REPEAT IMPRESSIONS DESIGNER'S CHOICE CHALLENGE

Happy Wednesday, blog friends!!! 

Here we are with another exciting DCC at The House That Stamps Built blog and this week the incredibly talented Rock Star, Geri Utterback has created an inspiration challenge for us.  

Get your supplies together and join us in this challenge, won't you?  We can't wait to see what you do with this fabulous inspiration idea.  Get all the details for entering the challenge at The House That Stamps Built.

I loved playing with this inspiration and this is what I came up with for a final card.  I used RI Stamps #1317-L "Vase of Tulips" for my focal image, die cutting it and paper piecing the vase after coloring the flowers with Copic Markers.  I stamped the image twice so I could cut the flowers and pop them off the base image for dimension.  The sentiment is RI #424-G "Wishing You a Season". 

For lots more creative inspiration take a peak at what my team mates have in store for you.   
                                 Deonna - Geri - Joy - Karen - Melissa - Patti J

Thanks so much for dropping by and I hope you have a wonderful week and weekend.

ANYTHING GOES BLOG HOP WITH DIE-VERSIONS AND REPEAT IMPRESSIONS

Hi blog friends!!!

Welcome to the Die-Versions and Repeat Impressions Blog Hop!  

We hope you are ready for some great inspiration - our theme is 'Anything Goes', and what awesome creations there are to see!

  

And...what's a blog hop without prizes?

  

There will be one lucky winner of a $20 gift card from Repeat Impressions, 

and one lucky winner for a $20 gift card from Die-Versions!  

Let's get hopping!

You should have arrived here from The Di-Versions Blog

which is the blog hop beginning blog, you can find the entire hop list on the Die-Versions and Repeat Impressions' blogs

Be sure to start at the beginning, so you have the maximum chances of winning!  

The more you comment along the way, the more chances you have of winning!

You will have until midnight CST on Saturday, November 15th, to comment.  

Winners will be announced on the Die-Versions and Repeat Impression blogs on Sunday, November 16th.

Both of my card feature this incredibly beautiful Di-Versions die "Whispers Skate Around".  I must tell you, I LOVE these dies.  They cut cleanly and the detailing is incredible.  

I paired the "Skate Around" skate die with RI Stamp #8810-H "Snow Much Fun".  I created this card by first die cutting the skate image in white cs, then centering and cutting it through the two blue layers, one at a time.  The bottom layer is then adhered to a piece of printer paper covered in double sided tape and the white skates are placed inside the opening in the blue layers.  Once adhered, I ran them through an embossing folded and adhered it to the front card base.  I then stamped the sentiment on a piece of white cs, distressed it with DI "Tumbled Glass", trimmed it, and placed it on dimensional tape and adhered it to the front of the card.  The "stars" were added using Viva Glitter Pen "Hologram"

RI stamps used on this card are #8805-K "Snowflakes" for the background and #424-G "Wishing You a Season".  

We hope that we have inspired you to be creative, and that you'll do a bit of shopping at the Die-Versions and Repeat Impressions' websites!

Thanks for stopping by today!  

Your next stop on the hop is Lori Kobular's blog!   

THANK YOU, VETERANS

Hi blog friends! 

Today is Veteran's Day in the USA and I am remembering all those military men and women and their families who sacrificed so much for our freedom.

 Please thank a Vet and remember our service men and women currently serving in our country's military.  

DESIGNER'S CHOICE CHALLENGE AT REPEAT IMPRESSIONS

Hi blog friends!!!  

Winter arrived here this past Sunday....we got over 6" of new snow in our area, however, north of us 100 miles they got over a foot and many people had no power for days.  Yikes!!!   Fortunately, our area did not lose power.  

There's a new Designer's Choice Challenge at The House That Stamps Built and this week my sweet friend Patti J is hosting and her challenge is "Being Thankful".  

The stamps I used for my card are RI Stamps #9705-M "Jar" and #9719-E "A Pint of Thanks" both from one of the newest stamp sets "Contain Yourself".  I colored the jar with Copic Markers and did some dry embossing with a couple of different embossing folders on some paper layers.  I used Spellbinders Labels Eighteen for the sentiment and a tiny heart punch I picked up at Michaeles for $1.00!  The doily is another "find" in Michaels discount bin.  

I hope you're inspired to play along with the Rock Stars and Patti J's Being Grateful challenge.  For more inspiration, you want to check out my Rock Star team mates.

                            Deonna - Geri - Joy - Karen - Melissa - Patti J

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you all have a great week!

CLEAN AND SIMPLE AT OUTLAWZ CHALLENGES

Hi there blog friends!  If you live in the daylight saving time zone....did you turn your clocks back????  The dark of winter is now upon those of us who do.  

All the more reason to have a hobby like paper crafting to lift us out of our winter doldrums, right?  

Over at the Outlawz Challenges, Charlene Mitchell is hosting a new challenge for the CAS group with the theme of Winter Birthdays.  Check it out....

"Winter Birthday" - This month is my birthday month (yay me!) so I'd like to see winter-themed birthday projects. Think ice-skating, skiing, snow, snowflakes, fireplace, or something that represents winter to you but be sure to make it birthday-themed. Have fun and keep it CAS!

I reacquainted myself with an old "friend" in this GKD stamp set called "Snow Much Fun".  (I think it's been retired and is no longer available).  I first de-bossed my base card with Spellbinders Labels Eighteen and then after stamping the image on another piece of cs I cut it out using the next size and used pop dots to pop it out of the "window".  

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you have a great week and I hope you'll find some time to join the CAS challenge at Outlawz Challenges.  

I'm entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at TTCRD.