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! 
Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #114 - Think Seamstress and RI DCC Challenge - Scenic

Happy Wednesday!  My card today is for Repeat Impressions' first Designer's Choice Challenge (DCC), which is to make a Scenic card; and for this week's Belli Challenge, which is 'Think Seamstress' (stitching, buttons, seam tape, pins, etc...).  It was definitely a challenge to combine those two challenges!

The images I used are Portland Head Light (1401-P) and Rebecca (708-K) and Thinking of You (8611-E) for my sentiment.  The papers are from BasicGrey's Lucky collection, which is really old!  The layout is based on this week's Crazy 4 Challenges sketch challenge, although I twisted and turned it quite a bit!

For the 'Think Seamstress' challenge, I made an outfit for Rebecca!  It's paper pieced, but still... ;-)  I also used an itty, bitty button on her dress and used a Spica marker to add some faux stitching around my sentiment.  That's the closest this girl gets to being a seamstress!

Please be sure to check out the rest of the Belli design team's Think Seamstress cards by heading over to the Belli Challenge blog and while you're there you can get the details for playing along with us.  Also make sure that you take a gander at the great scenic cards the rest of the Repeat Impressions' design team has created for our Designer's Choice Challenge over at The House That Stamps Built, and while you're at it, check out the rules for playing along with us on our Scenic challenge!


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Belli Challenge #113 - 'C' card and RI CASE Challenge - Karen

Happy Wednesday! This is another combination Belli Challenge and Repeat Impressions CASE card. The Belli Challenge for this week is to make a project using something with the letter C. My 'C' items are Cat and CASE!

Here is the card we are CASEing, made by fellow Repeat Impressions Design Team member, Karen Hasheck.  I stamped my cat image directly on a Websters' Pages die cut with a curved bottom edge, similar to Karen's card.  I also used the same basic layout, although my die cut measures 6x6, which is quite a bit larger than Karen's patterned paper layer.  I ruched some olive green seam binding for the horizontal and vertical elements and added a button/bow combo in the corner.  The image was colored with Copic markers.

Please be sure to head over to the Belli Challenge blog to see all the wonderful 'C' cards the rest of the team has made and to find out how you can play along with us.

Also make sure you stop over at The House That Stamps Built to see how the rest of the team CASEd Karen's card!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #112 - Animals and RI CASE Challenge - Harriet

Greetings!  Today the card I am sharing is another Belli Challenge and Repeat Impressions CASE challenge combination.  This week's Belli Challenge is Animals and over at Repeat Impressions we are CASEing a card by design team member Harriet Skelly.  Harriet had a butterfly panel on her card, so I created a similar panel on mine using a butterfly image, along with the bird and dragonfly, all from Repeat Impressions.  I also used the same color scheme and layout as Harriet's card.  The postcard text backgrounder and sentiment are also from Repeat Impressions. I included a dragonfly charm on the sentiment panel and added a butterfly charm and button to my bow.

Please be sure to stop over at the Belli Challenge to see what the rest of the design team has created using animals as their theme and to find out how you can participate in the challenge.

You should also stop by The House That Stamps Built to check out what the rest of the design team has created using Harriet's card for their inspiration and you can get all the details for participating in the CASE challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #109 - 'P' and RI CASE Challenge - Joy

Today is Belli Challenge day and Repeat Impressions' Case challenge day, so once again I have combined both challenges into one card.  The Belli Challenge for this week is to make a card using anything that starts with the letter 'P' - patterned paper, pussycats and gold pearl paint pens being the 'P's that I used!  You could also say I used persimmon and pistachio for two of my colors...or not... ;-)

This week we at Repeat Impressions are CASE-ing (copy and share everything) a card made by fellow design team member Joy Hadden.  I used the same layout as Joy's card, but changed up just about everything else except having striped paper for my background panel.  The image is Repeat Impressions' Forty Winks (2606-J), the papers are from BasicGrey's Max and Whiskers collection and the cat-themed brads are from Around the Block.  I matted the center layer with a scalloped edge and then used a gold Viva Decor pearl paint pen to make the dots in the center of each scallop.   This card also works for this week's My Time to Craft challenge, which is Spots and Dots.

I would love for you to play along with the Belli Challenge and make a project using something that starts with 'P'!  Please head over to the Belli Challenge blog to see the great cards the rest of the design team has made and to get the details for submitting an entry.

I would also love for you to play along on the Repeat Impressions' CASE challenge by making a project based on Joy's sample card.  Please head over to The House That Stamps Built to see Joy's card, as well as the rest of the design team's cards, and to find out how to participate.

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #108 - Snow and RI CASE Challenge - Lynette

Greetings!  Today I am posting another dual challenge card! This week's Belli challenge is Snow and this week's Repeat Impressions Case challenge is to case a card from fellow design team member Lynette Neus.  The details for playing along on the Belli challenge can be found on today's post and for the Repeat Impressions challenge, you can find Lynette's card and the challenge details at The House That Stamps Built.

For my card, I used the Holiday Lamp Post (2002-J) image, combined with the Let It Snow (2006-H) sentiment. The lamp post was colored with Copic markers and then I added some Martha Stewart Snow Glitter and some Polar White Flower Soft.  The patterned papers are from BasicGrey's Wassail 6x6 pad and the ribbon is from their Mellow collection.

For the sentiment panel I created the 'icicles' by adding a strip of white card stock that I had cut using my Martha Stewart grass border punch, which I adhered upside down, dabbed with Glossy Accents and then covered with the Snow Glitter.  Both panels were airbrushed and I added a couple of rhinestone snowflakes to cover the brad holes on my sentiment tag.


Hope you'll play along on both challenges!  Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #107 - Christmas and RI CASE Challenge - Maki

Happy Wednesday! It's time for another double challenge post - Creative Belli Challenge and Repeat Impressions!  For the Belli Challenge, we are posting Christmas cards, which can include any Christmas embellishments or paper.   All the stamps used on my card are from Repeat Impressions' Snow Globes and Ornaments collection.

For the Repeat Impressions challenge, we are casing (case = copy and share everything) this card from fellow design team member Makiko Jones.  I also used snowflake images from the same set (8917-I, Snowflake Outline (lg and sm), and 8914-E, Snowflake Solid (sm)), dark borders and layout, but changed out the color scheme and used some Memory Box crystal snowflakes that I colored blue with a Copic marker instead of the pearls Maki used.
Please join us for both challenges!  If you would like to link up a Christmas card for the Belli Challenge, please go to today's post, view the gorgeous Christmas cards my fellow Belli girls have posted and link up your card.

If you would like to CASE Maki's card and play along with our challenge over at Repeat Impressions, please go to The House That Stamps Built, check all the wonderful cards the design team created based on Maki's card, and link up your project!

Enjoy the rest of your week!  Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #106 and RI Case Challenge



Greetings!  This card was made for two challenges - this week's Belli Challenge, which is to use Christmas-related supplies and this week's Repeat Impressions CASE challenge, which is to CASE a card from my fellow RI design team member, Michele Greenwood.

For the Belli Challenge, I used the Christmas wreath image and the patterned papers are from Kaisercraft's Dear Santa collection.  The card that Michele created for us to CASE is this one.  I used the same layout and stamp (8913-I, Wreath).

Please be sure to check out the Belli Challenge to see the great Christmas-themed cards made by my fellow Belli girls and to find out how you can play along.  Also be sure to check out the great cards my fellow Repeat Impressions team members made based on Michele's card and to find out how you can play along over there, too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #104 meets Repeat Impressions CASE Challenge!

Greetings! Today's post is a double challenge post! First up it's a Belli Challenge, the theme of which is: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue, but not necessarily a wedding card.  Here's how my card fits the challenge:

Something old - the seam binding ribbon
Something new - the Webster's Pages paper and netting (my birthday gift from my sweet Krafty Kat friends)
Something borrowed - the card layout and theme (that's the Repeat Impressions CASE Challenge part!)
Something blue - the card base, punched border and Santa's little bird friend

For the Repeat Impressions Challenge, we are to CASE (which stands for Copy And Share Everything OR Copy And Selectively Edit) this beautiful card from my fellow Belli Challenge and Repeat Impressions design team member, Darsie Bruno.  She says it took her 30 minutes to make this card....do you believe her?  I don't...it took me thirty minutes just to discern all the details! LOL!  At any rate, I copied the basic layout, although I flipped the main panel and the bow.  I also used the same image, which is this week's Stamp of the Week over at The House That Stamps Built.  I love the vintage feel of this Santa image.

I paper pieced Santa's outfit and used Liquid Applique for the trim. I used several small pieces of gold netting, layering it under and on top of my bow, along with a button and some twine.

Please head over to the Belli Challenge blog for details on how to play along with that challenge and to see the other Belli girls' cards and then head over to the Repeat Impressions blog for the details on our CASE challenge and to see the great cards my other design team members made!  For this challenge the winner will receive an unmounted sheet of RI's 2000 series of winter and Christmas theme rubber stamps… a total of 20 stamps!

Finally, just a reminder that the Creative Belli Challenge is holding a Design Team call.  If you're interested in becoming a Belli girl (or guy??), check out the details in this post on the Belli Challenge blog.  The call is open until December 15th.

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #102 - Pumpkins and Sketch!

Welcome to a new Belli Challenge!  This week's challenge is to make a card with pumpkins.  We also have an optional sketch for you to use if you would like:

For my card, I chose this adorable pumpkin kitty from There She Goes' Cattitude set.  I love the expression on this kitty's face!  I paper pieced the pumpkin body and colored the rest with Copic markers.  I created the bow around her neck using black twine, popped her up on foam squares and adhered her to a panel that was stamped using one of the images from Gina K. Designs Lovely Labels 2 set.  The sentiment is from There She Goes' Hauntingly Delightful set.

The main background paper is from Cosmo Cricket's Matilda collection and the diagonal and horizontal strips are from Reminisce (Esmerelda Stripe, Midnight Stripe and Jack Stripe).  The sentiment panel is anchored with a glittery pumpkin brad from Making Memories and a button that I tied using a small piece of raffia.  I think that covers it!

Head on over to the Creative Belli blog to find out more about the challenge and to see the wonderful pumpkin creations the rest of the team has created!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Flippin' Birthday!!

It's time for another Creative Belli Challenge and this week's challenge is to use an old stamp.  I used a Repeat Impressions set of stamps (7207-W, Cake FLIP Set) that I have had for a few years to make this Flip birthday card that I made for my niece's birthday.  These flip cards (also known as waterfall cards) are fun to make and receive.  I paired my birthday cake series with some BasicGrey ice cream and cupcake paper.

The cake images were all colored with Copic markers to match the colors in the patterned paper.

When I got to the stamps that had candles and decorations, out came the Stickles!

The last cake image is nice and sparkly.

For the final stamp in the set, the sentiment, I stamped with Versamark and embossed with some Powder Keg embossing powder.

For the inside of the card, I used a couple of stamps from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.  If you're interested in making a flip card, please check out the Repeat Impressions site - Wendy offers instructions and all the supplies you need to make your own!

Would you like to play along with us on this week's Creative Belli challenge?  Just head on over to the Creative Belli Challenge blog to see what the other Design Team members have created for the challenge,and then pull out your old stamps and make a card!  Be sure to link your project to today's post to play along!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge Meets Repeat Impressions Blog Hop!

Greetings!  It's time for another Belli Challenge AND the second Repeat Impressions Blog Hop (details for the hop are at the bottom of this post)!  This week's Belli Challenge is to use something round and metal, plus there is an optional sketch challenge (head over to the Belli Challenge blog for the sketch and to check out the great cards the design team has made!).  I added some round nail head stickers to the scallops of the card base for the Belli Challenge.

For the Repeat Impressions blog hop, we are featuring another new line of Christmas/Winter stamps - Snow Globes and Ornaments!  I thought this fit perfectly with the theme of the Belli Challenge!  My card features the adorable Snow Kitty snow globe, but there are many snow globes in the set, as well as components to create your own ornaments and snow globes, as you will see when you check the rest of the team's projects!

I used some Polar White Flower Soft for the snow kitty and the snow on the ground and Stickles for the falling snowflakes.  I added a little Liquid Applique to the kitty's cap and the base of my snow globe is silver metallic card stock.  For the inside of the card, I used another Repeat Impressions stamp - Meowy Christmas (#2211).  All the patterned papers are from Kaisercraft's Gypsy Sisters collection.

I made a second card for the Hop, using the candy cane center and 'empty' snow globe.  I stamped the candy canes using Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red and then covered it with Versamark and clear Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE).  I heated it up and then added a second coat, so it's nice and glossy in real life!  The base was done the same way, using platinum UTEE and then I stamped the base portion of the image on top using black StaZon ink.  The base is popped up with foam squares.

As soon as I saw the candy canes, I wanted to pair them with the striped ribbon and the baker's twine and Jen del Muro's sketch for this week (SFYTT) provided the perfect layout!  The sentiment is from the new snow globe set and the patterned papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Jolly by Golly collection.

OK, now for the details for playing along on the Blog Hop!  Each of the design team members has been assigned a word (mine is Inspiration), which you have to collect by visiting each blog.  Once you have collected the words, figure out the phrase they make up and email it to Wendy at Repeat Impressions (wendy@repeatimpressions.com) to be entered in the drawing for a full sheet containing all the Snow Globe and Ornament images.  And that's not all!  If you are kind enough to leave a comment on each design team member's blog, plus the Repeat Impressions blog, your name will be entered a second time for the drawing!  You must submit your comments and email Wendy your guess at the phrase by 10pm EST on Sunday, August 22.  The new set and the winner of the hop will be revealed next Monday, August 23.

For those of you that participated in last week's Penguin Blog Hop, the new stamps and winner of the hop are being revealed today over at Repeat Impressions, so be sure to check them out! And remember to hop over to all of the other blogs to see the wonderful creations my fellow design team members have made!

Ayana Posadas ~ http://www.ayanaposadas.typepad.com/
Dana Joy ~ http://gotjoycreations.blogspot.com/
Darsie Bruno ~ http://www.craftingwithdarsie.blogspot.com/
Harriet Skelly ~ http://allycatcards.blogspot.com/
Joy Hadden ~ http://www.piecesofjoyhadden.blogspot.com/
Julie Smith ~ http://paperandsuch.blogspot.com/
Lynette Neus ~ http://mystampingaddiction.blogspot.com/
Makiko Jones ~ http://makinkstudio.blogspot.com/
Michele Greenwood ~ http://whimsicalcreations.blogspot.com/  
Robin Kirkpatrick ~ http://robins-rubber-room.blogspot.com/  (YOU ARE HERE!)

Whew, I'm exhausted!  Sorry this was such a long post - thanks for sticking with it!

Belli Challenge #97 - Paint

It's time for another Belli Challenge, and this time the challenge is to use paint on your project.  For my card, I cut three flowers out of Grungepaper using PTI's Beautiful Blooms II flower dies.  I painted each flower layer with a Ranger Butterscotch Paint Dabber and then added a layer using a Copper Paint Dabber.  After the paint was dry, I stamped the coordinating flower petals from the Beautiful Blooms II set on the bottom and top layers and embossed them with Renaissance embossing powder from Powder Keg.  I adhered my layered flower using a decorative brad.  The sketch is from Kim Teasdale's Dare to Get Dirty challenge at SCS (DTGD10blondie090277).

The patterned papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl collection and the scalloped edge ledger paper is from Making Memories' Noteworthy journaling pad.  My sentiment was also embossed using the Renaissance embossing powder.  The butterfly was cut out of vellum and stamped using an image from PTI's Butterfly Dreams set.  I adhered three copper colored rhinestones for its body.  The center panel is Coredinations card stock that was embossed using PTI's Tin Types Impression Plate and lightly sanded to reveal the lighter colored core.

Please head on over to the Creative Belli blog for the details on playing along with us, and while you're there, make sure you check out what the rest of the Belli Girls have made using paint!

One last thing - check out The House That Stamps Built - yours truly is in the spotlight today!

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #96 - Sketch and Something That Moves!

It's time for another Belli Challenge! This week's challenge is a combination - a sketch challenge, plus something that moves.  In keeping with the Belli philosophy of using long-held items from you stash, I pulled out this ready-made shaker box with the palm tree and waves in the background.  I have had this shaker box from Magic Scraps for probably 5 years...from back in the days when I thought I was going to be a scrapbooker! 

I tossed in a fish charm and starfish and sand dollar buttons and then added some sand to make up my moving element.  Here's a closer shot of it:

I stamped the sentiment, from Impression Obsession, directly on the background paper, which is from Webster's Pages Seaside Retreat 6x6 paper pad.  I added a strip of striped paper, also from this collection, leftover from a previous card and layered it with some fish ribbon from American Crafts.  The ribbon and the shaker box were both white, so I toned them down by sponging them with some Old Paper and Vintage Photo Distress Inks.

For the inside of my card, I used a scrap of wave paper from my stash and added one of the Webster's Pages Journaling Cards, also from Seaside Retreat.  I stamped my sentiment, from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set, directly on the Journaling Card.  I attached them both to a piece of ivory card stock that I had cut the top and bottom edges of using an EK Success border punch.

We'd love for you to play along!  All you have to do is make a card or other project using this sketch and include something that moves.  You can make a shaker card like I did, or a spinner or waterfall card, or you can use an image that appears to be moving.  Most importantly, use something old and neglected out of your stash! 

To play along, link your project over on today's Belli Challenge post.  Make sure you also head over there to check out what the rest of the Design Team made using the sketch and something that moves!

 Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #95 - Alter It!

It's time for another Belli Challenge and this week's challenge is to alter something you have lying around.  I won this cute little clipboard from Becca Feeken a few months ago and it's been sitting in my stamp room unfinished ever since.  This challenge was just what I needed to get it altered!

I used Mercy Kerin's sketch from last week for my layout, painted the clipboard with a couple of coats of ivory paint and then covered the front with some October Afternoon papers (Report Card and Fly A Kite collections). I used stamps from Papertrey Ink's Studio Style set and colored the buttons and jar using Copic and Spica markers. 

I usually keep a list of cards that I need to make, for design team assignments, birthdays, challenges, etc.  I used the paper crafting theme because I'm planning to keep this in my stamp room with my list clipped to it for reference.  Hopefully this will keep me a little more organized so I don't find myself in a panic the day an assignment is due because I forgot all about it (which is exactly what happened with this clipboard....).

Be sure to head over to the Belli Challenge blog and see what the rest of the design team has altered!  If you'd like to play along with us, pull a long lost treasure out of your stash (think tins, picture frames, jars, clipboards, notebooks, etc.) and alter it!  Be sure to leave a link to your project over on today's post on the Belli blog or use keyword CBC95 if you post it to Splitcoast Stampers.

Thanks for stopping by!

Belli Challenge #94 - Sketch and Patriotic

Welcome to another Belli Challenge!  This week's challenge is a double challenge - a sketch plus you must use a patriotic element.  The timing of this challenge was perfect as I was able to use this week's Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions - Land of the Free (#3074-I).  The patterned papers are from Stampin' Up and I used the coordinating markers to color my image.  The image panel was outlined with a gold leaf pen.  The buttons are from PTI, as is the sentiment, and I added two star-shaped rhinestones to the red buttons.  Please check out Monday's post over at the House That Stamps Built to find out how you can get the Land of the Free stamp at half price.

I completely messed up when I made my first card for this challenge, because I forgot the patriotic element.  I started out using a new stamp set from There She Goes - Butterfly Happiness.  The background paper is from DCWV's Mariposa collection and I stamped my sentiment directly on the patterned paper and embossed with Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder.  I stamped the small butterfly three times on black inchie squares and embossed them with the gold powder too.  They were outlined with a gold leaf pen.  I added a layer of crocheted lace and two layers of PTI's satin Spring Moss ribbon.  The ribbon qualifies it for the challenge to use a ribbon border over at Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Please be sure to check out what the rest of the Belli girls have done using the sketch and a patriotic element. We would love for you to play along with us, using this sketch and a patriotic element.  If you do choose to play along, enter your project over on today's Belli Challenge post, using Mr. Linky. 

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of your week!

Belli Challenge #92 - Rub-ons!

It's time for another Belli Challenge! This week the challenge is to use rub-ons.  For my card, I started with a Card Positioning Systems' sketch (CPS170) and used this week's Stamp of the Week (#4304-K Fairy’s Fun/Dragonfly) over at Repeat Impressions (it's available for 50% off this week only!). 

I combined the image with some of Graphic 45's Botanicabella papers and Stampin' UP! twill ribbon.  The image was colored with Copic markers and the background was airbrushed.  I added a rub-on border from Cosmo Cricket to the twill.

For the inside of my card, I made use of the 'punch trash' from the vertical layer on the front of the card, and combined it with a leftover strip of the patterned paper.

Please play along with us this week and pull out some of those long lost rub-ons in your stash!  In order to participate, link your project to today's Creative Belli blog post.  Don't forget to head over to the Creative Belli blog and check out what the rest of the design team members have done with their rub-ons!

Thanks for stopping by!