RI What If Wednesday-Guest Designer Robin Clendenning

Hey, hey, hey.....it's Wednesday!  

This week on The House That Stamps Built blog we are changing it up a bit and Wendy has asked my amazing and talented friend, Robin Clendenning to be a guest designer this week and Robin has chosen a "Winter" theme for us to play with.

I started by creating the snowflake background by stamping the RI Snowflakes #8805-K in blue ink randomly onto a white panel and adding the RI Will Work #4604-E in black ink.

Next, I stamped the adorable RI Snow Juggling #4713-I with black ink onto a white diecut panel and colored him with markers.

Be sure to check out each of the Rock Star blogs this week to see their amazing creations.

Cheri 

Joy 

Deonna 

Karen  

Geri

Patti J

Robin (guest designer)

Melissa (you are here)

Be sure to head on over to The House That Stamps Built blog and check out all of the details of our first Guest Designer challenge.

Countdown to Confetti-Day 2

Hi there, I am back for day 2 of the Reverse Confetti Sneak Peeks and today we are sharing the  Celebrate Cake set that will be released on July 8th.

 Before we get started with the show and tell, I wanted to let you know that if you leave a comment on each of the designers blogs during the sneak peeks and you could win a $15.00 gift certificate for the store.  The details are listed below:

First up is a cute little cupcake, all glittery and ready for the party!  My layout inspiration for this one is the July SFYTT.

I picked some fun papers from Echo Park to create this sweet birthday card.  I stamped the bottom of the cupcake in some pool ink and the top with a pretty pink.  I die cut the image panel and two coordinating circles to create the focal image.  After all of the layers were assembled, I added some pretty Stickles glitter to make the cupcake sparkle.  You know, ya gotta dress up for the party!

We've had the cake so how about a little ice cream? I started with a 4 1/4" square orange card and rounded the bottom two corners  I stamped the cone image in tan ink and the ice cream and sentiment  in orange.  I masked off part of the ice cream words to make it work just how I wanted it to.  A little twine and a button were added just for the fun of it.  I popped up the white layer with some foam tape and added some Stickles to the top of the ice cream.  Glitter to a stamped image is like jewelry to a woman. A must if you ask me :)

Be sure to leave a comment to win and head over to the Reverse Confetti Blog and check out the complete list of designers who are sharing amazing projects using the Celebrate Cake set.

Reverse Confetti:Sneak Peek Day 1

Hi there,  I am thrilled to be sharing sneak peeks for the Reverse Confetti July release.  I know you can't hear me giggling, but I am!

  Before we get started with the show and tell, I wanted to let you know that if you leave a comment on each of the designers blogs during the sneak peeks and you could win a $15.00 gift certificate for the store.  The details are listed below:

I am sharing two cards with you today using the Inner Rock Star and Whole Lotta Dots sets.

Isn't she cute?  As soon as I saw this set I knew I wanted my card to be bright and fun!  I stamped the dots from Whole Lotta Dots in neon purple ink and then stamped the records in neon yellow at the top of the panel. I added a sentiment from the Inner Rock Star set and then stamped the skull image and colored and fussy cut it out and popped up for a little dimension.  I added glitter glue to her flower and glossy accents to the bones.  

I decided to do a card that was a little more masculine for the boys in our lives and this is what I came up with.

This one has a bit of a grungy feel with all of the distressed edges.  I started with a green card base and stamped the large dots from Whole Lotta Dots in white ink.   Since I was going for a distressed look, I did not put the stamp on a block.  Instead I just held it in my fingers, pressed in the ink and then directly onto the cardstock.  This gave me the grungy effect I was going for.  After embossing the craft and added a bit more white ink, I layered it to some navy cardstock and then added to the front of the card.  Next, I stamped the guitar from the Inner Rock Star set in green ink and fussy cut it out.  I stamped the sentiment two times, once in navy and again in green.  I layered the navy sentiment to a green panel, cut the green flag from the second image and popped it up for a two tone effect.

Here are these amazing sets in all their glory.

Be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win and head on over to the Reverse Confetti blog for a complete list of designers sharing sneak peeks today.

Butterfly Notes

Hi there! I am so thrilled to have been asked to Guest Design for Tombow today. The project I am sharing with you is a set of simple, easy to mail notecards that I have made for my Mom. Mom loves butterflies, so I picked several butterfly images from my stamp stash to work with.

Each of the cards started with a standard A2 (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") white card and stamped the top half with the butterfly images. For the purple "thinking of you" and the Aqua "happy birthday" cards I colored the Penny Black butterfly stamp directly with my Tombow Dual Brush markers and then spritzed the stamp with water before stamping the image. I love the soft watercolor effect this creates. I added a 3" x 4 1/4" piece of print cardstock and a piece of ribbon to each one using Tombow Mono Tape Runner. To finish off each card, I added a piece of knotted ribbon that I attached with Mono Aqua Adhesive.

I can't thank Sharron and the Crew at Tombow enough for inviting me to share my love of stamping (and Tombow) with you.  Keep your fingers crossed that they will let me do it again!  :)

see you soon,

Center Stage Spotlight Team Inspiration Challenge

It seems like it has been forever since I was able to participate in a blog hop with my fellow Center Stage Designers.  Tonight we have an inspiration challenge for you.  Carolina has picked several cookies from Better Bit of Butter to inspire us with.  You can check out our inspiration photo below my card.  You should have arrived at my blog from my friend Lori McAree's amazing blog.  If you didn't, you can go back to StampTV and start from the beginning. 





I was inspired by cookie #2.  I love the white on white look, I think it is so pretty and elegant.  The cookie looks like it has some gray or silver shading so I used some smokey slate cardstock along with the white cardstock to give my card  the same effect.  First, I embossed the white card with a dot embossing folder and then added a smokey slate panel that had been punched along one side with with a scalloped scallop edger punch.  The pretty flower image from the GKD Spring Basket set was stamped on white cardstock with slate ink and then attached to the smokey slate panel.  I stamped the biggest flower one more time and popped it up for a little bit of 3D.  I added some pearls and a sentiment fromt the GKD Inside and Out set.  A little bit of lace trim finished it off.  This card also used the sketch challenge (STVSKSP20) at StampTV this week.  I love it when things just fall into place like that!

Make sure to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (April 12th), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

Now, I am going to send you on your way to Miesje's awesome blog.  I know she has something special to share with you!

Recipe: 

Stamps:  Spring Basket, Inside and Out-GKD

Paper:  PL White, Smokey Slate-GKD

Ink:  Adirondack Slate

Extras:  Lace Trim, EK Scalloped Scallop Edge punch, Pearls, Dots CB EF, Nesties Petite Ovals and Petite Scallop Ovals, Stardust Glitter Glue

Tombow Guest Designer

A few weeks ago, I received an amazing e-mail from Sharron at Tombow (yes, the amazing marker/adhesive company) asking me if I would do a little guest design spot for them.  Of course, I said YES! 

Today, on the Tombow Blog you will find a tutorial on my Twinkling Tombows Technique.  I believe it is in a printable format for you also.  Check it out and come back and let me know what you think.  If you give my technique a try, leave me a link in the comments section as I would love to check it out! 

If you like what you see, go to Tombow's Facebook page and let them know. 

Happy Friday,

Pretty Purple Heart

Well, I am going to be playing catch up for the next few days as I have several cards to share with you.  Be sure to check back as I will have some blog confections coming soon! 

I created this card from the amazing Hopeful Hearts set illustrated by Tami Mayberry for Gina K. Designs. Isn't this swirly heart the bomb! You can see the whole set up above in my left sidebar.   This card is pretty straightforward so I will leave you with the recipe listed below.

Recipe:

Stamps:  Hopeful Hearts-GKD

Paper:  PL Vibrant Violet, PL Lovely Lavender, PL White-GKD,  Lt Green Dot-Stash

Ink:  Memento Grape Jelly

Extras:  Ribbon, Sizzix EF, Liquid Pearls, Nailhead Flourishes

See you soon,