RI What If? Challenge (May 19, 2010)

 

Happy Wednesday, everyone~

Are you ready for another sketch challenge from Repeat Impressions? Wendy has designed another wonderful sketch for us. I hope you will join the challenge with us :) Over all you will have a chance to win $25 gift certificate to shop at Repeat Impression store!! You don’t have to use RI stamps but we’d love to see the creation with using them if you have any ;)

The information & the submissions for this challenge are over RI blog, House that Builds Stamps until Tuesday, June 1st.

 

 

Here is my take on the sketch.

 

I tilted stamped mats slightly. I was in love with the cards some of the Rock Stars used the fun bunny image (Jump for Joy, 2610-J) for the last sketch challenge and I just had to use it this time :) After I stamped the bunny, I masked it and stamped Heart Flower, 8413-C. The all images were colored with Copic markers. I used the sentiment from NEW Quartet Complements Series.

 

Now, check out the creations using the sketch by other Rock Stars!!

Ayana Posadas * Dana Joy * Darsie Rose Bruno * Harriet Skelly *

Joy Hadden * Julie Smith * Lynette Neus  * Michele Greenwood *

 Robin Kirkpatrick 

 

 

Stamps: Jump for Joy, Heart Flower, Quartet Complement Series (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes), rich razzleberry, Cottage Wall DP (SU)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), certainly celery (SU), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, dew drops 
Tools: Label 1 Nestabilities, border punch, corner punch

 

Thank you for stopping by~

Maki

FTTC67 – Chipboard!!

 

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC67)!  This week Betty Wright is our challenge host!  Betty is challenging us to use "chipboard”.  You can use some already decorated chipboard or find some "bare" chipboard and dress it up!  You can make tags, embellishments, or stamp your focal image directly to the stuff!  Whether you are painting it up, cutting it out, or using some already  pre-cut and decorated chipboard, we would love to see what you create using chipboard!

 

For the challenge, I used alphabet chipboard I purchased for a long time ago. The letter “r” is not stand for Rated “R”, just letting you know, lol!! It’s stand for Roses or Romance ;) Since the romance was my theme, I went for shabby chic vintage (again). The chipboard letter was covered with BG Nook & Pantry dp. Then I stamped the flourish images from Ornamental Elements with white pigment ink and distressed the edge with the same ink. I stamped the rose images from A Year in Flowers 2 on the Labels 11 mat using Memento rich cocoa. The lace dp from BG Nook & Pantry was used for the background and I stamped the image from Tea Rose Background  using Memento desert sand although it’s barely seen :p To complete the card, I embellished with tea roses, pearls, satin ribbon and scalloped ribbon.

I also decorated the inside with A Year in Flowers 2 and colored with Copic markers.

 

 

Now, check out what the rest of FOF have created for the challenge!!

 

Barb

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

 

Stamps: A Year in Flowers 2, Tea Rose Background, Ornamental Elements (Flourishes)
Paper: dark chocolate (PTI), river rock, pink pirouette, chipboard letter (SU), Nook & Pantry (BG)
Ink: Memento rich cocoa, desert sand, VersaMark sahara sand (Tsukineko), fresh snow (PTI), Copic Markers – RV00, 04, 43, YG91, 93, 95, 97, colorless blender
Accessories: pearls, ribbons, tea roses 
Tools: Label 11 Nestabilities, corner & border punch, distressing tool

 

 

Thank you for stopping by~

Maki

RI SOTW – Live, Laugh, Love

 

Hello everyone~

It’s another Repeat Impression Stamp of The Week day!! This week’s featured stamp is “Live, Laugh, Love (3108-J)”. I found that it is a wonderful stamp to use for many occations and events. I also love to use it for backgrounds! Of course it’s always great as a focal point ;)

This stamp is available exclusively to our blog readers at 50% OFF from May 17 – May 23, 2010. If you would like to purchase this stamp please visit RI blog, House that Builds Stamps to find out the detail how to get the discount and a special discount code PLEASE NOTE: The discount WILL NOT appear when you place your order. Once your order is ready to be shipped WE WILL apply the discount and process your credit card at that time. I will also send you a follow-up email to let you know your final adjusted total.

 

 

The first card is for Graduation obviously, lol. I made for someone special in my life… The ring bearer of my wedding just graduated high school last week… our flower girl had a baby last year and now, my ring bearer graduated high school….boy, do I feel old or what?! LOL!

I stamped Live, Laugh, Love for the background mat using pale blue ink (I masked the edge of the mat so that the image was placed inside of the embossed lines. The number “2010” was cut out with Cricut machine and the same image was stamped with black ink. The sentiment is the one from NEW Quartet Complements Series.

 

 

 

 

The next card was created with Dragonfly (102-F) and Daisy (2625-C). The daisies were colored with white gel pen and attached pearls. I used border punch on the top of the green mat. The dragonflies were colored with Copic markers and added Stickles on the wings. Live, Laugh, Love stamp was stamped with Brilliance peacock ink…it’s very pretty gradation in real life :) and the same pearls I used for daisies and the ribbons were used for the embellishments.

 

Don’t forget to check out the creations by Rock Stars below!!

Ayana Posadas * Dana Joy * Harriet Skelly *

Joy Hadden * Julie Smith * Lynette Neus  * Robin Kirkpatrick 

 

[Graduation card]

Stamps: Live Laugh Love, NEW Quartet Complements Series (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes), bashful blue, basic black (SU), Rock Star DP(DCVW)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, summer sky (Tsukineko)
Accessories: brads, hat appliqué sticker 
Tools: classic rectangle Nestabilities, oval punch, fancy label punch, Keystone Cricut cartridge

 

[Dragonfly card]

Stamps: Live Laugh Love, Daisy, Dragonfly (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes),  so saffron, old olive (SU), Citrus DP (DCVW)
Ink: Memento tuxedo black, Brilliance peacock (Tsukineko), old olive (SU), Copic markers, white gel pen
Accessories: pearls, ribbon 
Tools: border punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

KS Monday – May 17th, 2010

 

Hello and happy Monday again, everyone~

I’ve been MIA since last Wednesday…I hope you are doing OK. I needed to spend a time with my family and some errands for a while but I never stopped stamping ;)

It’s getting so close to the end of school year and I wanted to make some “Thank You” cards to my kids’ teacher. I’ve made only one that was shown above so far :p but I think I make a few more for their teachers.

I made a pocket card and designed with 3 Step School Days and Plaid Plus!. The one of the border designs from Plaid plus! was stamped on horizontally and then I stamped the word & number, “ABC, 123” repeatedly using the lines as a guide. To create the pocket, I used Scor-Tape (1/8” wide) to close the two sides. The tapes are available at KSS store!

 

This card is entered to this week’s Crazy 4 Challenges (C4C37) - create a card/project that has some form of pocket.

 

These are the steps I did for each image (all inks are Memento):
(Apple) 1st – lady bug (1 x stamp off), 2nd – lady bug, 3rd – rhubarb stalk (1 x stamp off), 4th – rhubarb stalk

(Leave) 1st – bamboo leaves, 2nd – cottage ivy

(ruler) 1st – desert sand (1 x stamp off), 2nd – desert sand, 3rd – rich cocoa

 

 

To save 10% of all your purchase at KSS Store, just click HERE and it will take you straight to the store to shop. When you check out, enter MAKIKO10KSS at the coupon code box. Note - please type a capital "O" at the end of my name and a zero in the number for 10

KS Crew Challenge #25 (KSCC#25) will close on May 28th. All entries that are used Kitchen Sink Stamps will have a chance to win one of three KSS gift certificates!! Leave the dirty dishes in the sink and get dirty with some Kitchen Sink Stamps, lol!

 

 

Don't forget to check out what the rest of KS Crew square projects!!

Connie * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

Angela will be back next week :):)

 

 

Stamps: 3 Step School Days, Plaids Plus! (KSS)
Paper: dark chocolate, chocolate remix dp (PTI), classic ivory (Flourishes), riding hood red (SU)
Ink: Memento desert sand, rich cocoa, lady bug, rhubarb stalk, bamboo leaves, cottage ivy (Tsukineko)
Accessories: buttons, vintage twine 
Tools: classic scallop circle, circle and label 8 Nestabilities, border punch, index label punch

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

FTTC66 – Picture It!

 

Hello everyone~

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge(FTTC66)!  This week Maki Jones (yes, it’s me!) is our challenge host! She is challenging us to "picture it!"   Now, a photo card is one way of looking at the challenge; however, you can venture off into other avenues as well.  Think magazine pictures, real image designer papers, or take a picture of some of your favorite things and print it out!  The photo does not have to be the focal point of the card, either.  Think layered flowers, borders, tags, etc!  There are also many photo techniques that can be used from altered photos, vellum pictures,  and  faux cloisonné.  Whichever photo option you take, we would love to see what you create with the "picture it" challenge!

 

For the challenge, I decided to use my photo image papers I purchased for a long time ago when I was still an avid scrapbooker :p I’m glad those papers could still be used again instead of being tucked in the shelf.  I used the real daisy image paper for the background. Instead of coloring the basket from Easter Basket set, I paper pieced with the real bark image paper. The same bark image paper was also attached inside of the card. The main mat was created with Spellbinders classic scallop circle and label 3 Nestabilities. I stamped the daisy image from Gerber Daisies for three times on the classic white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers. Then they were trimmed to fit inside of the basket. I attached the bow on the basket handle and pearls on the punched corners and the sentiment mat.

 

Now, check out what the rest of FOF have created for the challenge!!

 

Barb

Betty

Cindy

Dee

Silke

 

 

Stamps: Gerber Daisies, Easter Basket (Flourishes)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes),  dark chocolate (PTI), photo image papers (DCVW)                                  Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rich cocoa, desert sand (Tsukineko), Copic Markers – E33, Y00, 11, YR14, YG95, 91, W1
Accessories: pearls, ribbon
Tools: Classic scallop circle & Label 3 Nestabilities, corner & border punch

 

Thank you for stopping by~

Maki

RI Stamp of the Week – May 10-16

Hello everyone~

It’s my second post for today.

I just want to invite you to Repeat Impressions Stamp of the Week – May 10th – 16th over RI blog “House that Build Stamps”!! Each week we’ll select one stamp to showcase, share some ideas of what you can create with it and offer the featured stamp to our blog readers at 50% Off! The special code for the SOTW is only available at only RI blog.

 

I leave the links for the Rockstars who created the card with using this week’s SOTW stamp. Please give your love for those cards…I’m sure your comment will make them smile :)

 

Darsie Bruno * Lynette Neus * Joy Hadden * Harriet Skelly *

Michele Greenwood * Dana Joy *  Ayana Posada

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

KS Monday – May 10th 2010

 

Hello and happy Kitchen Sink Monday everyone~

I hope you had a fabulous Mother’s day Sunday! My kids made strawberry cupcakes for me :):) They were so yummy and absolutely cute!! I attach the photo on the bottom if you want to check out :)

Today is my brother’s birthday! I haven’t celebrated his birthday together for over 15 years…Sometimes I wish I just fly to Tokyo to see him and back in one day…:( I miss him so much!! I hope he is having a wonderful birthday with his wife and 2 beautiful daughters!

 

 

Today’s card is a little different from ones I always create for KS Monday. After I saw the this tutorial by Beate Johns, I just had to try the beautiful 3D flowers for myself :):) I don’t have the same die she used but I found out I could cut flowers from my neglected Cricut machine! I used flower 2 (Shadow Blackout) from Georgia cartridge. I followed the tutorial HERE by Kathy Files. She has some great ideas using Cricut machine…and I got a lot of inspirations from her blog and video. I’m sure my hubby will be so happy if I start using the machine more ;) My daughter, Kimberly also loves to make those dimension flowers, too!!

After I cut the flowers with the distress designer paper from Basic Gray, I stamped with 3 Step Letter from the Past and Big & Bold Swashes and inked on the back with brayer. Then I started building the rose. You can easily customize your roses with some stamping and inking :):)

The sentiment from 3 Step Hearts & Roses was simply stamped on the white mat and the mat was dry embossed with the embossing folder.

 

Don't forget to check out what the rest of KS Crew square projects!!

Connie * Julie * Lisa * Lynn * Maria

• To save 10% of all your purchase at KSS Store, just click HERE and it will take you straight to the store to shop. When you check out, enter MAKIKO10KSS at the coupon code box. Note - please type a capital "O" at the end of my name and a zero in the number for 10
• KS Crew Challenge #25 (KSCC#25) will close on May 28th. All entries that are used Kitchen Sink Stamps will have a chance to win one of three KSS gift certificates!! Leave the dirty dishes in the sink and get dirty with some Kitchen Sink Stamps, lol!

 

 

Stamps: 3 Step Letter from the Past, Big & Bold Swashes, 3 Step Hearts & Roses (KSS)
Paper: sweet blush, dark chocolate (PTI), classic white (Flourishes) designer paper (BG)
Ink: Memento rich cocoa (Tsukineko), Distress ink worn lipstick (Ranger)
Accessories: ribbon
Tools: Label 1 Nestablities, CB embossing folder

 

 

Lastly, this is the cupcakes my kids made. The cupcakes were made with their grandma the day before and they decorated with marshmallows and sprinkles on Mother’s Day morning. I didn’t help any…they saw one of the women’s magazine. Aren’t they cute or what?

Thank you for stopping by.

Maki

TSG Mother of All Blog Hop!!

Hello everyone~

Yippie!!! The day is finally here!!! I hope you are ready for this special event, There She Goes Mother of All Blog Hop!! TSG Customers & Trendsetters (past & present) are going to show & inspire you with their creation using the assigned TSG sets! There are 50 stampers participating for today’s blog hop…so have a big cup of coffee or tea and enjoy hopping and indulging :):)

To all my blog reader - join this blog hop!! You will have a chance to win free stamps from TSG Store for the next SIX months, valued $300!!!  -- one winner will receive all new stamps sets released in the following 6 months.  All you have to do is to visit ALL MOABH posts and leave your comment to every one of them! The challenge is going to open until Sunday, May 9th.

So are you ready for hopping?? If so, you can start from visiting at TSG Blog! Don’t forget to read all details about the challenge detail and information while you are there :)

 

 

To the MOABH hoppers -  If you came from past Trendsetter, Angela Jones (my Jones sistah, lol), you are on a right track. If not, you may want to go back TSG blog and check the hopping list…maybe you get lost ;)

 

Can you guess what my represented sets are?? Yes, they are my all time favorite sets – Tea for Two and  additional set TFT Special Blends!! I’ve created many cards and gift set using TFT…So, why not adding more? LOL.

I paper pieced the tea cups and tea pot with the designer paper from Basic Gray Nook & Pantry. The paper from the same collection was also used on the background of the card. I also created the matching gift tag…I love how it turned out :):) The back of the tag, I attached the pocket to insert the tea bag. The pocket was used the template stamp from TFT and I shortened it to fit to the tag size. Well, I’m going to leave more images. You can just click each photo to see the larger image.

 

 

 

 

OK…next, continue hopping onto Kristy Ketterlin’s blog, Kuttin Kards!!

 

Stamps: Tea for Two, TFT Special Blends (TSG)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes), wild wasabi, tangerine tango (SU), Nook & Pantry DP (BG)                                                                                                                                                           Ink: Memento tuxedo black, rich cocoa, tangelo, bamboo leaves (Tsukineko), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, corduroy brad  
Tools: classic circle and  blossom Nestabilities, border punch, Top note die 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day!!

Maki

RI What If? Wednesdays Challenge

 

 

Hello and happy Wednesday everyone~

I’d like to tell you all about a NEW challenge from Repeat Impressions, called “What If? Wednesdays”!!!

Starting today, What If? Wednesdays is going to be posted over RI blog every other Wednesdays. And for today’s challenge, Wendy (RI owner) has created this wonderful sketch for you to play! The fun part is….you have a chance to win a blog candy when you participate!!

To find out the challenge detail, Please check RI blog “House That Build Stamps”.  The link system is also provided to the bottom of the WIW challenge post for you to enter your name and card. So, why don’t you join us with some stamps & inks (use RI stamps if you have any)? I can’t wait to see what you’ll create with the sketch!!

 

Here is my take using the sketch…

 

I used 2 different Nestabilities (scallop square and label 3) and created the main layers. I stamped the sentiment from Quartet Complement Series on the white mat and sponged the mat. The birdhouse was stamped and colored with Copic markers. Then I trimmed around the image and adhered above the sentiment. I embellished the card with buttons, pearls and the red ribbon. Instead of the small dots on the border from the sketch, I pleated the ribbon :) The bottom of the white layers (both front and inside) were punched with my new toy – MS border punch :):)

 

Now, check out the creations using the sketch by other Rock Stars!!

Ayana Posadas * Dana Joy * Darsie Rose Bruno * Harriet Skelly *

Joy Hadden * Julie Smith * Lynette Neus  * Michele Greenwood *

 Robin Kirkpatrick 

 

 

Stamps: birdhouse, Quartet Complement Series (Repeat Impressions)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes), riding hood red, old olive (SU), Mellow DP (BG)                                         Ink: Memento tuxedo black, potter’s clay (Tsukineko), Copic markers
Accessories: ribbon, buttons, pearls
Tools: Label 3 and scallop square Nestabilities, border punch

 

Thank you for stopping by.

FTTC65 – Card with Gift Set

Hello everyone~

It is time for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC65)!!  This week Silke Ledlow is our challenge host!  Silke is challenging us to a card with gift set!  It is the time of year where Mother's Day, Father's Day, Weddings, Graduations, along with Birthdays and many other reasons to celebrate and give warrant not only a card but a little something extra to go with it!   You can go simple or over the top!  Whichever you decide, we would love to see what you create!

  

I created this card and gift set to my mother in law for Mother’s Day gift. She is my blog subscriber so it’s not going to be a surprise gift for sure, lol. I hope she will like it :) For the inside, you can insert something flat and small like tea bags. The pockets of the bag was created with white envelopes that were sealed and cut 2 1/2” from each end. For this gift bag, I made 6 pockets (using 3 envelopes) and adhered each pocket. Then I adhered the group of pockets to the inside of front and back piece. The front piece is 4” x 5”.  The back piece is 4” x 7” and scored at 2” from one end for the flap. The Velcro piece was used for the closure. 

Both card and gift bag was used images from Let’s Have Tea set and colored with Copic markers. The sentiment of the card is from Spring Bouquet set.

 

Click each image to see the larger one.

 

Now, check out what the rest of FOF have created for the challenge!!

Barb

Betty 

Dee

Silke

 

Stamps: Let’s Have Tea, Spring Bouquet (Flourishes)
Paper: classic white (Flourishes), sage shadow, so saffron (SU) designer paper (MME), envelopes for pockets
Ink: Memento tuxedo black (Tsukineko), Copic Markers – Y11, 13, 17, G000, 12, 21, 40, 82, 94, YR65, 68, C1, 3, colorless blender
Accessories: ribbons, rhinestones
Tools: classic circle  & scallop circle Nestabilities, slit punch, border punch

 

 

Thank you for stopping by.