Two More Fall-To Layout Cards

I really liked the Fall-To Layout this week (#105), and I have made some more cards using it.  I'll share two more with you today.

The butterflies on this first one are from Inkadinkado.  The "thanks" is from Stampin' Up!'s set called Much Appreciated.  The border is punched with a Martha Stewart punch and then I scored the lines with my Scor-Pal.  The matting is Perfect Plum.  The butterfly is punched with a Martha Stewart punch.

This second card is made with Repeat impressions stamps.  The flower stamp is called Flowering Vine (#4314-K) and the sentiment is called Deepest Sympathy (#4025-F).  I colored the flowers and leaves with Stampin' Up! markers.  The border is Always Artichoke and is punched with an SU! punch and scored with my Martha Stewart scoring board.

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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week – Shade of the Elm

Another Monday brings another Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week!  This week's stamp is called 2908-I, Shade of the Elm.  You can find it on this page.  To get the details on how to purchase it for 50% off (through Sunday, September 5 only!), visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Also be sure to check out the other design members' blogs for their creations:

Ayana ~ Dana ~ Darsie ~ Harriet ~ Joy ~ Michele

And, if you haven't done your WHAT IF? Wednesday card, you still have until September 7 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to submit your card for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate.  Check out the great sketch and the complete instructions here.

I made this card for Natasha Trupp's Fall-to Layout #105.  I colored the image with Stampin' Up! markers.  I matted the image with Old Olive cardstock from SU!  I punched the border with a Martha Stewart Lattice Arch border punch.  The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.

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Happy Anniversary, Joanne and Mark!

Anniversary Wishes go out to my friend Joanne and her husband, Mark! This is the card I sent them.

It's called a "Free-Standing Pop-Up" card.  The instructions I used were from SplitCoastStampers.  You can find them here.  You'll find written instructions as well as a video tutorial.  It's really very simple to make.  Figuring out how to decorate it is definitely the hardest part!  My cardstock is all Stampin' Up!  I used Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, and Old Olive.  (Can you believe it - NO WHITE!)  I used a Cuttlebug border folder and also my Swiss Dots folder.  The stamps are all from Papertrey's Wishing You set.  The butterfly is done with a Martha Stewart punch.

Here is a picture of the card folded flat.  Well, almost flat.  It's as flat as I could get it for a picture.

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Anniversary Birds and Flowers

I'm still not exactly sure if I really like this card, or don't like it very much at all!

I got a set of two new Sizzix embossing folders.  I was excited to use them, until I realized (after I opened them, of course) that they are A6 size.  That would be fine if they were just background folders, but they both have frames and they are just too big for a "standard" size card.  So, this card is 6 x 4.5 inches.  I had to use some 12 x 12 paper that I have.  The base is textured blue.  I used the folder to emboss some textured white cardstock that I had.  I sponged ink on to the birds, leaves, borders, and dots.  The flowers are from the wedding section at Michael's.  I sponged blue ink on them, too, and added pearls.

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One-Layer Wednesday Challenge - Border

I really didn't have time to stamp anything yesterday, but I took five minutes and made a card for Susan's (LateBlossom) One-Layer Wednesday challenge. The challenge is to use a border stamp.

I chose Stampin' Up!'s Beautiful Borders for both stamps. I stamped with True Thyme ink. The cardstock is a speckled, lightly textured gray. I also used my Scor-Pal to highlight the border. That's it! Truly a five-minute card:)


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WHAT IF? Wednesday - a Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge

Time for another Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  Just make a card using the above sketch and upload it to your blog or on-line gallery and leave a link on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  (If you upload to SCS or another on-line gallery, please use keyword A2510.)  A random winner from the month of September will win a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  Besides being fun, it's also worth playing for! :)  Check out the other Rock Star's wonderful cards, too.  Here are links to their blogs.  (I will update with links to the specific posts when I can.  Edited to add: DONE!  Entries for the challenge must be uploaded by 5:00 p.m. EDT on September 7. )

Ayana Posadas ~ Dana Joy ~ Darsie Bruno ~ Harriet Skelly
Joy Hadden ~ Julie Smith ~ Makiko Jones ~ Robin Kirkpatrick

Here is the card I made for the challenge.  Funny thing, though - I printed out the sketch a while ago, and somehow I got it "stretched" and the main circle was an oval.  Oops!  When I went to upload it to our group page, I saw the "real" sketch!  Oh well - sketches are always open to "creative license!" LOL!  I used a stamp from the newly released Snow Globe sheet.  I stamped it with SU! Night of Navy ink and paperpieced the base with some Fiskars paper.  I used my Oval Nesties for the image and also for the matting.  The circles were punched and I sponged Night of Navy on the edges.  The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.  (I inked up only part of it.)  I added pearls, and also some glitter to the snow globe.


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Fall-To Layout #104 - Birthday

I made this card for Natasha's Clean & Simple Fall-To Layout #104.  You can find the sketch here.


The solid colors are Stampin' Up!  I used my Martha Stewart scoring tool on them.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.  I believe I got the ribbon at Michael's.  The patterned paper is some that I received in my recent blog candy.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Forty Winks

By now, you are probably expecting to find Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week when you check my blog on Mondays.  (I hope so, anyway:) )  Today is no exception.  Visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, to get the details on how to purchase this comfy little cat (#2606-J, Forty Winks) for 50% off.  You can find the stamp here - scroll down towards the bottom.  You can find all the Repeat Impressions stamps here - just scroll down a little ways for the categories.  Check out the other Design Team members' blogs for their inspirational cards, too.

Dana ~ Harriet ~ Julie ~ Makiko ~ Robin

For my card, I stamped the image on white cardstock, and then on light gray cardstock two more times.  I colored the images on the gray with a Stampin' Up! Going Gray marker.  I used my Oval Nestabilities to cut out the image and the mat.  I cut out the entire cat one time and glued it to the image which had been stamped on white, and just the head from the second image.  I mounted the head on Pop Dots for a little dimension.  The background is embossed with a Fiskars texture plate.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, and is available as a single stamp mounted or unmounted, or on a sheet of 24 unmounted sentiments.

You still have time to enter the WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge.  The sketch and details are in this blog post.  


The winner of the second RI blog hop was announced today, too!


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Simple Thanks

Just a simple thank you - kind of a ten-minute card.  I made this quickly to send along with an order.

The rose is from Inkadinkado. I colored it with Stampin' Up! markers. The sentiment is from the SU! set Much Appreciated. The punch is by Martha Stewart and the scoring was done with my Martha Stewart scoring tool.


Yesterday a couple friends came over and they did some scrapbooking while I did some stamping.  We had a great time.  I got my Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week and my WHAT IF Wednesday cards done for Monday's and Wednesdays posts.  I still need to make a card for our son.  My "baby," my "younger than his sister by FIVE years" turns 30 on Monday!


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One-Layer Card - Anniversary

I made this card for Susan's (LateBlossom) One-Layer Wednesday challenge, which this week is to use a scene.

My scenic stamp is from Repeat Impressions. I stamped it with Versafine Onyx Black ink and colored it with Stampin' Up! chalks. I colored the little flowers with SU! markers. I added Diamond Stickles on the stream. It was a rather gray day here when I took the picture, but I was able to get the sparkle to show up in the picture a little bit, happily! The sentiment stamps are from Verve and are stamped in SU!'s Buckaroo Blue ink.


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Two Anniversary Cards

Here are two anniversary cards I made on Monday.  They are quite similar, so you get them at the same time:)


On both cards, I used my JustRite Stamper for the sentiment. I punched a hole in some scratch paper to make a mask for stamping the rose.  I colored the rose stamp (from Inkadinkado) with markers and stamped it in the sentiment using the mask.  I used a white gel pen on the scalloped circle mat.  For this first card, I embossed the background with my Swiss Dots folder.  

I did the main image the same for this card, except for no dots on the scallops.  For the background, I brayered Versamark on the D'vine Swirls Cuttlebug folder before embossing, then I used Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder on it.  I added matting and a ribbon.  Here is a different angle so you can see the sparkle a little bit better.


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Repeat Impressions Sneak Peek Blog Hop ~ Snow Globes & Ornaments

It’s time for another Repeat Impressions Blog Hop!  It was so much fun last week, we’re doing it again. :) First, though, head over to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, to find the link to the new penguin stamps we “sneak-peeked” last week and to find out who last week’s winner was!  You will also find the details about this week’s blog hop.

Once again, each RI Rock Star will feature a Key Word.  My KEY WORD is “FOR.”  Collect all ten key words and put them together to form a phrase.  Email the phrase to Wendy (Wendy@repeatimpressions.com) by 10 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday, August 22.  The winner of this blog hop will win … an unmounted sheet of the new Snow Globes and Ornaments series, of course!


Here are the links to the other RI Design Team members' blogs:

Ayana Posadas
Dana Joy
Darsie Rose Bruno
Harriet Skelly
Joy Hadden
Julie Smith
Lynette Neus (you are here!)
Makiko Jones

Michele Greenwood
Robin Kirkpatrick 

To double your chances for this great prize, leave a comment on each Rock Star’s blog and also the Repeat Impressions blog.  This needs to be done no later than 10 p.m. on Sunday, August 22, also.  The new stamps will be available on Monday, August 23, and the winner of this week’s blog hop will be announced then.


Again, my Key Word is FOR.


I haven’t had a lot of time for stamping yet, but I did manage to get two cards made using the new stamps.  For my first one, I stamped the Snow Globe image on white cardstock, and then again on a piece of brown cardstock.  I stamped the snowflakes with Versamark on vellum and embossed with Detail Gold embossing powder.  After embossing, I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig and stamped the circle around it.  I cut out the snowflakes circle from the vellum and the snow globe base from the brown and adhered them to the white cardstock.  I embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder, too.  I matted the image and sentiment panel on the same brown cardstock, and then mounted it on kraft card base.

For this second card, I went with silver.  The card base is white and the second layer is shimmery silver.  I stamped snowflakes with Versamark and embossed them with Detail Silver embossing powder.  I stamped the snowflake again on white and embossed with silver.  I cut out around it, mounted it on a silver circle, and then on a scalloped white circle.  I added silver dots around the edge.  The sentiment (from the same sheet of stamps) is also silver and mounted on silver and white.  I added silver dots in the corners and mounted the sentiment on Pop Dots.


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Birthday Wishes

After being away for a while and having so much going on, I've gotten a bit behind!  I'm slowly catching up, but I needed a few cards in a hurry.  I did get to make four cards yesterday.  I made this one, one for a sneak peek for Repeat Impressions (check back tomorrow for that one!), and two anniversary cards which I should be able to share with you on Thursday.  (Oh yeah, I got to make a couple cards on Saturday, too - for a special order. :) Then I made a really quick thank you card to include.  If you're reading this, Nancy, you'll see it soon!)


When my friend Harriet was here in June, she brought her My Favorite Things stamps with her.  I did a few stampoffs and I finally used one.  I paper pieced her dress and colored the rest with markers.  The sentiment is from Inkadinkado.  I sponged the edges of the image panel to match the sentiment and mounted the entire panel on Pop Dots.  Very simple, but I like it!


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Chickadee at Rest

Another Monday brings another Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week!  This week's stamp is #211-P Chickadee at Rest.  You can find it on this page - just scroll down a little ways.  By visiting the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, you can find the details on how to purchase this wonderful stamp for 50% off - through Sunday, August 22 only.  Also check out the other Design Team members' blogs for inspiration.

Ayana ~ Darsie ~ Julie ~ Michele

For my card, I stamped the image on white with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  I stamped it again on a scrap of white and embossed it with Detail Black embossing powder.  I colored the background (the branches and pine needles) with Stampin' Up! markers, then sponged light blue chalk over the entire image.  I cut out the embossed bird, added a little bit of tannish chalk to the bottom of the breast, and added a tiny "googly" eye.  I mounted the bird on Pop Dots.  The black corners were punched with an SU! punch.  The matting is Old Olive (by SU!) and I scored it with my Martha Stewart scoring tool.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.


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Miscellaneous Chatter - A Brief Report of Vacation

I have no cards to share with you today!  I haven't gotten to do any stamping for over a week.  So, I thought I'd instead share a little bit of what I've been up to:)  (Actually, I threw together a quick card yesterday for a friend's anniversary, but I didn't even take the time to photograph it.)

We headed west - to North and South Dakota.  We spent the first couple nights at our daughter-in-law's parents' house in Bismarck.  My husband golfed in a charity golf tournament for the Make A Wish Foundation.  Then we headed further west and he golfed at an awesome course in Medora - in the Badlands of North Dakota.  I got to ride in/drive the cart there.  Oh my gosh, what a course!  We took the long loop through Teddy Roosevelt National Park the next day.  So very scenic, and we saw a herd of 100 - 150 buffalo.  Impressive!

From there we headed south to South Dakota.  We didn't realize it was Rally Week in Sturgis.   I could not even imagine that many motorcycles!  We camped two nights in Custer State Park.  We really only had a day and a half there, but it was great.  We hiked to the top of Harney Peak - the highest spot between the Pyrenees in Europe and the Rockies.  It was a very HOT walk and about seven miles up and down and up and down, but definitely worth it for the view.  We had made the trip up there a few years ago, too.  I could tell I was seven years older, though! :)


We got home Wednesday night and ran some errands Thursday and just enjoyed being home.  Laundry was on my agenda yesterday and then we went to watch the Twins win last night and got to see some very fantastic fireworks.  I have cards I need to get done, and I just don't know when I'm going to fit them in!


Sorry to bother you with a personal post, but thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you'll come back and visit again soon!

Repeat Impressions Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the first-ever Repeat Impressions Blog Hop!  I'm excited to be a part of it!

Repeat Impressions has new Christmas stamps that will be available soon.  We are celebrating by having a blog hop.  How cool!  All you have to do is visit the blogs of all the Repeat Impressions “Rock Stars.”  (They are listed below.  For now, at least, the links may be to the blogs, and not the specific blog posts.  I’ll try to update the links as soon as possible.  EDITED TO ADD:  I have updated the links so they are all to the Blog Hop posts.  You can also find information on the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built.)  On each blog, you will find a key word.  After you collect all the words, email Wendy (wendy@repeatimpressions.com) with all the words to be eligible for the blog candy. If you can use all the words to create the correct phrase, you will have earned yourself TWO chances for the blog candy! You must complete the hop and email Wendy all the words and/or the phrase no later than 10 p.m. eastern time on Monday, August 16. The blog candy for this hop ... an unmounted sheet of the new Christmas Penguins, of course!


My keyword is "NEW."

You can find the blogs of the RI Rock Stars here:

Ayana Posadas

Dana Joy

Darsie Bruno

Harriet Skelly

Joy Hadden

Julie Smith

Lynette Neus (you're here!)

Makiko Jones

Michele Greenwood

Robin Kirkpatrick

I have created five cards with these great stamps.  For this first card, I colored the image with Stampin' Up! markers.  I added Flowersoft to the wreath.  I also added Stickles to the white part of the penguin's hat.  The red was embossed with a Cuttlebug border folder.  The sentiment is from the new stamps, too.

For this second card, I paper-pieced the stars with a shimmery copper paper.  I added fairy dust glitter for the snow.  The matting is the same copper paper, which I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder.

I again used SU! markers to color this cute fellow.  I used Diamond Glaze over the candy cane and Stickles on his hat.  The red is embossed with an Impressability and then rubbed with a white ink pad.  The snowflake on the bottom is from Stampin' Up!

I cut this penguin out and mounted him on a black oval which I had cut with a Nestability.  I put Stickles on the clear ornament he is holding.  I scored the red background with my Martha Stewart scoring tool.

For this penguin's ornament, I used Diamond Glaze.  The background is stamped using snowflakes from the same sheet of stamps.  The ribbon is self-adhesive.  The stamp is a part of a stamp from the new stamps.  The matting and bottom layer is shimmery gold paper.

I hope you're still with me!  My, what a long post!!  Have a great time visiting all the RI Rock Stars' blogs, and good luck!  The prize is awesome - ALL the new stamps on an unmounted sheet!  (All the stamps I used on these cards are included, and many more!)

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WHAT IF? Wednesday - A Repeat Impressions Challenge

It's time for another WHAT IF? Wednesday!  Wendy, from Repeat Impressions, gives the Design Team a sketch to work with and we start creating:)  This is our sketch for the next couple weeks.  We invite you all to join us!  Make a card using this sketch and upload it to your blog or an on-line gallery, and leave a link on the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built.  You can find all the details there, and also links to the Design Team members' blogs and their contributions.

Here is my card using the sketch.  I used Repeat Impressions Small Pine Tree and stamped it with Stampin' Up! True Thyme and Old Olive.  I did multiple stampings before re-inking.  The sentiment is also from Repeat Impressions.  The matting is all True Thyme.  The little squares are mosaics that I got at Michael's.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Portland Head Light

Isn't this just an awesome stamp!  This is Repeat Impressions Stamp of the week - available through next Sunday (August 15) for 50% off IF you visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for the details.  You can find the stamp, 1401-P Portland Head Light (sm), on this page - just scroll down a bit on the page.  Also be sure to check out the amazing creations by the other RI Rock Stars!  You can find links on The House That Stamps Built blog.


For my card, I stamped the image on white cardstock with Versafine Vintage Sepia ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I use a fingertip sponge dauber-thingy and Stampin' Up! inks to color the image - kind of going for a watercolor look.  I used Soft Suede, True Thyme, Buckaroo Blue and Baja Breeze.  I matted with Soft Suede cardstock and drew the birds with a Soft Suede marker.


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Four Quick Cards

I have a couple minutes, so I thought I would upload four cards I made for our daughter-in-law's mother.  They are all super simple, and are basically using an older Fall-To Layout.

The patterned papers are all from Die Cuts With a View Linen Closet.  The flowers are punches.  The centers of the flowers are little stickers.  The butterfly is a punch.  The square card is 4.25 inches square.


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Super Simple Baby Boy

This is the card I made for my son and daughter-in-law once they found out they will be having a baby boy in December.


The papers are all from Die Cuts With a View Nana's Nursery - Boy.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up!


My husband will be on vacation for a week, and we have some plans, so I'm pretty sure I won't be doing any stamping and probably not much blogging, either.  I have cards prepared for Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week for Monday and WHAT IF? Wednesday. I also have a couple cards I made for my daughter-in-law's mom.  If I get a chance, I'll post them, too.  I hope you all have a good week!


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Simple Hello

A very simple card that I sent to a little friend.


We went to a wedding a week ago Saturday, and on the table there were little boxes that had mints in.  (I actually had gotten to help assemble them:) )  The boxes were held closed by the two pieces you see on this card.  Very pretty.  I brought home the pieces from all five of the boxes that were on our table.  I layered the silver and the deep purple/burgundy pieces and added the turquoise-y center.  The "bling" was already on the petals.  The stamp is from Papertrey Ink's Fillable Frames #1.  The young lady I mailed the card to was one of the guests at our table.


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SCS Sketch Challenge - Anniversary

I made this card last week for SplitCoastStampers Sketch Challenge #291. I made it Clean and Simple and replaced a layer with the sentiment.

My stamps are all from Papertrey Ink's Wishing You set.  I stamped with Stampin' Up!'s Bliss Blue and Old Olive. I think the patterned paper is probably SU! The matting is SU! Bliss Blue. 


We just got back from a trip to Chicago yesterday.  We got to spend a few days with our daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren.  How awesome!  The kids are growing so fast!  And of course, they are just the cutest:)


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Underpants Frogs

It's Monday and by now you know what that means ... Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week day!  For this week only, by going to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, you can find out the details on getting this stamp for 50% off.  You can find the stamp, 7120-L Underpants Frogs, on this page.  Just scroll down a little bit.  Be sure to check out the other Design Team members' blogs for their awesome creations.


I stamped the image and then colored it with Stampin' Up! markers.  I used my Scor-Pal for a little bit of embellishment.  I think the patterned paper is from SU! also.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions.


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August Calendar Page

Not one of my favorite months!  I thought about "forgetting" to post it, but ... here it is:)


The stamps are all from a dollar set from JoAnn's or Micheal's and I colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  I added some Stickles to the flames.


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