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

choice.  I used Repeat Impressions: 1401-P, Portland Head Light (sm)

8603-E, Get Well 3412-C, Gulls in Flight and

1320-M, Spring Blossoms.

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.

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 

8622-D, Because.

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:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

A few fun challenges:
Cut it Up #196: Spring fever with butterflies   4/3
Cupcake Inspiration 489 4/1

Sheepskin Designs #36  Die Cuts 4/1

Stamping Sensations March-Spring Florals  4/1
Word Art Wednesday Weeks 432-433 4/8

The House That Stamps Built: Inspiration Palette

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

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:

10201-W, Flower Power Background

Flower power separates 

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:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

A few fun challenges:
Always Fun Challenge #154  3/22

Die Cut Diva's March 4/1
Gem of a Challenge ATG  3/24
Jan's Digi Stamps #10  4/7

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:

Catch The Bug-Things with wings  3/21 

Creative Knockouts #341 Border Time   3/19

Cute Card Thursday 625-Celebrate  3/19

Tuesday Morning Sketches #545 3/15

The House That Stamps Built: Tic Tac Toe

It's Tic Tac Toe week at The House That Stamps Built!

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:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

The House That Stamps Built: Designer Choice Challenge

This week at The House That Stamps Built  

Esther's fun challenging is: "It's raining cats and dogs"-

anything related to rain, cats or dogs.

I used Repeat Impressions: 8502-U, Pets Quartet , choosing to

 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:

Cheri  Esther Heather  Joy   Laurie  Patti Shirley

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:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies #36 3/25

Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge #137:  Butterfly, Two of something, Teal  3/3

Pixie Snippets Playground #372 3/7