Racking Up another Birthday!

 

Happy Monday once again. I have another billiard's birthday card to share with you. I started with a green piece of CS and sponged some Rustic Wilderness around the edges working my way in to make the center area lighter. I was hoping it would look like the green felt on a pool table. Not so sure I accomplished that look, but it's close. Next I stamped the Billiard Balls in the four corners using the same Rustic Wilderness ink. The Racking Up another Birthday greeting wa stamped with black ink and die cut with a MFT banner die. The Pool Cue, Ball and Rack image was stamped onto white CS, colored with Copics, fussy cut and glued into the center of the card. This was an easy card to create and you could customize the pool cue and ball for the recipient. I like images that you can personalize.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

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Best Fishes

 Have you been enjoying the new fishing and billiard images from DRS Designs? They are awesome images and make the cutest cards - perfect for masculine birthday cards and father's day cards.

My card today features the new Best Fishes greeting.

I paired the new greeting with the Big Mouth Bass image. I don't know why but I always think of Dr Suess when I see this image and colored him the way I thought he might look in a Dr Suess book. I started with some Water color CS, stamped the images with Versafine Black ink and heat embossed with some clear EP. After coloring the images I used some Elmer's Rubber Cement glue as a mask and sponged on the water using a couple of DO blue inks. I used a water brush to remove some of the color from the bubbles instead of coloring them and trying to add the rubber cement as a mask on them. I cut the panel down and added a die cut frame. Inside it says Happy Birthday but it could have said Happy Father's day. I think that would be cute too.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

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Have a Reel-y Great Day!!

Hi Everyone. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. DRS Designs has just released some fun new images and you are going to really like them, especially if you know any fishermen or pool players! :-)

Here's a card I created using the new Silhouette Fishermen (663G) and part of the new Fishing Birthday Greeting (549G).

I started with some water color CS, stamped the new Silhouette Fishermen with Versafine Black ink and heat embossed it with cleat EP. Next I used some DO inks in blues to create the water and sky. I used a MFT small Cloud stencil to create the sky. There was a little smudge on the sky and water line so I stamped the sailboat from the 4 in 1 nautical image, colored it all black, fussy cut and glued it over the smudge. I die cut the frame using a couple of rectangle dies and then stamped the first and last lines from the birthday greeting onto the frame.  This was fun and fairly easy to create.

You can see these images and all the other recently released images here.

Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,

shelia

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Have I toad you...

Happy Monday everyone. Trust you had a good weekend and found some time to get creative. I have a couple of fun cards to share with you today. The first one uses the new Have I Toad you greeting and I paired it with the toadstools and little frog. 

I started by stamping and masking the toad stools, colored them with Copics and die cut. This little frog was stamped, colored, fussy cut and glued on top of a toadstool. I used the splatter background on white CS, die cut the panel and attached it to a kraft card base. After attaching the main image I added the greeting with some foam adhesive for dimension. I think that tiny frog is so cute with his bow tie!

This next card uses the adorable chick on a nest image which I stamped, colored with Copics and die cut. The background on this card was created uses a TH stencil. I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to some of the dots and then added the cute as a button greeting. 

Thanks for stopping by today. 

blessings,

shelia

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May Your Faith

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. It has been pleasantly warm here which meant I just wanted to be outdoors enjoying the warmth while it lasted!! I did take some time to create a couple of cards over the weekend. Making cards is so relaxing for me. Here's one I created using the new flowering branch image.

I stamped the image and colored it with Copics first, then I used a cloud stencil and created the background using a light blue ink. The His Blessings Faith greeting was stamped with Versafine black ink and I smudged it a little bit. So I stamped the trio of butterflies, colored the image and fussy cut this one since it is the right size and orientation.  I kind of like having the butterfly there, but it is a tad too big compared to the birds. But I didn't want to throw the panel away. Gotta love those quick fixes we come up with!

Thanks for stopping by today. You can find this image and greeting here at DRS Design's on line shop.

blessings,

shelia

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Happy Easter!

Hello everyone. I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend. Did Easter sneak up on you like it did me? I am can't believe yesterday was Easter! Even though Easter is past, I do have a couple of Easter cards to share with you today. 

This first one features the new Tails up Bunny, which is just too cute! I paired it with the Some bunny loves you greeting and the jelly bean background. I colored the jelly beans with various markers and layered everything on this bright pink CS.

This next card isn't quite so bright and features the new chick in a nest. I used a stencil for the background and the splatter background for the strips of white. I didn't add a greeting to this one. I decided to wait and add the greeting when I used the card. It could be an Easter or Happy Spring or thinking of you card. This image would make an adorable new baby card too!

Thank you for stopping by today. You can see these new images and all the other images at DRS Designs on line store here.

blesssings,

shelia

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Happy Easter

Happy Monday Everyone. Trust you had a great weekend and found some time to get creative. I have had fun playing around with the newest images DRS Designs has just released. They are beautiful and perfect for this Easter season.

My first card uses the new Holy Week image, which I stamped wither Versafine black ink onto water color paper. The image was water colored with various Distress Oxide inks. It was die cut with s SB square die. I die cut several squares and glued them all together to give some dimension to the image. For the background I sponged three different Distress Oxide inks, splattered some water onto it and then die cut it with a Fawn Lawn stitched rectangle die. The Easter Greetings image was stamped with Versafine Black ink and heat embossed with clear EP. I really like how this turned out.

This next card features the new Hope is the Greatest Gift greeting and the small single cross, which is one of my all time favorite images. This card was easy and quick to create and would be good for mass producing. 

The cross and greeting were stamped onto white CS, die cut and layered onto plum CS. The little cross was colored with Copics. The white panel was embossed with a SB EF. Everything was attached to a matching plum card base. A few rhinestones were added to complete the look.

I hope you have a blessed Passion Week as you look forward to Easter this Sunday. Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,

shelia

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Happy Easter

Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. I have a couple of Easter cards to share with you today. They were quick and easy to create.

I started with a white panel and sponged on some yellows and even an orange DO inks using a Gina K stencil. For this first card I stamped the Happy Easter and small cross onto white CS, colored the cross with some Copics, die cut and layered it onto a die cut circle that had the same yellow inks sponged around the edges. The stenciled panel was die cut with a Fawn Lawn stitched rectangle die and glued onto the white card base. Easy peasy!

This next card is very similar. I used the same stencil, stamps and inks. This time I stenciled in the center circle with the same inks as the rays, then stamped the greeting along the bottom. The small cross was stamped onto white CS, colored with Copics, fussy cut and attached to the center with foam adhesive strips. 

You can see these images as well as the newest Easter/Spring images here at DRS Designs on line store.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Blessings,

shelia

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 Happy Monday. Hope you had a great weekend. Can you believe March is half over?!! Time seems to be flying by!  I have a couple of very similar cards to share with you today. They both feature the same sketch design. 

The silhouette clover, four leaf clover, and tiny shamrocks images were randomly stamped onto the white card base with dark green ink. The Top Hat St. Patrick's Day greeting was stamped with Memento Black ink onto white CS, colored with Copics and die cut with a Concord and 9th edge die. I used the same die to cut the green panel underneath the greeting.

This next card uses the same greeting but the background was created using the easy Shamrock background image. I just Old Olive ink to stamp it. Everything else is the same on this card.

Thanks for stopping by. You can see these images as well as all the other fabulous images from DRS Designs here.

Blessings,

shelia

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Get Your Irish On!

Happy Monday everyone. Trust you had a great weekend and found some time to get creative. I've been enjoying playing with the newest St. Patrick's Day images from DRS Designs. My first card features the new Arched Window image and the little frog/toad from the Toad Made for you Recognition image.

To create my little scene I first stamped the silhouette shamrocks with Memento Bamboo ink, then I stamped the wood grain image with Distress Antique Linen ink. I sponged on some DO inks to color in the scene. The Arched window was stamped onto white CS with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and fussy cut. I did the same thing with the little toad and the top hat from the Top Hat St. Patrick's Day Greeting. Once everything was attached to the panel the Get Your Irish On greeting was stamped with Versafine Black ink and then the panel was added to the white card base.

My next card is rather simple, but I really like the look. I did the same technique for the background that I did a couple of weeks ago. The silhouette clover image was stamped with some Altenew green ink. I stamped the image twice before reinking to give the two different shades of green. The Top Hat St. Patrick's Day greeting was stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with copics and die cut. I layered it on a couple more die cut rectangles to it some dimension,

I really like the simple look of this card. It would be easy to mass produce. I'm going to look through my stamps and see what other solid images I have that could be used to create a background like this. Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by today. You can check out all the new images at DRS Designs here.

blessings,

shelia

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Shamrock of Shamrocks

Happy March 1st everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. It was quite warm here and lots of the snow melted away. There's still some on the ground, but not much. Definitely has me thinking of spring. I even saw some buds on a flowering bush while walking my dog over the weekend!

I have another St. Paddy's Day card to share with you today that features the Shamrock of Shamrocks image the the St. Pat's Blessing greeting.

The large image was stamped onto the white panel with Memento Black and colored with Copics. The greeting was stamped with Versafine Black ink below the image and the panel was added to the green card base. Some clear gems wer added around the image for dimension. Here's another card using this same image and greeting.

This time I stamped the image with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Once it cooled I used a couple of DO inks in greens and water colored the little shamrocks. I added the same greeting and clear crystal gems. It's layered on a darker green card base. I think I like the black outline of the image on the first card better than this one.  Though it is fun to experiment with different coloring techniques.

You can see all the new St Patrick's Day images at the DRS Designs' on line store. Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,

shelia

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Blessings on St Pat's Day

Happy Monday everyone. Hope you are doing well and had a good weekend. We are having our first day with temperatures above freezing in over two weeks. It's amazing how warm a few degrees above freezing can feel!! I am grateful for this warmer weather. Not sure it is here to stay, but I'll definitely enjoy it while it's here!

I have another St Patrick's Day card for you today that features the new Top Hat St. Pat's greeting. I stamped it onto white CS, colored it with Copics, die cut it and layered it onto some black CS. I did go back and added some Nuvo Aquaflow shimmer to the gold coins in that pot. The green panel was embossed with a Darice clover folder and layered onto a black card base. Once everything was put together I added some flat gold sequins. I've had these sequins for a while and have no idea where they came from, but I thought they would look good with the pot of gold.

This next card features another new St Pat's greeting and uses the silhouette shamrock image for the background.

I started by stamping the silhouette clover with two green inks from Altenew onto white CS to create the background. Once the stamping covered the entire panel I die cut it with a MFT rectangle di and glued it onto the green card base. The new St. Pat Blessing  was stamped with the same green ink onto white CS, die cut with a stitched oval and layered onto the same green CS as the base. Some clear crystal gems were added around the sentiment to complete the look. I really like the way this card turned out. I created this for a challenge at Splitcoast Stampers called Camo Fun. You can see the challenge here.

Thank you for stopping by today. You can see these new images along with all the other new images here.

blessings,

shelia

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Freezin!!

 Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and found some time to get creative. It is bitterly cold here in NW Ohio, so I was quite content to stay indoors and stamp away the weekend! It's so cold our poor dog doesn't want to go for walks. She just dashes into the backyard, does her business and dashes back in doors! I really don't mind since I have little to no desire to go outdoors either!! With that idea in mind, here's my first card for today. It truly is Freezin' Season here!

I started with the dark blue CS, splattered some white gesso mixed with water to create the snow, then I used a MFT window die to cut out the window and then the Freezin season was stamped with VersaMark and embossed with white EP. I used the window in the blue panel to mark and die cut the same window in the white card base. Then I stamped and colored the Skating Snowman inside the card. I honestly believe if this snowman were here right now, he'd be skating off to someplace a tad bit warmer! Wind chill has our temps in the minus digits. That's pretty cold, even for a snowman.

My next cards are for Valentine's Day.  DRS has some great new Valentine images and greetings.

This card uses the new Bee my Valentine greeting and the new Flower Hearts along with the sweet little bitsy bee. The flower hearts were stamped onto pink CS with VersaMark ink, heat embossed with white  EP, die cut into a heart shape and then cut into strips. The strips are attached to a heart die cut from acetate and popped up with foam adhesive. In real life it looks like the heart is floating on the card. I got this idea from Natasha Foote. You can see her video here.

This card uses the same greeting, but this time I stenciled the honeycomb using  some DO inks. The greeting was stamped in the corner. The bitsy bee and the Happy bee were stamped, colored and fussy cut. They're attached with foam dots. Some clear gems were added for embellishments. The panel was attached to a black card base.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you're staying warm!

blessings,

shelia

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Freezin' Season!

Happy Monday everyone. Hope you are staying warm where ever you are. We are having our coldest temperatures so far and may even get our first proper snow. We've had a mild winter so far and only have had minimal snow. My husband may have to get the snow blower out tomorrow morning! We'll see. So in honor of this bout of cold weather I have a couple of snowman cards to share with you.

This first card features the new silhouette skating snowman and the fun Freezin" season greeting. I started by stamping the snowman, as well as the greeting onto some watercolor CS with VersaMark ink and then heat embossing them with Hero Arts detailed white EP.. A Fawn Lawn border die was used to cut a hilly border to use as a mask. I sponged the sky in with a few TH Distress Oxides inks in blues. I used the lightest blue ink I had and sponged a little color onto the snow at the bottom. Some gesso mixed with water was used to splatter some snow onto the sky. After I completed this I kept looking at the card and thinking something was wrong. That's when I realized he was skating on snow and not ice! So I die cut an oval mask and sponged on some more of the lightest blue ink, making it darker for the ice. Some Nuvo Aqua Flow clear shimmer was added to the frozen pond.

This card uses the same greeting but this time it's paired with the Skating Snowman image. The snowman was stamped onto white CS with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics and die cut with a oval die. The greeting was stamped with Versafine Blue ink, heat embossed with clear EP and die cut. The blue panel was splatter with the same gesso mix I used on the first card. Didn't want it to go to waste. After I got this card put together I noticed a blue ink smudge on the greeting, so I added a die cut snowflake with a navy pearl to hide it.

Thanks for stopping by today. You can see all the new images, including the ones I used today, here.

blessings,

shelia

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Wild About You

 Happy Monday everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and found some time to get creative. DRS Designs has some new images that I think you are going to like. My card today features the new Wild about You greeting. I paired the greeting with the cute lion from the Jimbo and the gang image.

I stamped the Jimbo and the Gang image onto white CS, colored just the lion and the ground underneath him. Next I die cut the image with a heart die and then fussy cut the lion. I sponged on some blue DO inks using a MFT mini cloud stencil and then die cut a heart using the same heart die. The cranberry panel was die cut with a FL stitched rectangle die and the same heart die. The new greeting was stamped with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. The lion heart was added to the panel after attaching it to the white card base. I think this will be the Valentine for my youngest grandson. I better get busy and create Valentines for my other grandkids. Thankfully DRS Designs has some great images to choose from. You can see all the new images here. And all the other Valentine images here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

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Have a Ball!

 Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas as you celebrated the birth of Jesus with family and friends. Things were a little bit different this year with the pandemic, but hopefully with the vaccine this will soon be behind us!!

I have another bowling card to share with you today. I have enjoyed playing with these new bowling images so much. They are easy to color and fun to use! If you know any bowlers you really must get these stamps for your stash!

I started with a piece of bright yellow CS, added the strips of black and red CS, then die cut the panel using a Fawn Lawn rectangle stitched rectangle die. I used the Bowling Strike image as the main focal point, stamping it onto white CS, coloring it with Copics and fussy cutting it out. After attaching it to the main panel I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the yellow bowling ball. The Nuvo Glaze really makes the ball stand out. I split the new Ball on your Birthday greeting, stamping it in opposite corners and my card was done.

Be sure to check out these bowling images and all the other new images here.

Have a Happy New Year!

blessings,

shelia

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Merry Christmas!

 

Happy Monday before Christmas!! I can hardly believe Christmas is this Friday. I hope you have a wonderful holiday this year, even if it is a bit different than usual due to the pandemic! 

I have a slim line card to share with you today that features the Beauty of the Season greeting.

I started with the white panel and die cut the poinsettia image with a Sizzix die. Next I added a piece of water color paper to go behind the poinsettia that I had colored with some Nuvo Aqua Flow pens in red and green. I added the green panel and the greeting stamped in Old Olive ink and layered on the same green CS, then everything was attached to the white slim line card base. A few gems were added for embellishments.

Merry Christmas!

blessings,

shelia.

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Happy Retirement

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a great weekend and found some time to get creative. I took some time off from Christmas card making to create this retirement card. I started by stamping the new post it note calendar image onto the white panel with  Memento Black ink and then I stamped the silhouette golfer over top of the calendar with VersaFine Black ink. I used my Misti for this so I could stamp it several times. The panel was die cut and layered onto some red CS and then attached to the black card base at an angle. The new Brush Happy Retirement greeting was stamped with black ink, die cut and layered onto the same red CS. I think this new blank calendar image is perfect for retirement cards. Nothing says retirement to me more than a totally free calendar!

Thanks for stopping by today. You can check out these images at the DRS Designs on line store here.

blessings,

shelia

 

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Let the good times roll!!

Happy Monday! Trust you had a great weekend and found some time to get inky. Can you believe the first week of December has passed? I don't know about you, but I feel like this year has flown by in spite of all the restrictions due to Covid. I really thought the time would crawl by, but it certainly hasn't!

My cards today feature the new bowling images. I think they are so fun to work with. I am having a ball playing with them!!

For this card I stamped the new bowling birthday greeting and the Strike image onto white CS, colored up the bowling image with copics, die cut the greeting and fussy cut the image. I found some blue CS that matched the bowling ball, die cut it and a window using some Fawn Lawn rectangle dies. After gluing the panel onto the white card base, I inserted the greeting and then glued the fussy cut image below. I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the bowling ball to give it some shine. I really like the way these bowling balls look with the Nuvo glase.

This next card is very similar to another card I shared a couple of weeks ago. .

I used the 3 in 1 bowling image to stamp the background. I colored everything up with Copics and once again added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the orange bowling balls. Once the glaze dried everything was added to the orange card base, including the Bowling Birthday greeting that was stamped, die cut and layered on the same orange CS. This was super easy to create and I really like the look. If you know any bowlers, these new images are a must have for your collection of stamps.

Thanks for stopping by today.

blessings,

shelia

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Love and Laughter!

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a wonderful weekend and found some time to get creative. I've been having fun playing with the newest images DRS Designs recently released. I think you are going to like them! 

Today's card features the new Love and Laughter greeting. I paired it with a house image from the all in one Christmas Village. Since it's almost winter and that means snow here where I live, I thought a snowy house would be appropriate. Anyway, here's the card.

The card is pretty self explanatory. I stamped the greeting and image onto white CS, colored the image with Copics, die cut and layered them onto cranberry CS. The white panel was embossed with a Darice EF and layered onto the same cranberry CS before attaching it to the white card base. A few cranberry gems complete the look. I really like how this card turned out. I think it's perfect for someone purchasing a new house this winter.

This next card uses the same greeting, but this time I paired it with a die cut house. I have no idea what die was used to cut the house. I die cut it years ago at a friend's house, but never used it. Because of the size of the die I went with a slim line card.

I created the card base with black CS and then die cut the white panel with a Dare 2 B Artsy die. Using some Nuvo Deluxe glue I added the die cut house towards the bottom of the panel, leaving room at the top for the greeting, which was stamped and die cut then sponged with some light blue ink while still in the die. It's layered onto black CS and then popped up with foam adhesive. A few enamel dots were added and the card is done!

Thanks for stopping by today!

blessings, shelia

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