Stamps of the quarter

On the last day of the CDS stamp product parade, we show the stamps of the quarter.  These are the sets that you can earn free with a qualifying purchase order amount.  There are 3 sets to choose from, and the Winter Bear is one of them, which is what I am previewing for you.
On my oval cutout, I used a 3/4" circle punch and punched out a little from each side so that the decorative swirls of the diecut below it would show.  I think it made a nice look.

 That is all from the newest stamps released at CDS!  Hope you enjoy and can get out there to create!  Wishing you a wonderful new year and happy week!

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SUPPLY LIST:
STAMPS: Winter bear by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS tropical mist, black, Basic grey Hello luscious DP
INK: brilliance graphite black inkpad, Tombow markers 925, 553, 373, N15, 899, 947, 942
ACCESS./TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders ovals die, fancy die LR0116, pearls, circle punch, black brads, gingham ribbon, K&C fancy brad, offray ribbon, sewing machine, foam dimensionals
COLORING: watercolor with markers and waterbrush on watercolor paper

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Ark of possibilities

It's another fine morning and more January CDS stamps are being previewed today.
I have a cutie, Ark of Faith card to show you.
The coloring possibilities are really endless on this image.  I used a sentiment from the Melody of Truth stamp set also from CDS.

Watercolored the image with tombows and waterbrush, it is stamped on watercolor paper.

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SUPPLY LIST:
STAMPS: Ark of faith by CDS, Melody of truth by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper,CDS tropical mist, CDS peach taffy, Basic grey sweet threads DP
INK: brilliance black, Tombow markers N15, N65, 899, 947, 942, 491, 850, 946, 373, 177, 933, 873
ACCESS/TOOLS: waterbrush, corner rounder punch, Spellbinders tag die, CDS ribbon, basic grey buttons, Crealies die CLCS11, sewing machine, foam dimensionals, SU polka dot brads

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Wishing you a fine week and  hope you have a chance to check out all the other CDS design team inspiration!

BIG flowers make beautiful cards!!

It's day 2 of the CDS product parade and we are showing the new clear stamps!!!
I did 2 cards today, one with each of the big flowers, Dahlia and Josephine Clematis.

These stamps were made to be BIG flowers that are easy to color and fill up a card front, and each include a few sentiments.  I love these flowers!!
I knew on the dahlia that I wanted to do a 3 tone petal coloring... I put yellow on the petal creases, orange in the petal centers and the bright pink on the peal tips.  The picture seemed to wash out the colors, but in person, the coloring is much more vibrant.

I recently have started to LOVE the lavender color, in fact, I think it is just about my favorite color now.  It just is so pretty with minty greens, and neutral creams/browns, both of which are also some of my fav colors.  This card is pretty simple, but I like it.

Thanks for visiting today, I hope you'll come back the next couple days, as I have a couple more new product inspirations to show!   Have a happy day!

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SUPPLY LIST:
STAMPS: Dahlia by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS berry, Basic Grey Green at heart DP
INK: brilliance black, Tombow markers 126, 991, 933, 815, 800
ACCESS/TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders circles dies, pearls, SU oval punch, CDS ribbn, basic grey button, sewing machine, foam dimensionals
COLORING: watercolor with markers & waterbrush

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STAMPS: Josephine Clematis by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS mint, CDS cotton candy, Basic grey green at heart DP
INK: brilliance black, SU razzleberry, Tombow markers 623, 676, 177, 243
ACCESS/TOOLS: waterbrush, basic grey button, sewing machine, foam dimensionals, twine, CDS ribbon, pearls
COLORING: watercolor with markers & waterbrush

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CDS Product Parade January Stamps are here

Hello!   Wow, it has been a long time since I got to play with my stamps!  It was so much fun to get to sit and create last week.   
I am excited to share with you the first project I made with the Toucans of Love stamps. Cute little girl and boy toucans... you can stamp them together or individually.
There are several single sentiment stamps available that can be used with them, but sold separately too.
I stamped the toucan on watercolor paper and watercolored using the Tombow markers and a waterbrush.
I sewed the toucan panel and added the punched border to the base and sewed around that too.

I will have something to show you with the newest clear stamps for the next 3 days, so I hope you'll come back to see!   Hope you have a crafty weekend!

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SUPPLY LIST:
STAMPS: Toucans of love by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS raging river, CDS tangelo smoothie, MME penny lane DP
INK: brilliance graphite black inkpad, Tombow markers N15, 476, 126, 925, 899, 249, 985
ACCESS./TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders circles dies, button, EK border punch, twine, gems, brads, sewing machine, foam dimensionals
COLORING: watercolor with markers and waterbrush on watercolor paper

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October Product Parade - NEW STAMPS

Good morning!
Today starts the new stamp release at CDS, and I have 3 stamp sets that I created with to hopefully give some inspiration.


Christmas Inchy stamps
I made this hanging ornament that can double as a bracelet. I used polyshrink, the cuttlebug set of 4 mini square scallop dies, beads and some heavy duty but lightweight beading string. I stamped on polyshrink, punched holes in 2 of the corners, colored with regular markers and then shrunk them with the heat gun. Then assembled together with the beading string and put seed beads in between each section.  I coated each square with crystal effects on the top, and some clear stickles on the back. I did one side and then waited a couple hours and then did the other sides.

STAMPS: Christmas Inchies by Clear Dollar Stamps
CS/PAPER: clear polyshrink
INK: Brilliance black, markers pool party, island indigo, lucky limeade, wisteria wonder, peach parfait
ACCENTS/TOOLS: Cuttlebug provocraft mini scallop square die, 1/8" hole punch, jewelry thread, seed beads, lobster clasps, jump rings, heat tool, stickles, sakura clear effects
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Antique Ornaments
When I saw this new paper, I knew I had to make some christmas ornament cards with it.  It is just SO pretty!

STAMPS: Antique Ornaments by Clear Dollar Stamps
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, baja breeze, chocolate chip, MME Paris & Co patterned paper
INK: Brilliance black, Tombow markers 990, 899, SU baja breeze
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders ovals dies, EK border punch, sewing machine, pearls, SU cool caribbean ribbon, glue dot, foam dimensionals, shimmer watercolors, SU chocolate satin, SU mini flower punch, swarovski crystal

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I love this paper!  I like how I didn't have to do anything to the background, just used the design on the paper and hung the ornament over it.

STAMPS: Antique Ornaments by Clear Dollar Stamps
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS red velvet cake, ivory, MME Lost & found christmas patterned paper
INK: Brilliance black, Tombow markers 899, 946, 990, SU artichoke, SU burgundy
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, gold cord, foam dimensionals, pearls, sewing machine, shimmer watercolors

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Little Bethlehem
I knew I wanted to make a "night" card with all dark blues with this, when I first saw it.  I like that it is a nice big image, so that it can fill almost the whole card.  I watercolored with Tombows and a waterbrush on watercolor paper.

STAMPS: Little Bethlehem by Clear Dollar Stamps
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS deep sea, white
INK: Brilliance black, Tombow markers 526, 946, 879, SU not quite navy inkpad
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, Ek border punch, SU 1/8" tafetta ribbon, foam dimensionals, sewing machine, sponge

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I hope you have a wonderful day and fabulous weekend!

Favorite Things Blog Hop

BLOG HOP!

This month's CDS Blog Hop theme is A few of my favorite things!  I used a few of MY favorite things on my card below that is using the Berry Happy Hedgehog stamp.

If you just came upon my blog, you will want to start at the beginning on Lori's blog HERE.

If you were following along, you should have come from Shell's blog.

You'll want to visit Stacy's blog NEXT!

On my card, my fav things used:  
buttons, brads, bakers twine, patterned paper,
cute little critter, and lime/kiwi color

I stamped on watercolor paper and watercolored the hedgie with Tombows and a waterbrush.  I colored the berries to be "gooseberries" just so that I could use the lime/kiwi color, LOL.

 close up of the cute little guy...

Thanks for visiting today!   I hope you have some time to hop along all the blogs for your chance to win some awesome prizes!!

Remember that you need to start at Lori's blog HERE.

If you were following along, you should have come from Shell's blog.

You'll want to visit Stacy's blog NEXT!

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SUPPLIES:
STAMPS: Berry happy hedgehog by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS raging river, white, DCWV citrus stack patterned paper
INK: Tombow markers 942, 947, 899, 847, 535, 126, 133, 177
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders ovals, CDS raging river grosgrain, bakers twine, SU buttons, CTMH bitty brads, sewing machine, foam dimensionals

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Final day for product parade!!

Good morning!
Today there is more NEW products to show you and today is the final day of previews!! for the CDS quarterly stamp set releases!!   The entire CDS team is showing off the stamps available NOW!

Today there are several sets showing, and you can see the full stamp sheets on Lori's blog, as well as get links to the other DT members using the sets.

On my first card, I paper tole layered the Assemble together church by cutting the SVG cut files first on watercolor paper and then stamping on the individual pieces.  I then colored all the pieces and layered them up with foam dimensionals.

STAMPS: Assemble together by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS toasted almond, CDS hot cocoa, TPC Studio Ancestral Pocketwatch Brocade DP
INK: Brilliance graphite black, chocolate inkpad, Tombow markers 899, 942, 947, 177, N75, 946, 676, 373
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, spellbinders label die, CDS SVG cut files assemble together, CDS toasted almond ribbon, pearls, sewing machine, stickles, foam dimensionals

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The next set I used is Leaf Hellos.  This leaf was a digital stamp last year, so CDS made it into a stamp and added a couple words and a few other complimentary images.

This first card I wanted to make a fallish leaf card.

STAMPS: Leaf hellos by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. watercolor paper, CDS deep sea, CDS hot cocoa, digi paper from Doodle Pantry juicy strawberry digital image
INK: Brilliance black inkpad, Tombow markers098, 899, 946, 526, 947
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, CDS LEAF HELLOS SVG cut file, spellbinders reversed scallop circles, satin ribbon, pearls, sewing machine, twine, foam dimensionals

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The next card is a mini 3" square.   I wanted to make a little berry & flower branch duo.  Loving my labels 15 too!

Stamps: Leaf Hellos by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, white
INK: mustard ink pad, brilliance graphite black, Tombow markers 847, 946, 177
ACCENTS/TOOLS: sponge, waterbrush, Spellbinders Labels 15 dies, pearls, PTI twill, basic grey button, twine

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Thanks for visiting the last 4 days to see all the new CDS products!!

I hope you have been inspired to create something all your own!

Product Parade day 3 for CDS stamp release!

I didn't have anything to post yesterday, but I am back today with more product parade for the CDS quarterly stamp set releases!!   The entire CDS team is showing off the stamps available NOW!

Today there are several sets showing, and you can see the full stamp sheets on Lori's blog, as well as get links to the other DT members using the sets.

Here I am using Seasonal Swags.  (I also used a different image from this set on a card I previewed 2 days ago that also used the new dies and the Birthday blessings oval stamp.)

I used the coordinating SVG cut files to paper tole layer this swag too.  And I watercolored the images.  I used the Elegant accents border die around the entire card base, and then the Elegant accents tag die.

STAMPS: Seasonal swags by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, CDS hot cocoa, CDS ripe olive, PTI autumn abundance DP
INK: Brilliance black, Chocolate inkpad, Tombow markers 098, 992, 925, 946, 676, 947
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, CDS SVG cut files Seasonal swags, CDS Elegant accents die set, sponge, copper brads, CDS hot cocoa ribbon, foam dimensionals

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This little happy guy is Berry Happy hedgehog stamp set.

LOVING the coordinating SVG cut files for stamps!!!  I also paper tole layered this image.  FUN!
I colored using watercolor paper and Tombow markers.

 

STAMPS: Berry Happy Hedgehog by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb. Canson watercolor paper, PTI lavender moon, SU razzleberry, SU designer paper razzleberry lemonade, Fancypants designer paper Kewl-Exquisite
INK: brilliance graphite black inkpad, Tombow markers 899, 912, 676, 847, 373, 098, 946, 177, 947
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, CDS SVG cut file Berry Happy Hedgehog, Spellbinders reverse wonky rectangles, pearls, basic grey button, twine, PTI ribbon sewing machine, foam dimensionals

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Thanks again for visiting today!!   I am so thankful that you stop by and thank you for your kind comments, they always bring a smile to me!!

Product Parade for new CDS stamps!!

WOW, it's time for the CDS quarterly stamp set release!!   Over the next 4 days, the entire CDS team is showing off the stamps available NOW!

Today there are several sets showing, and you can see the full stamp sheets on Lori's blog, as well as get links to the other DT members using the sets.

I used Birthday Blessings Oval on this card, as well as a set that is showing in the next couple days called Seasonal Swags.
I also am using the NEW Elegant Accents oval die!  Isn't it pretty??  I just love the shape of the edge, and it has a border die to match!

 I used the diamond circle background stamp for the background. I stamped it on watercolor paper and watercolored it to match the image colors.
I also used the coordinating SVG cut files so that I could paper tole layer the image with ease.

I've got much more to share over the next few days... hope you'll come back to see!!

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STAMPS: Birthday blessings oval by CDS, Seasonal swags by CDS, diamond circle background by CDS
CS/PAPER: 90 lb Canson watercolor paper, CDS spring leaf, CDS melon spice, Su wasabi for card base
INK: Brilliance black, guava inkpad, baja breeze inkpad, Tombow markers 912, 177, 192, black fine tip for seeds
ACCENTS/TOOLS: waterbrush, CDS SVG cut files for seasonal swags, CDS elegant accents die oval, sewing machine PTI ribbon, foam dimensionals, pearls

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