Reaper

Good morning!

My first card is a  ghostly reaper graveyard long forgotten.

Have you ever come across a very old graveyard that looked

forgotten, unkept and falling apart?  I have.

Back east there are far more small graveyards that are VERY old.

I love to come across such and spend time reading the stones in it, 

the dates and sometimes reason for death along with a tid bit 

about the person buried there.  They don't scare me but then 

again...I have never seen a real ghost so... who knows!

I used DRS stamps: Halloween Greetings, Spooky Tree w/Moon,

Grim Reaper, RIP Tombstone and Iron Fence & Gate.

I also used a bat from Spellbinders cut from black shimmer paper.

The background is sponged with distress inks.

My next card is using DRS stamps: Expect The Unexpected and 

Zombie Hand Wave.

I used the large tree/bird die by Spellbinders and sponged some white

on it to seem like fog and to show some of the tree trunk detail.

I think that bird maybe in trouble from the "hand" that is sneaking up on it.

Poor bird, the hand is silent as the grave in his attack! Eeek!

The background was again sponged with Oxide inks, they have a very creamy

consistency and go on very smoothly.  They also stay wet longer

so that you can go back and forth with the colors to blend better because

they are a mix of pigment ink and dye ink.

Thanks for visiting today!

Robin

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Deco Thanks

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! I have some more new images to show you today and it's in keeping with what's finally happening in my yard...FLOWERS! As I write this I'm looking out my kitchen window & the dogwoods, azaleas, rhododendrons & all manner of other plants are in full bloom. Since this is the first spring we've been in our new house, I wasn't sure what all was growing in the beds.  Here's a pic of what I see out the window. These are on the opposite side of the front yard. We're surrounded by woods on all sides & the Chattahoochee Nat'l Forest surrounds the whole area. I also found a cherry tree, some apple & peach trees, a large grapevine & some blueberry bushes. I can't wait to see how they taste! 

Anyway, to make my card, I die cut the vellum centerpiece then stamped the greeting w/ black Stazon. The flower scroll was stamped using Brilliance moonlight white & a little pink added to back side w/ a Prismacolor pencil. I used a white pencil on the back side to add the highlights to the greeting. It's attached to a dot embossed bg that I used a white marker to highlight the dots & edge it. The pink bg was embossed w/ a corner folder after die cutting.

Here's a look at the inside.

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

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs -  Flower Scroll, Deco Thanks (inside–You’re So Sweet )

paper: Staples 110# white, black, pink, vellum

ink:  Stazon jet black, Brilliance moonlight white

accessories: Prismacolor pencils, Misti, MFT diagonal stitched rectangle dies, Spellbinders labels 33, decorative labels 1 dies, Sizzix corners/lattice embossing folders set, Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder, white mini brads, white Posca paint pen, sequins

Flower Scroll 617F	Deco Thanks 623E	You’re So Sweet 546D	The Paper Cut Vellum	Staples 110# White Card Stock
Recollections Cardstock	Brilliance Inks	Stazon Ink	Prismacolor Pencils	MFT Diagonal Stitched Rectangle dies
Spellbinders Labels 33 S5-187	Spellbinders Decorative Labels 1 S4-379	MISTI	Sizzix Corners & Lattice set 656979	Cuttlebug Swiss Dots 37-1604
Posca Paint Pen	Sequins

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Birthday Tile

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! Today I have a birthday card to show you. This faux tile background was actually made a while back and I came across it the other day and figured it was time to put it to good use. The tile background is actually pretty easy to do and I have a couple of tutorials on how it's done..the first one was on my blog, then Splitcoast asked me to do one for them. Here's the one on my blog: Faux Tile Background and here's the one on Splitcoast: Delft Tile Tutorial (and yes, that's actually me talking on the video). They are basically the same so please check them out if you want to see how I did it. 

So after attaching my background to my 4.25 x 5.50 card, I stamped the larger branch on a die cut piece of white card stock using the same rainbow ink pad then die cut a larger fancy label out of vellum. The greeting was stamped on the vellum and I matched up where the branch was underneath and stamped it again on the vellum. I added a few fussy cut butterflies here & there to finish it.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend! Be sure to check out the DRS Thursday Challenge...this week an Inspired by Color Challenge! There's a nice prize involved for one lucky winner!

Supplies:

stamps: DRS Designs - Silhouette Branch, Silhouette Branch Background, Brush Birthday Greeting, Three Butterflies

paper: white, vellum

ink: Kaleidacolor Riviera, Memento tuxedo black

accessories: Scor-It board, Spellbinders labels 28 & decorative labels 28

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Four Leaf Clover Friends

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

I hope your week has gone well! My card today is showcasing a new greeting! Isn't it terrific? In case you didn't know, I love St.Paddy's day cards so much because my favorite color is GREEN. There's never a shortage of green in March, lol. There is a real shortage of green around here right now...it's still too cold for anything except evergreens. 

So after stamping the new greeting, I stamped a silhouette clover on top. Truth be told, this frame with the circle cut out is the circle I cut out and used on yesterday's challenge card. Why waste a perfectly good piece of white card stock just because it has a big circle cut out? The greeting was die cut to fit inside w/ another leftover (the lime green circle) around it. The shamrock background was stamped across the circle cut out frame using the green rainbow pad then attached to a larger, kelly green layer. I had a strip of vellum on my desk, so I stamped the shamrock swag across it w/ black then colored them in on the back side and bordered it w/ thin green strips. Somehow I accidentally cut the bottom too short, so I used a pair of mini scallop scissors on it and attached another strip of green. See, it's all good! The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25 and these are the Copics I used on the back side of the vellum.

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

Supplies:
stamps: True Friends Shamrock greeting (new! coming soon!), Shamrock Background, Shamrock Swag, Silhouette Clover
ink: Memento tuxedo black, Kaleidacolor fresh greens
paper: white, lime green, kelly green, vellum
accessories: Copic markers, Spellbinders A2 matting basics A & B, circle dies, mini scallop scissors

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Merry Monday!

Hi Everyone. Today I have another Christmas in July card to share with you that features the Village bridge and pond image. These new Village stamps are so fun to play with!

I started by stamping the image with Memento Black ink on white CS, coloring it with Copics and making the pond freeze by using some Glossy Accents. Once that dried I added some stickles around the snow banks. The two little guys skating across the pond were stamped, colored, fussy cut and added with glue dots. The card base was created with Recollections Jewel CS in Green. I added a layer of white that was embossed with a Darice snow swirls folder. I used the largest SB die to create the green ornament. The sentiment was stamped with Stazon Black ink onto the vellum. The ends were cut and some snowflake buttons were added to hide the glue dots that hold it onto the card front.

Be sure to check out this week's color challenge and the new Christmas Village Stamps at DRS Designs.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time,
shelia

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Challenge #116 - Who's the (em)Boss?

Welcome to the DRS Thursday Challenge!
First, the Winner from the Random Drawing....

Sher 

Congrats, you are the winner from our Leftovers Again Challenge!  

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

This week we can Feel the texture! The theme for this challenge is

Who's the (em)Boss!

   (use embossing, either heat or dry, on your card)

We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the InLinkz feature below. Each week one lucky participant will receive a prize 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. Deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, April 9 at 6pm EDT. The winner will be announced in the challenge post next Thursday.

 From all of the entries we receive, one lucky winner will be chosen to receive a $10 store voucher to DRS Designs!

To inspire you, here are the Challenge cards from our talented DRS Design Team and we'd love for you to leave us a comment:

Julie

Karin

Janett

Shelia

Sue

Jennifer E

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Challenge #78-Monochromatic

Hi Everyone! Hope you're having a great day! 

Today we Congratulate our winner from last week's challenge "Summer Sun, Summer Fun"

Cristina!

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

This weeks challenge theme is:

"Monochoromatic"
Create a card that's primarily one color. The color you pick can also be accompanied by one neural color such as white, vanilla, or black.

DRS Designs is giving one lucky winner their choice of 2 stamps from the online catalog at www.drsdesigns.com. Link up your challenge cards below by Wednesday, July 17th at 6pm EST. Come back to see the winner announced in the challenge post on Thursday, July 18th.

Here are the DT challenge cards to inspire you:

Jennifer E.

Shelia

Julie

 Karin

Janett

Kecia


Sue

Good Luck and Thanks for playing along!
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Challenge #68 - Butterflies

Happy Thursday and welcome back to the DRS Blog Challenge!!

This week we'd like to congratulate the winner of our last challenge,

Paper Whims!

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

For our next challenge we want to see 
Butterflies.
You do not need to have DRS stamps to enter but, we will give an extra entry to those who use DRS images. Please link your challenge entries below to enter to win a $10 store voucher to DRS Designs! Deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, May 8th at 6:00 pm EST.

Here are the challenge entries by the wonderful DRS DT for your enjoyment and inspiration!

Karin

Jennifer E.



Shelia

Julie

Janett

Pam

Sue

Happy Stamping and Good Luck!

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