Happy Thoughts

 Hi Everyone,

I'm showing off the new Arched Window stamp on my first card today.  It's so cold and snowy here, I needed to make a pleasant scene to warm me up...I'm dreaming of the sunny, cheerful days to come.

I stamped the window a few times and fussy cut out the first one.  I made a mask out of the second one, and fussy cut the shutters on the third one. I then colored and attached those shutters to the back of the window shutters, so that they could be folded shut.  I hope that makes sense.

The background was made using The Floor stamp and an embossed brick wall. I also stamped and fussy cut the Cattail Milk Pail and the One Line Happy Thoughts Greeting.

Here you can see what the window looks like opened up.  I used the mask I made for the window as a helper to stamp the tree top and the hot air balloon.

The tree and balloon come from the following stamps:

4 in 1 the Sky

Christmas Village 4 in 1 Accessories

For my St. Patrick's Day card I stamped and heat embossed the new Shamrock of Shamrocks using gold embossing powder.  I stamped the bottom using the Small Shamrock Group and the made the greeting using the Tiny St. Pat's Day

Please send me some Irish luck to chase away the snowflakes! 

Happy Stamping!
Karin

St. Patrick's Day

Hi Everyone!

 I'm working on St. Patrick's day cards, and that to me is good news.  It means we're that much closer to spring!  I'm even excited about turning the clocks ahead for more daylight, so I'm counting down to that too!  In the mean time, St. Paddy's day it is!

Here I stamped the Tall Shamrocks and colored them in, adding a dot of glitter glue to the centers.  I used the new Blessings on St. Patrick's Day Greeting (372) for the sentiment, die cutting it and adding a mat.  The card was too plain for me, so I fussy cut a tiny frog and top hat, for a bit of festive fun.  Those elements came from the new stamps, Toad Made for You Recognition stamp (363D) and Top Hat St. Patrick's Day Greeting (378G). The final thing was to add some gauzy orange ribbon behind the sentiment.

This card highlights the new St. Patrick's Pot of Gold (466H), which I stamped, colored and die cut.  I attached it to a dry embossed background, along with some gold glitter paper, to highlight the loot in the pot.  There is a bit of shamrock ribbon covering the seam between the papers and I also added a fussy cut rainbow for embellishment.

The rainbow came from the Sean and the Rainbow stamp, and I finished the card with a few square shaped gems. 

Be sure to check out the entire DRS Designs store for all your crafty wants and needs!

Wishing you lots of luck with all your stamping projects!

Karin

Bee My Valentine

Hi Everyone,

I have my final valentine of the year to share with you today.  It's just a sweet, simple card that I hope will bring a smile to someone's face.  

Since I knew it had a bee theme, I began by stamping my base using the Honeycomb Design stamp.  Using a stamp block with a grid on it, let me line up the images along the border with ease. 

After that was done, I simply stamped the panel with my chosen images and colored them in, adding some glitter glue to the flowers and the bee.  Because well,  that's what you do on a valentine with cheerful images!

Here are the stamps I used on the main panel:

Flower Hearts

Beehive

Bitsy Bumble Bee

Bee My Valentine Greeting

Thanks for stopping by today!
Karin

Valentines

  Hi Everyone,

Happy Groundhog's Day!  No card to celebrate this minor holiday, but I do have a couple of Valentines to share.

I've spoken about my love of puns on cards, so I went ahead and made a minor change on the new Lucky in Love greeting, to make it match my image on today's card.  I simply added a die cut letter d.

For the image, I stamped the Ducks Decoration, and then made a mask of the ducks too, so that I could stamp a field of Flower Hearts for them to frolic in.  

The background paper was made with the faithful, never let me down Splatter Background stamp, along with the Small Silhouette Heart stamp in pink ink.  It's subtle, but I promise you they are there, and I finished the card by making some matching, gem filled flowers.

 

Inside, I used the new Valentine Drop Hearts for the message and a few more of those pink hearts.

While I made this card with Valentine's day in mind, since it's not red or pink, it could be used for your sweetheart any time of the year.  

I colored up Jimbo and the Gang and attached it to a background that I made by inking up an embossing folder.  A row of die cut hearts and the I'm Wild About You Greeting were all I added to it.

The DRS Designs store has all of these stamps and other card making desires!  Just click on over here!

Have a great day!
Karin