Monday, March 30, 2020

Pick of the Week for The House That Stamps Built

It is  my turn for POTW (Pick of the Week) for
The House That Stamps Built. All the stamps I
used today are 20% off this week, check the
website for details.
I am sharing a"smooshing" technique with you today.
  I tried it on both glossy cardstock (on the left) and on watercolor
cardstock (on the right.)
Gather your supplies,  card stock of choice, Distress Oxides of
choice, I used squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry and
mermaid lagoon, water spritzer and stamps of  your


Smoosh some of each ink on a smooth surface as below: 

Spritz with water: 


Take a piece of scrap plastic, acetate or saran and dip into one
color of ink:

Smoosh and smear on your cardstock in various areas.
Repeat until you have the coverage you desire:

Move on to the next color, then the next:


Use backgrounds to make cards, this one is the glossy cardstock:

This is Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock:


Thanks for joining us today.  I would like to see your attempts at
smooshing and know which cardstock you prefer.

Wednesday, March 25, 2020

The House That Stamps Built: Anything Goes

Everyone's favorite challenge week at The House: Anything Goes




I have not been very creative lately with nonstop the news on Coronavirus so I
made numerous variations of the above card and sent them off to people
that are confined to their homes temporarily to let them know they are in
my thoughts.  It is such a quick and easy card.  1" patterned paper squares, I 
used double sided paper so I would not have to coordinate, start with the
top left corner and then they are easy to line up visually. After gluing 
down the squares emboss with embossing folder of your choice,
one the two above I used Cuttlebugs Mosaic. Die cuts: Quick Cuts Nesting
 ovals  and unknown rectangular stitched. Saying of your choice,
I used Repeat Impression's:  8611-E, Thinking and 

Please be safe and take care of yourself.

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.   Drawing is the first
 Wednesday of every month.

My followers get a 10% discount -see my sidebar.

For inspiration check out what my teammates have created:

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The House That Stamps Built: Inspiration Palette


 Inspiration photo time this week at The House That Stamps Built:

No photo description available.



My take on the photo and colors:



 I did not start out planning to make a shaker card but the design I had
in my head just needed a tad more color and these darling sequins
were just the final touch to pull in all the colors.

Repeat Impression Stamps:

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 aRepeat 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:

Saturday, March 14, 2020

Ladybug Birthday




I don't have a lot of mojo right now but will be having a lot of time
to stamp with not going out as much these days so I picked a sketch
from Tuesday Morning Sketches to guide me today. 

 I got this Little Ladybug set from my friend Shirley as she
 knows I like ladybugs,  then cut a bunch out with my Scan N Cut 
and colored them up yesterday so thought it was a good time
 to start on some upcoming birthdays.

Hope you are having a crafty weekend!

A few fun challenges:

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

The House That Stamps Built: Tic Tac Toe


It's Tic Tac Toe week at The House That Stamps Built!
No photo description available.




The center square black and white & one color caught my eye,
so I  used that as my starting point.


Red and black pair so well together, don't you think?  I made a smooshed
background with a new smooshing technique, come back on  March 30
and I will share it in my Pick of the Week tutorial! I used the darling
 Repeat Impressions  107-F, Monarch Butterfly and
 6103-J, Thinking Vertical on top of a red die cut Die-Versions
"Summer Flowers Background" and added a bow. 
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:

Wednesday, March 4, 2020

The House That Stamps Built: Designer Choice Challenge

Esther's fun challenging is: "It's raining cats and dogs"-
anything related to rain, cats or dogs.



 cut the squares apart and place them in a die cut frame. I added
a dry embossed background, some distressing and a couple hearts to 
complete 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 aRepeat 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:

Monday, March 2, 2020

Dandy Day

 
When I saw this darling Lawn Fawn Dandy Day set, I just had to
have it.  I stamped it this weekend and made this card.  Clouds are
Great Impressions Whimsical Clouds, the grass is a die
cut by Amuse using snippets of green cardstock, the butterflies
are snippets of teal patterned paper.
 
I was inspired by the following challenges:
Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge #137:  Butterfly, Two of something, Teal  3/3