Count our Blessings

 Happy First Monday of October! Wow!! Time sure is flying by quickly. Have you been enjoying all the new images from DRS Designs? I sure have. They are super fun to work with. My card today features the sunflower bucket, which just might be my favorite new image.

I started by stamping and coloring the sunflower bucket image (062F) with Memento Black ink onto white CS, colored it with Altenew Artist Markers, die cut it and sponged on some Distress Amber ink along the edges. The kraft panel was stamped with the Count Your Blessings greeting at an angle, then die cut with a MFT square die. The yellow panel was stamped with the sunflowers from the 4 in 1 Harvest image, die cut with a Fawn Lawn rectangle die and layered onto the white card base. I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the centers of the sunflowers to complete the look.

Thanks for stopping by today. 

blessings,

shelia

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Blessings

Happy Monday Everyone. Trust you all had a great weekend. I have a simple card to share with you today. Every so often I like to create a card using mostly dies. Today's card is one of those.

I started by sponging TH Distress Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans inks onto 3/4 of my card front. While the ink was drying I die cut my flowers, stems and butterfly. The new Blessings greeting was stamped in the corner with Versafine Black Onyx ink.

The smaller flowers are popped up with foam adhesive and white half pearls were added to the centers. I really like the way this turned out.

Thanks for stopping by,
shelia

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Faith, Hope, Love

Hi all,

The new DRS design stamp that I am using today would be perfect for all of you doing Bible Journaling.

It's Faith,Hope, Love Greeting 872E that will be available soon. It was stamped with Peacock Distress Ink. Then using the same ink I used my favorite background stamp 

                     Polka Dot Background .                       The teal paper was embossed in a embossing folder I added some ribbon and used foam tape to attach it to a white card.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett

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Blessings

Don't you just love when you can think of a bunch of ways to use a stamp?  I begged DRS to make a stamp like the Open Bible for my Bible Journaling class, but I have found it makes a fun stamp for cards as well (you can see several other great ideas on this blog).  I made this card at a crop this past weekend playing around with the image and some other stamps.

For the background, I stamped the Script Font Background and stamped it in SU! Crumb Cake.  I added the Count Your Blessings Greeting below the open bible.

I cut out another Open Bible and trimmed it so it would look like some open pages.

I love how this came out!

Hugz,

Nancy

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Christmas Candle

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

Wow! Only a week and change until Christmas! I'm almost finished, just a few more things to take care of, but before internet shopping was so easy, my hubby used to wait until Christmas Eve to start! Can you believe?

I know y'all have seen a lot of this wonderful Bubble Candle Oval this week, but I'm sure they'll give you plenty of great ideas and color schemes to use. I went with a soft palette; gold and blue. The elegance of gold embossing just seemed to go with this image so I gold embossed everything. I thought the Retro Starburst image (on top) and the Argyle Background (on bottom) went w/ it very nicely.  The diamonds in the argyle were stamped w/ a lighter gold ink and I colored the image w/ Copics. I added a die cut banner with the Christmas Blessing greeting across the bottom. The finished ivory card measure 4.25 x 5.50.

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great weekend!


Supplies:
stamps: Bubble Candle Oval, 1 Line Christmas Blessing, Argyle Background, Argyle Diamond, Retro Starburst
paper: ivory, blue
ink: Tsukineko Ultimate metallic gold pigment, Brilliance galaxy gold
accessories: gold embossing powder, Spellbinders ovals and labels 4 dies, fishtail banner die

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Challenge #12 Words Only!

Jennifer here again to welcome you back to the weekly challenge here at DRS Designs!

Congratulations to the winner of our "Create Your Own Pattern Paper" challenge from last week,

Agnes!

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

This weeks challenge theme is:

Words Only!

No images allowed, the primary focus of your project should be just words.

I created this card using a few if the stamps we are giving away to one lucky participant.

This week's winner will win:

Big Thing Friendship Greeting (284H)

Silhouette Butterfly Background (536H)

Interlocking Flower Background (813H)

I hope our DT has inspired you to use Words this week:

Karin

Shelia

Chrissy D

Janett

Pam

Julie


Sue

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Easter Blessings

by Julie Warner - the Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope y'all had a chance to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge. Some super inspiration cards there and we hope to see your entry! Today I'm featuring a lovely new Easter Blessings greeting. I paired it with the Lily Corner and used a pale yellow and white color combo. I stamped the lily corner as a background on the white layer and cut out a few more stamped lilies to add in the lower left corner and one under the sentiment.
The sentiment was die cut and I sponged a little of the banana cream ink around the edges while the die was still in place. The cut out lilies were attached to my embossed yellow panel and I added a little bow on top.

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





Supplies:
stamps: 1 Line Easter Blessing, Lily Corner
paper: white, pale yellow
ink: Ancient Page coal, Colorbox banana cream pigment
accessories: Sizzix flourish & dots embossing folder, Spellbinders mega ovals, labels 17 & fancy tags 2 dies, moire ribbon

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Challenge #4 Heat Embossing

Hello Friends!

Welcome back to the DRS Designs Blog for another weekly challenge. I'd like to start this week by congratulating
DEBBIE MORAN
You are the winner of our Red, Green and White Challenge! Thanks so much for playing along! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

This week, we'd like to see what you can do with your heat guns. Show us your projects using heat embossing and you will be entered to win your choice of 3 stamps from DRS Designs! To enter, please link up your project below using the InLinkz feature below. Deadline for this challenge is 5pm EST Wednesday December 28th. Winner will be announced right here on the blog next Thursday.

Here's inspiration from the DRS Designs Design Team:

Karin

Shelia

Sue

Janett

Pam

Julie

Chrissy D

Jennifer

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck! 

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Challenge Thursday #1 Faux Sewing

Hi Everyone, Happy Thursday!

Jennifer here today, and I'm very excited to tell you all about a big change starting today on the DRS Designs Blog. The DRS DT will be holding new blog challenges that will happen here every Thursday. The theme or topic each week will be rather simple and we will show you card samples to inspire you. We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the InLink feature below. Each week one lucky participant will receive a prize package of stamps just for playing along! 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. Winners will be announced in the challenge post for the following week.

This weeks Theme is:

FAUX SEWING

Here are the DT challenge cards for your inspiration:


Jennifer
Edited to add: The 3 stamps used on the card above are the prize we're giving away for this challenge.
541E Santa Face
118F Santa in your stockings greeting
613P Woven Plaid Background

Karin

Pam

Julie

Shelia

Janett

Chrissy D


Sue

Now it's your turn to create your faux sewing card! Upload it by next Wednesday, December 7th at Noon EST to be eligible to win the prize package. We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by and Good Luck!

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BLESSINGS....

Hello Everyone- This is Chrissy D here. Welcome to the DRS Blog today!!! With Thanksgiving here, there are so MANY blessings to count, so I thought it was fitting to share a card with the Apache Blessing stamp...


My card today uses the wonderful stamps from DRS DESIGNS. Some of my FAVORITE stamps are these Plaid Backgrounds that DRS Designs carries! This one is the Large Original Plaid. First I stamped it in Real Red ink and then in the opposite diagonal in Old Olive. I stamped the Apache Blessing on the Labels 18 Spellbinders Die.


Here are a few more details...


Accessories: Poinsettia Tear Drops, Labels 18 Spellbinders Die,  Fanciful Flourish Die


This second project I ran through my Big Shot and used my floral Sizzix embossing floral folder.
This is a fun crayon box die. I figure this will be one of my last AUTUMN projects! I need a gift for a helper in a class I am teaching, as a special thank you for her help. I used the Autumn Wording Square and colored the image with Copics B21, YG67, YG17 and E49. I cut around the square and matted it with Chocolate Chip cardstock. Popped it up with Glue dots and wrapped around some Bashful blue striped ribbon and WAH-LAH! All done! :)

I hope you enjoyed my projects today! Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day!!!

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An Apache Blessing

Happy Saturday!  I hope that everyone is getting primed for the Thanksgiving holiday.  Personally, it is my favorite and is time for me to reflect on all I am grateful for!

My card today features our new greeting Apache Blessing, and our fun Silhouette Hiker.  I stamped the sentiment and the hiker in noir black.  I used a post it note to mask the sun while I brayered in this order:  from the top, summer sun, cameo coral and pink passion.  I brayered a bit from the bottom in pink passion.  The sentiment was brayered with summer sun and cameo coral.  I removed the mask for the sun and sponged in summer sun.  Both the sentiment and image had black sponged around the edges.  A photo corner, pink and yellow twine and buttons were added for interest.

I love this Apache Blessing and I wish it for you all!

Take care,

Pam

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Apache Blessing

Today I have a shaped card using a new release from DRS Designs: Apache Blessing (954K). I stamped the sentiment and embossed it with detail black embossing ink. I made a shaped card using a nestability. I added a sheer black ribbon and brad to one side and added lilttle black pearls along the bottom and edge.

Thanks for stopping by today and check out the new releases from DRS Designs.

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