Sparkly ornament

Here's a little 3-D project I made using one of the stamps from DRS Designs. I stamped it twice using Real Red on vanilla cs. After I cut them out, I inked them up with versamark then embossed them w/ SU's Iridescent Ice ep, so they're supah sparkly! I wanted it to be kinda puffy, so I cut up a used dryer sheet (love to reuse items!) and put it in the center. I used Tombow mono multi to adhere all sides except one, which I put an eyelet through so I could string some ribbon through. Here's a close up:

Thanks for stopping by!

project info: stamps ~ DRS Designs. paper ~ vanilla. ink ~ red, versa. access. ~ ep, eyelet, wide organdy

Jolly Christmas card

Here's another for DRS Designs blog challenge ~ piercing. This is the last week for this challenge, then we'll have a new one for you next Monday!
I kept my piercing simple this time and just went around the entire card base. The images on the larger layer are one NEW big stamp from Drs Designs. You're guaranteed a *jolly* Christmas card using it, that's for sure! For the small accent circles, I used a black glaze gel pen but you could use some gem stones, stickles or anything to add some *bling* to this image! I colored everything w/ my SU markers.
Thanks for checking in!
card info: stamps ~ drs designs. paper ~ garden green, red, black, ww. ink ~ black. access. ~ gingham, glaze gel pen, markers.

DRS Designs blog challenge #2

This Monday's challenge on the DRS Designs blog is piercing!! And if you check out my work often, you'll know that I rarely make a card without piercing somewhere, so this is right up my alley! First the lightbulb stamp is DRS Designs' new ribbon slide ~ I made small cuts with craft knife on the lines of the bottom of the bulb (where I colored w/ a silver gel pen) and then I weaved silver cording through them all so they look like a string of lights. I love these because they remind me of Christmas's at my mawmaw's when we had lots of family living close by. Aaahhh, days when life seemed to make sense. Ok, let me stop there... Back to the card ~ the bulbs also have crystal effects on them, so they're nice and shiny! The pine needles and sentiment are also from DRS Designs. For the larger white panel, I first scored with my plain ol' scoring blade on my cutter (I just eye-balled it), then I pierced inside each diamond. Added the right touch, I think! Thanks for stopping by!
card info: stamps ~ drs designs. paper ~ red, ww, choc. ink ~ choc. access. ~ markers, piercer, scoring blade, silver cord, crystal effects, silver gel pen.

MMM shaped card!

Stacy decided we should do a shaped card this week, so here's mine! I knew I couldn't cut out a decent rose, so I went w/ a leaf. Not sure I'm liking this, I don't think I do shaped cards very well, but it was fun to try it out and I love this sweet image! I think it'll be cute to put in my hubby's briefcase and write "I could never 'leaf'you", or something cheesy like that! haha! All coloring was done w/ my SU markers. More stuff soon!
card info: stamps ~ HM. paper ~ olive, ww. access. ~ markers, scissors, scoring blade for "veins" in the leaf.

Bumble Bee Birthday

Just a quick cute birthday card using DRS Designs stamps. I love that fun circle background stamp and that sweet little bee! I colored him with my summer sun marker and then watercolored the rest w/ basic grey ink (so I could do some shading). I also outlined his wings w/ my bashful blue marker and then covered them with stickles.
I'll be posting some sneak peeks of some SOON TO BE RELEASED DRS Designs stamps, so stay tuned!!!!!

card info: stamps ~ drs designs. ink ~ summer sun, black, basic grey. paper ~ ww, summer sun, black, basic grey. access. ~ punches, stickles, piercer, markers.

MMM card!

It's Monday and you know what that means ~ Stacy's Monday Mouse Madness! They have some of the cutest scenes! Everything is colored w/ markers except for the "sky", which I did using turquoise ink and a watercolor brush. All of the water has crystal effects on it to give it that wet look ~ very cool IRL.
Hope ya like it!!
card info: stamps ~ HM. paper ~ moss, artichoke, ww, dp. access. ~ markers, piercer, crystal effects.

Blingy butterflies

This card covers 3 challenges over on SCS. The bling was for the Ways To Use It challenge, and the butterflies and sketch were from the Verve forum. I got these darling butterflies and the satin ribbon from my supah sweet friend, Stacy. I realized today that I had no bling, so ran out to wally world to get some ~ I had other things to get, don't think I ran out there just for that!! I stamped a butterfly in turquoise under the sentiment after stamping it off once first, not sure if you can see it. Pretty simple but elegant.

card info: stamps ~ verve. paper ~ ww, black, turq. ink ~ turq, black. access. ~ ribbon, piercer, cropodile, bling.