Lucky

 Hello friends!

Well this is a bit different isn't it? I was trying to use a new sketch that came up on SplitCoastStampers this week but I put my own spin on it.  I used a background piece I previously made (paint, cellophane and glossy black cardstock) to start this project then cut out white squares and stamped on them just the spade part of 4 Suite Verticle.  I then arranged them on the card front in diamond shapes.  

I used letter dies by I.O. with foam under them also cut with the letter dies, to say Lucky.

I popped up the frame made with MemoryBox dies then started on the inside.

Because everything looked black and white, I decided not to color the poker 5 cards hand image.

I then stamped the Lucky In Love.

Have fun crafting today and thanks for visiting!

Robin

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Racking Up Another Birthday

 

I love the billiard images at DRS Designs. They are my go to images for several of my family members as I have a few that play.

For my card:

• I stamped the POOL CUE, BALL & RACK - 469K on white card stock then I colored it with copics coloring the rack in pink.
• Next, I stamped the BILLIARD BALLS - 533G and colored that with copics as well.
• I then cut down both images and layered on the card base using pink to highlight the images. I decided to hang the BILLIARD BALLS - 533G over the edge of the card so I cut the card panel down a quarter of an inch so that the card would still fit a 4.25 by 5.5 envelope.
• Once the images were glued I added the RACKING UP BIRTHDAY GREETING - 498D in pink to pick up the pink layers and the pink rack.

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

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Racking up another birthday....

 

Have I mentioned I will never tire of this POOL CUE, BALL & RACK - 469K? It is really one of my all time favorites and is perfect for so many in my family.

 

This week I used the POOL CUE, BALL & RACK - 469K stamped on white card stock and colored with copics. I added the RACKING UP BIRTHDAY GREETING - 498D and cut the panel down with a stitched die cut and popped it up on dimensionals.

 

I then cut the green card stock and punched some circles out of it to look like a billiard table. The base is the WOOD GRAIN BACKGROUND - 626P on a tan card stock and rounded those corners.

 

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

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Big Deal Birthday

 by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! Today I have a birthday card to share. This would be perfect for the card playing person or just a great masculine card. I had the lg red heart left from probably Valentine's Day & thought it would work w/ all the card suits on my border. 

I stamped the individual card suits w/ red & black on the die cut frame, then inserted a black panel inside. The big greeting was stamped onto the heart shape & the 5 cards were fussy cut & added to the bottom. Pretty simple & didn't take a long time.

Here's the inside. 

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

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs: 5 Cards, 4 in 1 Poker Suits, Big Deal Birthday, Brush Birthday 

paper:  Staples 110# white, black, red

ink:  Memento tuxedo black, love letter

accessories: Rubbernecker Rectangle Stitch  dies, Memory Box Grand Heart die

 

5 Cards 157D	4 in 1 Poker Suits 1128D	Big Deal Birthday 852G	Brush Birthday 761H
Memento Inks	RN Rectangle Stitch dies 5007D	AC color card stock	Staples 110# White Card Stock	Memory Box Grand Heart die #98254

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Let's Play Billiards!

Were you wondering if I would make a wreath from the new Billiard Balls image?  

Of course!  I put it off because fussy cutting a bunch of balls takes just a bit of time so I had to wait until this past weekend to stamp and cut a bunch of them out.  

I originally stamped only the  Eight ball, but I realized it needed some color so I stamped a few of the other balls focusing on the number 5 to pull out the orange in my crazy watercolor background.  I needed it to be a bit fuller, so I tucked in some leaves from Bountiful Basket. For the sentiment, I split the new Racking Up Another Birthday Greeting.  I drew in the framing with India Ink and a stylus. 

I was happy with the result, but I kept thinking it needed something elso so I added in a Tim Holtz Paper Doll who might be a pool shark or billiards enthusiast - lol.  

Funny how the addition of one thing can totally change a card.  It seems to have more of a story now.  I actually couldn't decide whether to add him or not, but hubby said to add him so I did.  

I made another card with the Billiard Balls and the Racking Up Birthday Greeting.  I cased THIS card by Elizabeth  Hurst who is this week's Featured Stamper at Splitcoaststampers.com.  

Lots of circles underscore the tiny balls, and I focused on just a few colors.  It was very hard for me not to add a bunch of  Vintage Photo Distress Ink on this card!  

I had fun playing with the Billiard Ball image - hope you try it out too.

Hugz,

Nancy

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Wild About You Too!

 Good morning! 

Oh I just had to use Jimbo and The Gang for I'm Wild About You! I used the new

Valentine Heart Drop stamp with this too.  It makes such a nice border

as well as a pretty sentiment.

For this card I tied a ribbon in the crease then added some beads to it.

My next card uses the new Lucky In Love sentiment along with the 

famous Royal Flush 5 Cards.  

I first stamped the 5 Cards on the kraft cardstock and colored

it with white pencil but I didn't like the final look so I stamped it

again on white, did a bit of shading and cut it out then glued it onto my colored cards.

I embossed the Lucky In Love sentiment with clear after stamping with VersaFine Red.

The heart dies are from ODBD (now called Divinity Designs). The frame dies are from

My Favorite Things.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Valentines

 Hi Everyone,

I love making Valentine cards each year.  They always make me smile due to the fact that they're usually fun, or punny or cute or all three!  I sure could use any and all lightheartedness during these times :)

 I celebrated my 30th wedding anniversary last September, so I definitely think I'm lucky in love.  I'm usually the one who wins when playing cards too, so I paired the new sentiment up with a few card related stamps.  

I embossed the background and made a border strip using the 4 Suite Vertical stamp and a punch. I stamped a fussy cut a couple of the 5 Cards and attached them using some dimensional foam tape.  

This next card is so me.  I love pink.  I love puns.  I love bees.  I love sparkle!  Can I give a valentine to myself? 

I started by stamping the background by using the Flower Hearts stamp.  I then stamped it again for the focal image, die cut and colored it in.  I knew I was going to pair it with the new Bee my Valentine Greeting, so that of course meant adding some bees, using the Happy Bee and Bitsy Bumble Bee stamps.  

 I finished it off by adding some glitter to the bee wings.  Be sure to stop by the new releases page to see all of the new stamps!  

Time to get inky for Valentine's day!
Karin

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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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Big Deal Birthday

Hi Everyone,

It's Karin posting a birthday card today.  It's made with some card themed stamps which would be perfect for the game fanatic that you may know :) 

I must admit to only knowing "kid" related card games.  You know,  Crazy 8's, Old Maid, Go Fish, etc.  I think it's because all that stuff from way back when is tattooed on my brain.  Anything I've learned recently, well, it drains out like a sieve.  So even though I've been taught Hearts, Euchre, and Cribbage in the past 10 years, I couldn't begin to tell you how to play them.  Sigh.  I think I'll just stick to card making :)

I colored up as simple stamped strip made of Four Suits Vertical, embellished it with a punched border and some black Stickles.  The Big Deal Birthday Greeting was simply stamped and die cut. 

I added a couple of rows of gems and and everything was adhered onto an embossed background. Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out all the featured  stamps from DRS Designs right here.

  

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Big Deal Birthday

Hi Everyone. Today I have a card that I made for my dad for his birthday. He absolutely loves to play cards, so when I saw this new stamp I knew what his card would say this year!

The Big Deal Birthday greeting was stamped in Memento black ink on white CS, colored with a red copic, die cut and layered on black CS. The 4 Suits Vertical image was stamped in Memento black ink on white CS, colored with copics and layered on black CS. The red panel was embossed with a CB argyle folder and layered on black CS. Red and black gingham ribbon, baker's twine and a black button complete the look.

My dad loved it, by the way!! Thanks for stopping by today.

The challenge this week is Graduation!! You can see details here. We'd love to have you join us.

Until next time,
shelia

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Big Deal

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week is going well. After days and days of cold rain and temps in the low 50's (it's May..what's up with that??), we finally had a sunny day and temps near 80! How does it go from 50 to 80 in 2 days? Then it's supposed to rain again and be cooler this weekend. Geez Louise! What a crazy year! Is it like that in your neck of the woods?

For my Big Deal Birthday card, I stamped the sentiment (minus the little card suits) on red and the "is" part on white, die cut it w/ a rectangle then cut out the "is" and attached it on top. I stamped just the little suits above the panel when I attached it.  The 4 vertical suits were stamped on another piece of red and I used a partial die cut on them. The 5 Cards were stamped once on red and once on white and cut out. The 4 in 1 Suits were stamped on red and I cut out just the diamond and attached it in the upper right corner. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

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

Supplies:

stamps: Big Deal Birthday Greeting, 5 Cards, 4 Suits Vertical, 4 in 1 Poker Suits
paper: white, red, black
ink: Versafine onyx
accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders rectangle & Labels 17 dies, red & black Permapaque markers

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Challenge #69 - Circles

Hello Friends!
Welcome back to Challenge Thursday! 

We hope you're having a wonderful week and we appreciate you getting inky with us!

Big Congrats goes out to

Pam Ramesh!!!!!!

You are last week's Butterfly Challenge Winner! 
Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

The theme for our next challenge is
Circles! 
Your card front must have circles on it and they can be either either die cut or stamped.

One lucky winner will win their choice of 2 stamps from DRS Designs!

Below you will find cards created by the wonderful DRS Designs DT.

Thanks for playing along and Good Luck!

Julie

Karin

Jennifer E.

Janett

Shelia

Sue

Pam
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Challenge #26-Masculine Cards

Happy Thursday and welcome back to DRS Designs Blog Challenge! 

Please help me congratulate the winner of last weeks Wedding/Anniversary Challenge, 

Sandy Dehon! 

Thanks for playing along Sandy! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

For our next challenge, we want to see manly cards. So, put your thinking cap on create cards with a Masculine theme.  (Don't forget Father's Day is right around the corner!)  One lucky winner will win a $10 DRS Designs store voucher.  Please use the Inlinkz feature below to enter your card.   Below you'll find some great masculine cards created by the DRS Designs DT. We're looking forward to seeing your project.

Good Luck! 

Karin

Jennifer E.

Chrissy D

Julie

Shelia

Pam

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___Sue

____Janett___

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Poker Suits

Good morning everyone. I hope you are having a great weekend.  Today my card is quick and simple. I used the 4 in 1 poker suits 1128D and created the background. A copic R27 was used to color the hearts and diamonds. The Vertical Congratulations 1144D was stamped in black and layered onto red then black card stock.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,

Janett

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Poker Congratulations

Good day in blog land!  I hope everyone is enjoying some nice weather and everything is beginning to bloom! 

My card today features our new 4 in 1 poker suits and the vertical congratulations.  Also featured is the easy polka dot bg stamped in black on the lower half of the card.  I used markers directly on the stamp to color in red and black.  3 brads were placed on an angle to look like diamonds as well.

Have a lovely weekend and check out our fun, new things.  There is something for everyone!

Pam

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Lucky Bear

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has been good. If you haven't had a chance, now is a great time to check out the DRS Designs Thursday Challenge. This week, the theme is SPORTS and we'd love for you to play so please check it out! And while you're there, please leave a little love for the fabulous work of the DRS Design Team. We love to read your comments!

The bear on my card is originally a St. Patrick’s Day image, but I thought hmmm….the clover on his vest could be clubs. After all, clubs are just clover incognito, right? That’s my story, anyway. After coloring him, I cut him out and also the royal flush. The individual suits were stamped and die cut as well as the circle mats behind them.
I stamped the first part only of the sentiment as it just seemed to go with that card hand. A royal flush? How much luckier can it be? The rest of the sentiment ( you have the best sister in the whole world) is on the inside of the card. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

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






Supplies:
stamps: 4 in 1 Card Suits, 5 Cards, So Lucky Greeting, Paddy Bear
paper: white, red, black
ink: Ancient Page coal
accessories: Tombow markers, water brush, Spellbinders circle dies, Cuttlebug embossing border (Measure by Measure set), black Permapaque pen, red Micron pen

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