Blue Knight Rubber Stamps - Climbing Kitten

Hello, my creative friends!

I'm super excited to be guest designing for Blue Knight Rubber Stamps for the month of March!

I got to work with this company the last two years, and I very much enjoyed creating with their beautiful, high quality stamps. I was eager to get started with the fun stamps that the owner,  Lynn Anderson sent me this month.

For this post, I used this Blue Knight Rubber Stamps set:

Climbing Kitten 11-12-0226

I was asked to use this stamp set in two different ways. This first card was colored with Copic markers. After coloring, I used a 'Cloud Edger' stencil, some Distress Oxide Inks, and Ink Blending Brushes to create my clouds. Once that was done, I wiped it all down with a baby wipe to 'mute' the colors. Isn't this kitty the cutest?

I thought it would be fun to go with a totally different look for the second card, so I decided on a monochromatic look. The image was colored with Copic markers. Then I spritzed the back of the image with water and used a 3-D embossing folder on the image. Once this dried, I used an ink blending brush to distress and 'age' the image. I am pleased with the look!

Hope you like these cards, and are inspired to check out the Blue Knight Rubber Stamps Blog (link below) for more inspiration from the design team!

Visit Blue Knight here:

Blue Knight Rubber Stamps Store

Blue Knight Rubber Stamps Blog
Blue Knight Rubber Stamps on Facebook

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

And thank you to Lynn at Blue Knight Rubber Stamps for the opportunity to work with your wonderful products!

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.

Age...and Wine

Hi there!

It's my day to post on the Technique Junkies Design blog, and I'd like to share two fun cards that I created, with some new release products!

Both cards today use S875 Dotted Squares. What a fun background stamp this is - it's so versatile. I've used it two different ways.

Here's what I made:

This card features:
S875 Dotted Squares 

SDX183 Age Gets Better 

SS126 Gnome for Christmas

For the above card, I used strips of post-it tape, and stamped several different colors on an angle. The sentiment was stamped and matted. The 'wine drinking gnome' (lol...) was stamped onto a scrap of white cardstock, colored with Copic Markers, and fussy cut. He was 'grounded' with a scrap of the same blue as the mat and the card base.

This card features: 

S875 Dotted Squares 

SS129 To Ride a Horse (set of 5)

This time, the Dotted Squares background was stamped with black ink, and adhered to black mat, then card base. The sentiment was stamped in black, matted with black, and popped up over top of a pink 'tail', and a bit of bling was added for balance...and bling!

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 new stamps 

this month!

Thanks for stopping by,
Patti J.

Going Green at The House that Stamps Built

 Hi there, crafty friends!

It's time for another Repeat Impressions Stamps Designer's Choice challenge at The House that Stamps Built. Shirley has challenged us to create a 'Green' themed card this week - anything green!  What a fitting challenge for March!

Today, I used the heart from the Love stamp. I inked it in green ink, stamped it three times, and fussy cut the hearts. The card was finished with a green bling, and some green washi tape, and a fun sentiment. I didn't have a shamrock stamp from Repeat Impressions, so made this work!

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

1222 G Love Stencil

1135 E St. Patrick's

Hope you like it!

Thanks, Shirley! This was a fun challenge, and I hope you'll all join in! 

 We hope you will create a card that has a focus on today’s 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

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up a card this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Technique Junkies March Release Blog Hop

Today is March first - Release day at Technique Junkies! This month we have 15 new stamps for you, and a little online celebration of the new stamps. All of the March stamps are 15% off through March 8th, too! Here is the Gotta Have it all Bundle, and a little preview of the new stamps:

We have awesome new stamps in the Technique Junkies line!

 
All of the March 2021 New Release stamps are 15% off through March 8th! No codes needed, 

just put them in your shopping cart and the discount will be applied at checkout.

Here's what I made:


This card uses:

SS129 To Ride a Horse (set of 5)
A Colorful Life Stencils 'Messy Diamond Grid' and 'Cloud Edger'
Ink Blending Brushes

For the above card, the horse was stamped 3 times onto white cardstock, using a 'stamping off' technique, and moving the stamp a little bit each time. This hopefully, gave the appearance of 

running horse(s). Using some Ink Blending Brushes, and the Messy Diamond Grid Stencil, and 

brown distress oxide ink, I stenciled around the images. Next, I used some blue Distress Oxide 

Ink and the Cloud Edger Stencil, to create some clouds over the diamond grid. The sentiment 

was stamped, a piece of burlap trim added to the bottom of the card, and some faux stitches 

drawn on. The panel was adhered to a panel of woodgrain, then to a gray/brown card base.

This card uses:

SS129 To Ride a Horse (set of 5)

Patterned paper

Die cuts

To create the above card, the image and sentiment were stamped onto a panel of patterned 

wood-grained paper. The heart border was die cut first from darker woodgrain paper, then from 

gold cardstock. The gold hearts were placed into the woodgrain openings, and the panel was 

adhered to a card base.

This card uses:

SS129 To Ride a Horse (set of 5)

Patterned Paper

Die cut

The sentiment was stamped in brown ink, and matted in green. A green card base was 

covered with two pieces of patterned paper, and the sentiment was popped up on the focal 

panels. A brown heart from the precious card was adhered for balance. Easy!

I hope you like this beautiful new release! Great stuff is yet to come this month!

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

Patti Gilliam (you're here!)

Nancy May/Handi Scandi (YouTube Channel)

Tracy Schultz (blog) and her You Tube Channel

Beth Norman

Judy Jackson

Pat Huntoon

and finally:

Ryan Swift will be live at 9pm tonight (March 1st) on his 

Glitter Grunge Greetings YouTube channel:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HW_1wzonpyI

Remember - you can ALWAYS use my discount code to save 10% when you shop as well!              This code is good even with the sale code above!!!

Here's the code: 

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs and grins,

Patti J.

Better Things

Hi there! 

I have a pretty card to share today, using a beautiful stamp from the February release 'S896 Poppy Arrangement'.  

This card includes a fun background stamp 'S545 Crosshatch' and a beautiful sentiment 'SDX063 Better Things'. I love this sentiment - it's perfect for that time you just don't know what to say to someone special, and it's only $3.95!!!. Coloring was done with Copic Markers

 

I'm pleased with the way this turned out - hope that you like it, as well!

We have TWO February 'Gotta Have it All' Bundles!  The first bundle is shown below. Here's what you'll get:

And here is the 'Gotta Have it All' Bundle Two:

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 new stamps this month! 

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

Anything Goes at The House that Stamps Built

  Hi there, crafty friends!

It's time for another Repeat Impressions Stamps Designer's Choice challenge at The House that Stamps Built. Laurie is our hostess this month. She has challenged the team to use this inspiration photo on our cards this week. What a cozy, welcoming entry way!  

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

1321 M Bird and Blossoms

4002 G Heartfelt Sympathy

Sadly, we needed some sympathy cards this week, so I decided to create with a sympathy theme.

This was an easy challenge, and I hope you'll all join in! 

 We hope you will create a card that has a focus on today’s 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

Happy Hopping!

Hope you link up a card this week!

Thanks for stopping by,

Patti J.

My 10 Minute Pick of the Week

 Hi everyone!

It's my turn to once again share a Pick of the Week at The House that Stamps Built. The Repeat Impressions Stamps that I picked to showcase are:

1708 G Fern

3404 C Random Dots

2502 I Wishing You Joys

So...have you ever needed a card for a missed design team deadline? (Asking for a friend) 

Last night, Wendy, the owner of Repeat Impressions (my boss! gulp) messaged me and thought perhaps she had lost my POTW post, because she couldn't find it. Truth is...I wigged out!  I created a POTW for my NEXT turn, but forgot one for this post. So, there was a mad dash this a.m. to create a post that wasn't too photo heavy, as Wendy will have to pull everything together at the last minute!

Here's what I needed for my 10 minute creation:

A card base (grabbed a pre-cut, pre-scored base)

A white panel

Several colors of ink

Black Ink, and stamps

For this card, I just took that darling Fern stamp, and began randomly stampin it on the white panel, until I thought enough was enough. I then added the dots, and finished with the sentimen.

The panel was adhered to the card base, and I was truly finished, and had things put away in 10 minutes!

Hope you like this - Give it a try with any of your fun stamps!

 For this week only (February 22 - February 28th), get 20% off the stamps used in my creation above when you use the coupon code POTW22221.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I am entering this card in the Turner Syndrome Blog hop!  There are a few days left to enter - 23 sponsors, some of the design team members are giving prizes. My prize is a $30 gift card to Technique Junkies Stamps!!! Check it out HERE.

Hugs and blessings,

Patti J.