Hopping... Yeah Sure... but HUNTING TOO???

Welcome, Welcome!! I'm so pleased to announce our Blog Hop -

Scavenger Hunt Edition!!

If you are coming from Karin's blog... You are in the right spot. If you just stopped in... Please make sure you start at the beginning... There are prizes !!!

 Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is simple :)

Mission details include~

• "hopping" from blog to blog of our very talented designers - seeing 10 fabulous cards along the way!!

• picking up clues at 5 different blogs

• ending at the DRS Designs website where you'll start hunting

• use the clues you picked up to find the 5 selected new stamps we've added

• emailing us at info@drsdesigns.com with the stock numbers of the 5 stamps

• crossing you fingers that you're one of our 2 winners!

**hint, hint** click on the Scavenger Hunt Link (HERE) to check out all 12 of our new releases after you have your clues!!!

Today I am showing you a holiday Memory Organizer that I made using 2 of the new stamps. It has a magnetic closure and I included cards to take notes at each event so that you can scrapbook it later, or you can just add photos on the back and that can be your mini scrapbook!

Jingle All the Way (308eu), Christmas Music Background (372 pu) and Holly Oval (166ku)

are the stamps that I used. I stamped the Background stamp all over in different directions to fill in my paper and then I stamped the greeting in a matching green, and here ya have it!  

Oh yeah... want the clue? Here it is... 

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  Are Your Ears Ringing?
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  Words are For the Wise
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  A Christmas Wish for Everyone

Please make sure you hop on over to Debbie's blog next...

Thanks for stopping in!

Everything is Going GREEN at DRS

I was just in Savannah (one of my FAVE cities) and they have the second largest St. Patty's Day celebration in the nation...AND I think that DRS has the FIRST most awesome and adorable St. Patty's Day stamps! This is one of the new images that they are releasing and I love love LOVE IT! It is not that easy to find a fun St. Pat's stamp and I think Hatful of Shamrocks fits the bill. I know that I can get carried away with green, so I used a yellow background with the shamrock easy background stamp for the first layer. Then I stamped and colored my image with copics and gel and glitter pens. I added this sentiment also from DRS and here is my card. Quick and easy and super St. Patty!!! Check out DRS for these and so many other fun stamps... and wait til you see what is coming up for Easter!!! Thanks for poppin in and STAY TUNED!!!

Things are POPPING up all over!!!

I was having my snack tonight and I thought of my DRS Designs stamps!!! I am ALWAYS thinking about stamping!!!(LOL) anyway... I made this super cute wiper card complete with embossing,ribbon and a fun surprise of a pop up bowl of well... POP corn! I embossed the popcorn background on yellow paper and then I layered the sentiment onto red paper and added some spunky white dots to set off the embossed popcorn. on the next picture you can see that when you pull the opposite sides of the card... a bowl of popcorn pops up. With all of the popping going on... I simply HAD to used these cute popcorn stamps! For the small yellow strip, I embossed the paper for texture. For the white paper, I scalloped the edge, tied a ribbon and added red dots to carry through the color! It is great to be back to stamping ans sharing and I sincerely hope that you all enjoyed my post today! Happy Saturday!!!

Stamps Used:H1124...popcorn background G1131 Bowl of popcorn H924 Sentiment

Yehaw Y'all!

I love horses. I love everything about them... I don't even mind cleaning stalls...they just make my soul happy. When I got this awesome stamp form DRS... I was so happy and I said out loud (to no one...) "WOW, they did it again!" Meaning... DRS came up with a new batch of wonderful stamps and this one tops my favorites list! For the first card, I used this gorgeous horse head stamp and stamped it in the same color ink as the paper for a subtle background effect. I added my most favorite saying and used ink to distress the edges of the paper. ( This saying is great for graduation cards too!)
Then I punched out the little flowers and added a little bit of bling for the center, and that was it! Simple... but I really love the look of the horses "running" in the background.

For this next card, I used the horse stamp also. This time I embossed it in gold on black paper for a more dramatic effect. When I used my die to cut the shape, I thought that this really looked like a wanted poster! I mounted the black onto a piece of brown that I stamped with an easy background stamp to make it look like weathered wood. Then I tore and distressed another paper to mount that on. Last was the brown matt and the scrolls in the corner for a little flair. I really love how these cards came out and how I can make two totally different cards with the same awesome stamp! It makes my creativity and my stamping dollars really stretch!

Please check out the "Cards For Heros" badge on my sidebar. Get all the details on how to help make this a happier holiday season for our troops!

A GENIE... in a BAG??? What About the BOTTLE???

This is a Genie Bag... I don't think there is a genie IN the bag... I did not put one in there. One may have crawled in during the night... I sure hope he does housework!!! This was a super quick and fun way to package a little gift or even a fun way to give treat bags at a party... or gift cards...it is ENDLESS what ya can do! This bag was made will all DRS stamps and was for DRS challenge number 25!!! we would love for you to play along...and PLEASE link your genie bag when you do! I used the flower easy backgrounder and the Happy Birthday ribbon slide. I kept the project simple... but you should see what the OTHER DT members came up with... Check it out here! This would be a great way to give some hand made cards for a gift and then there would be a great matching gift bag! The instructions are HERE and this was a quick and easy bag to make and the end result is super fun! Thanks for checking in...Be sure to check back on the 14th so that you can see the NEW DRS stamps that are coming out... there will be sneaks and you wont want to miss them!

Happy Fourth of July!!!

So I saw something like this for sale somewhere and I thought," I can TOTALLY make this!" So I got out my HUGE binder of DRS stamps and i knew exactly which one to go to! I took the Star Background and stamped it in silver ink all over red and blue cardstock and let it dry first. Then I took my large star punch and punched out enough stars to

spell CELEBRATE. I used letter rub ons and spelled out the word using white letters. I adhered each star onto the red, white and blue ribbon and created a loop at the top so that you can hang this wherever you want! This was so quick and easy to make and I did not have to spend like $10...more money for stamps! I took a close up of the stars so that you can see how gorgeous the background is! I have a little friend who has a July 4th birthday and I think she will enjoy having this so she can enjoy her special day and decorate her room as well! Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you will create some wonderful little decoration like this for your CELEBRATIONS as well!

here is the close up!!!

DRS Monday Challenge...

...was to make a buckle card! Well... of course... I HAD to make mine different. I made a gift card

holder... with a tiny little buckle on the front. I love this sentiment, and the background of chocolate kisses was PERFECT! I thought this would be an awesome way to give a thank you gift card to someone. The die cut is a little quickutz die that I have had forever! It was perfect for this sentiment and just so darn cute! Of course all of the stamps are from DRS and can be purchased mounted or unmounted from them. Check out the awesome selection of stamps and please play along with this challenge and be sure to link up your project to the DRS blog.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

DRS BLOG HOP!!! PRIZES, NEW RELEASES AND A PONY!

OK...so maybe no pony... but we do have the other things!
There is a DRS new releases this Saturday and if you have come to me on accident, then go to Vicki's blog not to miss a moment of DRS new release goodness. If you are coming from Vicki's blog the next stop after me will be... My fantastically talented stamping friend, Heather! For this card, I colored the new golf sentiment with copics and SHIMMERZ for the green.In case you can't see... in the letters there are golfing images... G has grass, O has golf balls, L has flags and F has tees. How cute is that? I used DRS's easy background stamps... grass and stars. I made this card a triple shutter card and inside I used a great golf sentiment... and I really like how this turned out!
I added some ribbon on the final panel that I threaded Through some eyelets. This card was fun to make and I am sure that this will excite any golfer on your card list!!!

Now about those prizes! The drawing for the blog candy will take place 7 AM, Saturday June 13th. The candy will be given away from comments left on the blog post for Thursday through drawing time on Saturday!


SOOO, make sure you spread the word, leave some love
on the blog and for the designers and hang on to yourwallets... cus these new stamps are CUUUUUTE!!!

Next stop is Heather... Check her out and leave her some
LOVE! Thanks Y'all... have a great day!

I am Just a Technique Junkie These Days!!!

I knew that when I saw this challenge... I just HAD to play along! I love the cards that do stuff... swing,flip,flop,slide... whatever! I LOVE that they really make a person say "wow... You MADE that?" and I just love to WOW people.(LOL) This was a challenge on SCS this week... the Hinge Card! There was an awesome video tutorial here.

It was easy to understand and believe it or not... I made this card in like 20 minutes! that is a record for me. I used the background stamp from DRS for the bottom half of the card and then I cuttlebugged the top half. I stamped this gorgeous butterfly in black and then painted it with a matching color in SHIMMERZ. Then... when you slide the top open and rotate it on the hinge, that is where the message is. OK... I hope y'all said "WOW!" Anyway, The "One Day at a Time" sentiment is from DRS also and is my personal motto in life! There is plenty of room for a message on the back of the card as stated in the video and she even tells you how to hide the brad! So take a look and play along and WOW someone!!!

Have a great day!

OH YEAH... Another Holiday!!!

But this time we get green beer!!! I made this card with DRS stamps and I again used an easy background stamp. These are really simple and I will do a tutorial on JUST how easy next week sometime... so watch out for it!!! I used my scalloped nesties and the Happy St. Pat's stamp and the shamrock background stamp. I colored the shamrocks with my copic markers and this was a quick and easy card to make. That is awesome, because EVERYONE is Irish on St. Pat's day... so you will need to make a BUNCH of these, right? I used glitter pens for the detail and this awesome green card stock that I found in my scrap pile! (love the scraps!) So... get out the green ink and paper and these 2 awesome stamps and get going... oh and don't drink the beer til AFTER you are done stamping!Trust me on this one!

TAG... you ARE it!!!

I made this card for the challenge over at the DRS Challenge blog. The challenge was to use a tag in our creation... so on went the thinking cap and here is what I came up with! I made this card using the new easy background stamp and the tag had the HELLO sentiment on it! I made the tag holder myself with some punches and a little scoring here and a little folding there!I cuttlebugged the green paper and sponged it so the branches would stand out.They match the DRS background stamp really well. The sentiment is simple and this card would be great for a man or a woman! I hope that this inspires you to play along with our challenge. You may use any stamps... but why not check out the DRS on line catalog to see the great stamps we offer and you can get them mounted or unmounted...this saves space and MONEY!!! thanks for looking and play along with the challenge... y'all know I cannot resist one at all!!!

DRS Designs Challenge Monday!

This time it is a sketch! Go to the DRS Designs blog and check it out! I used on of the easy backgrounds (the small flowers) to make the "patterned paper" and I colored the flowers with copic markers and dotted the center of each with a silver gel pen.(I love that I can make any color patterned paper with the easy backgrounds from DRS. Be sure to check them out!) I stamped this sentiment, one of my favorites, and then mounted it on the green paper. I added the primas as a fun embellishment and held them together with a flower brad in matching colors. To tie all of my dots together... I added the green dotted ribbon at the bottom.

I hope that you will check out the DRS Design blog and play along with the challenge. There is no time limit and you can use any stamps you have! Be sure to leave a link to your card on the blog, or here and please upload to splitcoaststampers.com using the keyword DRSC7. Thanks for looking and playing along! Have a Happy Monday!

"The stockings were hung...

...by the chimney with care!" And i should know, I was the one that hung them! this super fun card features DRS Designs stamps. I stamped the fireplace on white cardstock and colored it in with copic markers. I added stickles for the flames on the logs and on the candles. I cut out the image and adhered it to the River Rock CS from SU. Before I adhered the fireplace, I stamped the easy star background from DRS.

I stamped 3 little stockings and water colored them in. Then I used liquid applique for the cuff and used the heat tool to puff them up! They look so fluffy and they are ready to be filled with Christmas treats. I cut them out as well and used a pop dot to adhere them to the fireplace, with care of course, and then i added a little tiny gem to make it look like a nail.

I stamped the sentiment from DRS as well and mounted it underneath the fireplace. It is on there straight in real life, but the photo makes it look a little wonky. I hope you will take a look at the easy backgrounds from DRS as the are FOOL PROOF! That is a lifesaver for me! (lol)Thanks for looking and stay tuned for all of my Christmas cards from DRS...