With Tails Entwined

With Tails Entwined from Stampendous' House-Mouse Designs collection, you just feel the love in the air!  Sitting by the light of the moon, these two cuties are over the top adorable!  All week long, Stampendous is sharing the love with a theme of "Be Mine, Valentine."  We would love to inspire you to make your own Valentine feel the love with a sweet handmade card by YOU!  Here's my project:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Tails Entwined
Stampendous® Life Words Perfectly Clear ™Stamps
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
Stampendous® Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle
Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®
Happy Haunting Collection Jolly Jack-O-Lantern by Graphic 45®
Copic® Markers  (B93, B95, B97, B99; Y000, Y11, Y15, Y21, Y23; E40, E41, E42, E43, E50, E51, E53, E93; W0, W1, W4, W7; YG93, YG95; C0, C1, C3, C6)
Star Punch by EK Success®
Hole Punch 1/16th by EK Success®
Miscellaneous Blue Craft Wire
3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

1. Stamp image, color and trim to desired size.
2. Create A-2 card base with a tent fold.
3. Trim a mat for image from Bazzill cardstock.
4. Trim patterned paper as shown.
5. Adhere all layers as shown.
6. Stamp sentiment on Bazzill and trim to desired size, punch two holes as shown and add wire.
7. Punch out star.
8. Hang sign on star and adhere to star.
9. Attach star to card with foam squares.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I do hope you like my little card, I sure had fun creating it.  I'm going to have a busy week with a post on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, too, so be sure to stop back by.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Lacy Sunshine Stamps

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Lacy Sunshine Stamps with a Fall Fun theme.  The image I've used is Kenna Wicked Witch.  Here's my ATC:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Lacy Sunshine Stamps Kenna Wicked Witch

Neenah® Classic Crest® Solar White Cover Stock

Graphic 45® Haunting Halloween

Bazzill® Cardstock

Stampendous® Tricky Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Fran•táge™ Color Fragments in Trick or Treat

Spectrum Noir™ Markers

Memento™Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Beacon® Adhesives Zip Dry®

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, trim to desired size and color

Trim patterned paper and ATC base

Adhere all layers as shown

Stamp sentiment onto image as shown

Attach fragments with glue

That's it for this Wednesday!  Hope you like my cute little image!  Be sure to check in with me on Thursday for my Dreamweaver Stencils post!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

A New Catty Starring Stampendous!

Oh, the fun and excitement of a new catty coming out with lots of new Stampendous Stamps and great projects from the design team!  I'm so blessed to be a part of this process!  Today I want to share a little catalog sneak peek with you, a cute little card I made using House-Mouse Star Costume.  I love these little mice and so enjoy creating projects with them.  Here's my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® House-Mouse Designs® Star Costume
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers (Y08, Y13, Y15, Y17, E21, E50, E51, E53,  E93, C0, C1, C3, C6, C7, Y35, Y38, Y04, Y06, YR12, YR16, YR18)
Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock
Graphic 45® Happy Haunting Collection Patterned Paper
Tim Holtz® Distress Marker™ and Ink in Scattered Straw
Inkworkz® Air Art Gun
EK Success® Star Punch – Large and Small
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives®
Foam Mounting Squares

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image and color with markers

Trim image to desired size

Edge image with distress ink

Create standard A-2 card base with a tent fold

Trim patterned papers as shown

Punch out 2 small and 1 large star and cut mat for image from yellow Bazzill®

Using Air Art Gun, spritz image and stars with marker

Adhere all layers as shown 

Add stars with foam mounting squares

This was such a fun card to create!  Halloween is my favorite holiday and I know I'll be making more of these little super "Stars" for my friends to help celebrate!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again really soon!  Have a blessed day and I hope you've enjoyed this little sneak peek!

Hugs,
Lea

Inspiration Winged Cross

This week at Stampendous®, we're featuring our beautiful cross images, I think these are perfect for the Easter season.  For my project, I've used Winged Cross.  I have to admit, it's my favorite!  I have a collection of angels and a collections of crosses so this kind of combines the two!  I've used the Fran•táge technique on this card with lots of crusties and texture.  It's so much fun to create this way!  So here's my card with details below:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® R189 Winged Cross
Stampendous® Gold Encrusted Jewel Kit
Stampendous® Champagne PEARLustre™ Embossing Powder
Stampendous® Boss Gloss
VersaMarker™ by Tsukineko® Memento™ London Fog Ink by Tsukineko® 
Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, & Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Ranger®
Kraft Reflections Paper by Graphic 45® 
Clear Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint by Ranger® 
Silver Bling Glamour Dust Paint by DecoArt® 
Copic® Markers - W1, W2, W4, W5, E33, E34, E35, E37 
Multi-Medium Matte by Claudine Hellmuth Studio 
ZipDry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives®

Here's how I created this card:

Stamp R189 Winged Cross on white with Memento Ink.
Color image with Copics.
Paint wings with Silver Bling paint, set aside to dry.
Trim image closely and distress edges with distresser tool.
Create card base from Bazzill in a tent fold and distress sides and bottom of front only.
Trim patterned paper to mat image and distress edges. 
Add antique linen distress ink all around image.
Add pumice stone distress ink around outer edges going in close to the image but not all the way.
Add vintage photo distress ink just to distressed edges of all papers.
Adhere image to patterned paper with Zip Dry and curl corners of image piece slightly.
Sponge Boss Gloss around card randomly and add Aged Gold EP and heat.
Using VersaMarker, outline swirls on image, add Champagne Pearl EP and heat.
Randomly sprinkle Aged Gold EP and heat from underneath.
Randomly dot on distress stain.
Adhere image and patterned paper to card base.
Add crackle paint to cross and let it dry.

That's it for today, I hope you've enjoyed my project and that it has inspired you to create your own!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon.  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,
Lea

You Are Sunlight...

Get ready for an amazing week of Awesome in Autumn! This week we are playing with the Quietfire Design team, and are so excited to play with their amazing images and sentiments. In their beautiful calligraphic style, their quotes and thoughts are the perfect addition to our Dreamweaver designs. Follow along with us, and leave your comments for an opportunity to win one of two wonderful prize packages:

Cock-a-doodle-dooooo!  I love roosters!  I think they're comical to watch as they strut around the yard!  My great-grandmother had several and most of them were mean but there was one in particular that liked to follow my cousins and me around the yard.  He would even let us pet him but there was no way he would let us pick him up!  I miss those summer days of my youth when the world was still so big and something as simple as a rooster following me around a yard was the highlight of my day!  Boy those days are long gone but they are and always will be "sunlight to my heart."

This Dreamweaver Stencil, LG753, Crowing Rooster, brought back so many memories of days spent in the country that I wanted to give my card a country feel.  I had these great papers from Graphic 45's French Country Collection that are perfect for this card.  My card base is Bazzill.  I stamped my Quietfire Design sentiment, You are Sunlight, with Memento Tuxedo Black on Neenah Classic Crest and also used Neenah for my stencil inked with ClearSnap's ColorBox fluid chalk ink pads in Autumn Pastels and Primary Pastels.  The colors were perfect with my patterned papers!  I dabbed on some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen on both my image and my sentiment.  I edged my sentiment with his Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. Once I had most of my pieces rounded on the corners, layered and adhered with Beacon Zip Dry, I added some glue to the sun and then added Art Glitter's Challis UltraFine Opaque Hologram Glitter over the glue for a little added sparkle!  Using pop dots I finished it off by adding my sentiment to the card and for the ultimate country feel, I added three buttons with glue dots.  Very simple, very country, kinda cute!

So here are the others playing along today with awesome inspiration for your viewing pleasure!  Be sure to leave some love to be entered to win one of our prize packs.

Quietfire Design Members...

Yogi Grunwald

Suzanne Cannon

and

Dream Team members...

Wendy Jordan

Louise Healy

Terrece Siddoway

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Pam Hornschu

and the

Dream It Up! blog

and

Quietfire Creations Blog

Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you back here tomorrow for the big blog hop!  

Hugs,

Lea

Stamping the night away...

...or maybe I should say stenciling!

It's fun in the sun time again with another collaboration between Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils! We'll be playing together all of this week, with a fabulous hop on Friday, August 2nd, featuring a slew of amazing talent from both teams, and of course...prizes!!!

Two prize packages will be given away for the comments left on posts Monday-Thursday, July 29th - August 1st, and one prize will be given away for comments left on the hop day, Friday, August 2nd. Winners will be selected randomly and announced Thursday, August 8th. (Note: USA addresses only, please, due to shipping costs.) Here's what you could win:

Stampendous Surfer and Sandcastle Kiddos • Dreamweaver Hot Air Balloon, Ice Cream Cones, Summer, Mosaic Swirls, Bird Words, and Sandcastle stencils

 Here's what I created:

This card was a lot of fun to create as I love the silhouette look with the black matte embossing paste using LL 379 Tall Palm Trees!  I knew I wanted to do a sunset sky with several Memento colors fading into a darker blue but I needed to know where to place everything.  To accomplish this, I laid the stencil down and using a pencil, I lightly traced the design onto my paper.  I removed the stencil and stippled and sponged my color on in all the right spots!  I put the stencil back on the paper making sure my lines matched up and pasted it with my black paste.  Once dry, I trimmed it down and then I looked at my sun that was black.  I thought, hmmm, unless there's an eclipse going on, my sun needs to be yellow.  I pulled out my Stampendous Yellow Ultra Fine Pastel Glitter and discovered it was the perfect shade for my sun.  Of course I realized that putting the light yellow glitter over black might not give me the coverage I really wanted so I used my white Sharpie poster paint pen and covered the sun portion with white.  Once it dried I add my glitter with some Zip Dry.  My card base is black CS I purchased at Michaels and my patterned paper is part of the Graphic 45 Happy Haunting Collection.  The sentiment is a partial sentiment from the Sandy Kiddos Digital Download set from Stampendous!  

Now, hop on over to the next in line. Don't forget to leave some love for a chance to win, and just 'cuz it's nice!

Stampendous

Dream It Up! 

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Jennifer Dove Bonner

Pam Hornschu

Cyndi Bundy  
Kristine Reynolds

Stacey Rumsby  
Lea Kimmel

Rhea Weigand

Terrece Siddoway  

That's it for today!  Tomorrow is the BIG HOP with lots of inspiration.  Make sure to participate and comment to win!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow!

Hugs,
Lea 

Trick or Cheese!!

Have you heard the news!?  House-Mouse has moved in with Stampendous!  We're huge fans of Ellen Jareckie and her cute little critters!  These little guys tickle my funny bone and I am just in love with them!  How could I not be?  Right!  Today I'm sharing the adorable House-Mouse stamp called "Trick or Cheese."  He's so adorable!  This cute little House-Mouse has the perfect Halloween costume!  And, since I know you're going to want several of these little cuties, keep in mind that Stampendous has free shipping for U.S. orders over $50.00 through the end of July.  To make it even better, these little cuties are now available in Cling Rubber™!

Here's a list of products I've used for my card:

Small Typewriter Alphabet Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Cling Trick or Cheese

Neenah Classic Crest

Black Cardstock

Graphic 45 Happy Haunting

My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose

Copics

Memento Tuxedo Black

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Antique Linen & Black Soot

My teammate, Kristine Reynolds, also has a project today so please be sure to check it out.  I hope you like my little card and I'll have another for you soon!  Thanks for stopping by to take a look.

Hugs,

Lea

Wonderland Movie Magic

Hello, movie goers!  Welcome to my first post as a member of the design team for the new Movie Magic Monthly challenge blog!  We'll have a new movie inspired challenge for you each month; that gives you ample time to create a little movie magic of your own.  If you would, please help spread the word, the more players we have, the more fun it will be for everyone.  This month's challenge movie is Alice in Wonderland.  What a great movie to start with and there are tons of Alice in Wonderland images out there.  So, put on your creative hats and hit your stash!  Here's my card:

Front

Inside

Here's a list of supplies used:

Wonderland Perfectly Clear Stamps from Stampendous

Bazzill Cardstock

Bo Bunny "Little Miss" Collection 6x6 paper pad

Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections "Quote...Unquote"

Neenah Classic Crest Smooth Natural White

Copic Markers

Tim Holtz distress ink in peeled paint

Memento Tuxedo Black

Petaloo "Penny Lane" collection flowers

ScorTape

Glue Dots

This was such a fun card to create.  I love Alice in Wonderland and when I think about the movie, the first things that come to mind are Alice, of course, the White Rabbit, hearts, playing cards, and teacups!  It was truly one of my most favorite books growing up and I love both movie versions, Disney and Burton.  So, create away, my friends, make a little magic with Alice.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Lea

All aboard!

Hi all!  Today I have a Stampendous Sketch Challenge card to share with you.  If you haven't played along with our weekly sketch on Splitcoast Stampers you should give it whirl!  Here's a copy of the SC396 sketch for this week:

    Now, here's my take on it:

I've actually had this paper for a while just waiting for the opportunity to use it with just the right stamp and sketch.  So here are the deets on my card!  I used Railroad Poster from Stampendous as my image that I stamped with Jet Black Staz-On onto Neenah's natural paper and then distressed the edge with the Tim Holtz distressing tool and distress inks, Vintage Photo and Tea Dye.  The base of my card is Bazzill, my patterned papers are K and Company and Graphic 45.  I also added some Tea Stained Mica Fragments and Bronze Crushed Glass Glitter, both from Stampendous, as a little extra bling.  Here's a close-up:



I have to say that masculine cards are always challenging to me.  I love bling and flowers and ribbon and those things don't generally mix with "masculine" cards.  Also on Splitcoast Stampers is another challenge, Dare to Get Dirty 12 (DTGD12) and I'm using this card for the DTGD12Twinshappy challenge.  If you want more details, you should go to the challenge forum and check it out!

Also, I realize I'm a little late announcing this but life has kind of gotten in the way the past few days and things don't always go as planned!  Does that ever happen to you?  There may be some of you wondering who won my blog candy from last week's Stampendous New Release Week.  I'm happy to announce that JenGD is my lucky winner.  Wondering what she won?  It was a secret!  Here's what she won:



So, JenGD, I hope you like your prizes, please leave me your e-mail addy so I may contact you.  That's it for today.  Hope you like my card and will check back again soon.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs!
Lea

Trick or Treat!

Yes, I know it isn't Halloween yet, however, when you have an image this cute, you wish it was!  It's Release Week at Stampendous and boy do we have some cute images to share with you.  I love the new Stampendous Kiddos; they are just totally adorable!  Here's my card for today:

 

Cling Kitty Candy Kiddo and Cling Autumn Words are the new images I've used for this card and I love them both!  I stamped the kiddo stamp on Neenah with Memento and colored it with Copics.  Next I stamped the image again without reinking on a piece of scrap paper that I cut out to use for a mask.  Once my kiddo image was masked, I stamped the background stamp over her.  I trimmed my image and used Antique Linen and Rusty Hinge Tim Holtz distress inks on my stamped images.  I added a length of ribbon that I poked a hole through with a jump ring and then added the Tim Holtz Halloween token that says Jack O' Lantern.  I thought that was just the perfect touch for this card, what do you think?

The base of my card is Bazzill, the patterned papers are Graphic 45's Happy Haunting.  My ribbon is May Arts.  I also used the Drippy Goo edge punch from Martha Stewart.  I think that makes the jack-o-lanterns look a little like they are melting into the clock paper.  A fun card for sure! 

Don't forget I have secret surprise blog candy to give away this week but the winner must comment on my blog posts at least three days this week.  A few of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous as well! Not only do some of them have their own blog candy, Stampendous will be drawing a winner for this great prize pack.

How do you win it? It's easy! One of the featured bloggers today will be choosing a random commenter from her blog, and that lucky person will be announced on the Stampendous blog tomorrow. The more places you leave a comment, the better your chances are to win! Below is the list of team members who are sharing inspiration today:

Stampendous Impressions
Lynn Mercurio
Jan Garber
Jennifer Dove
Taylor Usry (has blog candy)
Janelle Stollfus (has additional blog candy)
Lea Kimmel (that's me!)
Steph Lee
Tenia Nelson
Wendy Price

Be sure to check back tomorrow for another image release.  Until then, have a lovely day!

Hugs,
Lea

Who's New?

Steampunk Owl!  That's who!  What's new?  Tons of cool stamps at Stampendous!  Yay!  This week those of us on the design team are sharing a few of our newest stamps with you just to whet your appetite and leave you wanting more.  Hmmm...almost mean, huh?  I said almost! 

I'm so excited about this release that I'm going to do a first, I'm going to offer up some secret surprise blog candy.  Now, here's the deal, in order for you to be eligible for MY blog candy, you need to comment on at least three of my posts this week.  No comments, no candy!  Stampendous is offering up daily prizes but you have to comment to be eligible for those too.

So, without further ado, here's my card for today:

This is the new Cling Steampunk Owl, isn't he absolutely owl-some!?  I love this image and if you're an owl fan, I'm sure you will too!  I stamped him in Memento's Rich Cocoa on Bazzill and colored him in with Copics.  Using my VersaMark pad I also stamped some watch and clock faces from Time Flies and Steampunk Gears and embossed the images with clear EP.  I layered my image piece on black Bazzill and added those layers to  my base of Bazzill and patterned papers from KaiserCraft (the black and gray) and Graphic 45 (the clocks).  Next I threw on a little Fran•táge with a mix of Aged Taupe, Aged Copper and Chunky Black embossing enamels along with a smidge of Tea Stained Mica Fragments.  A simple card, but, oh so fun to create!  Here's another view that shows the Fran•táge elements a little better:

So, just to recap, if you want to be entered for my blog candy, you know what to do!  If you want to be entered to win the daily prize from Stampendous, well, you have to comment to be eligible for that too!  A few of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous as well!  Some of them have their own blog candy, too. Stampendous will be drawing a winner for this great prize pack.

One more time, how do you win it? It's easy! One of the featured bloggers today will be choosing a random commenter from her blog, and that lucky person will be announced on the Stampendous blog tomorrow. The more places you leave a comment, the better your chances are to win! Below is the list of team members who are sharing inspiration today:

Stampendous Impressions
Cyndi Bundy (has additonal blog candy)
Kristine Reynolds
Jennifer Dove
Taylor Usry (has additional blog candy)
Jan Garber
Wendy Jordan
Lea Kimmel (that's me!)
Rhea Weigand
Wendy Price

Leave us some love and you might just be a winner!  Be sure to check back tomorrow for another awesome image that's sure to be a treat!

Hugs,
Lea

Stampendous Challenge Time!

Some days you just need to stop and smell the roses!  Dial it down a notch or two and enjoy some crafty time.  That's what I did with this week's Stampendous Monthly Challenge.  I had been wanting to try the new no line stamping technique where you stamp your image in a light color of ink.  When you color the image in with your markers, the lines pretty much disappear and it looks like you've drawn the image yourself.  Pretty cool, huh?  This was my first attempt with the technique and I'm pretty pleased with the results.  Rather than make this into a card I decided to make some wall art for my stamp room.  I've always had a thing for roses so when Stampendous came out with this Jumbo Cling Cottage Rose set, I pretty much swooned and knew I had to have it!  So here's the list of challenge players for today:

Lea Kimmel (That's me!)
Pam Hornshu
Susie Moore
Taylor Usry
Melinda Gleissner
Stephanie Lee
Jennifer Ingle



And we want YOU to play along with us! Simply make a gift, gift set (could be cards, could be an altered item), or a gift card holder of some sort and add the direct link for your project to our collection at the end of this post (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than Thursday, May 31 at 11:59 PM EST . You do not have to use Stampendous products, but we sure love it when you do! As an extra incentive for playing along, one lucky crafter (drawn at random) will receive this fabulous new Cling Jumbo Tropical Garden stamp set:

Due to shipping restrictions, the winner must have a US address. We hope you have a chance to play along with us (you an enter as many times as you'd like!) this month...Happy Crafting!

Hugs,
Lea