Terrific Trio

This week we are playing with some fantastic products from our friends at Clear Scraps and we’re excited to share our finished projects. You can image how much fun it is to have a clean canvas to start with but when you use Clear Scraps it’s a see-through canvas!

Our friends at Clear Scraps take pride in new product inventions with the best interactive albums and the best innovative designs.  In addition to their own fantastic and innovative products, Clear Scraps sells a huge selection of Stampendous products as they travel the nation visiting various consumer shows like Scrapbook Expos and others.

When I created my card, I went old school and used Prismacolor Pencils.  I wanted this to have a softer feel and I thought the pencils would do just the trick.  Without further ado, here's my card:

 Front of card

Inside of card

Here's what I used to create this card:

Clear Scraps Send It Clear Bell

Stampendous® Cling Build A Bouquet Stamp Set

Stampendous® Build A Bouquet Die Set

Stampendous® Happy Greetings Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Stampendous® Copper Metallic Embossing Paste

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LX 7001 Damask

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Spellbinders® Curved Rectangles Nestabilities®

Spellbinders® Labels Eighteen Nestabilities®

Memento™London Fog Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Angel Pink Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Prismacolor® Pencils

Bo Bunny® C'est La Vie Collection

3L® Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares

Fast Finish by Beacon Adhesives

Clearly we have prizes!!! We have three prize packages up for grabs each will include our Cling Jumbo Filigree Stamp Set, a Jumbo Perfectly Clear Acrylic Handle, PLUS a Clear Scraps Mixable Album and some extra acrylic accents! Comment on our blog and each designer’s blog of the day throughout this week of our hop and the winners will be announced Monday, May 18th. Official Rules apply for Stampendous prizes. Please let us know where you live. As you know, prize winners have to be US residents EXCEPT….

Aussies – Look HERE!
An exciting treat for our fans “down under”!!

The Stencil Specialists , one of our Australian Wholesale Distributors, is going to offer a prize to one Australian fan every time we have a giveaway!!  How completely exciting! Plus they’re stocking way more than stencils from Stampendous now!  For the Clear Scraps Blog Hop, The Stencil Specialists are offering:  A Stampendous Stamp, A Dreamweaver Stencil (LL size customer choice), A Silicone Mould,  A Tub of White Ultra Light Paper Clay and 3 packs of Adhesive Gems.  WOW… Now there’s a prize package! Comment each day on the Stampendous and participating designer blogs and include in which area you live! We’ll announce the winner the following week!

Here's the list of teammates posting today:

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lea Kimmel (me)

Tenia Nelson

Jamie Martin

Alison Heikkila

Clear Scraps Blog

Thanks for stopping by today to have a look!  Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible to win a prize!  Tomorrow is the big hop so don't forget to stop back by for my next project.  In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Enchanted Dezign Studio

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Enchanted Dezign Studio.  I've used Rockabilly Rhonda for my image and this week we're doing something a little different, we've each picked at least three items from this list:

• Wings 
• Pearls or Gems
• Lots of Pink 
• Goth or Emo
• Paper Piecing
• Add a Die Cut
• Flowers
• Add Some Paint
• Use Mists or Sprays
• Washi Tape

For my image, I've used Wings, Pearls, Lots of Pink, Flowers, and Mists.  I love how she turned out!

A close-up to show the gold mist

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Enchanted Dezign Studio Rockabilly Rhonda

Stampendous® Angel Wings Quotes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Neenah® Classic Crest Solar White Cover Stock

Tsukineko® Delicata™ Golden Glitz Ink Pad

Tsukineko® Shimmer Spritz™ in Gold

Viva Decor® Paper Pen in Opal

Copic® Markers:  E04, 21, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47; B0000, 32, 34, 37; R56, 81, 83, 85, YG61, 63, 67; W1, 4, 7; C0

Prismacolor® Pencils: Nectar, Mulberry, Olive Green, Deco Blue

Gelly Roll® White Gel Pen

Queen & Co. Pearls

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color with markers and pencils, trim to ATC size

Stamp sentiment with gold ink

Edge sides with gold ink

Cover face with scrap and spritz with gold mist 

Add pearls in corners

Create faux pearls with paper pen, set aside to dry

We would love for you to play along with us, it's a fun challenge!  Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see you again soon!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

Happy Birthday!

Desert Islands Crafters Challenge Blog is three today so we're having a mini blog hop!  Woohoo!  Happy birthday and congratulations, Suzi, for creating this challenge blog we've all grown to know and love!  Here's my card to help celebrate the occasion:

Our sponsor this time around is Sassy Studio Designs and my image is Rainbow Bright Sassy that I've colored with Prismacolor Pencils.  Boy, did this one ever take me back in time!  LOL!  One of my daughters used to love Rainbow Bright!  For this card I've used Bazzill, Neenah Classic Crest and My Mind's Eye Hootenanny Six by Six Designer Paper Pad papers.  The stars are punched, the ribbon is seam binding I colored with Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Barn Door and the number 3 is part of a Tim Holtz grunge board letter and number set that I painted with the same paint.  I put it all together with Beacon Zip Dry and a few pop dots.  Here's the itinerary for the current challenge:

1.  Birthday
2.  Party
3.  Cake
4.  Ribbon or Twine
5.  Add Some Sparkle
6.  Emboss It - Dry or Wet Embossing
7.  3 Patterned Papers
8.  3 Different Embellishments
9.  Favorite Colors
10. It's a Gift - Make a Gift or Gift Box/Bag

I used numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 for my card and I'm kind of stretching #2!  LOL!  That's okay, I know the thought process behind the card so if I say I was thinking party, you just have to believe me!  Here's the hop list:

Alison

Erica

Jenn

Kelli

Lea (me!)

Suzi

Thanks for stopping by today and I sure hope you'll leave us each a little birthday love as you go!   Don't forget to play along, we want to see what you come up with!

Hugs,
Lea

Going Batty...

...for all things SPOOKY!  Are you ready to be spooked, mystified and magically transported to the land of Halloween and holidays? Hop on board the Dream Team train as we journey through all things Mysterious and Magical through the month of October. Our guest "engineer" is Miss Eerie herself, Alison Heikkila. October promises to be a very bumpy ride...

Here's my project for this week:

I love, love, love Halloween!  It's so creepy and cool!  Kinda like my card!  I knew what I wanted to do as soon as October hit!  For starters, I airbrushed my background on to a piece of Neenah starting with some greens for grass.  I just quickly cut a paper "stencil" to create my hills.  Next using a Copic, I added my moon using a Spellbinders Circle Die as a template.  I added a little light halo around the moon with a lighter yellow Copic.  Next I airbrushed a variety of grays creating my spooky sky.  Rather than spray on some Iridescent Memories Mists, I brushed it on with a paint brush.  I was really going for a misty, foggy kind of look.  I then stenciled my bat on using Stencil  LL 525 Bats with a Gold Brush and a Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad.  There are three bats on the stencil but I just wanted the smallest one.  Once I had that done, I used DX 7020 Leafless Tree Die and cut a tree out of black cardstock and then I cut the tree in half with my paper trimmer.  I set the pieces of tree aside and hand cut three "tombstones" out of white cardstock, colored them with Copics and added a little Prismacolor Pencil for my definition.  I glued the tombstones on with Zip Dry, added a little grass with a Copic and then airbrushed a little "mist" over them.  I glued my tree pieces on and then attached the whole thing to a black card base.  Voila!  Creepy card complete!

Now it's time to check out the rest of the team's projects.  Be afraid, be very afraid!  Bwahahahaha!  Your next stops can be found here:

Dream It Up! 

Alison Heikkila (guest designer)
Lea Kimmel (me)
Louise Healy 
Stacey Rumsby 
Terrece Siddoway 
Wendy Jordan 
Pam Hornschu 
Cherylynn Moser

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy the chills and thrills of October!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Woodware Fun

Welcome to the annual Dreamweaver and Woodware Christmas in August extravaganza week! Monday through Saturday we will be knocking your Christmas stockings off with fun and inspirational ideas for the upcoming holidays. All that you need to do is hop back and forth across the "pond" on each day, oohing and aaahhhing as you go, and leaving us plenty of holiday love. In return, you'll be entered to randomly win one prize package for a UK commenter, and a second prize package for a US commenter, featuring products distributed in the UK by Woodware...including Dreamweaver and Stampendous!

Prize includes four stencils, one die, and two stamps, selection may vary.

Today I have a cute little card for you using Dreamweaver Stencil LL 459 Village.  I love this snowy little village as it reminds me of the time I lived in Germany.  Using Dreamweaver's White Embossing Paste, I paste embossed the stencil on a piece of Neenah Natural White cardstock.  Once it was dry, I colored the houses with my Copic markers.  I trimmed it down to the size I wanted and colored the background with my Prismacolor Mediterranean Blue pencil and blended it in with Gamsol. Next I added snow to the houses and the ground with Copic Opaque White and a teeny paintbrush.  Did I stop there?  Nope!  I decided to make it a very snowy day and using a Ranger Inkssentials Cut-n-dry pen nib brush tip, I added more snow just dotting it all over.  Once I finished my stenciled piece, I created my card base from Bazzill, added Little Yellow Bicycle's Winter Twig paper to the base.  I trimmed a piece of LYB's Winterings to mount behind my stenciled piece and adhered both to the card.  Using Stampendous Perfectly Clear Stamp sets Snowman Banners and Holly Bird I stamped my sentiments using Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah White cardstock.  I trimmed the sentiments down, edged them with Tim Holtz distress ink in pumice stone and adhered them to the card, the top one with Beacon Zip Dry and the bottom one with pop dots.  

Here's a close-up of three of the houses!

Now's the time for you to leave a comment and move on to the next designer for today:

Woodware UK

Dream It Up!

Wendy Jordan

Louise Healy

Francoisé Read

Pam Hornschu

Lea Kimmel

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget about the big hop tomorrow!  I'll see you then!

Hugs,
Lea

Resin-ating With Happiness!

I love it when all the little elements of a project come together!  All this week the Stampendous!® Design Team is doing a blog collaboration with Environmental Technologies (ETI) Jewelry Resin and Nunn Design Bezels. Today I've created a fun little necklace that I hope you'll like.

 I used a silver-tone round bezel, a punched circle of Michael's Recollections patterned paper that I stamped my sentiment using Ranger's® Archival Ink on from Hand of Friendship Perfectly Clear™ Stamps that can be found exclusively at Michaels and a few little rhinestones I had in my stash for the main part.  Because my sentiment was a two-part sentiment, I had to decide how I wanted to add the first part.  I looked around my craft room and my eye caught on my shrinky dink paper.  That's right, shrinky dink!  I just like to say shrinky dink, 'cause it's fun to say!  Anyway, I stamped the beginning of my sentiment with the Small Typewriter Alphabet Perfectly Clear™ Stamp set, and a little flower also from Hand of Friendship PCS™ that I colored lightly with Prismacolor Pencils.  I added the little dangling pearl from a set of Tim Holtz™ findings.  I really like how it all pulled together so perfectly!  Here are my teammates that are playing along today, hope you'll leave them some love!

Resin Crafts Blog
Stampendous

Kristine

Rhea

Suzanne

Tenia

That's it for today, be sure to drop by tomorrow for the big blog hop as we'll have lots more inspiration for you.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon.

Hugs,

Lea