WIW December Anything Goes Challenge

 Anything Goes Challenges
Dec 302015
 

Happy Holidays everyone! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice or anything else you may have celebrated. I am very fortunate to have spent three glorious weeks vacationing on a beach this month and just got back in time for a nice family Christmas. It has all been great, but oh my is it ever hard to get back into work mode!!

We hope you all enjoyed our Rock Star Spotlight series over the last few weeks and
had fun getting to know some of our Design Team members a little better. Today we’re getting back to our regular challenge schedule and wrapping up the year with an easy Anything Goes Challenge. So feel free to submit any style of card or stamped creation that you wish.

Here are the wonderful creations the RI Rock Stars came up with to inspire you and get us started.

“WIW December Anything Goes Challenge” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“WIW December Anything Goes Challenge” creation by Karen Hasheck.
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“WIW December Anything Goes Challenge” creation by Deonna Bemish.
Visit Deonna’s blog

“WIW December Anything Goes Challenge” creation by Kathy Stacy.
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“WIW December Anything Goes Challenge” creation by Cheri Weston.
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“WIW December Anything Goes Challenge” creation by Heather Mills.
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“WIW December Anything Goes Challenge” creation by Patti J. Gilliam.
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And now it’s your turn! The rules are really simple… Remember, your creation doesn’t have to be made with Repeat Impressions stamps, but if you would like to include our designs we would really love to see them! 😀 Plus you will get an additional entry in our random.org drawing for using our stamps in your submissions! Simply stamp up whatever you wish, upload your card to your blog or Splitcoast gallery, then link it here to this post by clicking on the little blue button below.

We will be accepting submissions to this WIW December Anything Goes Challenge until 5pm EST on January 5th. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. On January 6th we’ll kick off a new challenge… our WIW Color Challenge and announce our December challenges winner. One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate!

So what are you waiting for?! Why not play along with us and start stamping up a card now. We can’t wait to see your creations! When you are ready to share your card, please add the direct link to your entry using the link button below. And please be sure to provide a link back here and reference Repeat Impressions WIW December Anything Goes Challenge in your blog or gallery posting.

Thanks so much for dropping by today. We hope you’ve found lots to inspire you and look forward to seeing your challenge creation linked here soon. And please be sure to drop by again on Monday when Rock Star, Karen Hasheck will be hosting and sharing her Project of the Week with us.

Until the next time… happy stamping and good wishes for the happiest New Year ever!

Wendy
Repeat Impressions

Project of the Week ~ Ombre Backgrounds

 Project of the Week
Dec 282015
 

Good Morning! Today on The House That Stamps Built blog it is my turn to do a Project of the Week and I would like to tell you about an easy way to do ombre backgrounds.

Supplies are few:
white card stock,
brayer
ink - any kind - I experimented with 4 different kinds

Step 1… is to ink up your brayer.
Step 2… roll onto the card stock several time - until ink is gone.
Step 3… re-ink brayer and repeat step 2 until you have the depth of color you want. Always start at the same place so the ink gets darker and then lighter as you roll down the card stock.

Here is a finished card.

For this card I used one of Wendy’s new Large Sentiment sets called Happy Cling Set. This set has nineteen different sentiments for all occasions. The snowflake is called Snowflake Outline. Both were heat embossed with White Detail Embossing powder on top of the inked card stock.

Hope you give this easy technique a try - it is fun! Thanks for looking at my card. Have a happy Stamping Day!

Blessings,
Joy

Rock Star Spotlight ~ Deonna Bemish

 Rock Star Spotlight
Dec 232015
 

Happy Wednesday and thank you so much for taking time out from this busy Christmas week to visit with us! Today we’re celebrating Repeat Impressions‘ awesome design team again with one final Rock Star Spotlight.

If you have been a regular visitor this month then you already know that I’ve been giving the Rock Stars a little break from some of their usual design team duties. I think this little game of 20 questions has been a really fun way to get to know more about the talented ladies behind all the creations we share here, don’t you?!

Today we’re shining the spotlight on Repeat Rock Star, Deonna Bemish.


Deonna Bemish

1. Tell us a little about your family.
I’ve been married to Scott for the last 19 years. He is a pilot for XO jet aviation. We have a 16 year old daughter Alina and a 14 yr old son, Kole.

2. How did you get into stamping?
I started stamping after being invited to a Stampin’ Up party about 8 years ago and not stopped yet.

3. What is your favorite technique?
I don’t have a favorite technique, I love all of them.

4. What is your favorite tool?
My favorite tool would have to be my paper trimmer. I use it daily.

5. What are your favorite embellishments?
My favorite embellishments are ones that I can make myself. Bottle caps, stick pens etc…

6. What is your favorite coloring method?
I love my Copics but have experimented with water colors, colored pencil, and paints.

7. What is your favorite color combo?
I really like monochrome browns, but also like pink and brown together.

8. If you had to describe your stamping style with 3 words, what would they be?
Detailed, articulate, fun

9. Do you always send the cards you create?
I donate a lot of my cards to SAS4 kids or make them for our church as a fundraiser.

10. For which occasion or holiday do you create the most cards?
Halloween is what I make most cards for a holiday, along with Christmas. Birthdays mostly for family.

11. What is your favorite stamping magazine?
I really do not have a favorite stamping magazine. I do occasionally look at a paper craft magazine. I find most of my inspiration online.

12. What are your favorite Repeat Impressions’ designs?
The “Contain Yourself” series are some of my favorite RI Stamps along with the gorgeous flower stamps.

13. What are your other interests besides stamping?
I love all paper crafts! I really enjoy art journaling, mini albums and junk journaling also.

14. Name your favorite food and one food you can’t stand.
Mashed potatoes are my favorite foods. I really dislike cantalope and dill pickles!

15. What is your guilty pleasure?
Chocolate of any sort is my guilty pleasure.

16. Do you have any pet peeves?
I hate it when people smack their lips while eating! That is my biggest pet peeve.

17. Tell us one random thing people may not know about you.
My favorite dance is doing the chicken dance.

18. Name 3 things on your “bucket list”.
I really don’t have a bucket list. I just want to get my kids raised and have grandchildren.

19. If you were going to be stuck on a deserted island, which 5 books, 5 movies, 5 people and 5 foods would you take along?
Books: Stamping magazines, Laura Childs mysteries, Bible, survival
Movies: Home Alone, Frozen, Joe Dirt, Shrek
People: Husband, Son, Daughter, Mom and Dad
Food: Mashed potatoes, cottage cheese, steak, noodles, cereal

20. If you have to choose a movie title for your life story, what would that be?
My Crazy Little Life

Thank you, Deonna, for sharing your responses here with us. It was a lot of fun learning a little more about you! And I know you’ll all want to keep up with Deonna’s latest creations too so be sure to visit her blog, For the Love of Cardmaking. While you’re there, don’t forget to leave her some love in the comments!

Thank you all so much for visiting here with us today. We hope we’ve helped to start your day on a merry note! Please be sure to drop by again on Monday when RI Rock Star, Joy Hadden will be hosting and sharing her Project of the Week with us.

So until the next time… happy stamping!
And from our ‘House’ to yours… Warmest wishes for the merriest Christmas ever!!

Wendy
Repeat Impressions

Project of the Week ~ Window Slider Card

 Project of the Week
Dec 212015
 

Hi everyone… Deonna here, bringing you my Project of the Week. One of my “Rock Star” sisters, Kathy, encouraged me to show how to make a Window Slider Card, so here goes.



Supplies:
3″ Decorative Square Die - Mine is Spellbinders
2″ square die or punch
Red and White Cardstock cut and scored as follows:
5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ Base card - (Mine is Red) Score at 4 1/4″ and fold in half
Base Mat - 5 1/4″ x 4″ Silver Cardstock
1 Piece of White Cardstock cut to 2 1/4″ x 2″- Score the 2 1/4″ side at 1/8″, 1-1/8″ and 2-1/8″
2″ x 2″ Square of White cardstock to stamp image on
1 pc. 2″ x 3″ piece of Red Cardstock
Score Board or tool
1/8″ Scor-tape
Sizzix Big Shot or other die cut machine
Washi Tape - Crafters Square is mine
Black Archival ink - Ranger
Repeat Impressions Stamps - 1020-G, Holly Bunny and 2219-G, May your days…



1. Cut the cardstock to the measurements above and score your lines if needed. Die cut your decorative framed square and the center with your 2″ x 2″ Spellbinders die. Shown here.





2. Stamp your Holly Bunny stamp onto your White 2″ x 2″ square using Black Archival ink. Set aside or Color.




3. Fold your base card in half on the score line and glue your Silver base mat to the front of your card base. Make sure that you center it to leave a 1/8″ red border around the card.




4. Lay your Decorative Square frame where desired on your silver base mat. DO NOT GLUE DOWN! Put glue on the backside of your 2″ x 2″ stamped image and center inside the Red Frame. You may then remove the red frame from your card and put together your window as follows.




5. Fold your piece of White Cardstock that measures 2-1/4″x 2″ on your previously scored lines. The center line should be mountain folded and then the 1/8″ sections should be valley folded. See photo.





6. Still using your 2-1/4″ x 2″ piece, apply 1/8″ scor-tape to the right hand front 1/8″ scored section. Flip over and place scor-tape on the left 1/8″ scored section.




7. Remove tape backing of the front right piece, attach underneath of the inside of the Red Decorative frame (Right Side). Remove the paper backing of your scor-tape on the left side, back section and attach to the edge of your Red 2″ x 3″ section. (Left Side). You should now have your completed slider piece ready to adhere around your White 2″x 2″ stamped square.






8. Now starting at the bottom edge of your white 2″ x 2″ square attach strips of washi tape. I used 4 pieces of washi tape slightly overlapped with a notch cut from the bottom.




9. Attach your slider piece over your stamped image by adding 1/8″ Scor-tape to the top and the bottom of your Red Decorative square piece on the back side and then lining up over your White Stamped Piece and adhering with the tape.





10. Stamp your sentiment if desired and your card is complete.




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