Halloween Day 17

Welcome to Day 17 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 a trio of stamp sets, Halloween Hats, Owl Be Home, and Fall Arrangement Perfectly Clear Stamps Set.   This card was actually inspired by the patterned paper.  Owl Be Home is a Christmas set but was easily made into a Halloween card just by using fall colors.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products:

CLD02 Halloween Hats Cling Stamps and Dies Set

CLD10 Owl Be Home Cling Stamps and Dies Set

SSC1265 Fall Arrangement Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH38 Small Handle

Other Products:

Kraft Cardstock

love Nicole™ vintage halloween paper pad

Tim Holtz® idea-ology® Halloween paper pad

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

E-Z Runner® by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Copic® Markers

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!  I'll see you again in a couple of days with more Halloween fun.

Boo!
Lea

Halloween Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 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 Bring to Life Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set.  This is such a cute set with some great sentiments!  This is a great set to create cards for the kiddos and your sweetheart!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products:

Bring to Life Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Mixed Media White Paper 

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products:

Yellow Corn Cardstock by My Colors®

Trick or Treat Paper Pad by Love Nicole™

Black Cardstock

Distress® Oxide Iced Spruce Ink Pad by Ranger®

White Gelly Roll Pen by Sakura®

Copic® Markers

Scrapbook 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 so much for stopping by today!  I can't tell you how much I appreciate your visit and your comments, if you feel so inclined.  I'll see you again on Friday!

Hugs,
Lea

Welcome to Paris!

Bonjour, mes amis!  Bienvenue!  One of the things I love the most about Paris are the flower stalls.  I love flowers to begin with, but, to see the stalls with buckets and baskets full of every color of flower imaginable is a sight to behold.  Of course, everything in Paris is a sight to behold!  For today, I've created a small 6" x 6" canvas paying homage to Paris and the beautiful flowers at the markets using the new Stampendous Paris Bonjour Cling Rubber Stamp Set.

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Stampendous Products - 

Paris Bonjour Cling Rubber Stamp Set

Cling Paris Map Stamp Set

Cling Curiosity Rubber Stamp Set

Cling Shabby Chic Rubber Stamp Set

Other Products -

6" x 6" Artist's Loft™ Canvas
Memento™ Summer Sky Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Memento™ London Fog Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Memento™ Grey Flannel Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Archival Ink™ Jet Black Ink Pad by Ranger®
Tim Holtz Distress® Crayon in Tumbled Glass by Ranger®
Prismacolor® Pencils
Liquitex® Titanium White Paint
Deli Paper
Glue Dots
3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®
Wild Orchid Flowers

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll see you next week with more Stampendous fun.  In the meantime, happy crafting!

Hugs!
Lea

Merry Christmas!

This week at Stampendous, we’re celebrating the “Reason for the Season!”  Today I’m taking it back to the beginning when Jesus was born.  Can you imagine being in Mary’s shoes, or sandals?  Here you are pregnant, ready to give birth, and you’re having to travel across a desert!  What misery she must have been in!  The heat, the bumpy ride on an ass, all while in labor!  I’m totally in awe of Mary.  Anyway, as I reflected on Mary’s journey, I decided to create my card with that thought in mind.  

Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Love Was Born

Stampendous® Dreamweaver© Stencil LL 379 Tall Palms

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Rich Cocoa Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Bamboo Leaves Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Desert Sand Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Tim Holtz® Distress™ Ink in Tumbled Glass by Ranger®

Copic® Markers

My Colors® Grasshopper Canvas Texture Cardstock

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesive

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

Here’s what I did to create this card:

Stamp image with black ink on white paper and color with markers.

Cut out image and set aside.

Trim a piece of white paper to 4” x 5.25” and tape stencil down.

Stencil palms on left side and then switch to right side and stencil just the large palm.

Using a sponge dauber, add Desert Sand ink to bottom of paper.

Using a stipple brush, add Tumbled Glass ink to the “sky” portion 

Trim a piece of green cardstock to 4.25” x 11” and fold in half, top to bottom for card base.

Adhere stenciled piece to card base.

Add foam squares to back of stamped image and adhere to card.

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

Stampendous Blog

Laura Drahozal

Lea Fritts

Pam Bray

Louise Healy

Pam Hornschu

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I have another card to share with you tomorrow so please do come back.  Until then, have a wonderful day and enjoy the season!  Merry Christmas!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with SLS Lines

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is SLS Lines.  Our theme is "Add Antlers" and the image I've used is Nature Goddess Girl with Antlers.  I don't usually get into antlers since I'm not into hunting so I decided to get a little cheeky with mine. Hope the humor doesn't offend!

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

SLS Lines© Nature Goddess Girl with Anters

Copic® Markers

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink™ in Antique Linen

My Mind's Eye™ Indie Chic "Nutmeg"

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Tombow® Marker - Brown

Miscellaneous Patterned Paper

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color with markers and fussy cut.

Trim green cardstock for ATC base.

Trim patterned papers as shown.

Adhere layers of papers.

Add distress ink to edge of trimmed image and adhere to ATC.

Using scraps, write out sentiment, trim, add distress ink and adhere to ATC as shown.

We would love for you to play along with our challenge this week.  All you need is some antlers and some creativity and you're all set!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Let's Go Sledding!

Stampendous is celebrating Family Time and Time With Friends this week.  Today I have a card about sharing time with friends.  I love these adorable bears and I bet you will, too!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous:
P274 Bear Sled

SSC1231 Holiday Expressions

EP525 Sparkle Puff Dimensional Embossing Powder

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

VP001 VersaMarker™ by Tsukineko®

SSH38 Small Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle

Plus:
Chameleon™ Markers (BR5, OL3, NU3, BR2, BK4, RD4, GR3, VO4, BL6)

Emerald Green Archival Ink Pad by Ranger®

Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®

Ribbon by May Arts®

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Red Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

ZipDry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Instructions:

1  Stamp image, color and trim to desired size.

2  Create a horizontal A2 card base with a tent fold from red cardstock.

3  Trim a piece of green cardstock for background.

4  Cut a piece of ribbon and adhere to green background paper by wrapping and securing ends on back of cardstock.

5  Adhere green cardstock to red card base.

6  Using VersaMark Pen, add ink to where you want to add sparkle, sprinkle on Sparkle Puff, shake off excess and heat set.

7  Adhere image to card front.

8  Stamp sentiment on scrap of white paper with green ink.

9  Create mat for sentiment and adhere both pieces.

10 Trim another piece of ribbon and create a loop, adhere to front of card as shown.

11 Adhere sentiment to middle of ribbon loop.

Here’s our links for today:

Stampendous Blog

Pam Bray

Lea Fritts (me)

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  If you’re here in the States, I hope your Thanksgiving holiday was delightful and you were able to spend it with family and friends.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and, if you’re bargain shopping, have fun!  I’m going to be in the mountains camping!

Many blessings,

Lea 

Wicked Wednesday With Creepie Cuties

Hi all!  It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Creepie Cute Stamps.  The image I've used today is Catching Stars and our theme this week is to use Orange and Black.  Here's my take on this week's challenge:

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

Creepie Cute Stamps© Catching Stars

Stampendous® PenPattern Seaside Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Dreamweaver© Shell Wreath Stencil

Stampendous® Dreamweaver© Regular Embossing Paste

Copic® Markers - BV02, C4, C5, C7, C9, E50, E51, E53, YR000, YR00, YR01, YR02, YR04, YR07, YR09, YR18, YG11, YG13, YG95
Faber-Castell® PITT Artist Pens - Green Gold, Black, Orange Glaze, Cinnamon
Tim Holtz® Black Soot Distress Ink Marker and Pad
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Memento™ Tangelo Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Dylusions® Slate Grey Ink Spray
Scrap of gray paper
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color with markers and fussy cut
Trim ATC base paper to ATC size
Using green gold pen, add "sand" to bottom of paper
With stippling brush, add distress ink randomly over paper
Paste stencil starfish in lower right corner, heat with gun to dry
Using Seaside stamps add designs as shown
Add a few lines with black distress marker and rub over them with a baby wipe
Using a paint brush, brush on a few swipes of gray spray ink
Color starfish with cinnamon and orange glaze PITT pens
Using black PITT pen, write sentiment across top of ATC
Adhere mermaid to ATC

I loved coloring this image and creating my little dark under the sea world.  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again next week with another ATC challenge.  I'll have more posts this week so stop on by Thursday, Friday and Saturday and take a peek.

Hugs,
Lea

Dreamy Tombow

Hi all!  It's time for Stampendous Dreamweaver Thursday and today I have a card that's all about fall and a fun new technique I've never tried before called Subtractive Eraser Technique.  Well, it's new to me, anyway.  Some of you may have already tried it out!  If you've never tried it before, here's a link to the video that shows how.  I really wanted to add a pop of color to mine so I did!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver© Stencil LL515 Pumpkins
Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper
Tombow® Recycled Colored Pencils, 24-Pack Tin
Tombow® Mono Zero Eraser, Silver Round
Tombow® Mono NP Eraser, Non PVC
Tombow® Mono Drawing Pencil, 2B
Bo Bunny® Apple Cider Collection 6x6 Paper Pad
Onyx and Tiger's Eye Gemstone Cardstock by Core'dinations®
Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Tim Holtz®
Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

As stated above, I used the Subtractive Eraser Technique, I did add pencil back into the design and I used colored pencils on the middle pumpkin, add distress ink and set aside
Create an A2 card base with a tent fold with the Tiger's Eye CS
Trim pumpkin patterned paper for background
Trim a piece of the other patterned paper and a piece of the Onyx CS slightly larger, dovetail both
Adhere layers as shown using foam squares to attach image

Here's the list of my teammates that are posting today; I hope you'll leave them some love:

Stampendous Blog

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

Louise Healy

Pam Bray

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Hornschu

Tenia Nelson

Lea Fritts (me!)

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll have posts for the hop on Friday and Sunday, so be sure to stop back by for some great Tombow inspiration!!  I'll see you then!

Hugs,
Lea

PS  I'm going to have an extra post on Saturday that uses Tombow's products but isn't part of the hop!

Wicked Wednesday and That Craft Place

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is That Craft Place.  Our them for the week is Use Numbers Anywhere on Your ATC.  I've used two images on my ATC for today, It's Not Fair - Grumpy Bubbles and Scrabble Word/Number Tiles.

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

That Craft Place It's Not Fair - Grumpy Bubbles

That Craft Place Scrabble Word/Number Tiles

Copic® Markers:  E50, 51, 53, 93, 41, 42, 43, 44; YG01, 03, 25; B41; RV55

Dylusions® Spray Inks in London Blue, Calypso Teal and Fresh Lime

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink Marker in Twisted Citron

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Cover Stock in Solar White

Bo Bunny® Splash Patterned Paper

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue from Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Double the scrabble tile images one on top of the other and print all three images along with typed sentiment

Color her and fussy cut, set aside

Trim the scrabble tile image 1/4" smaller than ATC size and spray with inks, heat with heat gun to dry

Trim patterned paper scrap to ATC size

Adhere all layers as shown

This was a super easy and fun ATC to create.  I love using the sprays for my backgrounds and just watching how the colors mix.  And, in case you're wondering, which you're probably not, I really don't like math!  Thanks for stopping by!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Let's Create Fall

Hello there!  For this week, the Stampendous Design Team has been sharing projects made with our new Cling Create Fall set.  This stamp set has a matching set of dies so you can cut out your pieces, however, I decided to do a little no-line coloring for my card today.

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cling Create Fall Stamps Set

Stampendous® Halloween Haunts Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black, Cantaloupe, Gray Flannel, Bamboo Leaves and Olive Grove

Orange Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Spectrum Noir™ Markers

Copic® Markers

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint

May Arts Ribbon® Orange and White Baker's Twine

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp cat with gray ink, add mask over cat and stamp large pumpkin with light orange ink

Add mask over large pumpkin and stamp small pumpkin, stem and vine

Stamp faces inside pumpkins with light orange ink

Color images with markers, using green marker, freehand a few extra vines

Using green ink, stamp grass

Add green and blue distress inks

Stamp sentiment with black ink

Create A2 card base with a tent fold

Adhere image to card base

Wrap twine around inside/top of card and tie ends into a bow

Here's a list of my teammates that are playing along today, take a look and leave them some love:

Stampendous Blog

Pam Bray

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Alison Heikkila

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you've enjoyed our versions of Fall this past week.  We've had fun sharing with you!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday and All Dressed Up

Hi folks!  It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is All Dressed Up, one of my favorite digital stamp companies!  My image for today is "I love sunny days" and, she's such a cutie.  Of course, they're ALL adorable!  Our theme this week is Summer & Sunshine.  Here's my ATC:

Here's a close-up of he glitter:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

All Dressed Up -  I love sunny days

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

K&Company® Citronella Designer Mat Pad

Copic® Markers

atyouSpica® Glitter Pens

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink Pads in Mowed Lawn and Tumbled Glass 

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color and trim slightly smaller than ATC size

Create an ATC base from patterned paper (2.5" x 3.5")

Add glitter pen ink to sentiment, cloud, birds and sun

Add distress ink for grass and sky

Adhere image to base

Thank you for stopping by today and I would love to see you play along with us.  It's such a fun theme and wide open for interpretation!  See you soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Sheltering Tree

Today is our last day of this week's Stampendous theme celebrating trees!  For today's card I've used the new Tree House Rubber Stamp.  I absolutely love this stamp!  It takes me back to my childhood and summers spent with cousins and friends.  I hope it gives you some warm fuzzy feelings about your childhood, too!

Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous:
W145 Tree House
L262 Friendship Tree
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Plus:
Memento™ London Fog Ink by Tsukineko®
VersaFine™ Smokey Gray Ink by Tsukineko®
Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger®
Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®
Everglade Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Painted Desert Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Squares by 3L®
Copic® Markers (C1, C3, C6, C7; W1, W4, W7; YG13; YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97; G20, G21, G24, G28; R24, R27, R29; E97, E99)

Here’s what I did to create this card:

1 Stamp main image, color and trim to desired size.

2 Add distress inks.

3 Stamp sentiment and add distress ink.

4 Create an A2 card base with a tent fold from green cardstock.

5 Trim mats for both stamped images from red cardstock and adhere the images to the mats.

6 Adhere the main image to the card as shown.

7 Using foam squares, attach the sentiment as shown.

Here’s a list of my teammates that are playing along today, be sure to check them out and leave them some love!  

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Alison Heikkila

Thanks for stopping by today!  I’ll see you again next week with some more Stampendous love!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Family Tree

Stampendous is climbing trees this week!  LOL!  Okay, we're really not climbing trees but we're posting lots of cards WITH trees!  I have to admit, I'm a tree hugger!  I love the majesty and beauty of trees and have always enjoyed drawing, painting or just coloring them.  I love how they seem to be reaching for the heavens!  Here's my card for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous:

SSC1224 Forest Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

ASCRS03 Cling Industrial Set

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle

Plus:
Memento™ Angel Pink Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ London Fog Ink by Tsukineko®

VersaFine™ Smokey Gray Ink by Tsukineko®
Copic® Markers - W0, W1, W4, W7; YG63, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97; B0000; BV23; R22, R24

Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger®

Everglade Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Painted Desert Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Ribbon by May Arts

ZipDry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp images, color and trim as shown.

Edge images with distress ink.

Trim mats for images from red cardstock and adhere as shown.

Create A2 card base with a tent fold from green cardstock.

Stamp background onto card base with VersaFine grey ink.

Trim a length of ribbon to wrap completely around card and adhere ends under images. 

Adhere images as shown.

Here's the list of my teammates that have more inspiration for you today:

Stampendous Blog 

Kristine Reynolds

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

Lea Kimmel

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Hope you've enjoyed the week so far, I have one more day of inspiration for you tomorrow, so, please stop by!  In the meantime, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea