The Wild Side

Hi Everyone,

It's Karin, filling in for Pam today.... Not only is the lion the king of the jungle, he's also the king of this card.  The King Lion is such a beautiful new stamp and it reminded me of something when I was creating with it.  Last time I visited the zoo, I was present for the loudest lion roar ever.  Well, maybe it wasn't Africa safari loud, but it sure took me by surprise!  Normally he's just sleeping in the shade, so to see him up, and to actually hear him, was a real treat :)

I decided to distress my card, so after stamping him, I tore and inked the edges of my paper.  I layered him on some embossed distressed stripes, and used the new Peacock Feather along the side of my card.  I used some twine knots for embellishments, thought that looked rustic and blanced it out with 3 brown epoxy stickers on the other side.

Here you can see that I embossed the Peacock Feathers with some rainbow embossing powder. 

And I can't forget to mention the Walk on the Wild Side sentiment that pairs perfectly with him!

Pop on over to the DRS Designs store and see all of the newly released stamps!

Have a great Saturday!

Karin

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Happy Octopus

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

Is this heat ridiculous or what? Most summers we only crack 90 for a little while around the end of July/early August. This weekend we're supposed to be over 100! That's just wrong! So maybe my card won't really cool you off, but at least you can think cool, watery thoughts when looking at it.

For my watery blue band, I used a brayer and a blue rainbow pad to add the color. Then I dropped some water from a little paintbrush for more of the watery look. When it dried, I stamped the little bubbles with permanent black ink.

The happy octopus was colored, cut out and I added some googlie eyes to him. He’s inside a circle frame I used Spellbinders circle dies to cut and stamped the greeting twice around it. I added some very small dew drop like bubbles for a little extra something. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Stay cool!

Stamps: DRS Designs- Happy Octopus, Bubbles, Happy Birthday Arc

Paper: Neenah white

Ink: Ancient Page coal, Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze rainbow pad

Accessories: Tombow markers, scallop dot border punch (Martha Stewart), Spellbinders circle dies, googlie eyes, small dew drop clones (floral section of craft store)

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Challenge #31-Stars and Stripes

Hi Everyone! Hope you're all having a great day! 

Jennifer here again to give you the details about this weeks blog challenge.  But first, we must congratulate

Marybeth!

  You are the winner from last week's Flower Challenge! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize. 

This weeks challenge theme is:

STARS AND STRIPES

We are giving away $10 store voucher to one lucky participant!

We hope that you'll join us and play along by linking your challenge project using the InLinkz feature below. Challenge entries don't have to use DRS Designs stamps, but if you use them on your challenge card, you'll get an extra entry into the prize drawing. Deadline for this challenge is Wednesday, July 4th at 6pm EST. Come back to see the winner announced in the challenge post next Thursday.

Here are the DT challenge cards to inspire you:

Karin

Julie

Shelia

Janett

Jennifer E.

Chrissy D

Sue
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DEEPEST SYMPATHY

Hi Everyone! Chrissy D here sharing a Clean and Simple card! I used the Calla Lily Sympathy Frame and stamped this in brown ink. I colored it in with the following Copic Markers BG13, YG67, YG17, Y21, Y23.

I embossed the So Saffron cardstock using the Couture Creations, Swept Away Embossing Folder. I layered that on Espresso Cardstock, and added three strips of Soft Sky Stitched Ribbone across. I adhered Dimensionals along the back of the Calla Lily Sympathy Frame and adhered that to the card. 

Quick and Simple, yet offers a message of sincere sympathy to your friend or loved one!

Thank you for joining us today! I hope you will come again tomorrow and join us in our next challenge!

Chrissy D

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Sending Happy Thoughts

Hi Everyone,

Thank you so much to all who joined us for the blog hop yesterday...We've had a wonderful time creating with these stamps, so I hope you had fun along the way too.

Congrats to Kathy Vogel, you've won the 6 stamp prize package!  Please email your information to  info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

Now, on to today's card share....Is this Happy Octopus not the cutest ever???!  I love his smiling face and I just think he's the best for any kind of card :)  He's just stamped, colored with Copic markers and cut out with my Spellbinders Nestabilities.  I decided to dry emboss my backgrounds using some of my old Fiskars texture plates, but I made sure I stamped my Bubbles first.  I added the pennant with the sentiment,  Sending you happy thoughts, as my own take on a "speech or thought bubble". 

I added a strip of card stock stamped with the Open Plaid in a matching blue, and finished it off with large brads and a hanging charm, hopefully keeping the card on the boyish side of things.  

Here's a better shot of the dry embossing on the bottom, staying with the water theme :) 

Thanks for taking a peek, and remember all the newly released stamps can be found right here!

Karin

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Summer Fun Blog Hop!

Welcome to our Blog Hop!

In honor of our newly released designs -

which are just perfect for summer fun stamping -

we invite you to visit the blogs of our wonderful design team

as they show off our latest goodies.

And, if you make it all the way through, be sure

to come back here to the home blog and leave a

comment.  You may just be the lucky winner of 

this prize package containing 6 of our new designs!

So.....get hopping!

I thought I'd start things off with this watermelon card!

I stamped the bottom of my white cardstock using our new Watermelon Border stamp and colored it with markers.  I fussy cut just the bottom and layered the rectangle part on black cardstock, then stamped the bottom line of our Cool Summertime Greeting using red ink.  My pink layer was sponged on white paper using soft pink ink.  I layered all on green paper.

Next, you're off to Shelia's blog.  Enjoy the Hop!

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Just in case you get lost along the way, here's where our hop will take you:

Shelia

Karin

Janett

Jennifer

Julie

Chris

DRS

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Cool Summertime

Hello everyone, hope your weekend is going well. It is HOT,HOT, HOT here in Georgia. So I thought I would share a card to help everyone cool down. 

These stamps are from DRS designs new release, Pitcher 121H and Citrus Border 109G. They were stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with Copic markers. A little shine was added to the ice cubes. A spellbinder circle die was used to cut out the image. The border was cut with scissors, The greeting is Cool Summertime Greeting 824H.

Don't forget to join us in the blog hop tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day,

Janett 

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CAS for a friend

Good morning.  I love this Great Friends Drink Alike image/sentiment.  I went for a CAS look as my friend is a no nonsense kind of gal and we both love a good margarita!  The image was stamped in noir black and colored in with lime smooch paint and a baja breeze marker.  I free-handed the border.

Take care and have a great weekend....I am finishing my packing for Hawaii in the morning:)

Pam

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Pink Leopard?

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

 

Happy Friday!

Isn't my pink leopard pretty? She's a sneak peek from the wonderful new DRS Designs images. Love this lazy leopard but I bet you never thought you’d see a pink one. Pink Panther, maybe. But hey, I found this really neat pink ribbon w/ leopard spots and I just had to use it. This wasn't the exact layout I planned on using,  but when I was looking for some black card stock, I found this cute little black oval frame and that was all she wrote. I decided I needed to use it and I did a quick little out of the box cutting on the tree and branches of my image to fit the oval.

 

The background is an embossing folder. It took me longer to figure out how to color it like I wanted than anything else on this card. I arrived at this final result by sponging on the pink ink (not too carefully…there’s a lot of background so go for it!). Then I rubbed the soft sand ink pad across the high points and lastly, tapped the black ink (with a light touch) on the high points, kind of hit and miss.  I think it goes with the ribbon really well now. The finished card is 4.25 x 5.50.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out all the new releases tomorrow!

Supplies:

Stamps: DRS Designs – New! Coming Soon!

Paper: Neenah white, black, kraft

Ink: Ancient Page coal, Distress spun sugar, Memories soft sand

Accessories: Tombow markers, Spellbinders small classic oval die, Cuttlebug leopard embossing folder, ribbon, pink diamond shaped brad, black Permapaque marker

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Challenge #30-Flowers

Wow! Can you believe this is our 30th blog challenge already!!! Many thanks to all of you for participating every week.  We love seeing your work!  

On to the winner from our Heavy Metal challenge last week.  Congratulations to
Pam D.! 
Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.  

Now that Summer is in full bloom here in the U.S., we want to see 
Flowers. 
Show us cards where flowers are the focal point and enter to win a $10 store voucher to DRS Designs.
Please enjoy the cards made by our Design Team seen below.  
Good Luck to you all!

Karin

Shelia

Chrissy D

Janett

Julie

Jennifer E.

Pam

Sue

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HEAVY METAL BIRTHDAY WISHES -

Hi Everyone! Are you enjoying your June? It really is flying by! I created this card for the Heavy Metal Challenge this week! Did you play along? You have until this afternoon! We would LOVE for you to join us!

Here are the details to my card:

STAMPS: Cranes, Small Birthday Wishes Greeting

Cardstock: Pool Party, Real Red, Whisper White

Accessories: Metal Square Tag, brads, Spellbinders, Ovals, Dimensionals, 1/16th hole punch, Big Shot,

Inspiration Paints - Rust, Denim, Sky Blue, Olive, Cocoa, Gold, Crimson,

I hope you enjoyed my project today! Have a wonderful day!!

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Until they all come home...

Hi Everyone,

I love to make patriotic cards when summer is in full swing and nothing says USA like red, white and blue :) This Support Ribbon from the most recent release is a great stamp.  Due to the fact that it's open lined, you can make the ribbon any color you want.  I chose yellow for the troops, but it can be used for cancer support as well.  Not sure if you know this, but each type of cancer has it's own color for support.  Like I said, great stamp :)

I used the Retro Starburst for my "fireworks" background and Until They Come Home greeting as the focal point.  The ribbon I used as embellishment was knotted, rather than tied in a bow, only because it was from my scrap jar.  I had just enough to make it around.  Love it when that happens!

Thanks for dropping by today!

Karin

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Happy Graduation!

Today I am in need of a couple more grad cards, so I'm sharing one I created for a friend's daughter. Her school colors are blue and white.

My card base is white card stock with a layer of blue, then another piece of white that's been stamped in Ballet Blue ink with DRS Designs grad background (984H). A blue ribbon was added before attaching the panel to the card base. The Congratulations gift card holder (1152K) was also stamped in Ballet Blue, as was the message (018D). After cutting close to the edges it was layered on the same blue card stock. I folded a quarter inch along the sides and bottom, cut the half circle in the top to make it easier to grab the gift card and then attached it with narrow score pal tape. The grad cap (287G) was stamped on the blue CS, cut out and attached with foam dots for some dimension. I added some blue sparkly dew drops to finish it off.

Until next time,
shelia

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On Fathers Day

Happy Fathers Day, hope everyone is having a happy day.

I have a Fathers day card for you today. I used DRS designs Frog on a log (252H) as the main image and colored it with copic markers, I used a spellbinder die to cut out the image and to cut the green layer. The On Fathers  Day (034D) was stamped in black ink and air brushed with Copics. These were layered on a light yellow card stock then on a dark brown card stock.


Have a wonderful day,

Janett

Frog on Log 252H
On Fathers Day 034D
Copics- BG15,BG45,BG49,B26,YG97,YG95,G07,E57,E33
Sew Ribbon Leaf
Brown ribbon package

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Happy Birthday

My card share today is a quickie but the recipient will be happy!...a no frills person.  I used the brushed birthday greeting and the cherry top cupcake. Easy, quick and in their favorite colors.  Some gingham ribbon and the cupcake is on dimensionals.

Have a great day!

Pam

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Lemonade in the Shade

by Julie Warner - The Write Stuff

Happy Friday!

Since we're well on our way to summer, and we've been doing lots of sprucing up the yard and working outside, I thought a little lemonade might hit the spot! On a hot summer day, doesn't a tall glass of ice cold lemonade just sound terrific?

This great Lemonade Pitcher and Citrus Border are sneak peeks of some fabulous new DRS Designs images coming soon! The sentiment is actually part of a much longer, Cool Summertime Greeting. The Lemonade Pitcher was stamped, colored and cut out. I added a little stickles to the ice cubes for some sparkle. The Citrus Border was stamped with a rainbow pad in citrusy colors. The background was embossed with a folder and I flipped it over and used the backside, or debossed side, masked the edges w/ painter's tape and brayered over it with the same ink pad.

I used a scallop edge die on the bottom of the Citrus Border and the cut off piece looked pretty cool, so I brayered over it, turned it upside down and attached it at the bottom of the scallop edge. The finished card is 5.50 x 4.25.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great weekend!



Supplies:
stamps: Lemonade Pitcher, Citrus Border (New! Coming Soon!), Cool Summertime Greeting

paper: white

ink: Ancient Page coal, Kaleidacolor Melon Melody rainbow pad

accessories: Tombow markers, stickles, Quickutz scallop border die & embossing frame folder

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Challenge #29- Heavy Metal

Can you believe it's Thursday already!?!?!  

Time for another challenge here on the DRS Designs Blog.  

But first...drum roll please...

The winner from last week's Flying Friends challenge is:

Sherry King!

Congratulations! Please contact us at info@drsdesigns.com to claim your prize.

The theme for our new challenge is 

Heavy Metal.

No, we're not talking about music this week, we are referring to embellishments.  Make sure your entry has metal on it--brads, bottle caps, metal frames, eyelets, charms etc.  You can see how the Design Team has used metal on their cards below.  We hope they inspire you to play along! Link your card with the Inlinkz feature and you could win this stamp package:

Walk On The Wild Side Birthday Greeting (935F)

Allie and Callie Monkeys (868H)

Jungle Out There Greeting (908D)

Good Luck and Have a wonderful week!

Julie

Jennifer E. 

Shelia

Karin

Pam

Chrissy D

Sue

Janett
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A Friendly Note

Hello Everyone! This is Chrissy here. We are on the mend in our house hold. My son has been such a trooper and has not complained once! All it takes is for one person to get injured before you realize how much they do to help around the house. *smile* I told him to enjoy his little vacation... Now in honor of my other two gremlins, I made this little piggy card. They seem to make the most mess and complain the most about picking it up!

Lately, I can not seem to get enough of this soft blue color (Pool party.) Since we are on "summer break," and I am stamping this card in honor of my two younger "piggies" (they really are just as cute as this Pig in a Puddle), I thought it fitting to use summery colors and a CAS layout. Using White Craft Ink, I stamped the Large Original Plaid on the Pool Party card stock. I then ran the celery card stock through the Big Shot with the embossing folder. I stamped in the Pig in a Puddle image using Rich Cocoa Memento Ink and colored it up with R12 and R20 Copic Marker. I colored the mud with the E15 and E13 Copic Marker and used Glassy glaze over the top of it. I wrapped twine around the layers (Mounted on Soft Suede card stock.) I then stamped the Friendly Note on white card stock in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.

I hope where ever you are you have a WONDERFUL, SUMMERY day! Thank you for taking a look!!! 

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Trendy Granny

Hi Everyone,

I have a bright, sunny card for you today and I can't help but smile as I look at Frisky Florence kicking up her heels.  If you looked up spunky in the dictionary (or is it Wikipedia now?) I think her photo might be right there!   She was colored with Copic markers and fussy cut.  I then layered her on some die cuts, one of which was dry embossed with some flowers.  I thought they would be a good match with the flowered paper I made using the Interlocking Flower background stamp.  I inked up that stamp 3 separate times using, yellow, orange and red dye ink, because I wanted it to match her outfit :) . 

I stamped the trendy Unfriend You greeting, added some chalk shading in colors to match the ink, and attached it with some pop dots.  I finished it with a bow along the side that I attached with a glue dot.

Well, I hope you can kick up your heels and do a bit of stamping today.  Thanks for dropping by and remember you can find all of the newest stamps from DRS Designs right here.

Karin

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Happy Monday!

Hope everyone had a great weekend! We had a family get together to celebrate my father in law's 90th birthday!

Today I want to share a birthday card featuring DRS Designs Un"frog"etable Birthday greeting (1077G). This sentiment makes a cute birthday card and pairs nicely with so many different stamps. I used Frog on a Log (252H) and Toadstools (405F).

The card base is white with a blue strip added to the middle. I stamped the Toadstools in Memento Bamboo ink on green CS, cut the edges with pinking shears and added the two strips to the top and bottom, leaving some of the blue exposed. A blue satin ribbon was added to the top layer. The Toadstools were also stamped in Memento Black on white CS, colored with Copics, cut out and popped up with foam dots. The main image and sentiment were stamped in Memento Black on white CS and layered on brown CS, after coloring the Frog on a Log with Copics.

The sky was sponged with SU Bashful blue. A corner punch was used on all corners of the card to complete the look.

Until next time,
shelia

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