RI WIW: Designer's Choice Challenge

Hey there y'all!  Happy Wednesday to each and every one of you!  

I hope this finds you having a great week!

This week Repeat Impressions Rock Star, Cheri has challenged us to create a card/project with a Sun, Sand or Surf theme.

I love going to the beach and walking along the ocean edge and looking for shells so I chose to use one of my favorite Repeat Impressions shell images.

I love using cream and gold when I am creating sea themed cards, makes me think of the shimmer that you see in the sand.  

I started with a top fold cream card and then added a panel to the top that was cut with a curved edge and embossed with a "bubble" embossing folder.  I added it to the card with foam tabs.  Next, I stamped the sentiment from the Sea Quartet #8508-U and the Conch Shell #2410-I with Versamark ink and embossed them with detail gold embossing powder.  I cut out the shell and mounted it to the bubble panel with a foam tab.

Now, be sure to head on over to each of my fellow Rock Star's blogs and check out their awesome creations.

Cheri 

Joy 

Deonna 

Karen  

Patti J

Kathy

Heather

Melissa (you are here)

Now, we would love it if you would play along this week, you could have a chance to win an awesome prize.  Head on over to The House That Stamps Built blog and check out all of the details.

Want to do a little Repeat Impressions shopping?  Be sure to grab the 10% off code from my right sidebar, it will make shopping so much more fun!

RI WIW-Anything Goes

Happy, happy Wednesday friends!

I was so excited that this was an "Anything Goes" week on The House That Stamps Built blog.  The last six months have been full of trials for our family and sometimes we didn't know if we were coming or going.  We have had a family member with a 4 month stent in the hospital and we are now on the road to recovery.  We've helped another family member find a new in home care provider and that is working out wonderful.  Recently our family lost a wonderful man in a tragic automobile accident and last week we had the chance to celebrate his amazing life.  So you see, it has been quite a year!

I chose to share a card with you that I created and shared last summer.  This card is so special to me because it showcases the sea and to me the sea is a place to go when you need to take a deep breath, gather your thoughts and recharge.

A few times a year, I am fortunate to visit the sea with some amazing friends and family.  It may be the West Coast or the East Coast, but no matter it is a time of joy for me and a time I cherish.

I think this card says it all.  My wish for you all is that you will get a chance to dip your toes into the sea, take a deep breath and relax and enjoy all that life has to offer.

I chose a sand/surf color theme and the RI Sea Quartet #8508-U stamp.  I embossed the image in gold embossing powder and edged it with some Tea Dye Distress ink.  I popped the image up onto an embossed aqua panel and then added that to a deep teal panel and sand colored card.  For a finishing touch, I added some shimmery gold Dew Drops in two of the corners.

Now, I ask you to please stop by each of my fellow Rock Star's blogs, check out their amazing creations and leave a little love while you are there. :)

Cheri 

Joy 

Deonna 

Karen  

Patti J

Kathy

Debbie

Melissa (you are here)

We would love to have you play along with the challenge as well, head on over to The House That Stamps Built for all of the details.  Wendy will be giving away an awesome prize to one lucky person who plays along :)

Don't forget, if you are itching to do a little Repeat Impressions' shopping, you will find a 10% off discount code in my right sidebar.  Don't forget to use it! You will be glad that you did!

Sweet Love

Hey there,  I am here today to share card #3 in my Crafter's Companion Valentine series.

Here are the Crafter's Companion products used:

CC Mulberry Wood—Sweet Love 

SN Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock

Coastal Pearl Shimmering Cardstock

SN Markers: BT1, BT3, CG1, CG2, DR3, DR5, DR6, DR7, IB1, IG1, IG2, TN1, TN2, TN3, TN7, Blender

CC Die’sire Circle Doilies Die Set

Embossilicious 8 x 8 Rose Garden Folder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Be sure to check back next week for card #4 in the series.

RI WIW Designer's Choice Challenge--Ring in the New Year

Hey there!

Well, it looks like we have made it through another year!  My hopes and dreams are for a happy and healthy 2015 for all!

This week on The House That Stamps Built blog, Rock Star Cheri has challenged us to create a card/project with a "Ring in the New Year" theme.

While our New Year's celebration will be a pizza party with some great friends, I am sure there are a few who will be enjoying a beverage of some sort.  I created my card using the Repeat Impressions Martini glass.

I stamped the Repeat Impressions Martini #9304-L in black ink and colored it in with Spectrum Noir markers.  My "Cheers" sentiment is from the Wine Time collection.  I used the RI Cheers #9505-F by masking off all but the "Cheers" on the stamp and then inking with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and removing the mask before I stamped.

I added some sequins as a finishing touch.

Be sure to check out each of the Rock Star's blogs this week and see all of their awesome creations.

Cheri 

Joy 

Deonna 

Karen  

Geri

Patti J

Melissa (you are here)

We would love to have you play along with Cheri's challenge as well, head on over to The House That Stamps Built for all of the details.  Wendy will be giving away an awesome prize to one lucky person who plays along :)

Don't forget, if you are itching to do a little Repeat Impressions' shopping, you will find a 10% off discount code in my right sidebar.  Don't forget to use it! You will be glad that you did!

RI WIW Designers Choice Challenge--Think Snow

Hey there friends!  This week on The House That Stamps Built blog is a Designers Choice Challenge and it is my turn to pick the challenge so I decided the theme would be:

Think Snow

 

Shaker cards are all the rage right now and I have been busy making them left and right.

I stamped this adorable Repeat Impressions Joyful Rabbit #203-P in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with just a few markers.  A little pink for the ears, a touch of gray for the bunny and some light aqua for the falling snow.

I stamped the RI Wishing You a Season #424-G in black ink and cut it out with an oval die and then mounted it to a red oval die cut.  

The top panel was embossed with a snowflake/dot folder and then I went over the dots and snowflakes with a Clear Wink of Stella Brush pen.  You can see it, but this card is so shimmery.  I used some sequins and a wee bit of snow for the inside of the shaker.

Be sure to check out my fellow Rock Star's blogs for some more 

Think Snow fun.

Cheri 

Joy 

Deonna 

Karen  

Geri

Patti J

Melissa (you are here)

We would love to have you play along with the sketch challenge as well, head on over to TheHouse That Stamps Built for all of the details.  Wendy will be giving away an awesome prize to one lucky person who plays along :)

Don't forget, if you are itching to do a little Repeat Impressions' shopping, you will find a 10% off discount code in my right sidebar.  Don't forget to use it!

Winter Wonderland

Happy Friday morning y'all!

We are getting some much needed rain here in the Eastern Sierra Nevada mountain range and that means snow in the hills when the temps drop!

This is what I imagine Yosemite National Park is looking like today, snow capped and beautiful!

I wish you could see all of the glitter on this card, it is so pretty in person.  

Here are the fun Crafter's Companion products used:

CC Art Kure—Half Dome 

SN Premium White Cardstock

CC Embossalicious Christmas Elegance 6 x 6 Folder

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

I also used the following:

Black cardstock, Echo Park Snowflake dies, Silver cording, Elizabeth Craft Designs Warm Diamond Glitter, and a black gem.

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Magazine Farewell Blog Hop

This is my second post today, please scroll down to find my Repeat Impressions post

It is time to say goodbye to the end of another era....the era of Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine.

You should have arrived at my blog from Chunyuan Wu's blog, but if you didn't you can  click the Inlinks link below to start from the beginning.

I am not going to go on and on as we all know that Paper Crafts has done so much for the rubberstamping/papercrafting community, industry and its designers. 

You will be missed by many.

To say THANK YOU I have created a few cards from quick and easy to lots of layers to share my GRATITUDE for the fine folks at Paper Crafts and Scrapbooking Magazine.

Now, on with the show:

Products used:
Stamps:  Reverse Confetti
Ink:  Memento Teal Zeal
Cardstock:  Bazzill, Neenah
Extras:  Ribbon, Glitter Glue

Products used:

Images:  Silhouette Cut Files

Cardstocks:  Neenah, Bazzill
Extras:  Crafter's Companion Chevron Embossalicious 6 x 6 Folder, Cuttlebug Dots Embossing Folder, Glitter Glue, Glossy Accents

Products used:
Stamps:  Crafter's Companion Barkley Everyday--Special Friend
Cardstocks:  Bazzill, Spectrum Noir Premium White Cardstock, Stash
Coloring:  Spectrum Noir Markers: BG1, BG2, BG3, BG4, CR8, DG2, EB3,GB1, IB1, PP1, TB2, TB4, TN7
Extras:  Twine, Flowers, Wink of Stella, Glossy Accents

I hope you have enjoyed my creations, now I am going to send you on to Annette Allen's blog.

Magical Star

 Whew, Thanksgiving is behind us and recovery has begun!  

Today I am sharing a card that could be a Winter or Christmas themed card.

Crafter's Companion products used:

Crafter's Companion Moonbeam Meadow Magical Star

Spectrum Noir Premium White Cardstock

Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock Coastal Pearl

Crafter's Companion Shimmering Cardstock Sky Blue

Embossalicious Christmas Elegance 6 x 6

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink

Spectrum Noir Markers:  BT2, BT4, CR2, CT4, GB1, GT1, IG1, TB2, TB3

Half Dome Memories

What can I say, I love this stamp so much!  With Yosemite National Park nearly in my back yard, it is easy to see why I love this image so much.  

You can find this image and a few other Yosemite images at Crafter's Companion.

I so wished you could see the sparkle on the trees from the green glitter glue.  This card is so pretty, I just love the way it turned out.  I used this sentiment because I thought it was perfect with the majestic image of Half Dome.

You could easily add a Christmas or Winter sentiment and a little snow here and there too and get a completely different look.

Here are the Crafter's Companion products used:

Crafter's Companion Art Kure-Half Dome
Crafter's Companion Sentimentals-Verses
Spectrum Noir Premium White Cardstock

Memento Olive Grove Ink
Embossilicious Lattice 6 x 6 Folder
Lime Green Stickles

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you have a great weekend!

RI WIW-Designers Choice Challenge--Summer Fun

Hey, hey, hey....it's Wednesday and that means it is time for another Designers Choice Challenge on The House That Stamps Built Blog.  This week, Rock Star Brenda has challenged us to create something with a Summer Fun Theme

For me, summer means heading to the beach...and maybe dipping a toe or two into the ocean.  :)

I chose a sand/surf color theme and the RI Sea Quartet #8508-U stamp.  I embossed the image in gold embossing powder and edged it with some Tea Dye Distress ink.  I popped the image up onto an embossed aqua panel and then added that to a deep teal panel and sand colored card.  For a finishing touch, I added some shimmery gold Dew Drops in two corners.

Be sure to head over to The House That Stamps Built and check out all of the challenge details.  We would love it if you played along.  You will have a chance to win a fabulous prize too!

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Please use the discount code below to save 10% on your next Repeat Impressions purchase.

GRS Appetizer Time

Whoo hooo!  It is the 15th of the month and that means that it is time for the next Gourmet Rubber Stamps Appetizer release.

 I want to share a card I created with the Say it Big Appetizer set , this set has four large sentiments that will work well as the focal image on a card as I did below.

For this card I let the sentiment say it all! You could easily change up the colors/embossing on this one and make this card masculine.  

Want to make this card?  Here are the basics:

1.  Fold a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of white cardstock in half with the fold on the left edge.

2.  Trim 1/4" from top right edge.

3.  Emboss top of card with embossing folder of choice.

4.  Add coordinating print paper strips to bottom right edge of card.

5.  Stamp Happy Birthday on piece of print paper.

6.  Layer sentiment piece to two coordinating print layers. 

7.  Wrap twine around left edge of sentiment stack and tie with bow.

8.  Roll scraps of print cardstock to create the candles.  

9.  Insert twine into candles for the wick and adhere to sentiment panel.

Ta Da!  Quick and easy and ready to go the next time you need a birthday card.  

Be sure to visit each of the the DT blogs for loads more inspiration.

GRS Blog

Deb Felts

Jeni Allen

Jennifer Ingle

Kelli Palmer

Kendra Wietstock

Stephanie Lee

Taylor Usry
Melissa Cash (you are here)

Lori Barnett

Joy Stagg
Meridith Ethington

Winter Wishes

Good Monday Morning!  I woke up to the rain!  I am not a big fan of rain, especially when I have to go out in it but we really need this rain so I am happy to see it.

I guess it is time to cook some chili or maybe a big pot of chicken and dumplings.  Yum!

The card I am sharing with you today is for the new Case this Sketch Challenge.  Below you will see sketch #2.

My card was quick and easy to make.  I started with a base of white cardstock and cut a smaller layer at 4" x 5 1/4" and punched out a large snowflake, ran it through a snowflake embossing folder, glittered the postitive snowflake image and popped it up right back into the negative space that it came out of.  I added a little flag with "winter wishes" from the GKD Snowman Wishes mini set.

Here is the sketch:  

Isn't this sketch great?  I can't wait to see what #3 looks like.

Thanks

Hello, I hope you all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed Mother's Day as much as I did.  I had a nice visit with my Mom and my sister.  My sister made a yummy lemon blueberry cake. It was sooooo good! 

The card I am sharing is one I made a couple of weeks ago and never managed to get it posted.  The colors were inspired from the CR84FN24 challenge which were to use:  Light Blue, Aqua and Cream.  The layout was taken from Clean and Simple FTL137.  

Well, I will leave you now as I haven't stamped much in the last couple of weeks and I need to head to the studio and get creating.  Thank you to all of you who visit and help to cheer me on with this amazing craft, hobby, obsession of mine.  I appreciate each and every one of you.