Spooky Spellbinders

Hello and welcome to the final day of the Spellbinders® Whimsical Woodland Blog Fest!  I decided to create two different bezel inserts with our Stampendous® stamps, one that fits our woodland theme and another that's a little spookier for Halloween.  I will use a glue dot on the back of each insert to hold it in but it will also allow me to switch them out.  For easy storage, I'll just keep a piece of acetate that I can stick them to when I'm using a different insert!  

Here’s what I used to create this bezel and the inserts:

Stampendous®:

Spooky House Perfectly Clear Stamps
Halloween Diamonds Perfectly Clear Stamps
Aged Green Embossing Enamel
Jade PEARLustre™ Embossing Powder
VersaMark™ Watermark Ink Pad
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Spellbinders® Shield Bezel - Large Silver

Spellbinders® Die Set
Memento™ London Fog Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Copic® Markers - W0, W1, W4, C1, C3, C4, T4, BV01, BV02, BV04, B91, B93, B95, Y11, Y13, Y32, Y35, Y38, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG93, YG95, G05, G07, E41,E42, E43, E44, E47
Miscellaneous beaded chain
Glue Dots® Adhesives - Craft Dots

Here’s what I did to create this bezel and the inserts:

Die cut two large shields and stamp images
Color images and set aside
Mix embossing enamel and embossing powder in a separate container
Rub VersaMark™ pad around one complete side of bezel
Sprinkle embossing mix on bezel over ink, shake off excess mix and heat
Repeat steps on other side of bezel
Create chain and attach bezel with a jump ring
Add a single bead in bottom hole of bezel

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

Stampendous Stamps

Lea Fritts (me)

Alison Heikkila

Jamie Martin

Tenia Nelson

Spellbinders Blog

Spellbinders is having THREE daily prizes and one grand prize during the hop so you will want to see Spellbinders Official Rules for the complete detail, deadlines and rules.  We have THREE prize packages of our own that include the Cling Create Fall Stamp Set and matching dies. To be eligible, you must be a US resident, comment on the Stampendous blog and that of each Stampendous designer’s blog posts each day of the hop and tell us in what state you live. Stampendous Official Contest Rules apply. Deadline to comment for our prizes is Monday, October 5th and winners will be announced sometime on Tuesday October 6th.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope you’ve enjoyed our hop, I’ve certainly had a good time creating my project for you.  I'm going to make some more inserts so I'll have even more to switch around.  Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you next week with some hauntingly good fun!

Hugs,
Lea

Pumpkin Cat

This week the Stampendous Design Team is showcasing the many awesome pumpkin images we have for your fall and Halloween crafting enjoyment!  And, man oh man, do we have some awesome stamps and stencils!  Today, I'm sharing a card I created using Pumpkin Cat, one of my favorites!  One of the things I really love about this stamp is how it has it all, the main image, a background and a sentiment all in one image!  How easy is that?!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous®:
R232 Pumpkin Cat
FRG13C Royal Blue Crushed Glass Glitter
MG05 Orange Micro Glitter
MG07 Sunflower Micro Glitter
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Orange Dot & Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Chameleon™ Markers (OR4, Y03, YG3, BL3, BL6, NU1, OL3)

ZipDry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image and color, trim as shown.
Create an A2 card base with a tent fold from blue cardstock.
Trim a piece of orange dot paper for background.
Adhere all layers as shown.
Add glitters, tapping off excess.
Set aside to dry.

Here's a list of my teammates that are posting today:

Stampendous Stamps

Lea Fritts (me)

Janelle Stollfus

Kristine Reynolds

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll have a project to share tomorrow as well for our Spellbinders hop. Be sure to stop by and have a look! Have a wonderful weekend!

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:

Stampendous Blog

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

Let's Get Paste-y!

Hello there!  It's Dreamweaver Thursday at Stampendous, thanks for stopping by to check it out!  We've been spreading the paste at Stampendous this week!  We love our Dreamweaver Stencils Embossing Paste and my favorite is the Metallic Silver that I've used today.  Here's my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Penned Friend Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LL437 Peacock Feather

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Metallic Silver Embossing Paste

Stampendous® Detail Silver Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memories Mists® in Sparkling Silver, Blueberry Shake, Lavender Tea, Blue Martini,  and WheatGrass

VersaMark™ Watermark Stamp Pad by Tsukineko®

Delicata™ Silvery Shimmer by Tsukineko®

Periwinkle Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Purple Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

ZipDry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

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

Here's what I did to create this card:

Trim a piece of mixed media white paper to fit stencil
Using mists, spritz and drip the colors desired onto paper, allow to dry
Tape down stencil onto spritzed paper and paste emboss with silver paste, set aside to dry
Create an A2 card base with a tent fold from purple cardstock
Trim a piece of periwinkle paper and spritz and drip with sprays
Trim a small piece of purple cardstock for sentiment
Ink stamp with VersaMark™ pad and stamp onto purple cardstock, add embossing powder and heat
Trim a piece of purple cardstock to mat stenciled piece
Once paste has dried, edge stenciled piece and sentiment with silver ink
Adhere layers as shown
Drip additional silver spray onto card

Here are my teammates that are posting today for Dreamweaver Thursday:

Stampendous Blog

Alison Heikkila

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Hornschu

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel Fritts

Laura Drahozal

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'll have another post for you tomorrow using paste in a slightly different way!  I hope you'll stop by and check it out.  Until then, I hope you have an awesome day.

Hugs,

Lea