Tag- You're It!

Hi there, crafty friends!

It's time for another Repeat Impressions Stamps challenge at The House that Stamps Built, and we have a new Designer’s Choice Challenge for you. Laurie is our hostess for the month, and has challenged us all to use our RI stamps to create something using the theme: "Tag - You're It!".  

Here's what I made using these Repeat Impressions Stamps:

5125 C Dragonfly Sil. (sm)

5102 F Dragonfly Sil (lg)

Plate 10100 You

I made an alcohol ink background, and heat embossed the words with black powder. Mounted tag on black background, then card base. Easy peasy!

 And now it’s your turn!

We hope you will create a card that has a focus on today’s DCC theme, and enter it in our challenge at The House that Stamps Built!  Remember, your creation does not have to be made with Repeat Impressions stamps, but if you would like to include our designs we would love to see them!  Plus, there’s an added bonus… you will get an additional entry in our random.org drawing for using our stamps in your submissions!

One lucky person this month will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate!

Check out my sidebar - grab the code to save money on your RI orders!

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

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna     Esther

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up a card this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Find My Soul...Technique Junkies June 2020 Blog Hop!

Hello!

I have two posts today, so if you are looking the post for 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, scroll around until you find it!

Happy June release day!

We have some awesome new stamps in the Technique Junkies line, and we are eager to share them with you today!

Be sure to check out the hop list below for some sweet inspiration from our Design Team...

All of the June 2020 New Release stamps are 15% off through June 8th! We can all use a little bargain, right? No codes needed, just put them in your shopping cart and the discount will be applied at checkout.

You can also use my discount code on any purchase from Technique Junkies, anytime. You can even use it along with the discount above!

Today, I am showcasing three new stamps, 'Coral Sea Turtle', 'Find my Soul', and 'Bubble Flow'.  I also used 'A Colorful Life' 6" x 9' Stencil, 'Currents', for the background. 

I thought it would be fun to create an easel type card, and use the 'Coral Sea Turtle' to hold up the card front.  The image is colored with Copic Markers and a white gel pen.

My next card uses the sweet stamps from 'Oceans of Love'. This set has NINE great stamps - 4 images, and 5 sentiments. I inked up the background, giving a bit of 'rays' coming down from the right top corner. Spritzed some water on the background, and got busy with the Narwhals! These were colored with Copic markers, as were the sea plants, then fussy cut, and attached to the card. A little bit of white gel pen, and a sentiment finished things up nicely. Aren't they just too cute?

Hope these pretty cards brings you some inspiration!

Now, let's Hop!!!

Technique Junkies

Pat Huntoon

Beth Norman-Roberts

Ceal Pritchett

Giovana Smith

Holly Brown

Jeanne Streiff

Judy Jackson

Ro Donner

Lynda Pleckan

Patti Gilliam - You're here!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Patti J.

2 Crafty Critter Crazies & Lili of the Valley

Good morning everyone!

I have two posts today, so if you are looking for the Technique Junkies blog hop, scroll around until you find it!

Today, I am sharing another fun creation for 2 Crafty Critter Crazies!  

As you know, each creation must include a critter, and you all know how much I love critters!

Since it's the first of the month, there is a brand new challenge at the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge Blog!  We are excited to be sponsored this month by Lili of the Valley.

This image is so sweet!  I chose to work with Summer View, because it made me think of our granddaughter.  I colored the image with Copic Markers. After coloring, I used an Xacto knife to cut the image away from its 'frame', and then re-inserted the image, letting the 'frame' float around it.

Here's my card:

I finished out the card with a couple of die cuts. They were in my already cut 'stash', and I decided they looked pretty good together! 

Aren't her critters adorable???  The little dog is looking up at her with such adoration, that the wee bunnies and butterflies were just too much fun to resist!!!

Hope you like it!

Please check out the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies blog to see some great inspiration that our design team is sharing with you. We hope that you will all play along this month - can't wait to see your critter creations!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Hugs and blessings,
Patti J.

Space Force

Hi everyone!

I'm sharing a card today that I made for our son-in-law in the Army. He was appointed to the new Space Force, and we needed to give him a shout out!

It's a fun fold that I found on Pinterest 'someplace'. 

I'm entering this in the May challenge at Scor-Pal. I used 1/4" and 1/2" Scor-Tape, and of course my Scor-Pal!!!

Whew....getting in JUST in time!

Have a great Sunday night, and a wonderful new week!!!

Hugs,

Patti J.

Black Cat and Tulips

Hi there!

It's my day to post on the Technique Junkies Design blog, and I wanted to share a few cards using stamps from the May 2020 Technique Junkies release. Today, I'm stamping with 'Tulip with Text', Inside Out Old Fart, Five Fab Phrases, and 'A Little Black Cat' from the May 2020 release. I've also used 'Forget Me Nots'.

Here are my cards:

The sentiment (from the Five Fab Phrases set), was stamped on patterned paper with Versafine black ink, and that panel was adhered to a pink card base.  The black cat was stamped on white cardstock, fussy cut, and adhered with dimensional foam. That's it!

For this card, I chose a blue card base, and a black mat.  I then stamped the background (Forget me Nots) with a pale gray ink, and colored with Copic markers.  I added a strip of black trim and blue glitter to give the cat a place to sit. Then the cat was stamped, fussy cut, and adhered to the card with dimensional foam.

For this card, the Tulip with Text was stamped on Kraft Cardstock, and adhered to a pink base.
I used some pink scrap, and a scrap of polka dot for the sentiment (from the Inside Out Old Fart Set). The sentiment panel was attached with dimensional foam.

This time, I stamped on a blue patterned paper, and the sentiment was created the same way as the above card.

These were easy to create - I hope you'll try them yourself!

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 new stamps this month! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Thinking of You...CAS!

Hi there!

Today is a new challenge for Repeat Impressions Stamps.

It’s an 'Anything Goes' challenge at the RI blog, The House that Stamps Built, we hope you will join us!

I went for clean and simple this time! A bit of designer paper, colored cardstock, vellum, and a fun thoughtful Repeat Impressions greeting, and a card was born!

Here's what I made using this Repeat Impressions Stamp:

8611 E Thinking

Hope you like it!

Now it’s your turn!

We hope you will create a card that has a focus on today’s challenge, and enter it in our challenge at The House that Stamps Built!  Remember, your creation does not have to be made with Repeat Impressions stamps, but if you would like to include our designs we would love to see them!  Plus, there’s an added bonus… you will get an additional entry in our random.org drawing for using our stamps in your submissions!

One lucky person this month will win a $25 Repeat Impressions Gift Certificate!

Check out my sidebar - grab the code to save money on your RI orders!

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

Joy     Laurie     Heather   Shirley     Donna     Esther

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up a card this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Sympathy Cards

Hi friends,

Thought I'd share what I worked on the last couple of days. I had a request to make 6 sympathy cards with limited layering or embellishments.  So, I drug out some old stamps and a die, and got busy!  Here's what I created (photos are not the best today - you may need to click and enlarge):

This first card uses one of may forever favorite stamps from Penny Black. It's called 'At Grace'.  The sentiment on both the inside and outside were from the Stampin' Up set 'Woven Heirlooms'.
I'm going to enter this card in the Saturday Challenge at Penny Black. The challenge is 'Inspired by a Song', and these flowers make me think of 'Blue Velvet'!!!

 Here's what was put inside.

This set was stamped with Stampin' Up's 'Soft Spring'.

 And here is the inside. The sentiment is created by Julee Tillman, and you can find it at Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.

This is an old wooden stamp that I use a lot for masculine cards. 'Rowboat by Impression Obsession'.

 The inside sentiment is from a set that I found on the sale rack at Hobby Lobby several years ago.

Another fun stamp set by Stampin' Up, 'Tranquil Tulips'. The sentiments on the card front and inside are both from the Hobby Lobby set.

This card uses a die from Taylored Expressions, 'Shade Tree', and a sentiment from the 'Wishing You Well' set from Stampin' Up. The envelope is stamped with Woven Heirlooms (Stampin' Up).

Inside sentiment is 'May the Peace' by Rubbernecker.

Last, but not least, is a beautiful digital image from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I computer generated sentiment and frame while I was working on sizing image.

Inside sentiment is from the MSE set from Hobby Lobby. I'm entering this card in the monthly challenge at the Sweet 'n Sassy VIP group on Facebook.

Well, that's it!!!  Now I have an order for ten of the toilet paper cards that I shared a week or two ago, so I'm off to draw patterns on cardstock!

Hope you like at least one or two of these, and hope the lady I made them for likes them!

Thanks for stopping by, hope your weekend was great.

Hugs,

Patti J.