Frames--Ovals and Rounds Release Week

Repeat Impressions' Frames - Oval & Round Release!

Please join us at The House That Stamps Built this week as we celebrate another new release in Repeat Impressions' online store. This latest stamp series is called Frames - Oval & Round. This Thursday thru Sunday some of the RI Rock Stars are posting their wonderful creations to showcase the new series.

These stamp designs are all now available as wood mounts, cling mounts, and as plain, unmounted rubber in the Repeat Impressions online store. This complete series is also available as one plain unmounted sheet of rubber so that you can get ALL 6 stamps in this series at a huge savings.

To view the complete series and purchase any of the designs please visit the Frames - Oval & Round page of Repeat's online store at...http://www.repeatimpressions.com/framesovalround.html

Please visit The House That Stamps Built blog each day... Thursday, June 2nd thru Sunday, June 5th... and leave your comments there to be entered into a drawing to win an unmounted sheet of RI's Frames - Oval & Round series. To qualify for this free giveaway your comments must be left no later than 5pm eastern time on Sunday, June 5th. On Monday, June 6th Wendy will announce the winner on Repeat's Facebook page so be sure to "Like" and follow them there if you don't already.

Comment on RI's blog... http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com
Follow RI on Facebook... https://www.facebook.com/RepeatImpressions

I created two cards using these fabulous new stamps.  The first is very masculine and features some masking:

I started by stamping the oval frame on white card stock.  I stamped it a second time on copy paper and cut out the center, then laid it over the first frame on the card stock and stamped the lighthouse image on top.  I just love how it turned out, it looks very dimensional to me.  I think this is going to be my Father's Day card for my father, though maybe for my Father-in-Law.

My second card is much more feminine and very sweet:

I have hundreds of strawberry plants and this week they are in full strawberry production mode, so it seemed the perfect time to use this beautiful image.  I stamped the frame and then fussy cut it and stamped the strawberries inside.  I added some flowers from one of our releases from last month: "Flower Power Backgrounds and Borders".
Thanks for stopping by.  We have one more day of release peeks tomorrow, I hop you will stop by The House blog tomorrow and check it out.

Card #1
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Dotted Oval Frame, large", "Clouds" and "Bass Harbor Lighthouse, large"
Dies: MFT "Star STAX"

Challenges:
Cute Card Thursday #428--Father's Day
A Beautiful Mess #3--anything goes
Through The Purple Haze #103--use die and/or punch
Card Mania Challenge #81--around the world (this is an actual lighthouse in Maine, USA)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--mask it
Inspiration Destination #88--anything goes
Addicted To Stamps #190--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #150--vacation
Mojo Monday #450--tall & skinny sketch


Card #2
Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Wavy Oval Frame, Large", "Flower Cluster Outline", "Leaf Cluster Outline", "Leaf Cluster Solid", and "Strawberries"
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder "Damask"

Challenges:
Little Miss Muffet #139--anything goes
Crafting with An Attitude #16--anything goes
Craft Dee BowZ--anything goes with a handmade bow
Cards Galore Challenge--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #280--anything goes
MFT #283--sketch

The Paper Shelter #251--Flowers Everywhere
Crafting By Designs--anything goes
Shopping Our Stash #254--the 4 elements (earth; strawberries and flowers grow from the earth)
Cuttlebug Mania--embossing

Use those scraps

Happy Friday!!  It's time for another Friday Funday Challenge from Jo's Scrap Shack:

Now, I don't know about you, but I have a nice little stash of bits and pieces that are left over from other projects and even some die cuts, etc. that didn't end up making it onto the card they were intended for.  I really enjoyed this challenge as it gave me a chance to dig into that stash AND I was able to use up some scraps of paper with this fun layout, too.  Our sponsor this week is Sherri Baldy and I was given this sweet little image to use:

Look at her outfit closely: she's all bits and pieces of this and that herself.  So, here's the breakdown: the flower and leaves (already colored except I added some dark highlights to the flower), sentiment banner (plain, so I stamped the image specifically for the card), and pink ribbon were in that bits and pieces stash.  EVERY single piece of patterned paper used on this card are is a scrap.  The plaid background piece wasn't even big enough to cover the whole card, but with the circles added on top, no one (except you) will ever know.  I didn't even cut whole circles, as I knew I didn't need them and none of the scraps were large enough anyway.  But for this layout, it was perfect.

Yesterday was our fearless leader--Jo's--birthday, so make sure you hope on over to the blog to wish her happy birthday.  Happy Birthday, Jo!

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #232--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

ART Impressions #285--layer it on me

Skipping Stones Design--4 embellishments (I used 1 pearl, two pieces of ribbon and one pink card candy on her bandana)

Sweet Stampin--embossing (embossed white flower)

East Wind #56--something old, something new (old=the paper pack, I used and new is the image)

Eureka Stamps #195--anything goes

Die Cuttin Divas #268--anything goes

Crafting By Designs--anything goes

The Paper Shelter #251--flowers everywhere

Inspiration Destination #88--anything goes

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

Crafting with An Attitude #16--anything goes

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Wonderful Wednesday--anything goes

Supplies:

Stamps: Sherri Baldy digi; Skipping Stones Design "Victorian Summer" sentiment; Repeat Impressions "Flower Power Separates: Mum Outline and Leaf Outline, Wavy"

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics, A" rectangle, "Classic Circles, large" and Banner

Color Challenge

It's Wednesday and time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built! (Happy June, by the way)  This week we have a pretty color combo for you:

And here is my card for your inspiration:

A few weeks ago, I found this card on Pinterest and knew it NEEDED to be CASEd;

I just loved the pierced border, I think that's what really caught my eye.

I hope you enjoyed the inspiration.  Hop on over to The House blog to see the full details and how the rest of the DT has used this color combo.  And don't forget to stop by The House blog tomorrow when we start showing off a new release!!  You don't want to miss it!

  

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Flower Power Separates: Mum Outline", "Flower Power Separates: Mum Solid" and "Birthday"

SU! Brocade Blue card stock and ink; PTI Lemon Zest card stock, ink and ribbon

Challenges:

Addicted To CAS #89--petals

Eureka Stamps #195--anything goes
Creative Fingers #110--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #146--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #232--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
{Pin}spirational Challenge #166--anything goes

Skating Penguin

Happy June!!  Yep, it's that time again already: time for another challenge from Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge Extra.  As always, we are an Anything Christmas-related Goes Challenge.  Our sponsor is THE fabulous Bugaboo Stamps and the winner will receive 7 images of their choice!!  Here is my card using the adorable "Little Penguin Winter-Skate" image:

The striped paper is part of the last bit of a Christmas pack that I am trying to use up.  I'm getting so close now.  I only have one good sized strip and several small pieces left.  Yeay!  I hope you'll get a chance to play along with us this month.  It is definitely time to get going on your Christmas card stash if you haven't already.

Supplies:

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps "Little Penguin Winter-Skate" digi; Verve "Peace on Earth" sentiment

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday #414--sketch

Hiding In My Craft Room #252--any holiday

A Gem of a Challenge--weather (snow and cold weather for skating)

Crafty Hazelnuts' Christmas Challenge #283--use a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday #232--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Christmas At Sweet Stampin'--winter fun (ice skating)

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #231--anything goes with snippets

Creative Craft Cottage--include an animal

Eureka Stamps #195--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #254--the four elements (mine is water--ice and snowflakes)

Feel the Love Blog Hop

We love our scrappy friends and without you all we wouldn't be here! The Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog Design Team is proud to bring you our "Feel The Love" Blog Hop to tell you just how much we think of each and every one of you! We're being sponsored by the amazing AuroraWings! Come hop with us for a chance to win $15 in digital images of choice! How awesome is that?!

As you hop, leave a comment at every stop! The more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win! A random winner will be selected from all the comments left on our designers' blogs!

All of the LTSCB designers are creating FRIENDSHIP inspiration projects for our blog hop. Everyone participating in the blog hop is invited to link up a friendship project for an extra entry into the drawing!

I chose this absolutely stunning image to work with:

All of Aurora's images are gorgeous, but her women and flowers are just stunning!!  This one is called "

Orchids in the Rain.  I used liquid pearls on the rain "bubbles" and on the really tiny ones, I used a white get pen.  I created a nice simple card to let this beauty really shine.  I chose the sentiment to celebrate YOU or faithful blog followers, because each and every one of you is beautiful.  Got made each one of us beautiful because we are exactly like he intended.  Thank you for your support for our blog challenge.

Here is the line-up:

Ann 

Heather--that's me!

Irena 

Julie 

Lee 

Leslie 

Lillian A 

Robin 

Tina 

We hope you are enjoying the hop and if you get lost along the way - or if you landed here in the middle of the hop and want to join in the fun - head over to the Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog to read all the details and start from the beginning!

Have fun hopping!  And thanks for stopping by!!

Supplies:

Stamps: Aurora Wings "Orchids in the Rain" digi; Verve "Celebrating You"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Addicted To CAS #89--petals

Creative Fingers #110--anything goes

In The Pink #95--1-2-3 (I used 1 image, 2 colors {yellow and pink} and 3 pearls)

Aud Sentiments #156--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #232--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

{Pin}spirational Challenge #166--anything goes

Aurora Wings #29--CAS

Inspiration Destination #87--anything goes

Beautiful Days

Last week Repeat Impressions released this new set: "Flower Power Background and Borders".  I was hoping to get this card made in time for the release, but I just had too much to do, so I finished it up this week, and figured I would show it now.  Better late than never, right?

I embossed the background stamp with white embossing powder and then sponged four shades of ink to create an hombre look.  Simple, but gorgeous, I think.  Stay tuned to The House That Stamps Built blog later this week as there is going to be another release!

Challenges:
Creative Fingers #110--anything goes
Aud Sentiments #156--anything goes
Creative Knockouts #143--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Inspiration Destination #87--anything goes
Crafty Gals #73--anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #232--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Cuttlebug Mania--embossing
{Pin}spirational Challenge #166--anything goes
Time Out Challenge #57--May All Your weeds be wildflowers

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Flower Power Background" and "Beautiful Days"
Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Sweet Baby

I had a baby shower to go to and I made this super cute diaper cake for the Mom-to-Be.  The baby's name is going to be Olivia so I covered a wooden "O" with a fun chevron paper using spray adhesive to adhere is and my craft knife to cut around the edges.  I also adhered green glitter paper and a pink patterned paper to some wooden butterflies and then hot glued little tiny baby clothespins to the back so they could be clipped on to the cake in different areas.  I didn't get a picture of them by themselves, but the little bear has on the cutest little butterfly slippers that are really for the baby.  So cute!!  To finish it off, I did wrap the entire thing in a clear Easter basket "bag" and tied it up with the rest of that pink polka dotted ribbon.

 Of course, I had to make a matching card to go along with it.  I used this adorable bear stamp and colored her up to match the stuffed animal.  I used the same color combo on the card as on the cake and even used the same chevron paper to tie it all together.  I didn't have the right color pink card stock, so I sponged the edges of my white stock with a pink ink.  It's tough to see in the photo, but I also stamped the bear and a sentiment ("sweet baby") on the envelope along with little trio of hearts.

Oh!  I just love these two little bears. : )

Challenges:

Hanna & Friends #249--everything except the card (I think that means anything but a card--so my cake and the envelope count)

Aud Sentiments #156--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Inspiration Destination #87--anything goes

Crafty Gals #73--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #253--anything but a card (the "cake" and the envelope--which was made out of a piece of patterned paper that I have had for probably 11 years!)

Tuesday Throwdown #295--for a child (for a baby)

{Pin}spirational Challenge #166--anything goes

Eureka Stamps #194--pretty in pink

Viva La Verve May week 2--sketch

Fussy & Fancy #164--dies and/or punches

Creative Craft Cottage #64--include an animal

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

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "To The Moon"

Dies: Spellbinders "Teardrop Circles"; Verve "Flag It"