Love these new stamps!

Posted by: Jessica K.

Hello everyone and TGIF! This is my last blog post as part of the DRS Design Team. It has been such a wonderful experience working with this amazing company! Have you seen the post on SCS for the Design Team Guest Designer spot?? If not, check it out! DRS is an amazing company to work with!

Today I wanted to share a couple of cards that I have made with my favorite stamps from the last release. These images are so darn cute and the words inside are perfect! You can find these new designs HERE.

I just love how stunning this card is even though it is so simple. I first stamped the image in versamark and then onto my colored ink pad. I embossed with clear embossing powder, cut them out and popped them up on dimensionals.

I absolutely adore this sentiment! It can be used for any occasion and perfect for all teacher cards and projects!

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Thank you to everyone at DRS for having me be a part of you first Design Team!!

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Mitten Ornament

Posted by: Jessica K.

I know that Christmas is officially behind us but I haven't had the chance to share with you guys the details of this ornament card that I made for the DRS Designs Ornament Challenge. Making these ornaments was a fun family project that I was able to get my girls involved in without toooo much mess ;).

First we made the dough (2 c. flour, 1 c. salt, 2 tbs. flour, 1 c. water), rolled it out and stamped stamped the images firmly into the clay. I then carefully cut out the shape of the mitten with the tip of a sharp knife, poked a hole with a straw in the top and baked at 250* for one hour.

When they were cool we painted them using red glossy acrylic paint. I really wanted to showcase the texture of the mitten so I used a stiff brush and carefully added paint in small amounts. I tied a little bit of twine to the top for hanging and voila! A beautiful handmade ornament. Add this to a matching card and you have yourself a perfect holiday gift. It's never too early to get started on next year's gifts ;)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

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My Christmas cards

Posted by: Jessica K

So sorry for the late post today! I have been sick for the last few days and I swear my brain has turned to complete mush lol! Today I wanted to share with you guys my Christmas cards. I just love all of the different Christmas stamps that DRS Designs makes and I knew that I wanted to use a few of them for my cards.

Here is my batch of 30 Christmas cards that I made in ONE day! They are super simple to make but also so pretty :)


Here is a close up of my card-
I hope that you all have a wonderful weekend!

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I just love to color....

Posted By: Jessica K.

One of my favorite things to do is color. There is nothing more calming to me than just being able to sit down and color in a stamp image. Although I love my Copic markers I don't have a whole lot of them so when I'm coloring in an image to match a card that I am working on, I do the next best thing. I use my blender pen with my ink pads. I love the way that I can blend colors and it is so quick and simple while still giving me a watercolor type look.

Here are a few cards that I made with the images colored in with inks and a blender pen. (I LOVE that many of the DRS stamps are colorable :)

I hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and get to enjoy a nice relaxing weekend to recover ;)

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Beautiful Snowflakes

Posted by: Jessica K.

Today I wanted to share two cards that I made with these three beautiful stamps from DRS Designs. I love these three because they go together so well!

M167 H674 F168

I really like how these cards turned out and they were so quick and easy to do. DRS has a ton of great holiday stamps just packed with possibilities! You can find them all here.

Another great thing about DRS is that they have a ton of wonderful sentiment stamps. They are way too beautiful to just be used on the inside of the card so I love to use them on the fronts as much as possible :)

Have a wonderful weekend!

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These are a few of my favorite things....

Post by: Jessica K.

Don't you just love that song? Every time I hear part of that song, I can't help but sing the whole thing!

Today I wanted to share with you all my top 5 favorite stamps and top 5 favorite holiday stamps by DRS Designs.
Fave Holiday 5

It was hard for me to just pick 5 of my favorite holiday stamps because DRS Designs just came out with a whole bunch of new stamps, and they are all great!

F1033 (Ghost in socks) K1046 (Group of ghosts)

P275 (Snowman) G1017 (Sentiment)

F1004 (Mistletoe)

Fave 5

I just love these stamps and am a little sad that I don't use them as much as I used to. Good thing I have my Fave Holiday 5 stamps to hold me over until spring :)



M626 (Birdhouses and fence) L845 (Wreath)

L064 (Butterfly) M385 (Background)

H1011 (Fern)

Have a wonderful weekend everyone and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

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Simple holiday cards

One of my favorite things about DRS Designs is all of the wonderful images that they offer that are "color-able". I have always loved coloring since I was a small child and there is nothing better to me than a brand new big box of Crayola crayons. But now as an adult, there are so many other mediums that I get to use to color with. And instead of coloring books I have lots of stamps to keep me busy :). One coloring medium that I rediscovered was coloring with my ink from an ink pad and a blender pen. I love the bright bold colors and the easy blending capabilities.

I used some of the newly released holiday images by DRS Designs to create simple but "wow effect" cards using kraft paper.

I stamped the image on the kraft card base first and then again on white card stock. I then colored in my images (on the white card stock) using ink from an ink pad and my blender pen. I cut out the images and then layered them onto the kraft card base. These were very simple *but fun* to do and I hope that you will give it a try!

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Just Witching You A Happy Halloween!

I love Halloween because it is the start of Autumn as well as the start to the holiday season! Now that it is getting cooler outside, I have more time to be inside playing in my craft room.

It is amazing how many different types of holiday themed candy is in stores right now! I wanted to share a couple of ways that you can display that candy and make a hand made gift for someone as well.

This first project is a fry box. (You can find the template for this HERE) Think of all the different things that you could put in this adorable little box! And the possibilities for decorating? Endless!

The second project is a standing coffin box. (You can find the template for this HERE) When I first saw this project, I just knew that I had to try it out! This box would be great to hold candy bars or other treats that are about the same size.

I hope that you enjoyed these projects and that you will give them a try yourself!

Supplies: Stamps- DRS Designs (K154, L1045, F1040) Paper- White, Black. Ink- black stazon. Accessories- Watercolor crayons, blender pen, templates, dimensionals, scallop corner punch, ribbon, cello bag, candy corn.

HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEKEND EVERYONE!

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Simple Halloween

With Halloween just around the corner (can you believe the holidays are on their way already?!) I wanted to share some simple cards that I made using some of the new Halloween stamps that are now on sale at the DRS Designs website. Who says simple has to be boring???

This card has a lot of layers but is as simple as I get lol! This card was super easy and quick to make. I love the dramatic effect of the stamped gobblin ghosts in the background and the one single in the front.
Stamps: Stamps- DRS Designs. Paper- Tangerine tango, white, black. Ink- pumpkin pie, black stazon. Accessories- copic markers, dimensionals, scallop corner punch.

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I love this new witch stamp, isn't it hilarious? Looking at this card reminds me that I should have colored those shoes to make ruby slippers!

Supplies: Stamps- DRS Designs. Paper- Kiwi kiss, black, white. Ink- black stazon, old olive. Accessories- scallop corner punch, brads, dimensionals
Have a wonderful weekend everyone and make sure that you take the time to stamp something!

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Love that pink and green!

One of my favorite color combos is pink and green. It feels so "bubbly" to me! This card was inspired by this beautiful card by Amy. I chose to use these stamps by DRS Designs on this card-
M907, D375 and D965. The ribbon slides by DRS are so fun to use and I love the way it looks layered on top of the bigger star.


Supplies: Stamps- DRS Designs. Paper- SU designer paper, basic grey, wild wasabi, white. Ink- Going grey, wild wasabi, pretty in pink. Accessories- prima flowers, brads, dimensionals, ribbon, paper piercer.


Have a wonderful weekend everyone!!

Jessica K.

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Dollar Find Friday (puppy frame)

Today's Dollar Find Friday project is quick, simple and CUTE!

Stamps used in today's project:
Sentiment-H074
Paws&bones- H699

Supplies: Photo frame ($1 at Dollar Tree)

Stamps (I chose designs by DRS Designs for this project)

Ink

Step 1: Take apart frame
Step 2: Decorate mat
Step 3: Stamp sentiment to fit in middle of frame. Find pictures to fit also.
Step 4: Put all the pieces together and you have this adorable pet frame!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

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Picture Frame

Hi there! I'm Jessica and a proud member of the DRS Design team. Every Friday on my blog, I do something called "Dollar Find Friday". I do a tutorial on how to alter something that I've found for $1 or less. Today I'm sharing one with you that I made especially for DRS Designs.



I have had these picture frames in my Dollar Find stash for a long time. I don't know why I haven't used them sooner, they are so darn cute! They come in a three pack, how great is that? I love a good deal.



Today's project features my favorite DRS Designs stamp! It's the Butterfly 4 Corner Background. You can find it by doing a search on the DRS website by searching the product number M385. I chose to cut apart the stamps so that I could use them all separately.




Supplies:
Picture frames (found at my dollar tree)
Stazon Ink
Permanent markers
Stamps
Adorable picture (I chose this picture taken of my three girls on 4th of July)








Step 1- Stamp image onto frame. Don't worry if some of the lines are incomplete. You can go over these areas with a fine tip sharpie.
















Step 2- Color in images with permanent markers.















Step 3- Add picture to frame and embellish as desired.

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