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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Happy Birthday!

 

I had to use this birthday sentiment the moment it arrived. It is just perfect for birthday cards for anyone.

For my card:

• I stamped both the MR. EARL'S HAPPY BIRTHDAY - 101H and the CHERRY TOP CUPCAKE - 463E with black memento ink on white card stock.
• For the colors I used copic markers in blues, reds and greys to color the letters to match the colors on the CHERRY TOP CUPCAKE - 463E using the darker colors on the bottom of the letters and lightening them up toward the top.

I can see using this birthday sentiment for a few more cards.

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

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Birthday Sharks and Cake

 Hello crafty friends,

Hope your week is going well!  

We have a lot of birthdays in our family in this summer so I am getting a jump on the birthday cards. The new Push-Pin image adds a fun element to any card without a lot of work.  I used it on this fun shark card along with a sticky note.  

To make the background, I just drug my ink pad across the paper.  Then I stamped the Killer Birthday Greeting and the new Push-pin on a sticky note.  Next, I stamped three Happy Sharks (I did one in reverse) and water colored them. 

I thought it would be fun to pop up the push-pin so I did another birthday card and popped it up.  I also added in a Girly Swirly Birthday Cake and a portion of the new Friendly Note Greeting. 

I water colored the cake, splattered the left over paint on the background and added in a lot of Stickles for fun.  Did you notice the Stickles on the sharks' teeth on my first card?  I wanted them to look sharp and fun.  

Heres to a great rest of your week!

Nancy

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Happy Birthday!

Good morning!

In our family April and May are full of birthdays

so I thought I'd do a birthday card today.

For this card I used DRS stamps: 451L Birthday Candle Burst,

 1081A Tiny Happy Birthday, 855H Splatter Background 

and 494M Girly Swirly Cake

My border at the bottom was done with the Spellbinders curved border set.

My embellishments are 2 little enamel stars.

This is a bright colorful birthday card sure to bring a smile!

This card is using a sketch from SplitCoastStampers

I used DRS stamps: Lighthouse 461G and Picture Perfect Day 084E

I penciled in the horizon and a shore line

so that I could add some Liquid Pearls white and glitter to the shore.

I used pierced rectangle dies from ODBD and 3 enamel hearts for embellishments.

This card makes you want to take a walk through the sand and put your

toes in the ocean doesn't it? I love the sound of waves crashing on the shore

or on a rocky cliff.  What a wonderful sound!

Thanks for visiting today!!

Robin

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Challenge #229 - HOT TRENDS- Camouflaged!

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!

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

Melissa SunshineHoneyBee 

Congrats, you are the winner from our Play Ball Challenge!  

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

 This week's challenge is almost too cool to see..

It's Camouflaged!

 (use any image, die cut or punched shape, but camouflage the die cut or punch...it can be a word die cut or a shape.) 

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, June 8, 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 20% off coupon to the DRS Designs store!

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

Nancy

Robin

Karin

Julie

Janett

Shelia

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Cupcake Love

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! I have one last Valentine to share today. I started this after I saw the Color Challenge & the Clean & Simple Challenge on Splitcoast this week. The colors were mint, strawberry & espresso w/ a dessert option of a Valentine. The CAS challenge was to make something sweet. 

And I thought to myself...what's sweeter than a chocolate cupcake w/ icing & sprinkles? So I stamped, colored & cut out the cupcake & added some stickles to the icing. The white bg was dry embossed & I had a big heart punch that fit inside the heart centerpiece almost exactly, so I sponged on green ink & put it behind the cupcake.

 The larger layer is actually just a frame that was sitting there, so I embossed it w/ frame folder & sponged the green ink over the top of it. After adding the greeting, it just seemed to need something, so I die cut the little banner, masked just the top of it & stamped the polka dots & woven plaid inside the flags. 

Here's a look at the inside & below it are the Copics I used.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge..this week..Sparkle &\ Shine! Have a great weekend!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - Polka Dot Bg, Cupcake, Woven Plaid, Hey Cupcake, (inside –Be My Valentine Question Mark)

ink: Memento tuxedo black, Versafine onyx & sepia, Distress inks worn lipstick, cracked pistachio

paper: Neenah white

accessories: Copic markers, stickles, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, Nested Pennant dies, ODBD Pennant Row die, Sizzix embossing folders (Love Set #3 & Folksy Fun Posey), Marvy big heart punch

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Hey, Cupcake!

Since DRS Designs last release a few weeks ago, I've been working diligently on increasing my stash of sympathy cards.  I've noticed that my birthday card stash has been depleted as well, and now it's time to replenish them. Here's a rather clean and simple one I made using the new Hey Cupcake Greeting (365B) and the Cherry Top Cupcake image (463E). 

 

I colored the cupcake with Copic markers and shaded it with brown ink while it was in a Nestability die. I went for a realistic look by adding Diamond Glaze to the cherry to give it a shiny, wet look. (Sorry that's hard to see in this picture!) I matted it with red card stock, which really helped make the cherry stand out. Next, I worked on the sentiment banner and shaded it the same way as I did for the image and matted it with red card stock as well. I embellished the banner by adding a small paper flower and adhered it to the banner with a petite pink brad. I adhered 2 pink panels in the background and stamped them both with the Splatter Background (855H) and red ink and then assembled the card front as shown.  Three red rhinestones placed in the upper right corner were the final touch. Cute and easy, don't you think? ;-)

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Smiles,

Jennifer

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Hey Cupcake

Hi everyone, today a have a fun birthday card. I used the new stamp Birthday Party Pig and Hey Cupcake Greeting 

I stamped the Birthday Party Pig and cover him with a mask then stamp the Cherry Top Cupcake three times. Everything was colored with Copic markers. The background was stamped with the Birthday Multi Greeting. The Hey Cupcake was layered and popped up.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

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Poppin up birthdays!

Hello!

DRS stamps used: 451L Birthday Candle Burst, 365B Hey Cupcake,463E Cupcake, 354G Birthday Party Pig, 688P Polka Dot background

I cut a slit in the cupcake top and inserted Leonard...I just couldn't help it with that look on his face! The birthday candles were perfect for a background along with the dot background! The other balloons are die cuts and I added floss and sequins to finish it off!

Robin

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Challenge #169-Birthday Blues!

Welcome to DRS Challenge Thursday! 

First, the random drawing winner from last week's challenge is....

Julie O

Congratulations! You are the winner from our Hot Trends- April Showers Challenge!

Please send an email to info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

This week we've got the ..

Birthday Blues!

(make a birthday card & use the color blue somewhere in your project...)

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, April 15, at 6 pm ET. 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, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive their choice of 2 stamps from the online catalog at www.drsdesigns.com!

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

Julie

Janett

Karin

Shelia

Jennifer E.

Robin

Sue

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Hey, Cupcake!

Hi Everyone,

This new sentiment stamp from DRS Designs, Hey, Cupcake!, might literally be referring to me after all the treats I ate over the holiday weekend...lol!

 Seriously though, I knew I wanted to pair the greeting with the actual Cherry Top Cupcake stamp from the current catalog, so I stamped a row of them and added a punched border to the panel.  I decided I wanted one cupcake to stand out, so I stamped and fussy cut one, and paper pieced the cupcake liner onto it. The striped patterned paper was created using the Large Original Plaid background stamp and then I attached it using a dimensional dot.  

I finished off the card with some glitter on the cherry, a piece of twine and matching button. 

Thanks for stopping by to visit!
Karin

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Hey Cupcake!

My card today features our newest Birthday Party pig. Isn't he the cutest? I paired him with the new Hey Cupcake sentiment and the Birthday Wishes sentiment. The card was pretty simple. I started by stamping the Birthday Party Pig in Memento Black ink, coloring him with copics, die cutting and layering him on a scalloped oval. I added some clear stickles to give the balloon some sparkle. The two sentiments were stamped on the white panel and then layered on the same blue CS. The red layer was embossed with the CB birthday folder and layered on blue before attaching everything to the white card base.

Be sure to check out this week's challenge here at DRS Designs. We'd love to have you play along!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

shelia

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Cupcake Birthday

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well and you're enjoying a nice first week of spring! Trees & (some) flowers have started blooming here...just in time for another cold front with lows in the 20's! Plants are confused and so am I. Just located my fave pair of capri jeans and now I have to drag out the long pants & sweatshirts again. Or maybe I just have to wash them...right, like you don't say "oh, it's warmer, I'll just wait until next week to wash those".

Anyway, DRS Designs has a very cute, big grin piggie coming out and this is him! And a fun "Hey, Cupcake!" greeting. So as I'm putting my card together, I start thinking...I need a cupcake for him. What to do? I started looking at my punches, figuring I should be able to put something together. And turns out I did have a couple that worked. The bottom of the cupcake is a little teacup punch. I cut off the handle and drew a few lines to make the cake part. The frosting part is a little cloud punch and I drew a few lines to look like frosting. I had a little candle punch, so that was handy. I think it worked out perfectly! 

The Wordy Birthday greeting was stamped 3 times on the background & my cupcake bearing pig was added on top. I used a black glaze pen to add the 3 black dots in the lower right corner. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50 and these are the Copics I used. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend! 

p.s.  Be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge....Pet Store! Have any animal or bird on your creation...easy peasy! 

Supplies: 

stamps: Balloon Leonard & Hey, Cupcake (new! coming soon!), Wordy Birthday greeting 

paper: white, black
ink: Memento tuxedo black
accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders squares & labels 28 dies, black Glaze pen, small teacup, small cloud & small candle punches

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Challenge #166- Inspired by Color Challenge!

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!

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

KT Fit Kitty  

Congrats, you are the winner from our Flowers Abound 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 Succulent Spring 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.

 Won't these make a great Easter or Floral card?

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below and we'd love for you to leave us a comment.  The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, March 25 at 6 pm ET. 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.

For the prize, one winner will be randomly selected to win the following 3 stamps:
Snapdragon Diamond 008H
Happy Moments Greeting 490G
1 Line Happy Birthday 250B

And here are some wonderful color inspired cards from our talented Design Team and we'd love for you leave us a comment!

Robin

Karin

Janett

Shelia

Julie

Sue

Jennifer E.

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Challenge #159- So Shapely!

Welcome to DRS Challenge Thursday! 

First, our random winner from last week is....

Sue Kment

Congratulations! You are the winner from our Lovely Hearts! Challenge!

Please send an email to info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

This week we're ever ..

So Shapely!

(use at least 2 different shapes on your project...ie: a circle & a square..or a rectangle & a heart...or a triangle & a diamond..etc..any 2 shapes combination!)

To enter, show us your card  by linking it below. The deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, Feb 4, at 6 pm ET. 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, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive their choice of 2 stamps from the online catalog at www.drsdesigns.com!

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

Karin

Janett

Robin

Shelia

Julie

Jennifer E. 

Sue 

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