Perfect Pairing with PaperMart

Today, Stampendous is doing a mini blog hop using PaperMart products.  PaperMart has a pretty wide range of products, but, not all of them are paper!  You should make a point of going to their website and taking a look around.  There's a lot to see!  For my project today, I chose to use one of their Gold Window Stackable Steel Tin Cans.  I love little tins of any sort and this was right up my alley.  

I happened to notice the tin was the perfect size of an Artist Trading Coin.  I enjoy creating ATC's!  It's fun to see what you can do on such a small scale.  I thought it would be fun to create an ATC with our Frog Yoga Perfectly Clear Stamps Set.  I love this set!  These frogs are just too cute!

 Top of the Tin

          

  

Inside of the Tin lid

Here's what I used to create this tin:

PaperMart® Gold Window Stackable Steel Tin Can

Stampendous® Frog Yoga Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Stampendous® Color Fragments (Retired)

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers

DecoArt® Americana® Acrylic Paints

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

I love my little froggy tin!  I hope you'll visit PaperMart and check out their many wonderful products!  I think they pair perfectly with our stamps!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Halloween Day 13

Welcome to Day 13 of the Stampendous 31 Days of Halloween!  The Stampendous Design Team loves Halloween and we love to share our creations, however, we also love to see what you make with our stamps.  Look below for instructions on how to play along with us, you just might win a prize!

For my small canvas today, I've used the Andy Skinner Skuldoggery Cling Rubber Stamp Set.   This is such an awesome stamp set I had to use it again!  It's just so creepily perfect for Halloween decor!

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Stampendous Products:

ASCRS08 Andy Skinner Skuldoggery Cling Rubber Stamp Set

ASCRS09 Andy Skinner Unexplained Cling Rubber Stamp Set

FRGL02 Twinkle Glitter

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH34 Medium Handle

Other Products:

DecoArt® Americana® Multi-Surface Satin Paints

DecoArt® Media™ Gesso

Copic® Markers

StāzOn™ Jet Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko® 

We’ve got two groups of prizes we’ll be giving away. First, you can comment on our blog and those of our designers, and we’ll randomly choose winners each week to win some Halloween product love. Second, you can enter your own creation in our Challenge Link. It will be at the bottom of every post and in our sidebar. It looks like this:

Stampendous 31 Days of Halloween Link Up – Click Here

To enter, your project needs to be online somewhere, blog, flickr, Instagram, Pinterest, etc. Just click on the picture or words above to enter the link. If you can’t make a link to your project, email it to submissions@stampendous.com and we’ll host it for you. We will choose a winner each week from the links, winners must have a US mailing address to win, but anyone can share their projects with us.

Thanks for creeping by and I'll see you next week for more spookiness!

Boo!
Lea

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

Gift Wrapping

Welcome to the last day of Pink Your Christmas with Stampendous as we celebrate the adorable holiday stamps from Pink Your Life designer, Nicoletta Zanella. These sweet stamps are the perfect way to celebrate a cozy Whisper Friends Christmas!  So, put on the kettle, relax, and enjoy the inspiration!  My card today features the adorable Whisper Friends Gift Wrapping rubber stamp.  As you can see, I separated the two parts of the image to suit my card.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products -

PLP14 Pink Your Life WF Gift Wrapping Rubber Stamp

MG01 Crystal Micro Glitter

MG04 Pink Micro Glitter

FRL02 Twinkle Glitter

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH46 Large Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products -

Island Mist Vintage Double Dot Cardstock by BoBunny®

Wasabi Vintage Double Dot Cardstock by BoBunny®

Firecracker Cardstock by My Colors®

Gesso by DecoArt®

E-Z Runner® Adhesive by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Copic® Markers (BG0000, BG01, BG13, BG15, BG18, E23, E25, E27, E50, E51, E53, R27, R46, R59, RV55, RV63, RV66, YG03, YG13, YG17, C1)

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image with black ink on white paper 
2. Cut images out and set aside
3. Trim red cardstock in a 5.5” square with a tent fold
4. Trim blue dot paper as shown
5. Trim green dot paper into 3 long triangles for trees
6. Paint gesso across bottom of blue dot paper as snow
7. Adhere background to card front
8. Adhere trees to background and apply glitter to trees
9. Adhere stamped images as shown
10. Adhere crystal glitter to wings
11. Adhere Twinkle Glitter as shown

Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you go here, you can find out about the fun prizes Stampendous is offering this week.  Also, you'll find the links to everyone's projects from the week.  If you missed something, it's easy to go back and check it out now.  I appreciate each and every comment so I hope you'll leave me a little love!  Have a wonderful weekend and, to my fellow Vets, Happy Veteran's Day!  I salute you and thank you for your service.  Give me a little shout out and let me know what branch you served in, I spent 9 years in the Army!

Blessings!

Lea

Did You Hear Something?

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

Stick to It!

The Stampendous design team is so excited to hop this week showcasing some of the new April catalog products with great products from Scrapbook Adhesives. To spot the new stuff easily, look through the What’s New section of our website or browse our print catalog online! 

For my project today, I've used the Donna-Salazar Designs with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Denim Art Journal.  Well, to be precise, I've used the cover for today.  I'll share more of it with you tomorrow.  

Bare cover, ready to decorate

Section covered with gesso

Gesso covered with paint

Teal paints added for water

Clouds painted and stenciling/pasting complete

Close-up of stenciled/pasted section

Twine added over double-sided tape

Boat added using 3D Foam Squares

Completed cover after finishing touches of additional modeling paste and paint

Here's what I used to decorate this cover:

Stampendous® Cling Sailboats

Stampendous® Sailboats Die Cut Set

Stampendous® Ocean Wisdom Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

Stampendous® Dreamweaver DWLJ838 Waves Stencil

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Denim Art Journal from Donna-Salazar Designs with Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L™

Hobby & Home Premium Double-Sided Tape, 1/8" by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L™

3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L™

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Cobalt Teal Hue, Cobalt Turquoise Hue, Primary Cyan, Translucent White

DecoArt® Media™ Modeling Paste

DecoArt® Media™ Gesso

Copic® Markers:  C0, C1; B23, B24, B26; E42, E43, E44; R24, R27, R29

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

Miscellaneous Twine

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

Stampendous Blog

Alison Heikkila

Laura Drahozal

Lea Fritts (me)

Scrapbook Adhesives Blog

I so appreciate your kind comments, but, to enter for the prize packages you need to visit the Stampendous blog and Scrapbook Adhesives blog and enter using the Rafflecopter widget.

We have THREE prize packages that contain one each:

• EZ Dots Permanent Adhesive Dots

• Medium DODZ

• Creative Photo Corners Mixed Colors

• 4″ X 6″ Adhesive Sheets 10 pk

• Adhesive Keepsake Envelopes 10 pk

• 3D Foam Squares White Mixed Sizes

• 3D Foam Squares Black Mixed Sizes

PLUS a $20 Stampendous Reward Card (US and Canada Winners Only) – winners outside USA will receive a stamp, a stencil and a surprise goodie at random plus the above adhesives.

Winners will be announced Monday, April 25, 2016. Enter to win with the Rafflecopter Widget on the Stampendous and Scrapbook Adhesives blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll have more of my fun new art journal to share with you tomorrow so don't forget to stop by and take a look.  In the meantime, have a blessed day.

Hugs, 

Lea

A Little Antiquing Fun

Have you heard about Fran Seiford's new book Stampendous recently released, "Embossing Powder TECHNIQUES from A to Z?"  It's 100 pages of everything you will ever need to know about embossing!  Today I used technique W - Antique Embossing Powder Technique on page 68.  This technique mimics the look of old tin ceiling tiles and is one of my new favorites!

If you need a heat gun to try these embossing techniques, Stampendous now carries the Wagner Embossing Heat Tool.  This has got to be the best heat tool on the market!  I've had one for years and I love it.

For today's card, I've gone a little Western with the Horse and Rider stamp embossed and layered over Leather Flowers background stamp.  My grandfather used to do leather tooling and he created some beautiful pieces, much like this stamp!  I still remember sitting on his lap and "helping."

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Horse and Rider

Stampendous® Leather Flowers

Stampendous® Birthday Assortment Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Cling Industrial

Stampendous® Clear Deep Impressions Chunky Embossing Enamel

Stampendous® Clear Bark Embossing Powder

VersaMark™ Ink Pad by Tsukineko® from Imagine Crafts®

Memento™ Rich Cocoa Ink Pad by Tsukineko® from Imagine Crafts®

DecoArt® Americana® Sand Acrylic Paint

WorldWin® Papers DoubleMates™ in Totally Tan

Carob Cream Smoothies Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon

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

Stampendous Blog

Pam Hornschu

Alison Heikkila

Lea Fritts

Laura Drahozal

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll have another cool technique to share with you tomorrow, so, don't forget to drop in again.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Sassy Studio Designs

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Sassy Studio Designs.  Our theme for the week is Star Wars and the image I've used is the iconic little green man, Yoda Honey!  She has several of the characters portrayed in fun Sassy Studio style!  I found this cool picture of Yoda and used it for my inspiration for the background on my ATC.  My ATC is kid approved according to my 13-yr old son.  That's always a good sign!

Here's what I used for this ATC:

Sassy Studio Designs© Yoda Honey

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Leafless Tree Die

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Green Gold

Distress Marker™ in Picket Fence

Copic® Markers - YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG01, YG21, E42, E43, E44, E47

atyouSpica™ Glitter Pen in Melon

White Gel Pen by GellyRoll®

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Brown Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color and fussy cut.
Die cut tree from brown cardstock.
Trim ATC base from blue cardstock.
Using Picket Fence marker add streaks of white over most of ATC and then wipe over it with a damp baby wipe to blend out.
Adhere pieces of tree to ATC and cover with Picket Fence.
Adhere Yoda image to ATC.
Create a wash with green paint and cover blue cardstock and part of tree branch behind light saber.
Once dry, write sentiment on lower right corner with white gel pen.

This was a fun ATC to create!  Most of my family members are big Star Wars fans so it has been a popular ATC in my house.  We would love for you to play along, too!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea

Pretty and Practical Storage

Welcome back to final day of the Stampendous and the Deflecto Craft Design Teams blog hop.  It’s been an amazing week with tons of inspiration and fun.  For my project today, I decorated  the Deflecto Carousel Rotating Organizer - 9 Bins.  I’m so excited to have this awesome organizer, I can’t wait to fill it up!

Here’s what I used to create this project:  

Stampendous® Fitted Frames A Die Cut Set

Deflecto Carousel Rotating Organizer - 9 Bin

Snap ’N Peel® Sticky Paper

StāzOn Cactus Green Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

StāzOn Emerald City Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

StāzOn Blue Hawaii Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Sponge Daubers by Tsukineko®

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Green Gold

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Blue Green Light

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Cerulean Blue

Americana® Clear Chalkboard Coating™

Here’s what I did to create this project:

Apply ink dots with a sponge dauber on outside of each bin as shown.

Die cut 9 labels from sticky back paper.

Paint all three colors on each label, add additional coats as needed.

Cover each label with chalkboard paint.

Adhere labels to bins.

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

Stampendous Blog

Wendy Price

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Jamie Martin

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Bray

Tenia Nelson

Lea Fritts

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Laura Drahozal

Alison Heikkila

Marilyn Gossett

Lorrie McCullers

Deflecto Blog

Prizes:

Here’s the awesome prizes but you must comment to win. Official Contest Rules

Deflecto prize will be three on their blog:

3-Tier Dessert Stand

Stampendous blog has THREE prize packages that include:

CRS5087 Cling Woodland Friends Rubber Stamp Set
DCS5097 Woodland Friends Die Set
SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear Acrylic Stamp Handle

Thanks for joining us this past week!  I have so enjoyed everyone’s projects, I hope you have, as well.  Don’t forget to comment if you wish to be eligible to win!  Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Deflecto Blog – http://deflectotocraftwith.blogspot.com/

Deflecto Website – http://www.deflecto.com/craft/

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Deflecto Pinterest – https://www.pinterest.com/deflectocraft/