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.

 

 

 

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!

 

 

Challenge at ALL DRESSED UP STAMPS--Think Love...

It won't be long before it's VALENTINE'S DAY so I'm using this perfect ADU stamp "Be My Valentine" for the ADU's January Challenge.

Using Copics to color and shade the flowers and bird, I also Blinged the card up with lots of iridescent sequins.  In order to accent the flower feature, I cut around the group, showing off the intense blue dotted paper inside. 

I crafted a pink heart to hide under the front cover and then used a stamp from my stash for the sentiment. 

This is a month long challenge and there are ADU images for the winners, so get creating and inspire us with your creations!  We can't wait to see them before February the 14th!  

I'm entering this card in the Following Challenge:

Digi Choosday Challenge-ATG

                                              Stamps & Fun = Creativity 

                                              Lil Patch of Crafty -ATG 

                                              Stamping Sensations- Sparkle (sequins,stones)

 

Cookie Girl digital image from All Dressed Up Stamps-NEW RELEASE

This is one of the 3 New Release images offered for December over at All Dressed Up Stamps!  She is called "Cookie Girl" and was a lot of fun to color and create with!  I really wish I could show you a better photo that shows the rich purple that is on both the design paper and cardstock but I can't seem to get my camera or editing program to cooperate!

I used a gingerbread cookie design paper for the top paper, cardstock for the bottom section, and used the backside of the DP to create a "ribbon" look across the middle.  I used 3D dimensional foam dots to highlight the image.  I always like to finish the inside of my cards, with lots of room for personal messages.  Sentiments are from clear stamps from my stash. 

Be sure and also check out the ADU Challenge that runs for a month, from the 14th to the 14th.  We'd love to see your creations and it's a great way to add to your digital library!  Can't wait to see you!

Winter Weather and Christmas Pets at All Dressed Up

Looks like this young man is getting in the Christmas Spirit, using "Christmas Pet" digital image from All Dressed Up Stamp company.  He's giving his dog an early Holiday bone and he's got his Reindeer wooly cap on. The chilly weather must be coming even though he's got his coveralls and sweatshirt on-even the dog's got a Santa hat on.  I also cut out mittens and used a chipboard sentiment to complete the card.

I love using copic markers for my coloring; also using distress inks and blending brushes for the backgrounds.  I have a cobblestone stencil that I love to use from a company called "Clearlybesotted"-it's great!  The inside of the 6x6 card is also finished with a festive paper and a note from a sentiment page.

We hope that you will visit our happy home at ADU--There are so many digital images for the Seasons and Occasions.  All unique and beautiful. 

 

New Release time at All Dressed Up Stamps-using Christmas Theme

 It won't be long before Christmas is right around the corner!  Oh My!  Thank goodness for All Dressed Up Stamps and their digital images such as the one I used for this card.  I'm using "Sledging Time", a cute little boy and his dogs pulling his sled.

 I used multiple copic markers for their coloring and a water-based white Sharpie marker for the snow.  Matted with a cranberry curvy mat, red berry branched background paper and stamped with a winter sentiment.

 

I always like to finish the inside of my cards so on this one I used the same cranberry background and used one of sentiment "postcard" size that are so popular now~ you know there are usually 6/8 or more on a 12 x 12 textured paper.  I accented it with 2 wooden trees.  All it needs is your personal note and it's ready.

 

Hope you have a chance to see all the new releases and come and create with us at All Dressed Up Stamps!