I added the Water Colored Dew Drops along the button with some Mini Glue Dots to finish off the card!

It will be next year (week!) before I talk to you again! Have a wonderful day!!!

Out of This World

2011-12-27T04:00:00.003-05:00

Hi Everyone,

Are you making plans for the new year yet? I hope one of them will include joining us for our Thursday challenges that we are hosting here on the blog :) Since the current challenge is Heat Embossing, I decided to use that technique for the birthday card I needed to make.

I used the Starry Background stamped in Versamark and heat set it with gold embossing powder. Spaceboy Skip is an adorable image for a boy's card and I love the Out of this World Birthday sentiment; It's the perfect match for him and his space friend. However, to make it fit my card design, I stamped it separately and cut it out attaching it on top of a border made from using the Interlocking Circle stamp.

Here is a close up of the embossed stars, the clear embossing on his space helmet, ribbon and felt button embellishment. They're mail friendly ;-)

Thanks for dropping by the blog today. Get those heat guns in gear before our next challenge on this Thursday!

Have a great day,

Karin

Happy Boxing Day

2011-12-26T00:01:00.005-05:00

Today I'm sharing a New Year's card made with DRS Designs Wishing you Happiness (387G). When I think of the new year I think of new beginnings, and new beginnings always makes me think of butterflies. So I used butterflies on this card.

The banner strips are stamped in Not Quite Navy ink with the butterflies from DRS Designs 4 in 1 Background (385M). The sentiment is stamped in Stazon Black, then cut with a square nestie. I layered the sentiment on a spellbinder Fleur De Lis Pendant and added a couple of light blue butterflies with half pearls.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas yesterday! And I wish you all 365 days of Happiness!!

Until next time,
shelia

Merry Christmas on Ice

2011-12-25T03:00:00.002-05:00

Merry Christmas, I hope everyone is having a wonderful day with family and friends.

I have a fun little card to share with you to day, these cute little Ice Skates 373h. After stamping and coloring them I used my spellbinder circle to cut it out them I sponged blue around the edge with it still in the die. I layered it on a blue scallop circle. The Snowflake Scroll 875f was stamped and embossed with silver on a navy panel.

　
I hope Santa brought you everything you wished for and everyone is well and happy.

Janett

Let It Snow

2011-12-24T04:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Christmas Eve to everyone! I hope that your day is spent enjoying the season!!!

My card today showcases a couple of fabulous stamps here at DRS Designs...the main image Let it Snow Penguins 571K and the swirling snowflakes 168F. I used traditional Christmas colors on here and I am so happy to say that Colorado got a lot of snow Thursday. At my house, we had a foot. I was the lucky gal to clear the big driveway, deck and a path in the yard for my pooches! I hope it will snow Christmas but I think our temps are supposed to reach the 50's! Gotta love Colorado.

Paper: white, green

Ink: black, real red, green, brilliant blue, yellow

Embellishments: rhinestones, dimensionals, ribbon tabs

Have a safe, beautiful Christmas!

Pam

Skating Away

2011-12-23T00:08:00.000-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday before Christmas!
Are you ready? I always plan to be ready ahead of time. Best laid plans, right! Like this happy little fellow, my best plans are skating away, but at least the happy thought is there!
For my skating scene, everything except the cut out and added penguin was done on the one layer. I started by stamping the tree line then masking the snow and sponging the sky. There's just something about a pink winter sky that I really like so I tend to use this color for winter skies. I flipped the mask to cover the sky and sponged in some snow w/ a lt blue ink. All except the pond. I penciled in where I wanted it and left it white. A little shading was added around the trees w/ markers.

After I determined where my skater would go, I stamped him again on the plastic sheet of my SAMJ (stamp-a-ma-jig), lined up the foot under where his right foot is, masked the edge of the pond, and stamped the reflection using the image on the SAMJ sheet as the stamp. It's really harder to describe than it is to do. It's just a simple reflection technique. After that, I covered the pond using a VersaMark pen and embossed w/ clear powder twice. Then I added a few scribbles w/ a white Permapaque marker and embossed w/ another coat of clear ep. We used to call this super embossing. It really makes it look like an icy pond.

A little closer look at the pond and you can see how glassy it appears. I stamped some pink and blue snowflakes around the edges and added a few die cut flakes. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Y'all have a very Happy Holiday!!

Supplies:
stamps: Interlocking Snow Bg, Snow Background, Tree Line Border, One Line Happy Thoughts greeting, Skating Penguin
paper: white, pink
ink: VersaFine onyx, Memento angel pink & summer sky, Archival library green (for the tree line)
accessories: VersaMark pen, SAMJ, clear embossing powder, Tombow markers, Cuttlebug snowflake die, rhinestones

Challenge #4 Heat Embossing

2011-12-22T00:01:00.029-05:00

Hello Friends!

Welcome back to the DRS Designs Blog for another weekly challenge. I'd like to start this week by congratulating
DEBBIE MORAN
You are the winner of our Red, Green and White Challenge! Thanks so much for playing along! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

This week, we'd like to see what you can do with your heat guns. Show us your projects using heat embossing and you will be entered to win your choice of 3 stamps from DRS Designs! To enter, please link up your project below using the InLinkz feature below. Deadline for this challenge is 5pm EST Wednesday December 28th. Winner will be announced right here on the blog next Thursday.

Here's inspiration from the DRS Designs Design Team:

Karin

Shelia

Sue

Janett

Pam

Julie

Chrissy D

Jennifer

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!

RED HOLLY DAYS!

2011-12-21T05:01:00.003-05:00

Happy "Holly" Days Everyone!!! This is Chrissy D here!!! I can hardly believe Christmas is a mere 4 days away! Every day has been packed with activities and while this is my favorite time of year, I am ready for all of the Christmas cookies to be gone!

On todays card, I used the FUN Fanfare Square and stamp it in red, blue and green. I then made them into a diamond shape and mounted them on black card stock. I stamped the Design Tag Die Cut in Black Memento Ink and colored it with B05, R46 and YG67 from my Copic collection and cut it out with my scissors and mounted it on dimensionals. I stamped the Happy Holly Days Greeting in blue ink and finished the card off with some Red Satin Ribbon and gems in each corner.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL, SAFE and VERY MERRY Christmas! Thank you for stopping by!!

Christmas Memories

2011-12-20T04:00:00.043-05:00

Hi Everyone,

The big Christmas holiday is almost upon us...Are you ready? I never feel ready no matter how much I prepare. I don't know about you, but I always feel like there are a million things to do at the last minute :)

Anyway, I thought I would slow things down with a nod to the past with the darling nostalgic image in the Christmas Stocking Scene stamp on today's card share. I colored it with Copics, adding some Stickles to the cuff before fussy cutting it out.

The background was stamped in Versamark using the Large Open Plaid stamp on a diagonal and I chose the Lingering Christmas greeting to pair with the I Scene a Stocking. I cut it out using a circle Nestie and added a bit of chalk sponging to soften the stark white of the paper. Each of these were then attached with some pop dots for some dimension.

I added it to my card base that was die cut along one edge and finished it with some twine and gems.

Thanks for visiting us today during this busy week and if you get a moment to ink up your DRS Designs stamps, why not play along in our current Red, White and Green challenge right here!

Six Days Til Christmas!!

2011-12-19T00:01:00.010-05:00

Wow, it's the last week before Christmas. And I'm still making Christmas cards!! I only need a couple more. :-)

The card I am sharing today uses the adorable Penguin Snowball Blast (966K) from DRS Designs. I just love this stamp. Today I've stamped it in Memento Black, colored it with Copics and then used stickles all over the igloo and snowballs. I love the sparkle!!

I used nesties to cut out the frames and a MS holly punch for the corners. Since there's no room on the front for the sentiment, I put that inside this card.

I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

until next time,
shelia

Christmas Cardinal

2011-12-18T02:00:00.003-05:00

Only Seven day until Christmas, I can’t believe how fast this month has went by. I hope everyone is having a great holiday season.

The card that I want to share is this beautiful DRS designs stamp Cardinal on Branch 856M, It was colored with copic markers and cut out with Spellbinder dies and layered onto green card the strip across the middle was stamped using the Four Flower Background 370m and I used Smooch for the berries and it was layered onto green card, the background was made using the Holly Background and colored with copic markers I used Smooch on the berries. I did a running stitch up the middle of the red ribbon and gathered. All was attached to a green card.
　
Have a wonderful Day,
Merry Christmas,
Janett

Let it Snow!

2011-12-17T01:09:00.000-05:00

Happy, happy day! It is getting closer and closer! I wish that we would get some new snow here in Colorado. Usually we get snow and then it gets warm enough that the old stuff doesn't stick around too long and get dirty. However, we haven't had snow in some time and it isn't getting warm enough to melt. Boo hoo............. Oh well.

I felt like making a monochromatic card today and wanted to use a color that I don't see used much in Christmas cards. I chose rich razzleberry. I stamped our 4 in 1 snowflakes randomly and then used the sentiment Let it Snow with Snowflake as the centerpiece. I added some random rhinestones on the background and one in the middle of the snowflake on the sentiment. I am hoping for some snow. It helps me get in the Christmas spirit!

Come on over to DRS Designs and check out all the wonderful stamps we have to offer and enjoy your day!

Pam

Christmas Joys

2011-12-16T00:32:00.004-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!
Not too many days left until Christmas! And what a difference a year makes. This time last year, we were freezing... today the temp was almost 70 degrees! Very weird! I don't know about you, but I like it to be cold around Christmas. At least sweater weather.

So to put me in the mood, I made a snowy white card. This one is pretty clean and simple. I stamped the vertical trees w/ green ink and die cut w/ a long rectangle. The greeting and single tree were stamped on the smaller die cut panel and I lined up the tree and stamped it again on the larger panel. Added a few red lights (or berries) and some red stickles to the trees.

I added just the star from the manger scene above the greeting. Actually, I had to add something because I apparently had a little green ink on my finger when I was gluing the layers to the card. But it worked it out ok. I added a little rhinestone in the middle of the star and my 5.50 x 4.25 card was finished.

So tell me, do you prefer your Christmas cold or not? And did you check out Thursday's Challenge? Surely you'd like a chance for free stamps!

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

Supplies:
stamps: Joy of Christmas greeting, Single Fall Tree, Vertical Triple Trees, Holy Family Manger Scene (the star only)
paper: white
ink: Archival library green, Brilliance rocket red
accessories: Tombow red marker, red stickles, Spellbinders long rectangles & labels 18, rhinestone

Challenge #3 Red, White, and Green

2011-12-15T00:01:00.045-05:00

Want a chance to win the 3 stamps by that were used on this card? Then I invite you to play along with our next challenge to win! Please post your RED, WHITE, and GREEN cards using the Inlinkz feature below. One lucky participant will be selected and announced here on the blog next Thursday, December 22nd. Remember, you don't have to use DRS Designs stamps, but please use them if you have them! Participants using DRS stamps will receive an extra entry in the prize drawing.

Here's inspiration from the DRS Designs DT:

Karin

Janett

Shelia

Julie

Sue

Pam

Chrissy D

Thanks for stoppin' by today and good luck with the RED, WHITE and GREEN challenge. We look forward to seeing your cards!

SMILE!

2011-12-14T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello Friends! This is Chrissy D here! Welcome to the DRS Designers Blog today! I love this little snowman - he really makes me SMILE! This card was so fun to make. I do not know about you, but I can get stuck in a "color" rut and use the same colors all of the time. Red is one of my favorite colors, so that is one I use a lot! I tried a new color scheme for this card instead of the "traditional" winter whites and blues which is what I would gravitate towards to create a wintery feel. I took the Marina Mist card stock and ran it through the Big Shot with the snowflakes cuttlebug folder. Once the card stock was embossed, I sponged it with the White Craft Ink.

I stamped the Heart Swag Snowman with Memento Ink (Tuxedo Black) and colored him with my Copic Markers. I started cutting out the cute snowman but ran out of space, so I placed the remaining heart on the top of the die cut. I used the Spellbinders Elegant Ovals die to stamp the Snowmen Smiles Greeting on and tied a big Satin Red Bow along the bottom portion of the card. Using Mini Glue Dots, I added three Dew Drops in the upper left corner of the card.

I hope you enjoyed my card today! Have a wonderful day and enjoy this Christmas Season!

Peace On Earth

2011-12-13T04:00:00.031-05:00

Good Morning Everyone!

My card share consists of different layered elements today. The background paper was made using the Silent Night Sheet Music, which was stamped twice to fill up the entire piece of cardstock. Next came the doily purchased at a local craft store in the candy making aisle. The blue die cut is from a Spellbinders die and the Snowflake Circle was cut out using a circle Nestie and layered on top. Finally I used just the sentiment from the Three Wise Men Peace stamp for the center. After stamping it and punching it out, I used some spray adhesive and added some glitter and attached it with a pop dot. I love a crisp and clean blue and white color combo, don't you?

How would you like to win some DRS Designs stamps? We have two separate opportunities this week!

Our new challenge is in full swing here on the DRS Designs blog. A new challenge is posted every Thursday, and our current one is Polka Dots. Click here for all the details and to link up you card.

Also, DRS Designs is the sponsor over at The Play Date Cafe. It's a color challenge, and the prize is a $15.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store!

What are you waiting for??!

Have a great day :)

Karin

Merry December 12th

2011-12-12T00:01:00.001-05:00

Trust everyone had a good weekend. I had hoped to spend the weekend finishing off a project, but unfortunately I got sick and accomplished very little. :-( But I am much better today and ready to get busy!!

The card I'm sharing today features two recent releases called Girl Swirl Holly (887G) and Joy to the World (864E). I stamped the holly on white card stock with Memento black and colored it with my copics. The sentiment is stamped in black on the cranberry panel. After attaching the Girl Swirl Holly to the top of the panel, I added the holly ribbon. The white background was embossed with a CB folder. I added a cranberry panel to the side after punching a MS border to finish the look. This was a pretty quick and easy card to make.

Be sure to join in the weekly challenge here at DRS Designs. This week you have to use polka dots on your card. The winner of the week's contest receives some cute DRS Stamps! Hope you can join us!

until next week,

shelia

Penguin Snowball Bast

2011-12-11T02:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning. Wow what a busy week this has been. The card that I’m sharing with you today is made
with a very cute stamp Penguin Snowball Blast 966k and 4 in 1 snowflake, this stamp is so versatile. I stamped the Penguins on white card and colored with copic markers, then I add some glitter to the igloo. I cut out around the image and mounted it on a oval added some punched branches with a little flower soft. On a blue card I stamped the 4 in 1 snowflake with light blue chalk ink. And you have a cute quick card.

Don’t forget to join the challenge this week it’s poka dots, and you can win free stuff. How cool is that.

Have a great day,

Janett

A Penguin Birthday!

2011-12-10T04:00:00.003-05:00

My card today features our fun Penguin Snowball Blast, our Snow doubt about it birthday greeting and our 4 in 1 snowflake. I chose to keep this free of any embellies and concentrated on stamping the white snowflakes and using those punched out separately. Red white and blue papers and the penguins were colored with red, yellow and wild wasabi. Glitter put on the igloo and some of the snow.

May this weekend find you enjoying this holiday season!

Come and check out all the fun stamps over at DRS Designs!

Snow Birthday

2011-12-09T00:08:00.001-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!
I hope y'all checked out the DRS Thursday Challenge! There are some wonderful prizes up for grabs and all you have to do is use some polka dots and link it up to this Post. Easy peasy! After finishing my polka dot DT entry yesterday, I still had the ink, stamps and embossing powder out, so I used some of them again today. For the main image, I stamped the wonderful new (Nestie friendly) Oval Design Cut out, added some color w/ markers and die cut it using a lg petite oval die. The greeting was die cut w/ a sm petite oval and attached on top. I had some leftover white embossed polka dots, so I just stamped the greeting on top.

For the background, I used a frame embossing folder on some mint green c/s but before I ran it thru the embossing machine, I rubbed sky blue ink over the flat side of the embossing folder. I like the mottled, varying colors it gave me. When it dried, I used a VersaMark pen on the raised design and heat embossed w/ white powder. The snowflakes were also white embossed in the corners. It's attached to a 5.50 x 4.25 white card.

Thanks so much for looking! Have a great weekend and don't forget to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge!

Supplies:
stamps: Oval Design Cut Out, Snow Doubt Birthday, Polka Dot Background, Interlocking Snow Bg (for upper corners), Snowflake Scroll (for lower corners)
paper: white, mint green
ink: Ancient Page coal, Memories sky blue, Colorbox frost white pigment
accessories: Tombow markers, white embossing powder, Cuttlebug flourish frame embossing folder, VersaMark pen, Spellbinders lg & small petite oval dies

Challenge Thursday #2 Polka Dots!

2011-12-08T00:01:00.005-05:00

Jennifer here again to welcome you back to the weekly challenge here at DRS Designs!

This weeks challenge theme is:
Polka Dots.

I created this Candy Cane card using the stamps we are giving away to one lucky participant.

This week's winner will win:

Candy Canes (552H)

Polka Dot Background (688P)

and the Small Merry Christmas Greeting (520D)

I hope our DT has inspired you to use polka dots this week!

Karin

Janett

Shelia

Sue

Julie

Chrissy D

Pam Stang

Upload your polka dot challenge card by next Wednesday, December 14 at 5pm EST to be eligible to win the prize package. We look forward to seeing your work!

Thanks for playing along and Good Luck!

HAPPY THOUGHTS!

2011-12-07T05:00:00.000-05:00

Hello Everyone!!! DRS Designs has a new challenge on Thursdays!!! This past week's challenge is to create a card using Faux Stitching! Check in tomorrow for the new challenge!

On my top card I used my Big Shot and Stocking die and ran it through with the Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder. I used the cute Reindeer Ralph image and colored him in with Prisma Color Pencils and used some mineral spirits. Punched him our with a 1 3/8" Circle punch and sponged the edges and adhered with Dimensionals.

On my second card, I used the 4 in 1 Snowflakes and stamped it in Baja Breeze on the same color card stock. I stamped the hiking boots in Artichoke and sponged the edges. I used the Tree Line Border 981P and lightly sponged it with Artichoke ink. I sponged the edges with Not Quite Navy Ink. I added some buttons and the stitched ribbon.

We hope you will join us and play along on this weeks new challenge tomorrow. Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!!

Happy Holidays!

2011-12-06T04:00:00.015-05:00

Good Morning!

Are you in full swing for the holidays? I always feel like I'm on a runaway train at this point. So many extra things to do along with trying to keep up with the normal everyday chores. I guess that's where my whimsical card share comes in. Even Santa has to do the wash...lol! I used the cute stamp named Santa's Unmentionables for my card today. I colored the outfits with my Copics and added some Stickles to the white trim. And since it's 2011, I figured Santa is pitching in with the laundry. Who says the Mrs. has to do everything?!

So I used the new Hiker Boot Prints stamp for the background. Looks like Santa was tracking some soot from all those chimney's! I decided on the Small Happy Holidays greeting for my card, but as you know DRS Designs has oodles of greeting stamps for the holidays. Be sure to check out the DRS Designs store for the full catalog :)

And before I go, have you seen our new weekly challenge here on the blog? Link up your card for our sewing challenge, and you might be the winner of some DRS Designs stamps!

Have a great day!

Karin

Happy December 5

2011-12-05T00:01:00.004-05:00

Wow, can you believe there's only 20 days til Christmas? I'm getting really excited!!

Today I have created a card using DRS Designs new Stocking Stamp (857L). This stamp is so adorable with that puppy sleeping in front of the fire place and it really isn't very difficult to color at all!! I used my copic markers and then added stickles to the tree ornaments and stocking tops. I like the sparkle stickles add to cards. After cutting the stocking out, I popped it up on a Spellbinder Pendant. My background was made using DRS Designs Plaid Background stamp (613P). I stamped the plaid in a dark blue on lighter blue cardstock.

The holly leaves in the lower corners were made with a MS punch. I added some red nail heads to the pendant and holly leaves to finish the card. I had fun making this card, hope you like it.

Until next time,

Shelia

Nestie Friendly Frames

2011-12-04T02:00:00.001-05:00

　
　
　
　
Good morning everyone, hope your having a wonderful day. We had a good time last night we went to the Christmas parade. The lights in town were beautiful. And the floats were all lit. It was cold, but a cup of hot chocolate really put me in the Christmas mood.

　
The card that I’m sharing is the new Nestie Friendly Frame 833L I stamped and embossed it in silver and cut out the center. On navy paper I embossed the Tree Line Border 981P and put it behind the frame, Then I embossed 839G Nestie Friendly Frame on navy paper and cut it out. I stamped and embossed Happy Birthday 250B this was added to the bottom of the card. I added a silver bow. And you have a very quick and easy winter birthday card.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

It is December!!!!

2011-12-03T00:50:00.001-05:00

Happy December to everyone! It is my pleasure to be posting today here at DRS Designs where there are lots of wonderful images to help you create some beautiful things for the holidays~

My card today features our pinecone image 506K and the Happy Holidays greeting 515C. I stamped the sentiment in brown, punched it out and smeared red ink around the edge...and layered with another punched oval in old olive. All vanilla, brown and old olive layers embossed with the lattice folder. Main image fussy cut to add interest. Image stamped in brown, colored with close to cocoa, crumb cake, old olive and berries added with smooch. Second layer was stamped with our pine bough 467K and done in the same fashion. Some simple red ribbon and I call it good!

I hope everyone is able to find time to enjoy the little things during this holiday season.

Have a terrific weekend!

Pam

Snow Doubt!

2011-12-02T00:08:00.000-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!
As many of you know, the DRS web site is experiencing technical difficulties, so I'm unable to link you up with the images. Have no fear; orders are still being taken by phone so give them a call and I'm sure the web site will be up and running again very soon.

In the meantime, I'm using a couple of new releases on my card today. The wonderful sparkle snow circle (nestie friendly, you know) and the super snow doubt birthday greeting. I also threw in my two favorite snowflake backgrounds and made a border across the bottom using a snowflake swirl. I love the cobalt blue and pale pink colors together and I used a clear, sparkly embossing powder on them to add that little something extra. The finished card measures 5.50 x 4.25.

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

Supplies:
stamps: Interlocking Snow Background, Snow Background, Snowflake Swirl, Snowflake Sparkle Circle, Snow Doubt Birthday greeting
paper: white, cobalt blue, lt pink
ink: VersaColor indigo pigment, Colorbox rosebud pigment, Memento angel pink
accessories: stardust embossing powder, Tombow pink & ultramarine markers, Quickutz nesting flower dies, Spellbinder circle & pennant dies

Challenge Thursday #1 Faux Sewing

2011-12-01T02:00:00.047-05:00

Hi Everyone, Happy Thursday!

Jennifer here today, and I'm very excited to tell you all about a big change starting today on the DRS Designs Blog. The DRS DT will be holding new blog challenges that will happen here every Thursday. The theme or topic each week will be rather simple and we will show you card samples to inspire you. We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the InLink feature below. Each week one lucky participant will receive a prize package of stamps 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. Winners will be announced in the challenge post for the following week.

This weeks Theme is:

FAUX SEWING

Here are the DT challenge cards for your inspiration:

Jennifer
Edited to add: The 3 stamps used on the card above are the prize we're giving away for this challenge.
541E Santa Face
118F Santa in your stockings greeting
613P Woven Plaid Background

Karin

Pam

Julie

Shelia

Janett

Chrissy D

Sue

Now it's your turn to create your faux sewing card! Upload it by next Wednesday, December 7th at Noon EST to be eligible to win the prize package. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!

SENDING YOU HAPPY THOUGHTS!

2011-11-30T05:00:00.006-05:00

Hello Everyone - This is Chrissy D here!!! Welcome to the DRS Designs Blog today!!! I have been doing a lot of my Christmas shopping on line and I have to say, I wish there was SNOW!!! I guess I shouldn't be thinking that, as I would have to shovel but I think if we whiten things up here in my corner of the world, I would feel like it was more like Christmas. :)

Note - As I write the post the DRS Designs Store Blog is down for maintainance so I will link everything up when I get up in the morning!

Todays card makes me SMILE! I just love these little Penguins 966K. I cut the sentiment Sending you Happy thoughts 951D into strips and attached them to the card! I stamped the large Snowflake on the background and then ran the white card stock through my Big Shot with my Snowflake Cuddlebug folder. I used the Snowflake Spellbinders Die and added a button to my card!

I hope you have enjoyed my card! Come back tomorrow to see the Challenge we have in store for you! We hope you will join in on the fun! Have a wonderful day!

Joy to the World

2011-11-29T04:00:00.048-05:00

Hi Everyone,

My card share today at the DRS Designs blog has a monochromatic color scheme in shades of purple and lavender. It's just a little something different from the usual red and green I usually use for the holidays. Taking inspiration from my Joy to the World sentiment, I embossed my white background with music notes. The tilted panel was also embossed and I used my Fiskars corner adorner and punched all of the corners to match each other. The main Holy Family Manger stamp was stamped and fussy cut and adhered on top of the card. The little star that you see is also part of the Holy Family Manger stamp. However after stamping it, I cut it out with a star punch and layered it on a second star. This gave me the option of placing it where I wanted it to appear on my card.

I love making a mix of of cards for the Christmas holiday...Everything from Christian themed ones, to winter ones with snowmen. No matter what your style, DRS Designs really has a great variety of stamps and you can check out the latest designs right here!

Happy Christmas season!

Karin

Happy Cyber Monday!

2011-11-28T00:01:00.003-05:00

Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend!! I had a great weekend. And I must admit, I'm not entirely ready to return to work today!! I'd much rather stay home and stamp the day away! But....

For today I've created a Christmas card using DRS Designs new Fanfare Square (846L). I think this is a very versatile stamp. If you look at the DRS Designs gallery, you can find it used so many different ways. Today I made it into a frame for DRS Designs little Percy Penguin (122D). I stamped the fanfare square in black ink and then used my square nesties to cut the center out to create the frame. I did the same with squares of red and green that were sized just a little bigger, then layered the fanfare square on top of them. I stamped Percy on a smaller square of white and colored him with Copic Markers. I centered that square on top of a larger red square that I punched all around with a Martha Stewart punch around the page punch, then I just centered the fanfare square frame over the top and popped it up with foam dots.

After stamping Merry Christmas (364B) in black in the lower right hand corner, the white panel was dry embossed with a snowflake folder and then I sponged some red ink all along the edges. I added some green ribbon to tie it all together.

Have a terrific day!!

shelia

Hiker Boot Prints

2011-11-27T03:00:00.004-05:00

Good morning everyone, hope your having a good day. I’m enjoying being a designer for DRS designs so much. When that package arrives in the mail it is so exciting when I open it and see all the beautiful stamps my mind starts working as to what I can make with them. Then there is that one stamp that I would never buy, and I think what am I suppose to do with this! Well the stamp that I’m sharing with you today is that stamp. Hiker-Boot-Prints 946D. This card turned out to be one of my favorite cards that I made out of this release. I hope you like it as much as I do.

On light gray card stock I randomly stamped Hiker-Boot-Prints946D using sky gray ink. Then I used my snowflake embossing folder to emboss. Polka-Dot-Background 688 was stamped on a strip of paper using Brilliance Pearlescent Ivy. I added green ribbon to both the edges. On another strip of card stock I stamped One-Line-Happy-Thoughts-Greeting 951D and the Hiker-Boot-Prints
　
Have a great day,

Janett

Peace on Earth

2011-11-26T04:00:00.004-05:00

The race is on! Quite honestly, I am not much for the "race", the hustle and bustle of the holidays....especially as I get older! I made this for the free for all challenge over on SCS which was to make a black Christmas/wintery card for black Friday. I used our Tree Line border 981P and the greeting portion of Traveling Afar 501K. I stamped the trees and sentiment in versamark and embossed in white. Some little snowflakes punched and clear rhinestones added, an edge punch and some lace...........

Take time and breathe! That is what I keep telling myself!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

,Pam

Snowman Smiles

2011-11-25T00:08:00.000-05:00

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!
First let me say thanks to everyone who commented on my post last week. And I want to announce the winner! After I ran the random number generator, it came back with #15 Kathy
Vogel!! Congratulations, Kathy! Enjoy your wonderful winter stamps from DRS Designs!

For my frosty winter card today, I'm using a couple of new releases and a couple of favorites. This new Snowman Smiles greeting is such a happy addition to any winter card. For the backing layer, I stamped the new Fanfare Square and turned it on a diagonal. After I stamped the silhouette snowman, I used a dark blue marker to shade his hat and left side.

The snowflake background was stamped w/ the white pigment ink and the white layer behind the snowman was embossed w/ a snowflake folder. I added a little stickles to the snowman's snowflakes and hat band. The finished card is 5.5 x 4.25.

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

Supplies:
stamps: Snowmen Smiles Greeting, Fanfare Square, Interlocking Snow Background, Silhouette Snowflake Snowman
paper: white, cobalt blue
ink: Memento Paris dusk, Colorbox frost white pigment
accessories: Tombow dark blue marker, stickles, Spellbinders square and rectangle dies, Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

Happy Holidays

2011-11-24T02:52:00.001-05:00

Can you believe it is Thanksgiving?

I hope you are able to enjoy this day with family and friends. Remember to reflect on what you are thankful for!

I am thankful for so many things, the top of the list would be my family and friends, including all my wonderful design teams and members.

Today I have a new release from DRS Designs:

I just love this tree line border (981P). I stamped the trees with Versamark and then embossed them with detail white embossing powder.

For the background I tore white cardstock and stamped the top with the branches stamp.

I added the Happy Holidays stamp in the Design Tag and also embossed that in white.

I added a ribbon botton and some punched branches.

Enjoy your holiday season!!!

BLESSINGS....

2011-11-23T05:00:00.001-05:00

Hello Everyone- This is Chrissy D here. Welcome to the DRS Blog today!!! With Thanksgiving here, there are so MANY blessings to count, so I thought it was fitting to share a card with the Apache Blessing stamp...

My card today uses the wonderful stamps from DRS DESIGNS. Some of my FAVORITE stamps are these Plaid Backgrounds that DRS Designs carries! This one is the Large Original Plaid. First I stamped it in Real Red ink and then in the opposite diagonal in Old Olive. I stamped the Apache Blessing on the Labels 18 Spellbinders Die.

Here are a few more details...

Accessories: Poinsettia Tear Drops, Labels 18 Spellbinders Die, Fanciful Flourish Die

This second project I ran through my Big Shot and used my floral Sizzix embossing floral folder.
This is a fun crayon box die. I figure this will be one of my last AUTUMN projects! I need a gift for a helper in a class I am teaching, as a special thank you for her help. I used the Autumn Wording Square and colored the image with Copics B21, YG67, YG17 and E49. I cut around the square and matted it with Chocolate Chip cardstock. Popped it up with Glue dots and wrapped around some Bashful blue striped ribbon and WAH-LAH! All done! :)

I hope you enjoyed my projects today! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!!!

It's Your Birthday!

2011-11-22T04:00:00.001-05:00

Hi Everyone,

I have to say I love my card share today. Not only is this newly released Penguin Snowball Blast super cute, but it's a card I made with little ole me in mind. Why? Well, because I'm one of "those" people with a Christmas birthday. The 23rd to be exact. Let's just say, I don't love that. As a kid my presents all came at once, they were always wrapped in Christmas paper, and my cake many times had poinsettias on it. Sigh. However, one year someone sent me a card that said something about, "Your Christmas Birthday" and that made me feel special. Like not many other people were going to receive a card like that, and that's what this card with the Snow Doubt Birthday greeting reminded me of...

For my papers, I used the Easy Dot Background in red and green ink, and the Interlocking Snow Background stamped in black.

Here is a closer photo of the Glossy Effects I added to the igloo and the sparkle on the snowballs :)

Thanks for visiting today...And DRS Designs has many more stamps now available in the new releases section in the store!

Happy Stampin'!

Joyful Monday!

2011-11-21T00:01:00.001-05:00

Happy Thanksgiving!! I hope you all have an extra special holiday this weekend. Next to Christmas, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. I love the food, fellowship with family and friends and remembering all the blessings I've received. I have lots to be thankful for!!

My card today features a new release from DRS Designs (833L). The oval frame works well with Nesties!! I stamped the frame in Cranberry Crisp and then centered my sentiment (864E) inside the frame. I cut the frame with an oval nestie and used a scalloped oval for the layer. I used an embossing folder for the white background and then applied Smooch Spritz to give it some shimmer.

The star was cut using my Cricut machine. After layering the white star on the cranberry, I added some stickles to make the star shine!

I added some thin metallic ribbon to finish it off.

Until next week,

shelia

Autumn Wording Square

2011-11-20T03:00:00.001-05:00

Today I wanted to share a Autumn card.

I stamped Autumn-Wording-Square 922G on cream card stock. Copics were used to color the wheat and frame.

The Fanfare-Square 846L was stamped and embossed with brass embossing powder. Then it was layered on brown card stock

For the background paper the Medium-Daisy-Bloom 668 was randomly stamped and colored with Copic markers The edges were sponged with ink and layered on brown card stock .
Twine was tied around the bottom and layered onto a cream card.

Copics used : E33,E53,E00,Y15,YR09,YR07
　
I hope you have a peaceful Sunday,

Janett

An Apache Blessing

2011-11-19T04:00:00.002-05:00

Happy Saturday! I hope that everyone is getting primed for the Thanksgiving holiday. Personally, it is my favorite and is time for me to reflect on all I am grateful for!

My card today features our new greeting Apache Blessing, and our fun Silhouette Hiker. I stamped the sentiment and the hiker in noir black. I used a post it note to mask the sun while I brayered in this order: from the top, summer sun, cameo coral and pink passion. I brayered a bit from the bottom in pink passion. The sentiment was brayered with summer sun and cameo coral. I removed the mask for the sun and sponged in summer sun. Both the sentiment and image had black sponged around the edges. A photo corner, pink and yellow twine and buttons were added for interest.

I love this Apache Blessing and I wish it for you all!

Take care,

Pam