Black Cat Fright

Time for another Designer's Choice Challenge at Repeat Impressions. Rock Star Joy Hadden challenged us to make a nonstandard sized card using a Repeat Impressions image.

For my card, I went with a 4x4 square.  I brayered the following dye inks onto a piece of Georgia Pacific cardstock: SeaShells Cool Peri, Distress Ink Faded Jeans, and Brilliance Mediterranean Blue.  Along the bottom of the cardstock, I sponged Whispers Whisper Lilac ink.  I took some random gray and green Coloursoft pencils and drew in the grass.   Using a Nestabilities circle die, I cut the moon and sponged some Adirondack Sunshine Yellow dye ink.  Using a small paper punch of a witch, I punched some black cardstock and place the witch onto the moon.

Finally, using Versafine Onyx Black, I stamped the Repeat Impressions image of "Black Cat" (2322-G) onto my spooky nighttime scene.  The cat's eyes were colored with a Lemon atyouSpica pen.  The scene's corners were rounded with a punch.  I framed the scene with a piece of black cardstock cut with another Nestabilities die.  I added a black bow for the final details of this card.

Like I've said before, I love making Halloween cards.  This one was a blast too.

Be sure to check out what the other Rock Stars created for this Designer's Choice Challenge.

• Cheri Weston
• Christy Schumacher
• Geri Utterback
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien
• Karen Hasheck
• Patti Gilliam

Have a great day.  Here's hoping no black cats appear before you.  Bad luck, they say.

Life's a Cinch

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 "Inch by Inch" (8410-F). The SOTW is available exclusively to Repeat Impressions blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Monday, September 10 to Sunday, September 16. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.

Inch by Inch...Life's a Cinch?  Hmm.  I have to ponder that one, LOL!  But, it's a nice thought and could certainly be used to encourage someone who happens to be going through a rough time.

For my card, I stamped "Inch by Inch" onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye ink.  I colored the worm with Copic markers and cut around the image with my Cutter-bee scissors.  I then stamped the stamp again onto a piece of kraft. I cut out the sentiment portion of the stamp. 

I cut a circle from Crate Paper patterned paper using a Nestabilities die.  I then cut the scalloped circle from kraft also using a Nestabilities die.  The grass was cut from Chatterbox patterned paper using a die from My Favorite Things.  I assembled the scene and added a sheer light brown bow.

Be sure to check out how other Rock Stars used this week's SOTW.  You will love their projects.

• Christy Schumacher
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  I hope this week is a cinch for us all!

Mouse Painter

(if you are looking for today's Repeat Impressions sketch challenge, scroll down)

It's Hambo Hoedown time!

This week, the challenge is to incorporate splattered paint in some fashion into our projects.  Could be patterned paper, or the actual messy process of splattering paint.  You choose how neat or messy you'd like to be.

I went for the fun, messy stuff.  Though as I look at my mouse, I wonder how he escaped any paint droplets, LOL!  I sure didn't!

For my card, I printed the ADORABLE "Mouse Painter" from the Hambo Digital Stamp Shop onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored him with Copic markers.  I cut around this image with my Cutterbee scissors.  I just had to add a Block O onto his hat using a Memento Tuxedo Black marker...thus turning him into a Buckeye Mouse....I just HAD to do it!  Really.

And then, as I read the sentiments that are included with "Mouse Painter", I decided that any Buckeye fan would paint the town SCARLET and GRAY, so I did a little Photoshopping, and omitted the word "red".   I printed this onto scarlet cardstock and hand wrote the colors "scarlet & gray" with a Memento Tuxedo Black marker. 

Outside on my deck, I had fun splattering some scarlet and gray acrylic paint onto a white cardstock panel. Once dry, I framed my splattered masterpiece with black cardstock and arranged the Buckeye Mouse Painter onto the card.  A small little drop of paint was added to the lower right corner of 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.

When I made this card, I was still on a high from my beloved Buckeyes 56-10 rout against Miami of Ohio.  Woot!  I'm hoping that Florida grad Monica Hunter (owner of Hambo) and Nebraska Cornhusker fan Judy Rozema (DT coordinator of the Bacon Bits) will forgive me, LOL! I promise to behave at next week's Hoedown.

Moonlight Ride

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's sketch looks like this:

Though at initial glance it may appear like I am still being a sketch rebel, but really not so much this time around.  I stamped the Repeat Impressions image of "Halloween Witch" (817-I) onto a X-Press It cardstock.  I colored her with Copic markers and cut around the image. 

I brayered and sponged the "moon" with Adirondack Lemonade, Adirondack Sunshine Yellow and Marvy Ochre dye inks.  I made a couple streaks onto the moon with a gray Copic marker.  Then, all over the moon, I sponged some Brilliance Moonlight Pigment Ink onto the moon to give it some light shimmer.

The "sky" is made with a panel of texturized paper from K&Company.  Then, with the Mini Monsters Cricut cartridge I cut the two black trees and placed them into my spooky night scene.  I added some Baker's Twine for the finishing touches on this card.

My first Halloween card of the season.  I think Halloween cards are a blast to make.  I know it won't be my last time using this cute little witch, that's for sure! Stayed tuned for more witch flights, LOL!

In the meantime, make sure you visit the other Rock Stars.  They have some great interpretations of this sketch.  You'll love each and every card!

• Cheri Weston
• Christy Schumacher
• Geri Utterback
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien
• Karen Hasheck
• Patti Gilliam

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

What a great day!  My fellow Hambo Stamps Bacon Bit, Carolina Little, is the Featured Stamper today on Splitcoast!  I just had to join in the fun!

I absolutely love the cute scenes Carolina makes with her cards.  She expertly combines design paper and uses beautiful colors.  Go take a peek at her gallery.  You'll see what I'm talking about. I tried to do her work justice with my card.  I was inspired by this card.

I stamped Hambo's Hungry Caterpillar (2906) onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye ink.  I colored it with Copic markers and then cut around the image. I stamped the image two more times to get some more leaves to add to my scene.  I colored and cut those out as well.

Using a My Favorite Things die, I cut two strips of grass with patterned paper from Kaiser Craft.  I then used a scrap of blue patterned paper (sorry, source unknown) for my sky.  I simply drew the top of the sky's line to form the cloud-like appearance at the top.  I added hand-drawn clouds out of white cardstock to the scene.  This scene was then placed on a white cardstock panel.  I paper pierced the top of the scene, and added a sun that is constructed with a button, Baker's twine and a hand-drawn rays from a piece of patterned paper from Bella Blvd.

The finishing touches include a hand-drawn heart colored with Copics, and the sentiment...which was a portion of a Hampton Arts Stamp that I inked with a Memento Tuxedo Black pen.

Congrats, Carolina on your special day!  A well-deserved honor indeed!

Long Awaited Game Day

The day has arrived!  The Urban Meyer era officially begins today at Ohio State.  As a fan, I'm looking forward to this new chapter in Ohio State football. The last one kind of ended rather poorly.  Who would have thought I'd ever be cheering for a guy that caused us the heartache in the desert back in January 2007? Things always have a funny way of working out, don't they?

To commemorate today, I made this Block O card.  For the base I used a jillian vance [die]sign from Spellbinders to create the Block O panel.  I used black and red cardstock.  I paper pierced around the red O and faux stitched with a colored pencil.  I then used the same [die]sign to create the Buckeye leaves from patterned paper from American Crafts.  I added a brown button for the buckeye, and tied some Buckeye Blend Divine Twine, which is also from a jillian vance.

The football player is a stamp from Rubbernecker Stamps. I stamped it with Marvy black dye ink onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored it with Copic markers and cut around the image with my Cutterbee scissors. I then adhered it to the card.

I hope you all have a wonderful football Saturday.  And, just wanted to pass along...that we can all be winners this Labor Day weekend by scoring at the Labor Day sale at Rubbernecker Stamps. Don't miss it!  Wonderful papercrafting accessories at 25% off!

Wee Henry Karate

(If you are looking for the Repeat Impressions Designer's Choice Challenge, scroll down)

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!