'Claus'trophobic

Hi all, Jenny here...


Forgive me for my short post. I have been under the weather the last 4 days. I didn't get to enjoy the long weekend because I caught the cold my daughter had. I always end up getting sick at the beginning of the school year. I hope you will enjoy the card I have to share with you today.

For my card I paired up the 4 in 1 snowflake stamp with 'Claus'trophobic Christmas Greeting. I embossed the snowflakes in white on kraft cardstock. Stamped the sentiment with red ink and finished it off with a pretty bow.

Don't you just love this time of year? I love getting my cards ready for the holidays and DRS Designs has all the stamps to do just that! Be sure to check out all the stamps including the new releases.

Thank you for letting me share this with you today. Be sure to check back tomorrow for another great creation inspiration! Have a wonderful week!!

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Find Peace, Hope, Love!

Hi all, Jenny here...


Are you getting ready for Christmas? Time to start making your Christmas cards? DRS Designs has some great new releases just in time for you to do that, and they have previous releases available. Today im showcasing some stamps that you will just love!

Doesn't this make a great Christmas card? Here I used Find Peace, Hope, Love Christmas greeting in combination with Four Flower Background. The four flower background stamps are so versatile. I stamped them in different greens, reds and browns. Then I added a pop of red pearls. And to finish it off I put a small brown bow on top of the flowers. For the cardstock, I layered matching colors to my ink colors.

I hope you enjoyed my card today and I hope I was able to inspire you to start your Christmas cards!! Early is always better, we all get busy during the holidays so I always start mine super early.

Have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy it! Happy Stamping!

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Wintertime Buddies

Hi all... Jenny here.

Are you just loving the new Christmas Stamps? I am. If you haven't seen all the new releases yet, go HERE. And make sure to check out the Card Gallery for more inspiration HERE.

Todays card I am using two of the new Christmas releases, Christmas Music Background and Wintertime Buddies. I just LOVE the music background, its so versatile and such a great stamp. I hope you like my design, I made the card into Santa's suit using some red cardstock on each side then ran a strip of black cardstock at the bottom and some gold cardstock for the belt buckle. I stamped the music background first on the red cardstock before placing them on the card.

Hope you enjoyed my card today... thanks for stopping in!

Be sure to come back again tomorrow!

:)  :) Jenny

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Golf is...

by Jenny Cierley - Wee Memories

Hi all! Hope your week has been off to a great start. Today I would like to share with you a card I did using Golf is - Square. My Dad is an avid golfer and I love making cards with a 'golf theme' for him. 

For this card, I stamped the main image onto white cardstock then colored it in with Copic markers. I then stamped it again onto white cardstock and cut out the golf ball. I added divots into the ball by using my Making Memories tool with a round ball on the end to give it the same texture as a golf ball. I applied it to the image with foam tape. I then added some ribbon treatment and used the Easy Grass Background stamp to make the bottom patterned paper. To finish it off I added some silver dew drops to the corners. Its so hard to make 'manly' cards but I think my Dad will love this one.

Enjoy the rest of your week, thanks for peekin' in!! Hope you will join us again tomorrow! :) :) :)

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Peace on Earth

Hi All!! Jenny here...

DRS Designs is sponsoring the final week of Tuesday Morning Sketches 'Christmas In July' Challenge. For this challenge you can choose any of their sketches from the last year and create a card using it. For full details, check out today's post on their blog.

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Traveling Afar, Find Peace, Hope, Love, Interlocking Star Background

Cardstock: White, Enchanted Evening

Ink: Versamark, Memento

Other: Stickles, Spellbinders Nestabilities

Here I used the beautiful 'Traveling Afar' stamp. I simply masked the frame around it to create the scene at the bottom of my card then used some detail black embossing powder and heat embossed the image onto the cardstock. And the 'Find Peace, Hope, Love' sentiment goes beautifully with this image. For the stars I simply  stamped some of the stars from the 'Interlocking Star Background', cut them out then used some gold stickles to give them the pretty shimmer.


And I used sketch #25 from Tuesday Morning Sketches and turned it on it side.

Make sure to check out the challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketches and play along for your chance to win some DRS goodies!

Thanks for stopping in!

:) Jenny

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Angels Among Us - Pet Loss

Hi, Hello, Howdy, How are you? Jenny here...

Thanks for visiting us today at the DRS Designs blog. I did a version of the sketch from our current challenge. With sketches you can also interpret them in your own way as long as you stick close to the sketch. I love doing that with sketches. I hope you get time to play along with us. The challenge is open until 11:59 p.m. on July 26th, so there is still plenty of time to play along.  Just click here to link up your card for a chance at 2 fabulous prize packages!

This is the sketch...

Here is my card made with some of DRS Designs new stamps. Have you checked them out? If not please see them all HERE. They are sooo great!!!

I absolutely LOVE doing this ribbon treatment. Doesn't all the stamps tie in so well together? Here I used Cat Angel (There is also a Dog Angel and Pet Angel Group), Loss of Pet Greeting and Cat Paw background.

For the Cat Angel I colored her in with Copic Markers and used a shadow marker on the cloud (which is hard to see in the picture) to make it pop out.

The Cat Paw background stamp I inked up with a pretty teal and stamped it just on one side.

For the ribbon treatment, I ran some tape across the cardstock then just looped the ribbon side to side all the way across to the end to give it this look.

I used allot of Pop up tape to give it dimension. I have a serious addiction to pop dots ;) lol

I hope you enjoyed what I shared with you today. We truly appreciate your comments and I hope you will be playing along with the Sketch Challenge.

So, are you ready to win these? All you have to do is PLAY to win!! :)

Cant wait to see your creations!! I hope you have a wonderful and blessed week!!

Blessings,

Jenny

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Yay - Its RELEASE DAY!!

Happy Saturday everyone... Jenny here!! What a great day cause today is RELEASE DAY... WOO HOO!!! Be sure to go to the main page and check out all the new releases and I have 2 stamps from the new release on my card to share with you today.


My card today is stamped with Lily Sympathy Cross and Heartfelt Condolences. I also love to use some elements from stamps, not always the whole stamp, so here I also used the butterfly from Flyaway Butterfly and a branch from Four Flower Background on the second version. I stamped the cross, butterfly and sentiment with versamark then used white embossing powder and heated.


I photographed my card and then thought it just needed more. So here I have two versions for you, the second being my finished card. Let me know which you like best.

Version one - no branches

Version two - with branches from Four Flower Background stamped with Versamark.

What do you think? I think the branches add that little something extra :)

Card Recipe:

Stamps: DRS Designs Flyaway Butterfly, Four Flower Background, Lily Sympathy Cross and Heartfelt Condolences

for the full recipe, please visit my blog.

And while your there be sure to check out my DRS Designs post from Thursday using the super cute Frog Boy stamp... hes so cute!

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend!!

Thanks for stopping by!! :) :) :)

Jenny

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Thinking of YOU...

Hi all! Jenny Here!

Congratulations to 1CardCreator (comment #37),

the lucky winner of yesterday's

Stamp a Day Giveaway!

(Don't forget to contact us (info@drsdesigns.com) with your name and address info within 7 days so we can send your prize!)

You have won the Large Silhouette Butterfly #115G which I featured on the card below.

Isn't this stamp beautiful? You can see the Medium version on my blog post from yesterday HERE. Its so versatile and beautiful, looks great stamped on vellum. I stamped it with Versamark on vellum, then heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I also did the same with the stamp - Flyaway Butterfly - using it as the trail. Then added a sentiment - Thinking of You. To finish the card, I cut the cardstock with Spellbinders to get the shape of the card. Then used pop dots to attach the teal dot paper to the white cardstock.

Doesn't this look great on vellum using heat embossing? I think so.

Would you like a chance to win a fabulous DRS Designs stamp like 1CardCreator All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, then check back tomorrow to see if you won! Even if you don't win today, you can comment the rest of the month for even more chances!

Not sure how to leave a comment? Leaving a comment on our blog is easy. Simply scroll down to the end of today's post and click on the link that says 'comments' (once we have some comments, it will say 15 comments, 26 comments etc). That will open a new window where you can read through the comments left by others or simply scroll to the bottom. There you will find a box where you can enter your comment. If you have a google account, you can enter your username or password or you can leave the comment using the Anonymous choice.(If you're Anonymous, please type your first name in the comment section so we'll be sure to find you.) Then click publish your comment and you're all set! Thanks for playing and good luck! :) :) :) :)

Oh No - Today's the last day - Please check back tomorrow to see who our last Stamp a Day winner is and the stamp they've won, then continue to visit everyday for great stamping ideas and to see when our next contest is - hint, hint we're have a sketch challenge in the next couple of weeks - ssshhhhhh...

Card Recipe:

Stamps: DRS Designs Large Silhouette Butterfly, Flyaway Butterfly & Thinking of You

Paper: Bo Bunny Dots, Papertrey Ink white

Ink: Versamark, Memento Black

Technique: Heat Embossing with white powder

Other: Pearls, Popdots, Zip Dry glue

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