Hello Friends! 

Todays card features two QKR stamps.

 Golfing Mouse and Golf ball.

It's finally starting to feel like

 summer here in Minnesota!

I colored this little guy with

 colored pencils blended with mineral spirits.

Love his expression!

Thanks for visiting today!

Hope to see you back again!

Barb

Clear Dollar Stamps July Blog Hop - Summertime!!!

Welcome to the Summertime Blog Hop

 for Clear Dollar Stamps!

If you arrived here from 

CASSIE'S blog 

you are in the right place. 
Wasn't her project AMAZING???

If you just happened to stop by and

 want to see the entire blog hop,

 Click HERE to see it from the start!

For my card today I used another new Digital Image

 from CDS called Vegetable Garden.

I think of summer time as a time to get my garden growing! 

How I love fresh from the garden cucumbers!

I used the cucumber image and 

the words from our garden on my card.

I distressed the paper with Antique linen and 

tea dye Distress Inks before coloring with

 colored pencils blended with mineral spirits.

After I finished coloring I again rubbed 

some more distress ink over the image.

The background paper is from Bo Bunny.

Be sure you leave a comment on each blog as 

two lucky commenters will win a $10 gift certificate

 to the Clear Dollar Stamps website!

Your next stop on this

 summertime Blog Hop is:

CHRISTI


Hop on over and check out what she has to show you!
I'm sure it will be wonderful!


See you next time!
 Barb 

CIC 32 - Color Challenge!

Hello Friends! 

Welcome to Clear Dollar Stamps - 

Clearly I Stamp Challenge #32. 

This time it is a color challenge!

 Always fun to do!

 Today's colors are: 

Mud Pie, Lime, Gold and Turquoise.

For my card I used a new digital image

 available from CDS called Big Bear Hugs.

I watercolored the image. 

The papers I used are mainly Bazzil and

 unknown paper from my stash.

A little doodling around the edges

 with a fine point black pen.

For the inside of the card I used

 the words from the same set.

 You can see the colors a little

more clearly on the inside.

I hope you will join in the challenge this time! 

We love seeing your work!

Thanks for stopping!

See you soon!

Barb

Digital Release day for Clear Dollar Stamps!

Hello and welcome to the 

July 2011 Digital Release for

 Clear Dollar Stamps!

I was lucky enough to get to use 

this adorable image called Jargon Mix. 

I chose to use the jar of daisies.

 Love this image!

I printed the image onto watercolor paper,

 then I distressed it. I kept it heavy around the

edges so it highlights the jar of flowers.

I used my Nestabilites Labels Fifteen to cut the image out.

I used my watercolor Inktense pencils to color the image.

I then added some Diamond Glaze to 

the jar so it looks like 

it has water in it. 

Background paper is from Bo Bunny.

Inside of the card I used words from the same set.

The Distress inks I used are; Antique Linen, 

Firebrick Red and Vintage Photo.

I just used a fine point black pen to 

make the doodles around the edges.

I finished the bow off with a stick pin

 I have had in my collection for a while.

Really like the twill ribbon - has a 

nice 'country' feel to it!

Thanks for visiting today!

I hope you will head on over to 

Clearly I Stamp to see the rest 

of the Digital release for this month!

See you next time!

Barb

Special Request

Today's card is one I made

 for a friend's special request.

 She needed a wedding card in green with a little pink 

and a pocket inside for a gift card. 

Well, I love a challenge, so I got my 

creative groove on and here is what I came up with.

I started with a base card cut from 

my Sixxiz XL die that makes a card with a flap.

 Love it when I get to use this die - it's one of my favorites!

I stamped the image (Savvy Stamps) 

 in Slate Gray Versafine ink 

then I colored over the lines with 

a glitter pen to soften it up. 

Here is the inside of the card:

I made the pocket by using

 Nestablities Labels Fifteen in two different sizes. 

I folded the largest label up to make the 

pocket and used the next size down to add a touch of pink.

The words are from Hero Arts.

I added three pearls to complete the look!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Comments are always welcomed and appreciated!

See you soon!

Barb

Happy Tuesday!

Hello out there! 

Today's card is a digital image from 

Clear Dollar Stamps called Larkspur. 

It is available now at the Clear Dollar Stamps store!

I watercolored this image using Derwent Inktense colored pencils.

Love those pencils - they have such nice deep colors!

I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder to

 make the background paper.

 The ovals are from Nestabilities.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Comments are always welcomed and appreciated!

Barb

Clear Dollar Stamps July Product Parade Day 4

Day four of July Product Parade!
Here we have some beautiful Christian themed stamps!

Assemble Together

Numbers 6:24-26

Designer Label Accent

This next set is perfect for your small cards/tags!

A time for tags

Thanks for stopping today!

Head on over to Clear Dollar Stamps and check out

everything that is NEW for July!

See you soon!

Barb