Shelly has a BLOG ANNIVERSARY & HUGE GIVEAWAY

Happy Anniversary to Shelly, happy anniversary to Shelly --- and MANY more!!  Go to Shelly's blog and help her celebrate!  She  has a keen-a-reno Blog Giveaway! You have until July 17 to sign up.

Here is a picture of what she is giving away -- You have 7 (SEVEN) chances to win -- wow! Thanks Shelly for your generosity.

Now hop over to see Shelly and the details.

Little Paper Shop - Caution Construction Zone Birthday

I received the stamp set Caution Construction Zone from Little Paper Shop yesterday and could not wait to ink it up.  This is one of the BEST masculine stamp sets I have EVER seen!  I LOVE it.  It is simple to color.  I used clear embossing powder with black ink because it gets that shiny appearance.  Love it. 

I used Crystal Effects on the windows and they look glassy!  These cards are for my son in law and grandson that have birthdays next week.  This weekend I want to try my hand at making some wrapping paper.  I'll be using this set a lot because I have 3 son in laws and 3 male grandchildren.  One of my son in laws is in the construction business.   

Here are the cards  The first one measures  4x4, the second is the traditional 5.5x4.25. 

Thank you for looking at my cards.  Have a happy stamping day.

REPEAT IMPRESSIONS "What If" Wednesdays

It’s WHAT IF? Wednesday again so you know what that means… time for a new sketch challenge!!  Here is the new sketch challenge:

 

Here is the inside

Ready to play along?  Your card doesn’t even have to be made with Repeat Impressions stamps! Create a card based on Wendy's sketch, upload your card to your blog or Splitcoast gallery, then link your card to The House that Stamps Built Blog post by clicking on the little blue button on The House that Stamps Built. Wendy will accept submissions to this J1410 Sketch Challenge until 5pm (eastern time) on July 27th. All participants will be automatically entered into the random drawing.

Check out the rest of Repeat Impressions Design Team who will inspire you.


Dana Joy
Joy Hadden -- you are here
Julie Smith
Michele Greenwood
Ayana Posadas
Lynette Neus
Darcie Bruno
Makiko Jones
Harriet Skelly

And remember, for each challenge you play along with in July you will increase your chances of winning. When this challenge wraps up at the end of the month Wendy will announce the winner of the July challenges. So you may participate in one challenge or the other OR you may participate in BOTH challenges each month and double your chances of winning! One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate!

Do you know someone you could challenge?  I like to challenge my sister.  -- Have a happy stamping day!

RELEASE DAY at Little Paper Shop

Hey guys, it is RELEASE DAY at Little Paper Shop.  They have released 3 new stamp sets:

Young at Heart
Nurse Jena
You Might Be Old if....

You still have time to win the Gift Certificates to the store by leaving a comment on all the DT members blogs from our previews posts from Saturday, Sunday and Monday. That’s two $10 Gift Certificates and a $15 Gift Certificate. Woohoo!! You have until Thursday evening, at 9:00pm EST to get your comments in. Pam the Design Team Coordinator will announce the winners on Friday’s post on the LPS blog.

Here is our blog hop order

• Sparkle Smith
• Joy Hadden
• Allison Fillo
• Jen Greco
• Ann Kranitz
• Silvia Mabie
• Julie Lacey
• Pam Varnell

Have a HAPPY stamping day!!

Little Paper Shop Preview and Challenge

Today is the last preview day for the new stamp sets for Little Paper Shop.  This new stamp set is called "You Might be Old If...."   Pam, the Design Team Coordinator issued a distress technique for the regular Monday challenge.  A fellow stamp Karen Knegten made a card with rolled and distressed edges  so I used her idea on this one.

Here is the card:

Today there is a blog hop -- please take a look at what these ladies have created.  REMEMBER when you comment on each Design Team Member blog today, you have an opportunity to win a $15.00 gift certificate!  What a great way to add to your stamp collection!  You will have until Thursday (15th) at 9:00 EST to get your comments in and then on Friday Pam will announce all the winner along with the winners from the Saturday and Sunday previews. 

• Sparkle Smith
•  Joy Hadden - me
• Allison Fillo
• Jennifer Greco
• Ann Kranitz 
• Silvia Mabie 
• Julie Lacey  
• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator

Thank you for looking at my card -- have a happy Stamping day!

REPEAT IMPRESSION STAMP OF THE WEEK - BLUE HERON

There will be two postings for today.  My "Little Paper Shop" posting in the one below this.  Thanks!!

Hey guys, it's Monday and time for Stamp of the Week at Repeat Impressions.  So here are the details:  Repeat Impressions features a stamp for the week and when you go to their blog "The House that Stamps Built you will see a code that will give you 50% off that stamp for one week.  You will put that code in the Special Instructions section of the online order form.  This is a GREAT way to economically add to your stamp collection.

The stamp is Great Blue Heron 1704-P.  These are majestic birds that are so elegant.  They are almost startling when you see a live one.  So here is my card:

The Design Team members  at Repeat Impressions have made some project to inspire you.  Take a look at them here:

Darcie Bruno
Dana Joy
Harriet Skelly
Michele Greenwood
Lynette Neus
Ayana Posada
Joy Hadden - you are here

Thanks for looking at my card and have a HAPPY stamping day!

Little Paper Shop Day 2 Preview

Little Paper Shop Day 2 Preview

I'm so excited for the 3 days - Saturday, Sunday and Monday Little Paper Shop is previewing 3 new sets of stamps!  I frequently need an image for get well cards and this one is perfect!  This second preview stamp set is called Nurse Jena.  She is so cute!

Every preview day there will be a comment contest.  Someone who comments on ALL the Design Team members blogs is eligible for a gift certificate to the store.  Sunday comments can win a gift certificate for $10!!!   You will have until Thursday night the 15th at 9:00 pm EST to get your comments in and all winners be announced on the Little Paper Shop blog on Friday.


Here is my card - this is a set I am going to enjoy!

Check out what these other Design Team members have created and leave them a comment for each one to be eligible for the gift certificate.  Then check back Monday for another preview with a blog hop and another opportunity to win a gift certificate.

• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator
• Allison Fillo
• Ann Kranitz
• Jennifer Greco
• Julie Lacey
• Silvia Mabie
• Joy Hadden - me

Little Paper Shop Preview

I'm so excited for the next 3 days - Saturday, Sunday and Monday Little Paper Shop is previewing 3 new sets of stamps!  These will be sets you can use for lots of different occasions.  The first stamp set is called Young at Heart.  Isn't that a neat sounding set!

Every preview day there will be a comment contest.  Anyone that comments on ALL the Design Team members blog is eligible for a gift certificate to the store.  Saturday comments can win a gift certificate for $10!!!   You will have until Thursday night the 15th at 9:00 pm EST to get your comments in and all winner be announced on the LPS blog on Friday.


Here are my cards - this is a fun set!!

Check out what these other Design Team members have created and leave them a comment to be eligible for the gift certificate.  Then check back Sunday for another preview and another opportunity to win a gift certificate.

• Pam Varnell - DT Coordinator
• Allison Fillo
• Ann Kranitz
• Jennifer Greco
• Silvia Mabie
• Joy Hadden - me

STAMP TV Alumni BLOG HOP

Some of the Alumni Design Team members are having a blog hop!  Carolina arranged the hop and has challenged us to use the colors of Kraft or Tan Leather, Green (Creme de Menthe, Grass Green, Fresh Asparagus or Green Apple) and White.

You came here from Joan's blog -- wasn't her card incredible?  She is one TALENTED lady - and fun to make cards with.  The hop started at Stamp TV --  I know you want to go there first so you won't miss anyone's card.  Then you will be directed to go alphabetically hoping from one person to the other.  This will be an EASY hop with lots and lots of inspiration.

So here is my card:

Details:
Stamp:  Spring Mix and the sentiment is from Enjoy the Sunshine
Paper:  Gina K Designs White, Kraft and Creme de Menthe card stock
Other:  Brads and ribbon are from Gina K Designs

I used the flower image from Spring Mix to emboss on the Creme de Menthe with clear embossing powder, then cuttlebugged the frames and used pop dots for the little ground hog.

Now go check out sweet Karen Knegten's blog.  You will LOVE what she has done.  Then Karen will direct you where to go next!  HAVE FUN!!!!

CREATIVE BELLI CHALLENGE - ALTERED ITEM

This will probably be my longest post ever!  The Creative Belli Challenge this week was to make an altered item.  Now remember one of the challenges is to use an item you already have -- well, I tried to use up a lots of old things!! LOL!! I did not make much headway, but I did get to use a bunch of things.  Here is the finished project:  A MINI ALBUM

This started out as this:

It started out as this .59 cent book from the Good will store.  I took off the cover and back with my craft knife, sanded the edges and painted it with a little (leftover) off-white acrylic paint.

I painted the edges so that some of the book colors would not show around the edges of the pages of the album.

I used an old child's small board book because they stand so well on a desk that you can see almost all the pages very clearly.  (see how it stands up) I've made a couple of these for gifts and when this project came up - I decided this one was for me.

FRONT & BACK  - I covered the spine of the book with some crochet lace

The pages:

                                                                                   

Remember there are a couple of goals when playing in the challenge:

1. Anyone Can Play! Challenge your best friend!
2. Make a completed project/card making something that is "ALTERED"!  Challenge yourself to use something you already have.
3. Share the link at the Creative Belli Challenge Blog  linking your creation to Mr. Linky. If you post to Splitcoaststampers or to your blog, be sure and put CBC95 as the KEYWORD and mention of the challenge - with a link!

4.  Have fun - we look forward to seeing what you create! 

Here are the Designers with some great inspiration:

• Ceal Pritchett
• Darsie Bruno
• Holly Brown - Creator
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden -     you are here
• Liz Williams
• Maria Matter
• Anne Harmon
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Shelly Schmidt

HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!!

Little Paper Shop Design Team

I am so excited to make an announcement!!! Little Paper Shop has asked me to be a Guest Designer!  I have been BURSTING to tell someone!!!

First let me tell you about Little Paper Shop.  What began as a hobby lead to a career for Julia and in April of 2008, she launched "Little Paper Shop with 7 sets and 6 individual stamps, most of which were of masculine themes. Since then she has expanded her clear stamp line to include over 80 sets! They also have a variety of digital images.

They have  very talented illustrators with a wide variety of styles who have designed and developed a unique line of high quality photopolymer stamps. Their stamps are manufactured in the US using only high quality photopolymer. Each set is hand inspected to ensure you are receiving only top quality products.

Each month Julia will release new stamps and Design Team will create wonderful projects to inspire and motivate you. They have challenges that offer AWESOME prizes.  Check out the blog and join us for a outstanding opportunity to meet new friends and win some fabulous prizes!

This week the challenge is a Color Challenge:  -- Olive, Orchid and Razzleberry!

The prize this week is a darling Ice Cream Tyson digi! (tooooo... cute!!)

So get those colors out, make your card -- hey - challenge a friend to do one also, then link your projects to the Blue Froggy on the Little Paper Shop blog.  You have until Sunday at 9:00pm EST to get your card loaded.  Be sure to use LPSC75 if you upload to a public gallery.

Here is my card:

Now go and check out the rest of the design team's cards!  Here is the list:

• Allison
• Ann
• Julie L.
• Silvia
• Jen
• Pam
• Joy (me)
• Sparkle

Have a HAPPY stamping day!

REPEAT IMPRESSIONS STAMP OF THE WEEK

When Wendy sent us this image, I immediately thought of my dad.  He had a place on Toledo Bend Lake in Louisiana.  We would catch turtles on the bank of the water and have turtle races.  We would take the turtles about 10-15 yards from water's edge and let them race to the water.  We kids had a ball!

So enough of that.  Here is a masculine birthday card I made -- thinking about those time we had at my dad's.

If you remember Wendy will give you a 50% discount on this stamp for the week it is featured.  All you need to do is go to The House That Stamps Built blog and get the code for this stamp.   This exclusive offer will not be shown on Repeat Impression's website - only on the blog:  The House that Stamps Built.   To receive your special discount please be sure to reference the code displayed on Repeat Impressions blog in the Special Instructions section of the online order form. PLEASE NOTE: The discount WILL NOT appear when you place your order. Once your order is ready to be shipped Wendy will apply the discount and process your credit card at that time. She will also send you a follow-up email to let you know your final adjusted total.

Now take a look at what some of the Design Team Members have done with this stamp:

Darcie Bruno
Dana Joy
Harriet Skelly
Michele Greenwood
Lynette Neus
Ayana Posada
Joy Hadden - you are here

Thanks for looking at my card.  Have a Happy Stamping Day! 

LITTLE PAPER SHOP SKETCH CHALLENGE

Check out Little Paper Shop for a sketch -- I love these images.  They are fun to color, paper piece and combine.  This card combines the little dog in Tyson Bathing,  Lucy Baking,  and Flying By for the sentiment. 

Here is the sketch:

Here is my card:

The designer paper is Webster and the yellow dp is October Afternoon.

Check out Little Paper Shop's blog and show them your take on the sketch!

Repeat Impressions - What Would You Do Wednesday

Wendy has a sketch she gives us on Wednesdays and she asks "What would you do if I gave you this?"  It is so much fun to play along.  Well, this week I needed a card to send to a dear sweet friend whose mom passed.  We enjoy card making together and I know she will appreciate it.

Here is Wendy's sketch

And here is my card:

Here are the details:

Repeat Impressions Stamps:  Lupine,  Sentiment(verse), and the "friend" word was created by masking off the rest of the words in the sentiment "Thank you for being a friend" and lightly stamping the top of the Lupine on blue cardstock, then placed on a clear plastic tag.  I sponged some blue on the large white oval card stock and lightly stamped lupines on the large oval, then stamped the sentiment and clear embossed it.

Check out the rest of Repeat Impressions Design Team who will inspire you.


Dana Joy
Joy Hadden -- you are here
Julie Smith
Michele Greenwood
Ayana Posadas
Darcie Bruno
Makiko Jones
Harriet Skelly
Robin Kirpatrick

Hope you have a happy stamping day!!

This week Repeat Impressions  features the stamp Lupine 1711-K.  In Maine these flowers grow EVERYWHERE.  They range in size from small to 2 feet high and the colors are shades of pink to shades of blue.  There is not a prettier sight than to see fields and fields of these.  Each week Wendy will select one stamp to showcase; the Design Team will share some ideas of what you can create with it and offer the featured stamp to their blog readers at 50% Off!  Click Here to get the 50% off.  This exclusive offer will not be shown on Repeat Impression's website - only on the blog:  The House that Stamps Built.  In order to get the 50% off code you will need to go to the blog.  There are so many things you can do with this stamp -- My next project is to make some wrapping paper with this stamp.

This week I made a spinner card.  These are SO much fun!! The only hard part is cutting out the correct size for the spinner --- BUT REPEAT IMPRESSIONS has made it EASY!  Check them out here.  They have already cut it for you and come in so many colors. 

Ok, here is my card:





The sentiment "Happy Everything"  and that sweet little bumblebee are also Repeat Impressions.

Check out what other team members have created for inspiration:

Dana Joy
Harriet Skelly

Julie Smith

Makiko Jones 

Robin Kirkpatrick
Joy Hadden - you are here

Thanks and have a HAPPY stamping day!! 

VERVE SKETCH

I have a few Verve stamps -- and you can tell by just looking at them, they are WELL loved.  Some of their verses/sentiments just speak to my heart.  Since they are clear, they are so easy to place.  Here is a sketch we were challenge with by Jen del Muro.  I met Jen at a recent North Texas Shoebox Swap and she is a sweetie.  Check out her blog here and join in her sketch challenge.  You could win $30.00 in Verve Stamps --- how SWEEEET!

Here is my card:

Details:  Petals and Stems and Floral Symphony
Paper:  Laua Ashley(dp), Gina K Designs cardstock
Other:  Cuttlebug, popup dots, misc. ribbon

Thanks for looking at my card and HAVE a Happy stamping day!

Little Paper Shop Color Challenge

I so enjoy doing paper piecing.  Love, love all those little pieces - I think it reminds me of playing with paper dolls as a child - ours were usually cut out of a catalog. So when Little Paper Shop issued a color challenge I knew what I wanted to do.

The colors we were to use in the challenge were Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay and Summer Sun or any comparable colors.  There will be a random participant who will win the cute, cute Jena Fairy digi!  Check out their blog and play along! I love challenging my sister!

So here's my card

 Details:  Stamp:  Little Paper Shop:  Lily and Lucy Message

And the inside:

Thanks for looking at my card.  Have a HAPPY stamping day!

Creative Belli Challenge 23

The Creative Belli Challenge Team had this sketch with a patriotic theme to use for this challenge.

 Here is my card

Details:  Stamp:  Repeat Impressions, Designer Paper is Gina K Designs free download, Never Forget sentiment is from Creative Cafe

Remember there are a couple of goals when playing in the challenge:

1. Anyone Can Play! Challenge your best friend!
2. Make a completed project/card with this sketch and something patriotic!  Challenge yourself to use something you already have.
3. Share the link at the Creative Belli Challenge Blog  linking your creation to Mr. Linky. If you post to Splitcoaststampers or to your blog, be sure and put CBC94 as the KEYWORD and mention of the challenge - with a link!

4.  Have fun - we look forward to seeing what you create! 

Here are the Designers with some great inspiration:

• Ceal Pritchett
• Darsie Bruno
• Holly Brown - Creator
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden -     you are here
• Liz Williams
• Maria Matter
• Anne Harmon
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Shelly Schmidt

HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!!

Betsy's Mens Wear Challenge

So, here's the challenge Betsy Veldman issued. Check out her blog -- she has some great inspiration.  She wanted us to find a piece of men's wear that inspired us and to create a project based on that piece.  It could be a graphic tee, or a necktie, or a pair of jeans.

Have you ever started a project and then ended up with something TOTALLY different from what you imagined?  Well, this one did just that! Here is my inspiration.  It is one of my husband's favorite shirts.  He puts it with black jeans or his khakis.

 Here is my card:

Stamp:  Papertrey Ink
Paper:  Gina K Designs Little Boy Blue, Kraft, Cor'dnations
Other:  Jute ribbon and Papertrey Impressions Plate

Thank you for looking at my card and HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!!

Betsy Veldman's Masculine Color Challenge

Betsy Veldman has challenged us to make a masculine card with specific color palettes.  You can go to her blog and pick one to do a card.  She will feature on her blog next three of her favorites.  Also check her blog for some GREAT inspiration and tutorials.  One of my favorites is call "Roses are....." 
I've made several of these our of scraps of felt.

Here is the color palette I chose.

And here is my card:

Stamp:  Papertrey Ink,
Paper:  Gina K Designs, Little Boy Blue, Nearly Navy, and Kraft, dp is StampinUp
Embossing Plate is from Papertrey Ink 

Thank you for looking at my card.  HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!!

Stamp TV THANK YOU Blog Hop

This is a special Thank You hop for the Retired Challenge Hostess team.  Each person who wanted to,  choose a challenge that either Tina, Karen, Vicki, or Sharri shared during the time as hostesses and made a card for them.  This was to thank them for all their hard work getting the challenges together.

Here is the card and project I made for Karen and her "Anything But a Card" challenges.  The first is a Post It Note holder.

 Here is the second one.  The challenge Karen issued was to make a tag that would be put on a gift  - maybe something that could not be mailed because the embellishment.  


Here is my tag for Karen:

THANK YOU, KAREN FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE TO MAKE THESE CHALLENGES SO ENJOYABLE.  I'd like to thank all the ladies who make playing along with the challenges so much fun.  If you have not taken time to play go to Stamp TV right now and pick one of the challenges - you'll love it!

REPEAT IMPRESSION STAMP OF THE WEEK

  It is getting close to 4th of July.  We have a BIG family get together with friends.  Since we live in the country, we get to have a lot of fireworks.  The men have made cannons to shoot the fireworks out of.  They line them up and light several at a time.  It takes 2-3 men to keep the fireworks going. There is a lot of squealing and ahhhhh-ing!

This week Wendy at Repeat Impressions asked us to do a project with the stamp LAND OF THE FREE.   Each week Wendy will select one stamp to showcase; the Design Team will share some ideas of what you can create with it and offer the featured stamp to their blog readers at 50% Off!  Click Here to get the 50% off.  This exclusive offer will not be shown on Repeat Impression's website - only on the blog:  The House that Stamps Built.  In order to get the 50% off code you will need to go to the blog.

I used "Land of the Free" and "It's Time To Party" stamps for our invitation to the 4th of July party.

Here is a card I made using the same stamp:

 The little stars were punched out, I curled small gauge wire around a pen, slipped it off then taped the stars to the end of the wire and taped the wire to the back of the image.


Now take a look at these designers and what they have created, then order the stamp at a 50% discount from June 21 to 26th only.

Darcie Bruno
Dana Joy
Harriet Skelly
Michele Greenwood
Makiko’s
Lynette Neus
Ayana Posada
Joy Hadden - you are here

CPS-Card Sketches 171

This week CPS-Card Sketches featured this challenge sketch:

 Here is my card:  I used stamps from Verve called "Big Wish" and  "Birthday Surprise".  Cardstock is Ivory from Gina K Designs and the dp is from Papertrey Ink.  I used a couple of copic markers on the presents and the sentiment.

I was thinking this would work for a birthday, shower or wedding.

HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!!

Little Paper Shop Challenge 72

Don't you just love the challenges at Little Paper Shop! This week there will be  2  TWO random drawings.  YOU CAN WIN by:   1) Participate in their sketch challenge to win a free digi.  and/or 2) Leave a comment on all the DT members New Release blogs for a chance to win the $15 Gift Certificate to the store.

First check out their blog to see their new Releases!!  Then check out what their design team has put together!  To make it Easy - here is a list of the Designers.

• Kelly Booth
• Allison Fillo
• Jen Greco
• Pam Varnell
• Tasha Beasley
• Julie Elak
• Silvia Mabie
• Julie Lacey
• Ann Kranitz

Ok -- now here is the sketch for this week:

And here is my card:

 I used the stamp set: In Loving Memory and the flourish is actually the top part of the tree in Chirp
The dp is Papertrey Ink and the card stock is from my HUGH scrap pile.
The sentiment and flourish is heat embossed with clear ep.

Thanks for looking at my post -- Have a GREAT stamping day!