Extra Tweet

Hi Everyone,

I still had a piece of yellow cardstock sitting out on my craft table from last weeks card, so along with color inspiration, I took layout inspiration from that card too.

I stamped and colored up the Silly Bird four times, using my 1 1/4" square punch at an angle a couple of times.  I wanted to add to the playfulness of the whimsical, Extra Tweet Day Greeting. I just love this bird stamp :)

Everything was attached to a background made with the Feathers Three in One stamp. How's that for easy?  Well, not as easy as this next CAS card...

  

I used an embossed background, my bird punch and the following stamps:

Feathers Three in One

Splatter Background

Open Leaf Branch

Thinking of you Tweetie

Be sure to check out DRS Designs for all of these stamps and so much more! 

Have a great day!

Karin

Spring Vibes

Hi Everyone,

While my cards today are unrelated, I feel that what they have in common is a springtime vibe.  Spring arrives at the end of the week, so I'm here to usher it in a few days early!

Here I used the Puff Circle as a design element, and used my circle punches to layer them up.  I added the Bitsy Bumble Bee as the fourth element and paired everything up with the Another Year Flies By Greeting.  Since the background was an embossed honeycomb, I added a few stamped Honeycomb Designs to the greeting to match.  To finish the card, I added gems to the center of the flowers and a die cut vellum butterfly.

Here is a CAS sympathy card made using the Silhouette Leaf Branch stamp and the 

Remembrance Sympathy Greeting.  I chose a soothing green ink for the trees, stamping once and then again without reinking, to get that shadow effect.  It's hard to see in the photo, but I added a line of glitter under the trees before I attached the sentiment panel.

Now that Easter is just around the corner, I began making my Easter dinner invitations.  I always go with a simple design, so here they are:

And when I was even too lazy to color the crosses, I switched to die cut bunnies.

Here are the stamps I used for these:

 Puff Circle

1 Line Easter Blessings 

Small Easter Cross

1 Line Happy Easter

Please stop by the DRS Designs shop to see all of the great spring time stamps!

Have a happy day :)
Karin

Birdies

Hi Everyone,

I'm itching for Spring to arrive, so with that in mind, I have a couple of bird themed cards to share again this week.

I wanted to use the new Thinking of You Tweetie Greeting, so I looked through my bird themed stamps from the current catalog at DRS Designs. 

1. First I stamped the Lovebirds Branch. 

2. I stamped the Birdhouse Tree Branch below it.  That left a blank spot in the left corner, so I inked up the tip and stamped it again.

3. Lastly I stamped the Bird Bath.

I colored in all of my stamping using Copic markers and then created my sky using a sponge and a scalloped circle that was punched out.  Just keep moving the circle and inking over it,  to create the billowy clouds.  I masked off a portion of the bottom and sponged on some green ink for the grass. 

After attaching a piece of die cut grass along the bottom, I found I had no room for the sentiment as it was, so I cut it into pieces and attached it with some dimensional foam tape.

This second card is very clean and simple, using only the Open Leaf Branch and the Extra Tweet Day Greeting. 

I colored in the tree, adding some glitter glue for sparkle.  I embossed a die cut frame and added a die cut bird to finish it off. 

The calendar is telling me spring is around the corner, so I hope the warm temperatures are as well!

Thanks for visiting today!
Karin

Feather Friendship Cards

Hi Everyone,

Since I can't get enough of this new Silly Bird stamp, I took inspiration from my card last week, and made another one using some of the same stamps.

Here's how the main scene came together:

1. Stamp Silly Birds.

2. Make a mask for both birds and stamp the Umbrella.

3. Make mask for umbrella and stamp Raindrop Background.

4. Sponge blue ink lightly over background.

5. Color in images.

I then used the new Feathers 3 in 1 to stamp the card base and I used the top portion of  

Birds of a Feather Friends Greeting for the outside sentiment.

The inside was stamped with the second half of the greeting, along with the Umbrella and raindrops again.

I didn't want to relegate using the Feathers 3 in 1 stamp to bird cards only, so I made a background of them for a friendship card.  I paired them with the Good Friend Angel Greeting and the Winged Angel, die cutting it out and adding some purple sponging around the panel.  I attached it to the background and used a slot punch to make a spot to tie on my bow and feather embellishment.

After the card was assembled, I colored in the angel wings and added some glitter glue to finish it off. 

I sure do appreciate the friends in my life, and working on these cards has reminded me how special they are...I hope you're inspired to tell the friends in your life how much they mean to you, through a handmade card.

Happy Stamping!
Karin

St. Patrick's Day and A Sneak Peek

Hi Everyone, 

My cards are complete opposites today; one monochromatic and one, not :)  Let's get right to the details.  

This first one was all about St. Patrick's Day, so I kept it simple, only green and white. I used white embossing powder and the Shamrock Scroll  for the background panel and Happy St. Patrick's Day Shamrock Scroll for the sentiment.  I simply added a ribbon bow and a few gems to finish it off.

Many times I've mentioned that the love of birds is a huge thing in my extended family, so I was thrilled to receive this new stamp that will soon be released at DRS Designs.  I love that this Silly Bird (870D) is cartoon like, because it gave me artistic license to go bright and cheery with my colors!

I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig to help me stamp the birds in a stack and I used a couple of different stamps along with my punches for the sentiments.  Those stamps are Birds of a Feather Friends Greeting and Extra Tweet Birthday Greeting.

Thanks for stopping by...Have a great day!

Karin

Irish Friendship

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a couple of Irish/St. Patrick's Day/Friendship cards to share with you.  I tried to get out of my comfort zone, so I flipped through my sketch binder and found this interesting one.  

Beginning with a green card base, I attached a shamrock embossed background.  I punched out some brown and green 1 1/4" squares, stamping them using the Tree Slice Woodgrain and the 

Shamrock Scroll , and then attached them in the pattern seen here. This left a spot for an image on top and a sentiment below.

I chose to stamp and die cut the Claddagh, coloring it and attaching it with dimensional foam tape.   The missing you was an old die from Cuttlebug/Provocraft and I thought it would be appropriate for a card for a far away friend.  Lastly, I attached a green metal clip for embellishment.

Here, I began by stamping the Irish Friendship Greeting, die cutting it and adding some sponging around the edges.  Taking inspiration from the greeting,  I used some Copic markers to create the rainbow background and some colorless ink to make the water droplets.  Before attaching it to the card base, I came across a scrap that had been stamped using the Silhouette Branch Background, so I added that as well.  Love using up those bits.  Just because it didn't work out that one time, don't toss it away!

The two images, Snail Toadstool and Tree Home Gnome were stamped, colored, punched out and added with more dimensional tape. 

Thanks for visiting today!
Karin

Ladybug Birthday

Hi Everyone,

The snow and ice are back in full force outside my window, so I thought a cheery ladybug card would be just the thing for today's post. 

I colored up the darling little Ladybug Toadstool, and punched it out using my 1 1/4" & 1 3/8" circle punches.  Those sizes will tell you it's small, so I chose to make it more of an embellishment by pairing it up with the Ladybug Birthday Greeting, which I stamped, die cut and matted.

I made my background by choosing colors from my toadstool, and stamped the Easy Dot background in red and the Splatter background in green. Using a scallop border punch, some cardstock scraps and a bit of ric rack, I attached my border to the top of the card. 

After adhering my sentiment and image, I debated whether to add a flower embellishment, but ended up leaving well enough alone, deciding less is more :)

Thanks for stopping by and I'm wishing you a delightful day!

Karin

Holiday Cards

Hi Everyone,

I'm loving these new stamps that have been recently released by DRS Designs so much, that I'm skipping right by Valentine's and heading toward March and April holidays!  

First up is St. Patrick's Day and the new stamp featured is this St. Patrick's Shamrock Scroll ,

which I stamped colored and die cut, adding a few dabs of glitter glue for embellishment.

I created the background using the Shamrocks and Splatter Background stamps in green and orange ink.  An embossed shamrock panel was added down the center and I attached the sentiment towards the top of the card.  

For the image, I used the Hat Full of Shamrocks, stamping, coloring and fussy cutting it out.  I cut off all but one of the lucky clovers, choosing to fill the hat with gold coins instead.  I glittered up some paper and used a small circle punch to create them, cutting a slit in the hat to give me a place to pile up the coins.   

Before attaching the hat, I added a strip of patterned paper made using the Shamrock Scroll stamp.

 I can't believe how late into the month of April that Easter falls this year. I actually like that more than when it falls at the end of March.  We have a better chance of daffodils and sunshine this way!

So, how about a sunny, cheerful card graced with our favorite pig!  The new stamp is

 Easter Ears Leonard Pig and I stamped him on top of a row of  Easter Eggs with Bows.  I just created a mask and used it to stamp the line of eggs, adding the Happy Easter Everybunny sentiment.  

I used the Easy Dot Background and Silhouette Branch Background to make the base papers, adding some lace and premade velum flower stickers for embellishments.

As I finish typing this post, it's 60 degrees and the sun is out.  Between that and my cards today, I definitely in the mood for spring!  

Thank you for visiting!
Karin