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

Wings

There are some symbols in life that have special meaning to me and a heart with wings is certainly one of them.  My dad had heart surgery many years ago after a heart attack.  If you're familiar with that type of surgery, you know that it's important to cough afterwards to clear up your lungs and to prevent pneumonia or any type of infection.  It's also helpful to hold a pillow against your chest when coughing.  While visiting my dad, I went to the mall and ran across a pillow that was a red heart with white wings.  I bought the pillow and took it back to my dad.  He got a kick of having a heart pillow for his heart surgery.  Since then, heart wings have been pretty special to me and I wanted you to know why.

Stampendous has come out with this incredibly fun set called Wings Die Set.  It's neat because you have so many different styles of wings to choose from as well as a few different heart options.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I had to have it!  Here's a little canvas I created using the Wings Die Set as the centerpiece.  I hope you enjoy it.

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Stampendous® Wings Die Set

Stampendous® Big Words Happy Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Stampendous® Big Words Thanks Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Stampendous® Cling Crackle Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Red Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ - Titan Buff, Pyrrole Red, Quinacridone Magenta, Cobalt Teal Hue

Americana® Acrylic Paint - Whispering Turquoise, True Red, Cherry Red

Archival™ Jet Black Ink Pad in by Ranger®

Copic® Markers in C0, C1

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Artist's Lofts™ Necessities™ Canvas Boards

This canvas was so easy to create, plenty of finger painting to bring out your inner artsy child for some fun!  Now I just have to decide where to put it!

Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you next week with more Stampendous goodness.  Until then, have an awesome weekend.

Hugs,

Lea

Hopping with DecoArt

Today is the final day of the Stampendous® hop with DecoArt® and, as always, I’ve had a fun time!  I've done another small canvas for today using DecoArt's® Media Fluid Acrylics™ line of paints and one of my favorite stamps from the Stampendous Pink Your Life line, Whisper Birthday Rubber Stamp, along with the sentiment stamp, Heart of Friendship.  This particular sentiment really speaks to me because I have so many friends scattered around the world.  There are some I’ve never even met in person, yet, I still love them dearly!

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Stampendous® Pink Your Life Whisper Birthday Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Heart of Friendship Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

DecoArt® Media™Matte Medium

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Cobalt Teal Hue

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Titanium White

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Green Gold

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Cobalt Turquoise Hue

Spectrum Noir™Markers by Crafter’s Companion

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Artist's Loft™ Necessities™ Canvas Board

Miscellaneous Brushes

Here’s what I did to create this canvas:

Stamp your image on mixed media white paper.

Color the stamped image with your medium of choice and cut it out.  

Mix the teal hue with the white and paint the canvas three quarters of the way from the top and down to create your sky.  If needed, add just a drop of turquoise like I did to give it a little deeper color.

Paint your grass on with the green gold paint, as you build your layers you get your light and dark areas.

Using the white paint and a round brush, just add some wispy clouds.

Adhere your stamped and colored image to the canvas using matte medium.

Once you’re sure everything is good and dry, stamp your sentiment.

This was another super simple canvas to create!  I love making these little canvases.  It’s such a fun way to showcase your stamps and just hang them around your house or sit them on little easels.  Then, when one catches your eye, you can’t help but smile.

Prizes (but, of course!):

Comment to win one of three HUGE prize packages that includes Andy Skinner stamps and DecoArt Media™ Paint plus more!  US winners only, see Stampendous Official Contest Rules here for more details.

Want to see all that’s in each prize package? Take a look below:

Stampendous:
ASCRS07 Cling Handle with Care ASCRS08 Cling Skuldoggery ASCRS09 Cling Unexplained
DecoArt:
Quinacridone Magenta Cobalt Turquoise Hue Cobalt Teal Hue Primary Magenta Transparent Yellow Iron Oxide Paynes Gray Carbon Black Titanium White Prussian Blue Hue Phthalo Blue	Quinacridone Gold Diarylide Yellow Pyrrole Red Green Gold Primary Yellow Media Mister Titanium White Antiquing Cream Patina Antiquing Cream 8oz Bottle Lamp Black Americana Acrylic Paint

I hope you’ve enjoyed our hop.  Creating with Stampendous and DecoArt has always been one of my favorite things to do!  Have a wonderful visit through the hop and I’ll see you again real soon!  

Hugs,

Lea

Stencils and Paints and Stamps, Oh My!

Stampendous® is hopping with DecoArt® this week and it's always a fun time!  I've done a small canvas for today using DecoArt's® Media™ line of paints and one of my favorite stamps from Stampendous, Puddle Boots along with the Umbrella Stencil.  I had planned to use the Stampendous stamp, Cute Boots, with this canvas but due to unforeseen circumstances, I no longer have the stamp.  So, I had to compromise and write my own sentiment.  No biggie, right!?  That's what we crafters do, we make the best of every situation!

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Stampendous® Puddle Boots Stamp

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Umbrella Stencil

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

DecoArt® Media™Matte Medium

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Cobalt Teal Hue

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Titanium White

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Green Gold

DecoArt® Media Fluid Acrylics™ in Cobalt Turquoise Hue

Spectrum Noir™ Markers

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

PITT Pen in Black by Faber-Castell

Artist's Loft™ Necessities™ Canvas Board

This was a super simple to create!  I colored the stamped image and cut it out.  That was probably the hardest part of the whole project.  After that I just squirted some paints on the canvas and brushed them around mixing them as I went along.  Once that was dry, I laid the stencil down and using a sponge, I dabbed paint onto it.  I let that dry and using the Matte Medium, I adhered the stamped image.  I allowed that to dry and using a PITT pen, I wrote the sentiment.  

I plan to find a spot for this little canvas when I'm settled into my new craft room.  It's a good reminder for me to do some puddle jumping! I hope you have a wonderful day!  I'll see you again tomorrow with another fun little project!

Hugs,

Lea

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Pink Your Life Hop

Have you enjoyed the fantastic new Pink Your Life stamps by Nicoletta Zanella for Stampendous?  These stamps are such a joy to create with.  They always bring out my inner little girl and make me want to play with all of my art supplies!  Here’s my card for today:

Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® PLP07 Whisper Jam Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® SSCP109 Whisper World Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

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

Archival™ Ink Pad in Jet Black by Ranger®

Copics®:  YR30,31; R0000,000,20,21,22,24; G0000,000,00,40,43; BG23,34,49; E23,25,27,42,43,50,51,53,81; C00

Dylusions™ Ink Sprays by Ranger® in Pure Sunshine, Bubblegum Pink, Squeezed Orange, Postbox Red

Spectrum™ Aqua Markers in Blossom, Bud Green, Chestnut, Sunflower, Lime

Memento™ Ink Pads in Lady Bug, Rose Bud, and Cantaloupe by Tsukineko® for Imagine® Crafts

DecoArt® Media® Gesso

DecoArt® Media® Matte Medium

BasicGrey® Out of Print 6x6 Paper Pad

My Colors® Red Cherry Cardstock

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Glue Dots® Mini 

Here's a list of my teammates playing along today with more inspiration!

Stampendous Blog

Janelle Stollfus

Jamie Martin

Tenia Nelson

Lea Fritts

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

You have so many ways to win prizes! For our hop this week we are opening up to our larger community online with chances to win some new Pink Your Life stamps! Just check in with each drawing below for a chance to win! See Official Contest Rules. US winners only. Deadline is Sunday, January 22, 2017, at midnight Pacific Time.

• Add a comment on the Stampendous blog posts throughout this week. Each comment is an entry to win SSCP109 Whisper World Perfectly Clear Stamp Set.

• Find our pinned post on the Stampendous Facebook Page here - https://www.facebook.com/stampendous/photos/a.276938564886.140435.106817194886/10155095899754887/?type=3. Tell us in what area you live along with your comment to win an SSCP108 Whisper Happy Wagon Perfectly Clear Stamp Set.

• Pin your favorite of the new Pink Your Life products from the January catalog on Pinterest to win PLCR01 Cling Whisper Birthday and PLCP06 Cling Whisper Friendship stamps. You can find the new products on our website at http://stampendous.com/s…/whats-new/new-from-pink-your-life/

• Post to your Instagram account one of your own or a favorite Pink Your Life project AND tag with #Stampendous and #PinkYourLife in your post’s description to win PLCV02 Cling Whisper Fly High and PLCP08 Cling Whisper Wall stamps.

• Tell us from your Twitter account you’re following the Pink Your Life Blog Hop AND include a #Stampendous and #PinkYourLife tag for a chance to win PLCP07 Cling Whisper Jam.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don’t forget to comment to be eligible to win a prize.  Enjoy the inspiration and chances to win!  I’ll see you again real soon.  In the meantime have a blessed day.

Hugs,

Lea

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Ghoulish Night

At last!  It's Halloween and a time for all things spooky and ghoulish!  My card for today is a somewhat bloody and rabid Hare Dracula from Stampendous!  I hope you've enjoyed the 31 Days of Halloween!

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

Stampendous® Hare Dracula

Stampendous® Tricky Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Copic® Markers

DecoArt® Media™ Mister Red

Distress Inks™ in Hickory Smoke, Shabby Shutters and Fired Brick

Mandarin Cardstock by My Colors®

Eerie Paper Pad by BasicGrey®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L®

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

Hope you have a frightfully fun night and please be safe!  Watch out for those cute little trick or treaters out there!  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Halloween!

Lea

Clowning Around

It's October 15th, already!  Only two more weeks until Trick or Treat!  So, it's also time for a new Desert Islands Crafters Challenge and this week our sponsor is Oddball Art Co.  I've used image Casey the Clown #75B for my card.  Here's the list of things to chose from for this challenge, remember, you need to use at least 3.

 

And here is my card using 1, 3, 4, 7 and 9:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Oddball Art Co. Casey the Clown #75B

Stampendous® SSC1208 Tricky Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

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

Memento™ New Sprout Ink Pad by Tsukineko® for Imagine®

VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad by Tsukineko® for Imagine®

Copic® Markers

Stampendous® Clear Lime Embossing Powder from Summer Shine Kit

Stampendous® Lettuce Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Jade PEARLustre Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Carnelian PEARLustre Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Aged Black Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Hot Lime Color Fragments

Stampendous® Black Crushed Glass Glitter 

Stampendous® Orange Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Lime Micro Glitter

DecoArt® Media™ Matte Medium

Basicgrey® Eerie Paper Pad

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White

Lime Green Bazzill Basics Paper®

Orange Bazzill Basics Paper®

May Arts® Ribbon

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

I had a lot of fun playing "mad scientist" and mixing my own embossing powder mix!  I added a little of each of the embossing powders listed above, along with the lime and orange micro glitters.  It's so much fun to mix things up and see what you come up with.  For the corners, I've mixed the lime color fragments with black crushed glass glitter and orange micro glitter.  Fun, fun, fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look!  I hope you're inspired to play along with our challenge and I'll see you again soon!  

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Creepie Cute Stamps

Time for the next Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge!  This week our sponsor is Creepie Cute Stamps found in the BitStrange Etsy Store.  The image I've used is The Awakening and the theme is "Anything Goes."  Isn't she creepy?  And, very cool!

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Creepie Cute Stamps The Awakening

Prismacolor Pencils

DecoArt Media Mister in Red

DecoArt Media Shimmer Mister in Violet

Echo Park the Apothecary Emporium 6x6 Paper Pad

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cover Stock

Bazzill Basics Paper Purple Cardstock

E-Z Runner by Scrapbook Adhesives for 3L

3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives for 3L

I hope you'll play along with us, this is such an easy challenge for this week!  Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Sweet Escapes are Awesome!

Desert Island Crafters Challenge is sponsored this round by Sweet Escape Digis and the image I've chosen is Witch Digital Stamp.  I love her images as they're all wonderful!  The faces are so sweet and they're just fun to color.  Here's the list of items to choose from for this challenge:

1.  Turn something sweet into something creepy

2.  Use black, purple and orange

3.  Use spider webs

4.  Add some glitter/sparkle

5.  Use a die cut

6.  Use paint

7.  Tear something

8.  No pink

9.  CASE a DT Member

10.  Something metal

For my image I've used 2, 3, 4, 5,  and 6.  Remember, you must use at least 3 items from the list for your project.

                               

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

Sweet Escape's Witch Digital Stamp

Copic Markers

Hickory Smoke Distress Ink from Ranger

Eerie 6x6 Paper Pad from BasicGrey

Purple Cardstock from Bazzill Basics Paper

Creepy Web Die from Memory Box

Label Eighteen Die from Spellbinders

DecoArt Media Shimmer Mister in Violet

DecoArt Media Mister in Yellow Green

Silver Micro Glitter from Stampendous

E-Z Runner by Scrapbook Adhesives for 3L

Quickie Glue Pen by Sakura (Great for intricate dies)

3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives for 3L

This was such a fun card to create!  It helps to have an awesome stamp to begin the process!  I hope you'll check out Sweet Escapes, I'm pretty sure you'll love them too!  So, let's see what you can create from our fun list!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea