Let it bee

Hi. I decided to play with this week's Freshly Made Sketch again and came up with this.

I tore my stamps apart looking for a specific stamp and die set for the bee, and frustratingly, never found it.  Ended up fussy cutting this one from Recollections.  I added color using Copic markers and the wings have sparkle spritz on them.

The sentiment is from Creative Expressions, and the die is from Brass & Bliss. I had a yellow background already created in my background stash, so added that behind the dots.  The line of dots that is supposed to resemble the flight of the bee is done using a sewing tracing wheel in black ink. 

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Hello - SSC384

Hello and welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps.

I went with the pinks and gray in the color palette.  The cherry blossom stamp is an old one from Flourishes, who are no longer in business.  The hello sentiment is from MFT stamps. colored with Copics. 

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You can do great things

Hello all - Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch today with this card.

The stamps and dies are from Pink and Main called Pretty Peony.  I watercolored the peonies with Sandy Allnocks palette from Daniel Smith.  I found the dsp in my stash of paper and thought it went really well behind the peonies and worked well with the sentiment as well.

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Try it on Tuesday - add some text

Thinking of you

Hi there! I decided to play in the sketch challenge over at Freshly Made Sketches tonight and came up with this.

The designer paper is from Tim Holtz memoranda pack.  I paired it with a strip of enchanted evening grosgrain ribbon from Papertrey, Ink.  Fig leaf die is from Simon Says Stamp and the sentiment is from My Favorite Things.  Added a small twine bow to ground the fig die cut and called it good.

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Thank you - TFC#108

Hi and welcome back to a reminder about our current challenge over at The Flower Challenge. We are looking for you to add "thanks" to your creation.  Here is another card I created.

The flower stencil is from My Favorite Things, and I used Simon Says Stamp inks with it.  The sentiment is an old one from Avery Elle.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you join us! Link is here. 

Life happens, coffee helps.

 Hello. Here is another card for the 2025 Fall/Winter coffee lovers blog hop.

The stamps are from the former Technique Tuesday stamp company.  I used a copic marker to color the coffee in the mug.  The sentiment on this is so true!

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Hello - SSC358

Hello. Welcome back to another challenge over at Sunday Stamps. We have a sketch challenge this week and here is what I did with it.

The small hello sentiment is from Altenew.  Designer paper is from Echo Park and the flower dies are from Sizzix. The scalloped tag die is from Jillian Vance Designs - it's called the Mini Pearl tag die set. 

Thanks for stopping by and you can link up your cards here.

Congratulations - SSC355

Hello and welcome back to another sketch challenge over at Sunday Stamps.  This on has so many possibilities.  

The leaf background stamp is an old red rubber one from Rubbernecker. I inked up with Sage ink from Simon Says Stamp then cut it up for the panels outlined on the sketch below. The leaf die is an old one from Memory Box that was cut from white cardstock and then colored with Copic markers. The sentiment is from MFT stamps. 

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you'll join us over at Sunday Stamps.

A little note

Hello. Here is a last-minute entry into this week's Freshly Made Sketch challenge. 

The mum flower die is from Honey Bee stamps. I cut it out using a creamy cardstock then blended ink from Pink Fresh (passion fruit, berrylicious, and candy apple) onto the individual petals and green ink for the leaf. The sentiment is an old $1 stamp from Studio G. 

It's been warm and rainy here and this flower helped to brighten my day.  Thanks for stopping by.

Ho Ho Ho

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players Santa challenge today.

Santa image is from Victorine Originals (no longer in business) and the background is a slimline stencil from Say it with Stamps/Photoplay.  I heat-embossed it in white on red cardstock and thought it looked fun with this Santa image. The Santa is stamped in versafine and then heat embossed in clear.

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With Sympathy

Hello. Playing in The Paper Players clean and simple challenge today. They are looking for blooms.

Tulip stamp is from Stamps by Judith. Used markers and the huff method to get a good clean impression. Sympathy stamped in versafine for a very clean look. Used a stitched rectangle to cut it out and then adhered it to an A2 card base.

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You're in my thoughts

Hello. Playing in the Addicted to CAS challenge of circle today.

Tree stamp is from Just for fun stamps. The sentiment is from WPlus9. I initially used a circle stencil to create the scene for a one layer card. However, I didn't like the sentiment I had stamped and it wasn't centered on the card base. I know, a little OCD of me but I just didn't like it. LOL. Saved the circle by cutting it out using two circle nesting dies from Spellbinders.

What do you think? Thanks for stopping by.

Sending hugs

Hello and welcome to another sketch challenge for Try Stamping On Tuesday. 

This is a very old set from Simon Says Stamp. I stamped the flower directly onto the gingham cardstock as an experiment and ended up liking it. The border die is cut out of white cardstock then I took some yellow bakers twine and threaded it through the top eyelets. Gingham designer paper is from A*Muse Studio.

Thanks for stopping by - have a great day.

Just because

Hi there. I just got this new stencil from A colorful life and had to play with it. 

Ok, I said I was playing around, so I didn't use a good quality paper here - so the oxide blending is a bit chunky. But, once I cut it out and added some black paint splatters, it looked pretty good. I also spritzed on some sparkle shimmer spray that doesn't come up in the photo.

Sentiment is heat embossed using versafine black ink. It's from Honey Bee. The card base is navy from PTI and I used a piece of A2 sized foam tape from Scrapbook.com to adhere the butterfly panel to it.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Just us girls - use a stencil

Addicted to CAS - emboss

Simon Says Stamp - Monday challenge use something new

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Pets

Hi everyone. It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is a designer choice challenge and Joy is asking to see Pets, anything about pets.

I used the pets quartet and stamped it in versafine ink - heat embossed in clear embossing powder to give it a bit of shine. Colored the heart red in the paw and then framed it in red.  This ended up being a 5 x 5 top folding 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   Heather   Joy   Shirley   Patti

 

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

http://www.repeatimpressions.com/

 

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Designer choice - childhood memories

Hi everyone. Happy New Year! It's time for another challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week our challenge is a designer choice challenge. Shirley wants us to create something that sparks a childhood memory.

We traveled a lot when I was growing up - in the camper or trailer. We were always on the road going somewhere. 

I stamped the map, travel sentiment and the date stamp in versafine and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Then I took out my distress inks and distressed them. The deckled die is from Spellbinders. I created my own geo point using a raindrop and a hole punch. 

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/

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Just a note

Hello-
Playing in the Freshly Made Sketch challenge today.

Flower stamps are from Impress. I used Fresh ink, which is a pigment ink to stamp the flowers and leaves. The center is stamped in versafine. 

I changed up the oval to a rectangle to fit my die cut sentiment. 

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