The House That Stamps Built: Pick of the Week

Hi all, its my week for the POTW-Pick of the Week and I am going to

share an old technique that is quick and easy to make embellishments

to jazz up the simplest of card: Foil embossing.

 

You will need either heavy duty aluminum foil or you can glue two

sheets of regular foil together and then glue to a piece

of white card stock-liquid glue of your choice is best.

 Emboss with embossing folder of your choice. 

Then die cut embellishments of your choice.

 

 

 

I then made two simple black and white cards using Repeat Impression

Stamps: Sheet Music, Just a Note, Flower Power Background,

and Thinking of You.   I then added my embellishments.

 

 

Thanks for visiting.  https://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/

The House That Stamps Built Pick of the Week-Front Step Card

Good Morning, Donna here with the POTW (Pick of the Week) for

The House That Stamps Built and we are going to make a fun,

yet easy, yes easy, Front Step card today. Any of the stamps

I used are 20% for 1 week!

 

 

I used Repeat Impressions: 904-L, Daffodils, 5125-C, Dragonfly Sil (sm) and

3909-F, Happy Easter/Spring.

 

Start by gathering your supplies:  Colored card stock measuring  4 1/4" by 11",

Patterned paper 4x 5 1/4", 2- 4x 1 1/4"'s, 4 x 1 1/4".   Scor tape.Scor card stock at

1/2-2-4 and 5 1/5 inches.  

Attach patterned paper as shown. Put Scor tape on 1/2" flap and lay

card as shown below to attach, pressing firmly.

It will then look like this:

Color and attach images of choice, you will want to be sure that when lying flat

your layered image does not go above the top of the cardstock.  I did inside-outside

die cutting with my image to avoid this.

I hope you will give this a try!

A few fun challenges:
Allsorts challenge #509-Seasons-spring is my favorite
JOSTTT003: Green, Embellishment, Rectangle 2/28

Scor-Pal #57:Soft and Subtle 4/1
The Paper Players PP431: 3/8

The House That Stamps Built Presentation of the Week

Donna here with  the Presentation of the Week for The House That Stamps Built
with a twist on the one sheet wonder, using a 6" by 6"

sheet of patterned paper.  Lets get started.

 

Supplies:

6 x 6 designer paper of choice

4 A2 Cards ( 4 1/2" by 5  1/2 ")

1 sheet of colored cardstock

Stamps of choice:  I used Repeat Impressions:9724-G, Happy Frog,
9704-F, Un-frog-ettable, 118-I, Bear with Heart, 1601-K, Bear Hug,
 9717-C, Happy Hello, 8611-E, Thinking, 1207- Floral  Love

 

Trim 6 by 6 patterned paper as below:
1. A 4 x 4 " square in the bottom left and then cut it diagonally.,
2. Top left 2" by 4 1/4 "
3. Right 1 3/4 " by 5 1/2 ".

Trim co-ordinationing  cardstock in strips.  Arrange patterned paper and
strips of cardstock as below. Then stamp images of your choice, layer
and arrange.

For a week the stamps I used are all available for 20% off at Repeat Impressions
with coupon code POTW1719.

 

The House That Stamps Built: Pick of the Week

Donna here for Pick of the Week for The House That Stamps Built 

 

Today I am going to show a fun way to use some of those patterned paper scraps that we all have around and don't want to throw away. 

 

 

Lets get started by gathering our supplies.  You will needs an A-2 card base, a white 4" by 5 1/4" piece of white card stock, die cut of your choice, about the size of the heart below that I used, an embossing folder, various widths of scraps of coordinating scraps of cardstock-about 5-8 per card, tape or glue of your choice, scissors, and stamps of your choice,  I used Repeat Impressions: 1144-D, Happy Anniversary,  419-J, Another year . . .   4405-K, Dragonfly Deco :

 

 

 

Die cut heart or shape of your choice towards the top of your 4 x 5 1/4" cardstock and then emboss, it is important to die cut first or you will flatten out your embossing when you die cut:

 

 

Place adhesive (or glue) all around die cut close to edge.  Attach strips of cardstock in the order you want and at an angle, trim edges as you go:

Place adhesive around the edges of cardstock and across the strips of paper:

Attach to A-2 card front being sure to press firmly on edges and across the patterned paper to attach.  Embellish as desired:

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and will give it a try!

House That Stamps Built Project of the Week

 

Project of the week: Easy Shaker Card

 

Welcome everyone.  It is my turn for the Project of the Week here at the House That Stamps Built.  I saw a video on Jennifer McGuires's blog awhile back on making shaker cards that is so easy that I now am hooked on shaker cards and wanted to share it with you. My tutorial is in my own words, and I did not refer back to Jennifer's blog so my instructions, number of layers, type of adhesives and my instruction may be quite different.

 

Gather supplies as indicated:

 

White A2 card, pattern paper of choice cut to 4" by 5 1/4 ":

 

Frame die, cut 6:

 

 

Sheet of acetate cut to fit your frame:

 

 

Glue 5 of the 6 frames together with a liquid glue, I

prefer a tacky glue which allows time to reposition and

dries fast:

 

 

Attach pattern paper to card front.  Color image of your

choice, I used Repeat Impressions Sunflower 4313-K,

cut to fit your frame and glue to pattern paper:

 

Attach frame with Tacky glue or adhesive and fill with

sequins, do not overfill:

 

 

Use double sided tape to attach acetate to the 6th frame and

on top of the acetate:

 

Attach acetate layer:

View from the side:

 

 

I hope this will inspire you to try shaker cards.  Thanks for stopping by.

A few fun challenges:
HIMCR #284: Super Scraps Saturday:  Used all my scrap pieces of white for the 5 frames 
Inky Chicks  #77: Anything Goes  1/27
One Crazy Stamper: January Anything Goes
Mod Squad Challenge:Sequins, Rhinestones and Glitter  1/17