NOVEMBER COLOR CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hi there blog friends!!! 

 Here we are with another Wednesday Challenge from The House That Stamps Built. This week it's a color challenge and we hope you'll join in on the fun. 

These colors, at first glance, bored the daylights out of me then I started playing with them and before I knew it...I was on happy mountain.  

My card features Repeat Impressions Stamp #10201-W "Flower Power Background"which I stamped on kraft card stock in VersaMark embossing ink then heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.  Using 3-4 different YR Copic Markers I colored the flowers.  For interest I used MFT Blueprint #15 die, then added some rat tail twine.  I then used dimensional tape and mounted the floral layer onto a stitched die cut kraft panel (from the same Blueprints set).  The sentiment is RI#1105-E "Thinking of You".

You can find all the details on how to enter this challenge and each challenge every Wednesday at The House.  

Here is a group of incredibly talented ladies ready to show you what they've created for this color challenge.  You'll be so inspired by them. 

Deonna - Heather - Joy - Kathy - Laurie - Patti J - Shirley

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I hope to see you in our challenge.  

I'm also entering this in the Simon Says Wedensday Challenge "Thinking of You".

NOVEMBER RELEASE FOR TECHNIQUE JUNKIES

Hello everyone!!!   


I'm so super excited!  This is my first new release blog hop for Technique Junkies!!!! Except for the month of December, each 1st of the month there's a new group of stamps to showcase and this is the November Release.  

For your shopping pleasure, Pat is offering a 15% off all November release stamps from 11-1 to 11-08-16. Discount will show up in your shopping cart.  

If you didn't start this hop at the Technique Junkies Blog you can link back and see the beginning - If you did and you came here from the incredibly talented TJ Designer Lanette Erickson you're in the correct order and on your way.... Didn't you love Lanette's creation?  Don't miss any blogs...we all have different stamps to show off.  

My first card uses "Survive Together".  I think this is a great stamp to make cards for a new beginning...or an anniversary card...or a reconciliation.    

Sponging and stenciling a background with Distress Inks, I stamped the image with black VersaFine ink and then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.  I used my white gel pen to fill in the words that seemed to disappear after embossing.  I framed it with MFT "In and Out Diagonal Stitch" die.  

I used two of the November Release stamps for this card - "Tea Time"  and "Like a Tea Cup".  To make this card I first stamped the bg "Tea Time" onto vellum with VersaMark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I then colored the backside of the image with Copic markers and mounted it on a white cs layer.  I discovered if you use an ATG gun around the edges of the vellum and then run it through a stitched die, it not only hides the vellum, it also adheres the vellum to the cs.  (it was a WOW moment).  The focal image is stamps with Memento Black Tuxedo ink and colored with Copic markers and then die cut using Label One Spellbinder dies.  I used my white gel pen to highlight the tea cups.  This brought the two images together.

My third card depicts the words of one of my all time favorite songs by Louis Armstrong "Wonderful World".  I was beside myself when I saw this stamp in the collection of stamps that Pat so generously sent me for this release.  

A technique I used here is inking an embossing folder with "Tumbled Glass" Distress Ink, then inserting white cs layer inside the folder and running it through the embossing machine which transfers the ink to the cs.  I used the image to create background for a shaker card, adding a few sequins I had on hand. The embossing folder is from Darice, and I used "Puffy Clouds" die from Memory Box for a simple embellishment.  

Tucked inside my soul is my admiration for and attraction to trees.  Especially those trees that stand and weather the raw winters we have here in the northeast.  I snowshoe and XCski back in the woods and I can tell you, if you stand still and listen it sounds like they're speaking to each other. The stamp used here is "Creaking Trees"  

To create the background, I used a technique adding strips of color with baby wipes and Distress Inks.  After drying the background panel, I stamped the image in Archival black ink and once that was dry, I added VersaMark to the entire panel then covered it with clear embossing powder and heat embossed it.  I added a second layer of the VersaMark and ep and again heat embossed.  This gives it a beautiful glossy finish.  
  
Okay I'm done....now onto the blog of another incredible TJ designer Karen McAlpine.

If you lose your place here's the blog line up.

Design Team Blog
Lanette Erickson

Cheri Weston - YOU ARE HERE
Karen McAlpine
Kathy Stacy

Ro Donner
Beth Norman
Pam DeChellis
Judy Jackson
Tonya Davidson
Pat Huntoon

Thanks so much for stopping by and one more note......mark your calendar for November 15-December 15, when you can celebrate "30 Days of Christmas" with Technique Junkies Design Team.  

Happy hopping!!!  

Hi there blog friends!!! 

Here we are with another Wednesday Challenge from The House That Stamps Built. 

This week it's a sketch challenge and we hope you'll join in on the fun. 

 This was a true challenge for me....I couldn't seem to create anything I was satisfied with...my inspiration finally came after watching an old black and white movie....LOL...you just never know where inspiration will find you.  

 The stamps I used for this card were RI#3306-I "Falling Leaves", #3212-H "To Everything" (I used only a portion of it) and my focal image is RI#1609-J "Winter Tree".  

For details on how you can join the challenge this week, head on over to The House. You'll be able to enter your card or project there and you'll be placed into a drawing for a $25.00 Repeat Impressions shopping spree.  

Here is a group of incredibly talented ladies ready to show you what they've created using this sketch.  

Deonna - Heather - Joy - Kathy - Laurie - Patti J - Shirley

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you find some craft time today.  

PEONIES

Hi blog friends!!!!  

I'm here with a new post for Technique Junkies.  At first sight, I couldn't resist this TNJ Peonies #S626 stamp.  I absolutely love peonies and each year, I eagerly await their full blooms.  We have 5 peony plants in our yard in multiple colors - 1 each of white, wine, and light pink and 2 dark pink.  They are one of my favorite flowering bushes.

I colored it using a faux watercoloring technique I found on YouTube.  There are many of these techniques out there, you can easily find one you might like better.  

I stamped the entire image using My Favorite Things, Chalk Box, "Ripe Raspberry" and using my aqua brush, I "painted" it.  In the places where the color was too intense, I added more water to those spots and "lifed" it off with a dry paper towel.  

The sentiment is TNJ #SDX057 "Seeds of Today", was stamped with VersaFine Black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.   

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a creative week!!! 

Hello everyone!  

I have a Project of the Week for you from The House That Stamps Built.  

I don't know about you, but I love making Christmas cards.  The problem is, it can take a long time to make Christmas cards for those special people on your list. Finding an easy technique that looks like it took hours is priceless.  

Here's a resist technique called "soft shadows".

The supplies you'll need and you probably already have them in your stash.

Neutral card stock

Embossing ink (I used Versamark)

Anti-static tool

White embossing powder

Soft colored dye ink

Stencil brush (it works better than sponging for this technique) 

solid stamps of your choice I used RI Stamps# 2719-K "lg Pine Tree" and #2710-D "sm Pine Tree".

Soft cloth/paper towel

and a heat gun (not shown).

Note:  You may have seen resist sponging techniques that resembles this technique using a sponge.  However the small stencil brush allows you to add color in smaller amounts and you have more control. 

Step 1 - Prepare your card stock with the anti-static tool.

Step 2 - Stamp your image using the embossing in, sprinkle with white embossing powder and heat set.

Step 3 - Load the stencil brush with the soft colored dye ink you've chosen and using a small circular motion begin applying the ink to your embossed image.  You don't want to press too hard, it's easier to apply more ink where you need it later.  Continue applying the color until you are satisfied with the amount of ink.

Step 4 - Using your soft cloth or paper towel to wipe the white areas of your image, removing the excess ink.

Step 5- Prepare your card as you like.  My sentiment for this card is RI#3907-G "Rejoice".

I hope you liked this technique for making easy cards that pack some "pow".  

Thanks for stopping by.