I have another card to share that I made last week while I was on a roll. This one uses Gina K Stenciled Spring again.
I inked up the stamp with markers - Always Artichoke, Cameo Coral and Close to Cocoa. I added small brown pearls for the flower centers. I had a piece of Cameo Coral cardstock with a circle cut out of it, so I used it over the flowers. Then I took a piece of Always Artichoke and cut the scalloped circle out of it and embossed it with the Swiss Dots folder. The sentiment is from the same set. It's matted and mounted on Dimensionals and I used the small brown pearls to dot the i's.
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It's the start of another new week. That means it's time for another new Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions. This week's stamp is the Humpback Whale. You can find it on this page. For this week only, you can purchase this stamp for 50% off. For all the details, please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You can also find the other creations by the RI Rock Stars there. Or you can follow these links to their blogs:
For my card, I stamped the whale in black and used a light gray chalk to color him a little bit. I cut him out and mounted him on foam squares. I embossed the textured blue cardstock with a Fiskars texture plate and matted with black. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also. It's matted with black and also mounted on foam squares.
You still have until tomorrow to make your card for the Designer's Choice Challenge to make a card "For the Guys." Details are here. You also have another week to make a card for the WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge. The details for that challenge can be found here. You have a chance to win a $25 gift certificate or a full sheet of unmounted rubber.
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I feel it would be awful of me to do my blog post without mentioning the horrible events of ten years ago. Let us never forget.
Today's card is for my friend, Vicki, whose birthday is today. Happy Birthday, Vicki! For this card I used the same stamps as a few days ago. This one is just straight stamping, though. The stamps are from Gina K. I colored them with markers before stamping. The flower centers are Flower Soft. The lines are scored with my Scor-Pal and the matting is Always Artichoke.
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Sorry for the quick post. Too much going on around here!
I colored the vase of flowers (from Gina K's Stenciled Spring) with Stampin' Up! markers from the Soft Subtles family, then stamped on moistened watercolor paper. I cut with a Nestability and matted with a Nestability, also. I embossed the bottom layer (Certainly Celery) with a Swiss Dots folder. The sentiment is from Verve. I added the pearls for the flower centers.
Even though I have more cards to share, I'm not sure I'l have time for a post for Sunday, but I'll try:) If not, I'll be back Monday for sure, with Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week.
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This card is for my daughter-in-law's mother, whose birthday is on Tuesday.
I used my new Gina K stamps (Vogue Vases) for the flowers and vase. I stamped the flowers with Old Olive on the white, and then again with black on the patterned yellow paper. I cut out the flowers and glued them to the green-stamped image and added the pearl centers. I stamped the inside of the vase with yellow and then stamped the outline over it with black and cut it out. Then I glued it to the flowers piece. I matted with Old Olive and added a scored (with my Scor-Pal) piece of Old Olive near the bottom. The sentiment is from another Gina K set called Stenciled Spring.
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I made this card yesterday for SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #349.
I started with white daisies and sprayed them with blue glimmer mist. I added the centers, which I cut with glittery yellow cardstock. The sentiment is from Gina K and stamped with Versamagic Night Sky. I embossed the background panel with my Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. The matting is Enchanted Evening by Papertrey Ink.
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It's time for another WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge from Repeat Impressions. Here is the sketch for this week. All you have to do for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions is to make a card using this sketch, upload your card to your blog or on-line gallery, and link it to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built. You can find the complete information and the cards the other Rock Stars have created there, also. Or you can follow these links:
I used the Noel stamp from repeat Impressions, found on this page. I stamped in black and colored with markers. I added a little sparkle to the flower center. I matted with black and mounted on Dimensionals. The paper is some I won as blog candy quite a while ago. I added the ribbon, which I thought matched quite well.
We'd love to have you join us!
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I have two cards to share with you today. They use the same stamps and technique. I will have another later using the same stamps. I just have to wait to post it until it has been received. (Yep, it's for you, Vicki:) )
I tried something new. I've never seen it done before, but I'm sure it has been. I inked up my stamp (a new set from Gina K. I splurged and bought a three sets and got one set free, plus a couple bonus stamps. Yippee!) with Versamark, then used markers to color the flower center and leaves. Then I brayered over it with Almost Amethyst ink from Stampin' Up! I matted with white cardstock and also Old Olive. For the sentiment, I used a piece that I cut off from the main image. I stamped with Versamark and embossed with white embossing powder. The sentiment is mounted on Dimensionals.
For this second card, I used the same technique. I stamped the sentiment with Versamark before brayering, though. The white stripe down the left side is cardstock. I matted with Old Olive again.
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I made this card for two SplitCoastStampers challenges - the Clean and Simple challenge to use Kraft and primary/bright colors, and the Technique Lover's challenge to use your embossing folder and a solid stamp to do "embossed kissing." You can find the tutorial for that here.
My flowers (from Stampin' Up!'s A Beautiful Life set) were inked up with Stampin' Up!'s Summer Sun. I inked up my Cuttlebug folder with Real Red to use for "kissing." I cut the flowers out and used Real Red and a punch for the centers. I mounted the flowers on Dimensionals. I made the design on the white layer with my tracing wheel (remember those things???) and my Scor-Pal. The matting is Real Red and the sentiment is a rub-on. The card base is PTI Kraft.
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I think I say this every time a new month rolls around, but oh my goodness - the months are flying by!!!
For this month's calendar page, I used a cheap plastic stencil to do the leaves. I stippled them with Stampin' Up! inks - Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust. I drew the leaves' veins and the squiggly lines with a Soft Suede marker. The sentiment is from Stampendous.
If you are interested in making your own calendars, you can find my files at the top of my blog page, under the title. Just follow the link. I need to get started on my 2012 sets. I can't believe I don't even have them printed out yet!
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This week's Repeat Impressions challenge is a Designer's Choice Challenge. Today's challenge is brought to you courtesy of Karen. Her choice is to make a card "For the Guys." Check out the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details on how you can have a chance to win a full sheet of unmounted rubber and to see what the other Rock Stars have created for the challenge. Or, you can follow these links to their blogs:
By making a card for this challenge and uploading and linking to the blog, you will be entered into a random drawing to win an unmounted sheet of stamps of your choice. Great prize!
For my card, I used last week's WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch. Visit the RI blog here for the sketch and the details of that challenge. You still have nearly a week to submit your entry. I paper-pieced the chair and mounted it on a white circle colored with a Copic marker and hand-drawn dashed lines, then on a circle of the same paper as the chair, and then on a burgundy scalloped circle. The trim piece is a stripe from the same paper as the chair. I also used that paper for the bottom section. The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions. This card was used as a birthday card for a friend who loves to read.
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An anniversary card for my friend, Joanne and her husband, Mark. Their anniversary was yesterday.
The lilies of the valley and the border were stamped with a Just-Rite stamper. I colored with Copics and cut with Nestabilities. The matting is New Leaf from Papertrey Ink. The sentiment is from Papertrey, also. I embossed the background with a Swiss Dots folder.
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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:
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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I was going to use my BIGkick, and found these squares left on there from yesterday's card. So, here is an almost identical card to that one:) It was either this or nothing, and I went with sharing this one. I actually like this one better, anyway.
So, here are the quick details. The squares were cut with a Papertrey Ink die. The flowers are stickers from Martha Stewart. The lines were scored with my Scor-Pal. The sentiment is from The Paper Company and is stamped in Eggplant Envy from Stampin' Up! This also qualifies for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge to use stickers, but I don't think I'll even link it up. (OK. I decided to link this one up, as well. :) )
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I stole about ten minutes yesterday and made this card. I made it for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge, which this week is to use stickers or rub-ons. You can find the challenge here.
I used a new die that I bought from my friend, Vicki, who had purchased two of them. It's from Papertrey Ink. It cuts all three squares at one time. I used a piece from my "card parts" pile - the purple background piece. It was already embossed with a Quickutz embossing folder and also scored with my Scor-Pal. You can't see either of those things very well in the photo. (Edited to add: If you click on the photo, you can at least see the embossing and scoring better.) The flowers are from Martha Stewart and the sentiment, stamped with Eggplant Envy ink from Stampin' Up!, is from The Paper Company.
Stay tuned for part two of this card for tomorrow's post:)
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No card to share today - too much going on! Wish I had one. Maybe today I can get in some stamping time. (Actually, I stamped a little bit last night. I made an anniversary card for a friend, but you won't see it here until Tuesday. I hope it will be received by then.)
For some reason, I thought my blog needed a little change. And I do mean little. All I did was change the background. But it looks a lot different. It had been the same for a long time.
I hope you all have a great weekend!
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Our son's birthday was Tuesday and we BOUGHT him a card! I thought it sounded like a good idea, but then I decided I had to make him a card, too. So, I designed this in my head during the day on Tuesday and as soon as Owen (our grandson) left for the day, I made the card. It turned out pretty much like I imagined it.
I did the background words on the computer on glossy cardstock. I brayered using three colors of Stampin' Up! blue. I matted with black. The letters were stamped in Baja Breeze using a Stampin' Up! alphabet. I punched them out using an EK Success punch. I punched the mats using a Martha Stewart punch. The letters are mounted on foam squares. Simple, but I'm glad he got a hand-made card again this year:)
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This week's Repeat Impressions challenge is another WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge. Here is the sketch for this week:
We'd love to have you join in. All you have to do is make a card using this sketch, upload to your blog or on-line gallery, and link up the Repeat Impressions blog. Please visit the blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and to see the other Rock Stars' creations. You can also follow these links to visit the design team's blogs:
Up for grabs is a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions. You have nearly two weeks to get your entry in. If you use Repeat Impressions stamps, you will be entered twice.
For my card, I used a butterfly from the newly released summer stamps. You can find the single butterfly on this page, or the whole unmounted sheet of rubber on this page. I stamped it on a piece of yellow glittery cardstock and cut it out. I also stamped it on a piece of white cardstock and cut out a circle using a Nestability. The matting for the circle is another Spellbinders dies and the same glittery yellow. (I bought the Spellbinders die from my friend, Vicki, who can get you most anything at a discounted price.) The bottom panel is green glittery. I cut the tag using a Spellbinders tag die. The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions. I mounted the butterfly panel on Dimensionals.
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Here are the other two cards I made last Friday at my friend's house, using "card parts." For this first one, the card parts were: the embossed blue background, the stamped, embossed and cut-out butterfly, and the punched border piece. I added the scoring on the blue. The gold-embossed sentiment (from Papertrey Ink) was added after I got home.
For this second card, I used a stamped image from my Group Gathering in June. Not sure who makes it. The sentiment is a rub-on and the background is from a Die Cuts With a View matstack. Edited to add: The little girl is from Stampin' Up! Thanks, Vicki!
It was really fun to get to make some cards and enjoy time with friends. Unfortunately, we only do it once a year! I hope to have more stamping time coming up, but I'm not really sure it will happen soon.
The stamp of the week from Repeat Impressions for this week is Puffins, found on this page. For all the details on how to get this stamp for 50% off through Sunday, please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.
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