May 2018 - The House That Stamps Built

WHAT IF? Wednesday ~ Sketch Challenge M3018

May 302018

Happy Wednesday, crafty friends! I hope you are all having a great week. With the summer season almost upon us, our social calendar is beginning to take shape. This week in particular is an extra busy one. On Sunday we attended a wonderful surprise birthday party for my sister-in-law and this Saturday my step-daughter is getting married. I love all these fun opportunities to spend time outdoors and visit with family we sometimes don’t see often enough.

Today is challenge day here again at The House and we’re wrapping up the month with one of my Sketch Challenges. So if you are planning to get inky sometime this week, then we’ve got just the thing to help get you started. Check out my sketch and all the spectacular cards created by the RI Rock Stars for your inspiration… then play along for your chance to win a Repeat Impressions’ gift certificate!

Repeat Impressions Sketch M3018

“M3018 Sketch” creation by Heather Mills.
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“M3018 Sketch” creation by Esther Asbury.
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“M3018 Sketch” creation by Donna Thielker.
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“M3018 Sketch” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“M3018 Sketch” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“M3018 Sketch” creation by Cheri Weston.
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“M3018 Sketch” creation by Laurie Unger.
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And now it’s your turn! The rules are really simple… Your card doesn’t even 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 a card based on my sketch, upload your card to your blog or Splitcoast gallery, then link your card here to this post by clicking on the little blue button below.

We will be accepting submissions to this M3018 Sketch Challenge until 5pm EST on Tuesday, June 5th. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. Then on Wednesday, June 6th we’ll be kicking off a new challenge and announce our winner for May. 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 M3018 in your blog or gallery posting.

Don’t forget… 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!

Thanks so much for spending time 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, Esther Asbury will be sharing a creation and her Pick of the Week stamps will be available to you at 20% off.

And until the next time… happy stamping!

Wendy
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Pick of the Week ~ Partial Stenciling

Pick of the Week

May 282018

This week another designer and I switched weeks so I have two Pick of the Weeks this month. I choose to do a technique called Partial Stenciling. Below you will see the supplies you will need:

Stamps of your choice, die cut shape of your choice, sponge dauber and ink in your choice of color, a stencil, a layering piece of card stock and either painters tape or an easily removable tape to hold your stencil in place.

For my first card I went with a floral stencil and the stamps 10314-H Daisy Solid Large and 10313-H Daisy Outline Large and for my sentiment I used 1808-E Just Because

I die cut my circle and using re-positionable tape I taped my circle in the lower left corner (over the edge) of my layering card stock. Using painters tape position your stencil (floral) over your card stock. Using a sponge dauber or tool of your choice such as a sponge applicator, sponge your stencil onto the card stock. Remove your stencil and circle die cut and complete your card in the white space.

I used one of the singles from our Flower Power Separates collection - stamping the solid image in a yellow and the outline in black. I used some Nuvo drops in the center of the flowers just for a little extra interest. I stamped the sentiment and popped it up on a layered “flag” and put it above the focal image.

Well I decided to do another one since I had all my supplies out and for this one I used 5226-I Cat Sitting Sil. and sentiment 9717-C A Happy Hello. I had this fun cat stencil so it went very well with the cat focal point. For this one I choose to put my image in the center of the card.

And finished card:

The ideas just kept coming - so look for them on my upcoming “Anything Goes” Challenge.

~ Shirley

For this week only (May 28 - June 3, 2018), get 20% Off the stamps used in Shirley’s cards above when you use the coupon code POTW52818

Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318

Anything Goes Challenges

May 232018

Hi there, stamping friends… I hope you’re having a great spring so far. It’s finally warming up here in Maine and greening up too. I’m looking forward to the upcoming Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial kick off to summer. It’s time for some dirt therapy! This weekend usually marks the start of the outdoor growing season for me. I’ve already got my vegetable seedlings started inside and need to start hardening them off now for their move to the great outdoors in the next week or so. Can’t wait to pick everything I need for salads this summer from my own back yard. Mmm… homegrown is the best!

As for today, it’s Wednesday again so you know what that means… time for a new challenge! Today we have 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 wonderful creations the RI Rock Stars came up with to inspire you and get us started. As always, such a great variety of styles and images!

“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Cheri Weston.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Esther Asbury.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Laurie Unger.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Heather Mills.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Donna Thielker. (front)
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ M2318” creation by Donna Thielker. (inside)
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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 ~ M2318 until 5pm EST on Tuesday, June 5th. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. We’ll announce our May challenges winner here on the first Wednesday of next month. One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate!

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, Shirley Hotop 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 ~ Garden Scene Stamping

Pick of the Week

May 212018

Hello everyone! Cheri here with my Pick of the Week of Repeat Impressions Stamps for you.

Since spring and summer are now upon us, so many of us are turning our thoughts to our gardens. Repeat Impressions has some fabulous floral and gardening stamps and I love playing with the ones that I have.

I wanted to show you how I build a scene card with a collection of stamps with a garden theme in mind, so here are the stamps I chose and these are my stamp picks for this week: RI#4317-E “Birdhouse”, RI#4311-I, “Birdbath”, RI#4312-G “Watering Can”, RI#2614-D “Tiny Bird Front”, RI#2616-D “Tiny Bird Side”, RI#2617 “Tiny Bird Flight”, RI#630-H “Iris” and RI#1101-F “Happy Retirement”.

Scene stamping isn’t as daunting as many think, but it takes time to set up the scene and complete the process. I find it fun and challenging.

After selecting my stamps, the first thing I do is make a mask of the stamps I’ll be using. I like to use stamping mask paper rather than Post-it Notes, because I save them and sometimes get an extra mask out of it later on.

The most important thing about scene stamping is to determine which image will be in front of all the other images and stamp that first.

You then add additional images in the sequence they should appear in your scene.

Once you’ve stamped your collective images, you can add other images you might like in your scene and complete your card as you wish.

Remember, you can get my Pick of the Week stamps at 20% off , but for one week only.

Head on over to the Repeat Impressions Store and shop away!!! You can get an an additional 10% off all other stamps you might need/want if you use my coupon code RR10CW. Have fun shopping!!!

~ Cheri

For this week only (May 21-27, 2018), get 20% Off the stamps used in Cheri’s card above when you use the coupon code POTW52118

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