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

Birthday

Hi Everyone,

I think I bypassed spring all together and went straight to celebrating summer with my card today :) I'm taking a break from my spring and St. Patrick's day cards to share a birthday card on the blog today.

Yellow, red and green are a favorite color combo for me, as they always scream cheerfulness to me. Just what I need as were coming out of the long, cold winter. Good news too! All of the stamps I used today can be found in the current catalog at DRS Designs, so you can color up some lady bugs and cheer yourself up too.

The background was made using the Splatter Background stamp and some white embossing powder. I colored up the Ladybug border and Ladybug with Flower stamp with my Copic markers and added the Happy Birthday from the Birthday Flower Circle by punching out the sentiment and layering it on some punched scalloped circles.

I rounded the top corners of my card and image to soften the look and added some yellow glitter glue to finish it off.

And.....Bonus card!
 

The Cupcake Inspirations challenge blog is in the midst of celebrating their 300th challenge and
DRS Designs is one of the sponsors. There are 3 inspiration photos to choose from to play along,
so you'll want to pop over there for all of the details.
 

Here is my card that I made using the Confetti Alert stamp to support their celebration.

I saved a bunch of scraps from my border punches and adhered the "confetti" with a strip of sticky tape and glue pen for the cascading ones. The bottom of the card was painted with ink and my water color brush.

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out our current "Button" challenge here at the blog too! So many ways to be in the running for a prize from DRS Designs!

Have a great one!
Karin

Challenge Time

Hi Everyone,

DRS Designs is the sponsor this week over at Tuesday Morning Sketches and I'm playing along to spread the word.  Join in the challenge and you will be in the running to win a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store!

Here is the sketch:

And here is my card:

Stamps used:

Shamrock Background

Lucky to Have You 

Hat Full of Shamrocks

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope to see you at the challenge!

The Beauty of Autumn

Hi All!

The leaves are starting to change colors here in Northeast Ohio, and the reports have been that they are on schedule to be extra vibrant this year. Our current challenge at the DRS Designs Blog celebrates this beautiful time of year, so I hope you can join us with your lovely, leafy creations!

My card today was made by stamping the Script Font Background on white card stock and using a square die to cut it out. Then I stamped the Medium Silhouette Leaf in Versamark and heat set it with clear embossing powder. Taking a few sponges, I inked over the leaf with bright fall colors and added the 1 Line Beauty of Autumn sentiment, adding the same sponging to match.

I layered the image and sentiment onto an embossed leaf background and added matching ribbons and metal leaf embellishment.

Thanks for stopping by and link up your leaf card here for a chance at a great prize!

Karin

If the shoe fits...

Hi Everyone,

 

Have you joined in our weekly challenge recently? It's a fun way to build up your stash of cards, as well as having a chance at winning a prize from DRS Designs. This week the challenge theme is "Hot Trends, Sequins and Gems". All the cards from the design team, as well as specific details, can be found on this post here, so be sure to check it out!

 

My card today features patterned papers made using the Woven Plaid stamp in Halloween colors. I decided to combine the new If the Shoe Fits Greeting with the Witchly Accessories stamp. I stamped my image first and then fit the sentiment in at an angle. After die cutting it with my Spellbinders rectangle die, I stamped in a few of the Tiny Bats to fill in the blank spots.

 

 

I attached the image panel with some dimensional dots and added a few lines of gems to fit the challenge theme.

 

Thanks for visiting us here on the blog...Hope to see you at the challenge!

Karin

Don't Bump Into Me

Hi Everyone,

 

The current challenge on the DRS Designs blog has the theme of "It's Give Me the Creeps!", so we're hoping you join us with your creepy, crawly and/or scary cards! You have a little more time to link up your card here, and the winner will be announced on Thursday, along with our next challenge theme.

 

I was getting tired of using the typical Halloween colors on my most recent cards, so I decided to mix things up and use neutral colors and a monochromatic color scheme.

 

On the background I stamped the Spooky Eyes in Versamark, and the new Spooky Tree Limb (136F) along the side in black ink. The new Bump Into Me Greeting (149G) was also stamped in black, and then I used the Accent Bats in Versamark on top. The sentiment was die cut and my Mummy was stamped and fussy cut and added to the card with some foam tape.

 

 

 

 

Of course I felt like I need something in my empty corner, so I fished a piece of twine behind my mummy and added a black button.

 

Hope to see you at the challenge!

 

Good Luck :)

Challenge Time!

Hi Everyone,

 

I have a couple of challenge cards to share with you today.  The first is for the challenge at the

DRS Designs blog, where the theme is "It Gives Me the Creeps!"  So join us with your creepy or scary cards and link them up for your chance at $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store.

 

My card features the soon to be released Halloween Stamps, The Raven and Spooky Tree Limb.  Both of these images were embossed, though I don't think it shows up in the photo.

 

 

The background was made using the Woven Plaid and I finished it with the Tiny Happy Halloween.

 

For a second chance at a 10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store, join the Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge where DRS is the sponsor this week!

 

The challenge there is Beautiful Blooms...

 

 

Here I used the Dogwood Branch and then added the ATC to a card.

 

 

The patterned paper was made using the Large Original Plaid and I added the sentiment

Birthday Wishes to finish this second card off.

 

Thanks for visiting and hope to see you at the challenges!

 

 

 

 



Sketch challenge

Hi Everyone,

 

DRS Designs is the sponsor at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week and I finally got a chance to play along.  There are a few days left, so if you join in the challenge, you'll be in the running for a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store.

 

Here is the sketch:

 

 

And this is my card:

 

 

These are the stamps used :

 

Christmas From Our House Greeting

Christmas Village House

Swirling Snowflakes

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you get a chance to play along :)

 

 



Holiday Card & a Challenge

Hi Everyone,

 

It's Christmas in July time, and that means getting a jump on your holiday cards :) I love making Christmas cards, especially when I'm not stressed out thinking about how much shopping I need to get done. And it's a great way to cool off this time of year, even if it's just metaphorically.

 

This card is simple, made from pieces parts that I saved from last year. When I'm playing around getting ideas, I save all those things that I didn't use in my finished card. Since I had a finished piece of patterned paper made from the Woven Plaid Background Stamp, a colored up Reindeer Ralph, and a punched 1 Line Merry Christmas, this card made with DRS Designs stamps, came together in a jiffy.

All I did was add ribbon, gems and holly leaves, and some Stickles to his nose :)

Woo Hoo! First card of the year done! Only 50 more to go...lol. Small victories.

Oh, and if you want a chance to win a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store, play along at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog where DRS is this week's sponsor...Here is the inspiration photo:



Click here for all the deets!
 

Dream Big

Hi Everyone,

 

The current challenge at DRS Designs is to make a graduation card using your school colors.

 

While this is a graduation card, I'm pretty sure there isn't a school where fuchsia & cream are the team colors...lol! I was thinking more of making a card for a girl, and that's what inspired my color combo :)

 

I stamped the background paper with the Brush Motarboard stamp and highlighted the tassels with a Copic marker to match. The bottom portion was stamped using the Large Original Plaid background stamp and I wrapped it with a piece of matching ribbon.




I decided to emboss the Dream Big with some holographic embossing powder for some extra sparkle and after layering the sentiment, I attached it with a pop dot.

I hope that you get a chance to play along in the challenge. The prize is a $10.00 voucher to the

DRS Designs store!

 

Have a good day!

 

 

Quotes & Words

Hi Everyone,

 

This week DRS Designs is the sponsor over at Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge blog and the theme is Quotes & Words.  If you play along and link up your card, you will be in the running for a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store!

 

I made a simple ATC using the Back Nine Birthday greeting and then stamped on top using the
Easy Grass Background to simulate a golf green.  I added a strip of washi tape to the top and bottom to finish it off.

 

 

Since I don't really swap ATC's with anyone, I decided to use mine on a simple card.  I added a couple of layers to my ATC, and adhered it to a card base stamped using the Splatter background stamp. (This was done to represent the sand traps...lol!) I then stamped, colored and fussy cut the Golf Bag and adhered it to the card with pop dots.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by and good luck playing along!

 

 

 

 



Wedding Card

Hi Everyone,

 

 

DRS Designs is getting ready to release a great new group of stamps this month, and I cannot begin to tell you how much I've LOVED working with them. These recent cards I've made using these newbies have been some of my favorites. I feel like they've boosted my crafting mojo and gotten me out of a long slump :) Hooray for stamps with spring and summer themes!

 

 

DRS Designs is also the sponsor this week at The Shabby Tea Room. The theme is Pretty in Pink and the inspriation photo is here:

 

 

 

My card features the lovely Silhouette Bride & Groom (026G) and the perfectly paired To Have and To Hold (1071G) greeting. Both were stamped in brown dye ink, die cut and some light pink chalk shading was added to match the card base.

I dry embossed the background and added some lace, pearls and a flower to keep with the elegant wedding theme.

 

Sigh. This card makes me want to GO to a wedding. After my husband saw this card, he said, "Wow, that's nice. Hey, when's the last time we went to a wedding?" (And I consider 'That's nice' high praise, by the way...lol.) That's when I realized it's been 9 years. So, let me take this moment to say, "Someone invite to their wedding! I love to dance AND I give a good gift..." Hint, hint ;)

 

I'll also take this moment to say, that since the lace was a scrap, this card qualifies for our current challenge here on the blog. Check it out and join us!

 

Happy April Fool's Day! I have no joke, so I will just make this a public service announcement to remind you to watch your back...lol!

 

Karin

Cupcake Challenge

Hi Everyone,

 

DRS Designs is this week's sponsor over at the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge Blog.  I hope that you can play along for your chance at winning a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store.

 

Here is the inspiration photo:

 

 

And here is my card for your inspiration:

 

 

 

The stamps I used are as follows:

Woven Plaid

Background Branch

Tiny Happy Birthday 

 

 Good luck and I hope that you can play along!

 

 



Challenges

Hi Everyone,

 

Today DRS Designs is sponsoring the challenge over at the CRAFT Challenge blog.  It's a recipe challenge and the prize is a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store.  Here is the recipe details in order for you to play along:

 

Thursday is also the start of a new challenge at the DRS Designs blog, where the prize is also a $10.00 voucher to the store.  The theme this week is "Chips Ahoy!", which translates into using a paint chip on your card.  So fun!  Here is my card:

 



 

And the stamps I used:

 

Splatter Background

Vertical Thinking of You

 

Good luck playing along!

Cupcake Challenge

Hi Everyone,
 

DRS Designs is also sponsoring the Cupcake Inspirations Blog challenge this week, and the prize for a randomly selected participant is a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store.

 

Ready for the inspiration photo?

 



 

And here is my card:

  

 

 

The stamps used to make this are:

Interlocking Stars

Love you to the Moon

 

 

Hope to see you at the challenge!  Good Luck :)

 

 

 

Good Witch/Bad Witch

Hi Everyone,

 

Have you had a chance to play along in our "That's Unexpected!" challenge yet, at DRS Designs? If not, here is a card to inspire you. I would say that pink is and unconventional color for a Halloween card :)

 

I couldn't help but think of the two witches from the Wizard of Oz when designing this card. The bad witch (I can't even remember her name!) was black, and Glenda the good witch was all pink, puffy and sparkly! I embossed the soon to be released Good Witch/Bad Witch stamp, punched them out and layered them onto a background created with the Splatter Background stamp and the Accent Bats.

 

 

Not wanting to forget the sparkle, I added a few rows of gems and pearls!

 

DRS Designs is also sponsoring the challenge at Chocolate, Coffee, Cards Challenge Blog this week, and it's an easy Anything Goes theme, so please join us there too!

 

 Thanks for visiting and I hope to see you play in our challenge!

Halloween Sketch

Hi Everyone,

 

DRS Designs is sponoring the challenge over at Tuesday Morning Sketches this week.  There's a great prize up for grabs, so I hope you can play along.

 

Here is this week's sketch:

 

 

And my card for inspiration:

 

 

Here is a list of the stamps I used:

Fancy Pumpkin

Empty Spiderweb

Small Happy Halloween

Eeeek Background

 

What do you think of the coloring on my pumpkin?  My friend who is an actual artist moved back into town, and I had him give me some coloring/shading pointers when he was over one day.  I think it turned out better than my usual :)  I just don't know if I can duplicate it without him helping me again...lol! 

 

Also, the current challenge over at DRS Designs is to make a card with a decorative edge.  Maybe you can incorporate both challenges into one card and have two chances to win!

 

Good luck!

Super Sweet!

Hi Everyone,

 

Today I'm sharing one of the Christmas cards I've been making recently, and this adorable little Candy Cane Chistmas Critter from DRS Designs is too cute! I think he may be gracing more than one creation of mine this year :) As per usual for me, I colored him with my Copic markers and die cut him using my circle Spellbinders dies. 

 

 

 

 

I used the Large Original Plaid background and stamped the right bottom corner of my card stock at an angle, hoping to kind of mimic the stripes on the candy canes he is holding. That also left me with enough room to stamp the Super Sweet Christmas greeting on the top left.

 

I lined the upper stamped portion with gems, just because they sort of looked like candies. And finally, I rounded one corner of the card before adhering it together.

 

Super short and sweet today friends. I'm trying to squeeze every last drop of fun and sun that this summer has to offer.

 

 

 If you're stamping today, be sure to make a card for our Lavender and Lace challenge right here!



Christmas in July

Hi Everyone,

 

DRS Designs is the sponsor this week over at the 365 Cards blog, and if you play along you have the chance at winning a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store.

 

The theme for today is Just A Touch.  Use a stamped image and color less than half of it to make some portion of it stand out. So to celebrate Christmas in July, I decided to make a holiday card.

 

It's super CAS for me, but that also made it quick and easy :)  I stamped the Girl Swirl Holly in green and only colored in the berries, used the Large Original Plaid to make my paper strip and the Happy Holly Days greeting finished it off. 

 

 

  This challenge makde me realize that this is the first Christmas card I've made for the year. Boy do I have a lot of stamping to do. 

 

Thanks for stopping by here, and be sure to hop on over to the DRS Designs blog too.  Today starts our new challenge, Use a Charm!



Fishing Rules

Hi Everyone,

 

There is a new challenge up at the DRS Designs blog today.  If you played along last week, be sure to check and see if you were the winner and join us for this weeks theme, "Go Fish!"

 

Such a fun theme for summer or the upcoming Father's Day holiday :)

 

Here is my card:

  

 

I used Vicki's Versatile Background on my base in green ink.  You can only see a bit peeking around the layers.  Then I used the Can of Worms stamp and created the background paper.  I think this normally would have been considers a focal stamp, but to get out of the box a bit, I used it this way instead. 

 

Next I stamped and embossed the Fishing Rules stamp, fussy cutting it and attaching it with pop dots.

 

 

The fisherman would definitely find this funny :)

 

I hope that you can play along with us this week!  Good Luck!