Summer!

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is Anything goes!

I CASED this idea from echo park. They have a set of small dies that spells out summer using popsicles, and I thought it would be super fun to use Repeat Impressions popsicles in a similar way. Of course I had to add nuts and sprinkles into the mix. I masked off the popsicles and colored with Copic's. The small letter dies are from Tim Holtz Sizzix line. 

 

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!

Thinking of you

Hello. Playing in The Flower Challenge of spots or stripes today.

Flower dies are from Jaded Blossoms. I used distress ink to color them and then heat embossed with clear to give them some shine. That's is mesh behind the flowers that I purchased at the hardware store.  Stripes are done with a background stamp and rubbernecker fuse ink.

Hap Bee Birthday

Hello. Playing in the Double D challenge of Bee inspired today.

Dies, stamps and shaker bits are all from Queen and Company. Diagonal stripe background stamp is from The Stamp Market.

I used a stitched rectangle dies from MFT to cut out the panels to match the stitching on the bee. Isn't he super cute?

Thanks for stopping by.

Happy Birthday PP501

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players sketch challenge today.

Flower stamp is from W Plus 9 called watercolored anemones. Birthday greeting is from Simon Says Stamp. I used memento pink and Tombow green makers on the flower bunch and then spritzed with water and stamped it onto water color paper. The birthday sentiment is stamped in versafine ink, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Pink and green cardstock is from my scrap stash. Self adhesive pearls are from Queen and Co.

Adding this into the SSS Wednesday challenge of anything goes. 

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

 

Season's Greetings

Hi all - playing in the Freshly Made Sketch #407 today.

I used cream cardstock from PTI as the base of this card. Poinsettia dies are from Poppy Stamps. I cut the out and then distressed them with Ranger Distress inks.  Sentiment is from PTI.  Added some small gold self adhesive drops to add a bit of interest to this. I decided to make the poinsettias go off the edge just to be different.

My glue behind the leaves dried too fast, otherwise the ones on the top would be tucked up under just a bit more. Oh well. Thanks for stopping by.

Designer Choice Challenge - circles

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week it is designer choice and Joy wants us to use circles. Here is what I came up with.

I used a circle tag and added the flower (which is fussy cut out) and the sentiment from Repeat Impressions. Leaves are punched out using green cardstock scraps. Finished this off with a few self adhesive pearls. I used a copic marker to color the satin ribbon, tied it on with scrappers floss. The tag is popped up with foam tape to the dot embossed panel (isn't a dot a circle?). Added the pink strips to each side using some connect glue. 

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

Esther

Heather
Joy
Shirley
Patti

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in!
-Laurie

Inspiration photo challenge

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is the use the following graphic.

Stamped the butterfly and heat embossed in clear embossing powder so that I could color with Copic's. Added a frame and stuck a bunch of die cut flowers on it to go with the inspiration photo. 

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

Esther

Heather

Joy

Shirley

Patti

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in!

Tic-Tac_toe challenge - get well soon!

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is the use the following graphic.

I used the quartet stamp 8501-U, Friends Quartet and stamped it in pure poppy red ink. I used my misti so that I could get a good dark impression. I did change up the sentiment on the left bottom square so that it goes with the TTT challenge. Added a bow and some black self adhesive pearls for the flower centers. I used an old piercing stencil from Stampin Up! to add the piercing around the outside.

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

Esther
Heather
Joy
Shirley
Patti

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/
http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in!

just a note to say ...hello

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is the use the following graphic.

I cut this fabulous flower cover die out using Bristol paper. I wanted to be able to smoothly add Distress Oxide inks that matches the inspiration photo above. Once that was done, I added the sentiment and a "hello" die cut. Of course, to finish this off, I had to add some bling to the flower centers. =)

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

Esther

Heather

Joy

Shirley

Patti

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in!

Congratulations!

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is the use the following sketch graphic.

I changed mine up a bit, as you can see, but kept it pretty close to the original sketch.  Used a lot of distress inks on the key panel to grunge it up a bit. I colored in the keys to make them a silhoette. Cork paper is used on the fishtail banner. I found some brushed aluminum looking designer paper and used that behind the keys. It kind of reminded me of a door plate and just maybe the key hole is behind it. Sentiment added to finish off the new house themed card. 

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

Esther

Heather

Joy

Shirley

Patti

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in.

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.

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.

Cheri

Donna

Esther

Heather

Joy

Shirley

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http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping by!

Pick of the week - butterflies

Hello. It's my turn over at The House That Stamps Built to do what we call "Pick of the Week" and I'm doing some layering with lots and lots of butterflies.

I layered the butterflies on top of each other to create a 3D effect, almost like they're flying.  Stamped a bunch of these little guys, colored them, and fussy cut them out. Added strong liquid glue to the centers and built them up. Once dry, I fluffed the wings out.

These stamps will be on special over at Repeat Impression this week. So why don't you fly on over and pick them up?

ETA: adding this into the Butterfly challenge over at Double D.

Keep your head up

Hello - playing in the CAS colours and Sketches challenge today.

Sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. I cut out three strips of the flower border out of yellow cardstock and snipped off the end flowers. Then stacked & glued them together for more dimension. Added black pearls from Queen & Co. to the centers. Decided to add the tiny die cut heart for a pop of color.

I think this is such a fun and clean sketch with so many possibilities. Thanks for stopping by.

Inspiration photo challenge - life

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

I went with the colors. To create this, I used distress oxide inks. I swiped them onto my craft mat and then spritzed with water, smooched the cardstock into it and ta da!  Colors were: Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Blueprint Sketch.

Stamp# 6113W - life is not, over at Repeat Impressions, link below. 

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.

Cheri
Donna
Ester
Heather
Joy
Shirley

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http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

Thanks for stopping in and have a great day!

Just because

Hi all. Here's a card I created with the color combo listed below from The Paper Players.

I don't have these exact colors but used what I had on hand in my ink stash. Hero Arts cheese puff and Memories Alligator will have to do.

Leaf stamp is a very old one from Darice.

Sentiment is from Concord & 9th. I added some self adhesive black pearls from Queen & Co. below the sentiment to add additional interest.

Card base is black cardstock and I kept this one pretty clean and simple this time around. Thanks for stopping by!

Sketch challenge

Hi everyone. It's time for another sketch challenge over at The House That Stamps Built.

As you can see I turned it sideways.

It's really hard to see in the photo, but I added some frost spritz onto the vellum piece. In real life it really sparkles and sets off the card.

Dandelion stamps and sentiment can be found over at the Repeat Impressions site. Link below. 

Kraft cardstock is from PTI, green is from MFT and the dew drops are from Queen & Co.



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

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http://www.repeatimpressions.com/