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

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

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

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