Wicked Wednesday With Lemon Shortbread

Sounds pretty tasty, don't you think?  Yeah, so, it's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Lemon Shortbread.  It's really hard for me to focus on stamping when I see their name because it makes me want a cookie!  LOL!  I love lemon flavored goodies.  So, back to stamping!  The image I've used is "Owl On A Branch" and our theme this week is to create an ATC with text added.  Here's my ATC:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Lemon Shortbread Owl on a Branch

Stampendous!® Dream Text Stamp

Stampendous!® Mixed Media White Paper

Delicata™ Pigment Ink Pad in Golden Glitz by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire by Ranger®
Perfect Pearls™ Mists in Sunflower Sparkle by Ranger®
Scrap of Little Yellow Bicycle® Paper
Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image on paper and again on acetate
Cut paper image to 2 1/4"h x 3 1/4"w
Trim image on acetate close to edges of image to use as a mask
Color image with markers, add a yellow moon and then dust with distress ink
Place mask over image and stamp text stamp around image
Remove mask and add drips of Perfect Pearls™ by removing sprayer and tapping it over image
Trim base paper to ATC size and adhere the image to the base
Run edges of base over the gold ink pad

So, easy peasy, right?!  If you're an owl and/or tree lover like I am, then you'll want this sweet image. The other Lemon Shortbread images are equally sweet and so much fun to color!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'll see you tomorrow with a post for Stampendous.  We're collaborating with Faber-Castell this week and I'm posting on Thursday and Friday.  We also have some great prizes, so, come check it out, otherwise, see you next Wednesday!

Hugs,
Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Power Poppy (and Just Some Lines)

Yep, it's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Power Poppy.  The image I've used is French Lilac Digital Stamp Set; it comes with the sentiment.  It's truly a lovely image and one that I know I'll be using again and again.  Our theme this week is Daffodils or Lilacs, so show us what you've got!

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Power Poppy French Lilac Digital Stamp Set

Copic® Markers

May Arts Ribbon®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White

Lavender Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image and trim to ATC size

Color image with markers

Trim a base for the ATC from lavender cs

Adhere image to base

Tie a bow with ribbon and cut from main ribbon length 

Cut another piece of ribbon to go across bottom and adhere

Adhere bow over stem of lilac

Such a pretty little ATC!  I think this is one of my favorites that I've created.  I love lilacs and lavenders and greens are my favorite color combos.   That cute little ladybug really sets it off just right!

Okay, confession time.  I've had a really busy couple of weeks and I've been a little bit frazzled.  So, last week I made the above ATC for my post only to discover that I had created with the wrong image for that week.  I was feeling pretty good until I found that out!  The sponsor for last week was actually Just Some Lines.  I managed to squeak out the right ATC but then I forgot to write my blog post for it.  Geesh!  How did I manage to do that?!  So, I'm also including my ATC that was supposed to be posted last week with today's post.  You get a two-for-one deal and I get to give Just Some Lines the credit they deserve.  Here's my ATC that made it to the main blog post but not here:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Just Some Lines Pixie n Dandelion

Copic® Markers

Bo Bunny® Dots Cardstock

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White

Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Iridescent sequins 

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image and trim to desired size

Color image and lightly add distress ink around edges

Trim pink cs to ATC size for base

Trim accent paper to fit as shown

Adhere all the layers

Write desired sentiment 

Adhere sequins

In case you missed it, the theme for last week was Polka Dots.  I made my ATC as dotty as possible!  Thanks so much for indulging me as I play catch-up!  Thanks, too, for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs,

Lea

Wild About You

Today I'm sharing the Stampendous® Cling Jumbo Parrot set and the Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set for the sentiment.  I absolutely love this jumbo stamp set!  Parrots are such pretty and regal looking birds, and, since they come in so many different colors, you can be as wild or as tame as you choose.  The foliage stamps can be used with so many other stamps that have just been released with the April catalog so there's plenty of overlap between sets.  Great way to get lots of bang for your buck!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cling Jumbo Parrot

Stampendous® Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Jet Black Archival Ink by Ranger®

Dylusions Ink Sprays by Ranger® in Postbox Red, London Blue, Lemon Zest, Dirty Martini and     Squeezed Orange

Derwent® Inktense™ Pencils

Red Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp parrot and three leaves with black ink
Color all images with Inktense Pencils and blend with water
Trim background paper to 3.75" x 7.75" and spritz with Dylusions Sprays, set aside to dry
Trim card base from red cs to create a 4" x 8" card
Cut out parrot and leaves
Adhere background paper to card base
Stamp sentiment on background piece in upper right corner
Adhere leaves and parrot to card front

This was a super easy card to create with lots of color that creates a big impact.  This set would also be great for mixed media cards, journal pages and even canvas home decor projects.  I love how versatile the larger stamp sets are from Stampendous.

Thanks bunches for stopping by today.  I'll have more Stampendous goodness for you on Thursday and Friday so be sure to check back by for those projects, too.  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

Heeheehee!  I simply could not resist that title!  Are you tired of hearing that yet?  I hope not because I have three adorable snowmen to share with you on one card and a gorgeous giant glittery gold snowflake on another.  That's right!  I have two cards for your viewing pleasure today!  The theme this past week for Stampendous has been snowmen, snowflakes, all things related to that fluffy white stuff!  Here's my first card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Snowy Sled

Stampendous® Spoonful Snow Embossing Plus Kit

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®

Jolly Holiday Paper Pad by Recollections

Copic® Markers (B0000, B000, B00, B01, YR61, YR65, YR68, YG00, YG01, YG03, BG53, BG57, V12, V15, V17, BV08, BV11, BV13, BV17, RV52, RV55, RV66, R02, R05, R08, B32, B34, B37, C3, C6, C7,C9, E31, E33, E34, E35, E37)

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image and color, trim to desired size
Create standard A2 card base with a tent fold and create a mat for the image from the same paper
Trim patterned papers as shown
Add spoonful of snow to trimmed image and heat from underneath, shake off loose bits after heating
Adhere all layers as shown

And, for card number two!  I absolutely adore how this card turned out.  I think it's gorgeous!  There's a certain elegance about it that I love.  

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cling Delicate Snow Set

Stampendous® Snowflake Die Set

Stampendous® Holiday Words Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Stampendous® Pirate Gold Metallic Embossing Powder

VersaMark™ Watermark Ink by Tsukineko®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Natural White Cover Stock

Echo Park® Everybody Loves Christmas "Snowman" 12x12 Paper

Blue Metallic Cardstock of Unknown Origin (Sorry!)

May Arts Ribbon® Twine

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

First I created an A2 card base with a tent fold in the natural white cover stock

I trimmed my patterned paper to fit with a thin edge of the card base showing

I trimmed a piece of the metallic paper to the desired size, determined the area I wanted cut and then die cut my snowflake

Using temporary adhesive, I adhered the metallic paper to the patterned paper and stamped my snowflake through the die cut piece with the VersaMark™ ink

I removed the blue metallic paper, added my embossing powder and heat embossed the snowflake

I took a small scrap of the the natural white paper and stamped my sentiment and embossed it in the same manner as the snowflake then punched a hole in one end

Next I adhered the blue metallic paper to the patterned paper and added my twine and the sentiment by tying a simple bow

Finally, I adhere everything to the card base

Such a simple yet elegant card!  I hope you've enjoyed both cards today and, boy, are they on the different ends of the style spectrum!  The first being fun and the second being almost graceful in it's style.

Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll see you again soon with more inspiration from me to you!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, 

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with DRS Designs

That's right, peeps, it's not JUST Christmas Eve but Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time, too!!  This week our sponsor is DRS Designs and the theme is Happy Holidays or Silver and Gold, your choice.  I decided to go with Happy Holidays and a little twinkle of glitter and used their Glittering Twinkling Christmas Greeting.  Here's my ATC:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

DRS Designs Glittering Twinkling Christmas Greeting

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Core'dinations® Kraft Core Cardstock

Copic® Markers - B91, 93, 95, 97; BV02; R83; E74; YG93, 95, 97

atyouSpica™ Glitter Pens in Buttermilk and Lemon

Micron™ Pen in Black

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Copic® Airbrush System

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

I printed my image and trimmed it to the appropriate size

Next up was airbrushing my sky with the blues, pink and lavender

Using the brown and green markers, draw the tree branches 

Go over the stars with the glitter pens and add a few extra "stars"

Trim ATC base and adhere ATC image

That's it for me today.  Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.  I hope you all have the merriest of Christmases!  Have a blessed day.

Hugs,

Lea

Seasonal Stamping With Stampendous and Spellbinders

If you're looking for my Dreamweavers Stencils post, please click here!  Thank you!

  

 

Welcome to the Spellbinders and Product Partners Holiday Blog Hop.
We are so excited to have you join us!

For the next three days Spellbinders and their Product Partners will be showcasing projects for the holidays. To view all of the great projects you’ll want to start at the Spellbinders blog. We are promoting each day of the blog hop, so we decided to share extra projects from our designers! You’ll find those here.  Here's my project for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Spellbinders® Holiday Picture Perfect

Stampendous® Holiday Words Perfectly Clear Stamps™

Stampendous® Chunky White Embossing Enamel

Stampendous® Detail White Embossing Powder

VersaMarker™ Watermark Ink Pen

May Arts Ribbon® 1/8 inch Curly Sparkling Ribbon

Little Yellow Bicycle® Winter Twig Collection - Snowy Window

Light Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper™

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Memento™ Teal Zeal Dew Drop

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Squares

Here's what I did to create this card:

Run dies through white and light blue cardstock

Adhere top die onto light blue die cut shape

Using VersaMarker™, apply ink to "ground," add embossing powder and heat

Sprinkle white embossing enamel on "sky" portion of die cuts and heat 

Create 5" x 5" card base with a tent fold from light blue cardstock

Trim patterned paper to fit on background as shown

Adhere die cut to patterned paper

Trim ribbon piece to fit and adhere as shown

Stamp sentiment with blue ink on white scrap, trim light blue mat and adhere the two pieces together, attach to card with 3D Foam Squares

Do you feel like there should be… Prizes? Oh yes, there are plenty of prizes. Spellbinders has compiled a fantastic giveaway package for each day consisting of three brand new Spellbinders dies/templates plus product from that day’s Featured Partners! Details and Official Rules can be found here.

We will also have a a prize package here on the Stampendous blog, and we bet other Product Partners will be doing the same, so visit them all each day!

Our prize package each day will be a Jumbo Penguin Duo stamp set and a Jumbo Perfectly Clear Handle, PLUS a set of Spellbinders greeting dies! To be eligible to win our Stampendous prize package, you need to comment on our blog that of each Stampendous designer in the list provided below. We’ll pick a winner each day (3) and announce them on Monday, November 24th. Eligible winners are those comments that provide a valid email and indicate a U.S. Mailing address. Here are the Stampendous Official Rules for all contests. So hop around and check them out!!

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Lea Kimmel

Janelle Stollfus

Kristine Reynolds

Jamie Martin

Pam Hornschu

Spellbinders blog

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you've enjoyed our Holiday Blog Hop with Spellbinders and Partners.  I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Sami Stamps

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and we're Falling for Fall with Sami Stamps!  My image today is called Acorn Harvest.  She's just so incredibly sweet, don't you think?!

Here's what I've used to create this ATC:

Sami Stamps© Acorn Harvest

Copic® Markers

Faber-Castell® Gelatos®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper™

Black Micron Pen

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Squares

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image and color with Copic® markers

Scribble some Gelatos® onto a palette and pick up and add background colors with a water brush

Create ATC base with standard ATC dimensions of 3.5" x 2.5"

Trim image to fit ATC base

Write sentiment onto scrap, ink edge and mount onto ATC

That's it for today!  We would love for you to play along with our weekly challenge.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea