How Do You Create Christmas?

Hello!  The Stampendous Design Team is sharing cards this week on how we Create Christmas, well, the cards and paper crafts anyway!  My card today is a very simple with a bit of a mixed media style. I've used products from companies that we collaborate or partner with yearly, including Tombow, Faber-Castell and Tsukineko.  Each of the companies listed below has been so very generous with our team and I sure appreciate their generosity!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cling Create Christmas Stamp Set

Stampendous® Create Christmas Die Cut Set

Stampendous® Crystal Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Tombow® Recycled Color Pencils:  03, Yellow;  04, Chrome Yellow;  05, Yellow Ochre;  32, Vandyke Brown;  10, Deep Green

Faber-Castell® PITT Artist Pen, White - 101

Radiant Neon® #71 Electric Yellow Pigment Ink Refill by Tsukineko®

Radiant Neon® Amplify™ White by Tsukineko®

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp tree and star on white paper, color and die cut
Add Amplify™ to tree and heat
Create an A2 card base with a tent fold from blue cardstock
Using white PITT pen, add "snow" to bottom of card front
Lay star face down, squirt out a small drop of yellow ink and using a small paintbrush, spread ink around star on card front
Remove star from card front and fill in star with additional ink and create "tails"
Adhere star to card front
Put a small amount of glue on finger tip, swipe across bottom of card in a few places and add glitter
Adhere tree to card front

I had fun creating snow on the tree with Amplify™ from Tsukineko!  I love the texture it adds and it's incredibly easy to use.  Would love to know what you think about how it looks, too!  Here's the rest of the team playing along today:

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lea Fritts

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll see you again next week with more stamping inspiration. Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,
Lea

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:

Stampendous® Cling Fiesta

Stampendous® Cling Kaffee Klatsch

Stampendous® Cling Mish Mesh

Stampendous® Cling Grunge

Stampendous® Fran•táge Fuchsia Crushed Glass Glitter

Stampendous® Fran•táge Amethyst Color Fragments

Stampendous® Fran•táge Canary Color Fragments

Stampendous® Fran•táge Orange Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Fran•táge Pink Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Fran•táge Lavender Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Fran•táge Teal Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Fran•táge Sunflower Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Fran•táge Purple Micro Glitter

Stampendous® Vivid Pink Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Grape Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Wild Plum Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Ruby Red Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Olive Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Sunny Yellow Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Sky Blue Opaque Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Carnelian PEARLustre™ Embossing Powder

Stampendous® Jade PEARLustre™ Embossing Powder

Tombow® Markers - 665 (Purple), 743 (Hot Pink), 493 (Reflex Blue), 636 (Imperial Purple), 055 (Process Yellow), 933  (Orange), 847 (Crimson)

Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

Tim Holtz® Peeled Paint Distress Ink

VersaMark™ Embossing Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

VersaMarker™ Embossing Ink Marker by Tsukineko®

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:

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Hornschu

Kristine Reynolds

Asia King

Wendy Price

Lea Kimmel (me)

Woodware Craft Collection Blog

Siobhan Fyffe

Dreamweaver Stencils Blog

Lyn Bernatovich

Cindy Groh

Gill Wilson

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Lynn Mercurio

Alison Heikkila

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

Home Sweet Home

This week Stampendous has been showcasing our cute new house stamps.  I've used the Family Home Perfectly Clear Stamps Set for my card today and it's just an incredibly cute set with great sentiments!  You can see for yourself here!  Here's my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Family Home Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Spectrum Noir™ Markers: CT1, 2, 4; OR3, 4; TB1, 2, 3: HB1, 2, 3; CR1, 2; DR2; CG1, 2; LY1; DG2

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters

African Daisy Yellow Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

May Arts® Black Grosgrain Ribbon

Gelly Roll White Gel Pen

Beacon® 3-in-1 Craft Adhesive

Tombow Mono Adhesive Temporary Adhesive

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp images, color with markers and trim to fit on an A2 card base

Create a horizontal A2 card base with a tent fold with yellow cs

Stamp an additional set of images, cut out to create a mask for each image

Using temporary adhesive, cover each image and add distress inks for grass and sky

Trim a piece of black ribbon and add white lines to create a "road"

Adhere ribbon across image panel as shown

Stamp sentiment on white cs and trim as shown

Create a mat for sentiment with yellow cs and adhere the two 

Adhere main image to card base

Attach sentiment as shown

I love the clean and simple look of this card and the bright, happy colors.  I'm pretty much in love with my ribbon road, too!  Thanks for stopping by today, I'll see you again soon.  In the meantime, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Who?

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

Fright Night!!

It's another Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween card and I love how this one turned out.  It's pretty much exactly what I pictured in my head when I started this project.  I'm so glad the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team decided to play along this year!  Here's my project for today:

Here's what I used to create this project:

Dreamweaver Stencils© Leafless Tree Die

Dreamweaver Stencils© LL525 Bats Stencil

Stampendous® Tricky Words Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Stampendous® Halloween Charms Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink Pad

Copic® Markers (YG93, 95, 97, 99; Y11, 17; C3, 4, 6)

Basic Black Cardstock

Christmas Red Stickles™

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon® Adhesives

1 1/4" Circle Punch by EK Success®

1" Circle Punch by EK Success®

Tombow™ Mono Adhesive - Removable

Here's what I did to create this project:

First I penciled in my hills just to give reference points and I stamped the tree

Next I drew the tombstones, stamped the witch and the two smaller bats

I then taped on the bats stencil and inked the one bat with a sponge

Punched out two circles, one of each size

I colored in the grassy hills and tombstones then masked them off, I also masked the area for the moon with the larger circle

Using the grays, I airbrushed the sky and then removed the masks

I colored in the moon

Next I die cut my tree and adhered it on the card front

I stamped the spider

Stickles™ were added to the bats for eyes

I created my card base and adhered the card front to the base

I colored some white scraps with the green and trimmed a few pieces of grass and adhered them

I colored another piece of white with a green marker, stamped my sentiment and adhered it to a scrap of black cardstock that I then trimmed and adhered

This was such a fun scene to create, I do hope you find it to be as spooky fun as I do!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon with yet another fun project!  In the meantime, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Tombow Hop Time!

It's Friday, you know what that means!!!  It's HOP Day! Yay!!  The Stampendous Design Team is hopping along with the TombowUSA Design Team and I'm sure there will be plenty of eye candy to soothe your sweet tooth!  Remember, we have prizes to give out but you must comment to win a prize!  So, you may or may not recall that I received the set of 6 Jewel Dual Brush Pens and a Blending Kit from Tombow.  My first project uses five of the colors, 847/Crimson, 636/Imperial Purple, 245/Sap Green, 476/Cyan and 946/Gold Ochre.  I didn't use N25/Lamp Black for obvious reasons!  Here's my card using the Splash Technique:

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® W116 Filly Sketch

Stampendous® SSC109 Happy Messages Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Tombow Dual Brush Pens - Jewel

Tombow Blending Kit

Canson® Watercolor Paper

Black Cardstock

Archival Ink™ - Jet Black

Hug Snug® Seam Binding - White

Mono Adhesive Power Bond

Here's how I created this project:

Trim watercolor paper to fit blending palette

Color blending palette with markers in wide stripes (as shown above)

Spritz blending palette with water

Apply watercolor paper to blending palette and rub paper to make sure it picks up ink evenly

Set wet paper aside to dry (dry paper shown above)

Trim seam binding to desired length

Re-color blending palette and mist

Lay ribbon across palette and rub ribbon to help apply ink

Continue doing sections of ribbon while moving down palette

Set ribbon aside to dry (you can use your heat gun to speed this process up)

Stamp image on dry inked watercolor paper

Trim away excess paper at bottom

Stamp sentiment

Create card base to fit image

Adhere image to to card base

Tie dried ribbon around top of card with a simple knot in front

For my next project, I went back to mixing colors on the blending palette and applying the color using the Indirect Blending Technique to color my image with the blender pen.  I really like this technique!  

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® P219 Jar Bouquet

Stampendous® SSC109 Happy Messages Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Tombow Dual Brush Pens - Jewel

Tombow Blending Kit

Bazzill® Cardstock in Parakeet and Lava

Making Memories Kids™ Collection - Emma

Canson® Watercolor Paper

Archival Ink™ - Jet Black

Mono Adhesive Power Bond

Here's what I did to create this project:

Stamp image and color, trim to desired size, set aside to completely dry

Create card base from green cardstock

Trim red-orange cardstock pieces as shown

Trim patterned paper as shown

Stamp sentiment on dry image

Adhere all layers as shown

So that's both of my projects, I hope at least one of them may have inspired you to give this a go yourself.  Easy and fun, what more can a girl/guy ask for!?  Here's the complete link list, I wouldn't want anyone wandering lost around the Internet, it could be light years before you're found! 

Tombow Blog 

Tobi Crawford 

Debbie Fisher 

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Melissa Cash

Janelle Stollfus  

Kristine Reynolds 

Jennie Garcia

Jamie Martin  

Marie Browning  

Krissy Fossmeyer
Cyndi Bundy 

Stampendous Blog

Don't forget to leave some love along the way in order to be entered to win a prize.  Thanks for hopping by and I hope to see you again soon!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

Time for Tombow!

And a Toadal Makeover!  This week has been all about Stampendous® Stamps and TombowUSA and lots of wonderful creations designed to inspire you!  I love it when the Stampendous Design Team does a blog collaboration with a fantastic company like TombowUSA; it's just so much fun!  Of course, as you can see, there are prizes to win, too!  However, if you want to win a prize, you have to comment on our blogs, the more blogs you leave comments on, the better your chance of winning!  Pretty darn simple, right!?  So, without further ado, here's my project for today:

  

These were the colors I received, the Jewel set of 6!  I also received one of their new Blending Kits, which includes the Blending Palette I've shown you here, a Blender Pen and a Compact Spray Mister.    I wanted to show you my blending palette with colors still mixed on it so you could get an idea of how easy it is to get the color you need even from the Jewel set of 6 markers.  There's a super cute coloring chart for all the House-Mouse mice that can be found here, however, since I wasn't sent any of those colors, I had to mix my own! By combining purple and golden yellow, I was able to get my brown for the mouse fur, combining the golden yellow and red gave me the peachy tones I needed for his skin.  As you can see here, I mixed a few other colors, too, I wouldn't want you to think you are limited to just these six colors.  I used the Indirect Blending technique for this card.

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous® HMM04 Toadal Makeover
Tombow Dual Brush Pens - Jewel
Tombow Blender Kit
Archival Ink™ - Jet Black
Bazzill® - Ruby Slipper
Canson® Watercolor Paper
Bo Bunny® Mistletoe 6x6 Paper Pad (Wonky Squares)
Crate Paper® Party Day 6x6 Paper Pad (Stars)
May Arts Ribbon®
Mono Adhesive Power Bond
Foam Mounting Squares

Here's how I created this project:

Stamp image and color; trim to desired size
Create card base and image mat from Bazzill
Trim patterned papers as shown
Adhere patterned papers and attach ribbon as shown
Adhere patterned papers with ribbon to card base as shown
Adhere image to mat and attach to card base with foam mounting squares

This was a very easy card to create and I have to tell you, I really enjoyed mixing my colors and applying them with the Blender.  I know my colors are a little Christmas-y but when you have a green toad and red lipstick, you just have to go with what looks good, no matter what the season may be!

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to comment if you wish to be entered to win a prize.  Don't forget that tomorrow is the BIG HOP!!  You don't want to miss it and I'll have two projects to share tomorrow!  Have a blessed day and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,
Lea