The House That Stamps Built Sketch Challenge

Sketch time at The House That Stamps Built!   I thought this

would be the perfect time to make my husbands

Valentines card. 

Repeat Impression stamps used:

1216-O, Ruffled Heart Border

1207-J, Floral LOVE

1601-K, Bear Hug

Now it's your turn, we enjoy seeing your creations in our weekly challenge, so get creating for a chance in the monthly drawing for a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate. If you use a Repeat Impression's stamp and you get an extra entry, but any stamp is fine. See my right sidebar for a discount code.

Check out  my talented design team pal's for inspiration:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Shirley

A few fun challenges:
Cupcake Inspiration  2/2
 
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #221 Love  2/1
Love to Create #18   2/1
Scrapbook and Cardmaking #61 Valentine/Love 2/14
The Rubber Buggy #10 -Valentines, Love or Anniversary  2/1
Word Art Wednesday  # 320-321  2/14

 

Fluttering by

I wanted to join in Mrs.Butterfly challenge and a few other fun challenges

so I made this fun Z-fold card with some peacock blue card stock. 

 Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend!

A few fun challenges:

Aud Sentiment #195 Anything Goes with a Sentiment  1/29

Butterfly Challenge   #93 Butterfies + X for Xtra Fold and/or the color peacock blue/green 1/30

Paper Creator  #65  Anything Goes  2/1
The Paper Shelter #323: Shades of Blue  1/30
TTTC032: Polka dots/Neutral/Free (butterflies)  1/30

The House That Stamps Built: Anything Goes

Anything goes at The House That Stamps Built!  I thought I would start building

 that stash of Christmas cards early this year.  It was such a help last year starting in

 September with challenges that I thought why not start sooner like

 some  of my blogland friends that make them all year.

I masked my hill before stamping Repeat Impressions: 2719-K, Lg Pine Tree and 

2710-D, Sm Pine Tree, did a bit of Distress Oxide sponging and water splattering

for the sky, banner cut my second image, assembled, added 3412-C, Gulls in Flight

and then my snow.  Would you believe the snow is just

Stardust Stickles spread thin over the white hill? 

See the close-up below of

how it sparkles.

Close up of the sparkle:

Now it's your turn, we enjoy seeing your creations in our weekly challenge, so get creating for a chance in the monthly drawing for a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate. If you use a Repeat Impression's stamp and you get an extra entry, but any stamp is fine. See my right sidebar for a discount code.

Check out  my talented design team pal's for inspiration:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Shirley

A few fun challenges:
Christmas Crafts All Year Round  2/1 
Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge #22-Anything Christmas  2/4
Merry Monday:  #274 Let it Snow  1/27

Stamping Sensation January-Cold and Frosty Colors  1/31
Sketch Saturday
 

The House That Stamps Built Inspiration Palette

 

Time for our monthly inspiration photo from Wendy!

 

 

 

I went with the trees Repeat Impressions 2719-K, Lg Pine Tree and added in some die cuts I got with a magazine, sponging in a night sky and moon and adding snow.

 

Now it's your turn, we enjoy seeing your creations in our weekly challenge, so get creating for a chance in the monthly drawing for a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate. If you use a Repeat Impression's stamp and you get an extra entry, but any stamp is fine. See my right sidebar for a discount code.

 

Check out  my talented design team pal's for inspiration:

Cheri 

Esther

Heather

Joy 

Laurie 

Shirley

A few fun challenges:
Crafty Sentiments: Winter  1/23
Crafting From the Heart #190  1/21
Use Your Stuff  #295 Monochromatic
 

Happy Birthday

A few fun challenges:

Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge: Ultra Pink

Die Cut Diva's: Something New  2/1

Tuesday Throw down: # 374 Layer it Up  1/16

 

Trying to get a bit ahead on the group birthday cards for work.  I made the February

cards yesterday and the March cards today.  I try to individualize by color,

what they like (flowers, sailing, nautical...)  this month I did their colors

and made similar cards.  I used a new happy birthday die I got on clearance at

Michael's by Spellbinders and it

cut like butter, it also came with a "with love" which

will be useful for Valentines day.

 

Cards for Little Hearts

  A few of the cards I made for Cards for Little Hearts a card drive lead by Christina Hor

for children with Congenital Heart disease.  If you want more information you can click here or on my sidebar.

 

Image from: Repeat Impressions.

 

Image from : Your Next Stamp

Image from: Digi Garden

Image from:   Sparkle N Sprinkle

 

Image from: Bugaboo

The House That Stamps Built Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge

Time for a Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge!  I like these because they are challenging, I have to think a bit more on these, and they tend to be different than my usual style. 

 

 

 

I went with the diagonal, bottom left on up, Off the Edge, Blue and Silver:

 

I used Repeat Impressions: 4025-F, Deepest Sympathy, and Kennsington Branch by Memory Box, along with a new banner die by Tutti Designs.  A few pearls and I hope this will bring comfort.

 

Now it's your turn, we enjoy seeing your creations in our weekly challenge, so get creating for a chance in the monthly drawing for a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate. If you use a Repeat Impression's stamp and you get an extra entry, but any stamp is fine. See my right sidebar for a discount code.

 

Check out  my talented design team pal's for inspiration:

Cheri 

Esther

Heather

Joy 

Laurie 

Shirley

A few fun challenges:
A Perfect Time to Craft Open Challenge #1 1/28
Cupcake Inspiration #437 1/19

Cuttlebug Mania: Flower  1/15
Die Cut Diva's: Something New  2/1
Dies R US #88 -Anything Goes 1/13
Tuesday Throw down: # 374 Layer it Up  1/16
Use Your Stuff #294 Something New  1/14


 

Repeat Impressions Designers Choice Challenge: Things With Wings

Hello all, hope you had a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

Time for our first challenge of the year at The House That Stamps Built!  It is Laurie's choice this week and she choose : Things with wings.

 

I went with 309-N, Winter Birds that can be used for Christmas or winter.  I went with a CAS design and just enjoyed coloring with Copics. 

 

 

 

Now it's your turn, we enjoy seeing your creations in our weekly challenge, so get creating for a chance in the monthly drawing for a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate. If you use a Repeat Impression's stamp and you get an extra entry, but any stamp is fine. See my right sidebar for a discount code.

 

Check out  my talented design team pal's for inspiration:

 

Cheri 

Esther

Heather

Joy 

Laurie 

Shirley

 

 

 

House of Cards January Challenge

 

January 2018

Mixed Media and/or Colors

 

 

Can you believe it is January 1 already?  Time is really flying by.  I want to wish all of you a very Happy and blessed New Year. 

 

It's time for another challenge at  and another term at House of Cards, such a talented and fun design team!

 

My card started with the fun, bright colors above using Distress  Oxide Inks, but when I added a layer of Gesso, glitter, and another layer of Gesso over my distressed background it softened up. I still like the end result.  It was fun going with the colors, and mixed media.

 

 

Close up to show the glitter:

 

 

To see what my teammates have made follow the links below, and to join the challenge go to The House of Cards:

Cohenna | Donna | Em | Jane | Judy 

Karen | Katarina | Merethe

Michele |Mynn/ Rocky | Rosi 

Shawna | Sue N. | Susan 

A few fun challenges:
4 Crafty Chicks #383 Glitter  1/2
Crafty Creations #356 Anything Goes  1/8
Tuesday Throwdown TT372  Anything Goes  1/1