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

Hello house friends!  

There's a new challenge at The House That Stamps Built and it's the Tic, Tac, Toe Challenge.  I hope you'll come on over and play along with us.  

The object of this challenge is that you pick an item from any direction (diagonally, horizontally or vertically) and create a card or project using those items.  My card uses Repeat Impressions Stamps from the "Wine Time" set and from the Tic, Tac, Toe board I used the first vertical line; Use Dimension, Off the Edge and Shimmer or Sparkle.  

I stamped the wine glass on a separate piece of white card stock and colored it with copic markers and then sprayed it with new Iridescent Shimmer Bliss Spray from Technique Junkies.  I then prepared the background panel.  

I stamped the grapes along an edge that I had penciled in and used masks to cover each stamping in order to get the grouping of the grapes.  They were then colored with Copic Markers and I fussy cut around the edges where I'd stamped the grapes off the penciled mark.  

Keeping the masks in place, I sponged around the grape images and added a gold border around the panel with my Wink of Stella gold glitter pen.  The sentiment was added and the glass of wine was adhered with foam mounting for the added dimension.  Finally, a few sequins for fun.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you'll visit the blogs of my very talented team mates for so much more inspiration.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

I hope to see you in the challenge.  If you do, you will be entered in the drawing for a a $25.00 gift certificate for Repeat Impressions Stamps.  All the details can be found at THE HOUSE.  

ENJOY THE RIDE

Hi there Technique Junkies fans!  

Did you get a chance to take the August blog hop?  It was quite an exciting release for all of us on the design team.  Not only did she release 18 NEW STAMPS, Pat introduced a whole new line of 25 shimmer sprays called "Shimmer Bliss".    

Tomorrow is the deadline to get any of the August 2018 release stamps for a big 15% off discount.  Just add any of the new stamps you'd like to your shopping cart and the discount will be applied automatically.  For any other stamps and the new Shimmer Bliss sprays in the Technique Junkies Store you're welcome to use my discount code TJ10CHERI for a full 10% discount on those stamps and new Shimmer Bliss Sprays. Just enter that code in the "code" area upon check out.  It works like a charm.  

I am having so much fun playing with the new shimmer sprays and stamps!  Here is a card I made this week using these new stamps "Enjoy the Ride"  and "Messy Marble" and Shimmer Bliss Sprays "Miami Vice", "Mardi Gras", "Harvest Sunset" and "Iridescent Shimmer Bliss Topper"

I first stamped the Messy Marble bg stamp with VersaMark ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.  This created a resist for the sprays.  I then used Miami Vice and Mardi Gras and blended them on the panel in various areas.  I absolutely love how these sprays work together.  

I dried the sprayed panel and then sprayed it again lightly with Iridescent Topper.  This photo does not do the shimmer justice!  It's stunning in real life.  

Choosing the sailboat from the "Enjoy the Ride" set, I stamped it in a navy dye ink color, used a round die to cut it out then sprayed it with the Iridescent Topper.  I gave the image a glassy appearance.  I made the frame out of a pumpkin colored card stock scrap and then sprayed it with Harvest Sunset Shimmer Bliss!  

I was so delighted with the results of the stamps and sprays on this card and I hope you found some inspiration here.

Treat yourself to some of these fabulous new stamps for the 15% discount while you can (last day August 8) and if you would like to try the Shimmer Bliss Sprays and any other Technique Junkies Stamps, please use my discount code and enjoy treating yourself.  

AUGUST 2018 TECHNIQUE JUNKIES STAMPS NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP

Welcome to the exciting August 2018 Release for Technique Junkies Stamps!! 

If you’ve come from the very talented Lee Ann's blog, you are in the right place. If not head to theTechnique Junkies Blog for the start of the hop.

We have 18 new stamps in the Technique Junkies line!

All of the August 2018 New Release stamps are 15% off
through August 8th! We can all use a little bargain, right?

No codes needed, just put them in your shopping cart andthe discount will be applied at checkout.  For all other stamps you might like to add to your shopping cart, I have a 10% discount code for you for those.  Just use TJ10Cheri in the discount code area and you'll get a full 10% discount on any other stamps you might like.  

We also have a brand new EXCLUSIVE Technique Junkies product!
Introducing Shimmering Bliss!
25 colors of shimmering dye based ink sprays that are perfect for stencils, techniques and any time you want to add shimmer to your projects! There are 20 beautiful intense colors and 5 "Topper colors" that are a clear spray loaded with sparkly mica to either use on top of other colors or alone.
If you love sparkle you will want to try Shimmering Bliss!

AND THERE ARE BUNDLES READY FOR YOUR ARTISTIC FUN AND CONVENIENCE.

Here are some cards I created using the new stamps and some Shimmering Bliss sprays.

I used Distress Oxide Inks to spong a "light" area on the corder of this card after stamping and masking the gorgeous image "African Beauty".  The sentiment I used is another new stamp "Light Remains".  

This photo dosen't show it well, but I used the new Shimmer Bliss Spray "Imperial Yellow" on a yellow card stock panel and it deepend the color and added incredible shimmer.  I absolutely LOVE these sprays.  The image is the new release stamp "Never Stop Making Wishes".  

My final card is using the new stamp set "Sunset" by Rita Barakat.  I first stamped the image and used Copic Markers to color it, then masked the image and sponged in the background using Distress Oxide Inks.  I added some water on a makeup brush I bought at the dollar store and used it to drop in some water.  I used a paper towel to soak up the water and then dried the panel with my heat gun.  Once dry, leaving the mask in place, I sprayed Shimmer Bliss Iridescent over the panel.  Talk about "WOW"!!!!  These shimmer sprays are incredible!  I stamped the sentiment "You Are Amazing" on a piece of black card stock and embossed it with white ep.  

Thanks for stopping by!  Now please hop on over to the super talented Stephanie's Blog.  She has some gorgeous projects to show you.  

AUGUST 2018 DESIGNER'S CHOICE CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House Friends!!!! 

We've been given a challenge by our talented team mate Joy for a designer's choice challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  Her challenge?  "Circles"....that's it, circles!!!  You can do this!!!! 

I wanted to try something different for Joy's challenge.  I have seen some stamp collages on Pinterest and I thought I might like to try my hand at it using "found items" around my house as well as these fabulous Repeat Impression Stamps:  RI#5016-N "Genealogy", 5812-I "Compass", 2704-H "Sailboat", 3918-F "Wind In My Sails" and 3404-C "Random Dots".  

The colored images were colored with my Polychromo pencils and blended with Gamsol. The additional circles were created using tops or bottoms of bottles I had on my desk.  The colored circle inside the upper circle is actually a tiny wood circle I colored with ink....it looks like a piece of fuzz in this photo....note to self, I need a better camera.  

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll take a few minutes and visit the blogs of my team mates....they are incredibly talented artists of stamps.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Join Joy's Circle challenge (and all other challenges this month - we have a new challenge every Wednesday) and enter yourself in the drawing at the end of the month for a $25.00 gift certificate for your own collection of Repeat Impression Stamps.    All the details can be found at THE HOUSE.

  

JULY 2018 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hi there, House friends!!! 

It's time for our favorite challenge at The House That Stamps Built...Anything Goes!  

I used an inspiration I found on Pinterest to create this card and for the life of me, I can't find it.  I thought I pinned it to my board....but apparently I didn't.  

I created this card by masking off the edges with post-it notes and sponging Distress Oxide inks in the center area.  I used my heat gun to dry the inks a bit before stamping the image RI#4302-I "Fairy's Fun/Bumblebee" in black dye ink.  Using my Memento black marker, I colored in the area of the image that was inside the sponged area leaving the area outside colorless.  For additional texture and interest, I stamps RI# 5125-C "Dragonfly Sil Sm" and RI#5704-L "Bamboo".  The sentiment is RI#3924-G "Friends Together".

I hope you found some inspiration here today and I hope you'll join me and my team mates in the Anything Goes Challenge at The House.  All the details on how to enter and what you could win if you enter are there. 

Here are links to the blogs of my incredibly talented team mates if you liked to see what they've created for this challenge.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thanks for stopping by!