We have a winner!!!! Clear Dollar Stamps Blog Hop

Our winner, 

chosen from Shell's blog,

 is Bonnie Raduse and 

her blog Stamping in the Light.

 Congratulations Bonnie! 

Please contact Cassie at

cassandratrask@yahoo.com 

to claim your prize.

Enjoy!!!

Clear Dollar Stamps December Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to

 December's Blog Hop for 

Clear Dollar Stamps! 

I'm glad you decided to join us!

Did you arrive here from 

Jerusha's beautiful blog?

If you did you are on the right track.

If not click HERE to see

 the hop from the beginning!

Our theme this month

 is "White as Snow".

I decided to make a white card for this theme.

I used a clear stamp set called Light of Winter.
 This set was also released in
 digital format this month! Whoo hoo!

Nice to have choices!

To keep my white card interesting -
 I used three different Cuttlebug embossing folders. 
Two of them are snowflake ones and the 
other is houndstooth.
I kept my coloring to a minimum
 just to highlight the images.
I also used the Tabs and Tags die cut set from CDS.


Your next stop on this 
white as snow blog hop is:
KATHY
I'm sure she has something 
wonderful to share with you!


Leave a comment for a chance
 to win a $25 gift certificate to
 CDS for digital images!!
 One lucky commenter will win!
Thanks for spending part of your day with us!
Enjoy the rest of the hop!
See you soon!
Barb

CIC42- Birthday Card!

Hello and welcome to

 Clear Dollar Stamps 

Clearly Inspired Challenge! 

The challenge this time is

 to make a birthday card.

For my card I used the stamp 

Birthday Cake Swirls.

I kept this card pretty simple. 

Paper is from Bazzil.

I hope you will join us

 in this fun challenge!

You have 3 weeks to enter your creation!

Check out Clearly I Stamp's blog for all the details!

Thanks for stopping today!

See you soon!

Barb

Clear Dollar Stamps Digital Release!

Hello and welcome to 

Clear Dollar Stamps 

December Digital release! 

 I have a couple of new digis 

to share with you today!

My fist card uses the digital set Snowman Wishes.

I used the 'child' snowman for my card

He's just perfect for that winter card!

I added a little brown Fun Flock to his hat.

Card #2 features the digi

Winter Eskimo 

I based my card on a sketch 

I found on the internet.

For something different, 

I printed the digis

onto colored paper, 

then added color

with colored pencils.

For her muff and cuffs

 I added liquid applique.

This cute digi set is also available

 in clear stamps if you prefer!

Click HERE to get this

 set for yourself!

Thank you for stopping today!

Have a wonderful day - 

and I hope to see you 

back here again soon!

Barb

Happy Monday! Sweet Sketch Sunday #146

Greetings friends!

 Today's card is for

 Sweet Sketch Sunday's 

sketch challenge #146.

It feels good to be participating 

in sketch challenges again!
Here is the sketch:

And my take on the sketch:

This is a Memory Box stamp. 
I distressed the circle with the new 
Christmas Distress inks,
 Iced Spruce and Evergreen bough.
The snowflake is a Nestabilities die cut. 
I added a bit of color with colored pencil
Paper is from My Minds Eye.
Thanks for visiting today!
I hope you will leave a comment
 so I know you were here!
Barb
Make it a great day!

Clearly Inspired Challenge #41 Christmas!

Welcome to Clearly Inspired Challenge #41. 

Our challenge today is to make a Christmas card!

  For my card today I used the set Snow Friends.

I am entering this card in the

 Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge  #145 this week. 

I got this great sketch at their blog!

My paper comes from My Minds Eye.

Please join us at Clear Dollar Stamps 

and enter this fun challenge!

 I look forward to seeing your creations!

Barb

Thankful For You!

Welcome and Happy Thanksgiving to you! 

Today's card features a digital image from 

Clear Dollar Stamps called "Eat more Ham".

We have been invited to a friend's house

 for dinner today, so I wanted to make

 her a thank you card!

I printed the image onto 

background paper from 

We are Memory Keepers. 

I then added color with colored pencils. 

Thanks for stopping today! 

I hope you have a great day

 filled with many things 

to be thankful for!

See you next time!

Barb

Celebrate Life! Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to Clear Dollar Stamps 

Celebrate Life Blog Hop! 

Did you arrive here from 
Jan's blog?
If yes, you are in the right place!
If you just happened to stop by - please visit
Lori's blog to view to hop from the start!

Today we are honoring the memory 

of our own Katie Renz.

Sadly, Katie passed away from

 gastric cancer this month.

She will be greatly missed by all of us!

To celebrate Katie's life - 

I have chosen one of her cards to CASE 

(Copy and selectively edit)

I love the clean and simple 

design of this card.

For my card I used an 

older CDS set called 

Rock On.

I have had this set for a long time, 

but never really knew what to do with it!

 I found this perfect paper and an idea was born!

I also used the die cut set from

 Clear Dollar Stamps

tabs and tags.

 I think Katie would be pleased to 

see what her lovely card inspired in my mind!

 I will send you off now to 

Dawn's blog. 

I'm sure she has something 

amazing to share with you!

Thanks for celebrating Katie's life with us!

See you soon!

Barb

Thankful! Clear Dollar Stamps November Blog Hop!

Welcome! 

I am thankful you have joined us on our 

monthly blog hop for Clear Dollar Stamps!

The theme this month is THANKFUL.

I have so many things to be thankful for!

Being a part of this wonderful, 

creative Design Team is one of them!

You should have arrived here via Linda's blog! 

If not, click HERE to see it from the beginning!

My card today uses the

 stamp set Berry Happy Hedgehog.

I colored the image with colored pencil 

and blended with mineral spirits.

Be sure and leave a comment - 

you will have a chance to win a

 $25 gift certificate from Clear Dollar Stamps!

Your next stop on this blog hop is:

Shell.

Enjoy her beautiful creation!

Good luck and stop by again soon!

Barb

For Katie!

Just a quick announcement

 that we are having a special blog hop

 to honor our very own Katie Renz.

You will see it right here on 

TUESDAY, November 22nd!

Please stop by!

Clearly Inspired Challenge # 40 - Flowers

Hello and welcome to 

Clear Dollar Stamps, 

Clearly Inspired Challenge #40.

The challenge this time was to use a flower image.

I used the Chrysanthemum FOM for November

 (released in September of this year).

I wanted to so something a little

 different with this card.

I used the paragraph about the flower

 as my main image in the design.

To accomodate this large image - 

I made a card that will fit into a #10 business envelope.

I distressed the paper with distress ink

 in Antique Linen and Tea dye. 

I distressed the oval a little heavier so that

 the white would show up better. 

I've always loved white mums - 

they look so pretty for the holidays!

I then colored with colored pencil blended 
with mineral spirits.

I hope you will join us in this fun challenge!

Show us your flowers!

SPECIAL NOTE:
We will be having a
Blog Hop on Tuesday, November 22, 
in honor of Katie Renz, 
who sadly passed away from gastric cancer.
Katie was a huge part of our design team. 
It was under her watch that 
the Tuesday Tutorial blog posts were created!


Katie will be greatly missed by
 the stamping community!


I hope you will join us on this 
special tribute to Katie!
See you then!
Barb

Clear Dollar Stamps November Digi Release

Welcome friends!

 It's digi release day for 

Clear Dollar Stamps!

 Always a great time of the month!

Today I am previewing two new digis. 

My first cards uses 

Let your light shine.

 Super cute lamp images!

My next card uses the stocking

 from the Jolly Joy set.

Thanks for stopping today! 

Head on over to 

Clear Dollar Stamps

 to see the rest of the newest digital release!

See you soon!

Barb

Scrap and Stamp Arts 2012

Hello Friends! 

I am here to share some exciting news! 

I was published in 

Scrap and Stamps Arts magazine

 in the January 2012 issue!

 Whoo hoo!

My card is on page 38!

They used the blue one!

 I'm pretty excited!

The little sheep is a digital image

 from K 'n K Designs!

You should check out their

 site for some super cute digis!

Thanks for stopping today!

See you soon!

Barb

All Year Round - Blog Hop!

Hello and welcome to 
Clear Dollar Stamps 
All Year Round blog hop!

 Today we are showcasing the wonderful digital image -

 All Year Round Calendar! 

I will be your hostess for the month of February!


Did you arrive here from  Patti's blog?! 
If not, Click on her name to start from the beginning!

 You have to check out what the 

Design Team has come up with for this hop!

 I work with such talented ladies!!

For February - I made a  Valentines Day card.

 I made a simple square card and
 highlighted the 14th with a heart.
I used liquid pearls to make the ruffle around the hearts
and a lot of glitter to bling them up!


You can get this digital image
 for yourself by clicking HERE.
For a chance to WIN this great set, 
be sure you leave a comment on each blog! 
Two people will win ! Good luck!!


From here I will send you to the 
super talented
 LISA 
who is featuring March!
Have fun on the hop!
See you soon!
Barb

Clearly Inspired Challenge # 39 - Color challenge

Hello Friends! 

Today's Clearly Inspired Challenge

 card is a color challenge. 

The colors we were to use were:

Red Velvet Cake, Spring Green,

 Gold and Cottonball white.

Nice festive colors!

My card uses a digi from CDS called Mistletoe.

 I colored the image with colored pencil

 and blended with mineral spirits.

I hope you will join us in this fun challenge!

I can't wait to see your creations!

Barb

Happy Fall Y'All!

Welcome to Clear Dollar Stamps Monthly Blog hop! 

Our theme this month is Happy Fall!

I hope you arrived here via

CASSIE'S Blog! 

Wasn't her project to die for?! 

I am your last stop on this fall hop!

If you want to see it from the beginning,

Click HERE.

My card today features a set called Squirrel Chatter.

 I used the leaves and one of the sayings from the set.

I also used the tabs and tags die cut

 set from Clear Dollar Stamps. 

One of my favorite sets -

 I use it frequently! 

I hope you commented on each blog in the hop! 

One lucky person will win a 

$25.00 gift certificate 

good for Digital stamps from CDS!!

Thanks for spending some time here at my blog!

I hope you will visit again soon!

I have lots more things to share this month!

See you soon!

Barb

October Digital release for Clear Dollar Stamps!

Hello! Today I have two cards to show 

you featuring two of the newly released

 digital images from Clear Dollar Stamps!

The first one is Charlie Harvest:

 I think Charlie is one of my favorite characters from CDS!

My next card features the digi Toasty Bears:

How cute are these bears!!!!

I hope you enjoyed my digi preview.

Head on over to Clear Dollar Stamps

 where you can get both of these digis for yourself!

Thanks for stopping today!

Stay tuned for more stuff to come!

Barb

Clear Dollar Stamps October Product Parade! Day 3

Final day for our October Product Parade
for Clear Dollar Stamps.

Today's set is Build a Quilt.

This set also has a die set to go with it!

Card #1

Card #2

Card #3

It took me a while to figure out what to do with this set! lol

 Guess that is WHY I am NOT a quilter!

Once I got started with this set - I loved it!

I hope you have enjoyed our October Preview!

Now go shopping! 

Have a great day!

Barb