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If you are interested in a position on the Team please visit the CS Designs Design Team Application Page. and answer the questions to the application there and send the to Chris / CS Designs
This fortnight's Featured Designs.

These are the first of a series of frames that will coordinate with the designs from my Express Yourself series. Frames have many uses beyond what most people and through the following weeks.








 May's Featured Designs ... Spirelli Ready to Print Kit

 

 The Spirelli Art Digital Templates Kit is a Ready to Print kit for paper artists who do not have a digital cutter. The designs have to be cut out manually. The kit is all menu driven and contains 21 Different Spirelli Digital Shapes & Templates Ready for you to Print and Cut.
Spirelli Digital Shapes/Templates in the collection include:
Diamond, Fancy Square, Traditional Heart, Jagged Heart,Hexagon, Oblong Oval, Irregular Tooth Oval, Wide Tooth Oval, Rounded Corner Rectangle, Round, Round Wide Tooth, Round Short Spokes, Sawtooth, Southwestern, Solar Flare, Square, Stylized Square, Starburst,Swirl Starburst, Christmas Tree, & Star Shaped.
My newest collection is appropriately named the “Express Yourself Series". This collection comes from deep within my imagination, my love of art, personal insecurities and the need to become a better and happier person. I think that art should be an expression of who we are and the things that are important to us so I have created these designs to allow myself and others to say what is often on our minds. Most of the new sentiments in this series are my own original thoughts, and feelings. They are meant to be uplifting, and encouraging to those that need to believe in themselves more (something I have always struggled with). Although some of these sentiments are often serious and even beautiful, you will also find some to be a little quirky and humorous. This new series is meant to be a mix and match collection where all the elements are made to work well together. This collection is one that I will continue to add to and the series will contain individual character designs, coordinated mini backgrounds, mini borders, inspirational affirmations and humorous sentiments as well as elements which can be used to embellish your projects.

CS Designs Express Yourself Series






I created the Art tag on the left for current 
The main focal point is Loreley which is part of my new Ocean/Aquatic Digital Stamp Series

To see more of my Art Tags visit my Doodle Pieces blog.


Our brand new challenge blog is here.Every fortnight the Design Team and I will be sharing some inspiration with you and hope you will join us and share some inspiration with us.
Submission are not limited to Paper Crafts and any creative media is acceptable as long as it is entirely created by you and fits within the posted theme. Doesn't this sound like fun. Hope you will go check it out.
Visit the New CS Designs Challenge Blog
 Art With No Boundaries
This Art Tag uses one of my new Ocean, Aquatic Digital Stamp Designs. This montage design is a series of three rounds which feature an ocean theme. I colored the main focal point of this Art Tag with  Prismacolor pencils blended with odorless turpentine. I created this Tag especially for the new CS Designs Challenge blog Art With No Boundaries CS Designs has a Group: Have a look at the CS Designs Group on Paper Craft Planet. We promise lots of friendly chit chat, friendship and some wonderful creative inspiration. http://www.papercraftplanet.com/group/csdesigns
July 5, 2011 / Meet Lovely Miss America!!! 
She was created for our first CS Designs Challenge for July and her face was created with one of my soon to be released Techno Diva Digital Designs. I think the best part of being a Paper Artist is that you're never too old to play with Paper Dolls. It's been a long time since I've made a Paper Art Doll and had almost forgotten how much fun they could be. Lovely Miss America has quite a classy little personality and she has managed to work her way right into my heart.
Hope Everyone had a fun Canada Day and great 4th of July If you would like to see more of my paper art visit my Doodle Pieces blog
My Latest ATCs
Still like this Art Tag
 Welcome to CS Design. Please come in, and make yourself at home. CS Designs offers a wide assortment of unique and innovative art elements. My designs are either hand-drawn, mouse drawn, 300 dpi high resolution or vector images and 100% original so you won’t find anything like them anywhere else. The eclectic designs range from delightfully simple to arty and dramatic which makes them perfect for all kinds of altered, collage and mixed media art. They're ideal for creating ATCs, Art Dolls, Tag Art, Handmade cards, Scrapbook Pages, Inchies and Charms. Whether your artistic taste is best defined by artsy, wacky, cutesy, simple or traditionally elegant, you're sure to find something here to suit your personal style. Artist Statement: For as long as I can remember, Art has always been my passion, and I am happiest when I am creating something from deep within my imagination. I believe the site of any artist should reflect that which inspires us, so I have created some Galleries for your viewing pleasure. If your looking for some creative ideas, pour yourself a cup of coffee, tea or whatever and enjoy your visit.
CS Designs was first created in April 1997 as a graphics and websets linkware site to help other artists and webmasters build their own websites. It has undergone many transformations throughout the years, and while it still reflects my love for mouse drawn pixel art, altered, collage and mixed media art, it now includes high resolution digital stamps (digi stamps) and svg, dfx, gsd cutter files for Quickutz Silhouette, Wishblade and Craft Robo digital cutters.
This blog has replaced my original CS Designs website and while I am still working on adding a gallery and my digital collections I hope you will enjoy viewing what is here. Be sure to bookmark my site and come back and visit again soon.
Email Chris at CS Designs