July Catalog Sneak Peek

It's Sneak Peek week for the new Stampendous July Catalog and each Design Team Members is sharing a card they made for the catalog.  The card I chose is one of my favorites using the new Dragon Skeleton Rubber Stamp and a sentiment from last fall's Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

W204 Dragon Skeleton Rubber Stamp

SSC1264 Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

6CR002 Cling Crackle Rubber Stamp

DP111 Detail Black Opaque Embossing Powder

EP210 Chinese Red Opaque Embossing Powder

VM001 VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

SSH34 Medium Handle

Other Products -

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ - Quinacridone Magenta, Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide, Diarylide Yellow, Green Gold, Burnt Umber

Canson® XL® Watercolor Paper

Black Cardstock

Mandarin Cardstock by My Colors®

Archival™ Jet Black Ink Pad by Ranger®

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Trim a piece of Canson® paper to desired size for card, add drops of paint and mix with fingers
2. Once paint is dry, stamp crackle image with Archival™ ink
3. Using VersaMark™, stamp dragon image, add black embossing powder, tap off excess powder and heat (don’t forget to put excess powder back in jar)
4. Stamp sentiment on black cardstock with VersaMark pad, add Chinese Red powder, tap of excess powder and heat
5. Trim sentiment closely
6. Create a black mat for main image
7. Create an A2 card base from Mandarin cardstock and adhere all layers as shown

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I'll see you again real soon!  In the meantime, have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Lea

Ice Cream Crazy

It's almost time for a new Stampendous catalog, so, before the new July catalog arrives, I want to share one more special card from the April catalog.  I have a definite love of the Stampendous House-Mouse Designs.  I know I'm not alone in this!  For today's card, I'm sharing Stampendous House-Mouse Design Ice Cream Crazy Rubber Stamp.  These mice just tickle me to no end with their cute antics and love of sweets.  My kind of mice!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

HMR118 House-Mouse® Designs Ice Cream Crazy Rubber Stamp

SSC1281 Greetings Galore Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

DCP1005 Fitted Frames A Die Cut Set

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

STF082 VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

Other Products - 

Sweetie Pie Cardstock by My Colors®

Sunflower Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Copic® Markers - R20, R22, R81, R83, R85, Y21, Y23, C0, C1, C5, E50, E51, E53, E31, E33, E35, W4, W5, W7

Prismacolor® Pencils - Cool Grey 30%, 70%, 90%

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image, color, and trim closely
2. Trim pink cardstock to 5.25” x 4” for mat
3. Trim an A2 card base from yellow cardstock
4. Die cut white cardstock and pink cardstock pieces as shown
5. Adhere all layers as shown

This is the type of the card that could be used for many different happy occasions, birthdays, graduations, congratulations, anything that calls for a happy card.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll see you next week with a sneak peek of my favorite card in the Stampendous July catalog. I think it's pretty darn cool!  In the meantime, have a blessed weekend and week ahead!

Hugs,

Lea

Cupcake Happy

I promised more Stampendous House-Mouse Designs goodness on my blog today and here it is!  This stamp is called Cupcake Happy and I'm sure you can see why.  If I were a mouse, I would be in heaven if I had a cupcake to enjoy and icing to sleep on!  I don't know, might be awfully sticky!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

HMP96 House-Mouse® Designs Cupcake Happy Rubber Stamp

SSC1281 Greetings Galore Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

SSC1282 Big Words Happy Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

TC58 Quest Texture Cube

DCP1005 Fitted Frames A Die Cut Set

STF082 VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH46 Large Handle

Other Products -

Sweetie Pie Cardstock by My Colors®

Cool Mint Treasures™ Cardstock by WorldWin

Memento™ Love Letter Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Copic® Markers - YG06, YG07, YG09, YG41, R20, R21, R22, R24, R27, W4, W5, W7, Y21, Y23, E31, E33, E35, E50, E51, E53, C0, C1, C5

Here's what I did to create this card: 

Stamp image, color and trim closely

Trim pink cardstock to 5.25” x 4” and stamp with texture cube and red ink

Trim an A2 card base from green cardstock

Die cut white paper and pink paper as shown

Stamp sentiment on white die cut

Adhere all layers as shown

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll see you next week with more Stampendous goodness.  In the meantime, have a blessed week!

Hugs,

Lea

Peony Umbrella

It's time for some Stampendous House-Mouse Designs fun!  My card today uses Peony Umbrella and I just love this stamp!  Peonies have always been a favorite flower of mine so this card was extra fun to color.  I'm sure you will love it, too!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

HMP95 House-Mouse® Design Peony Umbrella Rubber Stamp

DCR103 DECOR Cling Script Rubber Stamp

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

Other products - 

Guacamole Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Pinkini Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Copic® Markers - G82, G94, G99, R20, RV10, RV11, RV13, RV14, BG000, E31, E33, E35, E40, E50, E51, 53, W4, W5

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image, color, and trim closely
2. Trim an A2 card base from green cardstock
3. Trim a piece of pink cardstock to 5.25” x 4” and stamp with script stamp 
4. Trim a piece of green cardstock as shown
5. Adhere all layers

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'll see you again on Friday with another fun Stampendous House-Mouse Designs card.

Hugs,

Lea