Summer

Hello! So glad you stopped by today!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built! Our challenge for this week is to use a 'Summer' theme on our cards.

What a fun theme! However, it's sad knowing that summer is nearly at an end. I dread the onset of COLD, ice, and snow!

Here's what I created for this challenge:

I used these Repeat Impressions' stamps:

3404 C Random Dots

8604 E Feel Better Soon

2408 N Large Palm Trees

3412 C Gulls in Flight

Let's see your 'Summer' projects!! Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

I can't wait to see your beautiful scene cards!!!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your RI orders!

Now, it's time to see what my DT friends have created!

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna

Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Happy Birthday!

Hi everyone!

It's my turn to share a Pick of the Week at The House that Stamps Built. 

My MoJo is on a vacation, apparently. So, today, I chose to feature a very quick and easy card tip.

The Repeat Impressions Stamp that I used for this card is:  

8606 E Happy Birthday

To begin, I folded a white card base, added some background paper, and stamped a sentiment on a scrap piece of the background paper.

Next, I found a punch that I liked, and punched the sentiment out, first from the patterned paper, then from white cardstock to match the card base.  The white punch was cut in half, and adhered to the top and bottom of the sentiment.

Last, a scrap of ribbon was placed on the card front, and the sentiment was adhered using some dimensional foam.

Sort of a sneaky way to only have one punch!

Grab those RI stamps and give this a try!

 For this week only (August 16 - August 22nd), get 20% off the stamps used in my creation above when you use the coupon code POTW81621.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Like a Camera

Howdy!

I have a clean and simple, fun card, to share today, using #SD657 Like a Camera, and #S909 Flowing Zen. These were such a fun stamps to work with!

Here's my card:

Is this fun, or what? The focal image was stamped, and colored with Copics. Then it was masked off with a couple of post its, and the background was stamped with Kitch Flamingo Distress Ink. The finished panel was adhered to a pink card base. The finishing touch was Glossy accents on her eyeglasses. Cuteness, and what a wonderful message!

So glad you stopped by today!

Don't forget!!! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out the incredible March release!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Anything But a Card

Hello! Happy to see you here today!

It's time for a new challenge at The House that Stamps Built! Our challenge for this week is to make 'Anything But a Card'.

What a great idea! I was able to dig into my stash, and come up with this 'sweet' box!

I found this cute template here at Heidi Smith's site - had to give it a try!

I used these Repeat Impressions' stamps:

9007 E Sweet Things

9008 N Cool Treats

Let's see 'Anything But a Card' projects! Remember, you don't HAVE to use Repeat Impressions Stamps, but if you do, you have double the chance of winning!

I can't wait to see your beautiful scene cards!!!

Check out my sidebar to see how you can save money on your RI orders!

Now, it's time to see what my DT friends have created!

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna

Happy Hopping!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Black and White Swirl

Hello!

Here are 3 fun cards!

I used a fun, new release stamp #S504 Black and White Swirl, to create each of these. Two are stamped with black ink, and one with Versamark, which was embossed with silver powder.

Gotta love a beautiful stamp like this one!

The first card is portrait mode, and stamped in black ink. The sentiment is from #SS02b Simple Sentiments Set 2, Style b.

The sentiment for this landscape style card is also from #SS02b Simple Sentiments Set 2, Style b. This card was stamped with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed with silver powder.

For the last card, I stayed with landscape design, but stamped again with black ink.

That's it! Easy as can be!

So glad you stopped by today!

Remember - you can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and check out the incredible March release!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Stack of Books

Hello!

I was in need of a gift for a friend at church, so today I have a clean and simple set of cards to share! My friend is an avid reader, and mails out LOTS of cards, so I hope she's pleased with these.

  I used #SD984 Stack of Books, and #SS054 Bookworms to create these cards. 

I'm not going to rattle on and on about these. All six were colored with Copics, distressed a bit with an Ink Blending Brush, matted and mounted onto a card base. 

Here's my cards:

That's it! Easy as can be!

So glad you stopped by today!

Great news! You can always save 10% on any order by entering TJ10Patti at checkout.

Now, be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and look at all the awesomeness!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Relax, Calm, Renew...

Hello!

It's my day to post on the Technique Junkies Design blog. 

Great news! There's still time to save money on the new release stamps at Technique Junkies! We have some awesome new stamps for you, and all of them are 15% off through August 8th! No codes are needed, just put them in your shopping cart and the discount will be applied at checkout. 

Here is the Gotta Have it All Bundle, and a little preview of the new stamps:

This stamp is wonderful. It says exactly what we all need to hear, and DO for ourselves now and then. We simply don't take time to just relax, calm, and renew ourselves!

So, for this card, I took a piece of watercolor cardstock, and spritzed it with Dolphin Cove, Chestnut Mare, and Dazzle Shimmering Bliss. This panel was set aside to dry, prior to adhering it directly onto the card base. While it dried, I stamped the image/sentiment #SD1139 Relax Your Body, onto a scrap piece of white cardstock, colored the hammock with Copic markers, and spritzed lightly with the Shimmering Bliss. Once dry, this piece was matted with the same color as the card base, and popped up with dimensional foam. 

Next up, is another super easy, beautiful card.

It's a bit hard to see, but the background uses #S417 Cotton Lawn, stamped in blue ink. The image/sentiment #SD1139 Relax Your Body, was then stamped with blue ink onto the Cotton Lawn panel. I used my stamp positioner, and stamped repeatedly, so the focal image would be darker than the background.

So....which do you like best?

I am excited for you to see the rest of this release!

Remember - you can always use my personal discount code to save 10% when you shop... 

Here's the code:

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.