Beauty of the Earth

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 "For the Beauty" (3213-G). The SOTW is available exclusively to Repeat Impressions blog readers at 50% OFF with the special discount code from Monday, November 5 to Sunday, November 11. To get the discount code and more information about the SOTW, please go to the Repeat Impressions blog, The House That Stamps Built.

I have two cards to share today.  

The first card was made by stamping the Repeat Impressions image of "Maple Leaf Silhouette" (5127-K) with Kaleidacolor Autumn Leaves dye ink onto 100% Cotton Cardstock Watercolor Paper (from my friends at Marco's).  I then took a waterbrush to the stamped image and moved the color around.  I cut the leaf out with my Cutterbee scissors.  I added a transparent brown button with a tied bow of hemp string to the leaf.

On a strip of white cardstock that I scored and framed with black cardstock, I stamped "For the Beauty" (3212-G) with Versafine Onyx Black Pigment ink.  Arranging the leaf onto the strip, I then adhered it to a kraft cardfront that was rounded at the bottom two corners with a punch.

The second card was made in a much similar way to the one mentioned above, though I departed from a fall leaf to a spring/summer green leaf.  "Maple Leaf Silhouette" (5127-K) was stamped with Adirondack Lettuce dye ink onto the watercolor paper and the color was spread with a waterbrush.  I did add Versamark to the leaf to adhere some clear UTEE.  I applied heat with my heat gun, and the result is a very shiny green leaf. 

The sentiment "For the Beauty" (3213-G) was also stamped with Adirondack Lettuce dye ink. 

Kraft, black cardstock, white cardstock form the layers of this card.   Baker's Twine and three small black rhinestones put the finishing touches on this card.

 

Take a look at what the other Rock Stars created:

• Christy Schumacher
• Joy Hadden
• Joyce Morien

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!  Have a great week!

¡Hola!

¡Hola!  (Are you impressed I figured out how to do that upside down exclamation point?).  I told you that you'd be seeing Hambo's digital image called "Cactus". I just love cacti images so I decided to use it again.

This time I printed the image onto some beige cardstock (not really kraft, but similar).  I colored the image with my Prismacolor pencils. I sprayed the image once colored with workable fixative.  I cut around the image with my Cutterbee scissors.   The sentiment is also from Hambo's digital image "Cactus".  I printed it also onto the beige cardstock.  I framed it with black cardstock.

The larger card panels are made from patterned paper from We R Memory Keepers (which was paper pierced and faux stitched with a colored pencil) and My Mind's Eye.  Also used are layers of the beige and black cardstock.

I pop-dotted the cactus onto the card, adhered the sentiment, and added a sheer brown bow and ribbon to the card.

¡Adiós! (aren't you impressed with my Spanish, LOL!)

Cactus

(If you are here for the Repeat Impressions Sketch Challenge, scroll down)

It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

For this week's challenge, we are to incorporate neon into our creation with a Hambo image.  What a bright challenge!

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

For the layers of the card, I used patterned paper from Little Yellow Bicycle, a scrap (sorry an unknown source), black cardstock, and some bright neon green cardstock (feel free to adjust your monitors!).  I paper pierced around the two rectangular panels and faux-stitched with a color pencil.

I added a neon green banner to the card, cut from a Memory Box die.  The sentiment is one of three from the Hambo digital image of "Cactus".  I framed it with black cardstock.

Those of you that follow my blog, know how much I love images of cacti.  This one is no exception and I am sure you will be seeing it used again from me.  I really probably should live in the southwest.

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.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!  

Autumn Scarecrow

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:

As you know, I am a sketch rebel.  I can never, ever get any one sketch to work totally for me.  I so admire those who have the talent to do so.  Usually, many layers are hard for me, so I thought this simpler sketch would be right up my alley.  WRONG...look at all of my additions (sigh).

For this card, I stamped the Repeat Impressions image of "Scarecrow & Friend" (3309-K) onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye.  I colored the image with Copic markers.  I framed the image panel with black cardstock.

The card panel is from My Mind's Eye.  I framed it too with black cardstock, with yet another frame of kraft.  I added a kraft scalloped corner cut with a paper punch.  Sheer brown ribbon and a brown button tied with hemp put the finishing touches on this card.

Want to see some more cards using this sketch?  Just head on over to the following Rock Stars:

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

 Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

Green Giggles

Giggles is green today.  I'm starting to believe he looks good no matter what color he is sporting. Giggles is one of the many Halloween creatures that can be found at Rubbernecker Stamps.

To make this card, I stamped Rubbernecker's "Giggles" (16427) with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored him with Copic markers and cut around the image. The circle panel was cut with a Nestabilities die from a piece of patterned paper from S.E.I.  I paper pierced around the panel and faux stitched with a colored pencil.  Black cardstock was cut from another Nestabilities die to frame the circle.

The sentiment is actually cut from patterned paper from K&Company.  A lime green ribbon puts the finishing touches on this circle card.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today! 

Red Giggles

Giggles is making another appearance.  This time in red (for some reason, my husband wanted to see him in red).  Giggles is one of the many Halloween creatures that can be found at Rubbernecker Stamps.

To make this card, I stamped Rubbernecker's "Giggles" (16427) with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored him with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils and cut around the image.  I created the diamond panel (technically a rhombus...I teach first grade math!) by using a Nestabilities die and sponged with SeaShells Conch Shell and Adirondack Butterscotch dye inks.  Patterned paper from K&Company make the different layers of this card. They were dry embossed with a Spellbinders folder and my Cuttlebug and are all framed with black cardstock.  The largest layer is kraft.  The sentiment tag is actually cut from K&Company patterned paper.  Baker's Twine and an orange rhinestone put the finishing touches on this card.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.  I hope you are having an enjoyable weekend.

Tooth Fairy

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It's Hambo Hoedown Time!

For this week's challenge, we are to incorporate hexagons into our creation with a Hambo image.  Good thing I had some new patterned paper from Echo Park with a hexagon pattern on it!

For my card, I printed Hambo's digital image of "Tooth Fairy" (don't you love the 5 o'clock shadow???) onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored the image with Copic markers and cut around the image with Cutterbee scissors.  I added some glitter highlights with some Crystal Stickles.

I don't have a hexagon die (yet...I may need to remedy that), so I printed a hexagon from this site onto some Echo Park patterned paper and cut it out.  I pop dotted the Tooth Fairy image onto the hexagon.  This hexagon was then placed onto a panel of patterned paper from Echo Park.  It was framed with black cardstock, and then with some more Echo Park paper.

The sentiment is one of three sentiments included with the Hambo's Tooth Fairy.  I printed it and framed it with black cardstock.

 

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.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog!