Laurie's Stamping Blog: 2018

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

You can wine if you want to.

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week is the ever popular "Anything goes" challenge.

Thought I'd get away from Holiday cards and focus on something else. How about a little wine for your birthday? Colored with Copic's.

So, what are you waiting for?!

Why not play along with us and start stamping up a card now. We can’t wait to see your creations!
Don’t forget… Take part in any of our challenges, the more you play along, the more chances you have to win! Each submission enters you in the drawing for our gift certificate. And you don’t always have to use our stamps in your creations, but we will reward you if you do. Each submission using a Repeat Impressions stamp will earn you an additional entry in the drawing!

Also, check out our Rock Star blogs to see what they did with the challenge.

Joy

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Poinsettia

Hello. Getting this one in under the wire for the sketch challenge over at TGIF.

Poinsettia background stamp is from The Ton. I stamped it in Versmark, heat embossed it with Ranger White detail embossing powder and then water colored it. Added some dew drops for interest. Burgundy ribbon from my stash and added some scrappers floss behind it to jazz it up.

That's it for today. Thanks for stopping in.

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

Inspiration photo challenge - poinsettias

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week we were challenged to use the following picture as inspiration.

I really liked the texture on the poinsettias and tried to create that with my die cuts. I added a lot of pearls to this for more interest as well.

Joy

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Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, December 17, 2018

A yawn is....

Hello. I really liked the sketch that Kerry U did over at the Coffee Lovers Blog and thought I'd play along.

Coffee cup stamp is from Avery Elle. I used the same designer paper to paper piece the coffee sleeve. Funny story about the sentiment - it was on a reader board at a coffee stand and I had a good little giggle over it. So I decided to use it and generated the saying via my computer for this card challenge.

Plaid background stamp is from Echo Park. Added some snowflakes and stars to bling it up a bit.

Thanks for stopping by.

Sunday, December 16, 2018

Mittens

Hello. I got a chance today to play around with this weeks Freshly Made Sketch. Whew! It's been a while since I've gotten inky with moving and all.

Mitten die, stiches frame and the snowflake stamp are from My Favorite Things. Designer paper is from Carta Bella. Lastly, the sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

I used a white gelly roll pen to create the faux stitching around the mittens. There is a really weird shadow happening just under the red tie and on top of the mitten. It looks like a button, though.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, December 12, 2018

TTT challenge - Let it snow

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week we were challenged to use the Tic-Tac-Toe board for inspiration.

I used the top row across.

Joy

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Thanks for stopping by.

Monday, December 10, 2018

Project of the week - trees

Hello. It's my turn over at The House That Stamps Built to come up with a project of the week. I'm show casing one of my favorite stamps this week.

I did a little ghost stamping to create a tree line or forest for this clean and simple Holiday card. The reason I like this tree stamp can be used for so many different occasions.

Stamps used to create this card will be on sale for the week over at Repeat Impressions. So grab them while you can.

Thanks!

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Adulting is hard

Hello. Another card for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop. Loving this sentiment, which is from Technique Tuesday.

I believe the coffee cup die I used here is from Paper Smooches. My craft room is still such a disaster area I can't find anything. Nothing like starting over from a move to help you clean up your stash!

Have a great day!

Designer Choice - anything but a card

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week is Donna's choice and we were challenged to do anything BUT a card. Here is what I did.

Sentiment is from RI and stamped in versamark and embossed with platinum embossing powder. Foliage Dies are from Echo park. Tag die is from MFT.

Joy

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Thanks for stopping in!

Monday, December 3, 2018

Take the time

To stop and smell the Coffee! Made this for the Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

Stamps are from The Darkroom Door. Coffee cup is stamped in versafine, heat embossed and then colored with Copic's. The background on this is done with the shaving cream technique. I have this stashed away in my background stash of unused card bits forever and finally got to use it.

Doily die is from Papertrey, Ink.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a caffeinated day!

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Anything goes - thinking of you

Hello-

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week is the ever popular Anything goes!

I was playing around with gold embossing powder and came up with this card for the Anything goes challenge. The gold striped are done with Be Creative double sided tape. I stamped the 6001-M, Wings Positive stamp in versamark onto some book pages dp, heat embossed with gold and then distressed it.

Joy

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Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Hello

Hello.

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week we were challenged to follow the photo below as inspiration.

I got out my new Faber Castel polychromos to color this little guy up. Also dusted off my deckled rectangle dies from Spellbinder to cut him out. Used some vintage photo distress ink with a sponge dauber to darken the edges. Did the same on the designer paper in the background. Added some twine to this for some decoration in the back. Card base is a dark chocolate brown.

Cheri

Donna
Esther

Heather

Joy
Shirley

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Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

A Moosage from me

Hello!

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week we were challenged to use the following Tic-Tac-Toe board to create with.

I chose to use the top row across. Moose is colored with Copic's. The burlap paper is from DCWV and cut using the tag die from a Hero Arts monthly club die. Kept this neutral and used colors found in nature to stay within the guidelines of the TTT grid. Added the twine onto the ribbon in a cute little bow.

Joy

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Wednesday, November 7, 2018

Designers Choice Challenge = Bears

Hello. It's time for a designers choice challenge over at The Houses That Stamps Built and it's Cheri's turn this time. She wants to see some bears!

I've had this cute designer paper hoarded and decided to put it to good use on this challenge. It goes so well with the little bear. He's colored with Copic's and cut out using my Brother Scan N Cut.

Joy

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http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Thinking of you

Hello-

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week we were challenged to follow the sketch below.

I designed this sketch and I have to tell you, I struggled with it. Too funny, Huh? I couldn't get anything to work with the mum's for some reason. Tried a lot of different stencils, designer papers, and finally just went with the debossed dots. Which now look like a golf ball to me, LOL.

Joy

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Thanks for stopping by!

Monday, October 29, 2018

Snowflake shaker card

Hello,
Playing in the Just Us Girls inspiration photo challenge today.

Snowflake die is from Spellbinders. I cut it out of silver cardstock and inlaid it into a white card base with a red background. Created the shaker element behind and stamped the sentiment in veramark to emboss it with silver embossing powder.

So many possibilities with this one.

Thanks for stopping by.

Saturday, October 27, 2018

Stained glass poinsettia's

Hello,
Playing in the dimension challenge over at Less Is More with this beauty.

Colored with Copic's and then used about four layers of the die and heat embossed the 5th and final one with silver. I used Nuvo crystal glaze to fill it in.

Die is from Tutti Designs.

Thanks for dropping in.

Wednesday, October 24, 2018

Trick or Treat!

Hey there!

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week its our ever popular Anything Goes challenge.

Since we are so close to Halloween, I decided to make a clean and simple card to share.

Candy corn is stamped multiple times, heat embossed and colored with copics. Sentiment is also heat embossed.

Stamps used:

2306-D, Candy Corn

2302-G, Trick or Treat

Cheri

Donna
Ester
Heather
Joy
Shirley

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ETA: adding this into the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, October 19, 2018

Yappy Birthday

Hello. Playing in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge today - the theme is Animal Antics. I created this for one of my co-workers who is a dog lover.

Dog stamps are from My Favorite Things and colored with Copic's. Pop up card die is from Lawn Fawn.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!