Be true

Hello. I'm playing in the tic-tac-toe challenge over at The Paper Players today.

The flower stamp is from Unity stamp company.  I stamped it in Versafine ink and heat embossed it so that I could watercolor the flowers. Then cut it out using a deckled die and highlighted it with distress walnut stain ink. 

The side "be true" sentiment is from Tim Holtz ideaology rub on pack. I actually used a label cut from die tucked behind the main panel to create the tab.  The No. 4899 is from Field Notes. 

The left-hand side is made up of folded khaki packing paper that I recycled. Added a bit of lace and glued it behind the main panel.  

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Moody blue snowflake - TSOT#680

Hi, and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Try a Sketch on Tuesday.  

I used the shattered background stamp from SA and Tim Holtz to create the background for this.  I stamped in versamark onto watercolor paper and heat embossed with white embossing powder first.  Then I used Paynes Grey acrylic ink from Daler Rowney to get the dark moody blues.  The large snowflake is an old die from My Favorite Things.  Added a few clay snowflake shaker elements and called it good. 

Here is the link to join the challenge! 

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The snowflake is from my stash.

Start each day

Hi again. Take 2 on the Freshly Made Sketch #657 and the word prompt #748 over at JUG's.

I used the leaf 3D embossing folder from Tim Holtz and then added some paper piercing. I had an extra leaf left over from the first card I made and used it here.  Add the sentiment from TH Stampers Anonymous and a few gold pearls.  The brown gingham ribbon was found in my ribbon stash. I love how it works here.

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Mixing it up

Hello. Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today with a mixed media thanks card. 

I cut and inked up some worn and weathered designer paper from creative expressions to go with the sketch. I added a bit of script stamping to the grey panel and decided it needed some heat embossing to stand out a bit more. The "thanks" die is from Spellbinders. 

Rub on stitching from 49 and market is used along the left panel and lastly, added a medallion cut out for further interest (TH stamp). Added some black ink splatters, just because I could.  

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping in.

Santa and his sleigh

Hello everyone. It’s time for a new sketch challenge over at Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

 

Tree line stamp is from Memory Box. Moon mask is from Tim Holtz and the Santa in his sleigh is from Victorine Originals.  I used a snowflake stencil with Gina K glitx glitter gel on the card base.  

Here is the sketch for you to use as inspiration and the optional theme is snowy days.

 

Link up here> Try Stamping On Tuesdays.

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Christmas gift tag

Hello. Ellen Hutson is having a 12 tags of Christmas challenge over on their blog and I decided to play along with the 12/6 tag challenge. They are all based off Christmas carol and today's is: Let it Snow.

I used uncharted mariner distress ink to create the background.  The snowflakes and sentiment are from Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous stamptember 2022 release. I also used the snowflake stencil and sterling foundry wax on this. 

Snowflakes are heat embossed with white detail embossing powder.  I also used the uncharted mariner embossing glaze on the sentiment.

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Masculine birthday card

Hi everyone, it's time for a new challenge over at Less Is More.

 

Stampers Anonymous and Papertrey Ink stamps used on the card above. Outline die is from a Jillian Vance Design. Here is the cue card.

 

Please visit the Simply Less is More BLOG to see what wonderful creations the design team has come up with.

 

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Love you

Hello and Welcome to another Fusion Card Challenge, where you can use the sketch or the photo or both. Here is what I did with it.

I used a stitched heart die cut (Pink & Main) and stamped it in unicorn white ink from Hero Arts with a Tim Holtz plaid background stamp. I heat embossed it with detail white embossing powder to get it to stand out even more. Sentiment is from Papertrey, Ink. Cut out a few small silver hearts to use as embellishments.  Top small ones are red heart sequins. 

Please check out the Design Team’s creations for this challenge, once again, they have knocked it out of the park.

Betty J . Clarie Grantham . Jeanne Jachna . Jen Mitchell  . Karren Johnson . Linda Callahan . Lyndal Higgins  . Michelle Leone . Michelle Lupton . Tristan Dawes . Wanda Cullen .  Natalie Walsh

 

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Have yourself a merry little Christmas

Hello. Playing in the Peace on Earth Christmas challenge today.

Stamps are from Tim Holtz. I used Tombow markers to color directly on the stamp, then spritxed with water to stamp onto the watercolor panel. The sentiment is heat embossed using gold embossing powder.

Kept this very clean and simple so that I could mass produce if I needed more. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you've finished all your holiday makes and got them in the mail. =)

Poinsettia's and patterned paper

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This month we are focusing on Christmas and our option this week is to use patterned paper.

My patterned paper is from last year's Tim Holtz collection. I stamped the poinsettia's, colored with copic's and then fussy cut them out. Used the same marker on the seam binding for the tag. 

 

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    Shirley   Patti

 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

 

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Believe in the magic of Christmas

Hello. Sharing a clean and simple holiday card today.

Elf is from My Favorite things and colored with Copic's. Sentiment is from Tim Holtz Stampers anonymous.  Red poppy carstock used for the card base. 

Have a great day!

Never lose your sense of wonder

Hello! Playing in the Paper Players clean and simple challenge of fall fun today.

Stamps are from Tim Holtz Stampers anonymous. I heat embossed them in order to color with copic's. Tied some twine around the white panel before adding it to a black card base. 

Kept it clean and simple and added it to my masculine card stash.  Thanks for stopping by.

Masculine birthday

Hi everyone! Playing in the masculine challenge over at Simon Says Stamps and they are featuring Tim Holtz products - well it so happens that I had one already done! Bonus!

I bought this set at Joann's. I even used a TH stencil in the background on this. Did a bit of recycling on the corrugated cardboard piece that I saved from a piece of packaging. Destressed it a bit by tearing it and adding some distress ink.

The deckled rectangle was done using a border die, then inked it up with espresso and black soot ink around the edges to appear like it had been burnt. Love this technique.  Birthday sentiment is from PTI and heat embossed with platinum embossing powder. 

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grunge metal birthday

Hello. Played around with distress glaze and crayons after TH's live today. Here is what I ended up with.

I used Sizzix foil adhesive sheet and ran it through the 3D texture fade foundry embossing folder. Next I covered it with collage medium, sprinkled on distress glaze in cracked pistachio, antique linen and broken china. Heat embossed it very carefully (it got really hot) and then ran black soot distress crayon all over it. Did the smudge with the brush, came back with my fingers and baby wipe, to build it up and take it off.....LOL. I love how it came out. I also really like how there are bare spots where the embossing powder did stick to. 

Birthday sentiment is from Poppy stamps and I heat embossed it in silver onto the metallic teal cardstock from TH.  

I had a lot of fun playing around with this. I also did a strip of sheet metal tape doing the same technique and it equally came out cool looking. Just be very careful when heat embossing! 

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Sending you a cup of cheer!

Hi there - day four of my entries into the Fall/Winter coffee lovers blog hop.

Red wood designer paper is from the new Tim Holtz Holiday collection.  Plaid designer paper is from authentique believe paper pack.  Coffee cup die is from Paper Smooches. Added the holly to be a bit festive. I got the little die as a free gift a while back from someone.  Came in handy today. Sentiment is from Hero Arts.

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Thinking of you

Hello - playing in the Cas(e) this sketch challenge #389 today. I used a background that I created eons ago using distress oxide inks and a Tim Holtz 3D embossing folder.

The vertical stamp is from Gina K Designs. I love the debossed texture on this one.

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