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

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

 

Snowflakes

Hi everyone. Here is my take on the The Paper Players sketch challenge this week.

I started with some white cardstock and embossed it with one of the many snowflake embossing folders I own. Cut it in thirds and attached it to a dark navy card base.

The blue designer paper is from K&Company. The snowflake in the circle is puffed up on the DP as is the white swirls.

I cut the fishtail banner out using the same DP and MFT dies, then stamped the sentiment. The sentiment is new from Paper Smooches.

Finally, the snowflake is cut from a die using peel and stick fun foam. This little bit of thickness gives it a bit more definition, and it's easy to get it to stick. I did spritz it with some frost shimmer from Smooch Spray. I know it's a bit difficult to see in the picture, but IRL it looks pretty.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your week!

Snow

Hi everyone! I was inspired by the Fusion challenge and decided to play around a bit with it. Here is what I ended up with.

The red gingham stood out as did the color in the pine cone. I decided to follow the sketch and use those two colors as well as a white card base.

Fishtail banner is from MFT and cut out using kraft cardstock. I layered it with pure poppy cardstock from PTI. The red gingham is a stamp from Kaisercraft that I inked up with wild cherry colorbox ink from MFT. 

Snowflakes are cut using white cardstock and dies from Penny Black. I then sprayed them with some frost smooch shimmer spay to give them a little bit of bling.

Using alphabet dies from Memory Box I cut out the S,N and W. A dauber with white ink from Fresh Ink is used to do the snowman face to take the place of the O. I added a bit of orange cardstock for his nose and tiny tiny black pearls for his mouth.  This idea was another Pinterest find.  I also added a small snowflake to the inside of the card, which you can barely make out.

Thanks for stopping by! Off to run a few crafty errands today.

Tall Snowman

Hi everyone! I made some time today to play with some new stamps and used one of them on this weeks Freshly Made Sketch #95.

A little more Christmas in July!

Stamp is from Paper Smooches and is colored with Copic's. I used the long rectangle nesties to cut him out. The designer paper is from K&Company.

The snowflake die is one of the new releases from Memory Box. I cut it out using white cardstock but it didn't really show up all that well on the card. So I got out the faded jeans distress dye and colored it blue. The blue bottom was a very lucky match from American Crafts.

I spritzed it with frost shimmer spritz and decided that I needed a close up picture so that you can sorta make it out. It's better in real life!

That it for today! Thanks for stopping by!

Cut out ferns

Hi everyone! This weekend was a pretty relaxing one and I was able to get into the studio to create a few cards.

This card was made to send to my Dad this Friday for his 79th birthday! It's amazing how well he looks and gets around!

Fern dies are from Poppy stamps and cut out of the vintage cream cardstock. I backed it onto a piece of green cardstock from Hot Off The Press. I just love this color green!

I used the cut ferns and colored them with broken glass distress inks and put them inside the card. Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink.

Dragonfly die is from Memory Box. It's wings are cut from colored vellum and then I spritzed it with frost shimmers spray to make them look gossamer. Not sure I achieved the look I was going for, but I like the end result.

What do you think? Thanks for stopping in!

March of the Snowmen Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to our March of the Snowmen Blog Hop! There are 16 ladies (including me) participating in this hop and many of them are offering some form of blog candy to go along with this! You will just have to visit all to find out!! I will be offering a bit of candy myself (you will just have to wait and see what you get, however you will be pleasantly surprised!) and I will randomly pick someone from the comments left! Good luck.

I have collected a lot of snowman stamps over the years and here are some of my favorites!

Stamp is from Penny Black and colored with Copic Markers (B00, G07, R46, C1, YR68, E25). I added a bit of Crystal art glitter for the snow! The big snowflake is cut from Provo Craft - I cut three layers and stacked them on top of each other with foam tape. A red button and some scrappers floss ties them all together! The designer paper is from Kaisercraft. Nesties labels used to cut out the main stamped image and the red layer. I used a velvet green ribbon in the background to add some interest!

This stamp is from Great Impressions and is colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink. The new snowflake embossing folder from Provo Craft was used on the base of this card. The snowflake stamp around the scallops is from Stamps by Judith and done with craft white ink. The tag is cut from Spellbinders nestabilities!

This stamp is from Plum Purdy by Renee' Mullins. It's colored with Prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS. Crystal art glitter is used for the snow on his hat. Snowflake embossing folder is used on the white cardstock and the designer paper is from HOTP. Pure poppy and enchanted evening card stock is from PTI. The white dots are done with a sharpie paint pen.

This is probably my oldest snowman stamp! It's from Hampton Arts and is colored with prismacolor pencils and blended with OMS. The sentiment is from PTI and the designer paper are from K&Company. Deckled nesties were used to cut out the main image and the dark red layer.

This stamp is from Great Impressions and it's acutally a square of 3 snowman plus the sentiment. It's stamped in Memories black dye ink and then embossed with clear embossing powder. I used glaze gel pens to color his nose and accessories! Pure poppy card stock was scored twice on each end, then I cut the snowmen apart and popped them up using foam tape. The snowflakes are from Provo Craft and cut out with the CB. I added a bit of Vanilla Shimmer spray from Smooch to them, but it's hard to see in the photo.


Lastly, this stamp is from The Angel Company. He is colored with Copic Ciao Markers in G21 and G24. It's also outlined with C1 and then blinged up a bit with a touch of a stardust pen. The embossing folder is from Provo Craft, which goes so well with this stamp! I used a nestie label to cut this out, bent it a bit in the middle and then popped it up with foam tape. The sentiment is from The Angel Company, too.

Ok - I know that was a lot to read and see, but hopefully you enjoyed seeing all those different snowmen stamps! Byt he way, which one was your favorite? Here are the links for the 15 other ladies who are participating in this blog hop! I sure hope you get a lot of ideas and inspiration! Thanks for stopping by, and remember to leave a comment(s) so that you can be included in the blog candy drawing(s)!

Angella Crockett
Barb Foster
Deb Felts
Jen Carter
JenMarie Taylor
Jodi Heuser
Kelly Landers
Latisha Yoast
Laurie Willison
Linda Duke
Melisa Waldorf
Michelle Bartnett
Mona Pendleton
Pam Imholz
Stacy Rogers

Thanks for stopping by and a great weekend!

All is calm

Greetings! I wanted to show you my latest card that I completed for the SCS card sketch challenge.




The tree border stamp and the sentiment is from Memory Box and is stamped in Memories black dye ink, then heat embossed with clear powder. Next I sponged on Memento Cantaloupe, Versamagic Thatched Straw and Palette Pure Poppy to create the sunset. Distress ink in Faded Jeans is used for the night sky and applied with a foam pad.

The snowflakes are done prior to creating the sky by stamping a dots stamp (stamps by Judith) randomly with versamark and heat embossing with clear powder.

The designer paper in the back ground is from BoBunny and ran through the CB with the new PC snowflake folder! The open corners on top are cut out using the CB in the Bazzill navy card stock I used throughout the card.


Lastly, to give this some real sparkle I spritzed it with Vanilla Shimmer from Smooch. Added some snow using Crystal Art Glitter and put some stardust on the trees.


I really like how this one turned out! What do you think?

Card Sketch Tuesday #157

Good morning! Happy Tuesday! How about some windy swirls and snowflakes this week? Here is sketch #157 and measurements are below.


Card base = 5.5 x 4.25, Pink layer = 5.25 x 4, Blue layer = 5 x 3.75, Image layer = 3.25 x 2 1/8

Image is colored with Copic Ciao Markers in the following colors: R27, R29, B21, B24, C7 and out lined with C1. I also used a stardust pen to highlight the wind swirls and snowflakes.

The snowflakes are punched with a Martha Stewart craft punch and then spritzed with the Smooch Vanilla Shimmer to give it a bit of a snowy sparkly look. A light blue rhinestone was added to the center of each.

The blue panel was embossed using the new holiday line from Provo Craft that I purchased off of HSN. It came in a package of 6 and included two 5 x 7 folders. Doesn't it go perfect with this stamp?

Here's an up close look!

The MSC latice border punch was used on the bottom of the blue panel - I think this has to be my favorite border punch!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!

Supplies:

Stamp - The Angel Company: winter flurries

Red cardstock - PTI

Blue cardstock - American Crafts

Martha Stewart punches - Lattice and snowflake

Smooch Vanilla Shimmer Spray

Copic Ciao Markers

Stardust gel pen

Light Blue rhinestones from Kaisercraft