It's Time for Family & Turkey over at the All Dressed Up Stamps CHALLENGE

 

 When you're needing a break from all the Hustle and Bustle of Thanksgiving gathering and eating, relax with creating a card or project for our month long Challenge.  All Dressed Up Digital Stamps has an open Challenge right now until Dec. 14th-Lots of time to play~ You just have to use an ADU image!

This is my DT card using the Image "Pumpkin Hat" -a delight to color with my copics.  Used paper and stamps from my stash.  I also decorate the inside of my cards as shown.

So take some time for yourself this Season and CREATE-  We'd love to see your creations and the winner gets some images as prizes!  You've got lots of time to WOW us- the Design Team hand picks the winners.  Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!!!

 

 

 

 

Winter Images showing up at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps

 

I just LOVE this image from All Dressed Up Digital Stamps, called Christmas Sprinkles.  Designed by our resident artist, Wendy Burns, there are many gorgeous images for all seasons in her ADU Store.

 

I colored the image with my fav, Copics, added some cooking cutouts in the corner, and a laser cut trim from my stash.  The Design Team is presenting today the New Releases for October--We know you will find one, or 2, or 3 images that just put a smile on your face!  Thanks for looking!

Seasonal Changes at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps! New Release!

 

 This is my card using Falling Leaves for the New Release at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps.  For the first time a piece of fall printed vellum "fell" on my card blank and I decided to use it! Magical... I have several printed vellum in my stash through the years but never thought to use them as background...duh! 

 I also used Glossy Accents on the leaves swirling around, fussy cut.  Some Wooden leaves glued to some hemp twine and a stamp from my stash.  On the inside I used more leaf paper and a great Fall Banner from a paper pack

Wendy Burns our in house Artist has created some super Fall images for the start of Fall. Look through her shop where you will find loads of wonderful images for all seasons.

Time on the Beach with "Sea Shells" from All Dressed Up Digital Stamps

Summer is about over so I'm creating a card using "Sea Shells" from All Dressed Up!

I wanted to try a technique that I haven't used in a long time--Paper Piecing!  I did double stamping, once on my white cardstock and once on a design print  floral paper. It really makes you concentrate on how to cut out your paper, behind the hair, around the shoulder of the dress, over her legs.  Sometimes frustrating, but always rewarding.

  I used a mask to cover the b&w stamp up so that I could get the sky and sand colored in.  Then I pieced all the layers together, and under the hat I also used dimensional dots for depth.  I used copics for my shading on the DP.  I used some squiggly paper that reminded me of swirls in the water and then mounted the sentiment on foam tape.  

Summertime on the Beach~ All Dressed Up Stamps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUMMER is almost over and I can't wait until I smell the first crisp Autumn breezes.  But, until then, we're enjoying all of our WARM creations over at All Dressed Up Stamps!  This image is called Beach Time and can be found here in the Store.  This is for our monthly Challenge which will run until the 14th of the next month.  Come JOIN US!!

I LOVED putting this one together-wanting to stick with pastel shades with my copics.  I tried a little different effect with my clouds this time and am quite happy with them. Hoping to get the Postage Stamp effect with my die from my stash.  A few opaque colored dots for accents.  I always try to finish the inside of my cards-this paper reminded me of water bubbles.  And I used a stamp from my stash.

 

 

 

Riding the Waves with All Dressed Up Stamps

 Another Beachy Summer themed card using the image "Flamingo Splash" from All Dressed Up Stamps!  At least all these water cards are making me cooler in this terrible heat wave.

Using her large Flamingo Floatie, this cutie is riding the ocean waves eating an Ice Cream cone(looks like chocolate/blueberry/and strawberry to me)  Using my copics for all the coloring on the card, I brought out an 'ole friend--white Frantage, little white balls that get melted or at least adhered to the surface.  They can look like water spray to snowflakes depending on the amount of heat you apply.

 The inside of the card is finished with seashell paper and a stamp from my stash

 Hope everyone will get some relief from this heat this next week.  Stay Cool and carry on.

 ~Carolyn

 

 

 

It's STRAWBERRY PICKING Time over at All Dressed Up Stamps!

I just LOVE strawberries-we used to take the kids to the strawberry fields and let them pick, and EAT, all they wanted to before taking our load home to process.  This cutie NEW IMAGE is called STRAWBERRY SEASON  from All Dressed Up Stamps.  Making my mouth water just looking at her.

I made this card on a Mini Slim blank-was new to me but excellent for those narrower images.  Using of course red gingham paper for the background, trimmed the edge with red rickrack, a buggy themed paper as an accent-the card was created.  I used dimensional dots to lift her from the background.  Somehow I got a swish of green copic marker under her ear-OH NO...just turned it into a strawberry earring and the recipient will never know! On the inside, I continued with yellow gingham paper and stamped in brown the sunflower-sign-and message from my stash.

Hope you like and hope you enjoy this DT creation of mine for ADU!

Come back soon, Carolyn

 

New SUMMER Images over at All Dressed Up Stamps! Stay Cool!

 

Here in Illinois and throughout the Midwest, we've been experiencing a terrible Heat Wave with "feels like" temps in the 100+ range.  Another local nickname for it is Corn Sweat!!!  Here at home we're surrounded by fields of corn so spend much time inside in the shade.

Thanks to the Design Team that I'm on for All Dressed Up, we get images to color and play with for our projects--Lots of beachy themes you will notice. This one called "BEACH TIME" makes me feel like the waves are splashing on my toes!

Come over and play with us using one of the new Images!

 

Happy EARLY Valentine's Day from All Dressed Up Stamps!

Happy Valentine's Day!!

It's still cold and somewhat snowy here in Illinois but at least we have dodged the large sweeping heavy snow storm heading to the New England States!

The card shown is from the great digital images from All Dressed Up Digital Images Store~ There are so many to choose from!  The image I used for the New Release on the 7th is called "Hugs"-so appropriate don't you think?  It is mounted on a A6 card and that gave me lots of room to stack papers and embellishments/dies/and stamps from my scraping stash.

Hope to see you in one of our Challenges that start on the 15th of each month.

 Love, Carolyn

It's Springtime over at All Dressed Up Stamps!

  People that know me well, know that I can't wait to get out in my Iris and Daylily plants that I raise at my home in Dirty Gloves Gardens.  It's getting warmer outside and some days are sunny-I am using the New Release image "Garden Wheel Barrow" from All Dressed Up Stamps on my card.  I actually have a wheel barrow that is loving used to cart dirt, plants, hoes, weed eaters, etc. around my gardens and it is Turquoise also!  I decided to make this one a little "rustic" by using my copics- color matched what I was imagining perfectly!  Then I used a newly acquired Arched die that has scallops and stitches and cut a "window" showing my world.  This paper was a great fix as it was printed with blue-green-yellow sections rising vertically-Just what I needed to indicate sky-grass-flower areas.  After I did a lot of Fancy Cutting to the images, I used some Zig glue to reach the tiny spots and angled it into the arch.  I LOVE how it just "moves" out of the background-the shadows also help with that .

There are so many cute images in the ADU shop for Spring time if you're getting the "Bug".  We also have a new Monthly Challenge using an ADU image coming up on March 15th--it's a great way to win some Images from our In House Artist Wendy Burns..  We can't wait for you to inspire us.  Thanks for Stopping by!

 

Valentine's Day Celebration images at All Dressed Up Stamps!

 

It's almost time for Valentine's Day celebrations and the Design Team at All Dressed Up Stamps wants to share with you some of our 💗 creations!

For my card, I'm using image "Love to Knit" (see the heart she's working on) and it couldn't be more appropriate for me. This will be going to my dear daughter for Valentine's Day -she learned to knit in 2019 when she made me knitted caps to wear during my cancer treatments and around the house. My head was so cold without my hair and even when I got peach fuzz! She's making some more now for her cousin who's has had a re-occurrence and for some of the treatment centers around the area. Sorry to ramble on-I'm pretty proud of her   I did additional stamping on the image using a couple of stamps from my stash and fancy cut a cluster of flowers from the leftover background paper. Placed it on dimensional dots and added a ribbon.

I'm hoping you will all join in our Challenge that starts the 15th of the month for a chance to win some images!  We'd love to be inspired by your creations!
 

 

Sleding at Christmastime at All Dressed Up Stamps

 It's our last Challenge of 2023 at All Dressed Up Stamps and this is the card I made in anticipation of that, using the image "Sledging Fun".  (We say Sleding, the British say Sledging) Whichever way you say it, it means FUN!.  Coloring her and her deer in Christmas Colors, I used the curve of the snowbank behind her to add some paper-piecing. 

Using some paper from The Paper Studio with snowflakes, I die cut each piece and then aligned them up-I love the effect! 

The sentiment is from my stash.  As a finishing touch. I flecked white acrylic paint over the card using my fan brush.

The Design Team will be taking the month of January off  for a break but can't wait to see you again in February for more fun and new images!

Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

A Bit of Christmas Cheer from All Dressed Up Stamps

 

 The ole' Stomach Flu came recently and went from our house this year and kept me from posting this New Release from All Dressed Up Stamps.  It's called Feed the Birds and I just adore it!! 

Using some new background paper from HL by The Paper Studio which is stunning, my A6 card was all ready for the Star of the show, my ADU image.  My Mom and I LOVED Cardinal birds and always feed them so this was a perfect image. I paired it with a Merry Christmas banner die I cut from Kraft paper.  All were edged using Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Pretty soon it will be time for the Dressy Team of
Designers to launch our December Monthly Challenge on the 15th.  We love to see all your inspiration and there are so many different images in the shop you could win! 

Please join us!

Festive Ideas over at All Dressed Up November Challenge!

 For the Challenge over at All Dressed Up Stamps this month, I was able to use the beautiful image, "Angel Wings".  I love how feminine, soft and "Angelic!" she is-was a dream to color.

I used a piece of light yellow Mulberry paper - ya'll remember using that back in the day?- placed over a medium tone of blue paper.  This was so you could see the swirls of the fibers-made me think that the breezes in Heaven would be like these...I elevated her using dimensional dots for some depth.  I used Liquid Pearls, Nova Dots, and Stickles for her Crown and Blue Epoxy Dots for accents. For the inside, another sentiment on pine cone paper which I colored random cones and pine needles for interest. 

 

We would love to see everyone join in our monthly Challenge and inspire us with your projects!  These are individually voted on, not a random draw, and you could win some images for your creating!  Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks, Carolyn

 

 

New Release of Christmas Images at All Dressed Up Stamps

 

This is the New Release for November from All Dressed Up Stamps-I'm using the image 

" PRESENT SURPRISE"

It's perfect for the Holidays!  

Thought I'd try and use one of my pre-scored Slimline Blanks so that I could use a new

Stamp with the "designed" trees as a background!  It worked perfectly- I just colored different shades of green with my copics.  I reduced the size of this cutie stamp so that it would fit but, as the 

images from ADU are digital that was an easy process.

I used dimensional dots to elevate the image for a shadow effect.  The Ho Ho Ho sentiment was also part of the clear acrylic stamp so Bonus!  A little bit of Posca white ink splattered on the card was a great snowy effect. The inside of the card was finished with a beautiful woodgrain effect paper and stamped with a perfect sentiment.

 

 

 

It's PUMPKIN PICKIN' time at All Dressed Up Stamps!!!

It's Pumpkin Pickin' Time in Illinois right now and we are knee deep in those gorgeous orange Globes!  Over at All Dressed Up Stamps, I got the privilege of using the digital image, Tractor Boy  on my card this week!  It truly depicts our life right now!  

I used Copic markers, Wink of Stella-Silver, and some paint markers to create this cute design.  I matted the image and used some designer paper with pumpkins on it.  There are many Seasonal images in the ADU Shop to make your special cards "come to life".  Check them out-our Resident Artist, Wendy Burns, is amazing and is sure to make you smile!

                   

 

All Dressed Up Stamps' NEW RELEASE for June!!

 

Here in Illinois, the farmers all around us are working in the fields and the hobby farmers are working in their gardens....trying to keep ahead of the drought like weather!  I always love it when our resident artist at All Dressed Up, Wendy Burns, offers up some outdoor images to the DT!

This week I'm using the image "Wellie Boots" !  I'm often seen wearing rubber boots out into the gardens so it was perfect~ I picked colors my daughter likes (she lives on a farm also) as she will probably get this card to frame.  I use Copics in my work then stamping the sentiment on using my Mr. Misti.  The image was fancy cut so that I could take advantage of some landscape 6x6 paper pack image.  Great ones out there.

There are 2 other New Release images that were released today and then a month long Challenge that will start again on the 15th of each month.  Come join us for lot of creation!  Thanks for looking!  Carolyn
 

Down on the Farm with All Dressed Up New Release

Wow, It's already time to Welcome Spring into our lives and for this New Release over at All Dressed Up, I got to use "Spring Lamb" on my card!!  Since we live out in the country, I always get so excited to use an image I can relate to.  The original image includes the country girl perched on a wooden fence with a Lamb and Chicken in the pasture.

The rest of the "scene" was created using a combination of several stamps from my stash and lots of copic coloring. I also cut out some chickens from some Graphic 45 paper for dimension.

 On the inside (I always complete the inside with coordinating paper) I used the chicken paper along with a special sentiment block.

I hope you like it as well as I do!!!  Be sure to check out the ADU Shop with all the wonderful images and enter our Monthly Challenge coming up on the 15th--you might win some free images with your creation!  We'd love to get inspired by you!  Thanks for looking!

I'd like to enter this card in the following Challenges:

1.  A Gem of a Challenge-ATG

2. Di's Digi Stamps-use scraps=BG, Mat, Bakers

3. Polkadoodles-ATG

4. CD Sunday Plus- digital ADU 

5. Lil Patch of Crafty Friends- ATC

6. FQGS Challenge- AFCG

 

Monthly Challenge at All Dressed Up Stamps-Win some Images!

 Hey Everybody!!!!  We have a Monthly Challenge going on at All Dressed Up that will end on April 14th and there are several chances to win digital images .                                                                                      

The one I used here is called Flower Dreams  and by doing lots of fancy cutting, I surrounded her in many Spring Flowers, and added several water drops-pearl accents-and rhinestones.  The inside is just as pretty!

We would like to see everyone's creations - we can't wait to be inspired!

 

 

NEW RELEASE time at All Dressed Up Stamps!

 

Over at All Dressed Up Stamps, you can tell that Spring is right around the corner!  Our latest releases from our resident Artist, Wendy Burns, has drawn some seasonal images for all of us to use!!  This creation is called Spring Bike Ride and was such fun.

I colored him with multiple Copics, then fancy cut him out, added some clouds dies and a wooden sentiment.  The beauty of using a landscape 6x6 set/page from Paper Rose is that I was easily able to incorporate my ADU image.  I wish I could take credit for the gorgeous watercolor landscape print but I must be honest.

The inside of my card is just as beautiful, again using one of the other PR pieces of art.  I used one of those cardstock sentiments from a different series from my stash. 

 

We would love to see your creations in our monthly Challenge that starts on the 15th of each month and gives you a chance to wish some ADU Images as a prize so check us out!  Thanks for Looking!