The House That Stamps Built: Inspiration Photo

 

Wendy has another beautiful photo for us this week at

The House That Stamps Built:

 

 

My Cards:

 

I was inspired by the photo and colors.  I stamped the second card

on regular cardstock for placement before stamping on my watercolor

paper and decided to ink both up with Distress Oxides.  I think I like the

second one better, the inks blended better on the smooth surface. I

used various blues, pinks and lavenders.

 

Repeat Impression stamps:  Lg Pine Tree, Large Pine Forest,

 Gulls in flight, and Happy Birthday were embossed on
the card.

 

I hope you will share your creations in our weekly challenge, you might just be the

lucky winner of the monthly drawing for the $25 Repeat Impression's gift

certificate. Each entry gets a chance, two if you use a

Repeat Impressions stamp.  My followers get a 10% discount -see

my sidebar.  Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

A few fun challenges:

A Place to Start: Masculine Card  2/28

TTCRD: ATG 2/25

Challenge Up Your Life #120 Winter Scene  2/27

Creatalicious #181: ATG-embossing 2/27

Tuesday Throwdown: Favorite Color: Purple   3/1

Shopping Our Stash #414: The Great Outdoor (everything was in my stash)  3/1

 

Coffee Valentine

 

Hi friends, wishing you a Happy Valentines Day!  This is a coffee

set I got with a magazine and have gotten a lot of use out

of.  The background is Repeat Impressions tumbling

hearts. 

 

Enjoy your day!

 

A few fun challenges:

Always Fun #149  Love/Valentines Day 2/15

Allsorts Challenge  #558: Hearts 2/13

Aud Sentiments #244 Love/Valentine Sentiment 2/18

Crafty Cardmakers #250 Love is all you need 2/22

Crafty Gals Corner #204: Add a heart 3/17

Double D Challenge: Hearts 2/16

 

The House That Stamps Built: Tic-Tac-Toe

Tic-Tac-Toe fun at The House That Stamps Built this week.  I went

with the center row: Gems, Shimmer and Pink.

I embossed then blended my background with Distress Oxides: Cracked

Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, and Worn Lipstick.  I spritzed it

with shimmer spray (it shows up much better in real life.)

Repeat Impressions image and sentiment ( Lupine and Happy moments)

were stamped in Memento Rose Bud and then VersaMark and then

clear embossed.  Die cuts from StampIn Up, Tim Holtz embossing folder,
 and gems from my stash.

Join our weekly challenge, you might just be the

 winner of the monthly drawing for the $25 Repeat Impression's gift

certificate. Each entry gets a chance, two if you use a

Repeat Impressions stamp.  My followers get a 10% discount -see

my sidebar.  Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

A few fun challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft #1109 ATG 2/15

Cuttlebug Mania Flower Power 2/26

Creative Artiste #57  Anything Mixed Media 2/23

Corrosive Challenge #2  3/1

Crafting Happiness #38  ATG (optional pink) 2/16

Love To Create #2 ATG 2/25

Happy Little Stamper Feb-ATG with Dies 2/29

YNS #132 Create Your Own Background 2/20

Stamping Sensations  February-Feminine 2/26

Tuesday Throwdown #450--make your own background 2/18

The House That Stamps Built: Presentation of the Week

It is my week for Pick of the Week at The House That Stamps Built.

  I am going to explain how to do double embossing for a fun textured look.

 

You will need two embossing folders, one with a mild pattern and one

with a bolder pattern.  An A2 card base, a 4 " by 5 1/4 " layer for embossing.

Other layers and stamps as desired.

 

Emboss milder pattern, I used Sizziz Tim Holtz wood grain.

 

Emboss bolder pattern, I used The Paper Studio,.

Enlarged so you can see the texture you get with two

embossing folders.

I then did some ink distressing, and used a Tim Holtz distresser on the edges.

I used Repeat Impression stamps: Cape Hatteras Light, Birthday Vertical,

Whelk Shell, and Random Dots.

Be sure to check out The House That Stamps Built blog
for a discount on the stamps that I used.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

A few fun challenges:
YNS #132: Create Your Own Background 2/20
Just Add Ink #491 2/9
Tuesday Throwdown #450-Create Your Own Background 2/17
Stinkin' Inkers: Two embossing folders 3/1

 

The House That Stamps Built: Designer Choice Challenge

  It is my week to pick the challenge for The House That Stamps Built and since

Valentines Day is next week I thought "Hearts" would be a fun and broad

theme.

I started by splattering up a piece of glossy card stock with Distress

Oxides diluted on a stamping block.  I embossed Repeat Impressions

Ruffled Heart Border and Happy Valentine's Day on this background.

I then created a matching smooshed background with coordinating

Distress Oxides, die cut it and layered up my card.

I hope you will share your creations in our weekly challenge, you might just be the

lucky winner of the monthly drawing for the $25 Repeat Impression's gift

certificate. Each entry gets a chance, two if you use a

Repeat Impressions stamp.  My followers get a 10% discount -see

my sidebar.  Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

A few fun challenges:

Always Fun Challenge #148: ATG 2/9

A Gem of a challenge #3 ATG 2/10

Crafting Happiness Challenge #44-ATG (twist hearts) 2/10

Crafty Friends #128-Love/Romance 2/14

Country View Challenges February-Splatters, Splashes & Drips 3/1

D2BA: February: Love Is In the Air 3/1

Stamping Sensations: February: Feminine 2/25

Love To Create #2: Mixed Media  2/23

The House That Stamps Built: Sketch Challenge

Wendy has a fun sketch this week at The House.

 

My card:

 

The sketch:

I stamped part of Bass Harbor Light (lg) as I had a small area to work in,
pulled out my water colors and had fun. I cut my designer papers to match
the sketch, did some layering, stamped  Because and bordered it
with anchors I punched out of patterned paper glued to
cardstock for dimension.

Close up of watercoloring:

 

I hope you will share your creations in our weekly challenge, you might just be the

lucky winner of the monthly drawing for the $25 Repeat Impression's gift

certificate. Each entry gets a chance, two if you use a

Repeat Impressions stamp.  My followers get a 10% discount -see

my sidebar.  Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

A few fun challenges:

Aud Sentiments #243 ATG & Sentiment

Arty Divas #14 ATG

Jan's Digi Stamp Challenge #6 ATG

Pixie Crafty Workshop #370 (snippets-patterned paper, watercolor paper)

Sweet Stampin -use your scraps (patterned paper)

Through the Craft Room Door Jan 28

The House That Stamps Built: Anything Goes

Anything goes this week at The House That Stamps Built! I am trying to

make more masculine cards for the new year. This one was a lot of

fun to make.
 

The background is several blue Distress Oxides with a generous

splattering of water.  I stamped 9718-G, Plant numerous times with
various bright Distress Oxide inks, stamped and embossed
4103-K, Sea Turtle (lg) and colored him with Oxide inks, added and
embossed 9713-E, Bubbles.  An embossed and layered
1113-D, Birthday and a  few Taylored Expressions die cuts.  I was
quite happy with this card.

I hope you will share your creations in our weekly challenge, you might just be the

lucky winner of the monthly drawing for the $25 Repeat Impression's gift

certificate. Each entry gets a chance, two if you use a

Repeat Impressions stamp.  My followers get a 10% discount -see

my sidebar.  Drawing is the first Wednesday every month.

 

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

 

A few fun challenges:

Allsorts #555: More than a single word 1/25

Cute Card Thursday #617 Whats new (Turtle and plant stamps) 1/23

Die Cut Diva's Jan. -New Things (Turtle and plant stamps)

Dies R Us: #137-Birthdays 1/29

Gem of a Challenge AG 1/30

Love To Create: Mixed Media 1/28

My Time To Create #413-New stash (Turtle, sea plants) 1/25