Wee Henry Karate

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Hi-ya! It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

This week the challenge is to incorporate torn paper somewhere on your creation.

For my card, I printed the Hambo digital image of "Wee Henry Karate" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut with my Cutter-bee scissors.

I cut a red piece of cardstock and framed it with a white piece of cardstock, and a black cardstock cut with a Nestabilities die.  I added some Baker's Twine to the card, along with two small pieces of wood patterned paper from The Paper Studio.

The sentiment, which comes with the "Wee Henry Karate" digital image was printed, torn and added to the card.

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

I don't know about you, but I really am anxious to say "Hi-ya!" to the upcoming three day weekend.  I so need it, LOL!

Sunflower In Bloom

Time for another Designer's Choice Challenge at Repeat Impressions. Rock Star Lynette Neus challenged us to make a card using one of many Repeat Impressions flower images.

I decided to go fall, since I'm in fall mode.  True the weather isn't autumn-like yet around here...but I sure am back to work with my first graders after having the summer off, and my beloved Buckeyes take the field on Saturday...so yes, let's call it fall.

I stamped the image of "Sunflower" (4313-K) with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and then cut around the flower with my Cutter-bee scissors. In the center of the sunflower I added some brown Stickles.

I cut a circle with a Nestabilities die using patterned paper from Echo Park.  I paper pierced this circle and faux stitched using a colored pencil.  Then I cut a frame for this circle also with a Nestabilities die from beige cardstock. 

I added the Repeat Impressions sentiment "Brighten" (8623-D) by stamping directly onto the Echo Park circle with Versafine Onyx Black.  I added a sheer brown bow for the finishing touches.

Join us in this Designer's Choice Challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Read the details and show us your creations...you may just win a little something.

Also be sure to visit the other Rock Stars for some more flowers.  Kinda like a little garden walk, if you will.

• Cheri Weston
• Dawn Bennett
• Joy Hadden
• Karen Hasheck
• Lynette Neus
• Makiko Jones
• Patti Gilliam  

 I appreciate you visiting my blog today.  

Cheese, Sweet Cheese

It's Monday! What better way is there to make a Monday more bearable, than with a Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions? This week’s SOTW is "Mouse & Cheese" (910-E). The SOTW is available exclusively to Repeat Impressions blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Monday, August 27 to Sunday, September 2. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.

For my card, I stamped the adorable "Mouse & Cheese" (910-E) with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I cute the image panel with a Nestabilities circle die.  I then paper pierced around the circle and framed the circle with some dotted white on black cardstock (source unknown).  I proceeded to make more "holes in the cheese" with Nestabilities circle dies and paper piercing.  I placed these circles on a piece of patterned paper from  Queen & Company.  It too was framed with the dotted patterned paper and paper pierced.

With Versafine Onyx black ink, I stamped the Repeat Impressions sentiment "Sweet Things" (9007-E) onto the card.  Then I put a gold ribbon on the card for the finishing touches.

 Though cheese might not satisfy a human's sweet tooth, I'm just sure it does for a mouse, LOL.

Still hungry?  Be sure to visit these other Rock Stars for some more cheese!

Dawn Bennett
Joy Hadden
Lynette Neus

And of course, have a great week!

Lighthouse

(If you are looking for this week's sketch challenge at Repeat Impressions, scroll down)

It's Hambo Hoedown time!

This week the challenge is to incorporate wood into your creation.  Suggestions include faux wood, wood embossing folders or wood designer paper.

For my card, I decided to try my hand at some faux wood.  In my stash, I had some grooved lined textured white paper.  I streaked some Adirondack Lake Mist dye onto the paper rather randomly.  I then opened up a jar of white gesso (have had it in my stamping room for at least 5 years) and took a foam brush and just painted the entire piece of paper.  When it was dry, I three strips from the paper and added a few more streaks with Adirondack Lake Mist.  I sponged some Soft Gray Shadow Ink along the edges of these strips of wood, and then took my paper piercer and punched holes near the ends of the strips to appear like nails.  Then I adhered these three faux wood strips to a piece of gray cardstock.

The image is from Hambo Digital Stamps.  It is called "Lighthouse".  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers.  I cut the image panel with a Nestabilities die and placed it onto the faux wood.  I added the sentiment which is included with the Lighthouse digital image.  A sheer white bow is the finishing touch to this card.

I hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.

Up, Up and Away

It's Wednesday, which means it is time for a "What If? Wednesday Sketch".  You have two weeks to enter your card using the sketch posted on the Repeat Impressions blog...The House That Stamps Built.  All participants will have a chance to win a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate.  I hope you'll play along with us.

This week the sketch looks like this:

I don't know.  Sometimes I feel like such a sketch challenge rebel, but I do always start with the sketch and the very best of intentions.  If you look closely, you will see the white cardstock clouds I made with my Cricut Paper Pups cartridge.  I arranged them onto a piece of light blue glossy cardtock like the arrangement on the sketch.  I just had to bunch the clouds up some more so they would look a bit more realistic. I also pop-dotted a couple of the clouds.

Then I stamped the Repeat Impressions image called "Hot Air Balloon" (9113-K) with Stazon Jet Black directly onto this light blue glossy panel with the clouds.  I stamped the image again with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock and colored it with Copic markers.  Then I cut the balloon part of the image and placed on top of my image stamped with Stazon Jet Black.  I omitted the three embellishments at the bottom, and instead added some Baker's Twine to the top of the card.

All corners were rounded, and the card panel was framed with black cardstock.

My school year official takes off today...up, up and away.  I sure hope it is a good one.  Understand that the next few days for me will be sleep and first grade.  That's it.  No stamping. (boo-hoo!)

Make sure you visit the other Rock Stars for some more sketch interpretations. They truly are sketch scholars, unlike myself:

• Cheri Weston
• Dawn Bennett
• Joy Hadden
• Karen Hasheck
• Lynette Neus
• Makiko Jones
• Patti Gilliam

Flowered Prickly Pear

Never ever in my wildest dreams that I would be posting this, but here goes:

Terry Medaris is coming to Ohio!   He will be teaching two of his Prismacolor pencil classes at Marco's Paper in Centerville (near Dayton) on Saturday, August 25.  If you are anywhere near Dayton, YOU NEED TO CALL MARCO'S RIGHT AWAY AND RESERVE A SEAT!  Terry Medaris is an amazing artist/instructor.  I flew all the way to San Diego to take these classes, and trust me when I say this...it was worth it!  What I learned influences my coloring every day...even when I use different mediums.  I am so excited that some Buckeye colorists are going to get treated to such wonderful instruction on shading, blending and color selection.  Woot!

I thought I'd better get my Prismacolor pencils ready...you know, make sure they are sharpened and that I haven't lost any or anything.  I want to be prepared Saturday.  To practice, I stamped the Terry Medaris image of "Flowered Prickly Pear" onto Bristol Smooth paper with Stazon Jet Black Ink.  I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and sprayed with a Workable Fixative.  Then I framed the image panel with black cardstock.  The large card panel is patterned paper from Lasting Impressions.  It too is framed with black cardstock.  I added a sheer brown ribbon and bow to the card for the finishing touches.  I don't like to embellish much when it comes to making cards with Terry's images.  My eye says none are really needed.  Why detract from these amazing images?

I hope if you are in anywhere in Ohio, Kentucky or Indiana you will make the trip for a wonderful day of coloring with one of the best...Terry Medaris!

Rattler

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It's time for another Hambo Hoedown.  I'm not a fan of s-s-snakes, but leave it to Hambo to come up with this little cutie pie called "Rattler".  He is available in the Hambo Digital Store.  Go grab him.  He won't bite!

But aging s-s-sure does bite!  I couldn't agree with the s-s-sentiment more, LOL!

This week at the Hoedown our challenge is to incorporate a knot somewhere on our creation. 

For my card, I printed "Rattler" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored him with Copic markers.  I then used a Nestabilities circle die and cut the image panel, along with green cardstock to frame the circle.

Patterned paper from Queen & Company was used to form the layout of these cards, with the panels being framed with green cardstock.

The s-s-sentiment is also a part of the digital image "Rattler".  I made it into a pennant with a Nestabilities die.

For my knot...I tied some Baker's Twine on my card.

 

I s-s-sure hope you can join in on all of the fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be s-s-sent next week's Hoedown image for free.  Isn't that s-s-s-super?!?!

Floral on Kraft

Time for another Designer's Choice Challenge at Repeat Impressions. Rock Star Karen Hasheck challenged us to use scoring on our card.

I decided to stamp the Repeat Impressions image of "Daisies & Butterfly" (9203-) with Versafine Onyx Black onto kraft.  I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and cut around the image.  I added a little bit of crystal Stickles in the center of the daisies.

On another sheet of kraft I dry embossed with a folder from Darice.  I then used my extremely neglected Scor-It to create two scored lines to frame the dry embossing.

I stamped the Repeat Impressions sentiment "Happy Moments" (8616-E) onto the larger panel with Versafine Onyx black and added a black bow for the finishing touches of the card.

A corner rounder punch rounded the corners at the base of the card, and I framed panel with black and white cardstock.

Join us in this Designer's Choice Challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Read the details and show us your creations...you may just win a little something.

Also be sure to visit the other Rock Stars for some more scoring inspiration:

• Cheri Weston
• Dawn Bennett
• Joy Hadden
• Karen Hasheck
• Lynette Neus
• Makiko Jones
• Patti Gilliam  

I appreciate you visiting my blog today.  I hope you have many happy moments in your day.

The Cat's Out of the Bag

It's Monday! What better way is there to make a Monday more bearable, than with a Stamp of the Week from Repeat Impressions? This week’s SOTW is "Curiosity Cat" (1611-K). The SOTW is available exclusively to Repeat Impressions blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Monday, August 13 to Sunday, August 19. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.

For my card, I stamped "Curiosity Cat" (1611-K) onto X-Press It cardstock using Marvy black dye ink.  I colored the cat with Copic markers, and added a few strokes of Prismacolor pencils. I cut around the image.  Then, I stamped the image again onto a white paper bag and cut the bag portion of the image.  I pop-dotted the bag to give it a little dimension and to make it appear like that part of the cat really was in the bag.

I used a Nestabilities die to cut patterned paper from KaiserCraft and My Mind's Eye.  I paper pierced around this panel and faux stitched with a colored pencil.  I stamped the Repeat Impressions sentiment "The Cat's Out..." (2516-G) onto this panel with Versafine Onyx Black.  I added three small orange rhinestones to the panel, and then placed the bagged cat along the side.

The large panel of this card is actually the paper from a white paper bag.  I paper pierced around the bag and faux stitched.  I added some lace along the top of the bag panel, and then framed with black cardstock, and then patterned paper from KaiserCraft. 

Since the bag "opens" on the left side of the card, I thought it might be nice to add some cash or a gift card.

My Sloopy Dog was none too happy with me making a kitty-kat card, though if you are a friend of cats make sure you take the time to see the beautiful cards made by some of the other Repeat Rock Stars using the SOTW:


Dawn Bennett
Joy Hadden
Lynette Neus

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  Meow.  WOOF!

Texting OSU

In just a mere 22 days, my beloved Buckeyes will take the field and start a new era.  Looking forward to what our future may bring with our Urban renewal.

I decided it might be cool to make a word card using the Dina Kowal's wonderful tutorial on Splitcoast.

I constructed the letters O-S-U with black cardstock and patterned paper from American Crafts.

I stamped this football player from Rubbernecker Stamps with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and then cut around the image to place onto the card.  Also on the card are various stickers from Sports Solutions, a football punched from a football punch and some Divine Twine bows.

(To get a better look at this word card, you may want to click directly on the photo)

So my husband says he likes all the cards I make.  He really seemed to genuinely like this one. Go Buckeyes!!!

Cheeses

(If you are looking for this week's "What If" Wednesday's Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge, scroll down)

It's Hambo Hoedown time! 

Since we are right in the middle of the Summer Olympics, we are being challenged to use 2 (or 5) colors of the Olympic ring colors, along with a Hambo image, of course.

For my card, I printed the Hambo digital image of "Cheeses" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  Using a punch, I rounded two corners of this image panel, and framed with black cardstock. 

I used patterned paper from Making Memories and Daisy D's to form the layers on this card, and were framed with black cardstock.

Using a Nestabilities pennant flag, I cut around the hilarious sentiment from Hambo's digital image of "Cheeses" after I had printed it, and adhered the flag to the card.  A ribbon was also adhered to the card.

So...my colors?  I have YELLOW cheese, RED cheese, BLACK cardstock frames, and a little touch of GREEN on the ribbon.  I just couldn't fit in blue...so, no medals for me, LOL!

 

You'll definitely want to join in on the Olympic fun with us at the Hoedown this week. All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent a medal next week's Hoedown image for free.  What a deal!

Under the Sea

 It's Wednesday, which means it is time for a "What If? Wednesday Sketch".  You have two weeks to enter your card using the sketch posted on the Repeat Impressions blog...The House That Stamps Built.  All participants will have a chance to win a $25 Repeat Impressions gift certificate.  I hope you'll play along with us.

This week the sketch looks like this:

For my card, I stamped the Repeat Impressions image called "Under the Sea" (2423-L) with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock. I colored the image with Copic markers and added some Crystal Stickles to highlight the image.  I cut the image panel with a Nestabilities circle die. 

The large card panel was made with patterned paper from Lasting Impressions, and the smaller strip is patterned paper from Hot Off the Press.  I framed both of these panels and the image panel with white cardstock. 

Finishing touches on this card include three crystal beads and a sheer white bow.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today. If all goes as planned, later today I'll be doing what that fish is doing....SWIMMING!  I haven't been in the water yet all summer, and need to get wet before my summer is over.

Make sure you visit the other Rock Stars for some more sketch interpretations.

• Cheri Weston
• Dawn Bennett
• Joy Hadden
• Karen Hasheck
• Lynette Neus
• Makiko Jones
• Patti Gilliam

Leaf Pig

I am not rushing the fall season.  I really, really, really don't want it to be fall yet, because I am still wanting to salvage this summer in some kind of satisfactory way.  But, I don't mind coloring up fall cards, especially when I get to use this cute little porker from Hambo Stamps.

I stamped this Hambo image called "Leaf Pig" (3223) with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers, and added some crystal Stickles to some of the leaves to make them sparkle.  I cut the image panel with a Nestabilities die. I paper pierced around this panel.  I framed it with some brown cardstock.

Other layers to the card were made with patterned paper from Daisy D's and Lasting Impressions.  Brown cardstock frames these layers as well. I did some more paper piercing and some faux stitching with a color pencil.

The sentiment was stamped with Marvy black dye onto a scrap (sorry, source unknown).  It too is from Hambo Stamps and is called "Have a Ball" (3212).  Three orange rhinestones put the finishing touches on this card.

Now, let's all return to summer.

Octopus

(Looking for the Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge?...scroll down, or click HERE.)

So, since an octopus has eight arms, can he have eight partners at the Hoedown?

As a Bacon Bit member of Team Oink, I am so excited to be coming over to the Hambo Hoedown for the next two months.  They are such fun challenges.  And the Hambo digi images are super cute (as are those Hambo Stamps in rubber that I had so much fun with in June and July )!

We are challenged this week with a tic-tac-toe board, meaning we have to choose three card elements in a row off the board.  I decided to go with a diagonal row: incorporating an octagon shape, twine, and a button.  And then, not realizing it, I actually had tic-tac-toe straight across along the bottom row: incorporating an octagon shape, charm and the color orange.  Yay me!

For my card, I printed the Hambo digital stamp "Octopus" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the octopus with Copic markers and cut around the octopus with my Cutterbee scissors.

Then using a Nestabilities die-signs made for A Jillian Vance, I cut an octogon shape from X-Press It cardstock.  I sponged the octagon with with Distress Ink Tumbled Glass.  I dry embossed this octagon with a Cuttlebug embossing folder, and framed with black cardstock.  I added some kraft paper to appear like the ocean floor, and added a purple star charm, and some "seaweed" using some green cardstock cut with a Memory Box die.  I adhered some glass crystal bubbles to the scene as well.

I cut the Hambo sentiment with a Nestabilities die and adhered a button tied with Baker's Twine.

The large panel of this card is made from patterned paper from Jillibean Soup, and also framed with black cardstock.

You'll definitely want to play tic-tac-toe with us at the Hoedown this week.  So much fun!  All of the challenge details can be found right here on the Hoedown Blog.  Remember you must use Hambo images to play along...but that's easy to do (there are some freebies here if you don't have any). If you play along this week, you will be sent next week's Hoedown image for free.  What a deal! Hope to "Sea" your creations soon!

Talk to the Paw!

Repeat Impressions Rock Star Patti Gilliam challenged us to make a card using only the colors black, white, and one other color.  

I chose to use brown as my color, along with the mandated black and white.  I decided to stamp the Repeat Impressions image of "Wagging Pup" (8106-I) with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored this cutie pie with Copic markers and cut around the image with my Cutterbee scissors.  I used a Nestabilities circle die to cut a white circle.  I paper pierced around the circle and faux stitched with a colored pencil.  Using Marvy black dye, I stamped the Repeat Impressions sentiment "Talk to the Paw" (8102-D) onto the white circle. I added a bone brad to the circle next to the dog's paw.  I framed this circle by cutting black cardstock with a Nestabilities lace circle. 

Patterned paper from My Minds Eye, kraft, brown cardstock and white cardstock were used to make the layered panels of this card.  I paper pierced and faux stitched around the panel of My Minds Eye paper. 

A brown dog paw ribbon was tied and adhered to this square card for the finishing touches.

Join us in this Designer's Choice Challenge on the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.  Read the details and show us your creations...you may just win a little something.

Also be sure to visit the other Rock Stars for some more inspiration:

• Cheri Weston
• Dawn Bennett
• Joy Hadden
• Karen Hasheck
• Lynette Neus
• Makiko Jones
• Patti Gilliam

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! Come back in a couple hours....Believe it or not, another post is scheduled.