Happy 4th of July!

Hello Everyone. Hope you had a great weekend. My card today is in honor of the USA's upcoming Independence Day celebration. I found this fireworks stencil and thought it would go perfectly with DRS Designs' new 4th of July greeting. Plus for many of us these may be the only fireworks we get to see this year. My town cancelled the fireworks for the 4th. Kind of disappointing, but then most everything is rather crazy right now.

Here's my card.

I started with the blue CS panel and used some embossing paste with the stencil. While that dried I stamped and die cut the new 4th of July Sparkle greeting. To add a little more sparkle to the card, I added some Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen to the word Sparkle. Everything was glued onto a white card base. This was super easy to create once the stenciling was dry.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a wonderful week.

blessings,
shelia

A nurse brings...

This week DRS Designs is sponsoring the challenge at Thru the Craft Room Door. It's an Anything Goes challenge. So I thought I'd share a card using the new A Nurse Brings sentiment and a new to me background technique I learned yesterday at Splitcoast Stampers Technique Challenge.

The background was created using plastic wrap and inks. You just crumple up the plastic wrap dab it into your ink pad and stamp onto your CS. I used some older SU inks, Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink and Almost Amethyst. I really like the look this technique creates and will definitely be creating more backgrounds with it. Plus it is super easy to do!

The sentiment was stamped with Versafine black ink onto white CS, die cut and layered onto a matching layer die cut from Certainly Celery CS, The background panel was die cut with a Fawn Lawn rectangle die and layered onto a Certainly Celery card base. Some green rhinestones and a pink punched heart (covered in Nuvo Crystal Glaze) complete the look.

I hope you can find some time to play along with this new challenge. You could be the winner of a $20 gift certificate from DRS Designs.

Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,
shelia

A Nurse Brings...

Happy Monday Everyone. Trust you had a great weekend. DRS Designs has some new images that will soon be available and today I get to share one of the new sentiments called A Nurse Brings...

Both of my cards today only use part of this new sentiment (1084H). With all that's going on with the Covid 19 Pandemic, it's nice to have a greeting especially geared towards nurses.

 I watched some videos on You Tube showing how to make paper masks for cards. I tweaked it a little to make it more to my liking. They are pretty easy to make. You need a piece of lighter weight CS cut to 2 3/4 by 2 1/8 inches, scored at 1/2, 5/8, 1, 1 1/8, 1 1/2, and 1 5/8 inches. You fold every other one mountain and the others valley to create the mask. I added some strong tape to the back to hold the folds in place and then added a piece of folded CS for the edges and baker's twine for the elastic. The background was created using the Woven Plaid background with a couple of DO inks that were also used stamp the splatter background onto the mask. The partial greeting was stamped with the same orange ink, die cut and layered onto orange CS to match the mat for the plaid piece. Some orange gem stones finish it off. I really had fun creating this and will definitely be making some more of this little masks. One video I watched stuffed the mask with cotton balls so it had some dimension, It actually looked like someone was wearing it. Not sure how you'd mail that, so I just left mine flat.

My next card using the same partial greeting, this time it's paired with the little boo boo bear who is covered in bandages. I stamped a piece of kraft CS with the bandage image using light brown ink, cut it into 1/2 inch strips and glued them at an angle onto the card base for my background. The little bear was stamped with Memento Black ink, colored with Copics, die cut and layered onto brown CS. I die cut a little heart, glued it onto the bear and added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze. The greeting was stamped with Versafine Black ink, die cut, and layered onto the same brown CS. I added some baker's twine before attaching it to the card base. This time I added some clear gem stones.

Be sure to check back all this week to see how other DT members use these images. 

Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,

shelia

Happy 4th of July

Happy Monday Everyone. Hope you had a wonderful weekend. I have some 4th of July cards to share with you today featuring the new Sparkle greeting, as well as the patriotic bunting and streamers. These new images are fun to work with and have lots of options for use.

I started with the white panel and stamped the streamers along the top of the card, colored them with copics and then added glue to the stars and then sprinkled on some silver glitter. The greeting was stamped with Versafine Black ink, die cut and layered on some blue and red CS. Everything was added to the red card base. The lower left-hand corner looked rather empty so I went through my stash and found these strips of gem stars and thought they'd fill in the space nicely. At least it really does sparkle like the greeting says.

This card uses the same greeting, stamped in blue ink and embossed with a clear iridescent EP, and the bunting image. I created this for a Splitcoast challenge to make a front flap card. You can see the challenge here. For the background I stamped the stars and stripes border in blue. This front fold flap was a fun card to create and I really like the look. I'll definitely be making some more of these.

Thanks for stopping by today. You can see all the new images from DRS Designs here.

Blessings,

shelia