Simply B Stamps Monthly Challenge

Today I have a quick post to share with a super sweet mermaid from Simply B Stamps.  Betty offered a challenge with a choice of the "good mermaid" or the "bad (vampy) mermaid."  I chose the "good mermaid!"  Here's my card:

And here's a close up to show some of the sparkly goodness!

I love all the sparkly shimmer from the paper and from the paint I used to accent the image.  My card base is Bazzill Bling and my patterned papers are from SEI's Couture Collection.  I thought the one paper looked like bunches of bubbles and was perfect for this image.  My image is colored with Copics and then accented with DecoArt's Glamour Dust paints in Aqua and Silver Bling.  The picture just doesn't do the sparkle justice!  The paints are so pretty in real life!  I completed the card with some May Arts Ribbon that, hopefully, looks like seaweed.  Thanks, Betty, for the great image and the opportunity to play along in your monthly challenge!  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Lea

It's the most...

...wonderful time of the year!  Sort of!  That's right, Dreamweaver Stencils is celebrating Christmas in August!  We want to make sure you have plenty of time to create your crafty Christmas cards and there's no time like the present to get started!  Here's my creation:

Using Dreamweaver Stencil LJ 897 Rhinestone Wreath, I taped it down and stenciled in my ink color with a 1/8" Dreamweaver stenciling brush.  Once I was finished adding the ink, I used Dreamweaver Translucent Embossing Paste over just the wreath portion of the stamp.  I let that paste dry, taped the stencil back down covering the wreath portion and using Matte Black Embossing Paste, I paste embossed the sentiment.  I set it aside a second time to dry and once it was completely dry, I trimmed it down to the size I wanted.  Using Bazzill, I created my card base, my patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye and my ribbon is May Arts.  My inks I used were Memento.  I really like the simplicity of this card.  Not too plain, not too fussy, just right!  Here's the list of lovely ladies playing today, be sure to leave some love!

Dream It Up!
Lea Kimmel
Louise Healy
Stacey Rumsby
Terrece Siddoway 
Pam Hornschu
Cherylynn Moser

Heads up!  We're jumping across the pond next week for another blog collaboration!  

It's 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.

So, don't forget, put a reminder on your calendar or in your phone and come check out all the fun inspiration next week!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Hopping the day away...

...it's Friday Hop Day!  Woohoo!

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:

I love summertime weddings!  I decided to go for a more simple yet (hopefully) elegant look today!  I used Dreamweaver Stencil LL3034 Your Wedding and pasted it with matte black embossing paste.  Once dry I cut it out with a Spellbinder die and set it aside.  I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to the size I wanted and using Stampendous Zinnia stamp, I stamped it randomly on the cs with my Boss Gloss ink.  Next I heat embossed it with Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder and set it aside.  I used my VersaMark marker to highlight just part of the flourishes on my stenciled piece, then added Kaleidoscop EP on it and quickly heated it being careful not to bubble my paste.  Once that was done I created my card base from black cardstock, added a bit of May Arts silk ribbon to my white panel and adhered the two.  Using some pop dots, I attached my sentiment and, voila!, a simple card for that special couple getting married!  I added the two close-up photos so you can, hopefully, see the sparkle!  This is so pretty in real life and the pictures never seem to capture the true beauty of the sparkle!

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!

Dream It Up!

Stampendous

Louise Healy 

Jamie Martin

Janelle Stollfus 

Jennifer Dove

Lyn Bernatovich  

Krissy Fossmeyer

Terrece Siddoway

Laura Drahozal  

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu  

Lea Kimmel (me)

Cherylynn Moser

Cyndi Bundi   

Suzanne Czosek

Jessica Griffin

Stacey Rumsby  

Tenia Nelson

Heidi Erickson

Rhea Weigland

Tobi Crawford
Asia King

Thanks so much for joining those of us at Stampendous and Dreamweaver for this week long collaboration.  I hope you've enjoyed it and been inspired along the way. I appreciate all the wonderful comments you've left this past week, it's heartwarming to read them and know you've enjoyed my work.   I'll have more projects for you soon so be sure to check back in next week.  See you soon!

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 

Dream a little dream...

...of some awesome stencils and stamps!

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:

I used Dreamweaver Stencil LJ 896 Large Flourish and embossed it with white embossing paste on Neenah Classic Crest CS.  Once dry I trimmed it down to size and colored it with Copic markers to add my ocean blues.  Next I used my VersaMarker pen and added some Chunky White Embossing Enamel from the Stampendous White Encrusted Jewel Kit just on the "frothy" parts of my wave.  I set that aside and stamped the Stampendous Surfer Kiddo, colored him with my Copic markers and fussy cut him out to set aside until assembly time.  I printed off my sentiment from the Stampendous Surfin Kiddos Digital Download selections, trimmed it down, layered it, and added a touch of blue. Then came assembly time!  I created my card base from Bazzill, adhered my stenciled piece, pop-dotted my little Surfer Kiddo and added my layered sentiment with pop dots.  A very simple card but I love how it turned out with the "wave" splashing up behind him! 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!

Krissy Fossmeyer
Lea Kimmel

Heidi Erickson

Cyndi Bundy  
Suzanne Czosek

Louise Healy

Jessica Griffin  
Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

Thanks for stopping by today, I'll have another post on Thursday.  Your comments are so appreciated!  See you again, soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Stampin' and dreamin'...

...and stencilin' and colorin',
plannin' and wonderin' where to put this charm
I've got too many stamps in my arms...

( my lasted version of the song Wishing and Hoping!)

 

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:

For my project I used Dreamweaver Stencil LL 3033 Sandcastle, LL 332 Picasso (to make my clouds), Stampendous Sandcastle Kiddo, and Sandy Kiddos Digital Download for the sentiment.  I created my clouds first with the Picasso stencil and Memento Summer Sky ink pad and a sponge, then paste embossed my sandcastle with white embossing paste on Neenah Classic Crest.  Once dry, I colored the paste with my Copic markers.  I stamped my image with Memento and colored it with Copic markers, fussy cut the image and set it aside.  I created my card base (Bazzill), layered my patterned paper (Bo Bunny's C'est La Vie Collection) with my stenciled piece and prior to adhering, I added my May Arts ribbon.  I printed off my sentiment, added ink to the background with Memento Summer Sky and a sponge, then adhered it to the patterned paper and then the card.  The last step was using pop dots to adhere the Sandcastle Kiddo to the card front.  That's it!  Pretty simple and kinda cute!  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!

Dream It Up!

Stampendous 

Janelle Stollfus

Louise Healy

Lyn Bernatovich 

Pam Hornschu
Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel (me)

Thanks for stopping by, I'll have another project for you tomorrow!  See you then!

Hugs,
Lea

Float, Float On...

Are you loving the new additions to the Stampendous family?  We are!  Seriously, I just love these little guys!  They're all adorable and my new favorite changes daily!  Today is Fall Float with Monica and she's just the cutest little critter!  I love her!

Items used for this card:

Fall Float
Gold Encrusted Jewel Kit
Crystal Micro Glitter
Neenah Classic Crest
Bazzill
Echo Park Fall Fever
Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers
May Arts Ribbon
Queen & Co. Pearls

For more samples and inspiration, check out the Stampendous Blog and Jennifer's blog with the links below:

Stampendous Blog
Jennifer Dove

It's fun in the sun time again with another collaboration between Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils! We'll be playing together all next 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

 

 

I hope you like my little creation!  Don't forget to drop by next week for more stamping and stenciling inspiration.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,
Lea