Sketch Challenge for Repeat Impressions

Good Morning Stamping Friends!  Today at Repeat Impressions there is an exciting Sketch Challenge.  Come join us - Here is the Sketch

and here is my take on the challenge

I used the image called Love Letter and the sentiment I want you.  You might want to check out all the Valentine images - which are on sale now.

Come join us in this challenge.  Show us what you would do with the sketch.  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.  
 
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Anything Goes Challenge at Repeat Impressions

It's one of my favorite times of the month - when Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions allows us to do ANYTHING we want as a challenge.  So show us what you have been working on!  Here is mine.

Where I live in East Texas there are lots of natural pine forests - lumber is a big industry here -- but sadly little and most years no snow - but I can dream!  Images are Large pine tree, the Let It Snow sentiment from Snowman Chorus Line and Snowflakes.

Come join in this challenge.  Remember any card, any project or anything you have been working on - how about a page out of your December Daily - if you have done one of those this year.   Inspire us and maybe meet some new friends!  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.  
 
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Inspiration Palette for Repeat Impressions

Hello friends!  Today Repeat Impressions has an Inspiration Palette for the challenge.  Here is Wendy's palette

These are such beautiful colors!  Just what we need for this dreary time of the year in East Texas.  Here is the card I made

I went with a literal interpretation by using the Fan from the Far East Series.  The Celebrating you sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Come join in this challenge.   Inspire us and make some new friends!  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.  
 
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Pick of the Week at Repeat Impressions

Good morning, Friends!  Today I get to pick a few Repeat Impressions stamps to show off.  This week I'm showing some "Postoids".  Repeat Impressions has so many of these fun stamps - Cats, Dogs, Holidays, Birds - take a look and you too can discover how much fun these are.

The supplies you need are so simple:  Repeat Impressions Postoid stamps: Love Post, Get Well and Violets were used here.

pair of Paper Edges scissors - similar to these:

Remember these?  They are so dated, but pulled the lower pair out for this.

Here are the cards I made

The Happy Hello sentiment is from the series called Contain Yourself.

The Love Post background was made with old cancelled postage stamps.  The postoids were framed with shiny gold card stock.

Take a look thru the many, many Postoids that Repeat Impressions has and pick a few to experiment with.  I know you will have as much fun as I have had!

Tic Tac Toe at Repeat Impressions

Hi Stamping friends.  Today Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions has challenged us with this Tic Tac Toe grid.

I used the middle grid of ribbon, sparkle and a die cut and this what popped out.

I used a background of used postage stamps that I made, fussy cut 3 Shamrock Silhouettes, die cut a green glitter oval and stamped Happy St. Patrick's Day on a white die cut oval.  The shamrocks were heavily coated with Wink of Stella.

These Tic Tac Toe Challenges are so much fun - Come join us in this challenge.   Inspire us and make some new friends!  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.  
 
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Designers Choice Challenge

Hello friends!  Today it is Shirley's turn to challenge us - she has asked us to make a project that reminds us of "Childhood Memories".  I remember books - we always had lots of books to read and of course Mother Goose was one of my first books so this is the Repeat Impressions image I chose.

The image is called Goose and the sentiment is part of a sentiment that says I Love You Bunches.

Come join in this challenge.   Inspire us and make some new friends!  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.  
 
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Anything Goes Week Challenge

Hi friends!  Today, Wendy owner of Repeat Impressions has arranged for an "Anything Goes" challenge.  Last week I had a niece graduate from college and wanted to make her something special so this is what I did.

The background is watercolor with a stamped Small Butterfly and the Dotted Circle Frame heat embossed with gold.  The words are Let Your Dreams Take Flight, from the Big Boy's Toys Series - one of my favorites for graduations.

Come join in this challenge.   Inspire us and maybe meet some new friends!  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.  
 
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

december inspirational

Oh my!  What a great challenge Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions has for us this week!  Here is her Inspirational photo

These pretty soft colors really speak to me!  Here is my card:  I used the soft greens, light blue and shade of gray and white.

Stamps:
Merry Christmas Postoid
Ear Muff Penguin
Snowflake
Large Pine Tree

Why don't you join in this challenge.  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.   
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

December Tic Tac Toe Challenge at Repeat Impressions

Good Morning!  Today Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions has challenged us with this Tic Tac Toe Grid

Here is a card I made for the challenge

The grid I used was Not a Standard Card, Tone on Tone, and Dimension.  I also used a little glitter and some pearls.  What a fun card this was to make!

Stamps:

Santa's Friend - which I love, love love!

Merry Christmas which I cut into 2 pieces so I could stack

Why don't you join in this challenge.  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.  
 
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Designer's Choice Challenge at Repeat Impressions

Good Morning friends!  Today is my first day of thinking about upcoming challenges at Repeat Impressions for December.  Today Patti, one of Repeat Impressions Rock Stars has challenged us to decorate our envelopes.  I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE decorating my envelopes - it quick and packs a punch.

Here are mine.

Most time I don't add coloring but on a few of these I did.  The first one uses the stamps Toy Train and the Marquee Frame.

The second one uses a stencil and the Cat Banner.  Check out all the Banners Wendy has created, there are Elves, Cats and Bears!

The last uses the Small Poinsettia and the Oval Marquee Frame.

Why don't you join in this challenge.  You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.   
You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Anything Goes at Repeat Impressions

Today is Anything Goes at Repeat Impressions.  I love when this challenge come up.  I usually take a favorite stamp and create something.  Here is mine.

Since where I live, we don't get much snow and it takes forever for all the leaves to fall I used Falling Leaves as a background and put a piece of acetate in the window. The cat in the window is called Peaceful Observation. No sentiment is on the outside because I'll save this for an "as needed" card.

Why don't you join in this challenge - remember it is any stamps, any colors - any sketch - your choice.You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.   

You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!

Accent on Sentiments

Hey friends - good morning.  Today Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions is letting me show how I rearrange and do a few sentiment tricks so that the sentiment takes center stage.

Here is a list of the sentiments I'll use.
What we do....  8411-I
God gave us... 4011-G
Snow much fun  8810-H
the Happy from Happy Everything 4001-G
the Thanksgiving from Thanksgiving Blessings. 3214-G
Acorn 3311-C

The first card is simple, simple simple.  I love this sentiment called What we do... is under the Cancer and Caregivers Category.  I had a very pretty piece of designer paper that I've been saving - and this sentiment just was perfect for it.  Look at your sentiments and see if there is a designer paper that will work well.  Let it take center stage.

Next up is think about framing your sentiment with glitter or special paper - like vellum.  Here I cut a glitter frame, stamped the sentiment called God gave us... on vellum, heat embossed and layered on an embossed background with a glitter frame.  I thought the sparkle reminded me of winter and was perfect for the sentiment

For the third card I did a little stamp surgery.  Here is what the original sentiment called Snow much fun looks like in the catalogue

I wanted the sentiment to stretch over the whole card, so I carefully cut the sentiment and used my Misti to line it up the way I wanted to and here is the card.  The sentiment can easily be put back together.

The last card mixes sentiments.  The Happy is from Happy Everything and the Thanksgiving is from

Thanksgiving Blessings.  Here again I did a little stamp surgery knowing that they can easily be put back together with a Misti or stamp positioner.  They were stamped on vellum, heat embossed and die cut with a tag die cut.  The little acorns are called Acorn.  I just think they are so cute!  I put glossy accents on them so they would not get lost on the alcohol ink and stencil vellum.

So... you might try looking at your sentiments a little differently and put them in the spotlight.  Thanks for looking at my cards.

Inspiration Challenge from Repeat Impressions

Today Wendy, owner of Repeat Impressions has an Inspirational Challenge for us.  Here is her photo

These are gorgeous colors!  I can just hear the crunch of those beautiful leaves.  Here is my card - this challenge I came away with a "two-fer" . I had left overs that quickly became a second card.  I used the Flower Power background stamp and Thanks a Bunch sentiment

This one used the left overs - I just matted it and stamped the sentiment from the giant unmounted sheet of sentiments called You.

When you join in this challenge you could win the $25.00 gift certificate that Wendy is offering in a random drawing.You don't have to use Repeat Impression stamps but if you do, your name will be entered twice (2x) for a random drawing for a really nice gift certificate from Repeat Impressions.  

Check out Wendy's blog, The House That Stamps Built for the complete guidelines and link your project there.   

You might want to check out what these Rock Star Designers have created to inspire you.  Good luck - and I'm looking forward to seeing your projects.

• Heather 

• Patti

• Esther

• Donna

• Shirley

• Laurie

Thanks for looking at my project!  Have a great stamping day!