Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317

 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenges
Sep 132017
 

Happy Wednesday, crafty peeps! I hope that you’re having a good week so far. Our hearts go out to all those in FL, TX, CA and OR dealing with the wrath of Mother Nature lately. From hurricanes to floods and fires, it’s been a scary few weeks here in the US. Yikes! Makes me all the more grateful that I live in the northeast where hopefully the worse weather issue we face is a blizzard or an ice storm.

Today here at “The House” it’s time to kick off a fun Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge. I have created the Tic-Tac-Toe style board below using various stamping themes, elements, and embellishments. Then, similar to the game, you will create something based on picking any row of 3… either vertically, horizontally or diagonally. Fun, right?! And with so many great variables there’s really no reason why you can’t play along!

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Check out all this wonderful inspiration the RI Rock Stars have created for you!

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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Cheri Weston.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Heather Mills.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Laurie Unger.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Donna Thielker.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Deonna Bemish.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Patti J. Gilliam.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317” creation by Joy Hadden.
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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 create something using this week’s Tic-Tac-Toe board, upload your card to your blog or Splitcoast gallery, then link it here to this post by clicking on the little blue button below.

Don’t forget… we’ve extended our submission dates for challenges again this month so you have plenty of extra time to play along. We will be accepting submissions to this Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317 until 5pm EST on October 3rd. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. On September 19th we’ll start a new challenge… our Inspiration Palette Challenge, and so on with the different challenges through the end of the month. Then the first Wednesday in October we’ll announce our September 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 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ S1317 in your blog or gallery posting.

And just a friendly reminder… as I explained last week, this month the deadline for submissions for ALL our challenges will be October 3rd. So for example… with today’s Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge you’ll have the rest of the month to create and upload your card. Then when we introduce our next new challenge next week you’ll have two weeks to submit for that one, and then one week for the last challenge of the month. So with a little less of a time crunch we hope you’ll find that you have more opportunity to play along with more of our challenges. But hopefully with so much extra time you won’t procrastinate… or forget to play along. 😉

Thank you so much for stopping 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 hosting and sharing her Project of the Week with us.

Until the next time… happy stamping!

Wendy
Repeat Impressions

Project of the Week ~ Making Rainbows With Concentric Dies

 Project of the Week
Sep 112017
 

Good morning, Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions asked me to do the Project of the Week and I had just taken a class on rainbows and wanted to use this technique.

Supplies:
round concentric dies
various rainbow colored paper
washing tape, or post it tape

Step 1
Use washi tape to keep the concentric dies together as you cut various colors of paper.

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Step 2
Alternate the circles of paper from your die cuts.

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As you arrange the circles tape them together on the back - this will keep them together as you prepare your card.

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Step 3
Cut the circles in half for two rainbows.

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Step 4
Put your card together. The first one used the sentiment For the Beauty of the Earth….. and the second card uses the sentiment Beautiful Days.

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Hope you give this a try. It is habit forming! Thanks for looking at my cards.

~ Joy

DCC96 ~ Sympathy Cards

 Designer's Choice Challenge
Sep 062017
 

Ahh… September! My most favorite month of the year! In my little corner of the world, September usually means “just warm enough” days and cool, crisp nights… the last of native corn and wild Maine blueberries followed closely by perfectly tart MacIntosh apples and the start of fall foliage season. And best of all, the beginning of baking season! So since we’re still not back to doing stamp shows and we’ll be missing our stamping friends at the Maryland show this weekend, I’m hoping to use the extra time at home to get creative in the kitchen instead. Bill’s birthday is coming up next Monday so I think that’s another good reason to whip up something yummy, don’t you?! :)

Well unfortunately we didn’t see the upswing in challenge participation that we were hoping for, but I’m willing to blame it on summer distractions and give it another try. So we’re going to give it another go this month and extend our challenge submission deadlines for the entire month. That means this month the deadline for submissions for ALL our challenges will be October 3rd. So for example… starting with today’s Designer’s Choice Challenge you’ll have the entire month to create and upload your card. Then when we introduce our next new challenge next week you’ll have three weeks to submit for that one, two weeks for the following challenge, and the usual one week to submit the last challenge of the month. So with a little less of a time crunch we hope you’ll find that you have more opportunity to play along with more of our challenges. But hopefully with so much extra time you won’t procrastinate or forget to play along. 😉

Today here at “The House” we’re kicking off a new month of challenges with one of our great Designer’s Choice Challenges. This time around RI Rock Star, Shirley Hotop is hosting and challenging you all to create a sympathy card.

Here is the wonderful card that Shirley created to get everyone started.

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“DCC96” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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So a few days ago Shirley shared her creation with her fellow Rock Stars and asked them all to stamp up a sympathy card. Check out all the lovely creations they came up with to inspire you this week!

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“DCC96” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“DCC96” creation by Patti J. Gilliam.
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“DCC96” creation by Deonna Bemish.
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“DCC96” creation by Donna Thielker.
Visit Donna’s blog

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“DCC96” creation by Laurie Unger.
Visit Laurie’s blog

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“DCC96” creation by Cheri Weston.
Visit Cheri’s blog

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“DCC96” creation by Heather Mills.
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And now it’s your turn. Here are all the details…
1. Stamp up a sympathy themed card. And remember, your creation does not have to be made with Repeat Impressions stamps, but if you would like to include our designs we would reeeally love to see them! 😀 Plus, there’s an added bonus… you will get an additional entry in our random.org drawing for using our stamps in your submissions!
2. Post your DCC creation on your blog or online gallery and be sure to reference Repeat Impressions DCC96 ~ Sympathy Cards. Then link it here with the inlinkz widget below. (Please provide a direct link to your post, not the entire blog.)
3. Submissions will be accepted until Tuesday, October 3rd at 5PM EST.
4. On September 12th we will introduce a new challenge to play along with and after all our September challenges wrap up we’ll announce our winner for the month the first week in October. One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate!

Today we’re also announcing the winner of our August challenges. A big thank you to all of you who participated. We loved checking out all your creations and really appreciated all your kind comments too! As usual, we let random.org select the lucky recipient of our $25 Gift Certificate. So without further ado… this time that person is… Dorothy S. Congratulations, Dorothy and happy shopping! Please leave a comment on this post and I will contact you with your certificate info.

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

Until then… happy stamping!

Wendy
Repeat Impressions

Project of the Week ~ Storing Unmounted Stamps

 Project of the Week
Sep 042017
 

Happy Labor Day! It’s my turn to share a project of the week on the House That Stamps Built blog. I originally got this idea from Wendy, the owner of Repeat Impressions and thought it might prove useful to some of you. So, I’m showing you how I store my unmounted rubber stamps from Repeat Impressions (but obviously, it would work for any company). Here’s what you will need:

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• a three ring binder (mine is for 8×11 inch paper and it is 1 1/2 inches deep from Staples)
• card stock or paper to fit your binder (I used white card stock from Staples just for a little sturdier weight)
• page protectors to fit your binder (mine are heavyweight sheet protectors from Staples, I think the package has enough to hold 70 sheets)
• Aleene’s Tack-it Over & Over adhesive ( I got mine from Amazon, but Repeat Impressions sells it)
a clear block
• ink

Because the adhesive needs time to dry, the first thing I did was scribble a fine layer over the backs of all my stamps. If you are not familiar with Tack-it Over & Over, it is a removable adhesive that will allow you to mount your stamps to a clear block over and over without having to reapply. After you have applied it, allow it to dry for several hours or overnight.

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Then, the real process (and fun) begins! I categorized my stamps according to the Repeat Impressions online catalog which makes it easier for me to find them when I need to add a link for a blog post. It also makes it easier to find a stamp rather than having to look through the entire binder. You can see in the photo below that I labeled the top of this page “Nature” to correspond with the “Nature” category on the website. Under that, to the left, I wrote the category “Flowers“. Then I stamped each image that fits in that category and labeled them with their item number and names. I also included the dates I got the stamps. Since I have a lot of the flower stamps, I filled the entire page, but you will see later on that some of my pages are nearly empty-leaving room for when I get more stamps in that category. On this page, I have “Vase of Tulips“, “Tulip Bouquet“, “Sunflower” and all the stamps from the “Flower Power Separates” set.

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After stamping the page, slide it in the page protector and place your rubber stamps right on top of the corresponding image. The Tack-it adhesive will stick to the plastic and you will always be able to find your stamp AND see what it looks like when it is stamped. This is a bonus for those sentiments that are hard to read backwards!

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Now, you can easily slide the card stock sheet out of the page protector to see the images and sentiments you have.

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I stamp both sides of my card stock so I can use both sides of the page protector, then I place them in the three ring binder and all my unmounted rubber stamps can now sit on a shelf. The pages below hold the “Holy Crap” set, “Music Background” and “Bass Harbor Light (lg)”

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The photo below shows one of my pages that only has two stamps on it, leaving room for me to grow my collection. : )

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And, this last one shows my entire collection, it just about fills up my 1 1/2″ binder.

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I hope this gives you an idea for a way to store all the fabulous unmounted rubber stamps from Repeat Impressions. It is so much better than how I was storing them: in the mailing envelope I got them in.

~ Heather

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