CDS January New Digi Release Zinnia

This is my fourth post showing some of the new digi images released today by Clear Dollar Stamps. To see the entire set, please visit the Clearly iStamp blog.

I love flowers and have raised so many varieties. My first flower to raise was zinnias when I was about 8 or 9 years old. My mom always bought me a variety pack of seeds with all different colors. I was always amazed at the variety.  I decided to color the zinnia for my card with several different colors, putting the lightest color on the outer petals and the darker colors nearer the yellow center. I enjoyed pairing peach and pink colors on this card with pale green. Because the flower design has heavy black lines, I gave the sentiment block a black mat and black opaques on the butterflies. One of the things I liked most about this set of images was the sentiment and the way it could wrap around the image. I think this will be a great valentine for one of my friends.

 I'm thinking about making another one and putting liquid glass/glossy accents on the black outlines.  I hope you've enjoyed seeing the new release samples. Thank you for visiting!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

Moving Along with the Times - Floral Delights
My Heart Pieces - Gettin' Girly
Red Carpet Studio #19 - The Butterfly Effect

5" x 6.6" Friendship Card Recipe:
Digital Images - Zinnas
Markers and Ink - CTMH alcohol ink: Sorbet, Blush Dark, Honey Light, Sweet Leaf, Olive; CopicYR61 Yellowish Skin Pink; CTMH Cotton Candy ink (sponged butterfly)
Paper - My Mind's Eye "Totally Girl;" CTMH White Daisy, Black cardstock
Accents - CTMH Sorbet Ribbon, Baby Pink Organdy, Flutter Paper shapes, Licorice Opaques; button from stash; Wilton doily
Tools - printer

January Release at CDS - More Lovey Dovey

Here is my third post using digital images from January's new release at Clear Dollar Stamps. You can see all of the images and artwork at Clearly iStamp blog.

 

 

Everything about this card sparkles - the background paper, black sparkly doily, gold ribbon, gold border around the sentiment, and the aqua sparkles. The paper has silver and gold embossing which will make it perfect for an elegant wedding card, anniversary card, or even a masculine valentine.  I just really liked the flowing font of the sentiment and thought it went well with the silver and gold flourishes.

 

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

There She Goes #190 -  Love is in the air

Victorine Originals #50 - Sparkle and shine

Stamp and Create January - Love

 

5" x 6.5" Love Card Recipe:

Digital Image - Lovey Dovey

Markers - CTMH Gold Metallic marker
Papers - DCWV All Dressed Up Glitter stack; CTMH White Daisy cs
Accents - CTMH Blue/Green Sparkles; Wilton black glittered doily; Michaels gold metallic ribbon
Tools - printer, 2.5" circle punch

 

 

January Digi New Release at CDS

Today is the day for the new digi stamps to be released at Clear Dollar Stamps. I'm sharing 4 different posts with samples today. This is the first one using  two of the images from "Borders." If you didn't come here from the original post, you can find more samples and all the available images here at the Clearly iStamp Blog.

 



I wanted to combine two different borders for this romantic card. The borders I used came sized large, perfect for a picture to be framed. First I sized the line/dot border for a card. Then, I used the ribbon/bows on the inside, sizing it to fit. I printed them on a piece of 4" x 6" patterned paper in the photo tray of my printer.

I cut the formal couple silhouette using Cricut Artiste. Be sure and check out my other post using the borders on a scrapbook layout to frame a photo and a title. This set of images has so many possibilities! I made this card versatile by leaving it open-ended for either wedding or anniversary, depending on what I need first.

 

 

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

Card Makin' Mamas - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss #166 - Spotty (my polka dot paper)

Simply Create Linky Party #17 - always anything goes for digital or paper creation

 

6.5" x 5" Love Card Recipe:

Digital Images - Borders

Paper - CTMH "Lucy" (pink), Black Cardstock; Bo-Bunny (dotted)
Accents - CTMH Black Tulle Ribbon, Black Hemp, Bitty Buds, Cricut Artiste couple diecut
Tools - printer, Photoshop CS, Cricut Artiste
Technique - stacked two borders using copy and paste

 

 

July Blog Hop Winner!

I'm back from vacation just in time to announce our winner from the July Blog Hop comments at Clearly iStamp!!! Congratulations Trish from Time-to-Share, you were randomly chosen from Deonna's blog, For the Love of Cardmaking.

Something with Wings Blog Hop

Clear Dollar Stamps Blog is having the Monthly Blog Hop with the theme: "Something with Wings." If you came here first, you'll want to leave a comment and go back to the starting point at Clear Dollar Stamps Blog.

PRIZES: One lucky winner will receive a $25 Clear Dollar Stamps gift certificate for digital images!

WINNERS: A winner will be randomly chosen from comments received on a DT member's blog. The winner will be announced on the CDS blog Thursday, May 24th.

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I chose the adorable "New Butterfly" digital image with it's wing spread open.  I printed it twice, first on white cardstock, then on the Sunset patterned cardstock. I colored the outer edges of the white print and the body with a black marker. I cut out the larger inner portion of the wings and paper pieced the two parts. I then pop dotted the outer part of each wing when I attached the butterfly to the card.

The bottom mat of the card is the reverse side of the patterned paper used for the wings. It reminds me of the scale pattern on a butterflies wing. I used a 4" x 6" White Daisy cardstock piece in order to print the chosen sentiment from that set. Only the top 2/3 of the white mat was embossed with the Sizzix folder. Then I trimmed it to fit the card.

Thanks for stopping by and may you have a beautiful Lord's Day!! Linda is next on or blog hop! Have fun hopping!

Images: CDS digital New Butterfly
Papers: Close To My Heart "Stella" paper pack, White, Black cs
Accents: CTMH Sweet Leaf Ribbon, Just Blooms, Black brad, black marker; Recollections floral embellishment; Sizzix Floral Flourish embossing folder
Technique: paper piecing
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