A WOW packed released at Clearly Digi Stamps!

Good Morning.

Today is a SUPER COOL day because my husband, Patrick, is releasing his first digital stamps! So that means I have a lot to post today since I will be making samples with his digital stamps! Plus I STILL had to play with the other digital stamps because they just are too darn cute not too! So I will try to keep the chatting to a minimal so this post isn’t a mile long!!

And the other AWESOME news is the new Clearly Digi Stamp store is finally up and running!! So come check it out I think you will like it!! **The old store will take you to the new store but if you want the address it is www.cdstamps.com

If you played in the all day challenge at Clearly iStamp or you stopped by to see what all the excitement was about then you would have seen this card already. But had to post it again because I like it a lot and it’s a digital stamp from my husband, Patrick. This is one dragon that you will get in the set called Dragons. I’m so lucky to have a talented husband that draws and a wonderful friend, Stephanine, that is amazing at sentiments for cards! They make my job a lot easier! I just love love love how this card turned out. It was all based off the wonderful sentiment. The sentiment isn’t included in the digital stamp but feel free to use it…..I just printed it out in word.

Since we are on the topic of Dragons check out this one, Knight Marshmallow Roast, as by Patrick. This is another sentiment that Stephanine (my nick name for her!) came up with!! I love that girl!

This image is perfect for Father’s Day, Birthdays or just a Hello or Encouraging card for someone in the military. Patrick hopes to have a series of these as we already have a request for a tank and Navy guy. If you have any request let me know. This is Soldier Tom, named after my step-dad who was in the army.

Now here is some inspiration from digital stamps for two other AWESOME designers we have on the team. I am truly blessed to be able to play with all these images.

This is Asian Plants from Laurie Wilson. I’m so happy with how this card turned out! Thanks Laurie for giving us such great images to work with.

Challenge:

1) Sentimental Sundays#154 - For a Special Woman

Austin made this cute image and asked for help with sentiments….so of course I go to Stephanie and this is what she comes up with! Of course we are laughing but I send it to Austin anyway and apparently laughter is contagious because Austin got a kick out of it too! So she decided to include it in her stamp set, Elephants and Umbrellas.

 

Now that you have ooooeed and awwwed over these stamps go check out the rest AT THE NEW STORE!!!

SUPPLIES:

On this Birthday Soar

Stamps: Dragons @ Clearly Digi Stamps
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Echo Park (Hello Summer)
Inks: pre-colored image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: Martha Stewart balloon punch, black string, pop dots, computer

Knight Marshmallow Roast

Stamps: Knight Marshmallow Roast
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Echo Park (A Boy’s Life)
Inks: pre-colored image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: pop dots, Cricut, Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

Soldier Tom

Stamps/Images: Soldier Tom Digital Stamp
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Reminisce (Deck the Halls Green)
Inks: pre-colored image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: pop dots, black ink pad
Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches #194

Asian Plant

Stamps: Asian Plant
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: (pink embossed) Pebbles inc (Fresh Goods- Window Display)
Inks: pre-colored image printed on canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: pop dots, The Paper Studio embossing folder – wood
Sketch: i {heart} sketches #10

Elephants and Umbrellas

Stamps: Elephants and Umbrella
Cardstock: Bazzill and Hobby Lobby
Inks: pre-colored image printed on canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: pop dots, brad, American Crafts twine (grey/white)
Sketchs: I {heart} sketches #12

Oh it is NEW and EXCITING!

I’m so EXCITED to announce all the NEW stuff we having going on at Clearly Digi Stamps! So hop on over to Clearly iStamp and see what all the EXCITEMENT is about!!

Yes, CDS is moving to a new store tomorrow, 05/15/2013, which brings a ton of EXCITEMENT…BUT I also have something else NEW to reveal to you!! My husband, Patrick, is going to be a CDS illustrator!! His first set of digital stamps come out TOMORROW so don’t miss the MAY RELEASE at Clearly iStamp.

Since the old store is down and the new store is getting prepared to launch tomorrow we decided what better way to spend our time waiting then playing in our craft rooms! So CDS  is having a  ONE DAY CHALLENGE for you at Clearly iStamp. So here is an introduction of my husband’s stamp called Dragons and my example for the challenge at Clearly iStamp – CELEBRATION!

I’m so lucky to have a talented husband that draws and a wonderful friend, Stephanine, that is amazing at sentiments for cards! They make my job a lot easier! I just love love love how this card turned out. It was all based off the wonderful sentiment. The sentiment isn’t included in the digital stamp but feel free to use it…..I just printed it out in word.

Hope you will come play with us at Clearly iStamp!

CHALLENGES:

1) Clearly iStamp Challenge – Celebration

2) Card Makin Mamas Challenge # 69 – Punches. All the balloons are punched from a Martha Stewart Balloon Punch.

3) Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #44 – CAS

4) A Gem of a Challenge #79 – Things with wings!

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Dragons @ Clearly Digi Stamps
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Echo Park (Hello Summer)
Inks: pre-colored image printed on Canon Inkjet Printer
Accents/Tools: Martha Stewart balloon punch, black string, pop dots, computer

Kick up your hooves and relax!

Inside:

Today’s your day

to kick up your hooves,

sit on your tail and relax.

 

Happy Mother’s Day

I have the best friend EVER! I know I keep saying it but we really do make a great team! Thanks Stephanine for another awesome sentiment!!

This was a special order for a girl at work. She wanted a mother’s day card with either a horse or a goat on it….I went for the horse this time!! Maybe I will do a goat for her birthday!

CHALLENGES:

1) Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #146 - “My Mother, My Friend”

2) The Pink Elephant Challenge #198 – “Mother’s Day Theme”

3) Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #9 - Outdoor Critter. I hope horse fits the category of critter. If not let me know and I will take it off the challenge.

Stamps: Charliene Cowgirl Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: Echo Park (Playground)
Inks: Tombow (grey N45, brown 947, 879, blue 452)
Accents/Tools: button, white floss, ribbon from Michael’s clearance, fiskars scallop edge punch
Sketch: Tuesday Morning Sketches #196

M.O.T.H.E.R is for….

Inside:

…and to say

I’m really glad

my mom is you.

Happy Mother’s Day

This was a special order from one of the guys at work. He wanted a card his 9 yoa son could give his mom. He picked out this verse from the internet and then I designed the card around it. He smiled when he saw it so I think it passed approval!

CHALLENGES:

1) Catch the Bug Challenge – Anything Goes!

2) Twist of Faith Challenge #36 – Mother’s Day with a sentiment

3) I {heart} card sketches #17 – Use the sketch as inspiration

SUPPLIES:

Stamps: Kidz Boy- roses @ Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Cardstock: Bazzill (Cheddar, French Vanilla) and a blue

Patterned Paper: Making Memories – Chloe’s closet

Inks: colored in photoshop and printed on canon inkjet printer

Accents/Tools: pop dots, brads

Challenge #4 – Use the sketch as inspiration!

Here is our last Challenge at Clearly iStamp for the night in honor of National Scrapbook Day!! BUT IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE CHALLENGE #1 YOU STILL HAVE TIME. It doesn’t end till Sunday at noon. So grab a free or dollar stamp and come play. You could win $10.00 in free digital stamps!!

Challenge #4 – Use the sketch provide as inspiration!

Sketch comes from Sept 2011 Card Maps on Pagemaps.com

I have the best husband EVER!! I have several graduation cards to make for church and I love graduation stamps BUT the problem lies in that I’m not good coloring with black (well most colors but for sure black!). So I batted my eyelashes and asked my husband who is VERY GOOD with photoshop if he could color the cap in for me. He asked how I wanted it and I told him and showed him a picture of the wonderful cards the ladies had made for samples with this image. He colored this cap in to look like it was water colored!!! Is that not AWESOME or what!!! I’m truly spoiled….don’t tell him though….it will be our secret!! I got the design for the card from the sketch above so all I had to do was pick out papers! Got to love that!

It has been a long day for me so I think I’m going to go crash on my pillow.

SUPPLIES:

Stamps/Images: ConGRADulations Graduate Digital Images
Cardstock: Bazzill (Raven, White)
Patterned Paper:
Inks: Image colored in Photoshop
Accents/Tools: floss, Cricut, Cricut Elegant Edges Cartridge
Sketch: Sept 2011 Card Map from Pagemaps.com

Challenge #3 – Pick a Holiday….Any Holiday!!

So the 3rd challenge is still going on at Clearly iStamp until 7 pm (central time zone).

Challenge #3: Pick a Holiday…..Any Holiday!
You can do a traditional holiday (Christmas, Halloween, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, etc) or you could one that is not so traditional. I love looking up all the different fun off the wall Holidays (which some people think today is one….but we won’t listen to them!) that we COULD celebrate! So I have listed a few I found for May and June that I thought would make a great card.

May is: National BBQ Month, Bike Month and Hamburger Month!
5/6 (Monday) – National Nurses Day
5/7 – National Teachers Day
5/12 – Mother’s Day
5/13 – Frog Jumping Day
5/15 – National Choc Chip Day (YUM)
5/16 – Love a Tree Day
5/20 – Pick Strawberries Day

June is: National Candy Month, Dairy Month, National Adopt a Cat Month and National Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Month!
6/8 – Best Friends Day
6/18 – Go Fishing Day
6/23 – National Pink Day

I went with the traditional holiday – Mother’s Day. Only because I have several orders I still need to finish and Mother’s Day is NEXT SUNDAY (in the U.S.)!!!

CHALLENGES:

1) Card Crafter’s Circle Challenge #73 – Buds, blooms and blossoms!

2) Critter Sketch Challenge #162 – Flowers

3) Crafts and Me Challenge #131 - Floral Frenzy

4) May Card Challenge @ scrapbook.com – Sketch Category

SUPPLIES:

Stamps/Images: Garden of Life Digital Image and Special Lady Digital Image
Cardstock: Bazzill
Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye (be loved)
Inks: image colored in photoshop then printed on canon inkjet printer
Accents/Tools: pop dots, floss, fiskars scallop edge punch
Sketch: May Card Challenge @ scrapbook.com – sketch category

Challenge 2 – Balloons

Now for the next challenge at Clearly iStamp in celebration of National Scrapbook Day:
CHALLENGE #2: Balloons! 
Must have one or many on your project.

When I was deciding on what challenges to do I thought of all the wonderful Balloon stamps that Clearly Digi Stamps has in their store. This is Hot Air Balloon is one of my favorites and I guess I like it for Masculine cards as this is the 2nd or maybe 3rd one I made with it! It is so fun and easy to paper piece too.  I used a March 2012 Card map from pagemaps.com as inspiration.

CHALLENGES:

1) Addicted to Stamps Challenge #55 - Button

2) Creative Inspirations Challenge #212 – Birthdays

3) Cute Card Thursday Challenge #267 – Come fly with me

SUPPLIES:

Images/Stamps: Lifting You Up Digital Stamp at Clearly Digi Stamps

Cardstock: Bazzill (Ivy, Pinecone, Lakeshore)

Patterned Paper: My Mind’s Eye (On the Bright Side)

Accents/Tools: notebook edge punch, button, twine, ribbon

Sketch: March 2012 Card Map from Pagemaps.com