Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Blueberry Cluster

Time for a new Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions.  The stamp for this week is 2707-I, Large Blueberry Cluster.   You can find it on this page.  Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the necessary details to purchase this stamp for 50% off and to see the creations by the other RI Rock Stars.  Or you can visit their blogs here:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Joy ~ Karen ~ Michele

My card is a very simple one - what else is new!  I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and used Goo Gone to blend them.  I used Not Quite Navy cardstock from Stampin' Up! for the matting, and Oval Nestabilities.  I embossed the background with my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions also.


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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

Time for a new WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge from Repeat Impressions.  Using the sketch above, create your card, upload it, and link it to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Your entry will earn you a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  While you're there, check out the other awesome cards by the Rock Stars.  Or follow these links to their blogs:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Harriet ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Michele ~ Miriam ~ Robin

For my card, I went with a simple Christmas card.  The snowflake and sentiment are both from last year's new Christmas stamps.  You can find them here, or the full sheet is available here at an awesome price.  (Check out the other full sheets, too.)  I used circle Nestabilities for the image panel and mounted it on Dimensionals.  The patterned paper is from a Dies Cuts With a View Winter matstack.


Remember, you still have almost a week to make your shaker card and enter it for a chance to win one of those full unmounted sheets of rubber.  Details can be found here.


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Happy Day Shower Card

This is the extremely simple card I made for my niece's wedding shower.  I almost didn't post it because it's pretty identical to one I made last year.  Since I really had nothing else to share, though, here it is!


The flower stickers are ones I got from my friend Harriet last summer.  They are so pretty!  They're by Sandylion, but I don't think they are available any more.  I cut the circles with Nestabilites out of shimmery white and Pink Pirouette (from Stampin' Up!)  The sentiment is from a Papertrey Ink set.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Lady Slipper

It's Monday - and time for another new Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions!  Even though I'm a little short on time, I HAD to make a card with this week's stamp:)  The stamp for this week is Lady Slipper, and it's Minnesota's state flower.  I will admit, though, it's been a while since I've seen a picture of one and I did have to look it up to see how to color it!  For this week only - through Sunday - this stamp is available for 50% off.  Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and to see the other creations by the Rock Stars.  Or you can follow these links to the blogs:

Harriet ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Miriam ~ Robin

For my card, I stamped the flower three times (intentionally with the middle one higher, but I really should have made it even higher so that it didn't just look "crooked") and colored with Copic markers.  I matted with a soft pink.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, of course:)


Just a reminder, you have until tomorrow to enter the WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  You can find the details here.  You also have another week to make a shaker card and enter it for a chance to win a full sheet of unmounted rubber.  Details for the Designer's Choice Challenge can be found here.  Good luck!



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A Little Break

I thought I'd let you know that I'll be a bit preoccupied for a week or so.  Our daughter and her two kids are visiting us from Chicago.  They'll be here for a little over a week.  I hope to have some time for creating while they are here, but I'm not sure.  I will have my Repeat Impressions cards on Mondays and Wednesdays, but perhaps nothing more.  I made a card for a wedding shower I'm going to today, but I didn't even take a picture of it.


I hope you all have a great weekend!


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Several CAS Cards

Monday morning was an awesome morning!  My grandson decided to take a LONG nap and I took the opportunity to work in my stamping area.  I continued on with it somewhat Monday night.  I decided to put away some things that I didn't even remember that I had!  After my trip to Des Moines last year with my stamping group, I put my "newest" stuff in a plastic shoebox so that I would be sure and use it first.  Oops!  Kind of forgot about it.  So, I put away all my newest stamps that weren't in books yet, put away embellishments, etc., and went through the "card parts" that were in the box.  As I was going through some items, a few cards just made themselves. :)  I'm going to share them all now, and not make you see them one at a time.  If you have any questions about anything, just send me an email.  LJNeus@hotmail.com.  

This last one is not my style at all, but I had made the flower at CHA in January, and hated to throw it away so I'm including it.


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Three Weddings and an Anniversary:)

 Sounds a little bit like a movie, doesn't it? LOL!  That's what I made a couple nights ago - four cards.

We are invited to three weddings in the next month.  Well, OK - five weeks, as you can see from the dates. :) I started out by making the last one pictured.  I asked my husband if he cared what card I made for his niece's son's upcoming wedding, because I thought I'd make another just like it.  He said he likes white, embossing and silver.  So, I made one of the above cards for that wedding, then made another one just like it for my niece's wedding.  

I liked the first one, though, so I made another one almost like it for some friends for their anniversary, which is on Sunday.  Happy Anniversary Diane and Jon!

For the ones with color, I used a JustRite Stamper oval with the flowers and the border.  I colored with Copic markers.  (Since I've been asked a few times what colors I've used, I'll include that information.  I used: BV02, BV08, BV11, C1, V06, V15, V17, Y19, YG03, YG13 and YG17.)  I cut the ovals all with Nestabilities.  The background embossing was done with a Sizzix folder and the cake was done with a small Cuttlebug folder.  The ovals are all mounted on Dimensionals.

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Repeat Impressions - Designers Choice Challenge: Shaker Card

Time for another Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions!  Read all about it on the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built.  This week it's Dawn's turn to choose, and she has challenged us to make a shaker card.  (I got my directions from SplitCoastStampers, here.)  Make your shaker card, upload it, link it to the Repeat Impressions blog and you could be the random winner of a full sheet of unmounted rubber!  Check out the other designers' cards on the blog, or follow these links:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Harriet ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Miriam

For my card, I used the Little Lamb, two little bird stamps, and the sentiment - all from Repeat Impressions.  I used a glittery paper for the frame and embossed the background with a Sizzix embossing folder.  

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August Calendar Page

A day late, here is my August calendar page.  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.


The flipflops were stamped with a Northwoods stamp and colored with Stampin' Up! markers.  I matted with kraft.  The little flip flops are from a set from My Favorite Things.


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Summer Frame

This week's Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions, available for 50% the regular price for this week only, is called Summer Frame and can be found on this page.  Check out the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all of the details and to see the other wonderful creations by the Rock Stars.  Or follow these links to the blogs of the design team members:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Joy ~ Michele

For my card, I stamped the image on white and also on a tan.  I cut out the frame and glued it to the image after I colored the sea critters with Copic markers.  I colored the rest of the image with Copic markers, also, except for the bathing suit, which I cut out of some Die Cuts With a View cardstock.  The background (Kraft from Papertrey Ink) was stamped with one of the newest stamps from Repeat Impressions, Sandcastle, with Creamy Caramel ink from Stampin' Up!  The sentiment can be found on the same page as the Sandcastle.


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More Flourishes Dasies

This card was done with the same stamp (Gerber Daisies from Flourishes) as the card from a few days ago.  


I colored this one with traditional daisy colors using Copic markers.  The butterfly and sentiment are from the same stamp set.  I also used a Spica glitter pen on the butterfly and the flower centers.  I matted the image panel with a textured yellow cardstock.


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One More Glittery Sticker

This is the last of the stickers I made with the materials Harriet brought with her in June.  (You can see the other two here and here.)


I carefully cut the butterfly out and mounted it on white cardstock.  Then I matted with Stampin' Up!'s Perfect Plum and mounted the panel on Dimensionals.  I embossed the bottom piece with a Cuttlebug folder and added the sentiment from Papertrey Ink.


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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

Time for another Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch Challenge.  Always a fun day:)

Here is this week's sketch.  All you have to do for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions is make a card using this sketch, upload it to your blog or on-line gallery, and link to the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built.  If you use RI stamps, you will be entered twice!  For all the details, please visit the blog.  You will also find the creations made by the other Rock Stars.  Or, you can follow these links to their blogs:

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Harriet ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Michele ~ Miriam ~ Robin

For my card, I used Little Lamb, found on this page and Little One, found on this page.  I did a little coloring with Copics and cut the image and matting with Nestabilities.  I mounted it on Dimensionals.  The background paper is from Die Cuts With a View.  I added rick-rack ribbon (colored with a Copic marker), a flower, and a button.


We'd love to have you join us!  And don't forget, you have until next Tuesday to enter the Designer's Choice Challenge to use glitter (found here) for a chance to win a sheet of unmounted rubber!

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Cheery Birthday

Finally, a new card!  It's been almost three weeks since I have made a card.  Funny how I had a new card every day for two weeks while we were gone, and now that I'm home, I haven't had anything to share!


This is simple, but it felt nice to get something done.  The image is one I stamped at our Group Gathering in Des Moines in June.  It's from Flourishes, called Gerber Daisies.  I colored it with Copic markers.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.  I matted with Stampin' Up! cardstock.  That's it! I will have a new card tomorrow, for the WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge from Repeat Impressions.


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Back from Vacation!

We got back from our vacation on Monday evening.  Didn't even miss me, did you? LOL!  I was pretty busy before we left, getting all my required projects done, doing some extra cards, and doing my pre-posts.

I have selected just a few of the MANY pictures we took.  We were at a retreat center in the Cascade Mountains of Washington.  We were supposed to take Amtrak - got out tickets in very early March.  We had a sleeper car and everything!  It would have been awesome, but due to the flooding in Minot, ND, Amtrak could not get through.  So, we flew to Seattle and from there to Wenatchee, WA.  A group from our church went (16 of us, total) and my husband and I got a ride to the ferry boat with another couple, about an hour away.  (Most everyone else drove from Minnesota to Washington.) The boat ride was about two hours and we were met by a bus which took us the last 35 minutes of the trip.  We did a lot of hiking and a lot of eating:)  The meals were all prepared for us - how cool!  We left home very early on Saturday, July 9 and returned on Monday evening, July 18.  Quite an experience, and very beautiful.  We had no cell phone service nor internet - and amazingly, I didn't even miss it!

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Sparkly, Glossy Roses

I had this colored image sitting on my table for a while, so i decided it was time to make it into a card.


I had colored it with Copics.  I masked off the edges and inked it up with a Versamark pad, then embossed it with Iridescent Sparkle embossing powder.  Then I inked it up twice more with Versamark and added two layers of Deep Impression embossing powder.  This is always such a great effect! The image is mounted on Dimensionals and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.


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Designer's Choice Challenge - Glitter

It's time for another Designer's Choice Challenge from Repeat Impressions.  This time Joy has challenged us to use glitter on our cards.  I love the "sparkly-ness" of glitter and don't even mind the mess, but I usually forget to use it, so this was a great challenge for me.  Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for the details and to see the other Rock Stars' cards.  Or follow these links: 

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Harriet ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Michele ~ Miriam ~ Robin

Then, make a card using glitter, upload it, and link it to the blog.  One lucky winner for the month will win a full sheet of unmounted rubber!

For my card, I dug out my Essential Glue pad and used it to stamp my Damselfly Flight.  (This Damselfly is the Stamp of the Week from RI, too. You can purchase it through Sunday for 50% off.  Visit the RI blog for details.) I used Martha Stewart glitter over the stamped glue. I double matted the dragonfly with mats cut with Nestabilities.  The background was one I got from someone - I assume it was done with ink direct to glossy cardstock.  I used Scor-Tape on the background for the glittered lines around the edges.  The matting cardstock is from Stampin' Up! and the sentiment is a rub-on - again!


I hope you decide to join in the challenge, and I look forward to seeing your creations!

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Welcome, Little One

I've been on a roll with using up miscellaneous images "cluttering" my stamping table:)


I had this one (Little Lamb from Repeat Impressions) left over from a WHAT IF? Wednesday challenge card I made and decided to color it up and cut it out.  I mounted it on Dimensionals.  The sentiment is from Repeat Impressions, also.  The matting is from Stampin' Up!


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Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week - Damselfly Flight

Another Monday brings another Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week.  This week's stamp is called 4403-J Damselfly Flight.  You can find it on this page.  You can purchase this stamp for 50% off through Sunday.  Visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details and to see what the other Design Team members have created with it.


I stamped the damselfly on a pearly vellum, and then colored the back of the body with a black Copic marker.  I stamped it onto the background paper, too, and then glued the vellum one on the page.  The flowers are from Repeat Impressions (4314-K, Flowering Vine) and the sentiment is, too.  The patterned paper is from Die Cuts With a View.


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Another Watercolored Bird and Blossoms Card

When I did my post for a watercolor challenge for Repeat Impressions, I had started with this image for practice.  However, I couldn't bear to throw it out - I had to use it:)  So, here it is.


Quite simple.  The background was embossed at our Group Gathering in Des Moines in June with a Stampin' Up! folder.  The sentiment is from SU! also, and is mounted with Dimensionals.  All matting is done with black.  The Bird and Blossoms image is from Repeat Impressions.


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Glittery Stickers - Part Two

Another card using the awesome glittery stickers I talked about in my post from July 12.


This one I also colored with Copics, and tried doing a little shading on it.  The patterned paper is from Die Cuts with a View and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.


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Repeat Impressions Blog Hop!! New Stamps!! Fun, Fun!

Wendy - the artist and co-owner (with her husband, Bill) - has created some new stamps for Repeat Impressions! Today we are celebrating that with a fun blog hop!  You will be seeing peeks of these new stamps, which are available in the Repeat Impressions store, found on this page.  My goodness, there are some great new stamps!  Check out the RI blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details.  And follow these links to the other Rock Stars' blogs: (Sorry that these are links to the blogs and not the specific post.  Just look for their July 15 post.)

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Harriet ~Joy ~ Karen
Lynette (you are here!) ~ Maki ~ Michele ~ Miriam ~ Robin

To be entered for a chance to win this contest, here is what you will need to do:  Visit all the RI Rock Stars' blogs.  Each artist will share a word with you.  After you collect all the words, email Wendy(wendy@repeatimpressions.com) with all the words. If you can use all the words to create the correct phrase then 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 8 p.m. Eastern time on Tuesday, July 19. The blog candy for this hop... an unmounted sheet of the new Summer stamps of course!  The winner will be announced on the Repeat Impressions blog on Wednesday, so be sure to check if you've won.  Good luck!!


My word is:  STAMP


Goodness, this post is so long, I'm not sure I have the energy to describe how I made my cards!  The top one is paper-pieced, uses a kraft base and the image panel is mounted on Dimensionals.  The second one is colored with Copics, uses a Spica glitter pen for the dandelions and a Martha Stewart punch for the butterflies and pearls for their bodies.  I used a Nestability to draw the frame around the image.  The paper is from Die Cuts With a View.  The Spica pens are now available from Repeat Impressions, too!

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Happy Birthday, Joyce!

Today is my friend Joyce's birthday.  Happy Birthday, Joyce!


I embossed this background using a friend's Stampin' Up! folder.  I glued the embossed piece onto the card front.  I paper-pieced the butterfly.  This is a sort-of "sneak peek" of tomorrow's post!  Be sure to check back!  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.


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Repeat Impressions WHAT IF? Wednesday Sketch

Today - being Wednesday - is time for another Repeat Impressions challenge.  This week it's the WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge.  Here is the sketch for this time:

Please visit the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details on how YOU can win a $25 gift certificate from Repeat Impressions by participating in this challenge.  You will also find the wonderful creations by the other Rock Stars there, too.  Or you can follow these links:  (Sorry - they are a link to the blogs, and NOT to the specific blog post.  Just look for the post dated 7/13.)

Darsie ~ Dawn ~ Harriet ~Joy ~ Karen ~ Maki ~ Michele ~ Miriam ~ Robin

For my card, I started with this week's Stamp of the Week, Hammock.  (Check out the RI blog link above for the details on this special offer, too.  You can purchase this stamp for 50% off through Sunday.)  I stamped the image on textured white cardstock and colored it. I added the embossing at the bottom with a Cuttlebug border folder.  I thought it mimicked the design on the patterned paper.  I added the same textured cardstock to the top of the card and sponged it with some brown ink.  The patterned paper is all from Die Cuts With a View Green Matstock.  The sentiment is a rub-on.  (Recognize it?  I got a package of white ones and black ones, and I certainly have been using them!)


We'd love to have you join us!  Good luck!

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Glittery Stickers - Part One

When my friend Harriet was here in June, she also brought some really cool make-it-yourself glittery stickers.  They are from Elizabeth Crafts and can be found at several on-line stores.


I made three of them and have two of them made into cards so far.  I will share them later.  These were done by cutting a piece of double-sided sticky paper and adding the glitter to one side, then putting the sticker on it.  Then you can color right over the glitter with Copic markers and cut around the edges.  I stuck that colored, glittery sticker on some textured white cardstock.  The sentiment is a rub-on.  I embossed the background with a Quickutz embossing folder.  This glitter is so very awesome - you can feel it and swear it's not glitter, it's so fine!


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Gee - Another Yellow, Black and White Daisy Card!

I haven't done a yellow and black daisy card for a little while now, so I guess it's just about time! LOL!


I came across this small piece of yellow patterned paper on my table and wanted to just use it, rather than put it away.  The daisies are from K&Co.  The sentiment is a rub-on.  The lines across the center are done with my Scor-Pal and "scuffed" with a sanding block.


Today's Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week is Hammock, found on this page.  It's available for 50% off for this week only.  Please check out the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built, for all the details.  I will be sharing a card using this stamp on Wednesday for my RI WHAT IF? Wednesday sketch challenge.


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Dimensional Pansy - and I'm in the Sweet 'N Sassy Spotlight!

Another dimensional flower courtesy of my friend, Harriet. (She gave some to me when she was here in June.)


I punched out the pieces and layered them with foam squares. I used my Scor-Pal to make the design on the background piece. I matted with Vintage Violet cardstock from Stampin' Up! The sentiment is from SU! also - Sincere Salutations.


Check this out!  Thanks to Harriet letting me use her Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps while she was here, I get to be in the Customer Spotlight!  How cool!  Thanks so much for the honor, Janette!


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