What If? Wed. Sketch Challenge at Repeat Impressions

Happy Wednesday everyone! It's time for another fun sketch challenge at The House that Stamps Built and we are challenging you to make a card using the sketch below and link it up for a chance at some great Repeat Impressions rubber! For all the details on what you can win and to see the other Rock Stars cards using this sketch, please visit our blog.

I like the Chimp stamp from Repeat Impressions and decided to feature him on a CAS Father’s Day card for one of my kids at SAS4Kids. I stamped him on a diamond shaped piece of cream card stock. I punched a gold piece with a Martha Stewart border punch and stamped the sentiment in black. I layered both onto a piece of corrugated brown paper and then onto a black card base. I added a couple black pearls to complete the card.

Here is the sketch for you to follow when you create a card for our challenge. You do not need to use Repeat Impressions stamps to enter our challenges, but you get an extra chance to win if you do!

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Through the Craft Room Door and Crafting from the Heart.

Floral Tile Card

I have been playing with my new 3D Stamp-Paint from Viva and am loving this product! There are many ways to use it and this time I embossed a piece of black cardstock with a Stampin' Up embossing folder and then applied silver 3D Stamp Paint all over the piece before cutting it into 1 1/4 inch squares. Those squares were attached to a white card with space in between them to look like tiles. Then I die-cut and attached greens from Cherry Lynn, flowers from Elizabeth Flowers and hello from Paper Smooches.I added some clear gems to complete the card.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at That Craft Place and 613 Avenue Create.

CAS Sympathy Card

Because you never know when you might need a sympathy card, I try to have a few on hand that I have made at all times. I can't even imagine buying one now. This one was very easy to make but I think it is elegant and says exactly what I would want to say.

If you follow my blog, you know I love to use Clear View Transparency pictures from The Mark-it Place. I layered the picture onto a piece of gold cardstock and attached behind the rectangular shaped openings in the card. The card base is cream colored and the top piece is black. I stamped the sentiment from Stampin' Up on a cream piece, cut it out with a Spellbinders label die, and sponged the label while still in the die.

I am entering this card in the No Designer Paper challenges at Sweet Stampin' and Paper Crafting Challenges. 

Triple Time Variation Floral Card

Today I am sharing a card I taught last month in the classes in my home. It showcases a variation on the Triple Time stamping that can be found all over Pinterestland. Basically, to achieve this look, you attach the white pieces of cardstock with temporary tape to a white A2 card. Stamp the sentiment and the large flower on the right, then stamp the flower again without re-inking for the lighter flower on the left, and then add the greens. All the stamps are from Stampin' Up except the greens and I am not sure who makes that stamp.

Layer each white piece onto a burgandy piece 1/4 inch larger and place back on the white cardbase os the images line up. The technique is easy to do and results in a lovely card.

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Crafty Catz and Craftitude.

Teacup Treats for our Birthday Celebration

A bunch of friends and I recently celebrated our birthdays at a local tea shoppe and I made these teacup treat holders for each of the gals. I learned how to make them on this blogpost. They were not hard to do and were really cute at each of our place settings. Here is another picture showing the cup a little better:

I bought Hershey's kisses in spring colors for a pretty surprise treat. All you need to make the cup treat holder is some two sided cardstock, a scoring tool, a bone folder and kisses. The bottom part is just a circle cut with a Nestie and a circle paper doily.

I am entering this project in the Anything Goes challenges at Crafty Girls and Creative Knockouts.

Crackerbox Palace Friday - New Blog and Website!

It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and I am sharing another card I made for my daughter with Crackerbox Palace’s Lady with a Tattoo. But first I have exciting news to share with you! Crackerbox Palace has a brand new website and blog! The blog is now part of the website so you can go here and click on the blog tab at the top, or you can go directly to the blog here.  Be sure to fill your email address in the subscriber box on the right for all the news and card samples posted there.

Today’s card is a CAS card that I started by heat embossing the tattoo lady in the center of a black card. I cut a scalloped oval out of a white piece to frame her and punched the side  with a edge punch by Martha Stewart. After attaching that piece, I embossed the whole card with an embossing folder by Couture Creations.

I am entering this card in the CAS challenge at Simon Says Stamp and the Anything Goes challenge at Creative Moments.

Enjoy This Day Butterfly Card

Today I am sharing a butterfly card I am teaching in May's monthly classes. We will be playing with Susan Louise's beautiful images on  Ranger specialty paper and a fun fold called Reverse Gate Fold. To create this fold, I started with a 9 1/2 x 4 1/4 piece of rust Core'dinations paper. From each side, I scored at 2 3/4" and 3 3/4" and folded to look like this:

I embossed the side panels with a Craft Concepts embossing folder and sanded the embossed butterflies. Susan Louise has a whole series of beautiful images on Ranger specialty paper that reacts with water after sponging with distress inks. I sponged Peacock Feathers Distress Ink on and then spattered water on it for the fun speckled look. After dry, I stamped the Paper Smooches sentiment on with black archival ink. I layered the butterfly piece on a black piece of cardstock punched with an ek success border punch.

 This is what the back looks like- a side embossed with Embossalicious Happy Birthday and one side left blank so I can write a note to the birthday celebrant.

I am entering this card in the Fancy Folds challenge at Love's Rubberstamps and the Anything Goes challenge at Fantastic Tuesday.