The House That Stamps Built: Christmas: Option-Nontraditional Colors

It's time for another Wednesday challenge at The House That Stamps Built.

 

 I went with the option: Christmas with nontraditional colors, using pink and silver. I 

masked and embossed Pointsettia three times in silver on pink card stock.  I then

blended ink over the edges for some depth and stamped  Merry Christmas in the

same shade of pink.   A few gems and a splattering of silver (which does not show up 

as well as in real life) and  a layer of silver card stock completed this card.

 

Join the fun and you might be the lucky winner of the monthly drawing

 for the  $25 Repeat Impression's  gift certificate. You don't have

 to use Repeat Impression stamps but an extra chance if you do.  

Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

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For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

 

The House That Stamps Built: Black, White and one other color

It's time for another Wednesday challenge at The House That Stamps Built.

 

Below is my black, white and one other color (shades of brown)

 

I used one of Wendy's Quartet stamps: Brewed Quartet , I embossed

the image and paper pieced one of the coffee cups.  After adding a

layer of brown I added a bow.   This will go in the mail to a 

special request at chemo angels. 

 

Join the fun and you might be the lucky winner of the monthly drawing

 for the  $25 Repeat Impression's  gift certificate. You don't have

 to use Repeat Impression stamps but an extra chance if you do.  

Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

Use my discount code on my side bar for 10% off.

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

 

The House That Stamps Built: Use a border on your project

 Happy Wednesday!  This week  The House That Stamps Built is looking 

for cards with a border. 

My card:

 I am in the mode of starting of building up my Christmas card stash so I 

wanted to go with Christmas. I used a die cut as my border.  The center

is blended with Distress Oxide faded jeans, has white splatters and

dots form a gel pen for snow.  I added some die cut and punched

snowflakes and die cut trees and a Noel stamp.   

How are your Christmas cards coming or have you started? I am moving

 along on mine.

Join the fun and you might be the lucky winner of the monthly drawing

 for the  $25 Repeat Impression's  gift certificate. You don't have

 to use Repeat Impression stamps but an extra chance if you do.  

Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

Use my discount code on my side bar for 10% off.

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

A few fun challenges:

Addicted to CAS: Circles  11/19 

Craft Rocket Challenges #87: Winter/Snow  11/27 

Happy Little Stampers Novvember-ATG's with dies  12/1

Stamping Sensation: November-Christmas  12/1

Word Art Wednesday #517-518  11/24

 

 

 

JDS-Baby It's Cold Outside

 It is mid month at Jan's Digital Stamps Challenge. I got a little carried away 

with this new digital set of Jan's Baby, It's Cold Outside 3475J.

I used Jan's precolored version of these penguins as it was so nicely colored, 

 I added some extra touches with Wink of Stella, Sakura gel pen, gray

shadowing, and white gel pen, varying it on each one. The first card  I did a back

 ground of ink smooching, The second is a gate fold

 with scored lines,   the third I used scraps of patterned paper on the

 fourth  I used an embossing folder.  Various die cutting on all of them.

I thought this would be a nice card for several of our friends.

 A few fun challenges:

Allsorts #650 Christmas   11/20

Fall/Winter Coffee Lovers Blog Hop     11/19

 

NBUS Challenge #32  12/1

Pattie's Creation Design #188  12/2

We Love to Create #11 -Mixed Media 11/27

Word Art Wednesday # 517-518  11/24

 

Butterfly Christmas cards

Windmill card

Snippet card-left over pieces

 I have not joined in Mrs. A's delightful Butterfly Challenge as much as I

would of liked this year so I thought I would make a couple cards

today for her challenge and a few other favorites today..  And yes my Christmas

 cards have butterflies on them!

A few fun challenges:

Allsorts Challenge 650: Christmas  11/20 

Aud Sentiments #267: Christmas & a sentiment 11/16

Butterfly Challenge #164: card 1Windmill card  11/30

Word Art Wednesday   517-518  11/24

 

The House That Stamps Built: Use up your fall scraps

 Wednesday, time for another challenge at The House That Stamps Built. This week

we are using up our fall scraps.

My scraps:

 My card:

I used a cute Cuttlebug embossing folder that I have had forever on a

scrap of card stock, trimmed it in two pieces to layer a scrap of fall

patterned paper between the pieces.   I then stamped Repeat Impressions:

Prize Pumpkin and Just Because on a scrap of orange card stock. The pumpkin

was a bit orangier than I liked so I colored it with Copics.

 Join the fun and you might be the lucky winner of the monthly drawing

 for the  $25 Repeat Impression's  gift certificate. You don't have

 to use Repeat Impression stamps but an extra chance if you do.  

Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

Use my discount code on my side bar for 10% off.

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

A few fun challenges:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #415  11/13    

 

The House That Stamps Built: Thankful for Fall

It's Wednesday, you know what that means, challenge day at The House.

This weeks challenge is Thankful for Fall (Autumn colors, Fall, Thanksgiving,

Thanks)  My card:

Fall is such a lovely season and there is so much to be thankful

for this time of year: leaves changing colors, cooler weather, 

getting out to parks to hike and always family and friends. I 

thought this Repeat Impressions sentiment: Find beauty was

a perfect sentiment for this.  As most of you know, I am on

a stenciling kick so I stenciled some fall leaves from

 in various colors, then without removing

the stencil, I placed a dotted stencil on top of it,

and stenciled over the two stencils together.  Isn't this a great look!

 

Other supplies used:

Stamplorations stencil:leaf prints

Tim Holtz stencil: dotfade

Join the fun and you might be the lucky winner of the monthly drawing

 for the  $25 Repeat Impression's  gift certificate. You don't have

 to use Repeat Impression stamps but an extra chance if you do.  

Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

Use my discount code on my side bar for 10% off.

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

A few fun challenges:

Creatalicious Challenge 11/14 

Dies R US #180 -Stitched Nesting Squares 11/14

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie  12/1 

Stamplorations Stencil Challenge 12/1