Project of the Week ~ Woodgrain Easel Card

 Project of the Week
Feb 222016
 

Happy Monday!
​Karen here and today it is my turn to share a Project of the Week at Repeat Impressions‘ blog, The House That Stamps Built. I am showing you an easy way to get the look of watercolor in your stamping, how to get an awesome woodgrain look, and how to make an easel card (just in case you have never made one.) Ready?

I highly recommend using a MISTI (Most Incredible Stamping Tool Invented) for this and any technique where you want to be able to stamp a second or third time in the exactly the same place. I stamped Repeat Impressions’ 1511-P Heart Shutters Window with brown ink using the MISTI for placement. Then I mixed Crimson Red and Orange Brusho Coloured Crystals with a little water and painted the colors onto the stamp, then stamped again with the MISTI. The result is an easy watercolor look to the stamping.

Next I started working on the woodgrain look on the card front above. I learned both these techniques from the talented Karen at her Snippets blog here. The woodgrain look starts with ordinary school glue drizzled on in lines on a piece of white cardstock.

Waiting for the glue to dry is the hardest part and hurrying it along with a heat gun does not work well. I let mine dry several hours or overnight. After it is dry, I scored every 1/2 inch from the back of the glued piece.

The next step is to choose some distress inks and rub directly on the glued scored piece, then spritz with water to mix the colors a bit. I chose Vintage Photo, Aged Mahogany and Weathered Wood Distress Inks (by Ranger) for this weathered woodgrain look. I cut the inside of the Heart Shutters Window out with a craft knife and then attached it to the woodgrain front, and cut it out again.

I stamped 1302-F Some Bunny inside the window on a green piece the same size as the wood grain front (5 1/2″ square.) I created a square green card 5 1/2″ x 11″. The top half of the card is scored at 2 3/4″ and folded down. The woodgrain window front is attached to the bottom half of the folded front. I stamped and cut out Repeat Impressions’ 1318-P Cottontail Rabbit, and attached it to the bottom inside with pop dots. The front of the card is held open by the popped up rabbit. Here is a picture of the completed easel card standing up:

I had fun playing with Brushos and glue and distress inks and Repeat Impressions great stamps to make this card. I hope you give them all a try!

Project of the Week ~ Watercolor Backgrounds

 Project of the Week
Feb 152016
 

Good Morning! This week it’s my turn to do a Project of the Week for Repeat Impressions. I’ve been fascinated with water coloring — it’s all new to me — but I’m giving it a whirl. Here are a few things that have helped me to get started.

Supplies don’t have to be expensive.
3 sizes of paintbrushes:
large flat to cover water coloring card stock
medium flat for dropping color onto card stock
small pointed for coloring objects
small, thin cutting board for taping card stock onto
washi tape

A compartmentalized plastic container makes it easy to rinse brushes without having a large container on my desk that is easy to tip over. I use each section to rinse a color.

Here I have taped a piece of card stock onto the board. I use washi tape that has a definite design or line so that it is easy to make a small even border on all 4 sides. It’s now easy to move when I want to dry with a heat gun or to put up to let it dry naturally.

I use a well palate and when I’m finished with a project, I allow the paint well to dry in the well and it’s easy to reactivate with just a little water the next time I want to do a water color project. Here are several type of well palates.

First thing I do is paint the card stock with an even coat of water and then drop color onto the wet card stock, letting the color run into each other. Here is my finished card.

I used the sentiments from the new Hello Cling Sets. The little butterfly is called Small Silhouette Butterfly. The butterfly sits on a die cut square from the Fancy Flip Die Set.

I hope a couple of these ideas spur your imagination the next time you want to try a watercolor project.

Joy

Project of the Week ~ Distressed Stickles Resist Background

 Project of the Week
Feb 082016
 

Hi everyone… Deonna here with the Repeat Impressions Project of the Week. I’ve chosen to show you how to make a Distressed Stickles Resist Background today. It is so easy and I just love the results. See what you think.
 
Supplies that you will need:
Stickles in the colors that you want to use - I’m using Broken China and Antique Linen.
Glossy Cardstock - mine is Ranger, any will work fine
Distress inks - Broken China and Antique Linen
Blending Tool
Black Archival ink by Ranger
Stamps - Repeat Impressions - 5120-K, Palm Frond Sil. (lg), 2408-N, Large Palm Trees

 


Step 1 - Gather Supplies and Cut your cardstock to the size you want your card to be. I’m making a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ inch card.
 
Step 2 - Place glitter glue over the area that you want the ink to resist. Allow to Dry. You can heat set this if you own a heat tool.

 

 

 


Step 3 - Taking your Distress inks and distress tool, ink the areas that you want colored in a circular motion until desired color. I used Broken China for my top 3/4 of the background and Antique Linen for the bottom 1/4. Allow to dry or heat set.

 

 

 

 


Step 4 - Using your Repeat Impressions‘ stamps, stamp the image on the cardstock with Black Archival ink. I wanted my Palm tree to be in the Sand and the Palm fronds to be around the outside of the card.

 

 

 

 

 


Complete your card by mounting, adding embellishments, or just stamping a sentiment.

 


So fun and So Easy! Have a great day!
Deonna

Project of the Week ~ On the Edge Stamping

 Project of the Week
Feb 012016
 

Hi everyone, Cheri here with another easy peasy POTW for The House That Stamps Built.

This is a great way to get more from your stamps while creating something different and unique with them. I’m sure there are other names for this technique, but for this one, I’m calling it “on the edge stamping”.

Here are the supplies you’ll need:

 

Stamps of your choice, ink for stamping, ruler, scissors, card stock. If you decide to color your images, you’ll need your favorite coloring medium. For my cards I used Copic Markes as well as colored ink.

 

Step 1 - Determine where you’d like your image to end on your card stock layer. I choose 1/2 inch from the edge. You will then lightly draw a line down the layer with a pencil. Keep your pressure light so the mark is easy to erase.

 

Step 2 - Line up your stamp to overlap the penciled line and placed up against the cut edge of the card stock layer.

 

Step 3 - Stamp your image as you’d like it to appear. (I used a MISTI for my stamping. It makes it easier if you have to re-stamp the image).

 

Step 4 - Color your image, then cut it out along the penciled line you have drawn on the card stock.

 

Finally, finish your card as you’d like it. For this card I kept my butterflies as a panel, however you’ll notice on my second card, I cut the stamped edge and let it be a “border” on the card. There are so many possibilities using this technique. Stamps used for this card: RI#9001-L “Butterfly (Lg)” and RI# 6103-J “Thinking Vertical”.

 

For this card, I stamped the heart images with colored ink before cutting them out to form the border. RI#5118-H “Heart Sil Lg”, RI#5132-D “Heart Sil sm”, RI# 3405-C “Random Hearts”, RI# 1204-I “Love”.

I hope you’ll be give this a try and if you do, please share your link on our FaceBook Page.

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