AUGUST 2017 SKETCH CHALLENGE AT THE HOUSE

Hello House Fans!  

Whenever there is a 5th Wednesday in the month, Wendy adds a sketch challenge to our monthly list of challenges.  These are not my favorites, as I struggle so much with sketches...but once I get into the challenge of it, I find out I enjoy the process.  So, being that this is the 5th Wednesday (and last) for August 2017 there's a sketch challenge for you over at The House That Stamps Built. 

The Repeat Impression Stamps I used for this card are a collection of stamps from RI#Flower Power Separates.  I colored them all with Copic Markers and used embossing folders and dies to build the sketch and frame the focal flowers. (there are two...one is stacked on top of the other).  

Here's the sketch challenge.

This is also the last challenge for you to play in this whole month of challenge.  You've had the whole month to add cards in each week of challenges for a big opportunity to win a whole bunch of RI Stamps.  If you haven't been playing in each challenge and have wanted to, you have a whole week to get entered into any or all from the first challenge of the month until now.  

Check out THE HOUSE for all the details.

And please visit these talented ladies and see what fabulous creations they have to show you using the sketch challenge.  

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

Thanks so much for stopping by!  

CALENDULA THANKS

Hi there Junkies!!! 

So much "purty" going on with this awesome stamp, "Calendula", it's fun to color in any color medium you choose.  

My choice of medium was my MozArt Brush Pens.  These pens are much like the Zig brush markers but a whole lot cheaper.  I've had them and been using them for a while now and I really enjoy coloring with them and the colors are very vibrant.  

After coloring the Calendula, I added some detail with both white and black pens. The background color was created using Copic Markers.  

I hope you found some inspiration here today.

If you'd like to purchase this stamp or any other Technique Junkies Stamps (excluding stamps from the August Release) and would like a 10% discount on your entire stamp purchase, please use my discount code at check out and have fun creating!  

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.

BE COOL LLAMA

Hi there Junkies!  

The cutest (and most fun) Llama on the stamping block is the "Be Cool Llama" from the August 2017 release.  

I had so much fun playing around with this stamp and I'll be using it more in future cards, but for this one, I gave them a party....lots of rainbow colored waterfall dots using "Here We Go Round In Circles" (this set has become one of my favorites).  I did a little masking in order to get the multiple layers from the stamp rather than cut the stamp apart.  

Using my MISTI, I first masked the open line llama with a post-it note while I inked up the solid images with VersaFine Black Ink.  Removing the mask, I stamped the inked images onto a white cs layer.  I continued to repeat this process until I was happy with the depth of the black ink on the solid images.  

On a separate cardstock layer I reversed the process and masked the two solid images then stamped the open line llama image.  I created an image mask for this one with masking paper and cut it out and layed it over the llama while I stamped the rainbow dots with Distress Inks.  Additionally, for more detail I chose some gel pens close to the DI colors and added those.  

I used a border die to cut the solid image and then added a piece of black scrap to accent it.  I then taped that assembled piece to the rainbow piece and used a frame die to cut the entire piece before mounting in on a black cs base layer.  Sharpie pens were used to color the "Be Cool" message.  

It was not a quick and easy card to make, but I so enjoyed the process.  What a fun stamp this is.  

I hope you found some inspiration.  

Technique Junkies has a ton of fabulous stamps to play with....go shopping and use my discount for any stamps you like (Sorry...those from August 2017 Release are not included) for a 10% discount on your entire order of stamps.  

Happy stamping!  

INSPIRATION CHALLENGE AUGUST 2017 FOR THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT

Helllooo House people....New challenge at The House That Stamps Built going on and it's an inspiration challenge...a photo and/or a color palette...you choose.   

I love to create different backgrounds for images and sometimes I go a little on the simple side....I think this is one of those.  I used RI #3415-I "Adirondack Chair"   and the sentiment isng Yo RI#1214-G "Knowing You".  

Here's the inspiration.  Have some fun and join us!  

If you like our challenges then you might be interested in learning this exciting news that this month, we've extended our play time.....Here's the notice from the first week's DCC challenge"Stamp Your Favorite Movie"  

we’ve decided to cut you all a little slack and are extending our challenge deadlines a bit. This month the deadline for submissions for ALL our challenges will be September 5th. So for example… starting with today’s Designer’s Choice Challenge you’ll have the entire month to create and upload your card. Then when we introduce our next new challenge next week you’ll have three weeks to submit for that one, two weeks for the following challenge, and the usual one week to submit the last challenge of the month. So with a little less of a time crunch we hope you’ll find that you have more opportunity to play along with more of our challenges.

Pretty exciting for all of you who are busy during the summer months.  

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 challenge, check out THE HOUSE and for incredible inspiration check out these awesome designers

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

Thanks for stopping by today....I hope you'll check out our challenges and join us this month.