Papermill Papermaking Perfection in Purple

Hello, again!  Today is my last post for the Earth Day hop showcasing handmade paper created with the Arnold Grummer Papermill Complete Papermaking Kit.  Today's paper is purple with bits of Shaved Ice, Crystal Micro Glitter and Royal Purple Crushed Glass Glitter.  This was made with mostly white paper and just a little bits and pieces of purple scrap papers.  I also added a few flower petals from violets my granddaughter picked in the yard.  This paper was probably my favorite, I saved the best for last!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Arnold Grummer's® Papermill™ Complete Papermaking Kit

Stampendous® Single Iris Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Anemone Smile Cling Set (for sentiment)

Stampendous® Royal Purple Crushed Glass 

Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Shaved Ice

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Paper Scraps in White, Purple, and Lavender 

Parakeet Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Prismacolor® Pencils

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

This has been such a fun hop!  I've really enjoyed making my own paper and will continue to do this periodically just because I can!  Thanks for checking out my projects and I'll see you again soon!  Have a great weekend.

Hugs,

Lea

Pretty Pink Paper

Hi there!  I'm back with another post showcasing handmade paper created with the Arnold Grummer Papermill Complete Papermaking Kit.  Today's paper is a baby pink with bits of Shaved Ice and Crystal Micro Glitter.  I actually made this with mostly white paper and just a little bit of pink scrap papers.  The picture does not do it justice!  It's much prettier and pinker in real life!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Arnold Grummer's® Papermill™ Complete Papermaking Kit

Stampendous® Cling Fuchsia Trio Rubber Stamp Set

Stampendous® Fuchsia Trio Cutting Die Set

Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Shaved Ice

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Paper Scraps

Parakeet Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers

3D Foam Squares™ by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

If you love specialty papers and those beautiful handmade papers with the different fibers and glitters embedded in them, you really should consider getting the Papermill Kit.  It's incredibly easy and a lot of fun!  You won't regret it!

Hugs,

Lea

I Made Paper!

I made paper, and I liked it!  This was seriously fun to do and so easy, you wouldn't believe it!  It's a great way to use your scraps, too.  I made this green paper and didn't use any green to make it.  I used scraps of yellow, turquoise and white and it became this lovely shade of green.  I added in some glitters and ended up with a gorgeous paper that I love.

Here are a couple of close-ups of the paper.  Isn't it pretty!?

Here's what I used to create this card:

Arnold Grummer's® Papermill™ Complete Papermaking Kit

Stampendous® Sunshine Daisy Cling Rubber Stamp Set

Stampendous® Sunshine Daisy Cutting Dies Set

Stampendous® Greetings Galore Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Fitted Frames A Die Cut Set

Stampendous® Green Crushed Glass Glitter

Stampendous® Gold Medium Halo Glitter

Stampendous® Shaved Ice

Paper Scraps

Tropical Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers

Yellow Twine from May Arts Ribbon®

3D Foam Squares™ by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

If you've never made paper before and you'd like to give it a try, get yourself one of these kits, you won't regret it!  Have fun!

Hugs,

Leadonna

Llama Delivery

Special delivery!  Anytime you have gifts arriving by llama, you know they're special!  Today's card is created using one of the new Stampendous CURIO stamps, CURIO Llama, and the sentiment is from Greetings Galore Perfectly Clear™ Stamps.  Isn't this llama just the cutest!?

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous products - 

CUR21 CURIO Llama Rubber Stamp

SSC1281 Greetings Galore Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko

STF082 VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukinkeo

Other products - 

Red Cardstock

Kraft Cardstock

Copic Markers

Zip Dry by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image with black ink on white paper, color and trim as shown
2. Create a red mat for image
3. Create an A2 card base from red cardstock as shown
4. Trim a piece of kraft cardstock to 4"x5 1/4" and stamp sentiment as shown
5. Assemble all layers

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous goodness!  Until then, have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Lea

Perfect Pairing with PaperMart

Today, Stampendous is doing a mini blog hop using PaperMart products.  PaperMart has a pretty wide range of products, but, not all of them are paper!  You should make a point of going to their website and taking a look around.  There's a lot to see!  For my project today, I chose to use one of their Gold Window Stackable Steel Tin Cans.  I love little tins of any sort and this was right up my alley.  

I happened to notice the tin was the perfect size of an Artist Trading Coin.  I enjoy creating ATC's!  It's fun to see what you can do on such a small scale.  I thought it would be fun to create an ATC with our Frog Yoga Perfectly Clear Stamps Set.  I love this set!  These frogs are just too cute!

 Top of the Tin

          

  

Inside of the Tin lid

Here's what I used to create this tin:

PaperMart® Gold Window Stackable Steel Tin Can

Stampendous® Frog Yoga Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils Pearlescent Embossing Paste

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Stampendous® Color Fragments (Retired)

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers

DecoArt® Americana® Acrylic Paints

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

I love my little froggy tin!  I hope you'll visit PaperMart and check out their many wonderful products!  I think they pair perfectly with our stamps!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Merry Mice

...and Ornament Warmth House-Mouse Designs® go hand-in-hand for the perfect chilly Christmas Day.  There's just something super sweet about the Stampendous® House-Mouse Designs® Christmas stamps.  As if these adorable mice weren't cute enough, at Christmas, they really shine with their adorable antics!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® House-Mouse Designs® Ornament Warmth Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® House-Mouse Designs® Merry Mice Perfectly Clear Stamps Set 

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Stampendous® Crystal Glitter Multi-Fine

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers

Spectrum Noir™Sparkle Pens

Spectrum Noir™ Metallic™Silver Ingot Pen

Misc. Patterned Paper

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® Cardstock

E-Z Runner™ by Scrapbook Adhesives™

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous fun!  Until then!

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

Brrr...

It's a Winter Blizzard out there!  At least it's a Stampendous Cling Winter Blizzard Rubber Stamp!  Right now I think it would be appreciated by those in the hot zones.  Thankfully it's not too bad here in North Carolina right now.  Give it 24 hours and it will all change!  Of course a little Christmas in July is bound to help you feel a little cooler, even if it's just the imagination working overtime.  Here's  my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cling Winter Blizzard Rubber Stamp
Stampendous® Merry Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set
Stampendous® Twinkle Glitter
Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper
Starmist Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Memento™ Summer Sky Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Memento™ Nautical Blue Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Rhinestones by Queen & Co.®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

The best thing about this stamp, the large snowflake pops out.  This gives you a lot of flexibility in how you use the stamp to create your projects.

Isn't that just the coolest!?  It's like having three stamps in one!  The full stamp, the stamp without the snowflake and just the snowflake.  Options!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous goodness!  Until then, have a wonderful week!

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

Wisteria Circle

Wisteria Circle is one of the newest Stampendous stamps that I'm in love with!  To begin with, the name is just dreamy!  I can just imagine living on a street named Wisteria Circle or in a sweet cottage named Wisteria Circle.  Yes, I'm a mushy romantic at heart!  I've always loved Wisteria vines, they grow wild around here and they're stunningly beautiful, just like this stamp!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Wisteria Circle Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukeniko®

BasicGrey® Kioshi Paper Pad

Apple Green Cardstock by Core'dinations®

May Arts Ribbon®

Copic® Markers

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous inspiration.  Until then, have a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Lea

Moroccan Tile Time

It's time to add a little Stampendous Moroccan Tile spice to the mix!  I love this stamp!  I know, I love them all, but, seriously, this one is so beautiful!  You can use it for a background or make it the star of the show.  It your choice!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® 6CR007 Cling Moroccan Tile Rubber Stamp
Spectrum Aqua® Markers
Canson® Watercolor Paper
May Arts Ribbon®
Core'dinations® Apple Green Cardstock
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Color stamp with markers
2. Spritz stamp with water, lay paper over top and press paper onto stamp
3. Trim around stamped image
4. Trim solid cardstock
5. Tie ribbon and adhere to card front
6. Adhere layers together

I love the soft watercolor look of this image done with this technique!  I've not used this technique in a while and it was fun to do.  Thanks bunches for stopping by and I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous inspiration!  

Hugs,

Lea

Celebrate Spring with Flower Jars

This is one of those sweet Stampendous® stamps that I fell in love with the minute I saw it!  I would love to have these bottles sitting in a windowsill with the sun shining through.  I'm a simple beauty kinda gal!  So in case you're wondering, this stamp is called Flower Jars!  Isn't it awesome!?

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

P313 Flower Jars Rubber Stamp

SSC1272 Brushed Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH46 Large Handle

SSH38 Small Rectangle Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products - 

Yellow Corn Cardstock by My Colors®

Molly & Rex™ Specialty Cardstock Paper Pad
Shaded Lilac Distress Ink by Ranger®
E-Z Runner® Adhesive by Scrapbook Adhesives™
3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives™
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives
Copic® Markers (Y13, Y15, Y38, YR61, YR65, YR68, RV32, RV34, RV52, RV55, RV63, V04, V06, BV02, BV11, B0000, B000, B91, E08, E09, G00, G12, G40, G43, YG03, YG05, YG07, C1)

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. Stamp sentiment with lilac ink on white paper
5. Trim sentiment closely
6. Trim yellow cardstock in a horizontal A2 size with a tent fold
7. Trim a mat for image and sentiment from yellow cardstock
8. Trim patterned cardstock for background as shown
9. Adhere sentiment to mat and set aside
10. Adhere layers as shown
11. Adhere sentiment as shown to card front with foam squares

Thanks so much for stopping by this week.  In case you missed it, I had a card posted on Wednesday, too, using Floral Typewriter Perfectly Clear™ Stamps.  You can check it out here.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again next week!

Hugs,

Lea

Dragonfly Skateboard

Today is the last day of the Stampendous!® week-long celebration of House-Mouse® Designs.  I always enjoy creating with those cute little mice, they just make me smile!  Today's card uses House-Mouse® Designs Dragonfly Skateboard.  

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

HMP91 House-Mouse® Designs Dragonfly Skateboard Rubber Stamp

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

Other Products - 

Kachina Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® Paper

#Summer Paper Pad by American Crafts®

Blooming Paper Pad by Love Nicole™

Yellow Twine by May Arts Ribbon®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Copic® Markers - Y13, RV17, RV55, YR07, YR65, YR68, R24, R29, B24, B26, B000, BG000, BG11, BG45, BG49, BV000, R20, G12, G43, G46, G00, E40, E41, E43, E50, E51, E53, W4, W5, W7, C1, C5

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image, color and trim closely
2. Create an A2 card base and mat for stamped image from teal cardstock
3. Trim all patterned papers as shown
4. Adhere all layers and adhere dove-tailed tags with foam squares
5. Make a bow from twine and attach with glue

Thanks so much for stopping by this week!  I hope you've enjoyed all of the fun projects.  I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous awesomeness, until then, enjoy your weekend and get crafty!

Hugs,

Lea

Strawberry Wish

If you know me, you know I love Stampendous!® House-Mouse® Designs!  These are just the cutest little mice and they're always doing something adorable.  My card today uses House-Mouse® Designs Strawberry Wish.  I love this image, I hope you will, too!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

HMM18 House-Mouse® Designs Strawberry Wish Rubber Stamp

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

MEM01Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

SSH46 Large Handle

Other Products - 

Grasshopper Cardstock by My Colors® 

#Summer Paper Pad by American Crafts®

May Arts Ribbon®

3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Copic® Markers - R20, R22, R24, R27, R29, R59, B12, B14, B16, G40, G43, YG11, YG13, YG63, Y00, Y02, Y06, Y38, E50, E51, E53, W4, W5

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image, color and trim 
2. Trim a green card base and mat for image
3. Trim patterned paper to fit as shown
4. Trim three pieces of ribbon and adhere to patterned paper as shown
5. Adhere layers

Adhere matted image to card base with foam squares

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll have another card to share with you on Friday, so, please stop back by!

Hugs,

Lea