APRIL 2019 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House friends!!! 

Our Wednesday challenge this week is an inspiration challenge.  You pick from the inspiration board, what inspires your creative juices, then show off the results at The House That Stamps Built blog.  You never know, your entry into the challenge might just win you a $25.00 gift certificate to pick out some fabulous Repeat Impressions Stamps.    

Perhaps this card I made will help get your mojo going.  

My card uses the incredible RI#912-K "Tulip Bouquet", one of the many, many floral stamps available in the RI store.  I colored the image with Copic Markers and paired it with sentiment RI#1112-E "Just A Note".  This makes a lovely card for any occasion.  

Enabler alert!!!  If you'd like to get these stamps (or any Repeat Impressions stamps) for yourself, and you'd like a little discount, please use my discount code rr10cw.

After stamping and coloring the image on a separate card stock panel, I cut an identical size second panel and die cut an oval in the center.  I then took that panel and embossed it and finally adhering it over the image.  The sentiment was stamped on a scrap piece and die cut then adhered to the front panel.  Very easy card to make.  

Here's your inspiration - let's see what you can create from it.  My inspiration came from the gorgeous colors and the flowers. 

There's more inspiration ideas for you at the blogs of my team mates.  Take a look and leave them some love.  I know they'd appreciate it.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley    

Thanks for stopping by today.  

I hope you'll join the new challenge at THE HOUSE and all of our challenges are open all month, so you have a full month to join each challenge and muliply your chances of winning some great RI Stamps.  

MARCH 2019 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House Peeps!!!! 

There's a new inspiration challenge at The House That Stamps Built and it's beautiful.  We hope you'll be inspired and join us.  I was inspired by the colors and the ethereal sense I got from the photo.

My card uses Repeat Impressions Stamps #9204-M "Water Lilies and Dragonflies"   and #9206-H "Beautiful Days" from the Beautiful Days set.  

This card was an evolution of techniques and applications.  I first started by stamping my image onto a neutral colored card stock base with a neutral color ink in order for a no line image effect.  I then colored it in with Chameleon Colortone pencils.  

I made a mask for the stamped image and then lightly inked some Distress Oxide Inks over it and around the panel.  Distress Oxide inks don't blend, so you can apply multiple colors without muddying the results.  After removing the mask, I then used Copic markers to blend around the tiny images and this achieved (I think) the ethereal feel. 

I felt the panel needed a little more something-something, so I splattered it with some white, gray and deep purple acrylic paint.  (That might have been a little too much).  

Finally, the panel was die cut, I stamped the sentiment and it was mounted on a white card stock base.     

Here is the inspiration board, what inspires you from this?  

Come on over and play along...all the details can be found at THE HOUSE.   And don't miss out on the creations my team mates have made, check out their blogs for more inspiration.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

That's it...have a great day and keep it crafty!!! 

FEBRUARY 2019 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!!! 

Wendesday is challenge day at The House That Stamps Built and this Wednesday it's an inspiration board challenge.  

This is the card I created for the challenge using Repeat Impressions Stamps #2918-K "Kayaker" and #1105-E "Thinking of You".  I was inspired by the colors on the inspiration board.  

I water colored the background on watercolor paper then stamped the kayaker and used a alcohol ink marker to create a silhouette by filling in the open spaces with the marker.  

What are you inspired by when you see this board?  We'd love to see you join the challenge, so here's the link to THE HOUSE where you can get all the details.  

My team mates are excecptionally talented and would love it if you stopped by their blogs for more inspiration.  Leave a little note while you're there.  We all love your comments.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

JANUARY 2019 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House friends!!!! 

It's another Wednesday challenge for you at The House That Stamps Built.  I hope you're playing along with us each week throughout the month.  

For every weekly entry into our challenge, you'll be entered into a drawing for a $25.00 gift certificate for any Repeat Impressions stamps of you choosing.  And, you have ALL MONTH to enter any or all of the challenges!!! 

This week we're challenged with an inspiration board.  Here is a card I created using the inspiration.  The RI Stamps I used were RI#9307-L "Dress Form", RI#5111-H "Star Sil (lg) and the sentiment is RI#4124-H "When You Wish".

To create this card, I stamped the dress form and large star in VersaMark ink and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder.  Then, with a star stencil, I sponged Delicata gold ink through the stencil to build the star background.  The dress was colored with Prismacolor pencils and the shading was done with Copic Markers.    

The image panel was die cut with a frame die which allowed me to sponge more gold ink around the edge of the panel.  The frame was popped up with mounting tape before adhering to the center image. For a final touch of glitz, I used a Viva Glitter Pen and dotted some sparkle between the stars.  

Here's the inspiration board for this week's challenge  

 Come on over and play along with us - for more inspiration visit the blogs of my team mates.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

For all the details on entering this challenge and all our challenges each month, as well as a Monday, weekly PICK OF THE WEEK for discounted stamps, head on over to THE HOUSE.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  

DECEMBER 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!  

We've got an inspiration challenge for you at The House That Stamps Built blog today and we hope you'll be inspired to join us.  

To create this card I first stamped then masked off RI Stamp #3814-K "Ornament Frame" in the area where I wanted the focal image to be on an 80# white cs panel.  I then sponged two Distress Inks (Peeled Paint and Spun Sugar) for a background.  

Once the background was semi-dry, and leaving the mask in place, I very, very lightly sprayed RI# 5103-I "Ornament Sil" with water and set it down on the background in areas were I wanted the ink to be removed, creating a "ghost" effect.  I quickly dabbed up any excess moisture with a soft cloth. 

Letting this process to completely dry, I then splattered some white acrylic paint mixed with water over the panel.  

The mask was removed from the focal image and RI#2012-H "Poinsettia"  was then stamped in light gray ink in the center of the bulb.  I used Copic markers to color the background of the bulb around the poinsettia as well as the poinsettia itself.  

Copic Markers were used to create faint lines or strings for the bulbs and a gel glitter pen was used to add a little sparkle.  It's subtle, but RI Stamp # 2015-D "Tiny Poinsettia"  was stamped into the bg with water to create more texture.  

To finish off the card, I used a Viva glitter pen to add silver dimension to the bulb hanger piece.  A torn edge die was used to cut and frame the panel and Distress Ink was used to add a dark edging.  

Here's the inspiration.  As you can readily see, I gravitated toward the colors and the poinsettia.  

To see outstanding examples for this inspiration please check out the blogs of my team-mates.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Come on over and join this challenge.  Let's see what inspires you. For all the details on how to enter and what you might win if you do, visit THE HOUSE.  

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

OCTOBER 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends,

Are you ready for another weekly challenge from The House That Stamps Built?  

It's a beautiful inspiration challenge this week....here's my card.

Using RI Stamp #5127-K "Maple Leaf Sil (lg") and Ranger Alcohol Lift Ink, I stamped the color lift on a white card stock and got this gorgeous result.  I absolutely love this ink and the many ways you can use it.  The sentiment is RI#1105-E "Thinking of You", which I stamped in a kraft color dye ink.  

This is the inspiration we were given to play with.  What inspires you from this image and color chart?  

Come on over to THE HOUSE, check out the challenge details, join the challenge and play along.  

If you'd like to see incredible takes on this inspiration challenge, check out the blogs of my team mates....they will truly inspire you.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

SEPTEMBER 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House friends!!!!

There's a new challenge at The House That Stamps Built and it's an Inspiration Challenge.  

Come on over and play along!  

My card uses RI# 4313-K "Sunflower" and RI#1807-F "I'm So Glad...".  I stamped the sunflower on watercolor paper and painted it with Distress Inks.  After die cutting the image, I adhered it to a layer of burlap and then onto another die cut layer.  

I was inspired by the sunflower and the soft colors of the palette.

  I hope you found some inspiration and will come over and play along with our challenge.  The details can be found at THE HOUSE.  

Please visit my talented team mates' blogs...they have incredible creations to show you.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  

JULY 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House Friends!!!  It's time to get inspired by another inspiration challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This is such a fun challenge and I hope you'll play along.

I used RI Stamps #1020100001-W "Flower Power Background", and "So Much " from RI # 10000 from the unmounted "Thanks" set.  The "Thanks" die I used on this card is from Simon Says Stamp, "Script Thanks"

The background was created using the stained glass technique, which I love for bold backgrounds like this.  

What inspires you?  Check out the details of the challenge at THE HOUSE and come on over and play along.  

For more incredible examples of this inspiration challenge please visit the blogs of my design team Rock Stars.

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

I'm also entering and playing along with the new challenge at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge "Use Die/and or Punch"  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  See you at the challenge!  

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.  

MARCH 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE FOR THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!  

Wednesday is challenge day at The House That Stamps Built, and this week it's an inspiration challenge.

I stamped the image RI#9606-K "Margarita Glass" three times, masking as I went in order to get them lined up in back of each other.  Keeping the masks in place I sponged the bg with Distress Oxide Inks.  I removed the masked and colored the glasses with Copic Markers.  I used some "snow" glitter I've had around for a long time, to enhance the glasses and make it look like salt around the rims.  The sentiment is a partial stamp of RI#3935-F "Spring Is...."   The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  For a little detail, I added white dots on the 'table cloth' with my white gel pen.  

Here's your go-to inspiration - I picked up on the colors and the containers.

There you have it!  Come on over to THE HOUSE and join in on the inspiration challenge!  

You will love these blogs of my team mates...showing off their fabulous work using this inspiration.  

 Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

FEBRUARY 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE FROM THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello house friends!  

There's a new challenge at The House That Stamps Built and this week it's an inspiration challenge.  

For this card, I used RI Stamp #9205-O "Hydrangea" from the "Beautiful Days" collection.  I stamped the image with Versamark embossing ink on a piece of Ranger watercolor paper and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  Using Derwent Inktense watercolor pencils I colored layers of color on the petals and leaves.  I fussy cut (with my art knife) the little bee and then used an oval die to cut the image with a technique called "Out of the Box" die cutting.  When the coloring and cutting was done, I layered it against another oval die cut in dark purple.  

I mounted the ovals against an embossed background layer I created using a We R Memory Keepers "next level" basket weave embossing folder.  The sentiment is a portion of the RI Stamp#2501-H "Happy Birthday From..." which I also stamped with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white ep.  

Here is the inspiration palette and I hope you'll join the challenge this week at The House.  All the details can be found there for entering and what you could win.  

To see more wonderful creations using this palette challenge, visit these blogs of my team mates.

 Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Thanks so much for stopping by.

I'm entering this card in the Wednesday Challenge at Simon Says Stamps Blog "Make Your Own Background".

JANUARY 2018 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello, House friends!  

The newest challenge at The House That Stamps Built is an inspiration challenge.  I really enjoy doing these challenges because they make me think outside the box and create freely.  

The image on this card is one of the fabulous Repeat Impressions Lighthouse stamps.  If you love lighthouses (and I do) these are really fun stamps to work with.  In this case I used RI#1407-P "Winter Harbor Light, Lg".  I chose a neutral color card stock and colored the image with my PrismaColor Pencils in white and light greys and blues.  To create the sun/moon, I used a round punch and created a hole in a Post It note.  After adhering it to the area I wanted the sun/moon to be,  I lightly sponged some white pigment ink into the negative area.  After the pigment ink was dry, I die cut the panel, used Pumice Stone Distress Ink to distress the edges, and finally, with my white gel pen, I added "snow".  The sentiment is RI#1145-F "Greetings from..." and was stamped in a dark grey ink.  

Here's the inspiration piece.  I was inspired by the neutral colors and the texture from the trees which I transfered to the rocks on my image.  

For more fabulous ideas on using this inspiration, check out what fabulous pieces my team mates have done.  

 Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Now it's your turn to get creative and have some fun with this inspiration.  Come on over and play along with this week's challenge at The House.  All the details on how to play can be found there.  

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope to see you in the challenge.  

I'm adding my card to the new Simon Says Wednesday Challenge "Add a Sentiment". 

DECEMBER 2017 INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House Friends!!!! 

Tick, tock, tick, tock.....we're on the Christmas day countdown...are you ready?  Whether we're ready or not...it's about to be here, isn't it?  

At The House That Stamps Built, we have an inspiration challenge for you this week....and just a reminder, you can still play in the last two challenges (Designer's Choice and Tic, Tac, Toe) and all challenges for December all month long.  Time is on your side if you'd like to join in and get in a drawing for winning some fabulous Repeat Impressions Stamps.   

This card uses only two Repeat Impressions Stamps, RI#2708-M "Pine Branch" and RI#2208-G "Warmest Wishes".  I used an edge die and my white gel pen to accent the pattern layer.  

I let the colors and the pine tree from this inspiration help me create my card.  

Thanks for stopping by today, and don't forget to check out THE HOUSE for details on how to enter this challenge as well as all the inspirations for this month and you don't want to miss these incredible ladies' blogs for lots more inspiration.  

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

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I'm wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and thanks so much for visiting my blog and commenting on my creations all year.  I truly appreciate your time and your comments.  Sending hugs to each and every one of you.