Good Friends

Hi Everyone,

Can you stand one more card with a holiday theme?  I made a couple of these cards to use as thank you notes for the gifts we've received from friends. 

The image of Santa and the snowman is large and easy to color and fussy cut, both of which I did while while watching TV.  I chose a cream colored paper for my embossed background and an embossed green strip to anchor my image and sentiment.  Since the snowman was white, that helped him not blend into the background.

The sentiment was die cut and I added some punched holly leaves and a gem as a stand in for the berry. 

 Here are the links to both of the stamps I used.

 Friends Everyday Christmas Greeting

Wintertime Buddies

  Thanks for stopping by to look!

Karin

Holly Days

Hi Everyone,

I can hardly believe that Christmas is in just a few days.  As I get older, the holidays seem to fly by more quickly with each passing year..And can I be honest? I'm just now finishing up sending out my cards. Yikes!  I hope the post office isn't as behind on things as I am :)

Here's a card that I would sneak out even after Christmas Day has come and gone, since it celebrates this time of year and everything holly.  I'd write or stamp a Happy New Year inside and not feel bad at all :)

I came across a card in my stash that I made eons ago and used it as inspiration for today's card share.  I began with a cream colored card base and dry embossed the green background using my holly berry embossing folder.  I cut another piece of green cardstock slightly smaller and die cut a round window out of  it, and then adhered my stamped Triple Holly image behind it.  I place a larger piece of cream behind that and embossed it once more, adding a piece of ribbon before adhering it to the card.

To finish it off, I added the Holly Days Christmas Greeting that I simply trimmed to fit the space.  Be sure to visit DRS Designs for these stamps and many more!

Happy Holly Days to you and yours!
Karin

Silent Night

Hi Everyone,

Growing up I attended a German speaking church and Silent Night was always sung there on Christmas Eve.  To this day it remains one of my favorite Christmas songs of all time;  So to pay homage to that memory, I chose the Christmas Village Church to pair up with the greeting that is the beginning of that song.

I stamped and colored the image, adding some glitter glue to enhance the snow.  While that was drying, I stamped the background paper with Interlocking Snow Background in Versamark and embossed in shiny white embossing powder. 

 I stamped the Silent Night Greeting along with the All is Calm Christmas Greeting, and dry embossed on top of it using a snowflake embossing folder.  I added that to the background and covered up the seam with a piece of lace.  

Once the image was dry, I die cut it added a few matching layers and adhered it using dimensional tape.  All of these stamps can be found in the catalog at DRS Designs.

Thanks so much for visiting and may all things be calm and bright for you!
Karin

Roof Tops

Hi Everyone, 

There hasn't been a dull moment around my house for the past few days.  Everything from minor illness, to a pet emergency, to car problems and broken things around the house.  All while having the extra busyness of the holiday season.  Never a dull moment. 

That's why I chose to share my simple, calming cards showcasing the great new holiday stamp, Christmas Rooftops.  With the smoke coming out of those chimneys, I just imagine everyone inside those homes relaxing, reading and sipping hot cocoa :) And not having a care in the world :)

I just stamped and colored the image adding a snowflake border, and used my stamp a ma jig to position the All is Calm Greeting at the bottom.

To jazz it up a bit, I hit all the roof tops with my glitter glue to finish it off.

I love the stamp so much I went ahead and made a second CAS card.  This time I stamped the houses  along the bottom and added some punched hearts to indicate the love flowing from my home to yours :)

And here's a close look at the From My House at Christmas Greeting that was die cut and added with dimensional foam dots.

Here's wishing you peace in your little corner of the world.

Thanks for visiting!
Karin

Santa

Hi Everyone!

I had such a fun time coloring up the new Santa with Puppy Christmas Scene stamp that was recently released here at DRS Designs.  It's a darling scene...I adore the Santa trying to shush the dog who's looking to play ball...lol!  After coloring and matting the stamp, I added some glitter to the garland and to the fur on Santa's suit.  I set it aside to dry and stamped my background papers using the Interlocking Snow Background in red and green ink.

 I attached the papers to the card base, adding a strip of yellow paper and a piece of ribbon to cover up where the two papers met. For perfect placement of the From My House at Christmas Greeting,  I used my 

Stamp-a ma-jig, and then attached the image.

Be sure to stop by the DRS Designs store to check out all of the holiday stamps!

Thanks for looking!
Karin 

Happy Holly Days

Hi Everyone,

After a very mild fall in my part of the country, winter really came roaring in this weekend.  I definitely feel in the mood to show off some of the Christmas themed cards I've been working on.  

I colored up the Holly Jingle Bells stamp from DRS Designs, die cut it and matted it using my oval dies.  I added a dab of glitter glue to the berries and set it aside to dry while I began on stamping my background papers.  I always find it so satisfying to make custom, perfectly matched papers for a special project.

For the base background I used Easy Dot Background, stamping in dark red and green ink and then stamping on top of that using the Splatter Background in a yellow.  I then took those same ink colors and made a piece of plaid using the Woven Plaid Background stamp and added a punched border to it.  

I wrapped my background paper with a piece of matching ribbon, adding a button from my neglected button stash.  I then topped it with the plaid piece and adhered the image with dimensional tape.

I chose the new Holly Days Christmas Greeting and added that at an angle to finish off the card. 

Thanks so much for looking!

Karin

Thanksgiving

Hi Everyone,

I can hardly believe that in the USA Thanksgiving is next Thursday!  I'm always happy when it rolls around, because it's one of my favorite holidays.  It's about nothing except being thankful and
eating :)

So in celebration of the season of gratitude, I chose some fall colored paper and made this card featuring the Psalm 100 Thanksgiving Greeting by DRS Designs, I die cut it and added some sponging to match. 

The background papers were made by stamping in matching colors, using the Silhouette Branch Background and the Fall Leaf with Acorn.  I added a strip that was embossed with a Darice Leaf embossing folder, and I embellished it with a couple of large brads.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Karin

Peaceful Pine Cone

Hi Everyone,

DRS Designs recently released this beautiful open lined Pine Cone with Bow stamp and my teammates colored up this stamp to total perfection.  You can click here,  here and here to be totally blown away and inspired by coloring supremacy :)

My card today shows that this image can be just as lovely by simply heat embossing it.  It also works well this way for mass producing your Christmas cards.  Have you started on that project yet?  I can hardly believe it's that time of year again!

Since I kept the design simple, after stamping and die cutting the Peace Heart and Home Christmas Greeting I layered it onto a mat, which was made by diecutting a piece of sticker paper and coating it in glitter.

I finished it off by adding a line of half pearls to add embellishment.  

Thanks for visiting and you can click here to check out all of the most recent holiday stamps here!
Karin

Thanksgiving Blessings

Hi Everyone, 

Now that Halloween is officially behind us, it only seems fitting to showcase a Thanksgiving card on November 1st.  I just adore all of the colors associated with this time of year, so I colored up the new Cornucopia stamp from DRS Designs using my Copic markers.  I fussy cut it and then layered it onto a piece of brown card stock and fussy cut it once more, giving it a small dark mat.  

I took inspiration from the colors of the stamped image and made my own background.  Taking a piece of acetate I added some inks, spritzed them with water and then smooshed my paper onto it, giving it a watercolor effect.  

While the background was drying. I stamped the Thanksgiving Blessings in brown ink, adding a punched border to the strip.  When all seemed dry, and before assembling, I rounded the corners on all my card stock and created an embellishment of die cut leaves to finish it off.

Thank you so much for peeking in today!
Karin

Give Thanks

Hi Everyone,

DRS Designs has some lovely stamps that were just released for the upcoming holidays.  For my card today I chose the lovely Wheat Give Thanks Greeting that features a lovely large wheat image.

To show it off, after stamping it I heat embossed and die cut it, layering it onto a background that was stamped with the Long Tall Wheat.  

For embellishment I added a printed ribbon, embossed a die cut leaf with glittery embossing powder and added a couple of photo corners that I punched from matching card stock.

Be sure to check out the current color challenge on the DRS Designs blog...Lots of great fall colors to inspire you to create :)   

 Hope to see you there!
Karin

S'mores

Hi Everyone,

I bought all of the fixings to make Smores last week, because I wanted to be ready to go the next time we have a bonfire.  I think I've eaten more of these tasty treats as an adult than I did as a child...lol!

Since I had them on my mind, I decided to ink up some of the marshmallow stamps from DRS Designs. I may use this to invite some friends over to join us for this fall tradition :)

My background was made using the Mini Marshmallow and the Splatter Background stamp using brown and orange ink.  I stamped and die cut the S'more Greeting, adding some yellow splatters on top,

Before adhering the sentiment panel at an angle, I added a strip of orange cardstock and along with the Smooshed S'more that had been fussy cut.

  Thanks so much for visiting today.

Karin

Happy Fall

Hi Everyone,

I have a clean and simple card to share with you today, inspired by the colors of the changing leaves.  I'm finally starting to see some of those beautiful colors emerge on the tree tops!

Instead of stamping my background, I used some double sided tape and super fine glitter to add color in eye catching stripes. Then I dry embossed a punched circle and layered it with the Medium Silhouette Leaf stamped in red to match my card base.

I inked up only part of the Happy Fall Y'All Greeting for my sentiment and finished it off with three matching gems.

Thanks for visiting today!

Give Thanks

Hi Everyone,

Our current challenge at the  DRS Designs blog is Autumn Wonders, so I colored up the Simply Pumpkin for my card share today.  I fussy cut it and layered it onto a die cut square, and then stamped and matted the Give Thanks Bible Verse.  Setting those aside, I dry embossed my background panel and chose to add an Argyle patterned strip.  

 I stamped it with the Argyle Diamond to match the colors in my card,
 all the while thinking, I can't wait to start wearing my sweaters! I love argyles and plaid patterns for the fall season, both of which you can find in a stamp from DRS Designs :)

Thanks for stopping by!

Beware of Zombies

Hi Everyone,

I have a quick and easy card share to remind you to join us for our current Trick or Treat challenge  on the DRS Designs blog.  I colored up the Zombie Gal along with the Beware of Zombies Sign stamp and fussy cut them out.  Since I knew this card would be pretty plain, I stamped and colored a second sign post and layered it on top of the first to add a bit of dimension.  I attached these onto an embossed background of a haunted house.

Then I uploaded it to the blog, and I looked at it and thought, hmmmmm....It needs something.  

So I went back and added a few googly eyes to my die cut bats. That seemed to do the trick and make it more complete :).

Also, over the weekend I baked some mini pumpkin pecan loaves as a favor for my dinner guests to take home with them. I made my own tags by cutting a rectangle from some card stock, stamped and colored my Simply Pumpkin and used my corner punch and hole punch to make them look like tags, since I don't have a tag die that large.

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you at the challenge!
Karin

Zombies Rising

Hi Everyone,

It's official.  It's finally time for fall and Halloween in my house.  Any guess as to why I'm now prepared?  The answer is simple.  Candy corn...LOL!  I bought my first bag of the season, and I'm munching away as I type :-)  I know I've been working on making Halloween cards for a few weeks,  but things feel right with the world now that those sugary little nibs made their appearance in my house. 

For today's card I chose the Zombies Rising Halloween Greeting from DRS Designs that I die cut and matted using oval dies.  I wanted to embellish it with a rising zombie, so I stamped, colored and fussy cut the Zombie Crawler and attached him to the sentiment, making him look like he was crawling over it.  He still needed a little something extra, so I added some googly eyes for fun.

My background was created using orange, green and black ink and the Splatter Background stamp, which I layered onto an orange card base.  I added a strip of ribbon to a punched border and finished it off with a glittery button and a die cut spider.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day :)

Karin

Remember the Ghoul Times

Hi Everyone,

When I started work on my card today, I knew that I wanted to incorporate into it, all three of the zombie images that were recently released at DRS Designs.  I tried stamping them and making a group a scene, but they weren't cooperating.  So, I grabbed some circle punches and relied on one of my all time favorite card sketches to make something worth showing off  to you :).  

I dry embossed my background and added a stamped graveyard strip at the bottom that matched the card base, covering up the seam with some black lace.

Then all I had to do was punch out my colored zombies and sentiment, attaching them with dimensional foam tape.

Here are links to all the stamps used on today's card, and be sure to check out our current "selfie" challenge!

Ghoul Times Greeting

Zombie Gal

Zombie Guy

Zombie Crawler

Happy Haunting!
Karin

Monster Hugs

Hi Everyone,

I have another creepy zombie card to share here today.  I wanted to use the fun Monster Hugs Greeting, and chose to pair it up with the new Zombie Hand Wave.  Doesn't it look like he's coming up to hug (or maybe grab and eat) you?!  

Since there is only the one hand, and it's the right hand once you stamp it, I used a reverse image stamp to give me the left.  If you don't have a reverse image stamp (and I don't) I simply stamped my image onto a clear block and turned that over and stamped it next to the other hand.  It does stamp lighter, so I just stamped it twice, (and it's easy to line up, because you can see through the clear block) and that seemed to do the trick.  Once I colored and die cut it, you couldn't even tell which is which. 

My background was created using the Spooky Tree Limb and I added the punched border of drippy goo to look like oozing blood.  Wow, I'm a little grossed out typing the end of that sentence...lol! 

Thanks for visiting us today!
Karin

Zombies Rising

Hi Everyone,

I've been having fun making Halloween cards this past week using the new zombie stamps that DRS Designs just released!  They came out at the perfect time for me, because I just finished watching the first season of The Walking Dead.  I'm definitely late to the party on this show, since I think they're going to start season six or seven, not to mention spin offs, but I feel better that I'm now in the know, regarding this pop culture hit :) So, if you're a fan of the show, you'll be a fan of these stamps for sure.  They're a real must have!  

I chose an orange base due to the Halloween theme, and I stamped and die cut my Zombies Rising Greeting (936G), leaving the die in place and added some orange sponging to match.  I added a die cut layer and set it aside while I stamped, colored and fussy cut my Zombie Guy (917G).

 Next I set about creating a background on a muted yellow card stock.  I chose to keep it neutral simply stamping it in black ink, therefore highlighting the sentiment and zombie.  Accent Bats were stamped at the top, followed by the Silhouette  Graveyard and the Zombie Crawler (932F) at the bottom.  

Be sure to check out all the fun new stamps at DRS Designs! 

 Have a great day...

Karin

Masculine Color Block Card

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a masculine card to share with you. I was desperate for an easy card for a man, so I thought I would try this simple technique that I saw a long time ago and jotted down in my idea book.  I'm calling it the color block technique, but perhaps it goes by another name.  I'm happy to call it easy!

I began with 2 pieces of card stock, white and light blue, both 4 3/4" x 3 1/2" in size. I then stamped the Sailboat and Anchor from DRS Designs on one and then the other, making sure to put the stamps in the same spot on both pieces of the card stock.  You could use a stamp-a-ma-jig or the MISTI to help line them up.  I then took both pieces, one on top of the other and cut them in half at the same time using my paper cutter..  All that was left to do was take the opposite colors and piece them back together.   

I changed up the placement of the gems and Sending you Sunshine greeting, just so the cards wouldn't be completely identical.

I finished them by layering them onto some matching card stock.  It was such a fun quick way to make 2 cards at the same time! 

Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Hang in There!

Hi Everyone,

Is it wrong to make a card for yourself?  That's totally what I did...lol!  It's been a rough couple of weeks in my house.  There have been cars in the shop and now a broken computer.  Broken enough to where it's not worth fixing, so we've been researching what kind to get and let me tell you, my head is ready to explode.  Too many choices, and too many opinions from too many sources.  Sigh.  So, this card was simply made to cheer myself up :)

I used the Hang in There Monkey from DRS Designs, stamping it in brown ink and adding some vines using the Leafy Tree Branch stamp.  I colored it using Copic markers and die cut and layered it onto some scalloped rectangles.  The background was made using an embossing folder with a giraffe print that I inked up to go with the whole jungle theme, 

Then to finish it off, I went old school with my embellishments and added some ribbon and gems!

Here's hoping you're hanging in there too!  Go make a card, it's sure to help you smile :)

Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Naked Stamping

Hi Everyone,

The current challenge on the DRS Designs blog is called Naked Stamping, which is a fun way of saying stamping without coloring the image :)  So for today's card I used my Copic markers and made a little ocean scene in gradient blues, going from dark to light.  Then I grabbed a few fishy friend stamps and stamped away, adding some seaweed and bubbles that I embellished with some blue Stickles.

Here is a list of the stamps I used:

Happy Octopus
Happy Shark
Killer Birthday Greeting
Happy Seal
Bubbles
Four Flower Background

Have a great day!  Hope to see you play along :)
Karin

CAS Thank U

Hi Everyone,

I have a clean and simple thank you card to share with you today.  It uses the Ruler stamp from the most recent release and I'm thinking it would be a great stamp for any sewing enthusiast or even a teacher.  I'm sure no one is ready to hear about back to $(#@@! yet, so notice I'm not mentioning it :) :) :)   Let's enjoy the summer while we can, right?

Anyway, I stamped the ruler on yellow card stock, heat embossed it using clear embossing powder, and did some easy peasy fussy cutting.  I dry embossed my white background and die cut a punny sentiment using alphabet dies.  The hardest part was trying to line up the letters.  I'd like to tell you I used that ruler to make sure the letters were straight, but I ended up just eyeballing it after I attached the ruler with dimensional foam tape. 

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure to join us for our color challenge this week!  Details can be found here.

Thanks for stopping by!

Summer

Hi Everyone,

I love the Seaside Dock stamp, it's such a great scene that reminds me of my cruise up the New England coast :)  It didn't quite fulfill my dream of spending the summer on Nantucket or Martha's Vineyard, but my life isn't over yet, right?  Goals :)

Anyway, those were the thoughts going through my head while working on this card.  I used the World Map Background stamp and stamped it across the background and roughed up the edges. Since it looked like a fishing scene, I wrapped the panel with a piece of netting.  The scene was die cut and and layered on to a mat that I embellished with some brads, (Remember using those on everything way back when?) and I added that using some dimensional tape.

 

 

 

stamped colored and fussy cut the Sailboat adding that with dimensional tape as well.  To finish it off I stamped the word summer from the Summer Story Greeting stamp and used the Splatter Background stamp to add some color to it.

Don't forget to check out our current challenge for your chance to win  20% off your purchase at DRS Designs.  Link up right here!

Have a great day!
Karin

Congratulations

Hi Everyone,

I felt like I've been neglecting the dog lovers in the card making world because most of the animal cards that I've made as of late have featured cats. So after going to a 4th of July picnic at my cousin's house, which happens to be the home of their dog Cooper, I thought a card inspired by him was in order.

I colored up the Doggie Dilemma Dog with Fence stamp using my Copic markers and die cut the image using my Square Spellbinders dies.  I die cut a banner that was stamped and colored using the Dog Bone.  My background was dry embossed using a paw print folder and I added the new New Pet Congratulations Greeting. 

 

I finished it off with a Small Dog Print  that I punched out for embellishment.  

Thanks for stopping by!
Karin

Summer

Hi Everyone,

 Here's a card to remind you about our current "The Heat is On" challenge, on the DRS Designs blog.  The theme is summer, so I stamped up this tropical card to inspire you to play along!

I colored up the soon to be released Flamingo Palm Tree Scene (878L) stamp and then chose my base and background papers to match.  It's hard to see in the photo, but I stamped the background and green strip along the side using the 4 in 1 Seashells background stamp.  And because I wanted to tie my sentiment into the card, I also stamped one of the shells on top of my Summer Story Greeting (881C), 

Lastly I stamped the Hula Pig, coloring and fussy cutting her so that she could be attached with some dimensional tape.  

Thanks for visiting today, and I hope to see you join us for our Thursday challenges!
Karin

Blooming with Good Health

Hi Everyone,

My card today was made with my niece in mind.  She's been trying to recover after a bad infection in her inner ear, that's left her struggling with vertigo and balance issues :(  Poor thing....We're praying that her work with physical therapists who specialize in this sort of thing, will help her heal and feel better soon.

Anyway, I went a feminine route on this card using the Scroll Corner Tile stamp from DRS Designs in a deep purple ink on a light purple background paper.  I used the same ink for the Blooming with  Good Health Greeting that I die cut using my circle Spellbinders die.  I wanted to pair up some flowers with the sentiment, so I colored up the violets that are in the Violet Tea Cup stamp and fussy cut them, attaching them below the sentiment.  

Using the colors from the flowers I cut some strips of card stock to place behind the greeting, adding some ribbon and gems to match the feminine theme of the card. 

Thanks so much for dropping by today!
Karin

Golfer

Hi Everyone,

I have a monochromatic masculine birthday card made with stamps from DRS Designs to share with you today.   Since I have a hard time with card for men, I always like to have a couple in my stash for when I'm not inspired :)

Blue is always a safe guy color, so I chose that for my base and stamped the Splatter Background along with a strip using the Everything Golf Background, layering it with a black and blue border.  I felt that it need something to finish it off, so I stamped the small flourish from the Scroll Corner Tile stamp in the corners, colored it in and added a small grey dew drop.

 

 

 The main image was stamped to match and I stamped the Par-Fect Golf Birthday greeting on top, die cutting it with a circle Spellbinders die and attaching it with some dimensional tape.
And, this card also serves as a reminder to join our Birthday Card Challenge on the DRS Designs  blog!  Hope to see you there!

Karin

 

 

Angel

Hi Everyone,
 

I have an inspirational card to share with you today.  I paired the new Strength and Dignity Greeting with an angel that I die cut using a die from Spellbinders.  I saved the negative piece and used it as a stencil, adding ink in the approximate places for the wings, face and dress.  After I removed the stencil, I placed the angel on top, and used a rectangle die to cut her out, making her match the sentiment panel.

I left my comfort zone as far as card shape and size.  To make all of my pieces fit, I used a 12x12 inch piece of card stock and ended up with a 6 inch square card.  For the background I used the new Scroll Corner Tile stamp, coloring in portions of the vines using a purple Copic marker.  I also added the small flourish in the corners of the sentiment for a bit of extra detail.  Before adhering the image and sentiment with dimensional tape, I added a strip of matching embossed card stock, punched border and a couple of matching gems.

Thanks for visiting!
Karin

Sunrise Golfer

Hi Everyone,

The current challenge on the DRS Designs blog is "Play Ball", so I'm back today with another golf themed card!  I hope you have a chance to "get inky" and join us!

My card started out with me sponging that green and yellow background scene, so that I could add the Silhouette Male Golfer in the foreground.  Unfortunately, after stamping him I swiped an inky finger across the beautiful golden sky and ended up with a big black smudge that couldn't be camouflaged.  So, after shaking my fist in the air and a holding a minor pity party, I fished it out of the trash and decided it was an opportunity for creativity.  I cut him down and matted him in black.  I then stamped the Par-fect Golf  Birthday Greeting, cutting it down and matting it as well.  To match it up with the image, I stamped it with the Splatter Background stamp in yellow and green ink.

I embossed a bright yellow background, but it seemed too plain when I was piecing the card together, so I made a piece of patterned paper using the cut apart Woven Plaid stamp, using the same yellow, green and orange inks. You can check out this great tutorial here.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you at the challenge!
Karin

Faith Hope Love

Hi Everyone,

I decided to make an inspirational card for my share today on the blog.  The beautiful 

Faith Hope Love (872E) stamp was recently released, and it can do double duty for Bible journaling or as a sentiment on a card of encouragement.  

I always think there's something soothing about a pink and blue sky, so I made my watercolor  background using blue, purple and pink ink.  Once it was dry,  I stamped some wispy grasses along the bottom using the Long Tall Wheat and Four Flower Background stamps.  I dyed a piece of seam binding and made a bow around the panel before attaching it to the card base and black layer.  

 The sentiment was stamped, colored with Copic markers to match and die cut.  I then covered it in heat and stick powder, so that I could coat the whole thing in transparent glitter.  Finally, it was adhered to the card using some dimensional foam tape. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope you have a beautiful day :)
Karin

Happy Father's Day!

Hi Everyone,

My dad is a big golfer and he looks forward to the card that I make him for Father's Day each year, because he knows that it will feature his favorite hobby.  I love it too, because he's always amazed..."I don't know how you are able to make these things!" LOL!  Without DRS Designs, I couldn't :)  

I began by stamping Golfer Duff, coloring him with my Copic markers, die cutting and matting him.  The background was made using the soon to be released Everything Golf Background (834H) and the Argyle Background and Argyle Diamond using a dark and light green ink.  I added a plain piece of matching card stock to cover up where the two backgrounds meet and embellished using a couple of large silver brads from my stash.  

 

 

 The Small Happy Father's Day (827B) will also be released at the end of this week and that was stamped and colored in with a Copic marker to match the golfer.  I then used my circle punches to layer it up and attached it with a piece of dimensional foam tape. 

This also serves as a reminder that our challenge theme at DRS Designs is "It's A Guy Thing!" this week.  Link up your creation right here for your chance at winning a group of DRS Designs stamps!  

Here's hoping your day is "Par-fect"!

Karin

 

Hooked on You!

Hi Everyone,

My card today is made to remind you that the current challenge theme on the DRS Designs blog this week is distressing!  If you haven't joined us yet, I hope this inspires you to do so :)

I stamped the main image in Brown Versafine ink, coated it in clear embossing powder and heat set it, before tearing around the fish.  I added a bit of brown ink to the edges as well, to add to the distressed look.

The background was made by roughing up the edges of all the layers, and sending the embossed background though my machine in an inked up embossing folder,

Since the main background sort of  looked like a piece of distressed white washed wood, I added a stamped wood grain panel as well.  Below is the list of stamps I used:

Jumping Fish

Wood Grain Background

Hooked on You Greeting

To join in this weeks challenge, link up here. Happy Stamping!

Karin

Pretty Kitty

Hi Everyone,

I've totally been into making animal cards these past couple of weeks.  Almost everyone I know owns either a dog or cat, so I figure a card starring Purr-fectly Comfortable Kitty is the image to use for a card for a girlie girl :)  I colored her up and fussy cut her, adding a second face on top with some dimensional foam tape. After this, I attached her to an embossed die cut oval. 

The background and top border was created using the Interlocking Star Background stamp, and I added a row of gems above the punched scallop edge.  The sentiment was cut out from the Cat's Meow Birthday Greeting.

For fun and a chance to win prizes, be sure to check out our challenges here every week on the blog!  Current challenge details right here!

Have a great day :)
Karin

Kitty trio

Hi Everyone,

I made this birthday card with my niece in mind.  She's definitely a cat lover and with her birthday coming up in the beginning of May I knew I wanted to use the cute Happy Cat Sitting stamp from DRS Designs to make her a card.  

I paired the image stamp with the Purrfectly Birthday Greeting by stamping it on the front of the the card panel.  After embossing it with a paw print embossing folder, I took my 1 1/4" punch and punched out 3 peek holes for the kitty cats.  I stamped the kitty three times and used a 1 3/4" punch to punch them out, positioning them behind the openings, changing up the directions they were looking out.  

 

  

 

 

Using a larger scallop and circle punch, I made some frames for the openings to give the card a more finished look, adding a bit of ribbon and a punched mini heart for embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is Purr-fectly wonderful too!
Karin

It's Five O'clock

Hi Everyone,

I'm excited to sit outside on my desk and soak in the sun and warmer weather, so I decided to make a card that celebrates kicking back with a frosty beverage :)  Summer can't get here soon enough for me...It was 74 degrees over the weekend and I literally saw a young gal washing her car in a bikini.  It's not just me, we're all excited for summer here in Ohio...lol! 

I started with the Margarita Glass stamp which was colored with Copic markers, fussy cut and embellished with some glitter glue as the stand in for a salted rim.  I stamped the Remember This and added three arrows from the 4 in 1 Arrows stamp.  After it was colored I used some punches and layered it up.  I paired that with the Five O'clock Somewhere Greeting, which was stamped and die cut. 

 

 I  stamped a matching border using the Polka Dot Background stamp and attached the different elements to the card using some dimensional tape.

Thanks for peeking in today!
Karin

Spring

Hi Everyone,

I know the calendar says that spring is here, it just doesn't feel like it outside.  I even had some snow this past weekend, so to cheer myself up, I used the Spring is Coming Greeting on my card today.  After stamping it, I used an oval die to cut and mat it, adding a bit of yellow sponged ink to give it a sunny look.

For my background, I used blue paper for the sky, stamped a row of greenery along the bottom portion using the Four Flower Stamp, and added a piece of green paper stamped with the Easy Grass Background which was adhered on top.  Finally I added a die cut fence on top of all of these elements.

 I added my sentiment and my die cut clouds, but it seemed to sparse, so I added a couple of birdhouses as well. I stamped them using Birdhouse Tree Branch and Single Birdhouse, colored and fussy cut them, attaching them to posts made from scraps of brown paper.  

Have you made a card using die cuts?  Well, that's our current challenge at DRS Designs, so link up! Check out this post for all the details.

Have a great day!
Karin

Spring is Coming

Hi Everyone,

I have a simple spring card to share with you today.  I've been working on doing some decluttering  at my home, and it spilled over into my card making.  I stamped and die cut my Spring is Coming Greeting, leaving some room at the bottom of my sentiment for some embellishment.  

Nothing says spring like some flowers, so I chose some bright cardstock from which to punch out 3 flowers to add to the bottom of the greeting panel.  I had an embossing folder with a similar flower pattern, so I used that for my background, and it gave me a matchy look.

I grabbed my square punches (1 1/4" & 1 3/8") and used those to add a row of matching colors along side of the greeting, placing a white flower in the center complete with a gem.

Be sure to join us for the weekly challenge at the DRS Designs blog every Thursday!  The current challenge is Spring!

Have a great day!
Karin