April 2018 - The House That Stamps Built

Pick of the Week ~ Watercoloring With Markers

Apr 302018

Hello. It’s my turn to host this week’s Pick of the Week, and I want to focus on watercoloring with markers.

I used watercolor paper, Memento markers, a water brush and water to color the flowers and create the blue background.

Once dry, I cut it down, added centers to the flowers using Fabirka Decoru enamel and then added it to a embossed panel. Sentiment is stamped on watercolor paper to match.

Stamps used:
10313-H, Daisy Outline Large
10302-E, Daisy Outline Small
4005-G, Miracles happen . . .

I recommend trying any water based marker with your water brushed to create with. You never know what you’ll end up with and it’s fun to see what comes out of it.

Thanks for stopping by!

~ Laurie

For this week only (April 30 - May 6, 2018), get 20% Off the stamps used in Laurie’s card above when you use the coupon code POTW43018

Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518

Anything Goes Challenges

Apr 252018

Hi there, stamping friends… I hope you’re having a great week so far. It’s Wednesday again so you know what that means… time for a new challenge! Today, we’re wrapping up our month of challenges with one of our fun Anything Goes Challenges. It doesn’t get any easier than this… This week you may submit any style of card or stamped creation that you wish. So make time to get creative and come play along!

Here are all the awesome creations the RI Rock Stars came up with to inspire you and get us started. As always, such a wonderful variety of styles and images!

“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Donna Thielker. (front)
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Donna Thielker. (inside)
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Laurie Unger.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Heather Mills.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Esther Asbury.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518” creation by Cheri Weston.
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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 Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518 until 5pm EST on Tuesday, May 1st. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. We’ll announce our April challenges winner here on the first Wednesday of next month. 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 Anything Goes Challenge ~ A2518 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, Laurie Unger will be sharing a creation and her Pick of the Week stamps will be available to you at 20% off.

Until the next time… happy stamping!

Wendy
Repeat Impressions

Pick of the Week ~ Stained Glass Window Cards

Pick of the Week

Apr 232018

Good morning! It’s my turn to do the Pick of the Week for Repeat Impressions. I have to say this one was so much fun - I got a little carried away and this took very little time to finish.

Here are your supplies…

A few copics or pencils
Embossing Supplies
Misti Stamping or stamping block
A few framing dies
Medium weight vellum
Stamps:
Rose Window
Iris Window
Cross Window
Grape Window

1. Heat emboss each stamp with black embossing powder. I know that some do not like to emboss with black powder - but use a good embossing buddy, embossing magic tool or an EK success tool and cover your vellum well, the black embossing powder then will only stick to the stamped image. Then melt the embossing powder. I stamped 4 at a time here.

2. Turn the embossed window images over and color on the BACKSIDE. This is quick and does not have to be perfect.

3. Pick out your favorite die frames and frame up your colored windows. I cut 4 at a time on my die cutting machine and again this is a very quick process. I put the heat embossed side up (colored side down) and I used a xyron sticker machine to attach the colored vellum windows to the die cut frames.

4. Then these were put on a small die cut note card. Now I have 4 note cards made in less than 30 minutes.

I have to say I just love these little square stained glass windows. They are so so so pretty. Here are my finished cards.

The Cross Window (my favorite) was off-set so that the sunshine embossing would show. These little note cards are about 4×4.

Thanks for looking at my project of the week.

~ Joy

For this week only (April 23-29, 2018), get 20% Off the stamps used in Joy’s cards above when you use the coupon code POTW42318

Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818

Inspiration Palette Challenges

Apr 182018

Yahoo… we’re halfway to the weekend! 🙂 And it’s time for some fabulous mid-week inspiration to jumpstart your next stamping creation. We have a wonderful Inspiration Palette Challenge for you this week. This challenge is a great cross between a photo challenge and a color challenge. Below I have posted a photograph with a corresponding color palette so that you can choose to find your inspiration in whichever suits you best… or both!

Check out all these fantastic and fun interpretations created by our design team Rock Stars.

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818” creation by Esther Asbury.
Visit Esther’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818” creation by Cheri Weston.
Visit Cheri’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818” creation by Heather Mills.
Visit Heather’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818” creation by Donna Thielker.
Visit Donna’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818” creation by Joy Hadden.
Visit Joy’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818” creation by Laurie Unger.
Visit Laurie’s blog

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 create something using the palette above as your inspiration, 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 Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818 until 5pm EST on Tuesday, May 1st. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. Then on April 25th we’ll be kicking off the next challenge in our monthly rotation… a super easy Anything Goes Challenge! We’ll announce our April challenges winner here on the first Wednesday of next month. 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 Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ A1818 in your blog or gallery posting.

Remember… Take part in one weekly challenge or all of them. The more you play along, the more chances you have to win! Each submission enters you in the drawing for our gift certificate. And you don’t always have to use our stamps in your creations, but we will reward you if you do. Each submission using a Repeat Impressions stamp will earn you an additional entry in the drawing!

Thank you so much for visiting here with us 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 RI Rock Star, Joy Hadden will be sharing her creations and the Pick of the Week stamps she used will be available to you at 20% off.

Until the next time… happy stamping!

Wendy
Repeat Impressions

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