Seize the Birthday Challenge!!

I am always in need of birthday cards and I've tried to play along in the Seize the Birthday challenge this year, but I haven't been very consistent. This weekend I found some time to create a card using their sketch!! And it's a masculine card!!

Here is the sketch we were to use. I turned it in order to make my image fit.

                                                                  


I started with a black card and added a white panel that was embossed with a Fiskars squares plate. The main image, Racing Square, was stamped in Memento black on white CS, colored with some Copics, die cut with a nestie label, then layered on a black nestie label. The racing flags were also stamped in Memento black, fussy cut and added to upper left hand corner with some pop dots. The Happy Birthday greeting was stamped in Real Red ink and tucked up under the main image panel. I really like the look of this sketch!

Thanks for stopping by!

Until next time,
shelia

Happy Monday!

Happy Monday! Today I have an Easter card to share that I made for my parents.

I started by stamping the image on white CS with Memento Black ink. After coloring the image with Copics,   it was die cut with a nestie rectangle die and sponged with Barely Banana ink while still in the die. This layer is attached to another die cut rectangle that was also sponged with Barely Banana ink. Both of these rectangles are attached to a white card base that is a bit smaller than the largest rectangle. A while flourish, flower, half pearl and bow were added to complete the look.

Remember you still have time to join the basket challenge here at DRS Designs. You could be the winner of some awesome DRS stamps!! You can see details here.

Today for the Merry Monday Challenge we were to play tic tac toe!!  Here's the game board!

                                                     

I chose the top row: Animal, DP and Ribbon. And here's the card I created.

The snowball fight image was stamped on white CS with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics, die cut and layered on some navy CS. I also added some glitter with my glitter pen. The card base is white with a layer of navy and then the DCWV snowflake DP. I added some navy ribbon to opposite corners and then a couple of rhinestone snowflakes to finish the look.

My Christmas card stash is growing!! I love not having to rush to get cards made so close to the holiday season. :-)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Until next time,
shelia

Cupcake Inspiration

Happy Palm Sunday!! We had an excellent service at our church this morning. I'm looking forward to celebrating Christ's death and resurrection this coming weekend.

This week DRS Designs is the sponsor at Cupcake Inspirations. Here's a photo of the darling cupcakes that inspired my card today.

                                                           


My card base is Bazzil yellow with a layer of dark green CS. On top of the green is a layer of white that was sponged with Bashful Blue ink using a scallop oval to create the sky. My sentiment Happy Easter was stamped on the sky with Memento Black ink. The same green CS was punched with a Fiskars border punch for the grass. The white fence was created with white CS using a Memory box picket fence die. My fuzzy  chick was stamped with Memento Black ink on white CS, colored with Copics, fussy cut and attached between the layers of grass with a glue dot. The three flowers were also stamped on white CS, colored with copics, fussy cut and attached between the layers of grass with glue dots. A bright yellow ribbon was added to complete the look. Hope you like it!

If you have time, we'd love to have you join the challenge at Cupcake Inspirations this week. You could be the winner of some great stamps from DRS Designs!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

Merry Monday Challenges

This week's Merry Monday Challenge is to use a snowman on your card. I love snowman so I had no problem getting motivated to create a snowman card. :-)

The card base is white with a layer of red CS and then a layer of DCWV blue dotted DP. The tiny snowmen were stamped in Memento Black ink on white CS, colored with Copics, die cut and layered on some red scalloped circles. The Merry Christmas sentiment was also stamped in Memento Black on white and layered on red. The three circles were added to the blue and white strip which was edged with a MS snowflake border punch. I added some red nail heads to three of the tiny punched white snowflakes and used them on the side of the card.

I didn't get time to play in Lesley's Merry Monday Sketch challenge last week, but I decided to go ahead and create one using the sketch even though it's too late to link it up. I really like the sketch!

                                                          

This card uses red and white CS and a layer of dotted green DCWV DP. The sentiment was stamped with Memento Black ink on white CS, die cut with a Nestie and sponged with Real Red ink while still in the die. The button was threaded with red bakers twine before attaching it to the card.

Thanks for stopping by!

shelia

Happy Monday!!

Today I have a CAS Grad card to share with you. I really like red, white and black cards, especially for grad cards, though it is fun to use the school colors too!

I started with a white card base, added a layer of red CS, a layer of black CS and then another white layer that was stamped with the Graduation Background in Memento Black ink. The Graduation sentiment was stamped with Memento Black ink on white CS, die cut with a Nestie Romantic Rectangle die, sponged with Real Red Ink while still in the die and then layered on a piece of black CS. A black and white gingham ribbon was added to the side of the black panel before attaching it to the card. A red button was added to the ribbon with some black baker's twine.

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is to use a basket on your card. You still have time to play and we'd love to have you join us. You can see details here.

Thanks for stopping by today.

Until next time,
shelia

Happy St. Paddy's Day

Today I have a simple St. Paddy's Day card to share with you. This week's challenge at DRS Designs is to use shamrocks or clovers on your card. There's still time to play along and we'd love to have you join us!! You can see the details here.

My card base is black with a layer of green card stock and a black ribbon tied around the middle. The Hat full of Shamrocks was stamped in Memento Black ink on white CS, colored with copics, die cut and layered on a scallop circle in black. Some gold stickles were added to the hat buckle. The Get your Irish on sentiment was stamped in black. A couple of large gold square brads were added to finish the look.

And now I get to give you the final clue for our Stamp-A-Versary Game!! I hope you are playing along. You could win some amazing stamps from DRS Designs.  Check out the details below.

Thanks for stopping by today.
shelia

Play our new game!!

Find the 4 current stamp designs that were featured in our
original stamp catalog way back in 1992 and win prizes!

Click here for all the details

The Final Clue

Mystery Stamp D
Clue #5:

The dating game!

The clues.....so far!

Mystery Stamp A	Mystery Stamp B	Mystery Stamp C	Mystery Stamp D
Play your cards right and you can win!	No Checkers on this board.	Varoom!	Oh square of squares.
It is a big deal!	No Saluting required	No exercise here	Time is of the essence
Some things just suit me	Not the pits	Best friends with Harley	Been around since the sundial
ooohhh, royalty!	Only winners get to take me for a ride!	Go hog wild	The Mayans loved me
Not in the cards, oh wait, yes it is	Long may it wave	This hog won't squeal	The dating game

Tuesday Morning Sketches

This week DRS Designs is the sponsor at Tuesday Morning Sketches, so I just had to play along. Here's the sketch design we were to use.

                                                    


My card used the ribbon card edger with VersaMark ink and detail white embossing powder on Bashful Blue, pink and yellow CS to create the Easter eggs. I used my oval nesties to cut them out. The card base is white with a layer of green CS embossed with the large dot embossing folder from Darice. I used just the Happy Easter part of this greeting for my sentiment. The plaid panel was made using the Woven Plaid background stamp with Bashful Blue and Gable Green inks. A blue ribbon and some green punched grass finish the look.

We'd love to have you join in the fun. You could be the winner of some cool DRS Designs stamps!!

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,
shelia

Easter Blessings

Happy First Monday of March Everyone! Can you believe it's March already?  Easter will be here before you know it!! With in mind, I thought I'd share an Easter card that I made for one of my grand kids.

I started with a Certainly Celery card base, added a layer of Bashful Blue and then a layer of white that had been sponged with Bashful Blue ink to make a sky. The white picket fence was made using a die and my Cuttlebug. A Fiskars punch was used to create the two strips of grass at the bottom of the card. The Easter eggs were stamped with VersaMark ink on colored CS, embossed with detail white embossing powder and then die cut with the two smallest Nestie oval dies. The stamps I used on the eggs were Argyle background, butterfly background, Polka dot background and the ribbon card edger. The little Fuzzy chick was stamped on white CS with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics, fussy cut and popped up with a foam dot. The Easter Blessings sentiment was stamped in Memento Black to complete the card.  Hope you like it.

This week's challenge at DRS Designs is to create a Sympathy card. There's still time to join in the fun. You could be the winner of some sweet stamps!! You can see the details here. We'd love to have you play along!

And now the Stamp-A-Versary Clue!!

Play our new game!!

Find the 4 current stamp designs that were featured in our

original stamp catalog way back in 1992 and win prizes!

Click here for all the details

Today's Clue

Mystery Stamp A

Clue #4:

Ooohhh, Royalty

The clues.....so far!

Mystery Stamp A	Mystery Stamp B	Mystery Stamp C	Mystery Stamp D
Play your cards right and you can win!	No Checkers on this board.	Varoom!	Oh square of squares.
It is a big deal!	No Saluting required	No exercise here	Time is of the essence
Some things just suit me	Not the pits	Best friends with Harley	Been around since the sundial
Ooohhh, Royalty	Coming Soon	Coming Soon!	Coming Soon!
Coming Soon!	Coming Soon!	Coming Soon!	Coming Soon!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Until next time,

shelia