Fishing Birthday

 Hi Everyone,

I love how happy this Proud Catch Fisherman looks when it comes to his big catch, so I thought he would be perfect for this new  O-Fishal Birthday Greeting!

The greeting and image do most of heavy lifting when it comes to making a cute card, so I simply made a background using Vicki's Versatile Background and Sand Snow Water Lines, using blue and green ink.

The black strip was embellished by me adding a few doodles and the Big Mouth Bass was fussy cut and added with pop dot.

Here hoping YOU have a REEL-Y great day too!

Karin

 

Mother's Day

 Hi Everyone,

Since the new You Were Right Mother's Day Greeting mentions forgoing flowers and teacups, I thought I would make the card using non floral stamps.

I used my favorite Splatter Background stamp and inked it up multiple times using yellow, pink, orange and green ink.  I then used those same colors to color up the stamped Small Stained-Glass image.  

To finish it off, I added a couple of rows of matching gems.

Virtual stamping hugs to all the crafty moms out there!
Karin

Happy Birthday

  Hi Everyone, 

This new Mr. Earl's Happy Birthday greeting is perfect for anyone's birthday.  The big, chunky letters make it super fun to color and I love the star that dots the "i"!  

That star was the inspiration for my background that I made using a star embossing folder and the Interlocking Star Background.

Who's more festive than our own Birthday Party Pig?  No one! So of course, he had to make an appearance on my card.  I did a bit of fussy cutting and added some glitter to his balloon too.

Thanks for stopping by!

Karin

  Hi Everyone,

I'm a little early with my Father's Day card share, but if you love the fun greeting, this gives you plenty of time to order it for your own stamping!

The Nailed It! Father's Day Greeting is perfect for those handy dads out there.  I really respect and appreciate the folks that have that specific know-how, because that isn't me at all!  

I stamped and die cut the sentiment, adding some sponging to match the base and Ruler.  I decorated the embossed gear themed background with some metal brads and added some tools that were fussy cut from the Tool Christmas Stocking to finish it off. 

Lots of fun new stamps were recently released and you can find them all right here!

Happy Stamping!

Karin

S'more Birthday Wishes

  Hi Everyone, 

During the height of Covid, when we were all socializing outside and not sharing food, one of the things I did was make up individual packets of ingredients for people to make their own s'mores at our fire pit.  That ended up being my inspiration for today's card share.  

The colored card layers represent the chocolate, marshmallow and graham cracker that make up the delicious treat, and the twine is what I used to close up the cellophane bag.  I struggle for a while to choose an embossing folder for the background and eventually settled on using this Darice brand one. 

The S'more Birthday Greeting is newly released from DRS Designs and I stamped and fussy cut the Smooshed S'more to match.

I couldn't resist really playing off the deliciousness concept, so I took a chomp out of the corner of the S'more card by using a scallop punch on all the layers. 

Sending sweet wishes your way for a lovely spring day!

Karin

Birthday Toast

  Hi Everyone, 

I wish I could put into words how much I LOVE these new stamps from DRS Designs! Super cute and punny are my absolute favorite and these are it in spades :)

I stamped, colored and fussy cut the Party Toast, and stamped and die cut the Birthday Toast Greeting before I created the background.  Wanting to make it match his polka dot hat, I inked up some bubble wrap and used that for my stamp. Green, yellow, orange and pink were the colors I chose to make that bubbly, confetti like look.  

I added a die cut frame and attached it, along with the popped-up image and sentiment to an embossed dot panel.

Cheers all around!  Now go get yourself that adorable, buttery toast stamp!

Karin

Birthday Daisy

Hi Everyone,

I'm healing from my hand surgery pretty well, but I have to type using odd fingers.  Forgive my short post today :)

I had leftovers on my desk from making this card, so I copied it using this new birthday sentiment.  I masked off the bottom part of the Special Birthday Greeting...

And stamped it inside with a few more Medium Daisy Blooms.

Check out all the new stamps at DRS Designs!

have a great day!

Karin

We're All Irish

  Hi Everyone,  

I know St. Patrick's Day was last week, but I had to show one last card because the sentiment is too cute to save for next year!

I stamped the Wee Bit Irish Greeting (115D), die cut it and added a bit of green sponging.  I thought the Western Dancing Couple, who are more cowboy than Irish, would be perfect for the card especially if I colored up their clothing in green, instead of denim colors.  I fussy cut them and attached them to an embossed music background. 

A shamrock embossing folder was used for the background panel and I added the Irish Good Luck Circle next to the sentiment to finish off the card.  

Thanks for visiting and be sure to stop by the DRS Designs store to see all they have to offer!

Karin

  Hi Everyone,

Here's a simple, flat easy to mail card that I made for a friend going through a hard time.  I used one of my favorite images from DRS Designs for a snail mail card, because it has the sentiment built right in.  

I stamped, colored and die cut the Happy Mail image and sentiment for the front and used the Medium Daisy Bloom to create a background to match.  

An embossed panel in a matching color anchored the image on the card.  

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Karin

Better with Age

  Hi Everyone,

Today's card share is a Z Fold card.  It may go by other names, but that is what it was called when I learned how to make it.  It's simply a card folded in half, with to top panel folded in half, back to meet the first fold. I like it because it's easy!

This fold gives me the chance to make two matching papers and I did that by using a grape themed embossing folder and the Bunch of Grapes stamp.  For the outside I used the Better with Age Birthday Greeting and added a fussy cut wine glass from the Pour Me Bottle and Glass stamp.

Inside I stamped and die cut the Best Year Cheers Greeting and fussy cut a matching bunch of grapes.

This is the perfect card for my wine loving friend.  

Thanks for visiting!
Karin

Every Bunny

  Hi Everyone,

I fully intended to make another St. Patrick's Day card this past weekend, but I came across Leonard the pig wearing his cute bunny ears, so I made an Easter card instead.  

I stamped and colored up a bunch of Easter Eggs with bows and attached the panel to a piece of yellow paper that I tore along the one side.  I feel like that torn paper was a big card technique a few years ago, so why not bring it back :)

The card background was dry embossed with eggs as well, and I added the Happy Easter Everybunny Greeting on a strip.  Leonard was colored and fussy cut and added with some dimensional foam tape.

Looking at my finished card, it's hard to not want to add an embellishment of some sort.  Glitter, gems, or....?  Well, I managed to stop myself and call it done for a change.  I need to let the cute stamps speak for themselves!

Happy stamping Friends!

Karin

Cheers!

  Hi Everyone,

Happy Fat Tuesday! While I don't have a Mardi Gras card to share, I do have one celebrating St. Patrick's Day and all things green.  

I made a background by stamping half using the Shamrock Background and then dry embossing over the whole thing, adding a strip of matching glitter down the center.  

The Small Beer Mugs were stamped, colored and fussy cut before I added them to my die cut circles.  I did have to use a mirror image stamp, so that I could have the mugs facing each other in a toast.  I added the cheers portion using the Best Year Cheers Greeting stamp.

Normally I would use the Brewtiful Day Greeting for a Halloween card with a potion on it, but I thought it worked with my green beer for St. Patrick's Day too.  

Thanks for stopping by and may your celebrations be happy ones!

Karin

Happy Valentine's Day

Hi Everyone,

Being pressed for time this week, I wasn't able to make any new Valentines, so I thought this was the perfect chance to highlight a couple of my favorite cards from years past, made with DRS Designs stamps. 

This card's post can be found here, but here are the links to the stamps:

4 in 1 Fashion Accessories

Candy Heart Background

Every Beat of My Heart Greeting

Heartbeat

And this card's post can be found here, and the links to the stamps are below:

4 in 1 Fashion Accessories

Jungle Jim the Elephant

I'm Wild About You Greeting

Small Silhouette Heart

Here's hoping your Valentine's Day is extra sweet!

Karin

Sweet Valentine

Hi Everyone,

I love the Flower Hearts image and wanted it to match the Have a Sweet Valentine's Greeting, so I embossed the background, and stamped the Flower Hearts, adding the fussy cut candy hearts.

I added a strip of stamped Scatterd Hearts behind the image and sentiment.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Karin