APRIL 2018 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello, house friends!  

It's the last Wednesday of the month (I'm sure you didn't need me to remind you of that), and that brings around the favorite Anything Goes challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  

Anything goes means that you can submit whatever card or project creation you'd like to, and be entered in the month's challenges for a chance to win $25.00 worth of fabulous Repeat Impressions Stamps.  

I love springtime, it's my favorite season...I love the sounds of the birds, and the sleeping flowers waking up after such a long, long winter and finally blooming.  The RI stamp I used on my card is #1702-N "Bird Song".  Isn't it adorable?  
I stippled (with a small paint brush) Distress Oxide Ink "Peacock Feathers" over the bg after stamping and coloring the image with Chameleon ColorTone Pencils and cutting an oval shape out of scrap paper.  I placed it over the image and stippled the ink.  The embossing folder is a basket weave from the We R Memory Keepers next level embossing folders.  The sentiment is RI#1112-E "Just a Note".

My team mates have some incredibly gorgeous ATG projects to show you.  Here are links to each of their blogs.  I hope you'll pay them a vist them.  

 Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thank you for stopping by.  I hope you'll check out the challenge and join in.  The details can be found at THE HOUSE. 

LITTLE BIRD LOVE

Hello TJ people, 

Gotta say I am having so much fun with the stamp set "Faith, Hope, Love" from the February 2018 release.  It not only comes as a single set, it also comes bundled with a background stamp too.  Get them all with a 10% full discount by using my discount code at check out TJ10Cheri.  

I started out by sponging a soft background using Distress Oxide Ink on the panel where I would stamp the images.  I used a MISTI and a piece of acrylic packaging to line up the rose branch with the branch the bird sits on.  The images were colored with my Chameleon ColorTone Pencils.  I added a few punched hearts from red card stock and then used Glossy Accents to give them dimension.  Finally, I added some light plattering with watered down Black Soot Distress Ink on an old tooth brush.

There's so much creativity going on using Technique Junkies Stamps as well as our FaceBook Page.  There's also a Technique Junkies YouTube Channel, hosted by our creator, Pat Huntoon where she demonstrates lots of techniques for card makers.  Check them all out. 

We also have a monthly challenge. (This month it's a technique challenge)  In order to win this challenge you must use Technique Junkies Stamps in your creation.  You say you don't have any TJ stamps?  Well....don't forget...I have my 10% discount code which will let you get a full 10% off every and/or any stamps you want in the store.  

I hope you can grab yourself some crafting time today...and one week from today we're busting out the MAY 2018 RELEASE!  You are going to be knocked sideways when you see these new stamps!!!  

APRIL 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!  

It's inspiration challenge time at The House That Stamps Built.   I think you're going to love this, it's bold, it's bright and screams happiness.  

To create my card, I used the beautiful stamp RI#1320-M "Spring Blossoms".  The flowers were colored with Copic markers and die cut in an oval stictched frame.  The sentiment is RI#3910-G "Miracle of Spring".  I layered the ovals agains a deep purple layer where I heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder.

Here is the inspiration board.  Please join us in the challenge and 

let's see what you can create and how this inspires you.  

The details on how to get in the challenge and what you could win can be found at THE HOUSE.  

Here are the blogs of my incredible team mates.  They will blow you away with their interpretations of this inspiration.  

 Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thank you for stopping by today.  

APRIL 2018 TIC, TAC, TOE CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!  

It's Wednesday and a new challenge is ready for you at The House That Stamps Built.  It's a Tic, Tac, Toe challenge and I think you know the drill, but just in case you don't, you create a card or project from three elements on the graphic in either a horizontal, vertical or diagonal direction.  It's easy and it's fu.  For me, it's usually a great way to use up some scraps.  

This card formed from that pink scalloped die cut that was sitting in my box of paper scraps.  I stamped RI#2605-P "Ode to Spring" in a light pink dye ink one white card stock and colored it with my Chameleon Color Tone Pencils.  I then cut it out using the next smallest scalloped die from the same set as the one I started with.  I have had the CuddleBug "swiss dots" embossing folder for eons and thought it would make a nice background layer.  The sentiment is a combination of RI#3906-H "Easter Blessings" and RI#1304-J "Beauty of Springtime".    Finally, I added some tiny dots with Ranger's enamel accents in white around the pink scalloped oval. 

From the tic, tac, toe chart, I selected the three elements right across the top of the chart; gems/pearls, bunnies and pink.  

Come on over to THE HOUSE and join in on the challenge. You can find all the details on how to enter and what you might win there.    

For more inspiration and some incredible creations from my team mates, please check out their blogs.

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thank you for stopping by!  

FAITH, HOPE AND LOVE

 Hello Technique Junkies Stamps fans, 

My brother and sister-in-law recently celebrated their 37th wedding anniversary and I made them a card using a stamp set from the February 2018 release called "Faith, Hope and Love".   

What an incredibly versatile set this is and you can get it, and all other Technique Junkie Stamps that you'd like, with my personal 10% off discount, TJ10Cheri.  Just add that in the "discount code" area at check out.  Also, add some Ken Oliver Colorbursts to your order.  The discount applies to them as well.  

I used Copic markers to color the images and backgrounds.  The creation of this card was a process.  By that, I mean I started with only the plan to stamp the roses around the perimeter of the card.  I did that and colored them.  Then, I saw this space in the middle and drew line with a pencil to form an open "pool" in the center.  Then, to add more detail, I drew another line, close to the first one and doodled it.  The sentiment stamps were added and I dropped tiny drops of enamel accents in back between them.  I then went on to add more dots and detail around the roses and the background. 

There's so much creativity going on using Technique Junkies Stamps as well as our FaceBook Page.  There's also a Technique Junkies YouTube Channel, hosted by our creator, Pat Huntoon where she demonstrates lots of techniques for card makers.  Check them all out. 

We also have a monthly challenge. (This month it's an adorable sketch)  In order to win this challenge you must use Technique Junkies Stamps in your creation.  You say you don't have any TJ stamps?  Well....don't forget...I have that10% discount code  which will let you get 10% off every and/or any stamps you want in the store.