APRIL 2019 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House Friends, 

It's Wednesday and time for another challenge at The House That Stamps Built blog. 

Here is a stamp collage card I made for this challenge using RI#6205-M "Mr. Goof" , RI#8215-D "Meow", RI#631-G "Single Rose", RI#5131-I "Pine Needle Sil." and RI#6806-U "Sheet Music".  

To begin, I first made a bg with a light water color wash on a piece of watercolor paper.  Then drying the piece and stamping that adorable cat face with Archival Ink.  I made a mask for him and stamped the other stamps around the masked area to create the collage.  I removed the mask and using watercolor pens, I colored in the cat face and the roses.  The sentiment was stamped with VersaMark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I used Copic Markers to color the eyes on Mr. Goof.  

Sadly, this is my last post as a Repeat Impressions Rock Star.  It's been quite a run and I've enjoyed each and every moment I've been on this team.  I will miss hanging around with some of the most talented paper crafters on the planet.  They've all inspired me.  

I'm forever grateful to Wendy Wyman for taking a chance on me 8 years ago, and giving me one of the greatest opportunities in my crafting life and for trusting me to show off her awesome stamps.  

Thank you for stopping by each week and for taking time to leave me a comment.  I appreciate you all so very much.  I will miss you too.  

  







  

MARCH 2019 ANYTHING GOES AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hey there, House friends!!!! 

It's the last Wednesday of the month of March and we've got an Anything Goes Challenge for you at The House That Stamps Built.  Come on over and play along!!! 

My card uses Repeat Impressions Stamps #504-L "Peaches" and #2505-G "You're The Best".  

I created 2 masks with the peach stamp to get the bouquet cluster.  Using watercolor paper and Distress Ink Antique Linen, I stamped the peaches on the panel.  I used my watercolor pens to color the images and background.  For final dimension and texture, I splattered white gouache over the panel before layering it on a peach colored card stock layer and adding a few sequins.  My inspiration came from watching a video by Debby Hughes on YouTube. 

Come on over and play along with our ever popular "Anything Goes Challenge".  You can enter all of the challenge for this month too and get into a drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate for some fabulous Repeat Impressions Stamps.  

Need more ideas for inspiration...visit my incredibly talented team mates' blogs.

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley   

Thanks so much for stopping by.  See you at THE HOUSE!  

   

DECEMBER 2018 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House Friends!!! 

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas.  

It's the last Wednesday of December and for that matter, the year, and The House That Stamps Built has an Anything Goes challenge for you.  We hope you'll join us.
  

I made this card with all of you in mind....I sincerely wish you a happy, healthy 2019, surrounded by love and kindness every single day.  

The stamps used for this card are RI#4803-M "Clock Face #3", RI# 4810 "Minute Hand" and RI# 4811-C "Hour Hand".  The sentiment is RI# 3804-I "Happy New Year"  which was heat embossed with gold embossing powder. 

The background on this card was created using round sponges and Distress Oxide Inks as well as Nuvo Glittler Pen Markers.  

This card is a CASE (copied and shared with everyone) of my own card from 2015 .

Get more inspired to join our challenge by visiting the blogs of my awsome team mates

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Check out THE HOUSE on how to enter the ATG challenge and what you could win if you do.  

NOVEMBER 2018 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hi there house friends!  

Wow!  Where did this month go?  Holy smokes!!!! 

If you follow the challenges at The House That Stamps Built blog (blog of Repeat Impressions stamps), you'll know we have challenges each and every Wednesday.  You have the full month to enter every week's challenge before a winner is chosen to win a gift certificate of $25.00 for any stamps in the Repeat Impressions store.  If you use a Repeat Impressions stamp in your entry, you're entered twice in that challenge.  

So, come on over and play along with us, every week or only one, and even if it takes you all month to create a card for each challenge, we hope you'll do it.

Now, it's the last Wednesday of this month so the challenge is "Anything Goes".  Here's a card I made and I hope it inspires you to join us.  

Winter, buffalo plaid (we all wore coats of this wool growing up), wood and Christmas.  They call came together in this card.  I used RI# 6006-M "Forest Positive" and RI#3907-G "Rejoice".  (This stamp is in the "spring" category, but it fits Christmas too.) 

There's a little bit of myself in each card I make and this one took on a life of it's own as I created it.  It's a small snapshot of growing up in a small mountain/lake town, wearing wool coats and playing outside in the woods during the winters.  Christmas was special. My father would take my brothers and sister and I and we'd go out in the woods and find a tree....some of them look very much like the Peanuts' Christmas tree, LOL...but we'd pick it out and dad would chop it down and we'd drag it home. I'm rejoicing in those memories.  

Please join our challenge this week....the details on how to enter and what you could win are at THE HOUSE.  

Also, my team mates are rocking this ATG challenge.  If you need a rocket boost, check them out.

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I'm glad you did.   

OCTOBER 2018 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hey there House friends!!!! 

It's anything goes over at The House That Stamps Built.  Come on over and play along with us.  

How fun is this witchy face?  I combined RI Stamp #2330-G "Witch Face" and 2301-I "Best Witches" to create this CAS Halloween card.  

The witch face was first stamped on a white card panel.  I made a mask and masked each face as I stamped across the panel.  After coloring them with Copic Markers, I fussy cut them, leave about an eighth of an inch edge around the faces.  The panel was then adhered to another white card panel and again to a black panel to create an accent.  That panel was then adhered to a white base card and the sentiment was added.  

For a final fun addition, I stamped the witch face on a scrap piece of white card stock and fussy cut it, colored it with Copics (as I did the others) and then mounted it with a wobble and put it right up front.  

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you found some inspiration and will join our challenge.  The details can be found at The House.  

Check out my inspiring team mates....they have some awesome Anything Goes creations for you to see.

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

SEPTEMBER 2018 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE FOR THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello, house friends!!!! 

It's Wednesday and time for another challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  This week it's the ever popular anything goes challenge and you're invited to join us.  

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I'm so in love with all of Wendy's Animals collection of stamps she does such a great job illustrating all of them....but just look at her "Woodland Animals" collection!   I love this Grey Wolf image and thought he would look spectacular against a northern lights sky.  To create the background, I used RI# 2709-I "Large Pine Forest".  The sentiment is also from the "Woodland Animals" collection.  

You say you need more inspiration....look no further than the blogs of my team mates!  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you will join our Wednesday challenges....you can play all month long...check out the details at THE HOUSE. 

AUGUST 2018 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hi House friends!!!! 

It's time for the so popular Anything Goes challenge at The House That Stamps Built.

This was a fun and easy card to make.  I started by stamping RI#4516-C "Tea Cup" and #4523-C "Heart Tea Cup" in Memento Flannel Gray ink and colored them with copic markers.  Then, using two different stencils, and by masking the cups, I created a background by sponging different inks through the stencils.  I then die cut the image from the panel and created a frame using the same die set in a contrasting color.  

The card base is covered with a pattern paper and a die cut window was created for the sentiment RI#3903-H "Friends Like You...".  I added a tiny piece of lace ribbon for just a touch of texture.  

I hope you'll join in on the challenge this week all the detail on how to enter can be found at THE HOUSE, and if you'd like to see some fabulous creations for this challenge, please visit the blogs of these talented ladies.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  

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! 

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. 

DECEMBER 2017 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House guests!!! 

I hope you all (who celebrate) had a wonderful Christmas.  Here in our area of Maine, we got a big snow storm on Christmas day and were left with about a foot of snow.  

It's time for an Anything Goes Challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  That means we get to create without a direct challenge.  So, join us and let your creativity go free.  

Sometimes I like to make scene cards and I have to say, I think Repeat Impressions has some of the best stamps for scenes.  For this card, after stamping and masking the "sun" and the RI Stamp #1015-L "Polar Bear Kisses", using Distress Inks, I sponged the ground and sky.  I then removed the "sun" mask, I stamped RI#2714-D "Small Pine Forest" in first and second generations with more Distress Inks.  After removing the polar bear mask, I decided I wanted the bears to have more dimension on the panel, so I stamped and colored them again on a separate card stock panel and fussy cut them and adhered them over the original stamping.  The sentiment is RI#3804-I "Happy New Year".    

Please come on and play along, you can get all the details for entering and what you can win at THE HOUSE.  

Need more inspiration...check out these blogs of other Repeat Impressions Rock Stars.

Deonna - Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley   

Here's wishing you all a very Happy New Year!  Thanks so much for stopping by.

NOVEMBER 2017 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!!! 

It's Thanksgiving week here in the USA, and it's busy around here, so my ATG for The House That Stamps Built post will be short.  

The bg was created by masking and lightly sponging "hills"  and clouds, then stamping the trees with RI#2719-K "Lg Pine" and RI#2714-D "Sm. Pine Forest".  Those cute little snowmen are RI#4703-I "Snowball Sequence".  The sentiment is RI#4601-H "Snowmen fall...".  

Please come over and play along with us for the ATG challenge and ALL of the challenges this month.  You can still get in on every challenge for the month, and your chances of winning some RI stamps increases.  More details can be found at The House.  

Take a gander at these awesome ATG inspiration pieces from my team mates.  

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

Have a happy Thanksgiving!!!!  

OCTOBER 2017 ANYTHING GOES AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello and welcome, house friends!!!! 

Here we are at the end of another month of challenges from The House That Stamps Built and it's time for the Anything Goes Challenge!!! (I can hear the roar of happy crafters out there)

You still have a full week to create and join all of this months challenges from start to finish, if you'd like to get in on the big win of a $25.00 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions Stamps.  (I hear another roar of happiness out there).  

I made this card for our ATG October challenge

 I used masks to create the large white circles (bubbles) after first stamping that adorable witch face (RI#2330-G "Witch Face") and coloring it with Copic Markers inside the bubble.  Once the masks were in place, I used some spray's from Lindy's Gang to create the bg.  Once I was happy with that look, I stamped the sentiment (RI#2301-I "Best Witches...) at the base of the panel.  I had a pen cap and a couple of different sized bottle caps on my craft table, so I stamped them into black ink and used them to creat additional "bubbles" of different sizes on the panel.  I wanted additional drops of the sprays, so I just opened the spray bottles and held the sprayer above the panel and let the ink drop off in various places.  I added some clear dew drops for some dimension and more interest on the card.  

There's a lot going on here, and I don't particularly like Halloween, but this card was fun to create and looking at those faces, makes me smile.  

For details on how to play along head on over to THE HOUSE.  And you don't want to miss these talented ladies, they have some creations that will rock your creative world for the ATG challenge.  

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

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a crafty week.  

I'm entering this card in the Lindy's Stamp Gang October Color Challenge 

Visit Lindy's Gang for more information and great shopping.
You can join the monthly challenge on their FB Page

I used "Freaky Franken Lime", "Hag's Wart Orange" and "Blazing Black" sprays from the October color set.

ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT -SEPTEMBER 2017

Hi there, house friends!!!!  

So hard to believe we're at the end of another month of challenges for The House That Stamps Built....or, for that matter, at the end of another month!!!!   Time really does fly by, doesn't it?

I hope you've been playing along this month with us and our challenges.  You can still get in on all of them in order to get an opportunity to be the lucky one drawn to win a $25 gift certificate for some fabulous Repeat Impression stamps.

I used RI Stamps #2224-L "Cactus"  and RI#4009-G "In All Things" for this card.  The bg was created by sponging Distress Oxide Inks onto a white cs base and then sprinkling water over it to activate the inks.  I then splattered the bg with some watered down white acrylic paint.  

The "hills" were created with a die and, after stamping the cactus image twice, first on the panel where I wanted the image to appear and secondly on a separate piece of cs.  I fussy cut that one out and colored it black with Copic Markers.  I then placed it over the stamped area on the card panel with liquid glue.  You can't see it in this photo very well, but I used a Wink of Stella clear glitter pen to accent the cactus. 

I hope you found some inspiration here today and I hope you'll join our challenge today and for the entire month.  The more you enter the better chance you have of winning.  Check out THE HOUSE for all the details.

Take a look at the blogs of these talented ladies for tons of inspiration for this challenge.  

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

Thanks so much for stopping by.  

AUGUST 2017 ANYTHING GOES CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hi there, House peeps!!!! 

Have you been playing along with our challenges this month at The House That Stamps Built?  Did you hear that you have the whole month to play along with each week's challenge?  

From the first challenge of this month until the last you can enter a card in each challenge.  It gives you so many opportunities to win some awesome Repeat Impressions Stamps as well as gives you time to get in the challenges and have some crafty fun. 

This week's challenge is "Anything Goes", so jump in and play along with us.

Clean and simple all the way for my ATG card.  I used a stacked die to cut the arched windows in a piece of designer's paper and again in a piece of white card stock.  The watermelon image is RI #9010-H "Watermelon" that I colored with Copic Markers and popped up on a wobble.  The watermelon sticks out of the arch and wiggles back and forth for a fun effect.  

The sentiment RI#9015-D "One in a Melon" was stamped on white card stock and cut out with a postage stamp die I've had hanging around a long time.  For some detail, I cut a scrap of dark green cs with the same die and staggered it behind the white one.  
Lots of dimension on this card and I like that.  

There is even more incredible inspiration at the blogs of these talented ladies.

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

So come on over and play along with our AUGUST CHALLENGES and get additional opportunities to win some fabulous Repeat Impressions Stamps.  For additional detail on this and all this month's challenges, check out THE HOUSE 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.