You are Awesome

Today I have an almost one layer card for you featuring Stamplorations products! I used two of my newest acquisitions (thanks to winning a gift certificate!).

Supplies and Tools:

• Stacked Suitcases (Stamplorations)
• Bold Sentiments: Hashtag Authentic (Stamplorations)
• Mixed Media Grunge (Stamplorations)
• Make Marks 3 Artplorations Stencil (Stamplorations) 
• Canson Watercolor Paper
• Prismacolor Pencils
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Walnut Stain, Candied Apple, Faded Jeans, Black Soot 

This post linked to:
Tuesday Throwdown - Keep it Simple
Simon Says - Travel/Vacation
Double D - Pick a Pattern (the "x" fabric in the red square)
Stamplorations Mixed Media - Use a Stencil
Stamplorations Never ending Challenge - Use Stamplorations products
The Paper Funday - Anything goes + twist for the guys

 

Bind My Wandering Heart

Today's card is kind of different with it's grungy dictionary page background and glossy sentiment. It sort of looks like a vintage Valentine card - but it was my attempt at illustrating one of my favorite lines from "Come Thou Fount."

Supplies and tools:

• Hymn Word Art (Sweet n Sassy Stamps)
• Dictionary Page 
• Mixed Media Grunge (Stamplorations) 
• Black Soot and Candied Apple Distress Oxide 
• Versamark Watermark Ink
• Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (Ranger)
• Heart Punch
• Feather Lace Oval Dies (Gina Marie) 

This post linked to:
Tuesday Throwdown - Keep It Simple
Mix it Up Challenge - Anything Goes + optional inlaid die
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Double D - Pick a Pattern (I went with the text cloth in in the red box)

Take Me Home

Today's card features Gracie's new digital stamp called 

"Take Me Home." Isn't that little cottage just the sweetest?!

I printed my house twice and popped up the door, window, 

barrel, flower pots, and roof with foam mounting tape. 

Supplies and Tools:

• Take Me Home Digital Stamps Set (Graciellie Design)
• Watercolor Paper
• Prismacolor Pencils
• Freshly Picked Cricut Cartridge
• Farm Fence Dies (Honeybee Stamps)
• Garden Greens (Sizzix - Tim Hotlz)
• Foam Mounting Tape
• These colors of Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Walnut Stain, Pine Needles
• These colors of Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Walnut Stain, Candied Apple, Black Soot

This post linked to:
Use Your Stuff - Mood Board (below)
Little Red Wagon - Summer Fun 
(Summer is when we "go home" to visit family)
Allsorts - Travel (the best journey's always take us home)
Inkspirational Challenge - Garden 
As You Like - Summer or Winter Colors?
(It depends on the season - if it's summer, then I'll say summer...but if it's winter I'll say winter!
My favorite summer color is green though -- because it's the colors of all things growing!)

Stained Glass Window

It's time for our Wednesday challenge over at The House That Stamps Built. This week we have an inspiration board for you. This challenge is a fun cross between a photo challenge and a color challenge. You can choose to be inspired by the colors, the photograph, or both! As soon as I saw this board I thought of a stained glass window....so that's what I created!

I embossed my window on vellum paper and colored the reverse side with markers. After I finished it reminded me of a window die I have. It didn't quite fit the die exactly, so I cut the window apart and attached each pane of glass to the back of my window die. I got to thinking....you could also use Repeat Impressions 9402-U, Quilt Background to fill in the window panes if you wanted to.

Supplies and Tools:

• Repeat Impression Stamps:
• 9401-N, Stained Glass Window
• 2536-G, Let Your Light . . . 
• Vellum Paper
• Touchfive Markers 
• Versamark Watermarker Ink
• Black Embossing Powder
• Garden Greens Thinlits (Sizzix - Tim Holtz)
• Tiny Tattered Florals Dies (Sizzix - Tim Hotlz)
• Brick Embossing Folder (The Paper Studio)
• Distress Oxides in these colors (Ranger)
• Black Soot, Worn Lipstick, Dusty Concord
• Peacock Feathers Distress Ink (Ranger)

For my blog readers:

• Enjoy the 10% discount code to the Repeat Impressions Store  by using the code: rr10ea
• There's a new challenge every week over at  The House That Stamps Built 
• you don't have to use Repeat Impressions stamps to link or win
• One lucky person will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate on the first Wednesday of every month

Check out what the other design team members created:
Donna ~ Heather ~ Joy ~ Laurie ~ Patti ~ Shirley 

This post linked to:

Make My Monday - Lots of flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Mix It Up - Anything goes + optional inlaid die