On Your Mark, Get Set...

...KISS!  This week, Stampendous® is hopping with Glue Dots®, my favorite little dots of glue ever!  There are so many fun things you can do with them, use them to adhere items to each other, add embossing powder and heat, or, my favorite, add glitter! It's so easy, just sprinkle a little glitter on top and, using your finger, burnish the glitter into the dot.  It's the perfect way to add little bits of sparkle here and there!

The card I'm posting today, is actually one I wanted to create last week to celebrate our wonderful Nathalie Kalbach and her amazing stamps she designed for Stampendous!  Unfortunately, I risked the "cooties" and the "cooties" did me in!  Needless to say, my card didn't get finished last week but I've completed it and I'm sharing it with you today, cootie free, of course!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Glue Dots® Adhesives Mini Dots

Stampendous® NK Studio Marks

Stampendous® Kiss Stamp

Stampendous® Life Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Creative Palette Monoprinting Plate

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter

Radiant Neon™ Pigment Ink Refills by Tsukineko in Electric Blue, Electric Pink and Electric Purple

Radiant Neon™ Pigment Ink Pads by Tsukineko in Electric Blue, Electric Pink and Electric Purple

Pink Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Drip refills onto Creative Palette and, using a brayer, spread ink.

Place paper down onto ink covered palette and rub with your hand (or brayer), lift paper and set aside to dry.

Ink stamps and stamp onto various pieces of paper previously inked on palette.

Trim stamped images to desired sizes.

Create an A2 card base with blue cardstock.

Adhere large background piece to card base.

Trim mats for stamped images from pink cardstock.

Adhere stamped images to mats and then adhere to card.

Add a few mini glue dots, cover with glitter, burnish glitter, tap off excess glitter.

Prize Information:

As our fans know we love a contest while we hop, so, three lucky commenters will win a prize package that includes:

Glue Dots® Craft Dots 3/8”

Glue Dots® Mini Dots 3/16”

Glue Dots® Removable Dots 3/8”

CRS5080 Cling Create Christmas Stamp Set by Stampendous®

DCS5080 Create Christmas Die Set by Stampendous®

MGK02 Christmas Micro Glitter Kit by Stampendous®

Just comment on both company blogs and all the design team posts for our hop with Glue Dots. Commenting is open until Sunday, November 1st at 11:59 pm and winners will be announced sometime on Monday, November 2nd. See Official Contest Rules.

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

Stampendous Stamps Blog

Pam Bray

Jamie Martin

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Hornschu

Wendy Price

Tenia Nelson

Lea Fritts

Laura Drah0zal

Glue Dots Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!  Have a lovely day!

Hugs,

Lea

Dreamweaver Fiesta

Hello again!  It's Stampendous Dreamweaver Thursday and I'm having a Fiesta, my own version of a party on a card!  I wasn't sure I was going to make it to this party as I've been under the weather, however, I rallied at the last minute last night and finished this one out.  Thank goodness for good medicine and that's a reason to party.  As if I needed a reason!

So, we're having fun this week getting messy with our cards.  This is one of my favorite things to do, the messier, the better, but, only if it's pretty!  LOL!  Nathalie Kalbach has designed some amazing stamps for Stampendous that let you get very messy but in the best way!

Close-up of all the cool drips, drops and spots!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LJ806 Hexagons

Stampendous® NK Studio Fiesta Stamp Set

Stampendous® Vintage Note Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Stampendous® Detail Gold Metallic Embossing Powder

VersaMark Watermark Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

VersaMarker Watermark Pen by Tsukineko®

Delicata™ Golden Glitz Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Glue Dots® in Craft and Mini

Metallic F/X™ in Amber Glow

Memories Mists™ in Bright Gold, Orange Juice, Cherry Smoothie and Plum Sake

May Arts Ribbon®

Arroyo Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Trim a piece of mixed media paper for your card front and spritz the entire thing with gold mist

Tape stencil over paper and spritz additional colors over the gold, remove stencil

Stamp Vintage Note in gold ink randomly over paper

Drip ink from Plum Sake and Cherry Smoothie onto paper

Using VersaMarker™, add ink in splotches, cover with gold embossing powder and heat

Using VersaMark™ pad, ink up Fiesta stamp and stamp onto scrap of white paper, add gold ep, heat 

Trim around embossed image and spritz with Cherry Smoothie and Orange Juice mists, wipe excess off of embossed areas

Trim a piece of ribbon to place across card front, attach to paper securing ends behind paper

Create an A2 card base with a tent fold

Adhere card front to card base

Using foam squares, attach Fiesta image to card

Add glue dots randomly on card front and burnish on Metallic F/X with your finger

Here's a list of my teammates that are posting today for your viewing pleasure:

Stampendous Stamps

Lea Fritts (DW)

Louise Healy (DW)

Alison Heikkila (DW)

Pam Bray (DW)

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal (DW)

Comment on our blog and that of each designer's blog posting this week for our Getting Messy theme. Be sure to mention where you live when you comment. One lucky commenter from the US will win a prize package! For our US commenters see Official Rules.

A prize package includes:

• Cling Fiesta Stamps Set

• Jumbo Acrylic Stamp Handle

• Cling Marks Stamps Set

Australian fans, one lucky commenter will win a great prize package from our Australian Distributor The Stencil Specialist. Let us know where you live when you comment.

We said three prize packages, right? Our UK Distributor, Woodware Craft, is joining in and will also give away one prize package! How cool is that!?

So, don't forget to leave me some love if you wish to be entered for a prize package.  I'll see you again tomorrow with more messy fun!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs, 

Lea