Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Birthday Cupcake

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week we have an awesome sketch for you:

 And here is the card I created for your inspiration:
I'm so behind on sending out birthday cards to the people in my church!  November hits and I am just slammed with stuff that needs to be done all the way up until now.  But I did have a free minute to create a card for this challenge, so I went with a birthday card to add to my stash .  It won't stay in my stash long, though, since I need to send out a bunch of belated birthday cards.  I pulled out an OLD patterned paper from my stash and found a coordinating one to create my cupcake liner with a little paper piecing.  I colored the image and added some glossy accents to the sprinkles to make them shiny!
Quick and easy, which was what I needed right now.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cupcakes" and "Birthday"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, Large" and "Doily Circles"

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Cardz TV #130--anything goes
Penny's #486--anything goes
Creative Moments #205--anything goes
Crafting Happiness #77--New Year of any celebration
Creative Sketchy #55--anything goes

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Snow Couple Anniversary

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!! And here is the card I created for your inspiration:
My parents' anniversary is the day after Christmas and I created this sweet little card to help celebrate them!  I was still feeling a bit in the Christmas mood, so I pulled out a lot of winter products and got busy creating.  I started by stamping some white snowflakes on the navy card base and then swiping a bit of white ink around the edges of the panel.  For the long vertical panel, I pressed white ink onto my snowflake embossing folder before embossing another piece of navy card stock. I added borders of silver glitter paper.  I heat embossed my sentiment ("The very best love stories have no endings") with silver embossing powder and swiped white ink around the edges of the sentiment panel.  
I stamped my snow couple (I had to do a little creative masking to take them from family to couple), colored the, and fussy cut them out.  I added silver dots to the hat and shawl and a bit of clear wink of stella to the "fur" and the band on the top hat.  You can see all the sparkle and shine in the photo below:
I added a little tiny rose red die cut heart to emphasize the "love" theme.  Though I questioned my daughter when she said pink and I said red, I do like how this turned out with the compromise of the two colors.
Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Snow Family" and "The Very Best"
Dies: Spellbinders mini scalloped border; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" (I used a leftover heart from on of the border dies)
Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

Challenges:


Let's Squash It #3--any embossing folder + dies/fussy cutting (I used both dies and fussy cutting)
Word Art Wednesday #471--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Pixie's Crafty Workshop--anything goes with snippets (everything except the card base and the little heart was cut from snippets.  The scalloped borders are actually pieced together behind the sentiment panel because I didn't have strips that were quite long enough)
Simon Says Stamp Monday--celebrate (celebrating my parents being married for 44 years!)





Saturday, December 19, 2020

Special tealight box

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.
The challenge this time is: It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas
And here is my creation for your inspiration:
I'm giving an adorable little tealight candle holder as a gift this year to someone and so I created this little tealight candle box to package them in.  I followed this tutorial and it was so easy and created such an adorable little box.  Very quick and easy to make, as well.  I added my image, a die cut snowflake and a fussy cut sentiment to finish it off and dress it up.
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: 
Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Snuggle Muffs" digi; PTI "Just Sentiments: Be Merry" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"

Challenges:
Scor-pal #77--anything goes with the optional twist: winter holiday (I did not use my scor-pal to create this; I used my envelope punch board and my bone folder .  If this doesn't fit the rules, please forgive me and remove my entry.)
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--gifts or something to put a gift in
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Crafty Calendar--Christmas
Dies R Us #159--winter wonderland
Stinkin' Inkers--All boxed up (gift box)
Dare 2B Artzy--Holiday fun
Crafty Gals #214--'Tis the Season
Your Next Stamp #154--All Wrapped Up
Sweet Stampers #51--anything goes
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
The Paper Shelter--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--Christmas critters
Lil' Red Wagon #580--Hip to be square


Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Joy to the World

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week we have a beautiful inspiration photo for you:

And here is the card I created:
Oooo . . . can you see what caught my eye?  Yep, the map portion!  I just love the color contrast between the land and the sea portion.  And then, add in the red of the poinsettias?!!  I'm in love!  So, I tried to recreate that on my card.  I started by inking a white die cut panel with sea and sand colors and some blender brushes and stamped the Metro map image over top.  Then, I stamped, colored and fussy cut multiples of the poinsettia image.  I placed them around the edge of my panel to find out what layout worked best, then used some Glad Press 'n Seal to keep them stuck in place while I die cut them into the same size as the inked panel.  I attached foam squares to the back of each flower before placing them onto the inked panel.  Since they were still attached to the Press 'n Seal, it was super easy to put them in exactly the right spot.  I stamped the sentiment (actually I did this first before adding all the poinsettias) and added just a tiny bit of color to the globe image.  I stamped the sentiment again onto a piece of kraft card stock, cut it out and popped it up with foam tape as well.  I finished it all off with some gold nuvo drops in the open areas between the poinsettias.

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 photo.  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 "Metro Map", "Joy", "Poinsettia"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" Stitched Rectangle

Challenges:
Divas That Cut--anything goes
Crafty Calendar--Christmas
Creatalicious Challenge #201--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
Crafty Creations #416--anything goes
Crafty Gals #214--'Tis the Season
Incy Wincy--Christmas or Red/Green

Monday, December 14, 2020

Winter Wishes

It's my turn to share my Pick of the Week on The House That Stamp Built blog today.  While I am scrolling around on Pinterest, I am always looking for card designs that catch my eye, and if I can recreate that look with Repeat Impressions stamps, even better.  The card that inspired me today is this one:

I just love the composition of the branches and pinecones and the sentiment on the tag.  So, I set about to recreate it using what I had in my stamp arsenal.
I began by stamping the "Pine Needle Sil." in a similar arrangement to my inspiration card.  Since my image is actually quite large, I ended up using a marker to color only half of the image and then stamped it on my panel.  I did second generation stamping in some places to get the softer feel.   Once I had that complete, I hand drew some berry stems.  As I was typing this, I realized it would have been a good idea to use nuvo drops for the berries as they then would have had dimension and shine.  But I also would have had to wait for them to dry . . .   This is what the panel looks like:
It looks like a hot mess right now, but don't worry, it will look awesome when I'm finished.  My youngest daughter was not really impressed with it at this point either, but once I put it all together she thought it looked a whole lot better!  LOL!!  I stamped my "Pinecone" image 3 times on scrap paper, colored them and fussy cut them out.  I die cut a sizzix label to use as my tag and stamped the "Christmas" sentiment on it using some masking to get it placed how I wanted.  Before adhering everything together, I brushed some brown ink around the edges of my stamped panel and the tag to tag away some of the whiteness.  I adhered a strip of scraps strips to the left hand edge of my card and layered on a copper glitter strip before adding my finished stamped panel.

I finished everything off with a little red button tied with brown and white striped twine.  So, take a look at your inspiration cards (you know you have them) and think about how you can recreate them using what you already have on hand (or maybe some Repeat Impressions stamps you have had your eye on!)

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Pine Needle sil.", "Christmas" and "Pinecone"
Dies: Sizzix freebie label

Challenges:
Cardz TV #129--anything goes
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
Paper Funday #24--anything goes: Christmas/holiday
Crafty Creations #416--anything goes
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #392--anything goes with snippets (my striped panel was made from little leftover scraps, my pinecones were all stamped and cut from scraps as was the tag.  And the bit of gold glitter paper was trimmed from a scrap.)
Incy Wincy--Christmas or Red/Green
Use Your Stuff #412--winter/snow/Christmas
Double Trouble #73--Die-lirious Holiday Season (Thing #1: favorite cutting tool--definitely my sizzix Big Shot; Thing #3: patterned paper and/or tie it up)
Penny's #486--anything goes
Creative Moment's #204--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #520--anything goes with the optional twist: use the word "Merry"


Friday, December 11, 2020

Peace and Joy

 This is a special post today.  A month or so ago, I was asked to be a Guest Designer for Cut It Up Challenges!! So, I'm designing for today's challenge: Tic Tac Toe:

The sponsor for the challenge is DRS Designs.
Here is the card I created:
I used digital versions of two different DRS Designs red rubber stamps that can be found in their store: "Holly Jingle Bells" and "Deco Peace and Joy Christmas Greetings."  I love these beautiful bells and the advantage of the digi stamps is that you can make them any size you want.  I wanted mine to be the accent for the sentiment so I printed them smaller.  The sentiment circle was a bit to bright white, so I brushed on a bit of Antique Linen Distress Ink to tone it down a little.  I finished the card with some red ribbon and some really sparkly clear gems.
I hope you will play along with us!  I can't wait to see what you create using this fun board!!
Oh, and thanks to Evelyn and the team for having me!

Supplies:
Stamps: DRS Designs "Holly Jingle Bells" and "Deco Peace and Joy Christmas Greetings"
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "Teardrop Circles"

Challenges:
Word Art Wednesday #469--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Time Out #176--Quote: "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings"
Cardz TV #129--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Divas That Cut--anything goes



Crafty Calendar--Christmas
Dies R Us #158--Christmas
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
Paper Funday Challenge #24--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas/holiday
Crafty Creations #416--anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Incy Wincy--Christmas OR red/green
Use Your Stuff #412--winter/snow/Christmas
Double Trouble #73--Die-Lirious Holiday Season (Thing #1: favorite cutting tool--my sizzix Big Shot; Thing #3: patterned paper and/or tie it up--I used ribbon and patterned paper)
Cuttlebug Mania--It's red & green day


Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Sitting Cardinal

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week we have a fun Tic Tac Toe board for you:
  
Here is what I created for your inspiration:
I chose the very first column: ribbon, kraft red and white, stitching (I used a stitched rectangle die for the patterned paper panel.  I combined the cardinal image and the pine branch by doing some masking.  Then I colored the image and heat embossed some frantage powder around the edges of the panel.  I also added some around the red panel underneath it.  There is a bit of gold glitter in amongst the powder so I have a bit of sparkle, too!  I stamped the sentiment several times in a nice dark black ink and accented it with a couple red pearls.  Since I have a tree branch, I have used all of the elements from the board, except candy and gift bag or box.  I love Tic Tac Toe challenges; they are basically "create your own" challenges.  They're so fun!
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 photo.  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 "Cardinal", "Pine Branch" and "Christmas"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Crafter's Cafe #256--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #379--Tis the Season
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper














Saturday, December 5, 2020

Merry Christmouse

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.
The challenge this time is: Winter Holidays
And here is my card for your inspiration:
I love this image and I use it quite often.  I usually color it up in traditional colors: red poinsettias and a little gray mouse.  This time, I wanted to try something  a little different and wanted to try coloring a white poinsettia and a white mouse.  While the poinsettias didn't come out quite how I intended, I do really like how it turned out.  It's a different look for a familiar image.  I pulled out some fun, non-Christmas paper to highlight the colors.  Then I stamped a light gray sentiment as I didn't want to draw too much attention to it; wanted the focus to stay on the image.  I sprinkled around some clear drops for interest and decided they sort of look like snowflakes softly floating down.  I wanted to add glitter to the edges of the leaves, so I used a gold glitter Spectrum Noir pen to trace around the edges.  You can see more of the sparkle in the photo below.

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: 
Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Poinsettia Mouse" digi; Verve "Ornamental Christmas" sentiment
Dies: MFT Stitched scalloped border and "Blueprints 25" stitched rectangle

Challenges:
Aud Sentiments #265--anything goes
Creative Fingers #198--anything goes
Crafty Sentiments--anything goes
Crimbo Crackers #221--anything goes
Cardz TV #129--anything goes
Crafty Catz #530--anything goes with the optional twist: Say it with flowers
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Divas That Cut--anything goes
Dies R Us #158--Christmas
Sheepski Designs #45--feature a creature
Christmas with the Cuties #44--feature a creature
Winter Wonderland--anything goes
Paper Funday #24--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas/holiday


Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Christmas Kitty

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Joy has chosen: Pets

And here is the card I created:
I am definitely a crazy cat lady--I currently have 4 orange stripey cats: one old man and three baby kittens.  But my baby that I had for 18 + years was a sweet little gray kitty.  Gray cats are always my favorite to color because of this.  Plus, orange just didn't work with my color scheme.  I chose this pretty patterned paper and chose the rest of the colors for my card from that: red/cranberry and gray.  I even had a matching red button for a fun finishing touch.
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 photo.  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 "Cat with Ribbon" and "Christmas"
Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Mat Stack 5" and "Filigree Border"

Challenges:
Cutie Pie Challenge #153--add a button(s)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Creative Craft Cottage #135--Christmas/winter
Crafty Creations #415--anything goes
Cardz TV #128--anything goes
Shopping Our Stash #434--Let it snow, let it snow, let is snow (there are snowflakes on my patterned paper)
Creative Moments #203--anything goes
ART Impressions--pet project
Aud Sentiments #265--anything goes
Creative Fingers #198--anything goes
Cut It Up #214--Christmas
Sweet Stampin'--spots or stripes (stripes on my patterned paper)



Use Your Stuff #411--Christmas mood board (I chose the colors)


Double Trouble #72--Thing #1: Something, Anything, Everything; Thing #3: celebrate white sparkly flakes of snow (snowflakes on my paper); Thing #2: link up with any partner (I linked up with Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge)



Christmas gingerbread

It's time for another challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  It's an easy-peasy one, just make a project for the Christmas holidays.
This is what I made for your inspiration:
I pulled out these cute gingerbread people from a set that I haven't used more than one time.  The little accessories are part of the set as well--you can make your gingerbread people look however you want.  I added a bit of puffy "snow" on the "icing" on the gingerbread people for a fun little touch.  I used a strip of my scrap patterned paper strips along the bottom.  A bit of ribbon and a die cut sentiment finished everything off perfectly!  I hope you will get a chance to join us for our last challenge of 2020; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:
Stamps: JustRite Stampers "Appliqued Christmas Labels One"
Dies: MFT curved stitched border; Lawn Fawn Merry Christmas

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Creative Craft Cottage #135--Christmas/winter
Cardz TV #128--anything goes
Cupcake Inspirations #507--Christmas sweets



 









Creative Moments #203--anything goes
Krafty Chicks #535--all occasions
Creative Fingers #198--anything goes
Use Your Stuff ##411--Christmas Mood Board (I was inspired by the colors)