Inspiration palette challenge

It’s time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week we were challenged to use the following Inspiration palette to create with.

I went with the colors and the beach theme.

Ranger distress inks used to create the scene. Added in a few clouds using a stencil. I also used the stamp #4522 -G calm water to create the waves and added some Copic opaque white paint for dimension. #2407-G Life's a Beach is stamped in Versafine, cut out using a banner die and stuck on a tooth pick to resemble a flag.

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 one weekly challenge or all of them. 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.

Cheri

Deonna

Donna

Heather

Joy

Patti

Shirley

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Photo Inspiration at the House that stamps built

Hi everyone, it's time once again for the photo inspiration challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. Here's the photo.

I really love the colors in this photo and tried to recreate them in my card below.

3005-I, Ocracoke Lighthouse is the stamp I chose to use on this.

I used several different inks when sponging the sky for this. I ended up using a finger dauber for most of it.

Masked off the sun/moon and added some white caps to the waves using Copic Opaque white. I decided to go with a black card base so that the sky would stand out. It got lost on white.



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 one weekly challenge or all of them. 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.
 

Heather

Patti

Joy

Cheri

Kathy

Shirley

Deonna

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Thanks a latte

Hi everyone! It's our Color challenge over at The House That Stamps Built for Repeat Impressions.

It's a little bright, so you might have to put on your sunglasses, but fun never the less.

I stamped the coffee mug in versafine and then heat embossed it so that I could color with Copic'. I did add a bit of white foam on top to resemble a latte using Copic Opaque white paint.

I used a dot die from MFT to cut the main image and sentiment out. The pink candy sprinkles are from Doodlebug Designs. My LSS carries all the different colors and I think I might need to go back and snap up the remaining colors that I need.

You can pick this wonderful coffee mug up over at the Repeat Impressions web site here.

Don't forget to stop by the other RI Rock Stars to see what they did with this color challenge.

Heather

Patti

Joy

Cheri

Kathy

Shirley

Deonna

Thanks for stopping by.

Seaside

Hello. I hope this finds everyone doing well and getting inky or crafty. Here is something that I created a while ago but never got around to posting. Why, I don't know, because I'm pretty proud of it.

This is done on a 5 x 7 canvas using Faber Castell Gelatos.

I applied the gelatos direct to the canvas and then used a paint brush and lots of water to blend the colors around.

To get the sea foam, I used a stylus and Copic Opaque white to build it up. Sea gull is hand drawn in using a Copic Multi liner pen.

I plan to one day get this framed so that I can hang it in my office. That way when I get stressed about work I can look at the picture and image myself at the seaside! 

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Girly thank you

Hello! Here is my take on this week's challenge over at The Paper Players. It's clean and simple girly thanks.

Flower stamps and dies are from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the flowers in Pink Lemonade from Fresh Ink by Impress Rubber Stamps. I used Copic Opaque white in the centers so that they would stand out a bit. The flowers are also popped up using thick foam tape mini squares.

Leaf die is from Memory Box and it's cut apart here and there to tuck under the flowers.

That wonderful pearl border in the back ground is from The Ribbon Girl in the UK. Got that as a part of my winnings from Less is More. Designer paper is from Making Memories that I found in my stash of papers. Rustic white cardstock from PTI used as the card base. Thank you sentiment is from MFT.

OK - Back to laundry. Thanks for popping in!

One layer water scene

Hi all! Here is my take on this weeks Less is More challenge. It's one layer week and they want to see water!

Stamps are from Gina K Designs called By the sea 2. I've used this set many many times so it well worth the money.

Stamped the pier and pelican in Jet Black archival ink. the water is made using my cheap water color set and Copic opaque white paint. I just used a stylus to get it out of the jar and squiggle it on like it was froth from the sea.

I did the sun using a circle stencil and yellow and canary ink and a finger dauber. I chose not to fill in the sky and keep it CAS with lots of white space.

To get the shadows and on the pier and under the pelican's perch, I just got out my black primsa colored pencil and drew it on.

Adding this to the Addicted to CAS challenge of Birds, too.

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Sail away with me

Hi everyone! I'm not going to have time this week to participate in any challenges until maybe Sunday. So, here's a card I made a while ago and never got around to posting.

Stamps are from Gina K Designs. The sail boat is colored with Copic's.

To create the sea I sponged on several different colors of blue and turquoise inks using a finger dauber. I tore a piece of printer paper so that I could make some "waves" while sponging on the ink. I finally added some foam on the water using Copic Opaque white and a white sharpie paint pen.

Sky is also sponged using Memento sky ink and a finger dauber. A light touch with the inking around the Picasso stencil cloud was used to make the clouds very subtle in the back ground.

We are off in the RV for a weekend of camping. Thanks for stopping by!

Beach scene

Hi everyone! I decided to play around with this Monday's Mojo Sketch and pair it with the Beach challenge over at The Paper Players. Here is what I ended up with.

It took me a few tries to get my mojo going on this one.

Dock and bird stamps are from Gina K Designs.

I made the sand using Versamagic wheat ink and a dauber. The water is done using a dauber with blue inks from Fresh ink and colorbox. White foam for the waves was done using a stylus and Copic opaque white paint.

Sky is also daubered on with Memento sky ink using my Picaso metal stencil. The stencil has several areas that I use pretty often, the circle and the clouds get the most use tho.

Lastly, I added the shadows in the water using a black Prismacolor pencil. The starfish is from TAC and fussy cut out and popped onto the corner using some foam tape.

Ok, that's it for me today! Thanks for popping in!