Wishing you a SPOOKtacular Halloween

Happy Monday everyone.

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is to use a pun on your card. DRS Designs has some great sentiments that use puns! This card features one of my favorite Halloween puns.

My card base is black with a layer of orange that was stamped with the spooky eye background in Memento black. I punched a strip of black CS with Fiskars spider web border, added some black and orange gingham ribbon and then attached it to the bottom of the card. I used my bow easy to create the small bow on the left. The ghosts were stamped on white and cut out before attaching them to the card base. Some gogglie eyes were added to these not so scary ghosts. The sentiment was stamped on white with Memento black ink, cut into a rectangle and layered on some orange and black before attaching it to the card.

We would love to have you come join us with your "punny" cards this week. You could be the winner of some beautiful DRS Designs stamps. Come on over and check it out!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time,
shelia

Merry Monday Challenge

It's rainy and chilly here today, so I'm in the mood to create Christmas cards. :-)  The first one is for Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge.

The main image was stamped in Memento and colored with Copics, cut with nesties and layered on the green nestie. The card base is white with a layer of red that was embossed with the CB snowflake folder. A red, white and green ribbon was added before attaching it to the base. A bow made with my bow easy was added to the top. I think this Santa and Reindeer image is adorable!

My second card is a twisted fold card.

The card base is blue with layers of cranberry and white, embossed with the CB snowflake folder. The large Merry Christmas was stamped in black and cut and layered with oval nesties. The snow flake medallion was made with nesties too. This was a quick and easy card to create, once the folders and layers were done. It has a pocket inside for gift cards. Check out Splitcoast Stampers for info on how to create this one!

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

One More Candle?

Today I have a fun birthday card that features our new What's One More Candle sentiment!

My card base is blue with the Birthday Multi Greeting stamped in VersaFine Watermark ink. I stamped the Easy Dot Background in Blue and Green on white card stock, cut it into a strip and attached it to green card stock after punching a border on one edge. The Sentiment was stamped in Memento Black on white and cut with nesties. Some green ink was sponged around the circle before attaching it to the green circle. The Birthday Candle Burst was stamped in Memento black, colored with copics, fussy cut and attached to the dotted strip. I would say this was an easy card to make, but I'm just not patient enough  for cutting out all those candles!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

until next time,
shelia

My Favorite Vegetable

Happy Monday! Today I have a fun card to share with you that features DRS Designs Favorite Vegie saying.

I started with an orange card base that I cut into the shape of candy corn. I stamped the Easy Dot background across the middle of the card in Versacolor Orange. After cutting a yellow piece to fit the bottom of the card, I stamped it with the Easy Candy Corn background in the same orange ink. I added some sparkly orange ric rac before attaching it to the card base. The white top was cut from card stock and embossed with the CB Swirls folder before attaching it to the card base. The sentiment was stamped in Memento black, cut with a nestie, and sponged with the same orange ink before adding a yellow layer and attaching it to the middle of the card. I love this sentiment and just had to try making a shaped card for it. I like the result. Hope you do too.

Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check out this week's challenge at DRS Designs.

Until next time,
shelia

Sunflower Challenge at DRS Designs

Happy Thursday Everyone! Today's challenge at DRS Designs is to use sunflowers on your cards. I love sunflowers. They just scream fall to me and I am ready for fall! Here's the card I created.

The card base is a golden yellow with a pumpkin layer that was embossed with the CB Swiss dot folder. A yellow strip was added after punching both sides with an EK Success punch I found on clearance at JoAnns. I love finding bargains!! :-) A strip of the pumpkin paper was added to this after running it through the CB too. The images are from DRS Designs Framed Thanksgiving Greetings.  I stamped the image three times, cut out the various images, colored the sunflowers with some Copics, then added them to the card with pop dots. I like the clean and crisp look of this card.

This challenge runs all week, so come on over to DRS Designs and join in the fun. You could be the winner of some cute Halloween stamps!! Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

Birthday Wishes & Merry Monday Challenge

Happy Monday! Today I have a birthday card to share that features some new sentiments from DRS Designs.

My card base is red card stock with a layer of white that's been stamped with the Easy Dot Background Stamp in Memento Black and Real Red. A red and black gingham ribbon was added before attaching the white panel to the red card. The main image, Ladybug Stackup, was stamped in Memento black and colored with Copics. The vertical Birthday Wishes sentiment was stamped in Memento black along side the lady bugs. I used my square nestie to cut it out and then layered it on a scallop nestie square. The From All of Us sentiment was stamped in Memento Black, colored with Copics and cut with nesties. I also sponged some Real Red ink around the edges before attaching it to the card.

Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to check out this week's challenge to make cards featuring jungle animals!!

Here's a card I made for Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge #32. Lesley comes up with some cute sketches each Monday!

I used SU Dasher for the main image. I can't believe they've retired Dasher. He's one of my favorite stamps!! All dp is DCWV from my stash. I added some half pearls and embossed the beige panels with snowflakes and dots for some texture.  I am so happy to have a head start on my Christmas cards!!

Until next time,
shelia

Inspiration Challenge and Tuesday Alchemy Challenge

Today at Splitcoast Stampers the Inspiration Challenge took us to a site featuring French decor. Here's the card I created.

I created this Thank you card for a friend who hosted a small party for me last night to watch my son and family on House Hunters. We don't have cable, so my friend graciously hosted us there. We had a blast watching the show. It's really kind of weird seeing your kids on TV though!!

Anyway, the card base is a golden yellow with a blue layer embossed with a CB folder. A plaid ribbon was added before attaching the blue layer to the card base. The main image is DRS Designs Daisy Basket which was stamped in Memento Black, colored with Copics, cut with square nesties and layered on a yellow lacy square nestie. The Thank you is part of DRS Designs' Thanks for your Support and was stamped in black on a yellow label.

I love this basket of daisies stamp. It is just so pretty and you can color the daisies any color you want. I've used it quite a lot. It may be my favorite stamp!!

I'm also entering this in the Tuesday Alchemy challenge which is Anything Goes this week. You can see the challenge details here.

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

Challenge #41 It's a Jungle Out There!! & Merry Monday Challenge 31

Hello. Today's challenge at DRS Designs is to use animals on your creations. I'm using a fairly new stamp from DRS Designs, King Lion and the Walk on the Wild Side birthday greeting.

The card base is rust colored card stock stamped with the Peacock Feather in Verafine Watermark. The same image is stamped on the green strip. The sentiment is stamped in Memento black on white and layered on the green. The King Lion image was stamped in Memento black, colored with copics, cut with nesties and layered on some rust card stock, then attached to the green strip. I really like the fall colors on this one.

Come on over to DRS Designs and play along this week. We'd love to have you join us!

This is my card for Lesley's Merry Monday Challenge #31.

The card base is real red cs with a layer of old olive embossed with a snowflake folder. The main image is Circle Christmoose, which is stamped in Memento black, colored with copics, cut and layered with nesties. A red strip was added after punching the edges with a snowflake punch. The white strip was embossed with the swiss dot folder. Some of the red punched snowflakes were added to the white, along with some half pearls.

until next time,
shelia

Thinking of You

Happy Labor Day! Hope you all are having a good day and enjoying family and friends!

Today's card features a new sentiment from DRS Designs, Sitting Here Thinking of You and the Frog on a Log stamp. As soon as I saw this new sentiment, I knew I had to pair it up with this cute frog!

The card base is black with a white layer. I stamped the sentiment in Memento Black ink on the white panel before embossing it with the CB Swirls folder.  I added some yellow bakers twine and a white Bazzill button that was colored with a yellow Copic marker. The Frog on a Log image was stamped on white card stock with Memento black ink, colored with Copics, cut with a Nestie label die and layered on a black label. After attaching it to my card, some yellow dew drops were added to the black layer. Hope you like it.

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is to use ghosts and/or goblins. We'd love to have you join in the fun!!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Until next time,
shelia