Happy Monday

I think snowmen are so fun and I love this adorable tiny snowman stamp just released by DRS Designs, especially when paired with the new Snowmen Melt Your Heart Sign.

I started by stamping the new Pine Tree Snowdrifts on white CS, then added some color with my copics. The Tiny Snowman and Sign were also stamped on white CS, colored with Copics, cut out, stickles added and then popped up on the main image panel with pop dots. The White Christmas Text Background  was stamped in Taken with Teal on the teal card base, then an oval was cut using nesties. The main image panel was attached to the inside of the card. A white oval border was cut using nesties and attached to the card front. Teal rhinestones were added to the scallop oval to finish the look.

This is the final week of DRS Designs' Christmas in July Challenge. We'd love to have you join us!!

Until next time,

shelia

Christmas in July

Here's a card I created for DRS Designs' Christmas in July challenge. This week we are to create a card using a Santa image.  I used DRS Designs Santa and Rudolph (016L) and their Holly Background (365H).

I started with red card stock and stamped it with the easy plaid background stamp (613P). After stamping the holly background in Memento Black on white card stock, I colored the holly and berries with my Copics and attached it to the left side of my card base. The main image was also stamped in Memento black on white, colored with Copics, cut with Nesties and layered on another nestie before attaching it to the card. Stickles were added to Rudolph's nose and the little bells on his collar to give some sparkle to the card.

Please join in the Christmas fun at DRS Designs. You can find the details here. It's a great way to get a head start on those Christmas cards!!

Until next time,
shelia

Happy Monday

Well our temperatures are creeping back up into the upper 90s again this week. So I thought I'd share a card that gives me a refreshing feeling! Nothing beats ice cold watermelon on a hot day!!

My card features the cute Watermelon and Friend stamp (798H) as well as the recently released Watermelon border (095H). Both images were stamped in Memento Black on white card stock and colored with Copics. I cut out the two borders and attached them to the blue layer after running it through my CB using a Dream Weaver embossing plate. The main image was cut with a nestie and layered on a red oval that was attached to the blue panel after adding the red gingham ribbon. The sentiment Enjoy Today (1145C) was also stamped in Memento Black on white cs, punched with a square punch and then I rounded a couple of the corners before layering it on blue and red CS.

Stay cool this week!!

shelia

Christmas In July Challenge at DRS Designs

This week the Christmas card challenge is Blue Christmas/Winter Theme. Since I adore snowmen, I went with a snowman card using DRS Designs Large Snowman (001L) and the Merry Christmas sentiment (1014B).

The card base is white. The image is stamped in Memento Black on white cs, colored with Copics and layered on the white base. The blue panel was punched with a MS snowflake border punch, then an oval was cut out with a nestie die. I stamped Merry Christmas on the panel and then attached it to the card to frame the snowman. A couple of white snowflakes were added to finish it off.

Please join in the fun at DRS Designs. You could be the lucky winner of some lovely Christmas stamps!!

Until next time,
shelia

Happy Monday!

Trust everyone had a good weekend! My daughter and mom returned to Virginia yesterday. We had a great time together and got lots of wedding things accomplished. Yeah!!

Today I have two cards to share. The first one features DRS Designs just released Happy Shark (153G), Killer Birthday (175D) and tiny Bubbles (130A).

I started with a white card base, added several strips of dark and light teal that were punched with a Fiskars waves border punch and embossed with the Swirl CB folder. The sharks were stamped on white card stock, colored with copics, cut out and placed between the waves. After cutting the circle for the sentiment, I stamped the tiny Bubbles in Taken Teal. To make them light colored, I stamped on scratch paper first, then on the circle. The sentiment was stamped in Taken with Teal. I added a teal ribbon before attaching the sentiment. These happy sharks are so cute!!

For the month of July DRS Designs' weekly challenges will feature Christmas cards. This week the challenge is Christmas in general.  My card today uses DRS Designs Giant Poinsettia (093M) and Large Script Merry Christmas (286K). I enjoy making Christmas cards a lot, so I'm really excited about this months' challenges!

The card base is Bazzil green with a layer of white attached that's been embossed with the CB swirl folder. The Giant Poinsettia was stamped in Memento Black on white card stock three times. After coloring all three images with copics, two were cut out and layered on top of each other. I used yellow stickles for the center of the top layer. They are layered on the same green base. Merry Christmas is stamped in Memento Black on white card stock and cut with an oval nestie. I sponged Real Red around the oval while it was still in the nestie die, then layered it on a scallop oval cut from the green card stock.

I hope you'll join in the Christmas in July challenge this week. There's still time to play along. Entries must be in by Wednesday evening.

Until next time,
shelia

Christmas in July

DRS Designs is cooling off by focusing on Christmas for the month of July! With temperatures in the upper 90s and even hitting 100+ here in Ohio, I like this very much!!

Each weekly challenge will feature something different, so be sure to check each Thursday to see what the theme is. Today's is Christmas in general. Here's the card I created for this week's challenge.

The white card base was embossed with a CB folder, then the strip of gold was added with a gold ribbon. The Nativity Ornament (526K) was stamped on white CS in gold ink, embossed with gold embossing powder, cut out and layered on gold CS. I added a gold ribbon at the top. The sentiment (975G) was also stamped in gold and embossed, layered on gold CS and attached to the base. I think embossing on Christmas cards is so festive.

Hope you will join in the challenge and get a head start on those Christmas cards!!

until next time,
shelia

Happy Monday!

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying this holiday week. My parents, brother, his family and my daughter are all here for a few days for some family fun. Today I thought I'd share a 4th of July card using DRS Designs Happy Independence Day (822D) and their Easy grass background (059E).

The card base is blue with a layer of red. The main panel is white card stock that was stamped with the easy grass background in Memento Bamboo leaves ink, colored with copics, then the sky was sponged in SU Bashful Blue. A red gingham ribbon was added to the side. I created a white picket fence, made the half medallion in blue and a smaller one in red, put them together, added a half pearl and attached it to my fence. The sentiment was stamped in Memento Black on white CS, cut like a banner and then sponged with SU Real Red ink.

Have a wonderful Independence Day!

Until next time,
shelia