the Beauty of Autumn

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. I did!! Saturday was my birthday and the weather turned cool. It was a beautiful day filled with birthday wishes, yummy cupcakes and dinner at my favorite restaurant where we got to sit outside and enjoy the gorgeous weather even more. I loved it.  So in honor of both the cooler weather and beautiful cupcakes, my card features fall leaves and is based on this week's challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. DRS Designs is the proud sponsor for this challenge. If you play along, you could be the winner of a $20 coupon to DRS Designs on line store. Nice! Here's the cupcake for inspiration.



The challenge this week at Cupcake Inspirations is to use glitter on your card. I don't know about you, but I am horrible with glitter. I get it everywhere - all over my craft table, the room, my clothes, in my coffee and on my poor pup who usually hangs out in the craft room with me while I'm creating. So in light of that, I decided to use glitter embossing powder instead of just straight up glitter. I still managed to get glitter all over the place, but not nearly as much as usual! Anyway, here's my card:

I started with some water color paper, added some TH DO inks, stamped the Open Leaf image with VersaMark ink, and then heat embossed them with the gold glitter EP. These were die cut with a SB circle die and added to the cream panel that was embossed with a SB leaf EF.  This cream panel was added to another cream panel that was embossed with the same gold glitter EP as the leaves. The greeting was stamped and embossed just like the leaves. Here's a close up of the greeting.

I hope you can find some time to join in the challenge this week. And I hope you have better luck with the glitter than I do! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by.

shelia

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Best of Blog Prize Challenge

Welcome!

We have a fun post for you today - and a challenge as well!  

Below you'll find 6 cards created over the years by our current designers

Karin • Julie • Nancy • Robin • Shelia • Sue

Your mission (should you choose to accept it :) is to match the 6 designer names with the 6 cards below.  Please send us your guesses by either leaving a comment or emailing us at sue@drsdesigns.com by December 31, 2017  Every entry with the 6 correct matches will receive a Cling Prize Package valued at a minimum of $25.00

Please note this contest is for US residents only

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!!

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Challenge #252 - Nature's Bounty!

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!

First, the Winner from the Random Drawing....

ionabunny

Congrats, you are the winner from our Trash to Treasure Challenge!  

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

 This week's challenge is all about..
Nature's Bounty

 (use any image, any die cut, any punch, technique..but it needs to have a Harvest, Thanksgiving, or Fall theme...) 

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below & please be sure to link back to us. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, November 16 at 6:30 pm ET and please link new creations only (no back dated or duplicate entries). We are sorry to announce, this will be the last DRS Challenge..so if you're waiting to enter, please do it soon!  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.

From all of the entries we receive, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive a 40% off coupon to the DRS Designs store!

Here are some bountiful creations from our talented DRS Design Team and we'd love for you to leave us a comment!

Robin

Julie

Nancy

Shelia

Karin

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Fall Birthday

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a shaker card that goes with our latest challenge: Trash to Treasure. I used some old acetate for my window and scraps of paper that I'd normally throw away to punch out the leaves inside the shaker.

I started by die cutting the leaf from the center of the green CS, then embossed it with the CB Happy Birthday folder.Next I cut out a piece of the acetate and glue it onto the back and set it aside to dry. I cut two pieces of fun foam into rectangles just a bit smaller than the green piece, then used a square nestie to die cut the centers out. I glued these two pieces together and then glued them onto the card base. While this was drying, I embossed the Happy Birthday greeting onto vellum and then attached it to the green panel. It's longer than the panel, so I just folded the edges underneath and taped them down. I punched several small leaves out and then added some red, orange and green sequins to the mix. Some of the sequins and leaves were glued down so even when the card is held upright you can still see some of the shaker pieces.

The birthday wishes greeting was stamped on the inside with Versafine Black Onyx ink and the open leaf was stamped using Hero Arts Ombre ink.

Hope you can find some time to play along with us this week!

Thanks for stopping by,
shelia

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Challenge #251 - HOT TRENDS- Trash to Treasure!

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!

First, the Winner from the Random Drawing....

Teresa 

Congrats, you are the winner from our Masking Challenge!  

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

 This week's challenge is a total makeover...
From Trash to Treasure!

 (use any image, any technique, any die cut.. but be sure to include or use something you'd normally throw away..think acetate packaging, ribbons, flowers, papers, magazines, etc..) 

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below & please be sure to link back to us. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, November 9, at 6:30 pm ET and please link new creations only (no back dated or duplicate entries). Be sure to let us know what you repurposed. We are now limiting the number of entries to 3 per person. 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.

From all of the entries we receive, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive a 50% off coupon to the DRS Designs store!

Here are some repurposed wonders from our talented DRS Design Team and we'd love for you to leave us a comment!

Shelia - recycled acetate and silver twine

Robin  recycled Acetate package

Nancy - recycled acetate packaging and corrugated cardboard

Karin (Recycled mesh bag from onions)

Julie
(embossed recycled acetate packaging & paint chip)

Janett

( ziplock bag)

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Snow Better Time!

What's behind the mask? That's the challenge here at DRS Designs this week.

To create the scene inside my window I cut a piece of white CS to fit the window area. I used the triple tree image and since I only wanted one tree showing, I masked off the trees on the left and right and stamped the center tree. After I attached the window frame, it was just too white for me, so I added the little die cut rectangles as shutters on the small windows on the outer edges. The masked part is now hidden. Oh well...

The Snow Better greeting and potted berry tree were stamped with Memento Black ink onto the white CS and colored with Copics before embossing with a brick EF. Once this was attached to the navy CS, the window was glued on and the little red rhinestones added as lights or decorations on the tree. I also added some clear Wink of Stella to the red berries for some added sparkle.

I hope you can find some time to join in this week's challenge. We'd love to see what you hide behind masks!

Thanks for stopping by,
shelia

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Challenge #250 - What's Behind the Mask?

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!

First, the Winner from the Random Drawing....

Darlene Pavlick 

Congrats, you are the winner from our Color Challenge Challenge!  

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

 This week's challenge isn't as mysterious as it sounds...
What's Behind the Mask?

 (use any image, any die cut, any punch..but make sure to use some masking or reverse masking..easy, peasy!) 

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below & please be sure to link back to us. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, November 2, at 6:30 pm ET and please link new creations only (no back dated or duplicate entries). We are now limiting the number of entries to 3 per person. 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.

From all of the entries we receive, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive a 40% off coupon to the DRS Designs store!

Here are some fun masked creations from our talented DRS Design Team and we'd love for you to leave us a comment!

Robin

Shelia

Nancy

Julie

Janett 

Karin
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Challenge #249 - Inspired by Color Challenge!

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!

First, the Winner from the Random Drawing....

Steffi H. 

Congrats, you are the winner from our   Challenge!  

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

For this week's challenge, we are doing an

Inspired by Color Challenge! 

The theme for this challenge is Bright Halloween colors!

 (use some of the colors inspired by this picture somewhere on your creation)

You don't have to use all of these colors, or only these colors, but please use at least 2!

Aren't these beautiful fall colors?

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below & please be sure to link back to us!  The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, October 26, at 6:30 pm ET and please link new creations only (no back dated or duplicate entires). We are now limiting the number of entries to 3 per person. 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.

From all of the entries we receive, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive a 40% off coupon to the DRS Designs store!

Here are the Color Challenge cards from our talented DRS Design Team and we'd love for you to leave us a comment!

Karin

Nancy

Shelia

Julie

Janett

Robin

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Challenge #248 - National Navy Day!

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!

First, the Winner from the Random Drawing....

Steffi H. 

Congrats, you are the winner from our Stamp Your Own Background Challenge!  

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

This week's challenge celebrates the birthday of the US Navy...
Nat'l Navy Day!

 (use any image, die cut, punch, technique, but in honor of the Navy, either use a nautical image and/or the color Navy! Think anchors, ships, water, flags, etc..)

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below and please remember to link back to us. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, October 19 at 6:30 pm ET and please link new creations only (no back dated or duplicate entries). We are now limiting the number of entries to 3 per person. 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.

From all of the entries we receive, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive a 50% off coupon to the DRS Designs store! Wow!!

Here are the Navy Day cards from our talented DRS Design Team and we'd love for you to leave us a comment!

Karin 

 

Robin

Julie

Janett

Nancy

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