Halloween Snowman

When I lived in Colorado, there was the occasional Halloween that would roll around after a good snow.  There would still be leaves hanging on the trees!  One of my favorite things to do was to incorporate a snowman into the Halloween decor.  For some reason, that always amused me!  My card today, using Stampendous Smiling Snowman and Halloween Hats, reminds me of those early, Fall snows ahead of Halloween.

Here's what I used to create this create?

Stampendous® Products -

Stampendous® Smiling Snowman
Stampendous® Halloween Hats
Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products -

Dahlia Purple Cardstock by Core-dinations®
Copic® Markers
Distress® Oxide Ink Pads - Peeled Paint, Walnut Stain, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Fired Brick, Broken China, Faded Jeans and Wilted Violet

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope to see you again soon, but, in the meantime, have a wonderful weekend and week ahead.

Trick or Treat!

Lea

Wisteria Circle

Wisteria Circle is one of the newest Stampendous stamps that I'm in love with!  To begin with, the name is just dreamy!  I can just imagine living on a street named Wisteria Circle or in a sweet cottage named Wisteria Circle.  Yes, I'm a mushy romantic at heart!  I've always loved Wisteria vines, they grow wild around here and they're stunningly beautiful, just like this stamp!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Wisteria Circle Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukeniko®

BasicGrey® Kioshi Paper Pad

Apple Green Cardstock by Core'dinations®

May Arts Ribbon®

Copic® Markers

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous inspiration.  Until then, have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Lea

Moroccan Tile Time

It's time to add a little Stampendous Moroccan Tile spice to the mix!  I love this stamp!  I know, I love them all, but, seriously, this one is so beautiful!  You can use it for a background or make it the star of the show.  It your choice!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® 6CR007 Cling Moroccan Tile Rubber Stamp
Spectrum Aqua® Markers
Canson® Watercolor Paper
May Arts Ribbon®
Core'dinations® Apple Green Cardstock
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Color stamp with markers
2. Spritz stamp with water, lay paper over top and press paper onto stamp
3. Trim around stamped image
4. Trim solid cardstock
5. Tie ribbon and adhere to card front
6. Adhere layers together

I love the soft watercolor look of this image done with this technique!  I've not used this technique in a while and it was fun to do.  Thanks bunches for stopping by and I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous inspiration!  

Hugs,

Lea

Winter Wonderland in Foam

(I would like to apologize for my absence from the hop on Thursday.  I've had a rather unpleasant stomach bug that prevented me from participating.  I do hope you'll have the opportunity to view yesterday's post.)

Today is the last day of the Stampendous and Scrapbook Adhesives Blog Collaboration, man has it been fun!  The Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Creative Sheets are awesome!  You can cut them with scissors or with die cuts, and, for my card today, I used both.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Creative Sheets

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Snowflakes

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Squares

Scrapbook Adhesives™ E-Z Runner®

Stampendous® Smiling Snowman Cling Rubber Stamps and Dies

Stampendous® Multi Fine Crystal Glitter

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers (B000, R24, R29, C5)

Core'dinations® Powder Blue Cardstock

This card is so simple but it's so sweet!  I'm in love with this smiling little snowman, he really has melted my heart.  Of course the foam sheet was super easy to cut with scissors to create the snowy landscape and the snowman die was a piece of cake to create my raised snowman.  You may have noticed I mentioned using the Foam Snowflakes on this card.  Not only does the packet come with traditional style snowflakes, it also includes these super cute circles in different sizes for a more contemporary snow scene!  I love them both!

Thanks snow much for stopping by today.  I do hope you've enjoyed our blog collaboration.  If you haven't already tried Scrapbook Adhesives many different products, then you really should.  They make crafting fun!  I'll see you again next week with a sneak peek of the newest stamps!  Until then, have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Foam Fun

Stampendous is collaborating with Scrapbook Adhesives this week, one of my favorite brands of adhesives.  Most crafters know them for their E-Z Runner adhesives and their 3D Foam Squares, but, did you know they also make fun shapes from foam?  For my card today, I've used their 3D Foam Snowflakes.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Snowflakes

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Squares

Scrapbook Adhesives™ E-Z Runner®

Stampendous® Winter White Rubber Stamps and Dies

Stampendous® Silver Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Core'dinations® Powder Blue Cardstock

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Delicata™ Shimmery Silver Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

May Arts Ribbon®

These snowflakes are so much fun to use.  You can stick all sorts of fun things to the foam, glitters, powders, flocks, beads, all sorts of fun stuff!  They're super sticky, so, no worries about product falling off.   I do hope you'll get some and give them a try.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll see you again tomorrow with more wintery wonderfulness.  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Stampendous and Tombow are Hopping!

Yay!  It's the first official day of the Stampendous and Tombow Blog Hop!!  Have you caught all the hints we've been sharing this week leading up to today?!  We're showcasing the awesome Tombow Recycled Colored Pencils each of the DT members received free!  I've always loved colored pencils and these are no exception.  They blend beautifully; if there's a color you need and don't have, just blend it yourself!  Here's my card for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cozy Kitten

Stampendous® Holiday Skate Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Tombow® Recycled Colored Pencils - I used Brown (31), Gray (34), Deep Green (10), Pink  (22), Orange (26), Vermilion Red (25), Light Blue (13), Green (07), Silver (35), Gold (36)

My Mind's Eye™ Christmas Wish 6x6 Paper Pad

Core'dinations® Cardstock

May Arts Ribbon® - Light Blue Silk

Glue Dots® Adhesives - Craft Dots

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp kitten image with black ink and color with colored pencils, trim image

Stamp sentiment with black ink onto colored image

Create A2 card base with a tent fold and lightly distress edges

Trim patterned paper 1/4" smaller than card base size for background 

Create a mat from scrap base cardstock, lightly distress edges and adhere image to mat

Tie bow and adhere to patterned paper as shown, use glue dot to secure center of bow to paper

Adhere all layers

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

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Lyn Bernatovich

Jennie Garcia

Jamie Martin

Laura Drahozal

Beth Watson

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lea Fritts (me!)

Tenia Nelson

Tombow Blog

Do we have prizes?  Why, yes, we do!  There will be 2 prize packages that include:

• Tombow Recycled Color Pencils 24 pack tin

• A roll of Tombow Foam Tape

• A Jumbo Perfectly Clear Handle

• Your choice from Stampendous Create Fall, Create Christmas, Create Winter or Create a Poinsettia Cling Stamp set and Matching Dies

To win:

• Have a US Mailing Address (See Official Rules)
• “Like” both TombowUSA and Stampendous company pages on Facebook if you use it.
• Follow @tombowusa and @stampendous on Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest (or wherever you play along)
• And comment on all the blog posts from both teams all week. Including our pre-game posts Mon-Thurs and our Weekend hop Fri-Sun.
• We’ll give you until Tuesday, September 22 to get all those great comments in, then we’ll choose 2 winners on Sept 23.

Be sure to comment and tell us where you’re from, because our Australian Distributor The Stencil Specialists are sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you enjoy our hop and you're inspired to give these awesome pencils a try.  I think you'll love them!  Have a blessed weekend and I'll see you again tomorrow with something a little different!

Hugs,
Lea

Dreamy Tombow

Hi all!  It's time for Stampendous Dreamweaver Thursday and today I have a card that's all about fall and a fun new technique I've never tried before called Subtractive Eraser Technique.  Well, it's new to me, anyway.  Some of you may have already tried it out!  If you've never tried it before, here's a link to the video that shows how.  I really wanted to add a pop of color to mine so I did!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver© Stencil LL515 Pumpkins
Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper
Tombow® Recycled Colored Pencils, 24-Pack Tin
Tombow® Mono Zero Eraser, Silver Round
Tombow® Mono NP Eraser, Non PVC
Tombow® Mono Drawing Pencil, 2B
Bo Bunny® Apple Cider Collection 6x6 Paper Pad
Onyx and Tiger's Eye Gemstone Cardstock by Core'dinations®
Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Tim Holtz®
Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

As stated above, I used the Subtractive Eraser Technique, I did add pencil back into the design and I used colored pencils on the middle pumpkin, add distress ink and set aside
Create an A2 card base with a tent fold with the Tiger's Eye CS
Trim pumpkin patterned paper for background
Trim a piece of the other patterned paper and a piece of the Onyx CS slightly larger, dovetail both
Adhere layers as shown using foam squares to attach image

Here's the list of my teammates that are posting today; I hope you'll leave them some love:

Stampendous Blog

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

Louise Healy

Pam Bray

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Hornschu

Tenia Nelson

Lea Fritts (me!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll have posts for the hop on Friday and Sunday, so be sure to stop back by for some great Tombow inspiration!!  I'll see you then!

Hugs,
Lea

PS  I'm going to have an extra post on Saturday that uses Tombow's products but isn't part of the hop!

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