Going, going, gone...

...Batty, that is!  That's right, Stampendous has gone batty for the past week and my teammates have shared some pretty awesome projects, today I'm sharing mine.  As I've said in a previous post, Halloween is my favorite holiday!  I love creating cards and other projects to help celebrate this spooky fun day and even spookier night.  Here's my own version of going batty:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® PenPattern Bat Stamp

Stampendous® Damask Bats Stamp

Stampendous® Tricky Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Stampendous® Trick or Treat Color Fragments

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Tangelo Ink by Tsukineko®

Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper™

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Martha Stewart® Drippy Goo Edge Punch

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp bat background stamp with black ink onto white cs

Stamp large bat with back ink onto white cs at an angle

Stamp words around bat as shown with orange ink

Create A-2 card base with a tent fold from orange cs

Trim mats for stamped images with black cs

Punch an edge from orange cs to fit across bottom of large bat image

Attach punched piece to black mat

Adhere all layers as shown, angle large bat image

Add glue to card front, sprinkle on color fragments and shake off excess

Using excess "drips," attach two to mouth area of bat

This was a fast and fun card to create and I love the pop of orange with the black and white.  Perfect colors for Halloween!  Thanks for stopping by today.  I'll see you again soon.

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Emerald Faeries

Hi there!  Welcome back to another Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog post.  This week our sponsor is A & T Digital Designs, Home of the Emerald Faeries Garden Digital Stamps.  I've used Jewel for my ATC, here she is:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Emerald Faeries "Jewel" Digital Stamp

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White CS

Pebbles Family Ties 6x6 Paper Pad

Martha Stewart Grass Edge Punch

Beacon Adhesive Zip Dry

Copic Markers:

• BG000, 05, 07, 53
• B95, 97, 99
• E00, 11, 33, 43, 44, 47
• BV0000, 000, 00
• YG21, 23, 25
• R24, 27
• Y15, 18, 19
• C6

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color and trim to desired size

Trim patterned paper to standard ATC size

Punch strip of green dot paper with grass punch

Fussy cut flowers from the patterned paper 

Adhere all layers as shown

She's a cutie, don't you think?  I certainly had fun coloring her up!  Hope you'll stop by again tomorrow for my Dreamweaver post and Friday I'll have my final post for the Stampendous and Add A Little Dazzle blog collaboration.  See you again soon!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,
Lea

I've Been Framed!

This week's Stampendous theme is Wedding Wishes and I've opted to create a wedding thank you card.  After all, you'll need plenty of thank you cards for all those shower and wedding gifts!  For my card today, I've used Ribbon Rose Frame and Loving Messages.  They're a perfect pair!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Ribbon Rose Frame

Stampendous® Loving Messages Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Derwent® Inktense™ Pencils

Neenah® Classic Crest Solar White

Bo Bunny® Dots Cardstock

Bazzill® Cardstock

Martha Stewart® Edge Punch

May Arts® Ribbon

Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image, color and trim closely

Create 5x5 square card base with a tent fold and image mat from purple cardstock

Trim green paper to fit as shown and punch edge

Create bow from purple ribbon

Adhere all layers as shown

Add a dot of adhesive on front of card and attach bow

It's a really simple card and fast to create.  When you need several cards, the easier, the better!  Of course, you could easily substitute colors to match your specific wedding colors.  Purple and green just happen to be MY favorites!

Thanks for stopping by, I'll see you again soon.  Have a very blessed day!

Hugs, 

Lea

It's a Jungle Out There!

The Dreamweaver Stencils© challenge for the month of May is "Flora and Fauna!"  For my take on this fun challenge I've used LG 756 Open Elephant and three of the new dies, DD003 Leafy Branch, DD002 Monstera Leaf and DM2001 Petite Fern.  It was fun putting this one together!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Dreamweaver Stencils© Open Elephant

Dreamweaver Stencils© Die Leafy Branch

Dreamweaver Stencils© Die Monstera Leaf

Dreamweaver Stencils© Die Petite Fern

Dreamweaver Stencils© White Embossing Paste

Dreamweaver Stencils© Jackson Acrylic Paint - Payne's Gray

Sentiment - Pure Innocence™ Stamp Set

Martha Stewart® Grass Edge Punch

Bazzill® Cardstock

Neenah® Classic Crest™

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink™ - Antique Linen

Memento™ Tuxedo Black

Here how I created this card:

Tint a small amount of white embossing paste with gray paint

Tape down stencil and paste emboss, remove stencil and set aside to dry

While pasted piece is drying, create card base with a tent fold

Die cut all three dies with a few different green papers

Trim patterned paper for background

Punch grass edge and stamp sentiment

Trim pasted piece to desired size and ink with distress ink

Adhere all papers and die cuts as shown

This was such an easy card to create and I love how it turned out!  I hope you like it, too!  Here's the links for the rest of the team posting today.  We have some new members to the Dream Team so be sure to welcome them and leave them some love!

Dreamweaver Stencils

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

Thanks for stopping by today.  I do hope you'll come again soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

An InLinkz Link-up

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Be Afraid...

,,,be very afraid!  Woohoo!  Happy Halloween to all of my favorite ghouls out there! Today concludes our entire month of Magical and Mysterious, and your final opportunity to link your own creepy creations to the Dream It Up! blog for an opportunity to win the stencil of your choice!  Here's my card:

For this card, I used the following:

LJ 816 Spider Web and LS 28 Spider Stencils

DSP Silver Paste

Viva Colour Ferro Special Effect Paste

Authentique Enchanted 6x6 Paper Pad

Bazzill Card Stock - Red and Black

May Arts Ribbon - Puffy Bats

Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Border Punch

Christmas Red Stickles

Beacon Zip Dry

Check out the rest of the team's creations, as well as our wonderful guest designer, Alison Heikkila. Thanks so much, Alison, for joining us for Spooktober!

 

Dream It Up!

Alison Heikkila

Terrece Siddoway

Cherylynn Moser

Pam Hornschu

Lea Kimmel

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween!  I'll see you again, soon!

Trick or Treat!

Lea

Happy Birthday!

Last week was Fran Seiford's birthday.  In case you don't know, Fran is the owner and artist behind all those wonderful stamps at Stampendous.  Happy birthday, Fran!  Anyway, some of us made cards to celebrate her special day and this is the card I created.

The top layer of the cake comes out since I made the bottom layer a pocket!  These cute candles are from the Fifteen Candles Perfectly Clear Set.  I also used a selection of Stampendous glitters, each candle is a different color.

And when you untie the top layer and open it up, it's a mini card with in a card!  I used Timeless Twine to tie the card.  There's a method to my madness, I add the twine to keep the top layer from sinking too far into the bottom layer.  I used Beacon's Zip Dry to adhere the Multi Ultra Fine Crystal Glitter to the drippy goo icing!

And here's the inside sentiment!  This stamp is from the Party Invite Perfectly Clear Set, one of my all time favorites!

Other products used:

Bazzill Paper
Bo Bunny Dots
Bella Blvd Sugar Rush
EK Success Daisy Chain Punch
Martha Stewart Drippy Goo Punch
Queen & Co. Pearls

This is a simple but cute card and I do hope you like it!  Thanks for stopping by and sharing in my love for all things Stampendous!  Have a good day and I'll see you back here soon!

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

Blog Hop with a Burtonized Dude!

Yay!!! It's release day! Whoot whoot!

You all know what that means right? It's blog hop time and time to meet our last character for the Burton Chibis Series II!

You are going to love him! He's a super cool dude, close to Betty's heart, and lots of fun!

You should have landed here from Cyndi's blog.  Now, before you continue on your merry way hopping, here are today's deals!

The New Burton Chibis Series II are available in digi as well as rubber... however digis are available only through the weekend... yes they are a limited time DIGI release!

So, grab them while you can as digis and spread the word!

They will be removed for purchase in Digi form Sunday, March 11th, at 11:59 PM PST!

The rubber of course will continue to be in stock indefinitely!

Please hop on over to each of the other DT gal's blogs and leave them some loving! Also, all you have to do is leave a message on each blog and you could be the lucky winner of today's image in DIGI!

Here is the hop list in order in case you've lost your way:

Starts at SBS

Alison
Barbara

Betty

Cyndi

Lea (that's me!)

Rio

Sandy (Guest)

Suzi

Ends back at SBS!

Rubber Discounts:

All six new Burton Chibis in rubber $40 used code Chibi240

Any three new Burton Chibis in rubber $20 use code Chibi220

Also, with your rubber purchase you will get the digi files free! That means you can have the rubber to take with you anywhere you go, and the digis to resize as you wish!


You will also find them by the sheet on the SBS site on sale for $35.00 (original price is $42.50)

Digis:
The Burton Chibis Series 1 is also available as digis for the first time from today, Friday, March 9th, thru Sunday, March 11th. They will be taken down as digis at 11:59 PM PST!

Now onto the fun stuff!  Here's my version of Burtonized Christian for today's hop. 

He looks as if he really wants to be Edward Scissorhands but that's rather hard to do with only one razor sharp glove!  What's a Tim Burton fan to do?  Easy, just become Burtonized!

While I was at it, I decided to play along with Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge #06.  I've modified it just a little bit to put my own spin on the sketch, however, it was a lot of fun to do and I really didn't stray too far off course. 

My image is on Neenah, the patterned papers are from Basic Grey, the solid papers are Bazzill.  I used a little ribbon from May Arts and a Martha Stewart edge punch.  I also used Tim Holtz shabby shutters distress ink around the edges of my image and sentiment.

I so hope you enjoy today's hop and thanks for stopping by to take a look at my card.  As always, comments are appreciated if you are so inclined.  It would certainly be worth your time to possibly win the drawing.

So, on to Rio's blog you go for more scrumptious eye candy!  I'll see you back here soon!

                                                            Hugs,

                                                           Lea

Need a shave?

Sweeny Todd is here to help!  That's right, today at Simply B Stamps, we are previewing the first in this series of Burton Chibis, Sweeny Todd!  Isn't he the coolest, in his own crazy demented sort of way!?  I have never seen the movie so I had to rely on the internet for getting my "feel" for this character.  In all of the pictures I saw of him, he looks haunted and tired along with crazed so I tried to recreate those feelings with my Copics.  How did I do?  I think I pretty much nailed him!

My image is on Neenah Classic Crest and colored with Copics.  I wanted his skin to look creepy so I used E41 and E42 to give him that haunted creepy look.  His hair was done with E25, E27, E29 and E49 along with W0 and W1 for the streak.  His lips are R35 and R37.  The shirt was done with E34, E35 and E37; belt and knife holder with C1, E13, E15 and E17; pants and shoes with E44, E47 and E49.  His razors were colored with W7, W8, C1, C3 and, of course, a little R35 to give them a little bloody look. My shadows are done with C0 and C00.  After I cut him out, I stippled the edges with Tim Holtz gathered twigs distress ink.  He's layered on red and brown Bazzill, Basic Grey kissing booth in truly and a strip of red punched out with Martha Stewart's Drippy Goo border punch.  Here's my sizes:

Base - Standard A-2,  4 1/4" w x 5 1/2" h
1st layer - 4 1/8" w x 5 1/4 h
Punch - 4 1/8" w
Brown layer - 3 3/8" w x 4 3/4" h
Red layer - 3 2/8" w x 4 1/2" h
Image layer - 3" w x 4 5/16" h

Let me know if you find the sizes helpful and if you do, I'll continue to list them.  If you aren't really interested in that much detail, just say so and I'll leave them off.  Don't want to bore any of you! 

Be sure to check out the Simply B Stamps blog to see what the other design team gals have cooked up to delight your senses.

Thanks for stopping by to take a look and be sure to check back tomorrow evening for the next preview in this creepily fun series of images.  I'm sure we'll have something to whet the appetite, pie anyone?

Hugs,
Lea

Hydrangea Hope

Hello!  Welcome back!  Today I would like to share a card with you that started out with very different intentions.  By that, I mean I intended to do something along the "Fran-tage" line as in the rose card from the previous post.  However, as I started putting my card together, I decided to make it a little more spring-like and a lot cleaner than the shabby chic feel I was originally intending.  I stamped my Stampendous! Cling Jumbo Hydrangea stamp on Neenah Classic Crest with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored my image with Copics G0000, G00, B41, V0000, V01, YG61, YG63, and YG67.  Here's how it turned out:

I was pleased with my results and then I started my hunt for paper.  Ordinarily I pick out my papers first and then color.  I'm really not sure why I didn't do that this time but I really couldn't find any papers in my stash that were worthy of such a beautiful image.  (Actually, I couldn't find any that matched!)  That meant having to go to Enchanted Cottage on my lunch break to see what I could find.  Well, I found three papers that I thought would make a lovely combination so I bought them and as soon as I got home from work, I hit my stamp room determined to make another "Fran-tage" beauty.  The more I looked at the pink patterned paper from Creative Imaginations, the more I wanted to use the touching "Hope" message printed there.  I'm a cancer survivor so this is something near and dear to my heart.  I cut out my image and started playing around with the paper but I just couldn't get it configured in a manner I felt was right for "Fran-tage."  I had cut my base to be a 6" square from Bazzill.  I cut my bottom layer of patterned paper from Creative Imaginations in a 5 3/4" square.  I cut two strips of the green Karen Foster patterned paper about an inch wide and I then edged each strip with a Martha Stewart punch.  From my Creative Imaginations "Hope" paper I cut my middle panel to fit the word across the bottom section.  I adhered the punched strips to each side of the top layer and centered both top and bottom layers on my base.  In order to add some texture to my image, I added some of the new fresh green and lavender crushed glass glitters from Stampendous!  I used glossy accents to hold my glitter on and as soon as it was dry enough, I pop-dotted my image onto the card.  I added a little sheer pink ribbon with a pearl as an accent.  I chose the pearl because even with something as small as a grain of sand irritating the oyster, something as beautiful as a pearl can grow.  There are many things in life that irritate us but we can still radiate beauty from within if we choose to.  I would like to think that because of my cancer, I'm now able to see more of the beauty in life around me.  I still tend to rush through my days sometimes but I'm far more aware of my surroundings and of how blessed I am with God's grace to still be here.  So, without further ado, here's my card.  I hope (no pun intended) that you like it.

As I said in the beginning, this isn't exactly what I had in mind when I colored my image but I'm really pleased with the way it all came together.  I'm entering my card in the Stampendous! texture challenge for this month on their blog and if you haven't play along, you should!  Well, folks, that's it for today.  I hope to see you back soon.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Lea

Dress Up Ariel

Oh my gosh have we got a cutie for you today!  Say hello to Dress Up Ariel, the newest preview in the Jude & the Rockers Playtime collection from Simply B Stamps.  Okay, so this is my new favorite!  Well, actually, they're all favorites.

I love, love, love this image!  The image is colored with Copics on Neenah.  My base is Bazzill and I've added a little extra matting with some solid black.  The patterned paper is from the 3 Bugs in a Rug collection called A Trip to Paris.  I thought this paper would be perfect to use for this image and I love the results.  I typed my own sentiment on my computer and printed it out and layered it the same as my image.  For the middle piece, I cut out the striped piece, cut out the purses strip and edged it with black Bazzill I punched with my Martha Stewart punch.  I decided to add the rose in at the last minute. I love how it all came together and I hope you like it too!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Lea

My Funky Valentine Betty

Hello all!  Are you ready for Day 5 of the Simply B Stamps Teen Scene Valentine Steampunk collection?  Man have I got a pretty image for you today!  This one is definitely going to be a favorite of mine.  I think you'll like her too!  Please welcome My Funky Valentine Betty into your hearts and into your stamp collection!

Isn't she a sweetheart!?  My image is on Neenah, colored with Copics and inked around the edges with Tim Holtz distress ink.  The base of my card is Bazzill and my patterned papers are part of the Basic Grey Kissing Booth collection.  I did use a Martha Stewart edge punch that I did two pieces with for layering and to add some visual interest.  My sentiment is from Great Impressions and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black on Neenah and layered with Bazzill and my patterned paper.  I also added a three ribbon roses that I've had in my stash for awhile, I think they're from SU!  A really simple and sweet card just right for your honey!  I hope you like her.

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Lea

Frosty & Fabulous!

My friend Cyndi is hosting a Sketch Challenge on her blog, scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com.  It's something new she's doing and calling it The Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge (SCSSC01) and this is the first one.  Since I have some new stamps just screaming for some ink I decided to play along.  Here's my entry:

This cute little stamp is called Frosty and Fabulous and he's from the My Favorite Things Pure Innocence collection.  I think he's just too cute!  I stamped him with my Memento Tuxedo Black on Neenah Classic Crest and colored him with my Copics.  The patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye, the base of my card is Bazzill and I used Neenah for my icicles created with a Martha Stewart punch.  The ribbon is from my stash and I'm afraid I don't know the origin.  I did add some Star Dust Stickles to the icicles but it's hard to see it in the photo. 

This is the original sketch and as you can see, rather than use a sentiment, I decided to use an image.  I love sketches but I really love that you can put your own creative twist on things.

I love how my card turned out!  I hope you like it too and thanks for stopping by to take a look!  Now you should head straight to your stamping happy place and create your own version of this fun sketch!

Rubber hugs!

Cupcake Lola

Oh how I love a good cupcake!  They're just the right size and full of tastiness!  I can say no to a lot of things but a cupcake is not one of them.  Today's Simply Betty Stamps image is Cupcake Lola and she's as sweet as they come! 

As usual, my image is on Neenah and colored with Copics.  The base of this card is Bazzill, I love the wide range of colors Bazzill carries.  If you can't find a color to match your paper, you aren't looking hard enough!
I then layered Bo Bunny's Sweet Tooth Temptations patterned paper using each side for a different layer.  I added an edge of Bo Bunny Raspberry Dot paper that I punched with a Martha Stewart punch to the striped side of the Temptations paper.  I trimmed my image, used some Tim Holtz Distress Ink to tone down the whiteness, layered it on Bazzill and then layered it onto the Bo Bunny Raspberry Dot.  This, of course, was layered onto the striped Temptations paper.  I stamped a sentiment from Stampin Up!, layered it onto more of the Raspberry Dot and pop-dotted it onto my card.  I added three dew drops for visual interest and that completed my card.  I'm pleased with how it turned out but I must admit, making this card has made me crave cupcakes.  Guten appetit!

My Favorite Chef

What's cookin' in your stamp room?  I cooked this one up with My Favorite Things!  She's colored with my Copics, of course, on Neenah.  The other papers used are My Mind's Eye, Bo Bunny, Basic Grey and Bazzill.  Boy that's a lot of B's!  The buttons are from my stash and the twine is My Mind's Eye.  I did use a Martha Stewart punch to edge the piece of Bo Bunny.  I do love how my little chef turned out!  Now, it's time to cook up something new!

Stampendous Jumbo Rose

This is a card done with the new Stampendous Jumbo Rose Cling stamp.  Papers are Bazzill for the base, My Mind's Eye and Basic Grey.  Colored the rose with Copics.  I also used a Martha Stewart Edge Punch, Spellbinder's Nestabilities, misc buttons and ribbons.  I hope you like it.

Potting Shed

You know, when I first saw this stamp, I thought it was an outhouse!  I had to look a little closer to see that it's actually a potting shed.  Anyway, we have an abundance of both of these stamps at work and I've been given the task of making cards with stamps we have a lot of.  That's okay, because it gives me a chance to create and that's my favorite thing to do, next to teaching classes.  Of course I colored both stamped Great Impressions images with my Copics.  I used a Martha Stewart edge punch on the blue paper and one of the newer Spellbinders to cut out my main image.  The base of the card is Lasting Impressions dot embossed paper in ivory.  The blue paper was some that we had at the store but I don't know the origin and it wasn't marked.  The yellow is Bo Bunny and the paper that I stamped on is actually Bazzill.  Yep!  I stamped and colored on Bazzill!  There are a few places where the ink feathered a little but not much.  I can't get over how well it let me blend.  It was just a little experiment on my part that worked, so I was pleased.  The pearls were white so I just colored them with my BG72 and had pearls the color I wanted!  Man, I love my Copics!  I don't know how I crafted so many years without them!  Hope you enjoy my card.  I've entered it in the iCopic WC #35 as it's a cream colored Bazzill paper that I colored on.  Still can't believe how well it worked!