June 2018 - The House That Stamps Built

Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2718

Jun 272018

Hi there, stamping friends… I hope you’re summer is off to a great start. We have a great new challenge for you if you are wanting to get crafty. It’s time for one of our fun Anything Goes Challenges. It really 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 ~ J2718” creation by Laurie Unger.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2718” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2718” creation by Donna Thielker.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2718” creation by Heather Mills.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2718” creation by Cheri Weston.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2718” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“Anything Goes Challenge ~ J2718” creation by Esther Asbury.
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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 ~ J2718 until 5pm EST on Tuesday, July 3rd. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. We’ll announce our June 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 ~ J2718 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, Donna Thielker 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 ~ Multi Layers

Pick of the Week

Jun 252018

Hello. It’s Laurie and it’s my turn here at The House That Stamps Built to do what we call “Pick of the Week” and I’m doing some layering with lots and lots of butterflies.

I layered the butterflies on top of each other to create a 3D effect, almost like they’re flying. Stamped a bunch of these little guys, colored them, and fussy cut them out. Added strong liquid glue to the centers and built them up. Once dry, I fluffed the wings out.

These stamps will be on special over at Repeat Impressions this week. So why don’t you fly on over and pick them up?

9117-F, Dreams Take Flight
9009-F, Butterfly (sm)

For this week only (June 25 - July 1, 2018), get 20% Off the stamps used in Laurie’s creation above when you use the coupon code POTW62518

Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018

Inspiration Palette Challenges

Jun 202018

Happy hump day, crafty peeps! It’s time for some wonderful mid-week inspiration to jumpstart your next stamping creation. We have a beautiful Inspiration Palette Challenge for you this week. This challenge is a 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 fabulous interpretations created by our design team Rock Stars.

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018” creation by Donna Thielker.
Visit Donna’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018” creation by Cheri Weston.
Visit Cheri’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018” creation by Laurie Unger.
Visit Laurie’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018” creation by Joy Hadden.
Visit Joy’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018” creation by Heather Mills.
Visit Heather’s blog

“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2018” creation by Esther Asbury.
Visit Esther’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 ~ J2018 until 5pm EST on Tuesday, July 3rd. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. Then on June 27th we’ll be kicking off the next challenge in our monthly rotation… a super easy Anything Goes Challenge! We’ll announce our June 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 something now. We can’t wait to see what you create! When you are ready to share your creation, 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 ~ J2018 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, Laurie Unger will be sharing a creation 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

Pick of the Week ~ Dot Method Coloring

Pick of the Week

Jun 182018

Hi! Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions asked me to pick a couple of stamps to show you for this week. A few weeks ago I went to the Great Yosemite Stamp Escape and some other stampers were talking about the “Dot” method of copic coloring - so I decided to give it a try.

We were told to make little tiny dots instead of trying to color images that have a lot of dark space and where there is not much white space to color. So I went thru my Repeat Impressions stamps and picked out a few images.

The following are good examples to use with this technique:

The top tree is called Divi Divi Tree 2409-M
The next tree is called Spring Tree 1610-J
The next branch is called Pine Branch 2708-M
The large loon is Loon with Chick 1002-O
The owl is called Baby Owl 2613-H
The next loon is called Loon 2706-K
The last image is called Bottoms Up 2906-I (isn’t this too cute!)

As you can see there is not a lot of white space - except for the sky and ground. The artist has done the hard work for us - we just add a few dots to the image. Below is the first image I chose and you can see the”dot” technique on the ground. It gives a little texture to the ground. I also used it in the trunk and leaves of the tree. Because of the many lines only a few dots of color are needed.

We also talked about how to change the feeling or season of an image by using background color.
So I picked pattern paper to be vastly different and the sentiments to be opposite seasons.