Showing posts with label Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tim Holtz Distress Inks. Show all posts

Friday, August 14, 2015

A Little Mouse Mischief

Today is the last day of the Stampendous® week of Mousey Mischief!  It’s always fun to see what these cute little House-Mouse® critters are up to.  You never know what they’ll be doing next!  Here’s my project for today:



Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® House-Mouse® Designs Watermelon Mice
Stampendous® Fran’s Mixed Media White Paper
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
Painted Desert Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Frosted Kiwi Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
May Arts Ribbon®
Beacon 3-in-1™ Advanced Craft Glue
Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®
Copic® Markers:  W1, W4, W7; T2, T4, T6; C0; YG0000, YG01, YG13, YG21; RV13, RV14; R35; E21, E23, E25, E31, E33, E35, E50, E51, E53, E93


Here’s what I did to create this card:

Stamp image, color and trim to desired size
Add distress ink all around
Create A2 horizontal card base with a tent fold in green cardstock
Trim a piece of red cardstock as shown
Adhere image to red cardstock
Create a bow with the green ribbon and adhere to background panel
Adhere panel to card base  

Here’s the list of my teammates playing along today:


Thanks for stopping by today!  I hope you’ve enjoyed all of the fun Mousey Mischief this week.  Have and wonderful weekend and I’ll see you again next week.

Hugs,

Lea

Saturday, May 2, 2015

Wicked Wednesday and Fred, She Said Designs

Okay, I know it's not Wednesday but I've had an awful lot going on the past week so I'm running a little behind.  So, it's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog on Saturday and our sponsor this week is Fred, She Said Designs with a theme of One for the Boys.  The image I've used today is Nolan and the Bullfrog.  I just had to make this little guy a redhead, that just seems to go with the frog!


Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Cover Stock
Copic Markers
Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Tumbled Glass and Rusty Hinge

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color with markers and trim to ATC size
Add blue distress ink closely around image
Edge bottom of ATC with rust ink
Using black ink, stamp sentiment with alphabet stamps

My apologies for being tardy this week.  It really has been a crazy one and sometimes life just gets in the way of crafting.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs,
Lea

Thursday, April 30, 2015

Thank Ewe!

This is a bittersweet post today for Dreamweaver Stencils, it's my last post with the Dream Team under the skillful guidance of Lynell, founder of Dreamweaver Stencils.  If you've been under a rock somewhere and haven't heard, Stampendous Stamps has purchased Dreamweaver Stencils.  Since I'm also on the Stampendous Design Team, I'm lucky enough to get to continue creating with my very favorite stencils, now combined with my very favorite stamps.  I want to "thank ewe," Lynell, for inviting me to become a part of your Dream Team!  It was a privilege and an honor to serve under you for the past two years. Lynell, I wish you and Wayne the best always and I'm sure I'll see you again!  I do hope you enjoy your new-found freedom!

In honor of our last post for the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team, I would like to share my first card I posted as part of this wonderful group of gals.  Details can be found here!


And here's my final post for Dreamweaver Stencils as part of the Dream Team:


Here's what I used to create this card:

Dreamweaver Stencils© LL3040 Open Sheep Stencil
Dreamweaver Stencils© DL3040 Open Sheep Die Set
Dreamweaver Stencils© Regular Embossing Paste
Plaid® Baby Pink Acrylic Paint
DecoArt® Americana® Coral Blush Acrylic Paint
Basic Grey® Olivia Paper Pad
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Iced Spruce
Coral Cream Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Guacamole Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
May Arts Ribbon®
Zva Creative Crystals®
Beacon Adhesive

Here's what I did to create this card:

Trim a piece of patterned paper and tape reverse side of stencil to paper
Mix paints with paste until you have desired color and paste emboss sheep
Run die cuts through die machine with two different patterned papers
Once paste has dried, attach die cut pieces to paste and pattern paper
Create horizontal A2 card base with a tent fold from green paper
Trim a piece of coral cardstock as a mat for patterned paper and adhere the two
Create a double bow from ribbon and attach tails around back side and adhere entire piece to card base
Add distress ink around edges of sheep
Adhere two small black crystals for eyes

When you have a shower, you need thank you cards to send to your guests that gave you a present.  For a baby shower, there's not much that's sweeter than this adorable lamb.  I think it's perfect!  Plus, I really wanted to thank Lynell for the past two years and the opportunity she gave me to create with her wonderful products.  Here's the rest of the team playing along with our farewell to Lynell:


Thanks for stopping by today.  I appreciate your visits and I always love to read comments you're sweet enough to leave.  Have a wonderful day and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Wicked Wednesday with The East Wind

It's time for Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog and this week our sponsor is The East Wind.  The image I've used is Lucy Loo - Luna Spell.  The theme this week is a bit different than most, to play along, you need to pick one of us from the design team and CASE our ATC.  Mine should be pretty simple to CASE, just create a glow around your image!  Have fun!


And for a different angle to show you how sparkly the stars are!


Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock
Copic® Markers
Tim Holtz® Distress Inks in Scattered Straw, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire
Windsor & Newton® Ink, Gold-Bronze Metallic
atyouSpica™ Glitter Pen in Gold

Here's what I did to create this ATC:  

Print image and color with Copic® markers
Trim image to ATC size (2.5"x3.5")
Add scattered straw distress ink around image
Gradually add blue inks around yellow ink getting darker as you work to edges
Dip a very small round brush in the gold ink and dot onto ATC for stars, paint on moon

It really doesn't get much easier than this!  Doesn't she look like she's glowing?  I suppose the glow could be coming from the gold orb floating in front of her, or, maybe she's glowing from her own spiritual energy!  Either way, this girl has got her glow on!  Come play along with us!  We'd love to have you!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea


Thursday, April 16, 2015

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Rain, rain, go away, come again another day!  That's my theme song this week!  It's been raining the past few days here in North Carolina and, even though we need it, I'm ready for it to be gone.  Bring on the sunshine!

Our Stampendous Dreamweaver Stencils April challenge is "Showers to Showers" and this is my take on the theme this week:


Here's a close-up that shows the gloss from the paste and a little of the sparkle from the Spica pen on the main image raindrops:


Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils Rain Stencil
Stampendous® House-Mouse Designs® Rain Flower Stamp
Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils Translucent Paste
Yellow Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock
Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass
Copic® Markers: Y11, 15, 17; YG11, 13, 17; B91; E47, 50, 51, 53; R01, 02; C3, 4, 5
atyouSpica™ Clear Glitter Pen
May Arts Ribbon®
Beacon Adhesives
Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®

Here's what I did to create this card:

Trim white cs to fit stencil
Tape stencil down over cs
Airbrush blue ink (B91) all over rain stencil
Leaving stencil and paper in place, add translucent paste over inked raindrops
Set this aside to drive
Stamp image onto white cs and color with markers, add distress ink all around image
Color over raindrops with glitter pen
Create an A2 card base from blue cs with a tent fold
Trim a piece of yellow cs a 1/4" smaller than card front
Trim a piece of yellow cs to mat behind image
Cut a piece of green ribbon and a piece of yellow ribbon and adhere the two together
Trim rain stenciled piece to fit 1/4" smaller than yellow cs
Add distress ink all over stenciled piece
Adhere stenciled piece to yellow cs and attach ribbon as shown
Adhere these layers to card base
Adhere stamped image to yellow mat
Using foam squares, attach image to card

Here's the links for the "A" team that is posting this week:

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I do hope you'll join us for our challenge this month!  In the meantime, have a wonderful day and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea

Friday, April 10, 2015

Musical Mice Wishes

All week long, my teammates at Stampendous have been showing off some of our adorable musically  inspired stamps.  Today, I'm sharing my card created with House-Mouse® Designs Musical Mice.  I'm a huge fan of these cute little critters and always enjoy creating with them.




Here's what I used to create this card:

Cardstock by Bazzill Basics®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Pumice Stone
Copic® Markers:  E40, E41, E42, E44, E50, E51, E53, E93, R24, R27, R29, T2, T3, T4, W3, W5, W6, E21, E23, E25, E31, E33, E35, YR23, YR24, C0, C1, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, 100


Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image and color
Trim to fit as shown
Create a horizontal A2 card base with a tent fold from red cs
Trim a black mat for image
Adhere all layers to card base as shown
Stamp sentiment and trim with a dovetail on left side
Adhere to a strip of red cardstock and trim end to match dovetailed end
Attach sentiment to lower right corner of matted image

Thanks for stopping by today to have a look!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend and the opportunity to create your own musically inspired project.

Hugs,

Lea

Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Wicked Wednesday with DRS Designs

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is DRS Designs!  Our theme this week is to create an ATC with a fold.  I used a tent fold like one would with a regular card, just in miniature form!  I've used two of their images for my ATC this week, Sandcastle and Hula Pig!  So, what's shaken', bacon?

Outside - Shakin' that bacon!

Inside - I do believe she has hula'd right out of her skirt!


Movie that shows the movement from the Action Wobble.

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Yellow and Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Copic® Markers:  R00, 01, 02; YR02, 04, 07; YG 13, 17; E40, 41, 42; R35, 37, 39, 81, 83; C1, 3
Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Action Wobble®
Green Tissue Paper
Beacon®Adhesive 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print two of each image and color pigs first, only color one pig's hula skirt
Cut out both pigs but cut off excess hula skirt on one that wasn't colored
Create hula skirt from tissue paper and adhere to pig with colored skirt
Color both backgrounds the same, add distress ink for sky
Trim yellow cardstock to 2.5"x7", fold in half creating a tent fold
Adhere both background pieces, one to front and one inside
Adhere pig without hula skirt to the inside background
Attach hula skirt down around pig's feet
Trim a small black piece to cover skirt area and trim "Oops!" sentiment, adhere both pieces and attach over pig
Trim Action Wobble to fit on back of pig and attach pig to front of ATC
Trim sentiment and adhere to ATC front above pig as shown

So, this one cracked me up!  I laughed so hard when I first made the pig hula, well, wobble!  Anyway, it's super cute in my humble opinion.  I really got a kick out of making it look like the skirt fell off the pig on the inside and added some blushed cheeks as I'm sure she was embarrassed.  Okay, it's your turn to play along and show us what kind of folds you've got!  Yes, my fold was simple, but, at least it was fun.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Wednesday, April 1, 2015

Wicked Wednesday and Creepie Cute Stamps

Hello there!  It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Creepie Cute Stamps.  The image I've used is called Vampling, she reminds me of Wednesday from The Adams Family!  If only she had braids!  The theme for this week is April Fools Day or Favorite Holiday.  I chose to do my favorite holiday, which is, of course, Halloween.  Here's my ATC for this week:


Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock
Washi Tape
Tim Holtz® Dusty Concord Distress Ink
Copic® Markers - YR04, 07; YG11, 13, 17; R56; B0000, 21; V12, 15; E21, 50, 51, 53, 95, 97, 99; C4, 5, 6, 7, 9
Lavender atyouSpica® Glitter Pen
Sepia Copic® Multiliner™
Gelly Roll™ White Gel Pen
Beacon® 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

  1. Print image and color with markers, trim to ATC size
  2. With glitter pen, write sentiment
  3. Add distress ink around edges
  4. Add a small piece of wash tape to opposite corners as shown
  5. Gather the three different colors of fragments and mix a small pinch of each into one jar
  6. Run glue along edges and add fragments, set aside to dry

Any time I get to do Halloween and use my favorite colors, lime and purple, I'm a happy gal!  Hope you liked my little ATC for today.  We would love for you to play along with us; you can find the link on the Wicked Wednesday blog.  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!  In the meantime, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Friday, March 27, 2015

Bear-y Happy Birthday!

We have a different sort of collaboration for you!


At Stampendous we’re very excited to be able to offer our products in many countries around the world. We’re able to do this thanks to our terrific distributors in those countries who help retail stores to stock our products. In the UK we have a very long and valued partnership with Woodware Craft Collection. These wonderful folks stock almost all of our products, and they even stock several classic items that have retired from our store here in the US. They also stock almost all of our new Dreamweaver Stencils line, so we thought it would be another great event to celebrate the addition of Dreamweaver to the Stampendous family.

This week we’re going to celebrate with the awesome Woodware Design Team and the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team as we showcase some of the the great Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils products that Woodware makes available to the UK market. This is good news for our crafty friends in the UK because we’ll be offering prizes and our UK friends are eligible to win!! We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist of Nathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil! Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects!  Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time. Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st, in the afternoon.

And that’s our theme!! Making Texture. We hope you’ll enjoy the wonderful inspiration that three talented teams will bring you this week! Be sure to visit all the blog links listed and leave your comments! Each comment will count as an entry towards one of the terrific prize packages.  Here's the first of my two projects for today:




Here's what I used to create this card:


Stampendous® Gruffies® Balloon Bear
Stampendous® Happy Greetings Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set
Stampendous® Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle
Cardstock by Bazill Basics Paper®
Memento™ Rich Cocoa Ink by Tsukineko®
Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock by Neenah®
Snips and Snails 6×6 Paper Pad by Doodlebug Design Inc™
Party Day 6×6 Paper Pad by Crate Paper™
Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger®
Copic® Markers (C0; E42, E42, E44, E47, E49, E93, E95; G40, G43; Y18, Y21)

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:


1. Stamp image and color, trim image to desired size.
2. Ink edges with distress ink.
3. Trim patterned papers as shown.
4. Create card base.
5. Stamp sentiment, trim and add distress ink.
6. Cut out party hat from patterned paper to embellish and adhere to sentiment.
7. Trim a mat from patterned paper for the sentiment.
8. Adhere all layers as shown.

And, here's my second project today with plenty of texture for your tactile enjoyment!  If only you could reach through the internet and feel the canvas!  I've named this piece "Nathalie's Garden" since it's made using all stamps from our friendly artist, Nathalie Kalbach.



Here's a couple of close ups:



Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink
Tim Holtz® Peeled Paint Distress Ink
Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
11"x13" Canvas Panel 

Here's what I did to create this canvas:


  1. Using VersaMark Ink, stamp each "flower" stamp one type/color at a time, add embossing powder, tap off excess and heat
  2. Repeat the same process for applying the "leaves"
  3. Take VersaMarker and draw lines to apply embossing powder for "stems"
  4. Using a craft mat, scribble ink from Tombow markers onto mat, pick up color with a baby wipe and apply within "flower," repeat this process until each flower is colored
  5. Apply distress ink with a brush for sky and grass
  6. Adhere various glitters and color fragments that correspond with flower color as shown

Here's a list of all of the designer’s sharing their projects today:


Lea Kimmel (me)


Thanks so much for stopping by!  I've had a lot of fun creating my projects for you this week.  I hope you've found some inspiration here!  Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again next week.

Hugs,
Lea

Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Coming Up Roses

We’re excited, once again, to be partnering with the folks over at Spellbinders for a Spring mini blog hop! As Spellbinders design partners this year, we’ve been blessed to use many of their exciting products, and we know their design team is enjoying the Stampendous products we sent for their use! Monday and Tuesday, our team has shared projects with you and today we have more inspiration!  I'm sharing my fun projects I’ve made with the Spellbinders products I’ve received.  Today we're the  featured company on their blog and I'm one of our two designers posting tutorials for you focused on the newest Spellbinders products.  Here's my projects:



Here's what I used to create these projects:

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®
Tim Holtz® Peeled Paint Distress Ink™ Pad
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock
Blossom Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Sour Apple Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
May Arts Ribbon 1/4 Inch Sheer Ribbon - Pink
May Arts Ribbon 1 Inch Sheer Nylon Edge Ribbon - Pink
May Arts Ribbon 2 Millimeter Baker's Twine Ribbon - Pink
Copic® Markers - R81, R83, R85; YG61, YG63, YG67
Want2Scrap® White Pearls Self Adhesive - 72 Count
Tsukineko® Sheer Shimmer Spritz - Sparkle
Tim Holtz® idea-ology® Baubles
Beacon® 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®
Scotch® Removable Tape
Recycled Silver Gift Box




I absolutely love these bezels!  There's something so stately and elegant about them and they really appeal to my inner Victorian Lady!  And what could possibly look more elegant with roses than pearls?  So much possibility with one piece!  You can even add some goodies inside the bezel and close it off with the handy plexiglass cover, however, I couldn't decide what to add so I left it plain!  Still beautiful, still elegant, it's not missing a thing!

Here's what I did to create this project:


  1. Stamp rose images onto white cardstock with Memento ink and color with Copics
  2. Place large bezel die over image and decide where you want to die cut image
  3. Tape die in place with removable tape and run through die cutting machine (I used a Big Shot with Genesis Magnetic Plates)
  4. Adhere die cut piece into bezel
  5. Paint on shimmer spritz with brush
  6. Attach pearls to bezel as shown
  7. Hang pearl "Bauble" from bottom of bezel
  8. Attach ribbon through top loop and knot ends for wear


The Tudor Rose Card Front set makes it so easy to create a fast, yet very impressive card for many different occasions.  I paired it with my Labels One Die Set to add a little more color and depth.  Since I decided to stamp the white panel behind the pink overlay, I kept the pink clean and simple.

Here's what I did to create this project:

  1. Create an A2 vertical card base with a tent fold from green cardstock 
  2. Die cut floral inset with border using pink cardstock
  3. Trim a piece of white cardstock to fit behind pink die cut
  4. Stamp Industrial crackled paint background stamp onto white cardstock with green ink
  5. Adhere pink overlay onto white background piece
  6. Using Labels One die 3, die cut a piece of green cardstock
  7. Using Labels One die 2, die cut a piece of white cardstock
  8. Stamp Industrial crackled paint background stamp onto white die cut label with green ink
  9. Stamp sentiment onto white label with black ink
  10. Adhere white die cut label to green die cut label
  11. Wrap pink ribbon around overlay piece attached to white background piece and adhere ends to back
  12. Trim another piece of sheer pink ribbon, dovetail ends, cross and attach to adhered die cut labels
  13. Adhere pink and white overlay piece to green card base
  14. Using foam mounting squares, attach die cut labels over pink label in center
  15. Attach pearls to flower centers


The Tudor Rose Card Front Set also comes with a sweet little gift tag, the perfect complement!

Here's what I did to create this project:


  1. Die cut tag from pink cardstock
  2. Stamp "To: and From:" image onto tag
  3. Adhere pearl to center of flower on tag
  4. Add twine and attach to bow on box 



Here at Stampendous we’ve got some mystery Spellbinders dies up for grabs along with some fantastic Stampendous cling rubber so be sure to comment on our blog posts and those of our designers for the three days. See our Official Rules for eligibility and more. Comment deadline is Thursday, March 26th, and winners will be announced Friday, March 27, 2015.

Spellbinders has fantastic prize packages from all of their partners to give away each day, so be sure to visit their blog and use their contest entry tool to enter each day (one entry per day, per person). See the Spellbinders Blog for rules and a list Product Partner companies.

Here's the complete list of my teammates posting today.  Please visit their blogs and leave them some love!  It really makes our day to know you like what we've created!

Lea Kimmel (Me!)


Other Featured Product Partners hopping today are:


Thanks so very much for stopping by my blog today.  I hope you've enjoyed my projects.  I think they clearly show that you can create an elegant set but still keep it simple.  I'll have two more posts for Stampendous this week, please stop back by and take a peek!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea