Top o' the morning!

Hi Everyone,

 

At my friend's house this past weekend, I had my first taste if corned beef...YUM! The only time I make it is for St. Patrick's Day, so that one taste is all it took to get me thinking shamrocks and green...lol!

 

Today's card features a couple of new stamps from DRS Designs, Leprechaun Gold Guard which I colored with Copics and also the Shamrock Swag, which I used to create the background.

 

 

 

I wrapped the background panel with a bit of ribbon tied into a knot and adhered the image using pop dots. The Top O' the Morning greeting and a few dots with a gold gel pen on the coin pot completed it.

 

 

 Here's wishing you a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!

Karin

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!

Cheerful Smiles

Hi Everyone,

Even though this is a get well card, I'm hoping the bright colors on my card will cheer you up, even if you aren't feeling sick today :).

I used the new Cheerful Smiles Get Well greeting from DRS Designs for the front of the card and layered it on an embossed background. The bottom portion of my card has a bit of patterned paper made using the

Splatter Background stamp and red, green and yellow ink. I just stamped each color separately, cleaning my stamp off between each color application.

 

 

Not much is more cheerful than this Ladybug with Flower stamp, so I colored it to match the colors of my card, fussy cut it and added some sparkle to the center of the flower.

Wishing you sunshine and smiles!

Two Holiday Cards

Hi Everyone,

 

I realized that I never showed off my funny valentine card here on the blog, so since Valentine's Day is at the end of the week, you get a bonus card today :)

 

This was made with the really cute Skunk with Flowers stamp from DRS Designs, which was stamped, colored (Well, sort of colored! Skunks are black and white, right?) with Copic markers and die cut. I layered it on a background made with the Interlocking Heart Background and added the I Love You Greeting. To add some humor to the card I die cut some letters from red card stock and made my own little pun.

I embellished my flower centers with some Stickles and added 3 gems to balance out the card.

 

Second, I have a CAS St. Patrick's day card for you. I'm giving you a peek at the new

Shamrock Vine Corner stamp and as my focal image I colored up the Shamrock Circle.

 

 

 

 

After die cutting and layering the wreath I used a circle punch for the center and then added the Tiny St. Pat's Day Greeting in the center.

Just a reminder, our "Feeling Green" challenge is happening right here! We'd love for you to play along :)

Have a great day!



Under the Weather Challenge

Hi Everyone,

 

I'm here today to encourage you to play along in our current challenge, "Under the Weather"! If you link up your get well cards right here, you will be in the running for a $10.00 voucher to the

DRS Designs store!

 

I used my owl punch and fashioned it into a little nurse to match the new sentiment, Hug a Nurse. I punched out the vest portion in white, turned it upside down, adding a cross and stuck it behind her head. I then mounted her on some oval die cuts.

 

 

 

The background papers were made using the Bandage and Interlocking Heart Background stamps and I added a button and twine for some embellishment.

 

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

 

 

Friendship

Hi Everyone,

Today's card uses a wonderful Swedish proverb that emphasises what a true friend means to our lives. Who can live with out those people who support you no matter what, and bring real happiness when sharing life's special moments, right? I have a handful of people who mean the world to me, and I can't wait to send them one of my cards with this quote.

This card was made with a yellow base and grey layer to frame my stamped panel. I stamped the Silhouette Background

Trees in yellow dye ink once, and then again before re-inking the stamp, achieving that light shadow. Then I used my stamp-a-ma-jig for the Friendship Double Divide greeting, which was inked in grey.

 

 

I added an embossed panel of dogwood flowers to the bottom, and I embellished the centers of the flowers with a dot of glitter glue. I finished it with a grey punched border and a row of half pearls.

Our current challenge at the DRS Designs blog is "So Sorry", and you can join us with your sympathy card right here!

Have a great day :)

Karin

Hearts, Flowers and Chocolate

Hi Everyone,

I'm currently in Valentine card mode right now, and I sure can use something bright and cheerful at the moment. Currently the snow is falling and the temperature is going to be well below freezing for at least the next week. So while the thermometer isn't red, we can at least celebrate the red hot color on our cards, right?

I made my patterned paper for today's card using the Interlocking Hearts Background stamp and added a border panel stamped with the Giant Chocolate Chip. The Rose Heart stamp was colored with Copics and die cut along with the Valentine's Hold for You Greeting. After all, hearts, flowers and chocolate are the holy trinity of Valentine items, right? However, personally I have to give chocolate a slight edge...lol!

 

 

Lastly I added a store bought crochet flower embellishment to the bottom corner.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today, and be sure to visit the DRS Designs store for many more Valentine themed stamps!

Karin

Sending You a Smile

Hi Everyone,

 

I thought I would share my last winter related card with you today. It's actually one of the thank you cards I made for a lovely gift I received this Christmas.

 

I used the Swirling Snowflakes background stamp to create the background paper, using a lavender to match my coloring on the Large Snowmama. I used my Copic markers for her, and then added some Stickles to the snowflakes on her hat.

 

 

Since she looks so warm & happy in her scarf, I added the Sending You a Smile greeting, which was punched out and embellished with a snowflake and lavender gem.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are feeling warm and toasty!

Karin

 

Feel Better Soon

Hi Everyone,

I've been hearing a lot of sniffling and sneezing from folks around here. I'm knocking on wood right now...I've been really healthy for a good long stretch and I'd like to keep it that way :)

However, if I was feeling a bit icky, the Leonard Sick Day Blues stamp with the funny Cured Yet? Greeting would cheer me right up!

I stamped my background papers first, using Easy Dot Background for the top part, and the Splatter Background stamp for the bottom. Making my papers first, lets me color my image to match. Doing it this way always works for me, since I have a limited color supply when it comes to my Copic markers :)

 

 

I found a ribbon bit that matched the card as well, and added a row of gems for the finishing touch.

I will also let this card serve as a reminder that our current challenge here at the blog is

Seeing Spots. We'd love it if you could join us!

Hoping your year is off to a happy, healthy start.

 

Get Well

Hi Everyone,

 

Happy New Year!   Today's card is doing double duty, being made for the first challenge of this year over at the DRS Designs blog (The theme is spots & dots and the prize is some great stamps), and also for the challenge at the CRAFT Challenge blog where the theme is "Anything Goes", with a $10.00 voucher to the DRS Designs store being the prize there. 

 

I hope you haven't caught a nasty bug over the holidays, but if  you have, then this card's for you :)

 

I used the following stamps which were die cut, fussy cut and added on top of an embossed background of dots :)

 

Boo Boo Bear

Get Well Prayer

Bandage

 

Actually, I could give this card to myself at the moment.  I sliced my finger pretty good making dinner on Christmas.  Ouch!  And it still hurts to type.  I wish I could say finger tips are over rated, but.... :)

 

Thanks for stopping and I hope to see you at the challenges!

 



Bling in the Holidays

Hi Everyone,

 

Happy Christmas Eve! I have one last Christmas/holiday card to share with you today. It was one that I made for last minute sending, so it's not too fussy.

 

I stamped the Filigree Christmas Ornaments from DRS Designs using Versamark and then some green dye ink. This gave the ink some body, so that I could then emboss the ornaments using a rainbow embossing powder. It just gave them that added touch of sparkle. I colored in the ornament tops and added a "string" using a ruler and a green pen.

 

 

I stamped, die cut and matted the Bling in the Holidays greeting and added a few gems for that needed flair :)

Thanks for the visit today and have a safe holiday!

 

Snow Doubt About It...

Hi Everyone,

I have a card to share with you made using the Snow Doubt Birthday Greeting from DRS Designs, which is tailor made for someone with a winter birthday.

I began with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white card base, making the blue and white layers each 1/4" smaller than the base. I stamped the Pine Tree Snowdrifts & the birthday sentiment in navy ink, and then layered the Snow Background right on top using a light blue ink.

 

 

I used the Winter Tree Postage Frame stamp with the added Tiny Happy Birthday stamped in the frame, for my focal image. It was simply die cut and embellished with a bit of chalk shading and added with a dimensional dot to my card front. I even refrained from adding glitter, in an attempt to keep it gender neutral.

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope your holiday season is a happy one so far!

Ho, Ho Ho!

Hi Everyone,

I have light hearted holiday card to share with you today. DRS Designs has a new sentiment stamp being released. It's the Ho, Ho, Ho Rum greeting, and I could imagine Santa wanting to spike his eggnog with a bit of rum after his trek around the globe :)

After stamping and coloring the sentiment, I set it aside and created the card base using the

Open Plaid background stamp in Versamark. I then made some paper using the

Jingle Bells Background stamp in green ink, and then wrapped it with a sweet red ribbon. I also colored and fussy cut the Santa Hat, adding it with a pop dot after assembling the card.

 

 

I finished it off with a couple of rows of gems and some Stickles on Santa's Hat!

Hope your holidays are off to a fun start!

A Little Wish

Hi Everyone,

I have another DRS Designs Christmas card to share with you today. The focus of the card is the new Tree Shape Christmas greeting that I stamped in green ink, die cut and layered onto a couple of larger die cut ovals. I embellished the scallop with a few gems, and then set it aside while I stamped my base layers.

 

 

 

I used the Snow Background stamp on the bottom card base and the Christmas Lights Edger on the embossed layer. I stamped and colored the lights first, and then dry embossed above and below that image. Finally I rounded the two bottom corners and assembled the card as shown.

Thank for stopping by the blog today!

Karin