Garden Collage - #1 and #2

Back to my Stampin' Up! cards. Making great progress on my mission to use them all. I'm almost done with the first sixty and ready to move on to the next shelf!

Today I'm using the three stamps from the set called "Garden Collage." For this first one, I used the collage stamp with the flower and butterfly. I stamped with Versafine black ink and embossed with detail black embossing powder. I added some color with SU chalks. I matted with black and mounted on Dimensionals. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

This second card is done entirely with Going Gray and white. I stamped the image and the sentiment and scored a line between them. I found this scrap of gray with the border already cut, so I trimmed it down to mat my panel. I had done the cutting with a rotary trimmer by Fiskars.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Nubble Lighthouse

Today is Monday, and that means a new Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions. This week's stamp is called 1405-M, Nubble Light (sm) and can be found on this page. (Wendy has lots of lighthouse stamps, and they can all be found on that page.) Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details on how to purchase this stamp for 50% off through next Sunday. You will also find all the cards made by the Rock Stars using this stamp on the blog. Or, you can follow these links:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Joy ~ Karen ~ Michele

For my card, I went simple. What else is new! LOL! I stamped the image on white with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I thought I may color with Copics, but I changed my mind. I watercolored with Stampin' Up! inks and an aqua painter instead. I love the soft feel of watercolors. I added some sparkle to the water with a Spica glitter pen. (Wendy carries these, too.) The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. My matting is black.


You have another day to participate in the Designer's Choice Challenge, found here. And another eight days to join us in the WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge, found here.  There are prizes up for grabs!

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Great Blue Heron

Today is Monday again, which means it's Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week day!  This week's stamp is the Great Blue Heron.  Please visit RI's blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details you need to know to get this great stamp at 50% off - through Sunday only.  Also, check out the marvelous creations from the other Design Team members!

Dana ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Julie ~ Makiko ~ Robin

For this fist card, I stamped the image on white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers and chalks.  It's mounted on a textured, pebbled gray cardstock which I scored with my Martha Stewart Scoring Tool.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.

For this second one, I stamped the image with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink on Papertrey Ink's Kraft cardstock.  I colored it with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  I used a distresser on the edges and rubbed Tim Holz Distress ink on them.  I mounted the image on the same gray paper as the above card, then on to the Kraft card base.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions and is stamped in the Sepia ink.

For this card, I stamped the image with Sepia ink on to Vanilla cardstock.  I colored it with watercolor pencils and then used a wet paint brush on it.  I cut an oval out of the textured paper and put it over the image for the matting.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

And one more!  I stamped the image this time directly on PTI white cardstock.  I colored it with SU! makers, except for the bird's body, which I colored with a gray Copic.  I used a little chalk on the water.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.  I used my Scor-Pal to emboss a border around the edges.


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