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One of my favorite new Stampendous stamps this year is the PenPattern Owl.  I have a thing for owls and I'm so pleased that they have become popular again in the design world.  There's just something about the big round eyes that I can't resist!

This is what I used to create this canvas:

P230 PenPattern Owl
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Solar White Classic Crest™ Cover Stock by Neenah®

Leafless Tree Stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils©

Canvas Board 4×6 by Artist’s Loft™

After Midnight, Slate Grey, & Lemon Zest Dylusion’s™ Sprays

1 3/8″ Circle Punch by EK Success®

Removeable Adhesive by Tombow®

Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Aged Mahogany, Worn Lipstick, Barn Door, Fired Brick, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters, Wild Honey, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Dried Marigold, Tattered Rose, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, Chipped Sapphire, Dusty Concord, Milled Lavender, Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw, & Black Soot Distress Markers™ by Ranger®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives®

Q-tips™

Cosmetic Sponge

This is what I did to create this canvas:

• Stamp image onto canvas and onto paper.
• Cut out stamped image on paper to create a mask.
• Punch circle to create a mask for the moon.
• Add removable adhesive to both masks and place owl mask over owl and circle mask in upper right corner of canvas.
• Spritz on blue and gray sprays and mix with fingertips onto canvas, heat with heat gun to dry.
• Remove mask for moon and dip a q-tip in yellow spray and apply to canvas, be sure to slightly extend into blue/gray to create a halo around the moon.
• Place stencil on left side of canvas and, using a cosmetic sponge, stencil tree branches onto canvas, repeat the process for the right side of the canvas but move the stencil down a little lower.
• Remove mask for owl and draw a “branch” on left side of canvas extending off the edge so image isn’t floating.
• Color image with markers

Happy Who-lloween!  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

August Splendor Canvas

As we are heading towards back-to-school again, it is only appropriate that we break out our dictionary for this month's Dreamweaver challenge..."AUGUST as an ADJECTIVE"! 

Merriam-Webster defines august as, "marked by majestic dignity or grandeur", with synonyms such as, "dignified, distinguished, imposing, portly, solemn, staid, and stately". Now, I don't know just how dignified and stately the Dream Team can become for an entire month, but we are all going to give it a try! How about trying along with us, and linking YOUR creations to the inlinkz tool below for a chance to win the wildest stencil design your little heart is screaming for. 

So, my question to you, is there anything more majestic or grand than a huge tree?  I don't believe there is!  Yes, I have a thing for trees, I've confessed that previously!  LOL!  I'm really fascinated with their beauty and resilience.  I've done a Spring and Summer Tree before and, now, here's my Fall:

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Dreamweaver Stencils© DX 7020 Leafless Tree Die
Dreamweaver Stencils© Memories Mists™ - Stormy Water
Faber-Castell® Gelatos™ in Pistachio and Green Tea
Stampendous® Color Fragments in Leaf Green, Canary, Caramel, Ochre, Burgundy and Scarlet
Bo Bunny® Dots in Gray
Spectrum Noir™ markers BG4, BG5 & BG6
Beacon Adhesive® Gem-Tac™
Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™
Artist's Loft™ 6x6 Canvas Board

Here's what I did to create this canvas:

Run gray paper and die through cutter
Add marks to tree with markers
Spritz mist onto canvas and rub in
Add Gelatos™ to bottom and mix with water
Adhere tree to canvas with Zip Dry™
Mix color fragments in a separate container
Add Gem-Tac™ glue to canvas where you want "leaves"
Add fragments to canvas, shake off excess

Here's the rest of the team posting today:

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel (me)

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin
Alison Heikkila

That's it for me today.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

An InLinkz Link-up

How Do You Stack Art?

All this week, the Stampendous Design Team and several guest designers have been showing off a lot of fun things you can create with the new Stampendous Stack Art Kits.  Truly, you are only limited by your imagination with these fun kits!  I've created two different projects with similar themes but two very different looks!  We'll get to my projects momentarily, first, here's an explanation of our Stack Art Kits to help you better understand what they consist of.

Our Stack Art Kits have three components:

• The Stack Art Kraftboard Kit which includes all the kraftboard pieces you’ll need to make at least 4 amazing creations; die cut, double-sided adhesive for all the kraftboard pieces; and sentiments you can use to make each piece a special gift or card embellishment.
• The Stack Art Stamp Sets which include an assortment of terrific background stamps and other images plus an acrylic handle.
• The Stack Art Elements Kits which each include five jars of embellishing goodness to stick to your adhesive covered kraftboard pieces.

Since so many others have shown you projects using the larger kraftboard pieces, I decided to show you a couple of different ways to use the smaller accent pieces and the adhesive pieces.  Here's my first project:

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® Stack Art Kraftboard Angel Wings

Stampendous® Stack Art Angel Wings Stamp Set

Stampendous® Red Micro Glitter

DecoArt® Americana® Winter Blue Acrylic Paint

DecoArt® Americana® Baby Blue Acrylic Paint

DecoArt® Americana® Snow White

DecoArt® Traditions® Carbon Black

StāzOn® Cloudy Sky Ink Pad

Faber-Castell® Pitt Pen in Warm Grey III

Faber-Castell® Pitt Pen in Black Medium Point

Beacon® Gem-Tac

Artist's Loft™ Canvas Panel

Here's what I did to create this project:

Mix both blue paints and cover canvas

Paint on some clouds and allow to dry

Once clouds have dry, mix a tiny amount of black to some white paint and add some subtle shading in the clouds

Paint the wings with the white paint and set aside to dry

Cover the fronts of two hearts with glue and add the red glitter, set aside to dry

Using gray ink, cover wing stamp with ink, stamp off once and then stamp onto painted wings

Write sentiment on canvas panel

Glue wings and hearts onto canvas panel 

For my second project, I wanted to make a little something different that I could set on my desk or on a shelf around the house.  I have a thing for hearts, I love them!  Hearts with wings remind me of my dad, I bought him a pillow that was a heart with wings attached right after he had quadruple by-pass surgery on his heart.  This project is dedicated to my dad whom I miss dearly!

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® Stack Art Kraftboard Angel Wings

Stampendous® Stack Art Royal Heart Stamp Set

Stampendous® Chunky White Embossing Enamel

Bo Bunny® Love Letters Collection 6x6 Paper Pad

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

DecoArt® Americana® Coral Blush Acrylic Paint

Tim Holtz® Distress Inks® in Antique Linen and Tea Dye

StāzOn® Cloudy Sky Ink Pad

Beacon® Gem-Tac®

Frames & Moore™ Medford 3.5 in x 5 in Frame

Here's what I did to create this project:

Stamp background image onto white cs and trim to desired size

Add distress inks to stamped image

Apply wings die-cut, double-sided adhesive  to image as shown

Add embossing enamel over wings and heat

Paint heart with coral paint, set aside to dry, apply additional coats of paint as needed

Trim patterned paper to fit frame

Adhere stamped image to center of patterned paper

Adhere heart to wings

Assemble into frame

That's it for me today!  I do hope you've enjoyed my projects and have found a little inspiration along the way!  Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope to see you again soon.  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

Decorate with DecoArt and Stampendous!

                      

 WELCOME - to our weeklong blog collaboration with DecoArt Paints, Princeton Artist Brushes, and inspired by Willow Wolfe. If you missed Monday's excitement, here's the LINK. DecoArt creates so many fantastic paint products, our team was excited to try so many! We know you'll be stunned when you see what these great products add to your stamping! When you combine them with Princeton Artist Brushes and Catalyst Wedges used on the Stampendous Creative Palette, well WOW!

While Debbie Cole, CDA is an expert at adding paint to your stamped creations, the real excitement happens when she shows Decorative Painters how to use stamps to minimize their prep time in astonishing ways! In fact, she's made a series of five videos featuring the Stampendous Creative Palette and DecoArt paints. You can check them out on our YouTube channel here! Here's my project for today:

In normal lighting

Lights off with some outdoor light coming through

Lights off and exterior lighting blocked

I loved using the glow in the dark paint on this project!  The paint absorbs the light and then gives off this fantastic glow and these were taken rather soon after applying all the paint.  If I had waited to take the photos another day, the stars and moon would have been even brighter.  This idea just popped into my head over the weekend and I had to use this stamp with this paint, it was screaming at me, begging me to!  The Twisted Tree stamp isn't available on the Stampendous site just yet but it's possible it may already be in your local stamp store.  It will be available on the Stampendous site beginning July 6th.


Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® Stamps Twisted Tree (Available July 6, 2014 on-line, may already be in your LSS)
DecoArt® Americana™ Glow in the Dark Paint
DecoArt® Americana™ Paints in Navy Blue, Burnt Umber, Snow (Titanium) White, Pineapple, Flesh Tone, French Vanilla, Hauser Light Green
DecoArt® Traditions™ Paint in Carbon Black
Ranger® Archival Ink™ in Jet Black
Artist's Loft™ 6"x6" Canvas Board
Circle Die
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock
Scotch® Double-Sided Tape

Here's what I did to create this project:

Chose a circle die the size of the moon you want to create and cut it
Decide where you wish to place the moon and adhere die-cut circle with tape to canvas
Paint sky first being sure to leave room at the bottom for grass
Remove die-cut piece and dry paint with heat gun
Paint moon next and dry, one you've dried the paint, go back and add glow in the dark paint, dry
Paint grass at bottom and dry
Ink image and stamp onto canvas being sure to press hard to get the best impression
Paint details of stamp, heat dry
Add "stars" with glow in the dark paint


Artists from all over the world are playing with us this week. Prepare to be amazed! Of course, there are prizes! DecoArt is sending three sets of their Media Fluid Acrylics, Princeton Artist Brushes, through Willow Wolfe, is sending a Select 3750 Brush Set and a Catalyst Wedge, and we'll be adding a Stampendous Creative Palette so you can use all the new techniques you'll learn here this week! Wait until you see what our other artists have created!  Here's what you have to do for a chance to win:

Visit each blog, leave a comment! 

Like Stampendous, DecoArt, Princeton Artist Brushes and inspired by Willow Wolfe on Facebook!

We've also got a Pinterest Board started!

Please repin our projects on to your boards and be sure to tag us when you do (#Stampendous, #DecoArt, #PrincetonArtistBrushes, #byWillowWolfe) - we'll be tracking. Your comments on the blogs are your entry into the drawing! We'll randomly choose three blog posts from all the designer posts this week and then choose a winner from each to receive a prize package. BUT I have a few bonus goodies hanging around my office for some lucky people who SHARE our Facebook posts and Pinterest Pins! We'll send three prize packages to commenters with a U.S. Mailing Address, DecoArt will send three Sample Packs to international commenters so they can play, too!! Ready for your trip around the world??? Let's get Hoppin!

Louise Crosbie (Scotland, UK)

Iliane de Fockert (Elly) (Niedersachsen, Germany)

Julia Stratford-Wright (near London, UK)

Julie Robertson (UK)

Leadonna Kimmel (North Carolina, USA)

Angelica Stark (Hudiksvall, Sweden)

Debbie Cole (California, USA)

A few of the bloggers this week are new to hopping, so if you have an issue with any of the links, here's a little tip! If you get a page that says "Sorry that Page is not here" or something similar, try clicking on the header of the blog, or look for something that says Home. The hop page should be near the top of the day's posts. We will fix broken links as the day goes on, as well, so check back here if you are really lost. The Official Rules are here.

So that's it for me today, I'll be posting again on Friday and the next time I plan to use my Creative Palette for my project.  Thanks for stopping by today and please don't forget to comment if you want to be eligible to win a prize.  See you again soon.

Hugs,
Lea

Wicked Wednesday and it's Time for Tea

That's right!  It's Wicked Wednesday and time for another challenge at Wicked Wednesday ATC Blog Challenges!  This week our sponsor is Time for Tea.  I absolutely love this little Hula Girl, she's about as cute as they come!  Here's my ATC:

Here's a little video to show her "dancing!"

Here's what I used to create this project:

Time for Tea Hula Girl

Neenah Classic Crest

Bazzill Cardstock

Copic Markers

Artist's Loft Watercolors

Action Wobble

Zip Dry

Here's how I created this project:

Print off image and color with markers, cut out

Watercolor background piece with a beach scene

Adhere background to Bazzill

Attach Hula Girl to ATC

That's it for me today!  I hope you like her and will play along with our weekly challenge!  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Lea

Get Hoppin' with Stampendous and Dreamweaver!

Wow!  What a "Dream-Pendous" week it has been!  Are you ready to hop with Dreamweaver Stencils and Stampendous Stamps?  Before you do, don't forget that there are three prize packages available but you must comment to be eligible to win. Each will have a great selection of Dreamweaver Stencils and Stampendous images and dies...one of which is the new "Blossom Beauty" face image as shown on the badge.  So on with the show!  

My project today is another canvas.  I had this idea in my head and, well, if you saw my post yesterday, you know what that's like!  I had to get it out!!  I recently saw a canvas that was done with joint compound.  I liked the look but didn't have any joint compound laying around, however, I did have embossing paste!  So, an idea was born.  My project, even with embossing paste in place of joint compound, is nothing like the canvas I saw originally.  It was a beautiful canvas but mine is more of a mixed media project.  Guess you could say it's a little more "artsy!"  I look forward to hearing what you think!

For some very odd reason, the bottom of my canvas photo keeps pulling into Blogger much darker than it actually is.  The bottom shading is actually like the top of the canvas.  I've never had this happen before so I'm not sure how to fix it.  One of the things I really love about this project is how the text from the Dream Text stamp still shows through the embossing paste.

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® Cling Blossom Beauty
Stampendous® Cling Lovely Garden
Stampendous® Regal Bird Quotes PC™S
Stampendous® Angel Wings Quotes PC™S
Stampendous® Royal Heart Quotes PC™S
Stampendous® Charmed Art PC™S
Stampendous® Artist Elements
Stampendous® Cling Jumbo Dress Form
Stampendous® Dream Text
Dreamweaver Stencils© White Embossing Paste
Liquitex® Ultra Matte Gel Medium
Ranger® Archival Ink™ - Jet Black
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink™ - Pumice Stone
Dixie® Deli Paper
Neenah® Classic Crest™
Artist's Loft™ Watercolors
DecoArt® Paints 

Artist's Loft™ Necessities™ 8 x 10 Canvas Board

Here's what I did to create this project:

Stamp Dream Text stamp over entire surface of canvas board
Cover surface of canvas with embossing paste and allow to dry
Stamp all images on deli paper and tear out close to edge of image
Use watercolors to color butterfly and eyes and lips on face
Apply images with gel medium
Add enough embossing paste around edge of images to blend into background
Brush on distress ink randomly around canvas
Stamp words on cardstock pieces and trim
Stipple distress ink on words
Apply words to canvas with gel medium

Squirt paint on ends of brushes, tilt up and allow paint to run down canvas

That's it for this one, I do hope you like it!  I had a good deal of fun putting this one together with the various images and words.  Enjoy the rest of the hop and I hope to see you back here soon!  Here's the complete hop list:

Stampendous Blog

Dream It Up! 

Rhea Weigand 

Jamie Martin 

Lynn Mercurio

Wendy Price

Alison Heikkila

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Kristi Parker Van Doren

Terrece Siddoway

Kristine Fossmeyer 

Louise Healy

Cyndi Bundy

Leadonna Kimmel (me)

Kristine Reynolds 

Pam Hornschu

Jennifer Dove

Suzanne Czosek 

Asia King
Tenia Nelson 

Thanks again for stopping by!  Don't forget to comment if you want to be eligible to win a prize package.  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

Perfect Pear!

Hey there, crafty people!  It's time for another Dreamweaver Stencils Thursday post!  As you know, this is our last week to post for March Madness and I didn't want to post a card since I do cards all the time.  Instead, I have another canvas for you.  This is a smaller one, though, however, I really like it and I'm going to use it in my den since the colors match.  Here's my project:

Here's what I used to create this project:

Dreamweaver Stencils LL 563, Large Pear

Dreamweaver Stencils LJ 927, Floral w/Dots

Dreamweaver Stencils White Embossing Paste

Dreamweaver Stencils TAP Acrylic Paints

Artist's Loft 5"x7" Canvas Panel

Copic Markers R29 & YG95

Copic Multiliner SP Sepia

DecoArt Gesso

Ranger's Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo

Here's how I created this project:

Prime canvas with gesso and set aside to dry

Paint canvas and set aside to dry

Stencil corners with sponge and distress ink

Mix paste and paint

Paste emboss pear, set aside to dry

Using Copic R29, air brush red onto pear

Using Copic YG95, draw veins on leaf

Using Copic Multiliner, color stems and add sentiment

This was a super fast project to create and very easy to do.  I've been looking at it and I have to admit, I might go over the sentiment with paint and stencil the two corners like I did for the other two corners I've completed.  I hope you have enjoyed my project and will check out the rest of the team's creations, links are below:

Georgia Sommers

Dream It Up!
Lea Kimmel
Louise Healy
Stacey Rumsby
Terrece Siddoway

Wendy Jordan
Pam Hornschu

Cherylynn Moser

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again tomorrow with a Stampendous post!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea