April 27,2016 Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge

GOOD MORNING

Today is the 4th Wednesday of the month and that is "follow the sketch" Wednesday over at

The House that Stamps Built  .  Our sketch to follow is below.  

I enjoyed working with this sketch and I needed three Mothers Day cards so I just colored up these beautiful Daffodils 904L from REPEAT IMPRESSIONS . This was my favorite color combination that I watercolored - and again I was pleased with the way they turned out.  I also used the Sentiment 1137E Happy Mothers Day  In fact I liked the sketch so well I made two while I had all of my supplies out - especially since I needed 2 more Mothers Day cards.  One for dear daughter and one for sweet granddaughter who has two little ones.  

I stamped the sentiment on vellum and embossed in gold to make it pop just a bit more.  I had some fun May papers in a pack of DCWV that I have had for a long time and thought this fit my Mothers Day theme.  Fussy cut the daffodils and yes even between the leaves.  This one is going out to someone special (I can't mention who) so I hope she is happy with this.  I know she is a very special lady and I think the world of her.

Hoping you will create a card using our photo inspiration to enter our challenge over at

The House that Stamps Built.  You don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps but if you do you will get an added bonus of an additional entry in the random drawing for a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate. HINT - take a peek over on my side bar and you will see a 10% discount on Repeat Impressions stamps.  We would love to see you create something.

Now why not go check out my DT team mates and see what they have created.
   Cheri     Deonna      Joy      Kathy    Heather   Laurie  and   Patti 


Challenges:
     Artistic Inspiration - anything goes 
     Craftyhazel pattern paper - use pattern paper
     Word Art Wednesday - anything goes 
     Jo's Scrap Shack - Mothers Day
     The Stamping Boutique - Mothers Day 
     Mod Squad - Mothers Day 

    

April 25, 2016 Ruff Day

For those of you who know thatI love Gerda Steiner this is no exception - especilly since it is a dog!!!
 This stamp is from her clear stamp collection Howl areYou.  I love dogs too.  This card is cased from her blog with the exception of the DP and the pawprint ribbon - love him.  This card will surely be going out the door this week to a buddy that needs a lift.

April 23, 2016 Tulips Happy Mothers Day

I have a few Mother's Day cards to get out this year and then my dear daughter asked me to make her one for her MIL.  She told me she was tired of sending so much $$$$ on store bought cards and sh really felt that MIL would love a handmade card.  I love this SU tulip - I don't even think it is still available but I have kept it- #1 I love tulips and #2 my daughter loves tulips.  I colored these tulips with my NEW watercolors - (went to Dick Blick's Art Supply) recently.  These watercolors were so easy to work with and I love the shading ability I had when using.  Fussy cut and popped them up on a scrap I had laying on my desk - (the script oval) as well as the beautiful shiny pink which I had run through my cuttlebug.  A few pearls added the softness of the card and this is ready to go in the mailbox to DD.  Yes DD enjoys crafting, stamping, etc. but she is always busy busy.  She gets a lot of my "done with" supplies.   

April 20,2016 Photo Inspiration

GOOD MORNING

Today is photo inspiration over at The House that Cards Built - and I truly believe that spring has finally arrived here.  The birds are singing, trees are budding and a lot of the spring flowers are showing their beautiful colors.  Our photo inspiration for this challenge is:

I always called these Easter flowers but I think they are really called daffodils.  Well I choose to use a stamp from REPEAT IMPRESSIONS with a vase of beautiful tulips.  

This beautiful stamp from REPEAT IMPRESSIONS is Vase of Flowers 1317-L.  I love to paper piece so I stamped the image on 3 different patterns/solid yellows from AMuse studio.  I then fussy cut them all out (except the leaves) and glued them to the image.  I colored the leaves with copic markers.  I used a Spellbinders scallop oval to mount my vase on and then some yellow/green sheer ribbon behind the oval. 

Hoping you will create a card using our photo inspiration to enter our challenge over at
The House that Stamps Built.  You don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps but if you do you will get an added bonus of an additional entry in the random drawing for a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate. HINT - take a peek over on my side bar and you will see a 10% discount on Repeat Impressions stamps.  We would love to see you create something.

Now why not go check out my DT team mates and see what they have created.
   Cheri     Deonna      Joy      Kathy    Heather    and   Patti 

April 18, 2016 Monkey

I am a big fan of Gerda Steiner stamps and each month she offers a "free" digi for you to complete and put in her monthly challenge.  This month it was this darling monkey hanging from a limb.  As I do so many chemo angel cards I thought the sentiment Hang in There from Gerda's Happy Fall Set was perfect for this card.  I made a gatefold card - colored the monkey with my copic markers, matted on some brown die cut shapes.  The DP was from a pack of MS papers that I have had forever.  I held the card together with the round "paper clips" that were so popular a long time ago and I still have a lot in my hoarded supplies.  LOL.  A bit of monkey ribbon and this card is ready to go.
     Challenge:  GSD - monthly challenge  

April 15, 2016 LawnMower Man

On occasion my hubby asks me to make a "special" card for one of his buddies etc.  This is a Thank You card for one of the guys on his bowling team that always gets the funds together to send flowers when some one has passed, get well cards when someone is in the hospital or ill etc.  So Wayne (aka hubby) thought it would be nice if the league pitched in and got him a gift card for his favorite restaurant.  Now "Tom" has a lawn mowing business to make a little extra so I immediately thought of this image from Art Impressions stamps that my friend Patti  had stamped for me a year or so ago. I colored him with my copic markers, fussy cut him out and made some grass with my AMuse die and stamped Thank You.  Wayne was super happy with this 'creation" and he told me I was so "talented".  Sweet.  Today is the league luncheon so I am going to go and will get to see Tom's expression when he opens his card.     

April 13, 2016 WHO LET THE DOGS OUT

GOOD MORNING

I love designer choice weeks here at REPEAT IMPRESSIONS  and this week is:  WHO LET THE DOGS OUT.  Now being a dog owner of 3 Big dogs I loved this challenge.  I chose to use 8101-L

BULLDOG .  I had so much fun creating the scene below.

 

I showed two views of the card so you could see that I cut the front of the card using AMuse Studio cloud die and I used the same die set to created the hills.  The woodgrain fence is also by AMuse.  I colored the dog with copic markers, fussy cut him out pop dotted him on the "grass".  I loved the end result and I am sure there will be an occasion for me to send out this card.  

Go check out our challenge over at THE HOUSE THAT STAMPS BUILT  and using the theme of Who Let the Dogs Out enter our challenge.  You will have the opportunity to win a $25 gift certificate and if you use a Repeat Impressions stamp you will have 2 opportunities.  On my side bar you will see a discount of 10% on purchase of Repeat Impressions.  Looking forward to see what you create.  

I have some very great team mates - so go see what  they have created using this great theme.

  Today is DCC (designer choice) Wednesday and Deanna’s choice is WHO LET THE DOGS OUT.  Now for those of you who know me knows we have 3 “big” dogs – and 1 calico cat, but back to the dogs.  This was perfect for me when I saw the choice.

Go check out my team mates cards to see what they have created.

Cheri     Joy     Deonna     Kathy     Heather     and   Patti

                Challenges:
Quirky Craft - It's Raining cats and/or dogs
Tuesday Throwdown - Use your Die Cuts
Brown Sugar - Anything goes