RI SOTW - Footbridge

We have a new Stamp of the Week over at Repeat Impressions - this week's special is on Footbridge (2917-K) and it's available at half price this week only!  It's a great scenic stamp that fits in really well with many of the other Scenic stamps at Repeat Impressions. 

For my card, I have paired it up with Shade of the Elm (2908-I), Calm Water (4522-G) and Grass (3413-C).  All of the images were stamped directly on the Webster's Pages patterned paper and colored using Copic markers.  I added some Spring Flower Soft to the elm tree for its foliage (you can click on the picture to see it larger).  The Live for...(3103-F) sentiment, which seemed like a perfect match for my peaceful little scene, was stamped on a cloud die cut using Old Olive ink.  My card fits this week's Our Creative Corner challenge, which is to stamp directly on patterned paper.

Please be sure to head over to The House That Stamps Built to get the details for picking up this great Footbridge image for 50% off.  While you're there, make sure you take a look at the cards the rest of the team made using the Footbridge image!

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Outlines - Picture This

This week's challenge over at the Outlines blog is Picture This - incorporate a photo in your project.  This is the closest I've gotten to making something resembling a scrapbook page in a long time!  This is a photo of our sweet kitty, Statia, who we unexpectedly had to put to sleep last month at the young age of seven.  For those of you who are keeping count, yes, that makes two kitties we've lost since January :-(  

I decided to take advantage of this fun challenge and make a little memorial to her, so I used just the kitty image from the Split Layering Collage - Meow (H-937) and colored it grey like she was.  I stamped the Tiny Thinking of You (AA-858) sentiment on vellum and cut it out using a Spellbinder's tag die.  I added Emerald Swarovski Crystals to the flower center and one end of the sentiment tag and added a resin kitty charm to the other end.  The patterned paper is from KI Memories.  The layout for my project is from this week's JUGS 100 sketch challenge.

Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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RI DCC Challenge - For the Guys

Hello! It's time for another Designer's Choice Challenge over at The House That Stamps Built and this time the challenge is For the Guys - make a masculine card. I used the Bottoms Up (2906-I) image and paired it with the Happy Birthday (8606-E) sentiment from Quartet Complements. The patterned papers are from October Afternoon's Ducks in a Row collection.

For the inside of the card, I computer generated my sentiment (it says Hope it's just ducky!) and paired it with a strip of the adorable ducks from the Just Ducky 8x8 pad. Please stop over to The House That Stamps Built to read the details for playing along with the Designer's Choice Challenge for a chance to win a sheet of unmounted stamps and to see the samples the rest of the design team has made!

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Outlines - Beautiful Borders

It's time for a new challenge over at the Outlines blog!  This week's challenge is Beautiful Borders.  I used the Flower Strip image for the border on the right side of my card.  It was colored with Copic markers and I added a little dimension to the flowers by adding some dots of Viva Decor Pearl Pens (Sunny Yellow, Red, Lt. Green). 

For the focal panel, I used Pointed Posy Med. (E-1043) and Pointed Posy Sm.(D-1044), Posy Greeting Center (F-1049), Stem (B-385) and Black Dot Vase (C-375).  The Posies were colored using Viva Decor Paper Soft (Dark Sand), as were the edges of the Flower Strip panel, and more Viva Decor Pearl Pens (Copper, Salmon) were used to add dots around the greeting and in the Posy center.

The patterned papers are all from Jillibean Soup's Blossom Soup paper collection.  I used two different border punches on the green and red horizontal layers to add to the Beautiful Borders theme.
Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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RI Sketch Challenge - Sweet Things

Greetings and happy Wednesday!  We are starting a new sketch challenge over at The House That Stamps Built today.  I used a couple of images from Repeat Impressions' new summer collection for my card - 9008-N, Cool Treats and 9007-E, Sweet Things.   The popsicles and ice cream cone are all paper pieced using patterned papers from the Melissa Frances' Kitschy Kitchen collection, as are the background papers. 

Please make your way over to The House That Stamps Built to check out the sketch and see the details for playing along with us.  While you're there, take a peek at the great cards the rest of the team has made using the sketch!

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RI SOTW - Puffins

We have a new Stamp of the Week over on Repeat Impressions' blog,  The House That Stamps Built and it's this sweet image of three Puffins (2711-I).  For my sentiment, I used You Make me Smile (8602-E) from Quartet Complements. The patterned papers I used are from Stampin' UP!'s Haiku collection and Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl collection. 

The papers were selected to go along with this week's Just Us Girls color challenge, which is to use Chocolate Chip, Deep Yellow, Riding Hood Red and Olive Green.  The layout for my card is from this week's Card Positioning Systems sketch (I won last week's CPS challenge by the way!)  #232.

Please make sure to hop over to The House That Stamps Built for the details on getting this week's Puffins stamp for half price and to see the cards the rest of the team has made using this great image!

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Outlines - Four Legged Friends

This week's challenge over at the Outlines blog is Four Legged Friends! I used this sweet kitty in the flowers (Mini Catwalk F-1167) for my focal point and Script Happy Birthday (C-1050) for my sentiment.  The kitty and flowers were colored using Copic markers.  The patterned papers are from Crate Paper's Neighborhood Collection and my layout is based on this weeks Card Patterns sketch #129.

Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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Missing You Bunches

This card is for this week's Card Positioning Systems sketch challenge #231 and features My Favorite Things stamps (Flopsey's Flowers) and dies (Rolled Daisy and Leafy Flourish).  The patterned papers are from K&Company (Embossed Daisies) and Papertrey Ink (Pacific Vineyard).  I added yellow rhinestones to the flower centers and the label panel.

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Happy Birthday Party Animal!

Today is my niece's 18th birthday!   I made this card for her because she loves all things zebra. The color scheme matches her new school colors at the University of South Carolina where today is her first day of classes. 

The stamps are from Papertrey Ink, as is the zebra impression plate I used to emboss the largest background panel.  The patterned paper is from BoBunny's Zoology collection.  The layout is based on this month's Sketch for You to Try.  Have a Happy Birthday, Leigh Ann!

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RI DCC Challenge - Black and White Plus One Color!

We are starting a new Designer's Choice Challenge over on Repeat Impressions' blog, The House That Stamps Built.  The challenge is black and white plus one color.  The images I used for my card are Nubble Light (sm) (1405-M) and Let Your Light... (2536-G).  You may have figured this out already, but my plus one color is yellow... ;-)

Please stop over to The House That Stamps Built to read the details for playing along with the Designer's Choice Challenge for a chance to win a sheet of unmounted stamps and to see the samples the rest of the design team has made!

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Outlines - Summer

Good Monday morning!  We are starting a new challenge over on the Outlines blog today.  This week's challenge is Summer - beachy or floral, just something summery with bright fun colors.  For my card I used Sparkle Wheelbarrow (H-805) and Tiny Great Day (AA-863).  I colored the image using Copic markers and added Viva Decor Pearl Pens (Silver, Salmon, Lt. Green, Glitter Liner and Glass Effects)  in various places (click on the photo to see more detail).  I also added a couple of clear Swarovski crystals (Size 16) on either end of the sentiment panel and a bow of pink and turquoise twine.  The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup's Blossom Soup collection.

The layout for my card comes from this week's Sweet Stop challenge (SSS121).

Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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RI Sketch Challenge - Flutter By

Hello!  It's time for another sketch challenge over at The House That Stamps Built.  For my card, I used a couple of images from Repeat Impressions' new Summer stamp series, Butterfly Sm. (9009-F) and Flutter By (9005-E).  The patterned papers are from DCWV's Mariposa collection and the butterfly was colored using Copic markers.  The backgrounds of the two stamped panels were sponged using PTI's Tea Dye Duo inks.  The ribbon is from Stampin' UP!.

Please be sure to make your way over to The House That Stamps Built to check out the details for playing along with the challenge for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate at Repeat Impressions and to see the great cards the rest of the team has made using this versatile sketch!


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Stamp of the Week - Lady's Slipper

It's time for another Stamp of the Week over at Repeat Impressions.  This week's stamp is Ladyslipper (2611-J).  I colored the flower using Copic markers and sponged the background using Aqua Mist ink.  The sentiment is Thinking of You (1105-E) and I added Kaisercraft rhinestones on either end of it. The background paper is from BasicGrey's Sultry collection (Vogue).  I used this week's JUGS sketch #96 for my layout.

Please be sure to head over to The House That Stamps Built to get the details for ordering this stamp for half price this week.  While you're there, be sure you check out the cards the rest of the design team has made!

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Outlines - Lovely with Lace

Good morning and welcome to a new Outlines challenge!  This week's challenge is 'Lovely with Lace' - any theme goes, just incorporate lace.  For my card I decided to go with a black, tan and creme color scheme, based on the Graphic 45 Curtain Call Collection papers I used.  I stamped Pointed Posy (D1044 Small and E1043 Medium) and Clematis Med (E111) using Versamark on three different patterned papers and embossed with gold and black embossing powders.  I cut the flowers out and layered them using foam tape.  I added size 12 Colorado Topaz Swarovski Crystals to the center of the top flower and to the ends of the sentiment panel.  For my lace element, I layered two different lace ribbons and threaded a thin gold and black ribbon through the holes in the top lace layer.


Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:


Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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Outlines - Photo Inspiration

Hello! It's time for another Outlines design team challenge! This week's challenge is a photo challenge. Here is the photo:

I used Striped Petals (D-658 Med and C-659 Sm), which I stamped on patterned papers from LilyBee Designs.  For the sentiment, I used Script Thank You (B-1054), matted with black card stock to simulate the framed picture in our inspiration photo.

Please be sure to look up the details for playing along with this week's challenge over at the Outlines blog and also check out the great cards the rest of the team has made:

Jeanne Streiff - Inky Paws

Jenny Gropp - One Krafty Kat

Kecia Waters - Stamping Deets
Lisa Silver - Silver Stamping

Sandy Hulsart - Creative Moments with Sandy

Sue Kment - Sue's Stamping Stuff

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