HOPE YOU'RE FEELING BETTER!

Hello Everyone- Chrissy D here sharing the gorgeous Peacock Feather Card! This beautiful Peacock Feather was so fun to paint! I used Creative Inspiration Paints. I cut out the image with my scissors and popped it up with Dimensionals.

I used Garden Green Card stock as my base, Vista and Sapphire Metallic Card stock to create the matting. I stamped the Feeling Better Greeting on White card stock in Black Ink. To finish the card off, I added Light Blue Viva Pearl Pen in the corner.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Hope you have a GREAT day!

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It's Summertime!

Hello Everyone- Chrissy D here!!! Welcome to the DRS Designs Blog today! Are you enjoying your summer? Here it is August 1 and school will be starting very soon! It sure is flying by!

On my card today, using assorted Circle punch sizes, I punched out circles in different sizes and attached them to my card stock. I then ran the card stock through the embossing folder. I stamped the Watermelon Border with Black Staz On and using watercolor brush and the Creative Inspiration Paints, painted a portion of it and cut out a the watermelon. I then stamped the Cool Summertime Greeting in Black Ink and mounted it on Melon Mambo cardstock. To finish off the card, I added a bough!

 For the Christmas card challenge, I decided to go with a Clea and Simple card...

 If you haven't played along in our Christmas Card Challenge yet, it isn't too late!!! You can see it here. This week's Challenge is to make ANY kind of Christmas card!

Here are the details:

Stamps: Pine tree and Snowdrifts and Tidings of Great Joy

Cardstock: Whisper White

Accessories: Scor-pal, Dew Drops, watercolor brush and the Creative Inspiration Paints,

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day! 
Chrissy D

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Time to Relax!

Hello Everyone - This is Chrissy D today! :) Is your summer going as quickly as mine? We are getting lots of work done around the house, but I can't say we are having a "fun" summer! Just busy! Here is to hoping yours is MUCH more fun than ours! :)

On todays card, I used the LAZY LEOPARD image stamped with Staz On Ink. Using a watercolor brush, I painted the image with Creative Inspiration Paints, stippling in leaves around the leopard to create more shade.

I stamped the Retirement Greeting in black ink along the bottom and wrapped some spotted print ribbon along the bottom, adding 2 brads. Using the corner slow punch, I added some detail in the corner and added 3 brads to that. Adhering to the layers, I added Garden Green, So Saffron and Soft Suede as the base.

I hope you have a great day today! Thank you for stopping by!

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BLUE CHRISTMAS

Hello Everyone - I forgot to upload my card last week for the BLUE CHRISTMAS Challenge, so I am sharing it today! Have you played along yet? You still have a few hours left to join in on the fun!  This week's challenge is to create a BLUE CHRISTMAS CARD and all of the details can be found HERE.

I started my card by stamping the  Triple Tree with Snow on light blue card stock, several times to create "branches" for my tree. I then stamped the Three Wisemen Ornament  on white card stock  and colored with my Copics. Using scissors, I cut out the ornament and adhered to the card stock. Using Pacific Point Ink, I stamped the Joy to the World Greeting and adhered all of the layers of card stock together.

Thank you for stopping by! Have a great day!

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SUNRISE

 Hello Friends - Welcome to the DRS Designs Blog today! I absolutely LOVE this image from DRS Designs. It gives you the feeling of "vacation" just from looking at it! 

On my project today, I used the Torn Window technique from the Technique Junkie Newsletter and the February/ March 2012 issue.

I started using the Brush Beach Sunrise set , 768L and using the Inspiration Paints and an Aquapainter, I painted the scene. I used the You are My Sunshine Greeting, 1089D. Once the greeting was stamped, I distressed the Soft Suede Ink over the Vanilla cardstock to create a more rustic look!

I layered the Soft Suede card stock on Pacific Point card stock and then used Tempting Turquoise as the base of my card. I hope you enjoyed my project today! Have a nice day!
Chrissy D

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Just a Friendly Note

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY, friends!! I have had this idea for a WONDERFUL Fourth of July card, but did not have time to put it into paper this week! I recently started working and I am finding my time a bit pinched.

On todays project, I used the Dogwood Branch, 1092H and colored it with Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. I sponged the edges with Crumb Cake Ink. I embossed the Pink Pirhuoette cardstock with the Craft Concepts Secret Gardens Embossing Folder and sponged the raised areas with Crumb Cake Ink. I stamped the Friendly Note, 586D in Rich Razzleberry ink and added some berry colored buttons along with rick rack. 

I hope you all enjoyed my project today! Have a safe and wonderful Fourth of July!
Chrissy D

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DEEPEST SYMPATHY

Hi Everyone! Chrissy D here sharing a Clean and Simple card! I used the Calla Lily Sympathy Frame and stamped this in brown ink. I colored it in with the following Copic Markers BG13, YG67, YG17, Y21, Y23.

I embossed the So Saffron cardstock using the Couture Creations, Swept Away Embossing Folder. I layered that on Espresso Cardstock, and added three strips of Soft Sky Stitched Ribbone across. I adhered Dimensionals along the back of the Calla Lily Sympathy Frame and adhered that to the card. 

Quick and Simple, yet offers a message of sincere sympathy to your friend or loved one!

Thank you for joining us today! I hope you will come again tomorrow and join us in our next challenge!

Chrissy D

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HEAVY METAL BIRTHDAY WISHES -

Hi Everyone! Are you enjoying your June? It really is flying by! I created this card for the Heavy Metal Challenge this week! Did you play along? You have until this afternoon! We would LOVE for you to join us!

Here are the details to my card:

STAMPS: Cranes, Small Birthday Wishes Greeting

Cardstock: Pool Party, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Metal Square Tag, brads, Spellbinders, Ovals, Dimensionals, 1/16th hole punch, Big Shot,

Inspiration Paints - Rust, Denim, Sky Blue, Olive, Cocoa, Gold, Crimson,

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Have a wonderful day!!

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A Friendly Note

Hello Everyone! This is Chrissy here. We are on the mend in our house hold. My son has been such a trooper and has not complained once! All it takes is for one person to get injured before you realize how much they do to help around the house. *smile* I told him to enjoy his little vacation... Now in honor of my other two gremlins, I made this little piggy card. They seem to make the most mess and complain the most about picking it up!

Lately, I can not seem to get enough of this soft blue color (Pool party.) Since we are on "summer break," and I am stamping this card in honor of my two younger "piggies" (they really are just as cute as this Pig in a Puddle), I thought it fitting to use summery colors and a CAS layout. Using White Craft Ink, I stamped the Large Original Plaid on the Pool Party card stock. I then ran the celery card stock through the Big Shot with the embossing folder. I stamped in the Pig in a Puddle image using Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and colored it up with R12 and R20 Copic Marker. I colored the mud with the E15 and E13 Copic Marker and used Glassy glaze over the top of it. I wrapped twine around the layers (Mounted on Soft Suede card stock.) I then stamped the Friendly Note on white card stock in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.

I hope where ever you are you have a WONDERFUL, SUMMERY day! Thank you for taking a look!!! 

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ON MY MIND....

Hello Friends - Today, (Chris!) I am filling in for Pam! She is having some technical difficulties  and will be back to normal programming next week (we hope!)

Have you joined in on this week's challenge yet? This week we are challenging you to create a project using the FLYING FRIENDS theme. You can see all of the details HERE. Please join us!

Here are the details to my card:

Stamps: Flower Butterfly Address Frame, Four Corner Butterfly,

On My Mind Greeting -embossed with Gold EP and Heat Tool

Cardstock : Turquoise, Daffodil Delight, Celery< White

Accessories: Lace, Cheery Lynn Canadian Doily, Dimensionals, Gold Brads.

I hope you have a WONDERFUL weekend and will find time to join in on this weeks Flying Friends Challenge! Thank you for stopping by!

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BEST WISHES

Hello Friends! Are you ready for summer? As we head into June and the weather warms, I know I am! We have kicked it off this week, with my son breaking his arm and I sprained my ankle! So between the two of us, we are quite the pair.

 I am in love with this color combination. It reminds me of a cool summer breeze!

On my card today I used: Open Plaid in Tangerine Ink, then colored the stripes Pool Party and So Saffron. The bottom portion is the Large Stained Glass and colored with the same colors. I stamped the Girl Swirl Heart and Engagement Wishes in Tangerine ink and added some pearl gems.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Have a safe and wonderful summer!

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GONE FISHING...

Hello Everyone! Have you joined in on the DRS DESIGNS CHALLENGE yet? Today is the deadline, so if you are stamping today you can still play along! All of the details are HERE. This week's challenge is ALL ABOUT THE GUYS! (MASCULINE THEME!) 

My top project uses the CUTE Proud Catch Fisherman stamped in black Memento Ink and Colored up with Copic Markers. On the Saffron panel, I stamped the Hiker Boot Prints and then ran the panel through the Nature Embossing folder and sponged with Craft ink. I stamped On Father's Day in Black ink too. I layered it on Craft Cardstock, Baja Breeze and Soft Suede card stock.... I wrapped a leather cording around and tied a knot and added a button with Linen Thread to the top corner.... 

Now for my second project for the week! This was a FUN one to play with... I started with the Large Circle Spellbinders sprayed with Gold Glow Smooch Sprintz and stamped the Women Are Angels 298G with Black Staz On.

I embossed with Gold Embossing powder using  Interlocking Star background 819H . I colored in the stars using a Gold Prismacolor Pencil, Black and White Gelatos - rubber with Fantastix dampened with water.

I stamped the Broom -from the Witchly Accessories 154E and paper pieced and snipped off boots and hat, using adhesive to adhere all of the pieces together to make sure it all fit together. For the Cat, from the Silhouette Moon and Cat 895F, I fussy cut around the moon (three times). The Fence was a die cut I had on hand. 

I adhered all of the pieces together and finished off the project with Gold Viva Pearl Pen.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Come back tomorrow to see our new challenge! Have a great day!

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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Hello Friends! I hope this finds you well! 

Did you get a chance to play along in the DRS Designs Challenge this past week? Today is the deadline, so if you are stamping today you can still play along! All of the details are HERE. My project today uses the Oval Design Cut Out colored with a Blender Pen and Pacific Point and Tangerine water based ink. I stamped the First Anniversary Greeting in Pacific Point Ink and mounted the white card stock on Pacific Point and cut around it using my scissors. I then stamped the Changing Love Greeting in Tangerine Tango Ink and mounted the card on Pacific Point and Tangerine Tango card stock. I added blue pearl gems to finish off the project.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Come back tomorrow to see our new challenge! Have a great day!

Chrissy D

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SAY IT LOUD ENOUGH SNEAK PEEK!

Hello Everyone - Have you joined in on the DRS Designs Challenge yet??? This week DRS Designs is challenging us to create a project using a "MUSIC FOR YOUR SOUL" theme! You can join us HERE. You have until this afternoon to play along!

I chose some CHEERFUL colors for our Band mate this week! Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White. I stamped the Birthday Sheet Music on White card stock, using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. The Band Member (056G) and the Say It Loud Enough (076E) will be a available on Saturday, May 19th! So this is a SNEAK PEEK! I stamped the words in Black Memento Ink and Pacific Point ink... the Band Member, I colored with Copic Markers and attached him to the card stock using Dimensionals after attaching the striped ribbon to the cardstock.

On my second card for the day, I am using the Seaside Dock image and the One Line Happy Birthday. I stamped this on Watercolor Card stock and water colored the image using an Aqua painter and Water color Crayons. 

To create the grid, I laid the Garden Green card stock on the Scoring Tool and scored vertically every 1/2". I then turned the card stock at an angle and scored every 3/8". Once I was finished scoring the card stock, I used a White Gel Pen. 

I mounted the water color card stock on Not Quite Navy card stock and tied some Linen Thread around the corners. Using Dimensionals, I adhered the card stock to the Garden Green, White and Not Quite Navy Cardstock and inserted White Brads to finish off the card.

Tomorrow we will be issuing a NEW Challenge! I hope you will join us! Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

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CELEBRATE!

Hi Everyone! Have you joined in on this weeks Challenge yet? It isn't too late, the dead line is this afternoon!! Quick get busy and go play! :) On this card, I used the Brush Mortarboard, Graduation is the beginning and the Graduation Background.

On my second card today, I got in a PURPLE mood!!! I started by stamping the Large Original Plaid, 641P in Wisteria Wonder ink on White Card stock. Layered that card stock on Perfect Plum and Concord Crush Card stock. I then used the Interlocking Star Back ground and stamped in Versamark, sprinkled with White Embossing Powder and heat embossed using the Heat Tool on Plum Card stock. I layered that on Concord Crush Card stock. On white card stock, I stamped the Birthday Candle Address Frame and the Small One Line Happy Birthday in Memento Black ink and colored the image with Copic Markers.  Before adhereing all of the layers together, I wrapped the card with Silver Cord and added Silver Dew Drops on the card to finish it off!


I hope you will join our Challenge this week and that you enjoyed my card! Thank you for stopping by and have a WONDERFUL day!!!

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GET WELL SOON

Hello Everyone - This is Chrissy D here today! This week DRS Designs is challenging you to make a GET WELL SOON project! Have you played along yet? If not, this afternoon is the deadline, so if you do not have to work, come join the fun!

On my card, I used Leonard Pig Sickday Blues, stamped in Black Staz On Ink and Water Color Crayons. I used Spellbinders Labels 2 die and cut two sizes out. I added white dots with the Sakura White Gel Pen.

 I stamped the Feeling Better Greeting in Pacific Point ink repeatedly on white cardstock. Added The One Line Get Well Soon Greeting and layered it on Daffodil Delight cardstock. Additional layers were Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight and Whisper White card stock. To finish the card off, I added some yellow buttons.

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Have a wonderful day!

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DOGWOOD ROSETTE

Hello Friends! Happy Wednesday!! Our week is almost over and we can hopefully enjoy the weekend! For todays card, I thought it would be fun to make a Rosette. I took a 1" x  white strip of card stock and stamped the Dogwood Branch image from DRS Designs in Pretty in Pink, Rose Red and Regal Rose Inks. I then scored every 1/4" across and created a mountain/ valley fold., snipped off one score line and glued together. Then used a 1 1/2" Circle punch and punched from a scrap piece of card stock and glued to the inside circle to hold the Rosette together.

I then stamped the same Dogwood image on the background of the Pink Pirhouette card stock. I ran white card stock through the Polka Dots Embossing folder and sponged it with Pretty In Pink ink. I then took white card stock and stamped the Good Courage Greeting in Rose Red Ink and wiped the ink pad across to add a little color. I added some Saffron and Rose Red Layers and tied a yellow satin ribbon around to tie a bow.

Join us again tomorrow for our challenge! Thank you for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

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STARRY 3-D GIFT CARD HOLDER

Hello Friends! This is Chrissy D here. I thought I would share some information about my gift card holder! I used the 3-D & Fun Folds CD and the tutorial called 3-D Gift Card Box from the Technique Junkie Newsletter. 

Here are some more details:

Stamp Sets: 819H Interlocking Star Background, Starry Background 124H, Coming Soon: Birthday Candle Label Frame, A Gift Card For You

Cardstock: Red, Black, White

Accessories: Heat Tool, White Embossing Powder, Copic Markers, Paper Snips, Dimensionals, Scoring Tool, Paper Trimmer

I hope you will join us in the DRS Designs Gift Tag Challenge this week! It is NOT too late the deadline is tonight!!! Thank you for stopping by! Have a Blessed day!

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POPCORN BIRTHDAY

Hello Everyone - I made this card LAST week for the challenge. Then, we went out of town (and State) to head south to Alabama and I totally spaced posting this on Thursday! My apologies to DRS Designs and to all of you! 


Our challenge for this week was "FOOD FOR THOUGHT" and I used these great Popcorn stamps! First I stamped the Bowl of Popcorn 1131G in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. In Mustard ink, I stamped the Popcorn Background 1124H and used a blender pen to shade the popcorn to make it look nice and buttery! I added some black card stock layers and mounted this on Daffodil Delight card stock, adding black gems in the lower corner. I stamped the Popped Up Birthday Greeting 924H in Tuxedo Black ink by Memento. To further embellish the card, I wrapped stitched Black ribbon around and tied a double bow. I finished the card off by mounting all of the card stock to a Whisper White sheet of card stock.


It is NOT too late to join in the Food For Thought Challenge. The deadline is later today! You can see all of the details HERE. Thank you for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful day!

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Extending Sympathy

Hello Friends! Today I am sharing a project using the fabulous designs from DRS Designs! I started by embossing a pirhuoette pink card stock in Secret Garden Embossing folder and layered it on white card stock and Rose Red Card stock. I stamped the Broken Flower Fence in Memento Brown ink and colored it with my Prismacolor Pencils and Gamsol. I stamped the Extending Sympathy Greeting in black Memento Ink in the upper portion of the white card stock. I used the Corner Punch and the Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish Die on the side. To finish it off, I added some Dew Drops with Mini Glue Dots. 

Thanks for taking a look! Have a blessed Easter!

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