Hang in there...

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is to create a summer themed card.

I don't know about you all, but this summer has been all about yard and garden work for me. Flower soft used for the grass in the wheel barrow. Cloud stencil used for the sky. 

 

There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built, and you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link up or win. Also, for my blog readers: Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store posted on the sidebar.

 

One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month – Good luck!

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

 

Donna   Heather   Joy (on sabbatical)   Shirley   Patti

 

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Thanks for stopping in!

Tic Tac Toe challenge

Hi everyone. Time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. We were challenge to use the graphic below to create our card. Here is what I did with it.

I used the pine branch and added some snow to it using flower soft (remember that stuff?).  Then I cut it out using a stitched die and added some green buttons.  The corrugated cardstock is from DCWV.

This was a super fun challenge! So why not join in?

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

Donna

Shirley

Deonna

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See you soon!

Manic Monday Freebie Funday

Is at the Digi Shack!

Here's a sample I did with this image.


Everything but the sky is colored with Copic markers! That is done with a dauber and Memento Summer Sky ink. The drums were cut out and popped up with foam tape. The sand is colored with E51 and then I added the new super fine flower soft in sand for the ya, that's right - sand! Doesn't it look good? I used Mono Multi and the wide end adapter to get a good even coverage of the glue.

The palm tree stamp is from The Angel Company.

So head on over to the Digi Shack to get this freebie for today! Link here.

TDS sketch challenge

Hi everyone! Here is this weeks sketch challenge for The Digi Shack.

The mail box image is colored with Copic's.

Sentiment is from Artfull Inkables and the designer papers are from DCWV (brown paper from the Linen Closet stack) and Basic Grey, wisteria paper pad. I just had to add some flower soft to the bush at the base of the mailbox. Here's a close up - it's a mixture of greens - pale, shamrock and Christmas that I mixed up myself.


Nestability ovals and PTI scalloped borders used to create this card.

Make sure you check out all the other Design Team members blogs to see what they created with this sketch.

I'll post another sample of the new images just released tomorrow! Have a great day!

Last few Christmas projects!

Here are the last of my Christmas projects that I wanted to share with you all! First up is my pink poinsettia card.

The pink paper was done with my varnished alcohol technique and you can find the instructions for that here. The poinsettia stamp is from Gina K Designs and the sentiment is from PTI. I stamped the poinsettia in versamark and embossed with gold detail embossing powder. I cut two of them out and positioned them onto the square off center and overlapping just a bit. I used a versamark pen and a ruler to create the gold border on the layer in back. I added a couple of gold self adhesive pearls to each end to bling it up a bit more.

This one is done with flower soft in polar white. The tree is stamped in Palette Jardin Moss first, cut out with an oval nestability and then I got busy with the glue. I daubered on some soft thatched straw chalk ink from Versamagic to create the glow around the tree and then added a bit over the sentiment (PTI). The green designer paper is from Kaisercraft and it's embossed with the plaid embossing folder from Provo Craft.

Then I made a box to hold some note paper, nuggets and four tea lights. You can see all the goodies with the addition of a piece of acetate in the box top!

The snowflake stamp is from The Angel Company. For the tea lights, I stamped the snowflake onto tissue paper, cut it out with a circle nestability, punched a hole in middle for the wick and then melted it into the tea lights.

Under the blue paper on the left is a note pad that I made from copy paper. I cut a bunch of it to 3 x 3 and then glued them together with rubber cement. Used a few binder clips to hold it all together while it dried. Using versamark, I stamped the snowflakes randomly on the blue (enchanted evening - PTI) cardstock and embossed them with detail glacier white embossing powder.

Wrapped up three Hersey's Chocolate Nuggets using the same snowflake stamp and added them into the box since they fit so well between the dividers! You can find all kinds of Nugget boxes and instructions at SCS.

So what do you think of my last couple of projects? I would love to hear your feedback!

I wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Card Sketch Tuesday #136

Happy Tuesday! Here is sketch #136!

I played around with my green flower soft for this one! I think the grass turned out awesome!

The wheel barrow is colored with Copic Ciao Markers and I really like how well this colored out. This stamp is from Charming Gardeners which was retired in 2008, however, I just got this thinking it would work really well with the flower soft. I wasn't able to get the whole set, but what I did get will work great! Click on the picture to get a close up of the flower soft!

The tiny bow was made with the Bow-Easy (google this to find the best price and availability, and buy it now!) which is the best new tool out, there in my personal opinion. This tool makes up to seven different sizes of bows in a snap!

Supplies:
Stamps - TAC Charming Gardeners, Tag Tid Bits
Ink - Palette Noir
Paper - Brown and Olive card stock, Designer paper is from Making Memories
Flower Soft in pale green, shamrock and Christmas green
Brown satin ribbon
Brown brads

Have a wonderful week and thanks for stopping by!

Card Sketch Tuesday #125

Happy Tuesday! Here is sketch #125, measuring the normal A2 size. I have two examples today using the same stamp, but in a different way.

This sketch allows you to use some of your hoarded designer paper!

The main image is from Inkadinkado clear stamps. I used markers to color and huffed to reactivate the inks. The photo is a little dark, but in real life this turned out really cool. The designer paper is K&Company and is layered in dark brown card stock. The pink cs is also from K&Company. I got those gold rhinestones from Michael's and placed some of the smaller ones in the corners after using my ticket punch on the main stamped image. I got lucky matching the grosgrain ribbon to the pink card stock!

This next one uses the same stamp and then playing around with some Flower Soft. That stuff could get to be addicting. You get a lot of it in the jar and it will last a long, long time! I got one jar of lavender and one of a mixed lot of colors. The mixed colors has mostly pinks and purples and is called "Fuchia". Check out their web site if you haven't already. They do have a short video on how to use it that was filmed at CHA in 2008.

The designer paper on this one is from Hot off the press and is layered with purple card stock. I added a length of dark purple grosgrain ribbon to the left vertical panel to be just a bit different. The sympathy tag is cut with a nestabilities die and is adhered with two lavender rhinestones. The sentiment is from The Angel Company.

Have a great week!