Congratulations

My niece got a fabulous promotion at work so I made this card for her,

pink is her favorite color and she wears a lot of black, so color choices

were easy. If you are debating the Cut-Align rulers from

My Sweet Petunia I am thrilled with mine, look how nice

and even the edges are around the Congrats and the black

layer around it, easy to use.

 

Have a wonderful weekend!

The House That Stamps Built: Anything Goes

 

Anything goes week at The House That Stamps Built this week!

I made a set of 8, 2 of each of the CAS thank you cards as requested by a special person in my life.  I think this Heart Ribbon designed by Wendy

is the most beautiful cancer ribbon I have seen. On the inside he chose the

"Inspiration" verse "You are such an inspiration" for the left side and

will write his notes on the right side. 

I hope you will join our challenge weekly, 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 Perfect Time to Craft #6  6/27 

Crafting with an Attitude #52 7/1

Crafty Gals Corner #194 Polka Dots and/or Strips

Color My Heart Color Dare #347 Blues + up to 2 Neutrals

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge: For a Man/Boy  6/30

Happy Little Stampers: ATG with Dies June 6/30

The House That Stamps Built-Inspiration Photo

 

 Inspiration photo week at The House That Stamps Built, and let me tell

you, this one had me stumped.  I finally went through my  patterned papers

 for inspiration looking for a floral to go with the flowers at the top and to match

 the colors. After gluing it to my paper I embossed it with a butterfly

Paper Studio embossing folder (thank you Mrs. A) for interest,

 and added Repeat Impressions: Thinking of You layered

with the reverse side of the paper.

 

Isn't the reverse of the embossing on the inside pretty too!

I hope you join in with our challenge weekly, 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

Happy Fathers Day

I had made several alcohol ink backgrounds several weeks ago and

thought these two would make good eclipse cards for my husband

and my dad for Fathers Day.  I did the Dad on my Scan N Cut.

Bow is by Taylored Expressions.

 

Happy Fathers Day to all the men out there and the spouses/

significant others of those visiting my blog.

 

A few fun challenges:

Creative Artiste Challenge # 50 7/1
Crafty Gals Corner #193-You're the Man 6/18

Cupcake Inspiration  #472 Photo and add a pop up element

Unicorn Challenge #44  6/28

The House That Stamps Built-Tic-Tac-Toe

 

Tic-Tac-Toe week at the House:

I went right across the center with Blue & Green/Frame/Embossing. 

I've had this Distress oxide panel off to the side of my crafting table

and was itching to use it so when I saw blue and green I

grabbed it as my starting point.

 

I hope you join in with our challenge weekly, 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 Gem of a Challenge Wk 11 6/18

Ally's Angels #23 7/8

A Inky Mess # 31 6/28

Crafting by Design June  6/30

Emboss Cut Create-Tic Tac Toe Diagonal: Embossing, Ribbon, Die cut

Inspire, Create #45: Embossing 6/23

Love to Craft  #35 7/1

Pixie's Snippets Playground #354 6/28

The Crafty Addicts #61   6/23

 

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: Designer Choice Challenge

 

This is Patti's debut week returning to the Repeat Impressions

design team, and her week to pick the challenge theme,

she chose: Things with Wings: 

 

 

I was excited to see this technique of inking up a strip of the card

has returned to popularity.  I used Distress Oxides: broken china,

worn lipstick and shaded lilac and then spritzed with a fine

mist of water.  I then stamped with Repeat Impressions:

4405-K, Dragonfly Deco and 5125-C, Dragonfly Sil. (sm).

I like to stamp my images with Versa Fine Clair black ink

and then emboss with clear embossing powder.

I think this technique makes a simple yet beautiful card.

 

Why not join in with our challenge weekly, 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: #228 Nature & A Sentiment 6/11

Jo's Scrap Shack #284 ATG 6/7

Less is More #396-CAS Embossing 6/7