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.  

  







  

BEAUTIFUL BLUEBERRIES - MY PICK OF THE WEEK

Hello everyone!  Cheri here with my pick of the week for you for The House That Stamps Built and Repeat Impressions Stamps.

The stamps I used here are discounted 20% for one week only, so don't miss out on this opportunity.  

Here in Maine, it's all about the blueberries and Wendy, has some gorgeous blueberry stamps.  If you like to color, these are exceptional stamps to color with.  I had such a fun time creating these cards and matching envelopes.  

RI#1503-M Blueberry Strand

RI#1001-B Blueberry Border

RI#2703-E "Small Blueberry Cluster"

RI# 2701-I "Large Blueberry Cluster"

I used Copic Markers to color all the images and (here's a tip) in order to keep the markers from bleeding through on the envelopes, I placed a piece of plastic packaging inside the envelop while I colored.  

I hope you were inspired by my creation with these blueberry stamps and I hope you take the opportunity to grab them for yourself while this 20% discount is available.  You won't be sorry.  

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 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!  

   

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!!! 

MARCH 2019 TIC, TAC, TOE CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House fans!!!! 

We've got a Tic, Tax, Toe Challenge for you at The House That Stamps Built this week.  Come on over and play along!  

My card uses RI Stamps #4518-J "Gift Box", #4519-H "Gift Box Top" and #2501-H "Happy Birthday From...".   and RI#1317-L "Vase of Tulips" .

I colored all images with Copic Markers.  The box and box top were masked and stamped to get the arrangment I desired.  

I fussy cut the bouquet from the vase of tulip stamp and adhered it to the box so it would appear coming from the box.  

The inside of the box was paper pieced with scraps of paper (although that's a little hard to see in the photo).  The sentiment is a partial of the full sentiment.  

I added some sparkle with a Viva Glitter pen.  

Here is the TTT board for this challenge, I used the left-hand side verticle line: Birthday, Green and Paper Piecing.  

Come on over to THE HOUSE and play along....this is a fun TTT board!!! 

Need more inspiration?  Check out the blogs of my amazing team mates!!! 

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you found some inspiration. 

MARCH 2019 DESIGNER'S CHOICE CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hello House Fans!!! 

It's the first Wednesday of a new month and that means it's a Designer's Choice Challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  

This month, the very talented Joy Hadden is our challenge host and she has selected Spring/Easter.  

My card for Joy's challenge uses Repeat Impressions Stamps #702-K "Clover Bunny" and RI# 3909-F "Happy Easter/Spring".    I used Copic Markers to color the bunny image.  The tiny "petals" around the bunny were the centers of the bow die I used over the plaid scrap at the top edge.  I also scattered a few tiny drops of Viva glue pen in light pink for a little more dimension.  

I hope you'll join us over at The House for Joy's challenge.  The details for entering and prizes can be found there.  Check it out.  

Also, check out the blogs of my team mates for more fantastic inspiration for this challenge.  

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you found some creative inspiration while you were here.  

If you'd like to purchase some awesome Repeat Impressions Stamps, I have a coupon code for you RR10CW for a 10% discount on your entire order!  

MY PICKS OF THE WEEK FOR THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hey there House friends!!! 

It's Cheri and it's my turn to select some awesome Repeat Impressions Stamps for you this week, which you can purchase for 20% off....but hurry, the discount is only for one week!!! 

My picks are RI#4216-M Gray Wolf, 815-N Moose, 4218-K Whitetail Deer and Fawn and 1112-E Just a Note.  

A little back story:  I was in a local Hallmark store a few weeks before Christmas this past year, picking up my traditional Hallmark tree ornaments, and I over heard a man blowing out frustrating groans while looking at the selection of packaged card sets.  He offhandedly said, "all I want is to find a package of note cards for a guy".  A sales clerk stepped over to him and asked if she could help and he told he was looking for a package of note cards for his son to give his male teacher for a Christmas gift.  

Well, that's all this card maker needed to hear to set the wheels in my head turning, and I thought for my next POTW I would create just such a package of cards, and this is what I came up with.  There are two of each image in the package for a total of 6 cards.  

To create this set of cards here are the supplies I used:  My selection of stamps, an ink (VersaFine Smoky Grey) for sponging the background, darker ink for stamping, and colored pencils for coloring (you could use whatever coloring medium you like).  

I made the masks using a circle die and an oval die and cut them on simple copy paper...the thinner the better then sponged the ink inside the mask.   

Using my MISTI stamp positioner (extremely helpful for this technique), I stamped the image within the area of the sponging where I wanted it to be.  I did this with each image.  

I used the same color of pencils to lightly color in specific areas of each of the images for highlight and continuity.  I kept the colors neutral and earthy in order to give the stamps the spotlight.  

Here they are singly...

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.  

JANUARY 2019 TIC, TAC, TOE CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Hey there House friends!!!! 

I hope you had a chance to play along with Esther's designer choice challenge last week at The House That Stamps Built.  If not...there's plenty of time, you have all month to get into every Wednesday challenge before a winner for a $25.00 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions is drawn.  

Today it's the month's Tic, Tac, Toe challenge.  You know the drill...pick three items in a row and create a card or project and have fun!  

Here's a card I made with the selections from the TTT board

Creating this card was such fun...I love it when you never know where it's going when you start a project and it somehow ends up looking pretty cool.  (So, now you know, I'm not a planner.  More of a "fly by the seat of your pants" kinda gal.)  

The stamps used were RI#1216-O "Ruffled Heart Border" and RI#8607-D "Thanks So Much".  

I first stamped the Ruffled Heart image on black card stock with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  Before coloring the image I made a mask and splattered white guache around the bg.  I then colored the ruffle with white PrismaColor pencils adding black in the dark folds.  

The heart ruffle was stamped again on white card panel, the sentiment was added and then stenciled with "Scribbled Rose" stencil from A Colorful Life by lightly sponging Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks, giving it a satiny look.  That piece was then fussy cut and applied to the center of the black image.  

For a final touch of dimension I added Enamel Accents in black to represent pearls in the gathers of the pillow.  

Here's the challenge TTT board.  I followed the row across the middle (L-R) Black and/or White, Thank you, Dimension.  Let's see what you can do with this board.  

You will not be disappointed if you check out my team mates blogs and their creations...prepare to be blown away.

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Join our TTT Challenge this week and enter yourself in the drawing for some fabulous stamps from Repeat Impressions.  The details can be found at THE HOUSE.  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I hope you found some inspiration here today.  

JANUARY 2019 DESIGNER'S CHOICE CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Happy New Year, House friends!!! 

We begin a new year, and a new month of weekly challenges from The House That Stamps Built.  

You're invited to join the challenges all month long, any time during the month.  At the end of the month, one of the entries will be drawn to win a $25.00 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions Stamps.  

To begin this month, Esther has a designer's choice challenge for us and she has selected "snow globe" as her challenge.  

I love this snow globe stamp.  It's RI#8902-L "Moose Snow Globe".  Repeat Impressions has a fabulous collection of snow globe stamps, and I'm sure you can find one you'd love to add to your collection.  The snowy background was created by stamping in white gouache for more texture using RI#8914 "Snowflake Solid (sm)", #8916-E "Snowflake Outline (sm)", #8917-I "Snowflake Outline (lg)" .   The sentiment is RI#424-G "Wishing You a Season".

I was inspired to try and create a no line coloring technique of the Moose Snow Globe with Faber-Castell Polychromos color pencils after watching a video by Debby Hughes.  I loved the process and changed a few things, such as where Debby used a white gel pen for highlighting, I used a Posca pen.  

I used a nesting torn edge die by Penny Black to frame the globe panel.  

Come on over and join us as we take Esther's challenge of "snow globe".  All the details are at The House.  

For more incredible snow globe creations please visit my team mates blogs.  They have some awsome things to show you.   

Donna - Heather - Joy - Laurie - Esther - Shirley

Thanks so much for stopping by today!