Happy Anniversary

Hi Everyone,

My best friend has her 30th anniversary coming up this month, and since I've been making a card for many of those years, I think I've used most of my anniversary themed stamps for them already.  I was trying to think outside the box when I came across some Valentine stamps that I still had out on my stamping table.  How messy am I, it's April!?! Yikes.  Anyway, I thought if I used spring colors with these stamps that I would normally use pink or red for, they could make a cute anniversary card.  

Here are the stamps I used:

Tiny Happy Anniversary

Silhouette Love Heart

Flower Hearts

Happy Spring!
Karin

 

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Mr and Mrs

 

Hello crafty friends. I have another wedding card to share with you. I am ramping up my wedding and graduation cards as I will again have a few graduations and weddings to attend this next year.

For my card today:

• I love the look of the GIRLY SWIRLY BIRTHDAY CAKE - 454M and thought it would be perfect for a wedding cake by simply masking the candles. I stamped the cake on acetate first to know where the candles would show up.
• Next, I stamped the cake on scrap paper and cut off the cake leaving the candles.
• I then put the card stock under the acetate and then lined up the candles scrap paper directly under where they were stamped on the acetate.
• I then removed the acetate and left the mask and stamped the cake.
• Next. I stamped the MR & MRS - 175F next to the cake.
• I then colored the panel with pencils and finished the flowers with a few gems.

I really love finding new ways to stretch my stamps and this is a great stamp for many occasions.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Mr & Mrs

 

I recently learned a young friend that was in scouts with my son got married. I needed to make a very quick card to wish him and his new bride congratulations and went straight to the MR & MRS - 175F sentiment.

For my card:

• I heat embossed in silver on black card stock the MR & MRS - 175F sentiment.
• Next, I pulled out this bridal dress die cut and cut it out of some white and added a bit if silver to pick up the silver in the MR & MRS - 175F sentiment.
• The dress is popped up on dimensionals and the card is finished with several silver gems.

This MR & MRS - 175F sentiment is my go-to for wedding cards. I am so thankful to have it in my collection.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Mr. & Mrs.

Hi Everyone,

At this point, I think this wedding card making thing I have going on is boarding on obsession...lol!

I sat down to make a much-needed birthday card, but I saw this unused Mr. & Mrs. greeting that was already stamped and die cut, sitting in my stack of unused pieces parts. What's one more wedding card, right?

I used a tried-and-true layout and stamped and punched out the Silhouette Bride and Groom for the image and added some soft pink sponging the sentiment.  

It's hard to see the Dogwood Branch background, but it was heat embossed using some glittery embossing powder. I tried for a close up, but it looks great in person ;)

After taking this picture, I realized it needed some gems, so I added them and you can see them in the first picture.

Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

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Congratulations

 Hi Everyone,

I have another wedding card to share with you today.  I saw this idea somewhere made using puzzle piece dies, and I thought it was super cute.  The only problem I had, no puzzle piece dies.  However, I do have an embossing folder (Darice brand) that makes a puzzle background, and I thought it might work in place of that.  I love it when I can solve a problem without having to buy new supplies!

I embossed one white and one black piece of card stock and then fussy cut two pieces that went together, embellishing the groom with a piece of white scrap and added a necklace to the bride using some silver glitter glue.  

I dry embossed a background for the "couple", adding a bow and the sentiment which was punched out from the very end of the Blended Lives Greeting.   

Now I'm all set for anyone to invite me to their wedding! 

Be well and happy card making!

Karin

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Mr. & Mrs.

Hi Everyone,

I know it looks like I'm posting a black and white photo, but I promise that it's not one.  It's just a card that's made with gray, white and black cardstock.  For a modern wedding card, I thought I would make it to reflect the colors in a modern home, which always seems to be gray right now. What happened to the pink and peach colors in a bathroom...I know, I'm showing my age ;-)

Anyway, this is an idea from ages ago in my idea binder, only the towels had his and hers stamped on them.  I chose to add a tiny heart instead and use the new Mr. & Mrs. stamp to make the wedding card. 

The card is pretty self-explanatory, but here are the measurements I used to make the towels and bar.  

The bar: 1/4" X 3 1/2"

The towels: 1" X 3 1/2"

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

 

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Mr. & Mrs.

Hi Everyone,

Happy Birthday America!

If you came here looking for a patriotic post, just blame me and my poor planning.  Be sure to scroll down though, because you will find plenty of cards leading up to today.  

Today's card celebrates love, and I used the new Mr. & Mrs. sentiment which I stamped, and heat embossed onto the base.  The bride and groom were made using heart shaped dies that I embellished with dry embossing and a few gems. The groom's bow tie was made using the 4 in 1 Fashion Accessories stamp and some heat embossing. 

For folks in the USA, I hope you have a great day celebrating!  If you're looking for more stamps, be sure to check out the entire DRS Designs catalog here!   

Karin

 

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US Marines & A Wedding

Hi Everyone,

Just a couple of simple cards for my post that were made using easy layouts and some trusty ribbons on each one.

I can't help but keep with a star theme when using these military emblems, so I embossed the background and die cut the Marine Proud and fussy cut the matching Anchor.  I finished it off with a ribbon of matching stars.

June really kicks off wedding season, so I was thrilled to make a card featuring the new Blending Lives Greeting.  It was lovely enough on its own, so I kept it monochromatic and added a die cut flower and some silver embellished ribbon.

Be sure to stop by the DRS Designs shop to see all of these stamps and much, much more!

Have a great day!
Karin

 

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Simple Textured Wedding Card

Hello Crafty Friends!

I have a simple textured wedding card today using the new Mr. & Mrs. stamp along with the Brush Pussy Willows stamp.  

After stamping the images, I ran the panel through and embossing folder, tied on a ribbon, and added a tiny bit of gold Stickles to the base of each puff.  Super quick and easy card for all those Summer weddings.  

Hugz,

Nancy

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Mr. & Mrs.

 

I love doing wedding cards. I have a few friends that are getting married this year and this new Mr. & Mrs. sentiment is perfect for not only wedding cards but anniversary cards as well.

For my card:

• I silver heat embossed the Mr. & Mrs. on white card stock.
• Next, I die cut the sentiment with a retired Spellbinders die cut. I then die cut the base layer with another Spellbinders die cut from the same retired set.
• I added dimensionals to both layers to add some interest to the card.
• The card was finished with a few punched flowers and leaves from my stash and some silver Nuvo Drops in the centers.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Mr & Mrs

 Hello friends!

Today I have some wedding cards to share.  My first card features the new Mr & Mrs. sentiment and the Silhouette Bride and Groom

On the inside is Blending Lives

My next card also features the

Silhouette Bride and Groom and the Mr. & Mrs.

Thanks for visiting!

Robin

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Special Time

Good morning!

It's almost my husband's and my anniversary so I thought I'd do an Anniversary card suited for our Dec. 31st anniversary.

It will be our 40th!

I stamped the Interlocking Circles Background in a very pale pinkish color (actually the second stamping of it each time to make it even lighter).  It is supposed to be bubbles in the background.

I stamped the sentiment, Quiet Valentine Love, in black over the bubbles 

I then stamped the Pour Me...Bottle and Glass (glass onlyfirst),then the Pour Me...Bottle and Glass again including the bottle.  I colored them then added micro beads for bubbles (I think one of my team-mates but I can't remember for sure).

                                                    I thought that that idea was really cool!

Thanks so much for visiting today!!

Robin

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Happy Anniversary

 I needed to work on a few anniversary cards and decided I would make a couple of cards with the wonderful MEDIUM SCRIPT ANNIVERSARY - 784E. 

For my first card:

• I used the Faux Patina technique found on splitcoaststampers.com for the card base.
• Once the card base was created, I stamped the MEDIUM SCRIPT ANNIVERSARY - 784E then die cut the heart.
• I then finished the heart with a few die cut flowers and twigs from my stash and finished with Nuvo Drops.

For my second card:

• I used the Belleek Inspired technique also found on splitcoaststampers.com for the card base.
• Once the card base was created, I stamped the MEDIUM SCRIPT ANNIVERSARY - 784E then die cut the heart.
• I then finished the heart with a few die cut flowers and twigs from my stash and finished with Nuvo Drops.

Both cards are the same layout just different colors and different hearts to have just a slight variation of the card.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my cards this week.

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Lucky in Love

 

I needed a quick anniversary card and the FLOWERING BIRD BRANCH - 616L is just perfect for showing love with those cute little birds.

• I stamped the FLOWERING BIRD BRANCH - 616L on the card base and colored with copics.
• Next, I die cut the heart aperture out of the card stock and used dimensionals over the image.
• The LUCKY IN LOVE - 992F is a great sentiment for an anniversary card so I used that and stamped it in red.
• I finished with a couple of punched flowers that I shaped with a stylist and added a bit of pink Nuvo Drops to the centers.

Thank you for stopping by to check out my card this week.

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Christmas Beach Wedding?

 I have two cards again for you this week. With the holiday weekends being a bit longer I have had a bit more time for crafting.

My first card uses the wonderful SEASHELL CHRISTMAS TREE - 808L image and the "SHELL"EBRATE THE SEASON GREETING - 138D greeting. I stamped the image and  sentiment it then colored it with some fun beach colors. I then die cut the layer and added some coordinating colors to frame the image.

My second card made me feel like my cards this week are perfect for a beach wedding. I stamped the SILHOUETTE BRIDE AND GROOM - 026G image with versamark and heat embossed it with silver.

I then did a corner fold on the card and trimmed the inside of the card with silver paper.

The bottom of the card seemed bare so I took the STICKY NOTE CALENDAR - 206L and heat embossed that in silver also and that was perfect.

The card was finished with silver Nuvo Drops.

Thank you so much for stopping by to check out my cards this week.

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May Your Life Together...

Wedding season will be coming soon and that means a few cards will  be needed. This Life Together Happiness Greeting is a wonderful greeting for any wedding.

Using the Swan image I used the mirror stamping technique on the white base and a second piece of white card stock. Colored the two images with copics and added the pink copic coloring to the heart. Popped the heart on dimensionals and cut the layers.

Finished off the card with some matching pink gems.

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Random Flashback

Hi Everyone,

I'm in the midst of post holiday decoration chaos, and I haven't been able to stamp anything new, so I thought I'd do a flashback of some of my favorite cards from the past year.  They're completely unrelated to each other and I only chose them because I liked them for one reason or another.

The Dogwood Branch is my favorite flower stamp from the catalog and I think it looks pretty on a variety of cards whether it be sympathy, birthday, Mother's Day or wedding, like this one here.  




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This is one of my go to layouts.  I just love being able to use small stamps or even just part of a stamp by punching it out.  I also never met a bird stamp I didn't love, like Silly Bird here.

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And one of the coolest, most original background stamps I've ever had the pleasure of using is the Camouflage Background stamp.  It makes the most amazing backgrounds so easily... Just stamp using different colors. 

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Thanks for stopping by!  I'm sure I'll be back with some new cards soon.  After all, Valentine's Day is the next holiday on the cardmaking calendar!

Happy January...Stay warm and dry!

Karin

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Love and Sympathy

Hello Everyone. My post today is a mix of emotions. I needed an anniversary card for my son and daughter in law and that was fun to create. But I also needed a couple of sympathy cards for friends who lost someone very dear to them during this holiday season. Sympathy cards are never easy to create, but it was especially hard now. I really should create some and have them on hand. Maybe that would be easier.

Here's the anniversary card.

This swan image is perfect for anniversary cards and pretty easy to color, so I chose to go with it. I stamped it twice onto white CS, colored them with some Copics and then fussy cut and glued them onto the blue die cut oval. The white panel was embossed with a Wedding Ring Quilt folder from SB. It makes a very pretty and elegant background. The Happy Anniversary was stamped with VersaMark ink, embossed with white EP and die cut with a banner die from SB. Everything is attached to the blue card base.

Here are the sympathy cards.

The backgrounds were created using reinkers and baby wipes. I had these in my stash. The Long Tall Wheat image was stamped with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white EP. On the first card the sympathy greeting was stamped with Old Olive ink and heat embossed with clear EP. On the second card the Thoughts and Prayers greeting was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white EP.

Thank you for stopping by today.

blessings,
shelia

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Happy Anniversary to us!

Good morning!

Yes, I know, it's after Christmas but hey, I need some for next year!

I used DRS stamps: Triple Hanging Christmas Ornaments

and Small Merry Christmas

I paper pieced the silver star and the whole bottom ornament plus each ornament hanger.

Well, my husband and I will be married 37 years on December 31st

so, this card is our happy anniversary card (even though I don't drink champagne)

But this card would be great for a Happy New Year card as well just change the 

sentiment.

I used DRS stamps: Pour Me...Bottle and Glass and Medium Script Anniversary

I used some shimmer on the bubbles and some gloss with shimmer

on the bottle.

I used a stencil for the table.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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U Suit Me

Hi Everyone,

It's been a crazy busy week, so unsure of whether I'd be able to find time to make a fall card, I thought I'd show off the anniversary card I was able to make for my hubby.  

I always beat him at cards, so I came up with this pun, which I cut using my alphabet dies.

  I stamped and die cut the 5 Cards stamp and created the bottom of the card using the

 4 in 1 Poker Suits stamp and coloring in the hearts and diamonds. 

I added a strip of gems and pearls along with a punched heart and photo corner.  

For the inside I used the Happy Anniversary portion from the Love is More Precious Greeting and the 

4 in 1 Poker Suits again in the corner.

However, I remembered making this Christmas card when I was in a time crunch, so I started with that simple idea and was able to squeeze in making this easy Halloween card. 

I was starting with an orange base, so I added some orange water coloring to the bottom corner of my white paper, dry embossing it after it had dried.  I glued on my die cut cat and added the 

Purrfect Halloween Greeting that was die cut and embellished with ink to match. 

The bottom corner was blank and needed to be balanced out, so I added the Broom that had been colored and fussy cut.

If you're making fall and holiday cards, be sure to visit the DRS Designs store.  For a limited time shipping is free on purchases over $25.00!

Have a great day!

Karin

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