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