September 12, 2018 Tic Tac Toe

This week over at The House that Stamps Built our challenge is Tic Tac Toe which is one of my favorite challenges, so many possibilities.  

I choose to Sympathy, Ribbon, and Sponging, using the following stamps,

     8401-I Happy Puppy   4023-F Sending you Love

I have a lot of friends who are total dog lovers - me included and there are times I have to make sympathy cards which is difficult.  I choose this happy puppy so they might remember their fur baby as happy. I sponged distress oxide inks on his - then fussy cut him out and place him n a layer in which I had cut out a heart.  I had some dog paw print ribbon and a pretty little charm that says Best Friend.  . I embossed my Kraft layer with a dog paw embossing folder.  I'm rethinking this now and wondering if maybe I should have colored the tongue darker or a pink tone, but left it as is.  

 Now it is your turn to make a card using the challenge of  Tic Tac Toe and  as you can see there are a lot of possibilities for this challenge.  You have a full month to enter our challenge to win.  You do not have to use Repeat Impressions stamps but if you do you will be entered twice for the drawing of a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions. 

If you look on my right side bar I also have a discounted coupon for you to use when you go shopping at Repeat Impressions.
Now why not take a look at our DT Rock Stars for inspiration and to get you started. 

Cheri    Joy   Donna   Heather   Laurie  and  Esther 

September 7,2018 Congrats

Found out a few weeks ago that my grand daughters brother and his wife are pregnant with twins.  Well anyone who has been around for a while and was a TAC angel remembers this stamp. It has been well loved and taken care of as I use her quiet often. Has some really cute images as well as sentiments.  This will be one I won't get rid of for sure.  And they are expecting twins and guess what I kept the twins stamp set also from TAC.  Oh the memories. 

September 5, 2018 - Happy Anniversary

Wow - September - the summer has gone so quickly - in a couple more weeks will be seeing the leaves will start turning.  We live in the woods so fall is always a favorite time of the year. 
This week over at The House that Stamps Built our challenge is designer choice - and our rock star is Laurie.  Her choice was to make an anniversary card. 

I knew instantly I needed some more anniversary stamps (on my next order) so I went with what I had available and I think it turned out fine.  The stamps I used
were 10401-O large dotted rectangle frame, 2508I To Those  1218H Heart Balloons. 
I had a scrap - just enough -for my background DP, so I embossed the rectangle in silver to use as my focal point.  - using my Misti I put the sentiment in the center and embossed with silver then placed a heart balloon on each side of the sentiment - again embossed in silver - thinking it still needed just a bit of bling I used a single bling on each balloon then tied some fine silver cord n a small bow and placed it on the string.

 Now it is your turn to make a card using the challenge of  Anniversary - as you can see there are a lot of possibilities for this challenge.  You have a full month to enter our challenge to win.  You do not have to use Repeat Impressions stamps but if you do you will be entered twice for the drawing of a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions. 

If you look on my right side bar I also have a discounted coupon for you to use when you go shopping at Repeat Impressions.
Now why not take a look at our DT Rock Stars for inspiration and to get you started. 

Cheri    Joy   Donna   Heather   Laurie  and  Esther 
 

September 1, 2018 Varied Vases

Recently I got a new stamp set from SU - Varied Vases and the punch that you can also purchase that punches out the vases.  The possibilities for this stamp set and punch are endless.  I "cased" this from Pinterest from A Stamp Above as I loved the design - easy peasy and not like any that I have made before.  This cad is already in the mail - to a chemo patient that needed a little extra support.  I will be using this set again. 

August 29, 2018 Sketch Challenge

This week over at The House that Stamps Built our challenge is the sketch challenge.  This was a fun sketch to work with.  I recently had organized - or reorganized my DP and I saw this cute bird DP - so decided to work with it.  I used 2614-D, 2616-D, and 2617-D - all Tiny Birds - each sold separate.  I colored them with copic markers and punched out a little heart to go on the circle as well.  For my sentiment I went with 410-H Simple Pleasures, only using the first line of the sentiment.  Then I thought what do birds enjoy,and that would be a nice cool bath in August so I used 4311-I Birdbath embossed and fussy cut out and popped up a bit for dimension. 

 Now it is your turn to make a card using the challenge of  Sketch Challenge and  as you can see there are a lot of possibilities for this challenge.  You have a full month to enter our challenge to win.  You do not have to use Repeat Impressions stamps but if you do you will be entered twice for the drawing of a $25 gift certificate to Repeat Impressions. 

If you look on my right side bar I also have a discounted coupon for you to use when you go shopping at Repeat Impressions.
Now why not take a look at our DT Rock Stars for inspiration and to get you started. 

Cheri    Joy   Donna   Heather   Laurie  and  Esther 

August 27, 2018 POTW at The House that Stamps Built

This is the last week in August - wow has the summer gone to fast!!!  I've been wanting to get out my fall stamps - so since it was my turn to do POTW over at
The House that Stamps Built , I decided to go with some fall leaves.

Supplies:  white cardstock cut 3 3/4 by 3 3/4  Kraft cardstock cut 4 by 4  base card 4 1/4 by 5 1/2in color that goes well with the leaves.  Scraps of glitter paper, scraps of coordinating cardstock for embossing extra leaves, circle dies,,,,, gold embossing powder, twine, and ink colors of your choice.  Stamps used:
6512E   Everyday blessings    3214G   Thanksgiving Blessings  3311C  Acorn
3312E   Maple Leaf     3306I   Falling Leaves.

I have seen several "template kits out there for circle wreaths, but I just drew my own circle using a die cut and a light pencil line (which you will latter erase) - finding the center of the card stock first and then positioning the die.  You could use any circle or a compass.  

Next I started stamping my leaf stamp with my chosen first color - I stamped in multiples of three in each color - fairly evenly spaced for eye appeal.  I stamped in threes using all three of my ink colors.  Brown, orange and a darker red.  

I then embossed additional leaves from Falling Leaves stamp as well as the Acorns using gold embossing powder.  I then fussy cut out the leaves and acorns.  I embossed my 1 1/4 inch circle with Everyday Blessings as well as embossed Thanksgiving Blessings at the bottom of my base card.  I erased the circle line with a soft eraser.  Next I layered my circles two of which were cut from glitter paper/card stock..  After the circles are in place I fit in additional leaves from Falling Leaves and the Acorns where there was a bit of a gap or that were eye appealing.  I used some tiny pop dots to pop up my acorns.  

Here is the final card, with just a bit of neutral twine tied on the card.  I am now ready to start seeing some fall colors in the woods behind our house.  Give this a try - you can use a variety of stamps you already have from small flowers, twigs, leaves, and yes I even did one with feathers.  

  

August 24, 2018 Friend Cards

I am "back" in my craft room - at least part time - and made a couple of cards for my chemo/senior buddies that I write too weekly.  The hardest skill for me to do is use the tape runner.  I don't know if it is how I hold it or the movement but it give me a lot of discomfort in my right arm.  I have adapted to using my left hand fairly well - and after the last trip to the doctor I find out that my shoulder - yes my new shoulder is not in place!!!  I see a specialist next week to try and figure out what the next step is.  Anyway got off track there - so back to my cards.  

My first card I used Do what you Love from SU - comes as a complete suite but I just got the stamp set and the DP. Creating a pretty card is a snap with this set, so many possibilities and oh the DP is stunning.  This is for my "new" chemo buddy that I just got a couple of weeks ago - and I know from her bio that she likes crafts so this was perfect for her.  

The second card is for my senior buddy - a gentleman in Canada that I have enjoyed for almost 4 years.  I used a set that came with one of the magazine from the UK and available at Barnes and Noble.  Saw it and then saw the price but then rationalized I was getting a magazine, stamps and dies so was able to justify.  Thought he would enjoy a wave.  What a fun card to make. 

Both of these cards went out the door yesterday on their way - hopefully tomake someone smile.