RI DCC Challenge - Color Challenge

It's time for another Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge (DCC) and this time's it's my turn to be the challenge hostess!  My challenge for you is a color challenge - Rust, Robin's Egg Blue, Kraft and a neutral of your choice (black, brown, white, ivory).  I used brown for my neutral and Bird and Blossoms (1321 - M) for my focal image, and I colored it using Copic markers.  The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye and Canvas Corp (the rust and kraft stripe).

Please make your way over to The House That Stamps Built for the challenge rules, to find out the prize for this challenge and to see the wonderful creations from the rest of the design team!

Thanks for stopping by!

Outlines - Butterflies!

Happy Monday! This week's Outlines Design Team challenge is Butterflies. Outlines has a lot of wonderful butterfly images and for my card I chose this Large Flutterfly (H-61) image and paired it with the Take Time (AA-856) sentiment from the Tiny Words collection.  The butterfly was stamped on vellum using Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I colored the image on the back side of the vellum using Copic markers. The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup's Blossom Soup 6x6 pad.  The charm is from Pink Paislee's Butterfly Garden collection.

Please be sure to stop by the rest of the Outlines' Design Team members' blogs to see the Butterfly cards they have created:

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey 

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Vicki Garrett - Summerthyme Studio

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RI Sketch Challenge - Thinking of You

We have a new sketch challenge for you over at The House That Stamps Built!  I turned the sketch landscape for my card and used Wild Violets (1706 I) for my focal image and colored it using Copic markers.  I paired it with the Thinking of You (1105-E) sentiment.  The papers are from Memory Box's Poppyfinch collection.

Please be sure to stop by The House That Stamps Built to check out the sketch and to see the wonderful creations the design team has made using it!

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RI SOTW - Child with Wagon

This week's stamp of the week at Repeat Impressions is this sweet Child with Wagon (4506-I) image.  I colored it with plain old colored pencils and Gamsol, cut it out and popped it up on this Websters' Pages paper from the WonderFall collection.  The sentiment journaling tag is also from Webster's Pages.

Please make your way over to The House That Stamps Built to check out the cards the rest of the design team made using the Child with Wagon image.  While you are there, you can read about our newest design team member, who just happens to be one of my 'real life' friends from my Krafty Kat group!  Welcome, Miriam, we are thrilled to have you on the team!

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Outlines - Happy Birthday!

Warning - put your sunglasses on for this one! This week's Outlines design team challenge is to make a birthday card. And what a coincidence that today happens to be our fearless design team leader's birthday! Happy Birthday, Jenny, this one's for you! 

Since Jenny is not fond of pink, I used as much pink as possible...that's what friends are for, right?  My papers are from Jillibean Soup's Blossom Soup 6x6 pad.  The stamps  I used are Candles Square Large (E-401), Split Layering Collage-Meow (H-937) and Friends fur-ever (B-1080).  I colored the images with Copic markers and added some Copper Pearl Pen accents.

Please be sure to visit the rest of the design team members' blogs to see the birthday cards they have made!

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey
Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat - Our Birthday Girl!

Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Vicki Garrett - Summerthyme Studio

And while you are making the rounds, be sure to make your way over to the Outlines blog to see who the big winners of last week's hop are!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #115 - Easter/Bunnies and RI DCC Challenge - Happy Day!

Today I have another combination card for you! This week's Belli Challenge is Easter/Bunnies and our Designer's Choice challenge at Repeat Impressions is to make a Child's Birthday OR Happy Day card with embossing (dry or heat embossing). Obviously I opted for the Happy Day part of the challenge so I could use this adorable bunny image, which happens to also be this week's Stamp of the Week!  Don't you just love the expression on its face?!

I used papers from DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Boy collection.  I added a little bunny button to my bow and my Nestabilities dies provided the embossing for my image and sentiment panels as well as the mat layers.  The little flowers were colored using Viva Decor Pearl Pens and the bunny was colored using Copic markers.

Please make your way over to The House That Stamps Built to find out the rules for playing along on our Designer's Choice Challenge and to see the wonderful cards the rest of the design team made for the challenge!

Also be sure you check out today's post over on the Belli Challenge blog to see the rest of the design team's  cards, to find out how you can play along with our Easter/Bunnies challenge and to read about the big changes we have going on over there! 
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Outlines Spring 2011 Blog Hop!

Outlines Spring 2011 Blog Hop!

Welcome to our very first blog hop! We are thrilled to be showing off some brand NEW stamps and designs today! This is a newly designed line of images named "Serendipity" and they just scream to be colored! The Design Team each picked a favorite image and we all are sharing something different. To celebrate this new release we are giving away two $25 Gift Certificates to the Outlines store!

For my card, I selected the Easter Birdies (I-1152) image because whenever I see a bird's nest with eggs, I think robin's egg blue, which is one of my favorite colors!   Oh, this was a fun image to color!!  I wanted to color the flowers in the image like the gorgeous pink dogwoods we have blooming all over our area right now.  The October Afternoon background paper from the Ducks in a Row collection matched the flowers perfectly, although I have covered most of it up!

Here's how to win:

Please visit each blog and leave a comment for each designer.
Comments need to be completed by 8PM on Sunday, April 17th.
Two random winners will be selected from folks that left comments on all the blogs.
Winners will be announced on the Outlines Blog on Monday, April 18th.

Now…where and who to visit:

The Outlines Blog

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey 

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Vicki Garrett - Summerthyme Studio

Thanks for stopping by!

RI Sketch Challenge - Happy Birthday

It's time for another Repeat Impressions sketch challenge!  You can find the sketch and the particulars for playing along over on today's post at The House That Stamps Built.  There is a $25 gift certificate for Repeat Impressions stamps up for grabs, so be sure to play along!
For my card, I used Rose Window (917-I) for my focal image and the Happy Birthday (8606-E) sentiment from Quartet Complements.  The image was colored with Copic markers and the blue sky background was airbrushed.  The patterned papers are from Colorbok (Rose Tapestry and Rose Stripe).

Please be sure to head over to The House That Stamps Built to check out the fabulous cards made by the rest of the design team using this week's sketch!  And while you're there, meet our newest design team member, Dawn Bennett!
Enjoy the rest of your week!  Thanks for stopping by!

RI SOTW - Birdbath

This week's Stamp of the Week over at Repeat Impressions is Birdbath (4311-I). I have paired it with Wild Violets (1706-I), which I stamped twice and masked before stamping the birdbath, and Tiny Bird (flight) (2617-D), which I stamped three times.  All images were colored using Copic markers and the sky was airbrushed.  The sentiment is Find Beauty (8614-D) from Quartet Complements.  The papers are from BasicGrey's Kioshi 6x6 pad.

Please 'fly' over to The House That Stamps Built to get the details for purchasing the Birdbath image for 50% off and to see the other design team members' cards showcasing this versatile image!

I am also entering this card in this week's A La Card Monkey Nature challenge!

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Outlines - Sparkle and Shine!

This week's challenge for the Outlines' Design Team is Sparkle and Shine, and we are featuring Swarovski Crystals and Picksey Pick-ups. I used Skylla Butterfly (C-886) and a bunch of Swarovski Crystals (Size 7 - clear, lt. Colorado Topaz, and lt. Rose; Size 12 - clear, lt. Colorado Topaz, Sapphire, and Siam; and Size 16 - Clear)!  I used Picksey Pick-ups and Glossy Accents to adhere the crystals to the butterfly.  For the largest crystals, I used a gold Pearl Pen as my adhesive and dropped the crystal into it.  The butterfly was colored using Pebbles Chalks (Shimmers and Jewel Tones).

Picksey Pick-ups are small discs of beeswax that you wrap around the end of a toothpick and use to pick up the crystals by touching the beeswax tip of the toothpick to the top of the crystal.  You can then easily place the crystal atop a drop of glue and the crystal will release onto the adhesive.  They are a great, inexpensive tool and I highly recommend them if you haven't tried them!

Swarovski Crystals add sparkle like nothing else!  They are such a great addition to a card - here is a close up to try to show the sparkle, but you really have to see them in person to appreciate it.

The backgroun paper is from DCWV's Mariposa 8x8 paper pad and the beautiful blue ribbon is from May Arts.

Please be sure to visit the rest of the design team members' blogs to see the sparkly, shiny cards they have made with Swarovski Crystals!

Bev Gerard - Savor the Journey (Bev is taking one more week off to be with her family this week.  Her mother-in-law passed away recently, so please stop by her blog and give her some love!)

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Vicki Garrett - Summerthyme Studio

I am entering this card in a new challenge called A La Card Monkey. This week's challenge is Nature!

 
Thanks for stopping by!