Clearly Digi Stamps July Release - Time for School

This is my second post today introducing some of the new July Release digi stamp sets from Clearly Digi Stamps. Probably because I'm a retired teacher, I love to make school related cards for my grandkids and their teachers. Here are my first two using images from "Time for School" by Patrick Dunnigan.

This first card is for my oldest grandson. I picked him up after the first half day of school last year and I think he felt this way. His teacher had given them a reading list for the year that included the type of book, type of report presentation, and how many pages, beginning at 500 and increasing through the year. It didn't take long for him to see how manageable that was.

 

 

I plan to give the 2nd card to the new 1st grade teacher when I take her some book donations for her classroom (minus the worms!)

 

 

 

 

1st Card Recipe:

 

Image - CDS Time for School colored image
Sentiments - typed with Word processor
Paper - Close To My Heart "Scholastic" Collection, "Cruisin'," old Denim dp, red cardstock

Ink - Close To My Heart "Saddle"
Accents - CTMH Cranberry baker's twine and buttons
Tools - printer, word processor, large corner rounder, stipple brush, sponge

 

 

I'm sharing the 1st card with the following challenges:

 

Challenges 4 Everybody #24 - Anything Goes

Creative Corner Challenge #27 - Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - Anything Goes

Here Come the Boys #56 - Anything goes for boys 

Sister Act Card Challenge #15 - Anything Goes

Sweet Pea Stampers - For the Men/Boys

The Crafter's Café #19 - Anything Goes

 

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2nd Card Recipe:

 

Image - CDS Time for School colored image

Sentiments - typed with Word processor
Paper - Close To My Heart "Scholastic" collection, Outdoor Denim and red cardstock
Tools - printer, word processor, The Paper Studio alphabet embossing folder, Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals

 

 

I'm sharing the 2nd school card with the following challenges:

 

Creative Creations Challenge #14 - For the teacher 

 

Clearly Digi Stamps - July Release - Dinos Cards

 

It's that time I love when Clearly Digi Stamps reveals the new digi stamp sets for the month. These are my first two cards of four that I'm posting today. Since I have five grandsons, I'm always looking for cool dinosaurs! I made two cards with two of the new images from the set called Dinos by Patrick Dunnigan. You'll want to visit the Clearly iStamp blog to see the other image and more samples.

This T-Rex is definitely scary, perfect for fans of Jurassic Park!

This stegosaurus is especially cute and not quite so scary!

Card #1 recipe:
Image - CDSPDDinos
Sentiment - Cricut "Graphically Speaking"
Paper - Close To My Heart "Later Sk8tr," Black Cardstock
Accents - Close To My Heart New England Ivy Bigger brads; unknown ribbon from my stash
Tools - printer, Cricut & "Graphically Speaking" cartridge; Cuttlebug "Mesh" embossing folder

I'm sharing the 1st Dino card with the following challenges:
Cards for Men #14 -(my 1st card) - Bingo (die cut, metal brads, dry embossing)
Crafty Blogger's Network July Challenge - metal (brads)
Here Come the Boys #56 - Any thing goes for boys
Kaboodle Doodles #180 - any embossing
Red Carpet Studio #45 - Action movies = Jurassic Park (you know which scene I mean!)
Send a Smile 4 Kids - punches or Die Cuts
Squirrel and the Fox #48 - Use Something Spooled (plaid ribbon)
Card A Day Theme - Just For Men, masculine theme

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Birthday Card #2 recipe:
Image - Dinos
Sentiment - typed using Word
Paper - Close To My Heart "Later Sk8tr," black & white cardstock
Accents - Green Sparkles CTMH, blue-gray twill unknown from stash
Tools - printer, word processor, Spellbinders "Foliage 2" die, large corner rounder

I'm sharing the 2nd Dino card with the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create #28 - Anything Goes with option of Birthday
Crafty Cardmakers #96 - Birthday
Digi Makeover Challenge #97 - Tic Tac Toe = die cuts, ribbon, two patterned papers
Stamp with Fun #217 - Celebrate
TokBobok #2 - Animal Friends
Word Play Saturday (July) - Birthdays



 

Tiny Dinos Birthday Cards

Today I was sick and didn't get to see four of my grandsons at a birthday skating party 60 miles away. So thinking of them, I decided I'd start making some sets of cards for their teachers in the Christian school as an end-of-the-year thank you gift. I know they don't get paid much and like to write notes and give birthday cards to the kids. Here are two of the cards I made using a fun digi set, Tiny Dinos,  from Clear Dollar Stamps and this week's sketch from Unscripted Sketches.

I printed both colored images (to use later) and outline images, which I colored with Copics. The set includes some great polka dot and striped papers in the colors I used. I punched out the dino with a 2.5" circle punch and mounted it on a Lagoon pointy circle that I cut using Cricut Art Philosophy at 2.8" The second card used the same sized shapes, with a Sunset Cricut diecut.

To assemble the cards, I printed the sentiment on a 4" x 6" piece of cardstock. Then I embossed the part above the sentiment using a Cuttlebug folder that reminds me of bumpy skin, even though we don't know what kind of skin dinosaurs really had and that the folder was called tiny bubbles.  My second card uses the Cuttlebug Happy Birthday folder. I attached three rows of ric rac on each card in a coordinating color. I had these wound on ribbon holders, so I don't know the source. I did use the red sticky tape to hold the ric rac in place on back and to help adhere those spots to the card base.

After I finished I reminded myself that I should make more Clean and Simple cards like these just so I can make more, especially for gifts!

Thank you for visiting!

I'm sharing these cards with the following challenges:
Unscripted Sketch #205
Aud Sentiments Challenge #77 - for a child
Dutch Dare #211 - Birthday Fun
Crafting By Design - All about animals
Crafty Catz #177 - Anything Goes
Inky Impressions #104 - for a child
Simply Create Too #34 - Animals
A Gem of a Challenge #74 - animals
One Stop Craft #223 - Birthday
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Birthday

5.5" x 4.25" Birthday Cards Recipe:
Images and Sentiment - CDS "Tiny Dinos"
Paper - CTMH Lagoon, Sunset, White Daisy cardstock; DCWV precolored card base
Copic Markers- B000, B02, G02, G20, G24, YG03, YG41, E34, E35, R01, YR04, Y17
Accents - ric rac from stash
Tools - printer, Cuttlebug embossing folders "Tiny Bubbles" and "Happy Birthday," Cricut and Art Philosophy cartridge