Heart Vines for My Valentine

Stampendous is celebrating LOVE all week long!  We have some amazing stamps to celebrate Valentine's Day or any day you wish to share the love with those you care about.  For my card today, I've used Heart Vines Rubber Stamp that was new in the October Catalog.  I fell in love with this stamp the minute I saw it, I hope you will, too.  

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Products - 

W194 Heart Vines Rubber Stamp

FRM01 Pearlized Mica Fragments

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH46 Large Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products - 

Bikini Pink Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Elderberry Paper Pad by Forever in Time®

Fashionably Chic Paper Pad by Recollections®

Pumice Stone Distress Ink by Ranger

May Arts Ribbon®

Offray® Lace Trim

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Copic® Markers (RV21, RV23, RV32, E70, E71, YG95, YG97, YG99)

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, distress and ink edges of paper
4. Trim pink cardstock in an A2 size with a tent fold and lightly distress and ink edges
5. Trim patterned papers for background as shown and distress and ink edges
6. Adhere background layers as shown
7. Adhere ribbons as shown and adhere to card base
8. Adhere image to card front
9. Using glue, adhere mica fragments where desired

I hope you had a pleasant Valentine's Day and felt the love!  I sure did!  I'll see you again next week with more fun inspiration from my favorite stamp company, Stampendous!

Love and Hugs!

Lea

Distressed Dreamweaver

Hello!  Hope you're having some fun crafty time wherever you happen to be!  I had some fun crafty time in my studio and played with some great Stampendous products for  Dreamweaver Thursday!  We're distressing our projects this week, that could be any one of multiple techniques.  Mine was simple, it just involved using a stamp to create a faux distressed background.  It doesn't get much easier than that and I totally love the look!  Here's my card:

This is what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils© Nested Owls Cutting Dies

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils© Leafless Tree Die Cut

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils© Owl Buddy Stencil

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils© Regular Embossing Paste

Stampendous® Andy Skinner Cling Industrial Set

Stampendous® Forest Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Pear Tart Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Cantaloupe Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Gray Flannel Ink by Tsukineko®

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Faber-Castell® PITT Artist Pen in Walnut Brown

Miscellaneous Scraps of Patterned Paper

Miscellaneous Embroidery Thread

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

This is what I did to create this card:

Trim a piece of white paper to 4" x 5 1/4" for card front 

Using a stippling brush, add green ink to trimmed white paper

Stamp background in gray ink over in tire piece of inked paper

Die cut a tree and trim pieces for card front

Adhere largest piece of tree to paper allowing pieces to hangover edges

Tape stencil onto card front with owl claws slightly overlapping onto branch, set aside to dry

While the paste is drying, die cut the owl with a variety of patterned papers 

Stamp sentiment with black ink onto a scrap of white paper

Trim sentiment, ink with light orange ink, punch holes and add thread to "hang" sign from branch

Adhere top branch with sign to card front 

Attach die cut owl pieces to dry embossing paste

Trim an A2 card base with a tent fold 

Adhere card front to card base and trim branch pieces that are overhanging
Fill in spaces on owl with marker as shown

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

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Laura Drahozal DW*

Lyn Bernatovich DW*

Pam Hornschu DW*

Kristine Reynolds DW*

Lea Fritts DW*

Louise Healy

Tenia Nelson

Alison Heikkila

Wendy Price

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  If you left me a comment, double thanks!  LOL!  I hope you enjoyed my little owl card, I sure had a fun time creating it.  Have a blessed afternoon!

Hugs,

Lea

*Dreamweaver Thursday post