New Stencils, New Stamps, New Fun!

What a fun week we’ve been having on the Stampendous Design Team with Imagine Crafts AND new product release.   For my card today, I’ve used my very favorite Dreamweaver stencil ever!  I love this stencil and it’s really cool that it has a matching die, I know you’re going to want, no, NEED, them both!  

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

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LX7020 Leafless Tree

Stampendous® SSC1224 Forest Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper 

Imagine Crafts Memento™ Gray Flannel Dew Drop by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts Memento™ Espresso Truffle Dew Drop by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts Memento™ Nautical Blue Dew Drop by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon® Electric Blue Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon® Amplify!™ Electric Blue by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon® Amplify!™ Electric Yellow by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon® Amplify!™ Electric Orange by Tsukineko®

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon® Amplify!™ Electric Green by Tsukineko®

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Look at all the yummy texture!!

Here’s what I did to create this card:

Using a stipple brush, cover a large section of the white paper with blue ink for sky.

Tape stencil to paper and apply gray ink.

Using a small flat paint brush, add espresso ink along edges to add some visual depth.

Mix blue, orange, green and yellow Amplify! inks to get two shades of green.

Stipple on Amplify! mixes for dark and light sections of leaves, heat to puff.

Paint on Amplify! mixes for grass, heat to puff.

Add little dots of blue Amplify! and heat for flowers

Create card base with a tent fold and attach card front.

(Here’s where I decided I wanted the green mixture to go all the way to the bottom of the card, so, I added more of the mix and heated it.)

Stamp sentiment with blue ink.

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

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Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lea Fritts

Pam Bray

Kristine Reynolds

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Alison Heikkila

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 sure appreciate your company and I look forward to seeing you again tomorrow with my favorite catalog project.  Until then, have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

PS  The fun comes with entering this card into the Monday Greeting Challenge over at The OutLawz!!  Come check out the fun!

Got Ribbon?

We’ve got lots going on this week to keep your Summer Vacation hopping with inspiration. We’re hopping all week with one of our very favorite craft partners, May Arts Ribbon.  They’re an extremely generous sponsor for us here at Stampendous and our Design Team is absolutely in love with their gorgeous ribbons, cords, strings and specialty items. You’ll find loads of beautiful May Arts on most of our samples.  

Now you’ve got a chance to check out our Design Team Inspiration as well as the Ribbonistas over at the May Arts Blog.  Be sure to comment and tell us where you’re from, because our Australian Distributor, The Stencil Specialists, is 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!

There are Stampendous prize packages up for grabs. THREE U.S. commenters will receive a prize of their choice of any one roll of ribbon from May Arts and a $20 reward card. Tell us what state you live in when you comment.   Here are the Stampendous Official Rules.  Also, be sure to stop by the May Arts blog because they are giving away a prize, too! How’s that for an amazing week of prizes!

Without further ado, here's my card for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cling Lovely Garden

Stampendous Love Garden Die Cut Set

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LJ913 Houndstooth

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

May Arts Ribbon® - 1.5" Woven Houndstooth/Nylon Edge Ribbon in Parrot Green

Memento™ Rose Bud Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers - RV10, RV52, RV55, RV17; YG11, YG13, YG17

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Create an A2 card base with a top fold from green cardstock

Trim a piece of white paper to 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere to stencil

Using a 1/2" stencil brush, add pink ink

Stamp flower on white paper and color with markers

Die cut flower

Trim ribbon to width of stenciled background paper

Cut two leaves from ribbon

Adhere ribbon to background paper

Adhere background paper to card base

Glue on leaves

Using foam squares, adhere flower to card front as shown

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

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Amy Hurley-Purdie

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Lynn Bernatovich

Alison Heikkila

Louise Healy

May Arts Blog

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our final hop for the week.  In the meantime, have a wonderful day and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

You Giraffe Me Crazy

Today is our last day of the Stampendous "Let's Go Wild" theme as we showcase our newest animals to hit our line-up!  I have to admit, I'm pretty wild about them, too!  Did you see what I did there?  LOL!  I'm a big fan of giraffes, there's something so sweet about their faces and, to be honest, they're pretty silly looking.  Only in a good way, though!  Here's my card for today:

Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous!®:
PenPattern Giraffe

Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Andy Skinner’s Industrial Cling Stamp

Mixed Media White Paper

Dreamweaver© Petite Fern Die

Medium Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle

Dreamweaver©:

Leafy Branch Die

Plus:
Memento™ Rich Cocoa Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Toffee Crunch Ink by Tsukineko®

Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger®

Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®

Pear Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Iced Cocoa Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Copic® Markers (W4, W7; E31, E33, E35, E41, E25, E30; G21, G24, G28; YG63)

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here’s what I did to create this card:

Stamp image and color.

Stamp sentiment onto image.

Trim to desired size.

Add distress inks as shown.

Create A2 card base with a tent fold.

Trim a tan panel for the background.

Lightly stamp “dirt” across bottom of tan panel.

Adhere all layers as shown.

Die cut one leafy branch and two petite ferns from green scraps.

Cut apart and glue on pieces of die cuts as shown.

Add simple shading to die cut pieces.

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

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Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Bray

Lea Kimmel

Kristine Reynolds

In case you're wondering about the cute dog card at the tail end of our wild animals, it's because our amazing Kristine was skipped on the list last Friday.  Her card is so totally adorable and it really deserves the added attention!  After all, the poor doggy was skunked by a wild animal!  

That's it for today!  I appreciate your stopping by to have a look.  I'll see you again soon with more fun cards created by me for the best stamp company around!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

It's Irrelephant!

We're going wild this week at Stampendous with some awesome Dreamweaver stencils and some great stamps!  Today I have a card with a little bit of Indian spice and lots of stuff that's nice!  Here's my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil DWLG756 Open Elephant

Stampendous® Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Regular Embossing Paste

DecoArt® Americana® Antique Gold Acrylic Paint

Memento Teal Zeal Ink by Tsukineko

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Pumice Stone by Ranger®

My Mind's Eye® Indie Chic™ "Nutmeg" 6x6 Designer Patterned Paper Pad

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Candy Necklace Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

May Arts Ribbon®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesive

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®

Assorted Micro Beads - Gold

Self-Adhesive Pearl by Want2Scrap™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Mix some regular white paste with a squirt of gold paint and a pinch of beads for some fun texture

Paste emboss stencil with mixture directly onto trimmed patterned paper, set aside to dry

Create A2 card base with a tent fold from blue cardstock

Trim bottom layer of designer paper 

Stamp sentiment on scrap of white paper with blue ink and add distress ink

Trim a mat for sentiment and adhere sentiment to mat

Cut two strips of ribbon

Once paste has dried, adhere elephant to bottom patterned paper and wrap ribbons around as shown covering edges

Adhere these layers to card base

Add foam squares to sentiment and attach to card over ribbon

This was a fun card to create, I like the effect of the micro beads and will add those to future pasted projects for sure.  Just something different! Here's a list of my teammates that have more wild animals to share with you:

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Alison Heikkila 

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Lyn Bernatovich 

Pam Hornschu 

Laura Drahozal 

Louise Healy 

Kristine Reynolds

Thanks for stopping by today!  Comments, as always, are appreciated!  Now it's your turn to get wild and show us what you can do!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea