Clear Dollar Stamps September Sneak Peeks Day 3

Ready for one more day of previews?? Today, I'm showing off the amazing Stamp of the Month for September. This set is free in September for any order over $50 at Clear Dollar Stamps. What a great set ... and for free!!!





Isn't he CUTE?! I just love him. This layout was very different from ones that I typically do, but I really love the way the card turned out.












When I first thought of doing a card with him, I just had a vision of a beautiful snowy owl. The white layer is embossed with snowflakes at the top and branches at the bottom, and the hand-cut branch is embossed with the same branch embossing folder. The snowflakes are also on the blue layer, and snowflake designer paper was used on the duel layers in the background.









Stamps : Whooo Loves You (September Stamp of the Month)
Paper : Paper Studio dp, Billowing Clouds, Cottonball White, Hot Cocoa, SU ballet blue
Ink : Memento Black, Copics (C1, C3, Y26, B21)
Accessories : glitter pen, Cuttlebug and folders, Cricut, SCAL, ribbon, self-adhesive crystals, pop dots
Technique : embossing, paper piecing (hand-cut branch)


Go check out the other samples at Lori's and Katie's blogs. The design team did an AMAZING job with all of the sets this month. I hope you will check them all out and grab some inspiration from these amazing artists.



Have a magnificent Monday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!


~*Shell*~

Clear Dollar Stamps September Sneak Peeks Day 2

Woohoo! Day 2! Today, I'm showing you an absolutely adorable set called Christmas Mouse and a coordinating one called All God's Creatures. I am just in love with this precious little mouse. :)


For this card, I started with a layer cut to be a 'mouse hole.' I stamped, colored, and cut out the mouse and put him on some pop dots in front of his home. I sewed around the layer and distressed it a little to make it look a bit ragged. Small, self-adhesive, metal dots were used around the hole. The little guy was, as usual, colored with Copics.

The sentiment from All God's Creatures was used on the white layer. That layer had ink applied directly to the edges and was layered on top of red and black.







This sentiment is SO perfect for this little mouse. And what a great sentiment for a Christmas card!!











Stamps : Christmas Mouse, All God's Creatures
Paper : Mud Pie, Night Eclipse, Cottonball White, SU red,
Ink : Memento Black, Copics (E31 E33, E37, R59, R99)
Accessories : self-adhesive metal buttons, ribbon, pop dots, sewing machine, Cricut, SCAL
Technique; sewing, edge distressing



Make sure you run to Lori's and Katie's blogs to see the other samples and preview artists for today. You don't want to miss any of them!!


One more tomorrow??? :) Can't wait to show you Preview Day 3!


Have a sanctified Sunday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!



~*Shell*~

Clear Dollar Stamps September Sneak Peeks Day 1

September!! Wow. Can you believe it's here already? And before you know it ... it will be (yes, I know, DON'T SAY IT ...) Christmas. How many of you have started your Christmas cards? Finished them? Yeah, I didn't think so. I started the year with the best of intentions. I was going to make 5 cards a month so that I would have 50 - 60 by the time I needed them in November. While it, sadly, lasted only a month, I am, actually, glad about that now. I can now use the beautiful sets that CDS is releasing on September 1 to create some very pretty, very meaningful Christmas cards. I had such a great time creating for our preview days!! I hope that you enjoy these creations as much as I enjoyed creating them.


Our Savior's Birth .... What a beautiful set. This set has some wonderful silhouettes as well as a beautiful star and some sentiments. This is an unusual card for Christmas, I know. The colors just worked for me, though. The large star was cut to match the small one (I will have the free .jpg file for that on Friday!!! Keep watching) on the Cricut and stamped the small one inside. I love the way it turned out. The Cuttlebug was used to emboss the side of the layer behind the Magi and the black background layer.


Stamps : Our Savior's Birth
Paper : Night Eclipse, Bee Pollen, Cottonball White
Ink : Memento Black, Glitter Gel Pen
Accessories: Self-adhesive gold dots, pop dots, Cittlebug and folders, SCAL, ribbon, label punch




Another beautiful image from Our Savior's Birth is featured on the front of this card. The light blue and white just call out 'peace' to me, and this card feels so peaceful.












The inside shows an example of a scripture from the set, Our Savior's Scriptures, which is made to coordinate with Our Savior's Birth. This is a very simple card that would be perfect to use with a gift bag or as a gift card on a boxed gift.









Stamps : Our Savior's Birth
Paper : Bashful Blue, white
Ink : Memento black
Accessories: silver cord, Cricut, SCAL, Cuttlebug and folder



My last one with this set. The beautiful star and silhouette of the manger were so wonderful to work with! The manger is nestled in the stable (cut with the Cricut), which is popped up a bit using pieces of pop dots. I used the Deep Sea cardstock as a background to simulate a perfect night sky. The set - Our Savior's Scriptures - was also used on the front of this card, along with a sentiment from the Our Savior's Birth set.




Stamps : Our Savior's Birth, Our Savior's Scriptures
Paper : Deep Sea, Hot Cocoa, Night Eclipse, Cottonball White
Ink : Memento Black, white pigment
Accessories: Cricut, SCAL, ribbon (Wild Ginger), oval punch, glitter pen, pop dots



Are you having fun yet??? I am ... and I've just gotten started!!!! :) :)



I love the easel cards, and Christmas just seems like a perfect time to use/make one. A Season of Wonder is such a beautiful, precious set showcasing Mary's love for her child ... the precious Christ. For this card, I cut the card and card layers using the Cricut. The beautiful star cut that I created for the last set of cards was used here without a stamp. The star stands high above Mary and baby Jesus.

The set, Christmas Inside Sentiments (John 8:12) was used on the inside 'holding spot' of the card.




Stamps :Season of Wonder, Christmas Inside (John 8:12)
Paper : heavy weight white, Night Eclipse, Bee Pollen, silver
Ink : Memento Black, Copics (B39, B21, B24, B29, Y11, Y15, Y17, W5, E31, E33, E37, E47)
Accessories: Cricut, SCAL, Shaplies (Penny Duncan), Cuttlebug, ribbon (SU), pop dots, Cuttlebug and edge folder
Technique: Easel Card





Another card with A Season of Wonder ... and perhaps, my favorite. The image was placed on nesting shapes with ribbon and designer paper behind (nesting layers cut using the Cricut). The Cuttlebug was used on the background layer, as well.










The inside was stamped with Christmas Inside Sentiments (Psalm 115:15) and embellished with a ribbon to match the outside.











Stamps : Season of Wonder, Christmas Inside Scriptures (Psalm 115:15)
Paper : SU red, Old Olive, dp, GP white
Ink :Memento Black, Copics (Y26, W1, W3, W5, E71, E47, E31, B93, B95)
Accessories: Oval punches, slot punch, self-adhesive pearls, pop dots, Cricut, SCAL, Shaplies (Penny Duncan), ribbon (SU gray taffeta), Cuttlebug and folder





I used the side step card to show off the set Jesus is the Reason and the set Blooming Background (which coordinates beautifully with the Jesus is the Reason set). Blooming Background was used to created the cut for the right side of this card. I cut it, and then, I used the stamp to stamp the image before adding it to the card and embellishing it. I LOVE the way it cut and stamped. With the clear stamps, it was easy to line up the stamp with the cut paper. And it made such a cool border!!! The tree, "Merry Christmas," and sentiment, as well as the cute flowers, are all from Jesus is the Reason.



Stamps : Jesus is the Reason, Blooming Background
Paper : Cottonball white, SU red, green
Ink : Memento Black, VersaMark, Copics (R46, G85)
Accessories : ribbon, crystals, pop dots, gold dots, Cricut, SCAL, ScorPal
Techniques : Side step card




So, today, you saw ....

Our Savior's Birth
Our Savior's Scriptures
A Season of Wonder
Christmas Inside Sentiments (Psalm 115:15)
Christmas Inside Sentiments (John 8:12)
Jesus is the Reason
Blooming Background



Each and every one of these sets will be available on Wednesday, September 1 on the Clear Dollar Stamps site.

Hop over to Lori and Katie's blogs to see more and to see others that previewed these sets today.



So, I'm dying to know what you think of these! I just love, love, love the sets. I am excited to use these for the rest of my Christmas cards. Hmmm ... guess I should get on those, huh?


Tomorrow ... more sneak peeks! Yep, more fun!


Have a super duper Saturday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!


~*Shell*~

CASing

I just loved this card that Lisa Lara made for the August CDS Previews. I couldn't resist CASing it (Copy And Stamp) for myself. Here's my take on Lisa's card.



I just loved her square, bright card. It put a smile on my face, and I had to try that concept myself.











Stamps - Spider Greetings - CDS
Paper - CDS green, yellow, orange, and black (sorry ... don't have the names handy at the moment), GP white
Ink - Memento black, Copics
Accessories - Circle punches, Cricut, SCAL, ribbon, pop dots, piercer




Go check out Lisa's work. She's a wonderful designer. She's inspired me over the last 3 months. :) Thanks, Lisa.


Have a fantastic Friday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow ...... REMEMBER ... tomorrow is Day One of Previews for the Clear Dollar Stamps' September Stamp Release!!! I can't wait to share with you!!




~*Shell*~

YeeHaw!!

I bought this adorable stamp on clearance at Hobby Lobby a couple of months ago. I've not picked him up until now, but what fun he is!




The background layer was distressed by crumpling and using a blade on the edges. I curled the edges in a little after sewing the layers together. Even the star is sewn.














The coloring of this image was a BLAST!! So much shading and opportunity for lighting effects. Great image.


You can also see the sewing of the layers here.








Stamps - Little Buckaroo from Stampabilities
Paper - Night Eclipse, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise, Yo Yo Yellow, White
Ink - Memento Black, Copics (E43, E47, E49, BG05, Y26, Y28, R46, R59, C3, C5, E11)
Accessories - Cricut, SCAL, sewing machine, pop dots, brads, ribbon, scissors to distress sides


Hope you have a terrific Thursday and a great, big, beautiful tomorrow!!



~*Shell*~