Hummingbird Wishes

It's time for a sneak peek into the Stampendous® January 2019 Catalog!  I'm sharing this card I created using the new Stampendous® Laurel Burch™ Hummingbird Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set.  I love, love, LOVE this set!  I just called to me to be colored!  I'm sure you totally understand what I'm talking about.  Do you see that lovely blue-ish/purple-ish background?  That was created with Distress Oxide inks.  The rest is colored with Copics.  Pretty darn yummy, huh!?

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products -

Stampendous® Laurel Burch™ Hummingbird Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products - 

Delicata™ Golden Glitz Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Spectrum Noir™ Metallic™ Gold Plate Marker

Faded Jeans Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Ranger®

Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Ranger®

Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink Pad by Ranger®

Copic® Markers

Lime Pop Cardstock by My Colors®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives®

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you love this card as much as I do and I know you're going to love the Stampendous January 2019 Catalog!  Woohoo!  It's almost here!  By the way, isn't this card perfect for Winter Solstice with the sentiment to "Drink Moonlight?"

Hugs,

Lea

Halloween Day 28

Welcome to Day 28 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 card today, I've used the new Crowned Skull Rubber Stamp.   This is such an amazingly spooky stamp!  It is, without a doubt, one of my top new favorite Halloween stamps.  

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

R311 Crowned Skull Rubber Stamp

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

GX257U Black Ultra Fine Jewel Glitter

FRG12C Fresh Green Crushed Glass Glitter

FRG11C Red Crushed Glass Glitter

SSH46 Large Handle

Other Products - 

Red Cardstock

Green Cardstock

Delicata™ Ink Pads in Golden Glitz, Ruby Red and Emerald Green by Tsukineko®

Frayed Burlap Distress Ink Pad by Ranger®

Copic Markers - R24, R27, R29, R89, G03, G05, G07, G09, E40, E41, E43, Y32, YG07

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

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!  Bwahahahaha!  I'll see you again on Halloween!!

Boo!
Lea

Halloween Day 5

Welcome to Day 5 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 card today, I've used the new Count Catula Rubber Stamp.   This is such a cute stamp!  I love the expression on his face!  Yes, I know he's not a realistic shade of orange for a cat, but, we can pretend, right?

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products:

Q237 Count Catula Rubber Stamp

SSC1264 Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

6CR002 Cling Crackle Rubber Stamp

DCP1005 Fitted Frames A Die Cut Set

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH34 Medium Handle

SSH38 Small Rectangle Handle

Other Products:

Black Cardstock

Purple Cardstock

Seedless Preserves Distress Ink by Ranger

Delicata™ Silvery Shimmer Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Spectrum Noir™ Metallic™ Silver Ingot Marker

Spectrum Noir™ Sparkle Glitter Brush Pen in Crystal Clear

May Arts Ribbon

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Copic Markers - V05, V09, YR12, YR15, YR18, R12, C1, C5, T8

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 so much for stopping by today!  I've had such a good time reading your comments from Day 3, I can't wait to see what you think of Day 5.  I'll see you again next week!

Hugs,
Lea

Witch Selfie

Stampendous is known for their spooktakular Halloween stamps and Witch Selfie has taken it to a whole new level of humor that today's stampers, young and old, can appreciate!  What stamper hasn't taken a selfie?  Isn't she just the cutest?

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products:

M339 Witch Selfie Rubber Stamp

SSC1264 Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

SSC1263 Spider Fear Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

DP111 Detail Black Opaque Embossing Powder

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

STF082 VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

VM001 VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

SSH38 Small Rectangle Handle

Other Products:

Delicata™ Silvery Shimmer Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Lime Pop Cardstock by My Colors®

Black Cardstock 

Copic® Markers YG13, Y06

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Using VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad, stamp witch image, sprinkle on black ep and heat
2. Trim image as shown
3. Create a mat from green cardstock for image
4. Trim a piece of black cardstock and stamp spiderwebs randomly all over in silver ink
5. On a scrap of white cardstock, stamp sentiment and color the word “Spook” with green
6. Create a green mat for the sentiment and a green card base from the same paper
7. Layer all pieces
8. Add a little green marker on the eyes and a little yellow for flash on phone

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you like our little Witch Selfie Rubber Stamp!  I think she's adorable!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs!

Lea

Laurel Burch Mystical Mares

There's something mystical about rainbow colored horses with blue eyes and fun patterned manes and tails!  I love this Stampendous® Laurel Burch™ Horse Friends Rubber Stamp.  It's so fun to see what kind of mystical, magical, wonderful color scheme you can come up with for these awesome horses.  It's just a great stamp that can be used for pretty much anything, whatever you can imagine! 

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

LBP009 LB Horse Friends Rubber Stamp

SSCL107 LB Icons Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

SSH38 Small Rectangle Handle

Other Products -

Delicata™ Golden Shimmer Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Gold Marker by Sharpie®

Pink Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® Paper

Grasshopper Cardstock by My Colors®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Copic® Markers - V04, V05, V06; BV01, BV02; RV25, RV29, RV32, RV34, RV66; Y13, Y15, Y17; YR04, YR07, YR09; R24, R27, R29

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image, color trim closely and distress edges
2. Trim pink cardstock to desired size and stamp background as shown
3. Tear one edge of background paper as shown
4. Create A2 card base from green cardstock
5. Adhere all layers as shown

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll see you next week and have a great weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Horse Friends of a Different Color

This past week has been all about the awesome artist Laurel Burch.  Stampendous!® has added more licensed Laurel Burch stamps to our collection.  Her colorful style and whimsical designs are a favorite of mine and I'm so glad we have the honor of creating with them.  My card today uses LB Horse Friends and LB Icons Perfectly Clear™ Stamps.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

LBP009 LB Horse Friends Rubber Stamp

SSCL107 LB Icons Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

SSH38 Small Rectangle Handle

Other Products - 

Delicata™ Golden Shimmer Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Gold Marker by Sharpie®

Pink Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® Paper

Grasshopper Cardstock by My Colors®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Copic® Markers - V04, V05, V06; BV01, BV02; RV25, RV29, RV32, RV34, RV66; Y13, Y15, Y17; YR04, YR07, YR09; R24, R27, R29

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image, color trim closely and distress edges
2. Trim pink cardstock to desired size and stamp background as shown
3. Tear one edge of background paper as shown
4. Create A2 card base from green cardstock
5. Adhere all layers as shown

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you'll stop by again next week for more Stampendous!® inspiration.  In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful and creative week!

Hugs,

Lea

Peace Moon

Today is the last day of our week celebrating the holidays at Stampendous with Laurel Burch stamps.  If you love to color as much as I love to color, these stamps are perfect.  This particular stamp is called Peace Moon, I seriously love this one!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

LBR010 Laurel Burch™ Peace Moon Rubber Stamp

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH46 Large Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products - 

Firecracker Cardstock by My Colors®

Parrot Cardstock by My Colors®

Gold Sharpie® Marker

Delicata™ Golden Glitz Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

White Gel Pen by Sakura®

E-Z Runner® Adhesive by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Copic® Markers (YR07, YR09, YR23, YR68, R02, R14, R27, R29, R56, R59, R89, B24, B37, B39, G03, G07, Y17)

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image with black ink on white paper
2. Color image with markers
3. Trim image closely
4. Trim red cardstock in a vertical A2 size with a tent fold
5. Trim a mat for image in green cardstock
6. Adhere layers as shown

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again next week!

Hugs,

Lea

Winter White

My Stampendous Winter White is really more like a case of Moody Winter Blues!  I don’t know about you, but I love the Moody Blues and I was listening to their music this weekend.  It really puts me in a relaxed creative mindset.  I love this stamp and die set!  It’s so convenient to have both in one set!  Even though I didn’t use one of the sentiments that comes with the set, it does have some great ones you can check out here.

Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Winter White Stamp and Die Set

Dylusions™ Ink Spray in London Blue, Bubblegum Pink and After Midnight

Delicata™ Silvery Shimmer Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Strathmore® Watercolor Paper

Purple Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Here’s what I did to create this card:

1. Trim watercolor paper to desired size
2. Spray inks onto watercolor paper, allow to dry
3. Stamp snowflakes randomly onto inked paper with silver ink
4. Stamp largest snowflake onto purple cardstock and die cut
5. Adhere ribbon to stamped paper as shown
6. Trim a piece of purple cardstock for card base with a tent fold
7. Adhere stamped piece to base and add snowflake with foam squares

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I do apologize for my post being tardy, however, I'm having internet connection problems at home.  Thankfully they're coming in the morning to try to fix whatever is going on.  Keeping my fingers and toes crossed!  See you again on Friday!

Hugs,

Lea

Wisemen Seek Him

It's the last day for this week's theme The Reason for the Season at Stampendous and I'm finishing off my week with our beautiful Wisemen Seek Him rubber stamp.  This card is so simple but it has a certain elegance, in my opinion, at least!  This card design would certainly make some super fast Christmas cards if you're like me and pressed for time.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Wisemen Seek Him Rubber Stamp
Stampendous® Detail Silver Embossing Powder
VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad by Tsukineko
Delicata™ Silvery Shimmer Pigment Ink Pad by Tsukineko
Hug Snug® White Seam Binding
Arctic Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®
E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

I didn't have any silver ribbon to use for my project so, being the clever girl I am, I ran my silver Delicata™ pad over my white seam binding.  I wish the photo showed the shimmer you can see in real life.  So pretty!

Thank you for joining us this week and for stopping by my blog.  I'll see you again next week for another week of Stampendous inspiration.  In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs,
Lea
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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

Froggy Spells

Nothing quite says Halloween like a wizardly frog casting a little magic spell!  LOL!  This Stampendous® Froggy Spells stamp is toad-ally adorable, wouldn't you agree!?  I fell in love with him the first time I saw him!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Products 

V335 Froggy Spells Rubber Stamp

SSC1264 Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

SSC1263 Spider Fear Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

FRL02 Twinkle Glitter

MG03 Silver Micro Glitter

FRC20 Hot Lime Color Fragments

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH46 Large Handle

SSH38 Small Rectangle Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products

Concord Jam Cardstock by My Colors®

Sweet Potato Cardstock by My Colors®

Delicata™ Silvery Shimmer Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

E-Z Runner® Adhesive by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Copic® Markers (C1, V04, V06, Y18, YR12, YR21, YR23, YR65, YG11, YG13, YG17)

Spectrum Noir™ Marker (EB2)

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image and sentiment with black ink on white paper
2. Color image with markers
3. Trim image and sentiment closely
4. Trim purple cardstock in a vertical A2 size with a tent fold
5. Stamp spider web in silver ink on purple card front
6. Trim a mat for image and sentiment from orange cardstock
7. Adhere layers as shown
8. Using glue, adhere glitter and fragments where desired

Thanks bunches for stopping by to have a look!  I'll have another fun Halloween card posted on Friday so be sure to come back by then.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Summery Sister Sun

It's the last day of July and I thought it would be fun to create a card with my favorite Tsukineko® inks for the Imagine Color Challenge that ends today.  Yeah, I kind of procrastinated on this one since I lost all of my ink pads in my house fire.  Good friends and teammates had kindly provided me with some new pads, but, alas, there were no yellows!  So, I had to force myself to go shopping and buy some yellow pads.  I'm sure you know how difficult that was! Bwahahahahaha!  The challenge color is yellow, a happy color that warms my soul!  Something else that warms my soul, Stampendous® Stamps!  It just seemed right to combine my favorite Tsukineko® inks with my favorite stamps.  So, without further ado, here's my card made with Stampendous® Laurel Burch Sister Sun and Scrolled Sunshine:

Here's a close-up showing some of the glittery goodness from the Delicata™ Golden Glitz pad:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous™ Laurel Burch Sister Sun Rubber Stamp

Stampendous™ Scrolled Sunshine Rubber Stamp

Delicata™ Golden Glitz Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Dandelion Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Cantaloupe Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Lady Bug Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Metallic Gold Prismacolor® Pencil

Strathmore® Watercolor Paper

Pebbles Family Ties Paper Pad

Blue Cardstock by Love Nicole™

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Here's what I did to create this card:

Using the Delicata™ Golden Glitz ink pad, I stamped the sun onto watercolor paper and trimmed to the size I wanted for my card.

I pressed some ink from all three Memento™ pads onto an acrylic block to use as my palette.

With a watercolor brush, I picked up ink from the block and watercolored the image, blending colors as needed.

Once the image was completed, I went back over some of the detail with a metallic gold pencil to define the features and lines that had lightened in the watercoloring process.

I edged the stamped image with the gold ink and set it aside to completely dry.

I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap of the watercolor paper, first in the Delicata™ Golden Glitz and then with the VersaFine™ Onyx Black, which created a bit of a drop shadow effect.  

I trimmed the sentiment down, watercolored the background and edged it with gold ink.

I created a 5" x 5" card base with a tent fold from blue cardstock and then created mats for my sentiment and my main image from the same cardstock.

I trimmed my patterned paper for the background and then layered all the pieces together as shown.  

I used thin foam squares to attach the sentiment and, card complete!

I hope you enjoyed your visit today and I'll see you again soon!  In the meantime, enjoy your summer days, and, if you're in the southern hemisphere, may you dream of warm summer days ahead.

Hugs,

Lea