Happy Pup

  Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!!

And here is the card I created:

This is actually a little sneak peek at next week's challenge.  I'm not going to tell you what it is, but one of the elements I used on this card is the challenge for next week.  I got my challenges mixed up and made this card for my husband for our anniversary (7/31--22 years!).  When I went to upload it to the team facebook page, I realized I had done the wrong week!  Uggghhh!!  Luckily this is an anything goes challenges, so literally, anything goes!  My daughter got a little Rottweiler puppy back in April and my husband is quite taken with him as well.  So, I colored up this cute little pup to resemble our Hawkeye.  I stamped the background with a pawprint and a heart stamp and dry embossed the kraft layer with a pawprint embossing folder to fit with the theme.    I created a little tag that can be pulled out and used as a bookmark or some such thing.

The sentiment die cut panel is popped up on foam tape and also acts as a stopper for the tag, so it doesn't slip out of place.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Wagging Pup", "Dog Pawprint", "Candy Heart" and "Happy Anniversary"

Dies: Spellbinders "Labels 4"; STAMPlorations "Coffee Tags"

Darice pawprint embossing folder

Challenges:

Blue Christmas

Good morning!! It's my turn to share my Pick of the Week for The House That Stamps Built blog.  If you've been around for a while, you know I am doing a series of cards inspired by cards I have found on Pinterest.  This week, I want to show that you can be inspired by the same card in completely different ways.  My inspiration is this card:

I really like the text circles and the CAS layout.  In June of last year, I posted a card that was inspired by this very card.  Here is that card:

Quite similar to the original inspiration card, I would say.  Well, this time as I was looking through my Pinterest board, that same card caught my eye and I was inspired in a completely different way.

Those circle text elements still really grab my eye, but this time I used "Snowflake orb" embossed in silver embossing powder and dressed up to be an ornament.  I also heat embossed the sentiment "Christmas" with the silver embossing folder.  I die cut the ornament "topper" and then used some sliver cording I had to "hang" the ornament from the top of the card.  I used a silver mat for the focal panel and finished everything off with some silver rhinestones (not clear, they are definitely silver).  You can see all that shiny embossing in the photo below.

Usually I am encouraging you to take a look at all of those cards you have pinned on Pinterest (come on, you know you have them!) and recreate something with the supplies you already have.  Today, I am encouraging you to take a look at those inspiration projects and be inspired in a completely different way!

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Snowflake Orb" and "Christmas"

Dies: Elizabeth Craft Designs ornament topper

Challenges:

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #126--more than one snowflake

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #60--anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #142--Christmas in July

Kat Scrappiness--monochromatic

Crafty Creations #423--anything goes

Christmas Craft Creations--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner #221--Christmas in July

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #162--anything goes

Double Trouble #89--Christmas in July (Thing #1: Christmas; Thing #3: ribbon and/or bow)

Penny's Challenge #501--anything goes

Creative Moments #219--anything goes

Golfing Ted

 It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Use one or more sun(s)
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Little Ted is out playing a round of gold on his birthday.  Luckily for him, it is a nice sunny day!  At first all three of my circle elements were suns, but it was a little too crowded and actually looked a little funny with three suns!!  So, I made one a sun and the other two are just design elements.  For a little more fun, I added three enamel dots to echo the larger die cut circles.  I created the background using scraps from a paper pack.  I had paper pieced Ted's shorts and hat and needed to tie in those patterns but didn't have any pieces from the pack that were large enough.  So, I made my own!

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Ted in the Rough" digi; PaperTrey Ink "Rhythm and Soul" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" pinked edge circle and stitched rectangle and"Blueprints 12" small round

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #67--summertime

Cutie Pie Challenge #161--paper piece it

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Dies R Us #173--anything goes with brands DRU carries (spellbinders and mft)

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #60--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #52--celebration

Creative Inspirations--summer fun

CRAFT Rockets #183--summer

Paper Funday #31--anything goes with the optional twist: summer fun

Cute Card Thursday #690--anything goes with the optional twist: summer

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Crafty Creations #423--anything goes

Sweet Stampers #10--summer fun

Alphabet Challenge--H is for "use Happy in your sentiment"

Cardz TV #145--anything goes

Sweet Stampin--create your own background (I made mine with strips of different patterned papers

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of  Crafty Friends #162--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #427--summer fun

Crafting Happiness #105--anything goes

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #501--anything goes

Creative Moments #219--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #607--summer

Krafty Chicks--all occasions

Christmas Deer

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is: Christmas in July.

And here is the card I created:

I found a sketch I wanted to use and then remember this stag head die that I have that I had yet to use.  Then, I found some rustic papers and went to work.  I stamped, colored and fussy the cut out the pinecones, adhered them to the card and added some twine bows to dress them up.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of vellum that I wrapped around the oval the deer is mounted on.  I added a little red pearl to his nose and then added three more for embellishment.  In the photo below, you can see the shine from the gold embossed sentiment and the sparkle of the gold glitter paper behind the brown ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Pine cone" and "Christmas"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; STAMPlorations "Two Reindeer Dies"

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #60--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #142--Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #36--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #210--sketch

Kat Scrappiness--monochromatic

Crafty Creations #423--anything goes

Christmas Craft Creations--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #221--Christmas in July

Cute Card Thursday #690--anything goes

STAMPlorations: Summer anything goes

Winter Wonderland--Christmas music or songs (Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #212--anything goes

Crafty Catz #560--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in July

Cardz TV #145--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #551--anything goes with the optional twist: punch/die

Double Trouble #89--Christmas in July (Thing #1: Christmas; Thing #3: ribbon and/or bow)

Christmas ornament

  Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week it is "Patterned Paper and Stamping".

And here is the card I created:

This might be my favorite challenge ever!!  I LOVE stamps and I LOVE patterned paper.  So, what could be better than combining them together!?  I started by stamping the ornament.  Then I masked the edges with some washi tape before stamping the poinsettia image several times.  I colored the image, fussy cut it out and added some detail with a gold paint pen.  I popped it up with foam tape before adhering it to the card.  To finish it off, I added some gold sparkle pen to the poinsettias.  You can see the sparkle in the photo below.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Ornament Frame", "Pointsettia", and "Christmas"

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #184--anything goes

Retro Rubber #162--sketch (I've had the ornament frame for 3 1/2 years, and the flower and sentiment for almost 6 years)

Through The Purple Haze #185--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #550--anything goes with the optional twist: use some red

Creative Craft Cottage #142--Christmas in July

DARE 2 B Artzy--Christmas in July

Alphabet Challenge--G is for Green or Gold

Shopping Our Stash #449--Christmas in July

Christmas Joy

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Christmas in July
And here is my card for your inspiration:

This challenge comes at a good time as I am waaaaaaaaay behind in getting my Christmas cards made.  I used one of my favorite little mice for this one; I love his giant flowers!  I used the "out-of-the box" technique to cut out the front flower before adding a gold glitter mat and popping it up with some foam tape and adding it back in place on top of the rest of the image.  In the photo below you can see more of the gold glitter paper; the sparkle is fabulous!!

I used a gold paint pen to dot the centers of the poinsettias.  It adds even more shimmer and shine and a little extra somethin'!

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Poinsettia Mouse" digi; Verve "Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangular die

Challenges: 

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--something that starts with "M" or "N" (I used a mouse)

Cards Galore #89--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #184--anything goes

Through The Purple Haze #182--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Cheerful Sketches--sketch

Sheepski Designs--let the sparks fly

2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes

Christmas with the Cuties #50--Christmas cuties

Merry Little Christmas #36--anything goes

Dare 2B Artzy--Christmas in July

Cute Card Thursday #690--anything goes

Alphabet Challenge--G is for green or gold (gold glitter paper)

Cardz TV #144--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #161--anything goes: Christmas in July

Incy Wincy--enchanted garden AND/OR Christmas in July

Shopping Our Stash #449--Christmas in July

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n Funky #531--anything goes

The Paper Shelter #477--going digital

Penny's Challenge #500--anything goes

Little Red Wagon--anything Christmas goes

Krafty Chicks #367--Christmas

Stenciled Christmas

  Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is Use a Stencil.

And here is the card I created:

I used a fabulous stencil from Newton's Nook to create this background.  I used several colors of Metallic Guilding Polish: Brown, Red Bronze, Copper, and Gold.  I just randomly applied them across the stencil.  Once they dried, I added some silver glitter paste on top.  Oh my goodness, the shimmer and shine on this one are fabulous!!  You can see it in the photo below.

I used the Red Bronze Guilding Paste to create a border for the sentiment strip so it would match the background.  I stamped the pinecone image twice, colored it and then stamped over top with the silver glitter paste.  I finished everything off with some chocolate liquid enamel dots.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Merry Christmas" and "Pine cone"

Stencils: Newton's Nook "Holiday Foliage"

Challenges:

Crafter's Cafe #269--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #600--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #566--stamp act

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--Something that starts with "M" or "N" (I have "Merry" and metallic polishes)

Through The Purple Haze #182--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in July

Stick It Down--sketch (I adapted it just a little bit)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #36--anything goes

Moving Along with The Times #132--cool it down (Christmas and cooling it down with some icy sparkle)

DARE 2B Artzy--Christmas in July

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #549--anything goes with the optional twist: for a man or boy (this color combo would be perfect for sending to a man)

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #161--anything goes (Christmas in July)

Incy Wincy Designs--enchanted garden AND/OR Christmas in July