CDS Digital Release Day! Post 2 of 3

Hello, and yes this is post 2 of 3 today! I just wanted to make sure and give each new digi from Clear Dollar Stamps the coverage it deserved, hehe. So if you didn't see the first post be sure to scroll down.

This digi is special, because it is already colored! That's right it's already COLORED! Perfect for the busy crafter that still wants to make Christmas cards and tags, but doesn't have tons of time to do it. It's called Candy Cane Poem, and you can purchase this digi either colored or uncolored.

Images Used: Candy Cane Poem COLORED

Ink: Tea Dye Distress Ink

Paper: Cottonball White, Fresh Papaya, Lime Juice, Cherry Go Round (all from CDS)

Accessories: red brads, circle cutter, Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, red twill ribbon, dimensionals, sponges

These group of tags was printed out in three columns. . .soooo easy. Now I have tags that I can cut and stick to all my gifts!

Make sure you check out my other posts for the day, and be sure to head over to Lori's blog to see the full sets. After that make your way over to the rest of the DT's blogs to see some more goodness made with the adorable new digi images from CDS: Laurie, Linda, Sarah, Tricia,Katlyn, Lisa, Trudy, Nancy, & Barb!

CDS Digital Release Day! Post 1 of 3

It's Digital Release Day over at Clear Dollar Stamps, and there are certainly some great sets to choose from! This is the first of 3 posts for the release day, so be sure to check out the others!

The first set I'm showing you is called Autumn Friends, designed by Trudy! It has this adorable kitty image with a few sentiments to boot! I chose to make a Halloween card using my Copics and some sponging.

Images Used: Autumn Friends

Ink: Black Soot Distress Ink

Paper: Ripe Olive, Cottonball White, basic black, unknown black & white dp

Copics: Y15, W5, W7, YG95, YR21, R20, E47

Accessories: Square & Scallope Square Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Picket Fence punch, orange buttons, sponge, D'vine Swirls embossing folder

Make sure you check out my other posts for the day, and be sure to head over to Lori's blog to see the full sets. After that make your way over to the rest of the DT's blogs to see some more goodness made with the adorable new digi images from CDS: Laurie, Linda, Sarah, Tricia, Katlyn, Lisa, Trudy, Nancy, & Barb!

Post 2 of 2

I loved Mercy's sketch this week, and really wanted to participate. However, it's been a rough week for injuries in this house. . .namely mine, lol. I am probably one of the clumsiest people out there, so I'm nursing myself back from falling during a run last week, and attempting to slice my finger off before dinner yesterday. I know, I know. . .wow.

I am loving my new Winter Critters set from Clear Dollar Stamps. Isn't this little guy so adorable?!

Stamps: Winter Critters

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze

Paper: Fresh Papaya, Spring Leaf, Cottonball White (all from CDS), CC Jolly by Golly

Copics: C1, C3, C5, YG67, YR21, RV10

Accessories: circle cutters, sponge, Polar White Flower Soft, pink fibers

I'm off to fold laundry. . .don't be jealous ;)

Some Easy Christmas Cards: Post 1 of 2

Tracy over at Eat, Sleep, Stamp is celebrating 100 sketches, and the sketch was a great one! I thought I would whip up some more Christmas cards, so that it doesn't sneak up on me. These were made with the Jesus is the Reason and Blooming Background sets from Clear Dollar Stamps. I decided to make a few different colors, and I love how they turned out. They were sooo fast and easy to make. Other than some sponging, and a touch of gel pen to the poinsettias the only accent is those cool mosaic tiles that CDS is now offering.Here's a closer look at the stamp and those tiles.

Stamps: Jesus is the Reason, Blooming Background

Ink: Pucker Up, Red Velvet Cake, Tropical Mist, Deep Sea, Spring Leaf, Ripe Olive, Fresh Papaya, Wild Ginger (all from CDS)

Paper: Worn Parchment, Cottonball White, Pucker Up, Tropical Mist, Ripe Olive, Fresh Papaya (all from CDS)

Accessories: Blueberry Patch Mosaics, Red Velvet Cake Mosaics, Fresh Papaya Mosaics, Spruce Needle Mosaics (all from CDS), gel pen, sponges

Some Easy Christmas Cards: Post 1 of 2

Tracy over at Eat, Sleep, Stamp is celebrating 100 sketches, and the sketch was a great one! I thought I would whip up some more Christmas cards, so that it doesn't sneak up on me. These were made with the Jesus is the Reason and Blooming Background sets from Clear Dollar Stamps. I decided to make a few different colors, and I love how they turned out. They were sooo fast and easy to make. Other than some sponging, and a touch of gel pen to the poinsettias the only accent is those cool mosaic tiles that CDS is now offering.Here's a closer look at the stamp and those tiles.

Stamps: Jesus is the Reason, Blooming Background

Ink: Pucker Up, Red Velvet Cake, Tropical Mist, Deep Sea, Spring Leaf, Ripe Olive, Fresh Papaya, Wild Ginger (all from CDS)

Paper: Worn Parchment, Cottonball White, Pucker Up, Tropical Mist, Ripe Olive, Fresh Papaya (all from CDS)

Accessories: Blueberry Patch Mosaics, Red Velvet Cake Mosaics, Fresh Papaya Mosaics, Spruce Needle Mosaics (all from CDS), gel pen, sponges

Spider Thanks for a few Challenges

When we went on vacation we were blessed enough to get to borrow someone's house. He just gave us the keys and told us to have a wonderful time, and we sure did! He likes to eat out, so as a thank you I got him a few different gift cards and made him this little spider card. I think he'll like it.

Over at the Tuesday Throwdown, they are challenging us to make Fall Creations. . .spiders definitely fall into that category. Over at Fab 'n Funky the challenge was 'what eva'.

Most spiders aren't classified as cute in my book, but this little guy is.

Stamps: Spider Greetings (CDS)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Soot distress ink

Paper: Cottonball White (CDS), Blueberry Patch (CDS), unknown black & white dsp

Accessories: Copics, sponge, dimensionals, corner rounder, blue brads

Now I'm off to tend to my beef pot pie & bread machine bread, hehe :D

Pink & Red Christmas

I'm feeling so ahead of the game, because I'm actually getting a few Christmas cards done! I made this one with a new Clear Dollar Stamps release called Winter Critters. When I made it I had a couple of challenges in mind. I used the Mojo Monday sketch, and I used the colors from iCopic. The colors from iCopic were red, pink, & white, and I really do love how this card turned out.I know that originally the sketch included a tag element, but I just couldn't make it work with mine. The sentiment in the corner was the end result, and although it doesn't follow the sketch exactly I like how it turned out. Honestly, I was more concerned about the top panels being the appropriate size, lol.

CDS Images Used: Winter Critters

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Soot distress ink

Paper: Cottonball White (CDS), Sweet Cheeks (CDS), Real Red dp, BG Lemonade dp

Copics: R27, R29, R20, C1, C3

Accessories: sponge, circle cutter, oval punch, white ribbon, dimensionals, Sparkly Fluff (CDS), white brads, Icicle Stickles

Meet Kolar!

Good afternoon! I want to introduce you to Kolar. . .isn't he adorable?! He's a part of a new digi shop that the sweet Katlyn just opened this morning called K 'n K Designs! This image is called Kolar's Birthday.

I made this with the Spoon Full of Sugar challenge today called Animal Crackers.
I just love little Kolar. . .he's so cute!
Of course, I had to do up the inside too.

Images Used: Kolar's Birthday

Ink: Vintage Photo distress ink

Paper: August KI Kit (TE), Red Velvet Cake (CDS)

Accessories: Copics, Icicle Stickles, circle cutter, Inverted Scalloped Circle Nestabilities, sponge, white gel pen, crystal effects, brown ribbon, brown dimensional pearls, KI Kit

Head on over and check out Kolar. . .you'll love all of the little scenes that Katlyn has him in :D

Wedding Cards

I made a few wedding cards over the past week because a sweet friend asked if I would, and I'm just now getting the chance to post them. My sister is getting married next month, so these will be very inspirational for me to make her a special card.

Both of these use the Clear Dollar Stamps set called Joyful Day. I love images in this set and wording is perfect. I did a little sponging with a new inkpad I have from CDS called Wild Huckleberry. . .LOVE IT!

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Wild Huckleberry

Paper: vanilla, buttercream, BG Green at Heart

Accessories: Copics, moss ribbon, dimesionals

This next one uses whites instead of creams, and the purple panel is actually a specialty paper that shimmers from CDS. It is also called Wild Huckleberry, but the picture didn't cooperate so it looks more brown.

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Cottonball White, Wild Huckleberry (CDS)

Accessories: Copics, half-back pearls, Atyou Spica pen Silver, Sweet Cheeks ribbon (CDS), D'Vine Swirls embossing folder

Hopefully, I'll have more to show tomorrow ;D

Sketch #99 for Eat, Sleep, & Stamp

I had a friend email me this morning, because she needed some baby boy cards. Wouldn't you know that all I had were for little girls. I'm in the process of cleaning out my 'craft cave', so I had to push the mess aside to find even a 4 x 4 inch spot to stamp. . .jeesh!

I made this for Tracy's sketch over at Eat, Sleep, & Stamp using my Patchpal Duck from Clear Dollar Stamps. That Patchpal line is so perfect for babies.

CDS Images: Patchpal Duck, Patchpal Sayings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Soot distress ink

Paper: KI Kit from TE, Cottonball White (CDS)

Accessories: Copics, sponge, circle cutter, red brads

A sketch for Pumpkin Birdie

Aack! I am such a huge fan of Laurie Wilson's Doodle Pantry images! She has a new release that started today, and I'm drooling over her new things. This is not one of her new images, but that Birdie sets my hear a flutter, hehe. Laurie's images are the reason I even started dabbling in digis. I colored up this little Pumpkin Birdie for her monthly challenge over at CDBC and I used a sketch from JUGS.Of course, I used my Copics to color this adorable little Birdie.

Images Used: Pumpkin Birdie

Ink: Tea Dye distress Ink

Paper: buttercream, unknown SU dp

Accessories: Copics, orange fibers, sponge, oval punch, MS leaf punch, orange button

A Non-Traditional Christmas Card

Good morning fellow bloggers and blog readers! Awwww it's September, and you'd think that would mean some cooler temps. It was 77 degrees at 5 this morning, but that's the South for ya! We're also gearing up to start practicing tonight for Fall Baseball around here. My son plays for Northern Little League, and while he wasn't in the Little League World Series, Northern's team did represent the Southeast Region there. They did amazing too! It's also Football season, and my team, the Nebraska Huskers, plays Western Kentucky today. Sadly, we don't live where we'll be able to watch it :(

Ok, onto my card. I made this for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch. She always has some awesome sketches over there. I wanted to make a Christmas card with some non-traditional colors. Before we know it Christmas will be here, and I need to start stockpiling my Christmas cards :) This card uses 2 new September releases from Clear Dollar Stamps called Jesus is the Reason & Blooming Background.
I love making the insides pretty too:

CDS Stamps: Jesus is the Reason & Blooming Backgrounds

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Soot distress ink

Paper: black, Peach Taffy, Cottonball White, BG Olivia

Copics: YR02, YG95

Accessories: scalloped edge punch, Sakura Clear Star Gelly Pen

We're off to go buy new baseball/softball shoes! I hope everyone has a wonderful and safe Labor Day weekend.

Clearly Inspired Challenge #17

It's the first Friday of the month, and we know what that means. . .time for another Clearly Inspired Challenge over at Clearly iStamp!

This month's challenge is owls (or their habitats)!

I love this new little owl from Clear Dollar Stamp called Whooo Loves You. It's actually the Stamp of the Month this month, which means it's yours free with a qualifying purchase.My oval moon was made simply by using one of my CDS ink hybrid ink pads. I put my Wild Ginger pad directly on the paper. Wow, the color is so vibrant and covers so well! I just love these new ink pads!

CDS stamps: Whooo Loves You SEPT SOM

Ink: Wild Ginger, Red Velvet Cake, Hot Cocoa (all from CDS), Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Cottonball White (CDS)

Copics: BG15, R20, YR21, E29

Accessories: dimensionals, Copic detail marker

I sure hope that will play along this month. There is always an awesome prize for a random winner, and 5 others will get to sport the CIC badge! I can't wait to see what you make :D

I have a new Love in TSG

I found this stamp set called Puppy Love from a company called There She Goes and I just had to have it! It has soooo many images and sentiments in it, that it made it impossible to keep it out of my 'cart', haha. I made this for the challenge over at the TSG blog, which was a '1, 2, 3' challenge: 1 patterned paper, 2 solid color papers, & 3 embellishments (mine are the 2 buttons and the thread).

Stamps: Puppy Love

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo distress ink

Paper: Cottonball White, Lime Juice, Bee Pollen (CDS), cloud dp

Accessories: Copics, sponge, dimensionals, red buttons, brown thread, Fresh Cut Grass Die (MFT)

The past 3 days have been insane, but I think I might have some time on my hands today. . .I'll let you via stamped and blogged cards, hehe ;)

Mojo Monday 154

Happy Wednesday! If you read my blog yesterday, you know that it was a crazy day. We had school, errands, and baseball/softball tryouts (along with countless other things going on). Today is not much different. I'm typing while I should be getting ready to head out the door and preparing school lessons. . . .pssshhhh. . .I'd rather show you what I made in the spare 30 minutes I had, lol, and no I'm not showing you yesterday's dinner. I made this for the Mojo Monday sketch with an August digi release from Clear Dollar Stamps called Harvest Bounty. It is a great set, with 2 main images and lots of sentiments. I ended up flipping the sketch, but it's basically the same.

I had bought my daughter a paper kit that came with some Max & Whiskers papers, and she was gracious enough to give me some of it, hehe. I love the colors in those papers. . .why haven't I bought it yet?!

CDS Images used: Harvest Bounty

Ink: Vintage Photo distress ink

Paper: buttercream, Mud Pie (CDS), BG Max & Whiskers

Accessories: Copics, sponge, prima flowers, rhinestones, Labels 12 Nestabilities, Red Velvet Cake ribbon (CDS)

I used a lot of tip to tip technique with my Copics. . .my new fave technique. There are a lot of great tutorials out there on it (check out iHeartMarkers.blogspot.com). Maybe I'll find some time to do a tutorial on it.

Ok, I REALLY need to get ready for the day. See you lata' friends!