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Welcome to the summer hop of mixed media fun with Nathalie Kalbach and her fabulous Foam, Cling Rubber Stamp and Stencil Sets made for Stampendous!  I really wanted to create something fun for my granddaughter.  When I first saw the elephant set, I immediately thought of Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss.  So with that being said, here’s my fun Horton inspired canvas.  You’ll notice that I didn’t create my elephant just like Horton, however, he’s pretty close.

Here’s what I used to create this canvas:

Elephant Foam Stamp, Cling Rubber and Stencil Set (NKCFS01) by Nathalie Kalbach for Stampendous!®

American® Acrylic Paints in Gray Sky, Warm White, Royal Fuchsia, Poodleskirt Pink, Yellow Green

Americana® Multi-Surface Satin™ in Lavender Fields

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Dark Grey Value 3

DecoArt® Media™ Matte Medium

Sponge Dauber by Imagine Crafts®

8”x10” Canvas Board by Nicole™

Here’s a list of my teammates playing along today:

Stampendous Blog

Tina Walker

Pam Bray

Lea Fritts

Katy Leitch

Tenia Nelson

Nathalie Kalbach Blog

Prizes!

There are three lucky commenters during the hop that will each win a prize package that includes all three of Nathalie Kalbach’s Foam, Cling Rubber and Stencil Stamp sets. But WAIT! This is open to everyone! We’ll announce winners on Monday June 20.

To be eligible, comment on the Stampendous blog and that of each designer’s post for the hop this week. Each comment is an entry! Give a shout out to your place of residence, we want to see how far our hop goes around the world!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoy the hop and, who knows, you might just win a prize!  Have a wonderful weekend and I’ll see you again soon.

Hugs,

Lea

Cityscape

Nathalie Kalbach, mixed media artist extraordinaire, has designed several stamp sets for Stampendous and this week, we’re celebrating her newest designs.  For the January release this year, Nat designed 3 new and innovative mixed media sets that include a 2-sided foam stamp, a cling rubber stamp and a coordinating stencil, all of which create great options for the paper crafter and mixed media artist.  

For my project today, I’ve used Urban Scribble.  I love cityscapes and this one is no exception.  I couldn’t wait to stamp it on a mini canvas and watercolor the image with bright, happy colors!

Here’s what I used for this canvas:

Stampendous® Urban Scribble Foam Stamp, Cling Rubber and Stencil Set by Nathalie Kalbach

StāzOn™ Jet Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®/Imagine Crafts®

Crayola® Watercolor Set

Canvas Board

Ikea Frame

Here’s what I did for this canvas:

Stamp image with black ink onto canvas board.

Paint image with watercolors.

Allow to dry and add to frame.

Here's a list of my teammates that are playing along today:  

Stampendous Blog

Pam Bray

Alison Heikkila

Lea Fritts

Pam Hornschu

Nathalie Kalbach Blog

We are mixing it up for three commenters during the hop. Each prize package includes all three of Nathalie Kalbach’s Foam, Cling Rubber and Stencil Stamp sets. But WAIT! This is open to everyone!

Comment on each blog post at Stampendous and that of each designer’s post on the hop this week. We’ll announce winners on Monday May 2nd.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll have another project to share with you tomorrow so please stop back by for a look.  See you then!

Hugs,

Lea

Hello, Beautiful!

Hello, beautiful "Faces of Stampendous!"  It's been an amazing week of gorgeous girls and some pretty cool creations from our amazing Design Team.   Over the past week you've seen Beautiful Braid, Beauty(ful) Face, Feminine Face, The Glance, and The Look!  I decided to create a 6x6 canvas for today's project using The Look and combining my love of Copic markers and DecoArt's Americana Paints!

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Stampendous® Cling The Look
Stampendous® Not All Wander
Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Copic® Markers - E11, E13, E15, E37, E19, E50, E51, E53, E93, R02, R05, B21, B23, B24
Americana® Acrylic Paints by DecoArt®:
     Warm White
     Snow White
     Spa Day
     Winter Blue
     Baby Blue
     Sapphire
     Primary Blue
     Bleached Sand
     Antique White
3D Foam Squares by 3L®
Zip Dry™ Paper Blue by Beacon
AC Moore® Studio 6x6 Canvas

Here's what I did to create this canvas:

Stamp face with black ink, color with markers and fussy cut.
Paint canvas, set aside to dry.
Paint a strip of paper with "sand" paints.
Stamp sentiment onto strip of paper and attach to canvas with foam mounting squares.
Adhere face image to canvas.

Here's a list of my teammates playing along today:

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Fritts

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

I love to paint and I love to stamp, so, when I get to combine my two favorite things, I'm in Heaven!  This was certainly a treat to create and share with you today.  All of the lovely "Faces of Stampendous" are perfect for cardmaking and mixed media/journaling projects.

Thanks so much for stopping by and having a look at "The Look."  I'll see you again soon with more Stampendous goodness.  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,
Lea

Wanna See My Favorite Project?

Are you totally loving the Stampendous Design Team hop with Imagine Crafts AND our new product sneak peek.   While I haven't used any of the Radiant Neon products for this project, I've used quite a few other inks from Imagine Crafts, after all, they are my favorites!  For my canvas project today, I’ve used one of my very favorite new stamp sets, Fashion Dame!  I love this set designed by Nathalie Kalbach with it’s awesome stencil that’s included!  I love my little canvas I've created, too!

Here’s what I’ve used to create this canvas:

Stampendous® NKCRS07 Fashion Dame

Stampendous® ASCRS05 Shabby Chic

Stampendous® SSC1121 Eiffel Tower Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® W142 Vintage Contract

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Imagine Crafts® Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Habanero Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Spanish Moss Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Smokey Gray Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Imperial Purple Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Vintage Sepia Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts® Delicata™ Golden Glitz by Tsukineko®

Faber-Castell® Gelatos™ in Butterscotch, Chocolate and Red Cherry

Bo Bunny® Garden Girl Wild Flowers Patterned Paper

Copic® Markers: E50, E51, E53, E93, R05, C5

Liquitex® Matte Gel Medium

Deli Paper

Here’s what I did to create this canvas:

Cover canvas with Butterscotch Gelato™.

Lay stencil on upper half and, using a sponge dauber, ink canvas with Habanero Ink.

Repeat process on lower half of canvas leaving a gap in the middle.

Add Red Cherry and Chocolate Gelatos™ around sides of canvas.

Stamp Eiffel Tower and label stamps onto deli paper. 

Tear around stamped image and, using gel medium, adhere to canvas.

Stamp Fashion Dame and color her with markers.

Stamp jacket and skirt onto patterned paper with purple ink.

Fussy cut girl and clothing.

Using gel medium, adhere girl and clothes to canvas.

Stamp text stamp in gold ink randomly around canvas.

Run Spanish Moss ink around edges of canvas. 

Here’s a list of my teammates that are playing along today:

Stampendous Blog

Lea Fritts (me)

Pam Bray

Laura Drahozal

Jamie Martin

Wendy Price

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Hornschu

Prize Information:

We have prizes! Three lucky commenters will receive a prize package that includes:

• 1 Radiant Neon Ink Pad and Ink Refill

• 1 Color Fragments Jar

• a Creative Palette Rectangles Set

See Official Contest Rules for details.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you’ve enjoyed this week.  Have a wonderful weekend and get your craft on!!

Hugs,

Lea

Canvas Corp Fun

It's Stampendous Dreamweaver Thursday and this week the design team is hopping with Canvas Corp.  We each received this nifty canvas shoulder bag, perfect for carrying your water bottle, phone and ID while on a walk!  My project is a two-part creation; I'm sharing the back today and I'll share the front tomorrow. For the back side I used a Dreamweaver stencil so I decided it was appropriate to share it for today.  It's rather simple but sweet and, I really like the way it turned out, I hope you do, too!

The back side of my shoulder bag.

Here's what I used to create this canvas bag:

Canvas Corp Shoulder Bag
Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LJ806 Hexagons
Stampendous® Cling Daisy Mix Rubber Stamp Set
Derwent® Inktense™ Pencils
Archival Ink™ Pad in Jet Black
Archival Ink™ Pad in Chrome Yellow
Faber-Castell® PITT Artist Pen in Black
Cosmetic Sponge
Water Brush

Here's what I did to create this canvas bag:

Stamp images onto bag with black ink.
Use masks (included as part of the stamp set) to cover stamped images and, using stencil, ink design onto bag with a cosmetic sponge.
Draw flower stem with PITT pen
Color image with pencils, then use water brush to bring out and set color
Add green pencil to two corners and set with water brush

Here’s our Official Contest Rules and there are three prize packages up for grabs.  Be sure to read the rules and play along to win!

Cling Bird Blossom Stamps Set

Bird Blossom Die Cut Set

Jumbo Acrylic Perfectly Clear Stamp Handle

Canvas Corp® Canvas Shoulder Bag

Surprise Goodie Bag of Canvas Corp Product

Australian fans can comment for a chance to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise Stampendous goodie.

Here’s a list of my teammates that are playing along today:

Stampendous Blog

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Alison Heikkila

Louise Healy

Lea Fritts (me!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Be sure to come back by tomorrow so you can see the front of my sweet shoulder bag.  Don’t forget to comment for your chance to win a prize package.  See you then!

Hugs,

Lea