Celebrate Red, White and Blue!

I am in the mood for red. white and blue this week and have made a few 4th of July cards to share on the blog and then save for my kids at SAS4Kids next summer. I recently got a really cool set of stamps from Avery Elle and there were several fun swooshes in the set. One was the longer stripe I used for the red stripes on this square card. The SU star was stamped blue ink on blue paper and cut out. I scored the lines and popped up the center with pop dots. The "Celebrate" stamp is from Raisin Boat.

I am entering this card in the Sentimental Sundays Summer challenge (with a sentiment) and the Celebrate challenge at Cupcakes Inspiration (celebrating the 4th of July and fireworks.)

Guy's Fishing Vest Card

I have seen fishing vest cards on Pinterest and even made a few years ago that has been one of my most pinned cards. I wanted to share this card in a "For the Guys" class in my home and no longer had a fishing vest card shape, so I made my own template. The easiest way to make one of these cards is to get the card and all the pieces all cut up for you in a package from Raisin Boat. But it was not too hard to draw and cut my own template. I traced it on kraft paper and white for the inside piece. I have three great fishing sets from Crackerbox Palace, Raisin Boat and Joy's Life, and I used them all. I sponged all the pockets and edges of the vest with brown distress ink. The vest closes with thread around two brads. This is what the inside looks like:

I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at time 4 scrap and Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge.

Double Easel Music Card

Recently I was playing with some more fun folds for my Fun Folds II class and  I designed this Double Easel Music Card. If you take the class, you will be taught how to make this card, but if you can't, here is a tutorial explaining how this fold is created. The base can be any size you want, but I chose to make it 7 x 7 and folded it in half. The top part is cut at 3 1/2" down 3 1/2 inches. I used stamps from Raisin Boat and Skipping Stone Designs for all the musical elements and paper pieced the bird and butterfly. The bottom notes piece is raised on pop dots to hold up the easels. Here is what the card looks like closed:

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

Online Card Class Die Cut Card

Recently I won two classes at Online Card Classes and I finally had some time to pick out which ones I wanted and watch the videos and gather all the great ideas they shared. Every so often they have a new class that you can take live and participate in the forums and galleries and maybe win a prize. But all their classes are also available to take after the live session is done and you get all the great ideas in the videos and lessons and you can go as fast or slow as you wish. I chose Summer Card Camp 2 and A Cut Above. I am only half way through and already have picked up some great ideas and used several of them in this card. A while back I saw the Memory Box Mercer Rose Wreath die and thought it looked pretty and ordered it on line. When it came, I realized it is just a white blob and really needs the matching stamp from Memory Box and so of course, I had to get that too. Getting them to line up was very difficult and I put them in a box to try again later. In the die cut class, they demoed exactly how to cut and then line up the stamp using a Stamp-a-ma-jig and I was able to do it! Yeah! Then I actually pulled my Flower Soft box out- very sadly neglected- and used my red Flower Soft on the wreath. The card base is 8 x 8 1/2 and the white punched border (ek success) piece is on the inside of the card sticking out - another great idea from the classes. I die cut my favorite Memory Box butterfly out of a two sided tape sheet and applied two colors of glitter to the wings- another great idea from the class. I attached the butterfly with a glue dot and large gem. Then I cut the Lil' Inker "thanks" twice in white and red and glued them together with a little of the white layer showing.

I love all the elements of this card, but my favorite die is the Memory Box butterfly all sparkly in red and gold. The challenge at As You Like It is to use our favorite die and tell why- I just love butterflies and this one is perfect with or without the matching butterfly shape from Memory Box. I am also entering this card in the Anything Goes challenge at Crafty Girls.

Baby Blessings Card from Crackerbox Palace

It's Crackerbox Palace Friday and I am sharing a baby blessings card I made with Crackerbox Palace’s stamps. Crackerbox Palace has a whole line of beautiful women stamps here on their website, and this one is called Mother Goddess. I stamped her on a white cardstock piece, paper pieced her dress and colored the rest with markers. I created a form of an easel card by attaching a piece of yellow card stock to the back of a 4 1/4” x 5 ½” piece of yellow cardstock. I folded the strip in half down and attached the Mother Goddess to the bottom only of that piece. That easel piece is held open by a punched baby carriage circle attached with a large pop dot.  I stamped the beautiful baby sentiment from CBP on the side and added another punched circle to complete the baby card.

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I am entering this card in the Anything Goes challenges at Simon Says Stamp and Addicted to Stamps and More.

Contain Yourself Blog Hop from Repeat Impressions!

Hello blog friends!!! I am so excited I can hardly contain myself!  Wendy and Bill of Repeat Impressions (The House That Stamps Built Blog) are releasing another fabulous new stamp set called Contain Yourself  and you could WIN the whole set by hopping with us!

If you visit each blog along the hop and leave a comment at each stop, you will have earned 9 chances at the grand prize. The more comments you make, the more chances you earn. But you are not required to leave a comment at each stop. For example, one comment on any of the stops along the way earns you one chance. Three comments, three chances; 9 comments, 9 chances and so on. Just be sure to finish your blog visits and commenting no later than 5 p.m. Eastern time on June 30th. The winner will be announced on Repeat Impression’s blog and Facebook page on Monday July 1^st.

I love this new set of stamps from Repeat Impressions called Contain Yourself!  You can find the whole set here on Repeat Impressions website. I used the fish bowl and the gumball machine in my cards, but there are several really cute mason jars and all sorts of fun stuff to put in the containers in the set too. 

My fishbowl card is a gatefold card with a circle frame in the middle that shows the fishbowl and fish (raised with an adhesive spring) on the inside of the card. The gumball machine card is a shaker card with punched gumballs of all different colors. One thing I love about Repeat Impressions is that there are always clever and unique sentiments in every set of stamps they release. Be sure to follow the links in the blog hop to see the rest of the Rock Star’s fantastic cards.

Click here for the next stop in the bloghop.  

I am entering these cards in the Anything Goes challenges at Party Time Tuesday and Through The Craft Room Door. 

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.

Before I get to describing my card, just wanted to remind you: for a 10% discount on any size order at Repeat Impressions, make a note of my discount code (rr10kh), click on the blog badge on the side of my blog and go to the website here to shop and save! 

I love a comfy chair and this chair from Repeat Impressions looks like one I could definitely fall asleep in. I paper pieced it with a fun plaid dp. The sketch is CAS and I like that. I continued the comfy theme with some flannel dp in the background with a lovely and oh so true sentiment from RI. I added some washi tape and a few gems 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 Crafting from the Heart and My Craft Creations.