2022

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  This week is very fitting: Create a New Year's card.  It's a bittersweet challenge, actually, as it will be the last one from The House That Stamps Built for the foreseeable future.  Let's hope it won't be permanent.

Here is my card:

I decided to go with a LOT of sparkle and shine for this one as it seemed fitting for a New Year's celebration.  I started by stamping just the "Happy New Year" portion of the "Merry/Happy Frame" image, then die cut it with a circle die.  I stamped and heat embossed the "Celebration Burst" with a gold tinsel embossing powder.  I also stamped the image repeatedly on a black card stock panel and heat embossed the images with the same gold tinsel embossing powder.  I die cut "2022" once from gold glitter cardstock and twice more from scrap white card stock and adhered them together for dimension before adding them just above the sentiment on the circle panel.  I finished everything off with some large, gold sequins.  This is definitely a celebration in a card!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Merry/Happy Frame" and "Celebration Burst"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle (the black embossed panel); PaperTrey Ink "numbers border die"

Challenges:

Creative Fingers #221--anything goes

Creative Moments #229--anything goes

Cardz TV #156--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #172--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--Party

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--time to party

Krafty Chicks #591--all occasions

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #574--anything Christmas or New Year's

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Embossed Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week the challenge is Christmas with the optional twist: use your favorite technique.

And here is the card I created:

I had a bit of a hard time coming up with a favorite technique at first, and then once I started I had a hard time deciding on one!  I finally decided to go with heat embossing as I have been doing a bunch of it lately.  It is just so magical watching that powder melt!!  A couple weeks ago, my fellow Rock Star, Patti created a card using this stamp and she highlighted the scarf, hat and bird with red ink.  I really liked how it looked and I decided to recreate that using red embossing powder on the scarf only.  The rest of it I embossed with silver embossing powder.  I do love that pop of red; it's really fun!  It took some masking and a lot of hard pressure, but I think it was worth it.  I heat embossed the sentiment with silver as well, die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle die and brushed on some white ink around the edges.  I would have liked it to be more sparkly with maybe some glitter embossing powder, but I didn't have any.  Maybe another time.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Snowman and Friend" and "Christmas"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Sweet Stampin--anything Christmas

Cards Galore--anything goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #65--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--Christmas

Creative Inspirations--Christmas time

We Love Stamping--anything goes with the optional twist: CAS

Merry Little Christmas--anything goes

Winter Wonderland--anything goes

Dare 2B Artzy--CAS

Crafty Creations #428--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any holiday

Crafting Happiness--anything goes

Creative Fingers #221--anything goes

Sweet Stampers #63--anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations #534--snow people

The Paper Shelter--anything goes

Creative Moments #228--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #622--Christmas

Krafty Chicks #590--CAS

Alphabet Challenge--S is for silver (I used silver embossing powder)

Cardz TV #156--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #573--anything goes with the optional twist: use the word "Merry"

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #172--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #438--snow or winter

Tuesday Morning Sketches--anything goes

Unto You

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is Christmas with the option of Words as the Focus.

And here is the card I created:

I heat embossed the sentiment with silver embossing powder and then die cut it with a rectangular frame.  I was going to put it on the black base and leave it nice and clean.  But I felt like it needed something, so I cut another panel of black card stock, embossed it with a snowflake embossing folder and wiped on a bit of white ink to help the embossing stand out.  I die cut some snowflakes from sliver glitter paper and adhered a bit of black and white ribbon left over from another project.  It was a actually quite quick and easy, and I really love how it turned out--very classy and elegant.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "For Unto You"

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"; MFT "Sweet Snowflakes"

Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

Challenges:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #416--anything goes with snippets (My ribbon was left over from some party favors I made back in July--the piece was already cut, sitting in my bits and pieces stash.  The sentiment was die cut from a scrap and the snowflakes were die cut from a sheet of paper that has already had several other die cuts cut from it.)

Double Trouble #99--It's up to you (Thing #1: anything goes; Thing #3: add a number (numbers in the Scripture reference); Thing #2: play with Paper Funday)

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #221--sketch

Sparkles #131--non-traditional colors

Paper Funday Challenge #36--anything goes with the optional twist: holidays

Word Art Wednesday #522--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #572--anything goes with the optional twist: quick and easy

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #171--anything goes

Christmas Blessings

 It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Christmas/Winter Holidays
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Sadly, this is going to be my last post as a Design Team member for Di's Digi Designs.  I need to focus on some other things for a while.  I've so enjoyed my time on the team and I've loved working with Di's adorable images.

Onto my card, it seems I'm always in a rush lately and don't have a lot of time to spend making cards before deadlines come.  So, I was looking for an image that is relatively quick and easy to color and this cutie fit the bill.  I printed the image out and die cut it using a stitched rectangle die and then cut the bottom of the panel at an angle with a snowflake border die.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the patterned paper.  The large snowflake embellishment came from punched snowflakes that my mother had gotten for me as part of a pack of stamping stuff she bought at a yard sale years ago.  I adhered 3 of them together for dimension and coated the top with a chunky glitter (which you can't see in the photo).  Then I adhered a green button to the center.  I die cut a couple of smaller snowflakes to adhere around the card to finish it off.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Check out Di's Shop here; she has the most adorable images!!

And you can go to her Facebook page for all sorts of super cute inspiration!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Merry and Bright" digi; Verve "Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Amy Designs snowflake border; Papertrey Ink "Snowglobe" small snowflakes; My Favorite Things "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #171--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #437--plaid (on my patterned paper)

Shopping Our Stash #460--Do you want to build a snowman? (the guy with the top hat is a snowman, I'm not sure if the guy in the back is one or a polar bear)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n' Funky Challenges #541--anything Christmas goes

Paper Shelter--celebrations

As You Like It--favorite Christmas embellishments (my favorite would be snowflakes--either die cut/punched/felt, etc.  They go perfectly with the winter theme--at least here in the Northeastern US--and are easy to add to pretty much any layout)

Aud Sentiments--Christmas/winter/new year's

Cut It Up #240--holiday cards

Alphabet Challenge--R is for red

Cardz TV #155--anything goes

Sweet Stampin'--anything Christmas goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #189--winter fun

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #65--anything goes

Stick It Down Challenge--sketch

Crafty Calendar--Christmas

Dies R Us #182--anything goes with dies that Dies R Us sells (Amy Designs)

Sheepski Designs #57--embellish it (ribbon, button, glitter, snowflakes, twine)

Creative Inspirations--Christmas time

Creatalicious #257--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Critter Crazy #57--anything goes with a critter (my penguin and possibly the polar bear?)

Merry Little Christmas #41--anything goes

Winter Wonderland--anything goes

Paper Funday #36--anything goes with the optional twist: holidays

Crafty Creations #428--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any holiday

Crafting Happiness #118--anything goes

Penny's Challenges #511--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #521--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Moments #228--anything goes

ART Impressions--Happy Happy Holidays

Krafty Chicks #589--Christmas

Crafty Catz--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas celebrations

Creative Fingers #221--anything goes

Christmas Deer

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is Christmas with the option of patterned paper.

And here is the card I created:

I started with a sketch, as I usually do, and a scrap of gold glitter card stock that was left over after I die cut a scalloped border for a card I made a week ago.  Then, I headed to my patterned paper stash (ok, a new pad of Christmas patterned paper) and thought this green piece went nicely with my gold glitter.  I stamped the image with versamark and heat embossed it with a gold tinsel embossing powder.  It gave a really nice, pale, sparkly gold touch.  I then heat embossed my sentiment with a solid gold embossing powder--I wasn't sure the sparkles would work well for the sentiment.  Then, because the edges looked a little plain and I wanted to add some more gold touches, I heat embossed antique gold frantage embossing powder around the edges of the image panel.  In real life, there is a lot of gold shimmer and shine going on here.  I adhered my gold glittery scalloped strip and then added some cream linen (the scalloped strip is just peeking out below the ribbon) and finished it off with a bow and a button.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Deer Family Silhouette" and "Christmas"

Dies: MFT "Stitched Scalloped Trim Trio"

Challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #171--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #221--sketch

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #541--anything Christmas

The Paper Shelter--celebrations

Creative Moments #228--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #289--Christmas/winter/New Year

Creative Fingers #220--anything goes

Cardz TV #155--anything goes

YNS--Sparkle and Shine

Sweet Stampin'--anything Christmas

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #65--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--Christmas

Sheepski Designs #57--embellish it (I used embossing powder, ribbon, button, twine and a glittery die cut border)

Creative Inspirations--Christmas time

Creatalicious #224--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Critter Crazy #57--anything goes with a critter as the focal

Merry Little Christmas #41--anything goes

Winter Wonderland--anything goes

Paper Funday #35--anything goes with the optional twist: holidays

Crafty Creations #428--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any holiday

Crafting Happiness #118--anything goes

Purple Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a fun one: Christmas with non-traditional colors.

And here is the card I created:

I definitely love my traditional color schemes for Christmas, but every once in a while I do like a good non-traditional colored card--specially purple!  I think it's so fun for Christmas!  I created a little shaker element tag to be the focal point.  I stamped the cute little snowman, colored him and added silver stickles to to his snowflakes.  I accidently swiped a bit of black ink on the frame after I had almost all the layers adhered together.  Ugh!!  So, I saw a snowflake die set I had and cut some out of silver glitter paper.  One of the small ones was just perfect to cover up the ink!  And as a bonus, they were a perfect addition to the card!  The little "Merry Christmas" was created with a little creative masking.  It turned out to be the perfect size for the little banner!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Winter Frame" (I used the snowman without the frame) and "Christmas Tree 2-sided Swing Stamp Set" (I used the Merry Christmas from the first part of the 2-part sentiment)

Dies: MFT "Tag Builder Blueprints 5" and freebie snowflakes

Challenges:

Sparkly Christmas

 Good morning!  It's time for me to share my Pick of the Week on the House That Stamps Built blog.  I'm continuing on in my Pinterest Inspired Series.  This is the card I decided to CAS(E):

Isn't it so fun!!  I had originally thought to recreate it with the butterfly, but I decided I wanted to turn it into a Christmas card.  This is what I came up with:

I started with the text.  Since I don't have an RI stamp with just a strip of text, I had to do a little masking on the "Postcard" stamp. I lined it up using my mini MISTI and then placed masking tape over the card base leaving just a strip open for the stamping.  I embossed an intertwined circle to mimic the stitched circle on the original.  I die cut some berry sprigs out of white card stock and layered them with a very pale blue sheer ribbon.  I die cut a snowflake out of silver glitter paper and placed it over a vellum circle to help it stand out from the other elements a bit.  I needed a little something to cover the center of the snowflake where you could see a little bit of the adhesive from the other elements, so I die cut a heart out of red glittery paper.  I think it turned out quite cute and elegant.  I know it doesn't show off a lot of stamping, but I wanted to show (again) how you can "alter" your stamps to make them do what you want.  I hope it inspires you to look at your own stamps and see how you can rethink them.

Thanks for stopping by.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Postcard"

Dies: Memory Box "Lindeman" snowflake; Elizabeth Craft berry sprigs and "Intertwined Circles"

Challenges:

Very Merry Christmas

 It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Use a digi (this is a nice easy one)
And here is my card for your inspiration:

This little cutie mouse is one of my favorite images from Di's Digi Stamps!  I printed him out, colored him up and fussy cut him out.  I found some matching papers and a coordinating card stock to fit an MFT sketch.  I heat embossed the sentiment on the red cardstock with gold embossing powder.  Then I finished everything off with some red pearls.  Other than the coloring, this was pretty quick and easy to create.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Check out Di's Shop here; she has the most adorable images!!

And you can go to her Facebook page for all sorts of super cute inspiration!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Poinsettia Mouse"--this link goes to the colored version but I used the uncolored version which doesn't seem to be available right now; Verve "Peace On Earth" sentiment

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #71--Christmas/winter

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--something that starts with U, V, or W (I have the words "Very" and "World")

Pattie's Creations #188--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge--anything cute

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge #64--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #56--'Tis the Season

ABC Christmas--W is for whimsical

Creative Inspirations--wonderful winter/feeling festive

Merry Little Christmas #40--anything goes

Sweet Stampers #63--Christmas

Incy Wincy Designs--traditional Christmas colors

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #170--anything goes

Make My Monday #162--cute Christmas

Crafty Sentiment--anything goes

Fab 'n Funky #540--check it out

The Paper Shelter #497--Christmas card

Penny's Challenge #510--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #519--anything goes with uplifting sentimen

Mod Squad--animal themed holiday

My Favorite Things #569--sketch

Krafty Chicks #587--all occasions

Cardz TV #154--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Black and White Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is fun one and open to so many options: Black and White + One other color

And here is the card I created:

This was another super quick card.  It seems I've been trying to make a lot of those lately.  I should learn to manage my time better!  Anyway, I chose Black, White and Red for my color combo.  I always think it is so elegant and perfect for so many occasions.  I decided to make a Christmas card, since that time is coming super quickly!  I die cut the white panel with a stitched rectangle die and then stamped the flower background stamp in black.  I die cut the "Merry Christmas" sentiment out of red glitter paper.  I also die cut it out of red card stock 2 times and adhered all three together.  I had a little oops with my stamping so I had a bit of double stamping going on.  I covered most of it up with the sentiment and then added some white flowers (that I thought resembled poinsettias) to help hide some more of it.  I finished everything off with some red pearls and adhered it all to a red card base.  And that is that!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Flower Power Background"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle; STAMPlorations "Merry Christmas"

Challenges:

Rustic Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a simple but fun one: Add a border

And here is the card I created:

I found a sketch I really liked and was perfect for adding borders and I decided I really wanted to use the pine bough border stamp.  So, I went looking for some paper(s) that would go with it and found this rather rustic looking tree paper.  I stamped the image on kraft card stock with a light ink and "colored" (in the very loosest sense of the word) the pinecones in with a dark brown marker.  Then I restamped the image with versamark ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder.  To add to the gold accents, I placed two very thin strips of gold glitter cardstock along the edges of the border panel and used the same gold card stock to die cut the sentiment and create a mat layer for the kraft snowflake ribbon.  For the sentiment, I die cut it once out of the gold glitter card stock and 3 times out of a scrap of kraft colored card stock.  I adhered them all together for some dimension and to help it stand out for the rather busy background.  In the photo below you can see all the sparkle and shine and the fabulous dimension on the sentiment!!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Pinecone Border"

Dies: STAMPlorations "Merry Christmas"

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge--P is for Patterned Paper

Cardz TV #153--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #71--Christmas/winter

Cards Galore Challenge--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love to Craft Challenge #64--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #56--'Tis the Season

Creative Inspirations--wonderful winter/feeling festive

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #40--anything goes

Crafty Creations #427--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #169--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #509--anything goes

Creative Moments #226--anything goes

C.R.A.F.T. #617--Christmas

Krafty Chicks #585--Christmas

Crafty Catz #572--anything goes with the optional twist: sparkle and shine

Creative Fingers #219--anything goes

Your Next Stamp #172--sketch

Sweet Stampers #62--Christmas

Teen Time

 It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Lots of Layers
And here are my cards for your inspiration:

My two babies just turned 13!!  I usually make them each different cards tailored to their interests/likes.  But with time being short and needing to create a card as inspiration for this challenge, I decided to make them very similar cards, personalized with their favorite colors.  The older twin's favorite color is blue and the younger one's favorite is purple, but also likes a lot of black.  I wanted them to be even more different, so I flipped one of the images (that is about the extent of my digital image editing abilities) and printed it out as a mirror image of the other.  Then, I printed the images out on coordinating patterned papers and paper pieced their sweet dresses and bows.  The card bases and matting layers are made out of a soft gray card stock.  Of course, I had to add some sparkle, so I die cut "13s" out of silver glitter card stock.

Right now, this sweet image is on sale!  So, if you want it, go get it now!!

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Check out Di's Shop here; she has the most adorable images!!

And you can go to her Facebook page for all sorts of super cute inspiration!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Birthday Cake Teddy" digi; MFT "Essential Sentiments" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" banner die, "Bold Stripes Cover Up" die; PTI "By the Numbers Border die"

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches #631--sketch

Alphabet Challenge--P is for Patterned Paper

Cardz TV #153--anything goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #188--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge #165--anything cute

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Critter Crazy Challenge #56--anything goes

Crafty Creations #427--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #169--anything goes

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Penny's Challenge #509--anything goes

Creative Moments #226--anything goes

Crafty Catz #572--anything goes with the optional twist: sparkle and shine

So glad

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a favorite for me: Use Up Your Fall Scraps!

And here is the card I created:

If you have visited my blog much at all, you probably know that using up scraps is perhaps my favorite thing to do while card making!!  There's something so satisfying about using something left over from something else.  My card today is quite similar to last weeks as I still had the same elements sitting on my desk.  I started with my tag.  Die cut the tag shape out of ugly scrap card stock (you know, the thin flimsy stuff in rather hideous colors that you got for a really good price and now you know why!), add adhesive and adhere the strips of scrap patterned paper to the tag.  Mine were already cut to these heights, I just had to trim off the width that overhung the tag edges.  The pumpkin (to which I added a little shading with markers), the little greenery sprigs and the die cut leaves were in my bits and pieces stash from a project I made with some Sunday School kids at church probably 3 years ago.  I have a TON of the "thanks" die cuts in my bits an pieces stash.  I have a ton because I was planning to use them on Thanksgiving place settings last year and then ended up receiving a different die at the last minute that I wanted to use instead.  The red paper was also a scrap, I just trimmed it to the correct height and the sentiment strip was die cut from a piece of scrap card stock.  The twine, sequins and card base were the only items not left over from something else!

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "I'm so glad . . ."

Dies: MFT mini leaves and "Blueprints 13" tag shape

Challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge #230--thanks or thanksgiving

Alphabet Challenge--P is for Patterned Paper

Cardz TV #153--anything goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love to Craft #64--anything goes

Paper Funday #65--anything goes with the optional twist: thanks/thankful/grateful

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #218--sketch (I turned it on its side)

Crafty Creations #427--anything goes

If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #62--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the pumpkins, leaves and fall colors)

Crafting Happiness #117--thankful for November

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #169--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--Thanks/Thanksgiving

Fall Hello

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week the challenge is "Thankful for Fall".  You can use a fall theme, thanks, Thanksgiving, or something else related to the thankful or fall.  So fun!!

And here is the card I created:

As so often happens with me, I started my card with a sketch (see the challenges below) and then went about making it happen.  I used a bunch of scraps from a fall-themed paper pack.  One little strip down the side and the tag was made with a bunch of already cut strips.  I love making tags with this technique; so fun!!  I started by stamping the fern image with a caramel ink on kraft card stock.  Then I pieced my tag together and die cut it.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the pumpkin and adhered it to the tag with some dimension.  I stuck some some die cut sprigs behind it that had been in my bits and pieces stash for a while.  I stamped and die cut the sentiment with a circle die and finished the card off with a bit of twine and some gold sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Round Pumpkin", "Fern" and "Happy Hello"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" tag; Verve "Sprightly Sprigs"; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #187--autumn/Fall

Use Your Stuff #434--Halloween or pumpkins

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #415--anything goes with snippets (all the patterned papers were scraps, the die cuts were all scraps or cut from scraps and the strip of gold sparkle card stock was from a scrap)

Retro Rubber #170--fallin' for autumn (I have had this sentiment stamp since I began designing for Repeat Impressions back in 2015.  I believe the pumpkin stamp has been in my collection since 2016)

Try Stampin' on Tuesdays #530--sketch with the optional twist: embellishements

Sorry I forgot

 A new month has arrived and that means a new challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is Anything Goes.

And here is the card I created:

I'm still working on finishing up a collection of One-Sheet Wonder cards (you may have seen some of them the last couple months (it's taking me a while).  Though I love these little elephants so much that I might just have to do another batch using them.  This card was for my sister-in-law, and unfortunately I was a little late . . . maybe a little bit more than a little late.  So, I had to include a "belated birthday" message on the inside with, of course, another one of those cutie elephants to soften the blow.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see what the rest of the team has created and to get the full details of the challenge.  Then get inky and play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "BB Adorable Elephants" all images and sentiments

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" label die and "Stitched Scalloped Border Trio"

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #457--You don't bring me flowers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #516--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Creative Moments #225--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #583--all occasions

Crafty Catz #570--anything goes

Creative Fingers #218--anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs--all creatures great and small and/or dotted paper

Joy to the World

 It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Embossing (either wet or dry)
And here is my card for your inspiration:

So, I embossed my white panel with a script embossing folder and then swiped some gold metallic gilding polish across the raised part to make it stand out and add some color to the panel.  I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder.  That way I included both forms of embossing on my card.  With the glitter paper and the gold sequins it is very shiny and sparkly.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Check out Di's Shop here; she has the most adorable images!!

And you can go to her Facebook page for all sorts of super cute inspiration!

Supplies: 

Stamps: Di's Digi Stamps "Penguins Christmas Tower" digi; Papertrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Be Merry"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large" and "A2 Matting Basics A"

Challenges:

Sparkles #129--flora and/or fauna

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--something beginning with S and/or T (I have sequins and text)

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Merry Little Christmas #39--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #286--Christmas sentiment

Alphabet Challenge--O is for Outdoors

Cardz TV #152--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n Funky #537--embellish it

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Creative Moments #225--anything goes

Little Red Wagon #625--outside

Krafty Chicks #583--all occasions

Crafty Catz #570--anything goes

Creative Fingers #218--anything goes

Tuesday Morning Sketches #629--sketch

Thankful

 Good morning!  Today I am making a special appearance as a Guest Designer for Penny's Challenge.  The challenge is always Anything Goes.  The sponsor for this challenge is Digi Doodle Studios.  Here is my card using "Ollie's Pumpkin Patch":

Isn't he cute??!!  His little spots are so fun!  I colored him up with my Spectrum Noir markers, added a bit of burlap ribbon that was rescued from some packaging, a die cut "thankful" and three gold sequins to finish it off.  Make sure you head over to Penny's blog to see all the details and to see what the design team has created.

Supplies:

Stamps: Digi Doodle Studios "Ollie's Pumpkin Patch" digi

Dies: unbranded "thankful" die

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #70--autumn and/or Halloween

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--fabulous fall or happy Halloween

Creative Craft Cottage #145--autumn/Halloween

Craft Rocket Challenge #186--autumn and/or mushrooms

Dare 2 B Artzy--fall

{Pin}spirational Challenge #282--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the colors and the fall theme)

Sweet Stampers #61--autumn or Halloween

Stay Crafty with Hero Arts #28--Fall colors

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #168--anything goes

Double D--sunflowers

Alphabet Challenge--O is for outdoors

Cardz TV #152--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Use Your Stuff #434--Hallowe'en or Pumpkins

Shopping Our Stash #457--you don't bring me flowers

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

It's almost Christmas

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is: LOL (snarky or funny)

And here is the card I created:

I went a little to the snarky side.  I haven't used this set a whole lot because I try not to do too much "potty humor", but I really couldn't resist.  It actually started with a fun sketch I saw (see my challenge list below) which led me to a slimline card and this larger sized sentiment.  And of course, I had to add the outhouse.  I free-hand cut my my snowbank and traced it onto my background panel.  I stamped the pine tree repeatedly across the tree line with Black Soot Distress oxides so they would be visible but also blend in a little.  I stamped the tree again twice with a pine green ink and then sponged blue ink around the edges to blend them into the background.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut the outhouse.  I stamped the main sentiment with versamark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.  I adhered the snowbank, trees and outhouse in place and then splatted on some white paint to look like snow.  I added a little bit of blue marker to make a "path" to the outhouse.  I stamped the rest of the sentiment with navy ink, fussy cut it out and adhered it with some foam tape.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "holy crap!", "it's almost Christmas", "Outhouse" all from the "holy crap!" series, "Lg Pine Tree"

Challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--something that starts with "s" and/or "t" (I used snow and sentiment)

Through The Purple Haze #185--anything goes

Love to Craft Challenge Blog #63--anything goes

ABC Christmas--U is for under the tree, V is for vocabulary (I have a very large sentiment)

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #39--anything goes

Creative Fingers #217--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #168--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #286--Christmas sentiment

Alphabet Challenge--O is for outdoors

Cardz TV #152--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #565--anything goes with the optional twist: add a flower or 2 or more (I did not use the optional challenge)

Make My Monday #160--E(scape) it!

Atlantic Hearts Sketch #444--sketch

Trick or Treat

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week, the challenge is: No Tricks, Just Treats (Treat Holder or card--Halloween or otherwise).

And here is what I created:

I don't celebrate Halloween, so I decided to create a Christmas themed treat holder.  I actually made them for a workshop I hosted for Operation Christmas Child project leaders.  (You can learn more about Operation Christmas Child here.)  Since it has Christmas in the title, the favors had to be Christmas themed, of course!  I found this idea on Pinterest and set about creating my own.  I started with small kraft sandwich bags and splatted them with watered down white craft paint.  After they dried, I flipped them over (and upside down) and used my mini MISTI to stamp "I'm so glad there's you" along the top edge that would get folded down.  Using the MISTI made it so easy to get the stamp lined up properly and to stamp multiple bags quickly.  I purchased the wooden snowflakes on Amazon; they came with the twine, I just had to tie it onto the top of the ornaments.  Unfortunately, they seem to be out of stock right now.  I punched two holes through all the layers of the flap using the sentiment as a guide.  To finish it off (after filling with goodies, of course!) I tied on the snowflake using some red, dotted grossgrain ribbon.  I have a lot of the elements left over, so they will probably be making an appearance with some yummy treats come Christmas time.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "I'm so glad . . ."

Challenges:

Through The Purple Haze #185--anything goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #63--anything goes

ABC Christmas--U is for under the tree, V is for vocabulary (use words); I used words

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #39--anything goes

Crafty Creations #426--anything goes

Penny's Challenges #507--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #514--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Crafty Catz #568--anything goes with the optional twist: trick or treat (I chose treat!)

Creative Fingers #217--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #168--anything goes