Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117

 Inspiration Palette Challenges
Jun 212017
 

Good morning, crafty friends! I hope you are all having a good week. Today here at “The House” it’s time to introduce a new Inspiration Palette Challenge. This challenge is a fun cross between our previous Photo Inspiration Challenges and our Color Challenges. 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 ~ J2117” creation by Patti Gilliam.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117” creation by Cheri Weston.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117” creation by Deonna Bemish.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117” creation by Laurie Unger.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117” creation by Donna Thielker.
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“Inspiration Palette Challenge ~ J2117” creation by Heather Mills.
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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 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 ~ J2117 until 5pm EST on Tuesday, June 27th. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. Then on June 28th we’ll be kicking off the next challenge in our monthly rotation… a super fun 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 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 ~ J2117 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!

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, Deonna Bemish 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 ~ Using Paper Napkins On Your Cards

 Project of the Week
Jun 192017
 

Hi everyone,

Cheri here with a fun Project of the Week for you. I love doing all sorts of craft things with pretty napkins and one of the things I like to do is make cards with them. Let me show you how I do it.

The supplies I use are napkins (of course), gel matte medium, two paint brushes (one for the gel medium and one for water - only one brush is shown in the photo) and card stock of your choice. I used 80# white for this.

The first thing you’ll need to do is separate your napkins. Some are 2 ply and some are 3 ply. It’s important to only have the image layer of the napkin. The easiest way I’ve found to separate the panels is take a piece of tape, and stick it to the back side of the napkin and pull off the layers. They come apart easily this way. Once separated, you can cut the napkin is sections.

The next step is to find the area of the napkin you want to have on your card layer and you can easily tear that away by taking one of your paint brushes get it lightly wet and barely touch the outside area of the image, being careful to keep the water from wetting more area than you wish.

The next step is to apply gel medium to the brush you’ve set aside for that and use the gel to attach the torn napkin to your card stock panel. Brushing gently from the center to the outside in order to avoid wrinkles.

Once dry, you can trim your piece and create your card. This is a great technique for a quick card using just a sentiment stamp.

I have made these in sets and given them as gifts many times. They really are quite fun to make and I’m sure you can think of many other ways to use those pretty napkins.

Above I used Repeat Impressions stamps #8114-F Chicken Soup/Puppies and #1112-E “Just a Note”

and Repeat Impressions #1145-F “Greetings From” and “Happy” plate #9800

I hope you’ll give this project a try… it’s really a fun one.

Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417

 Tic-Tac-Toe Challenges
Jun 142017
 

Happy Wednesday, crafty peeps! I hope your week is going well so far. You know how they say, “be careful what you wish for.” I had been complaining about the cool, wet spring we were having, but the last few days have been freakishly hot and humid here like we skipped ahead to the end of July. Whew! This northern girl doesn’t function so well when the temps rise to 90 degrees. But thank goodness it’s starting to cool off today. That’s another great thing about Maine. Like the other popular old saying… “If you don’t like the weather in New England now, just wait a few minutes.” :)

And 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 you can’t help but play along!

Check out all this wonderful inspiration the RI Rock Stars have created for you! Such a fun variety of styles and images!!


“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Joy Hadden.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Deonna Bemish.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Shirley Hotop.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Cheri Weston.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Patti J. Gilliam.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Patti J. Gilliam.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Laurie Unger.
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“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Heather Mills.
Visit Heather’s blog


“Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417” creation by Donna Thielker.
Visit Donna’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 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.

We will be accepting submissions to this Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge ~ J1417 until 5pm EST on June 20th. All participants will be automatically entered into our random drawing. On June 21st 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 July we’ll announce our June 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 ~ J1417 in your blog or gallery posting.

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, Cheri Weston 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 ~ Curtain Fold Card Front

 Project of the Week
Jun 122017
 

Today here at The House that Stamps Built it is my Monday to do the Project of the Week. For my project I choose to do the curtain fold, which is a fun easy fold with a few cuts and a few score lines.
Supplies used :

White cardstock 4 1/4 x 11, pattern paper, coordinating cardstock to make curtain top, tape runner, cutting/scoring tool and stamps of your choice. I choose to use Soaring by to Say Hi 9104-G and Hot Air Balloon Cluster 9116-N. I decided to cut apart my balloons in the Hot Air Balloon Cluster to get a little more versatility.

Measurements for cardstock and pattern paper.

This really is the only “tricky” part and it really isn’t - on the short 3″ side make a mark with your pencil at 1 1/2″ and on the long 6″ side made a mark at 2 1/4″.
Angle this in your cutter or make a line with your pencil and ruler from the 1 1/2″ to the 2 1/4″ and cut with scissors. On the 6″ side score at 2, 2 1/4, 3 3 1/4, 4 1/4, and 5 1/4. You will have 6 scored lines. Start on the 2″ score line make a valley fold, continue valley fold on the 3, 4, and 5 inch score lines. On the 2 1/4, 3 1/4, 4 1/4 and 5 1/4 inch make mountain folds.

I used 1/8 inch score tape to hold the pleats in place taping all the way down the entire fold but you could also use a runner or glue. It should fit perfectly on your 4 inch wide pattern paper. I chose two coordinating design papers but it is your choice. I thought the cloud paper went with the hot air balloon.

Finished Card

I kept this card simple with stamping the balloon and sentiment in blue with no coloring. Hope you will give this a try.

~ Shirley

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