It's a Repeat Impressions Blog Hop -

It's a huge day for me!  I have two blog posts today.  If your looking for my Meljen's Design's post, you will see it below, just scroll down.  If your here for the Repeat Impressions blog hop, Welcome!!! I'm glad your here. 

Wendy at Repeat Impressions really has her creative juices flowing.  You may remember we had a blog hop in May for her new Wine Time series.  Last month we had a blog hop for the new  Bottoms Up!!! series.   Today we are unveiling the new Contain Yourself series. 

 

 

 

What an amazing collection of containers.  These images are available individually or by the full unmounted sheet.

 

I made 2 cards using images from this great news series.  For my first card, I used several images. That fish bowl is image 9712-Q Fish Bowl.  That fun fish is 9716-H Fish Face.  The stream of bubbles is called 9713-E Bubbles and the sweet sentiment is 9720-C Big Wishes.

 

 

I just love this fish.  This is the perfect type of image to add dimension to.  Color the image on a base piece of card stock, then stamp it again on a small, scrap of card stock.  Color that 2nd image and cut out the portion that you want to use to create dimension.  Use foam tape and sandwich directly over that first, base image.  Super simple and a great way to make a card special. 

 

 

 

For my second card I tried some other images from this new series.  That great jar is called 9705-M Jar.  That lovely bundle of wild flowers is 9706-U Flowers and that sweet sentiment is 9711-E, I Love You....

 

 



 



This is a blog hop so that mean a prize - an unmounted sheet of the Contain Yourself series. You can have as many as NINE chances to win, by commenting at each blog involved in the hop - see the links below.  Comment on one blog and you will earn one chance, comment on 3 blogs and earn 3 chances and so on. Comment on each of the blogs and the Repeat Impressions blog, and you would have collected a total of nine chances....Hey, that is pretty good odds!

 

Complete the hop and post your comments no later than 5pm eastern time on Sunday, June 29th and the winner will be announced on the blog on Monday June 30th
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You will be amazed at all the awesome creations you will see along the way.  Lets start hoppin'. 
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Deonna
Cheri
Brenda
Melissa
Joy
Karen
Joyce - that's me!  You are here!
Geri
RI blog

You can see the complete list of rules and instructions here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!!
Joyce

 







Meljen's Design - Happy Birthday Melissa

There is a very special birthday in the Meljen's Designs family - It's Melissa birthday and to celebrate, we are making special birthday cards. 

For my card, I used Meljen's Birthday Cake Mouse image. So super cute!! and so simple to color. I created the 3-D candle by simply rolling some printed paper, then adding some unraveled yarn as the flame. 

Don't forget, Melissa is having a huge sale - 50% off all images so this adorable images is only $1.50.  This sale only runs through July 4th, so stock up while you can.  I snagged some images at those great prices. 

This is a challenge so you can make a card in honor of Melissa's birthday too.  Link that card to the Meljen's Designs Challenge Blog and you will be entered into a random drawing for some Meljen's images. 

Happy Birthday Melissa!  I hope you have a super day!
Joyce

What If? Wednesday - Sketch J2514

It's What If? Wednesday at Repeat Impressions and Wendy has an amazing sketch for us.



 For my sketch card, I used RI image 9602-O - Beer Mug, topped off with 9601-I Beer Foam.  Both are from the Bottoms Up! series

 

So now it is your turn.  Create your card inspired by this weeks sketch, link your card to the RI blog and you will be entered into a random drawing for an awesome prize - a $25 gift certificate to the Repeat Impressions store.  You can see the complete rules here - at the Repeat Impressions blog. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Joyce

Send A Smile 4 Kids - Animal Cards 4 Kids

Its Send A Smile 4 Kids Saturday and, as always, they have a great challenge for us - Animal Cards 4 Kids. 

They have 3 amazing sponsors this week:

• Cutting Cafe' - is giving one lucky winner 3 digital images of the winners choice.
• Oak Pond Creations is giving one random winner 3 images of the winners choice.
• Inspired by Stamping - is giving one lucky random winner a $15 gift certificate for their shop.

A huge thank you!!! goes out to those amazing sponsors.

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This cutting file for my first card comes from Cutting Cafe' - How cute is this owl?  Adorable!!!!

 

 

Here's a close up so you can see how nice the texture turned out on the tummy.

 

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This adorable image on my 2nd card is from Oak Pond Creations.  This sweet little dog image would be great for anyone - from child to adult. 

 

 

 





Now its your turn to play along.  Dig out your animal images and create a card 4 kids.  Link that card to the SAS4K blog and you will be entered into a random drawing where you could win one of those amazing prizes from our sponsors.  Don't forget - SAS4K also selects a top 3 which is a huge honor and gives you a badge you can proudly add to your blog.  You can see a complete list of rules here.

Don't forget, SAS4K is a wonderful cause you can read more about it and find out how to contribute here. 

 

Have a super Saturday and a great week.

Joyce



DCC Wednesday at Repeat Impressions - Shaped Cards

It's time for another DCC Wednesday at Repeat Impressions and this weeks challenge has been chosen by Karen.  She has challenged us to create shaped cards. 

For my shaped card, I used a couple RI images.  The sentiment is 9314-E Sew Special from the Pairings Series.  Those buttons are part of an RI image called  4126-G Cute as a Button.  I used just the button portion of the image, colored it, then stitched it to the card stock to make it look like a button card. 



The best part about a challenge is that you get to play along.   Create your shaped card, link that card to the RI blog and you will be entered into a random drawing for an unmounted sheet of RI images.  Wendy has quite an amazing selection to choose from.  Go here to see the complete rules. 

Don't forget to go here to see the cards by the rest of the Repeat Impressions RockStars.

I hope you get a chance to play along.

Joyce

Meljen's Designs - 214B Dad

It's been such a treat to be a guest designer for the Meljen's Design team.   Such cute images and always fun challenges.   Perfect timing on this weeks challenge - Dad. 

For my Dad card, I used Meljen's - Rockin' Guitar.  What a perfect image to create a card for the rock star dad in your world.  Remember that Meljen's is having a huge sale right now - 50% off all images.  Head to the shop and stock up.

 



When you get your images, use one of them to create your Dad card, link that card to the Meljen's Challenge blog, and you could win some free images.  Remember, to qualify, you must use a Meljen's image. 

I hope you get a chance to check out those awesome prices and to play along with this fun challenge

Have a great Father's Day Weekend!!
Joyce

What If? Wednesday - Sketch J1114

It's What If? Wednesday which means Wendy from Repeat Impressions has an awesome sketch challenge for us. 

 

 

For my card, I used RI image 9204-M Water lilies & Dragonflies. 

 

 

 

If you follow my blog at all, you know I like to 'pop' parts of my card - I like a lot of dimension.  I did little of  'pop' on this card too.  Below you can see the dragonfly.

 

 





So now it is your turn.  Create your card inspired by this weeks sketch, link your card to the RI blog and you will be entered into a random drawing for an awesome prize - a $25 gift certificate to the Repeat Impressions store.  You can see the complete rules here - at the Repeat Impressions blog. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Joyce



Send A Smile 4 Kids - For The Girls

It's time for another Send A Smile 4 Kids challenge and this weeks challenge is "For the Girls".   As with all our SAS4K challenges, we have 3 amazing sponsors.

• Meljens Designs -
• Heather Ellis -
• Oak Pond Creations

A huge thank you goes out to these amazing sponsors. 

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This adorable image on my first card is from Meljen's Designs - Girl and Her Overalls.  Just in case you don't know this, Meljen's is running a super sale right now - 50% off of all her images.  That's an awesome price.  You might  want to stop on by if you get a chance. 

 



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This image on my 2nd card is from Heather Ellis - Another super adorable image.  When I saw the bow of the grass under the swing I just knew I had to pull out these Die-namic dies to continue that same arched flow of the image - super cute. 
 

 
Now its your turn to play along.  Dig out your girl images and create a card 4 kids.  Link that card to the SAS4K blog and you will be entered into a random drawing where you could win one of those amazing prizes from our sponsors.  Don't forget - SAS4K also selects a top 3 which is a huge honor and gives you a badge you can proudly add to your blog.  You can see a complete list of rules here.
Don't forget, SAS4K is a wonderful cause you can read more about it and find out how to contribute here. 




Repeat Impressions DCC - Baby Cards

Its time for a DCC challenge at Repeat Impressions and this weeks challenge was selected by Joy.  She has chosen baby themed cards. 

For my card, I used RI image 805-L Noah's Ark. This is an image from the RI toy series but I think it goes perfect on a baby card.  I colored the image with my Copic markers, and inked the background to create the water.  I went with some non traditional colors for this card but I think it turned out great.

 



The best part about a challenge is that you get to play along.   Create your baby card, link that card to the RI blog and you will be entered into a random drawing for an unmounted sheet of RI images.  Wendy has quite an amazing selection to choose from.  Go here to see the complete rules. 

Don't forget to go here to see the cards by the rest of the Repeat Impressions RockStars.

I hope you get a chance to play along.

Joyce