You Giraffe Me Crazy

Today is our last day of the Stampendous "Let's Go Wild" theme as we showcase our newest animals to hit our line-up!  I have to admit, I'm pretty wild about them, too!  Did you see what I did there?  LOL!  I'm a big fan of giraffes, there's something so sweet about their faces and, to be honest, they're pretty silly looking.  Only in a good way, though!  Here's my card for today:

Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous!®:
PenPattern Giraffe

Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Andy Skinner’s Industrial Cling Stamp

Mixed Media White Paper

Dreamweaver© Petite Fern Die

Medium Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle

Dreamweaver©:

Leafy Branch Die

Plus:
Memento™ Rich Cocoa Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Toffee Crunch Ink by Tsukineko®

Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger®

Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®

Pear Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Iced Cocoa Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Copic® Markers (W4, W7; E31, E33, E35, E41, E25, E30; G21, G24, G28; YG63)

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here’s what I did to create this card:

Stamp image and color.

Stamp sentiment onto image.

Trim to desired size.

Add distress inks as shown.

Create A2 card base with a tent fold.

Trim a tan panel for the background.

Lightly stamp “dirt” across bottom of tan panel.

Adhere all layers as shown.

Die cut one leafy branch and two petite ferns from green scraps.

Cut apart and glue on pieces of die cuts as shown.

Add simple shading to die cut pieces.

Here’s a list of my teammates that are playing along with me today:

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Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Bray

Lea Kimmel

Kristine Reynolds

In case you're wondering about the cute dog card at the tail end of our wild animals, it's because our amazing Kristine was skipped on the list last Friday.  Her card is so totally adorable and it really deserves the added attention!  After all, the poor doggy was skunked by a wild animal!  

That's it for today!  I appreciate your stopping by to have a look.  I'll see you again soon with more fun cards created by me for the best stamp company around!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

It's Irrelephant!

We're going wild this week at Stampendous with some awesome Dreamweaver stencils and some great stamps!  Today I have a card with a little bit of Indian spice and lots of stuff that's nice!  Here's my card:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil DWLG756 Open Elephant

Stampendous® Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Regular Embossing Paste

DecoArt® Americana® Antique Gold Acrylic Paint

Memento Teal Zeal Ink by Tsukineko

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Pumice Stone by Ranger®

My Mind's Eye® Indie Chic™ "Nutmeg" 6x6 Designer Patterned Paper Pad

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Candy Necklace Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

May Arts Ribbon®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesive

Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L®

Assorted Micro Beads - Gold

Self-Adhesive Pearl by Want2Scrap™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Mix some regular white paste with a squirt of gold paint and a pinch of beads for some fun texture

Paste emboss stencil with mixture directly onto trimmed patterned paper, set aside to dry

Create A2 card base with a tent fold from blue cardstock

Trim bottom layer of designer paper 

Stamp sentiment on scrap of white paper with blue ink and add distress ink

Trim a mat for sentiment and adhere sentiment to mat

Cut two strips of ribbon

Once paste has dried, adhere elephant to bottom patterned paper and wrap ribbons around as shown covering edges

Adhere these layers to card base

Add foam squares to sentiment and attach to card over ribbon

This was a fun card to create, I like the effect of the micro beads and will add those to future pasted projects for sure.  Just something different! Here's a list of my teammates that have more wild animals to share with you:

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Alison Heikkila 

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Lyn Bernatovich 

Pam Hornschu 

Laura Drahozal 

Louise Healy 

Kristine Reynolds

Thanks for stopping by today!  Comments, as always, are appreciated!  Now it's your turn to get wild and show us what you can do!  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday and SLS Lines

Yep, it's that time again and this week we're Seeing Red at Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog as we spend the week with SLS Lines' images!  That's right!  We're all mad around here!  Heehee!  Not really, but, that's our theme!  My image this week is Goth Girl.  Here's my take on this:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

SLS Lines Goth Girl

My Mind's Eye™ Voyager Paper Pad

Red Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

Copic® Markers

atyouSpica™ Glitter Pen by Too®

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Antique Linen by Ranger®

Miscellaneous Sequins - Red

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image and color with markers

Trim image keeping just a small edge of white

Trim ATC base from red cs at 2.5x3.5"

Trim bottom layer of patterned paper 1/8" smaller than ATC

Trim next layer up of patterned paper 1/4" smaller than ATC

On a scrap of white paper, handwrite your sentiment with glitter pen, add distress ink, snip apart

Distress white edge of main image

Adhere all layers as shown

Attach three sequins as shown

That's it for me this week!  Thanks bunches for stopping by today.  We would love for you to play along with our challenge this week.  Just as an FYI, I'll have a Stampendous post on Thursday and Friday as we celebrate Wild Animal Week!  Come get wild with us!

Hugs,
Lea

Hopping with Faber-Castell

 

This week our team is showcasing the Art Grip Aquarelles Watercolor Pencils, the PITT Pastel Pencils, and our very special guest Nathalie Kalbach is featuring the Gelatos! There may even be guest-starring roles by the PITT Artist Pens for doodling and drawing!  I hope you've enjoyed the colorful inspiration we've had for you this week! We’ve been Blogging in Color!

Three Lucky Winners this week will get 3 sets of the PITT Pastel Pencils (red/yellow, blue/green, neutrals), a jar of Faber-Castell Chalkboard Paint, and $20 Stampendous reward card to choose their favorite images to color! WOW… these winners must have a U.S. mailing address (official rules here!)… BUT WAIT- Aussie Fans – The Stencil Specialist has you covered again this time!! One Australian Fan will win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil (LJ size customer choice), and one Dreamweaver Stencils Regular Embossing Paste. Wow!!

Here's my project for today:

Here's what I used to create my project:

Stampendous® Build A Bouquet Stamp Set
Stampendous® Build A Bouquet Die Set

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Faber-Castell® Art Grip™ Aquarelle Pencils, #'s 104, 107, 109, 136, 137, 139, 140, 143, 144, 147, 166, 167

Faber-Castell® Chalk Board Paint

Archival Ink™ in Jet Black from Ranger®

May Arts Ribbon

3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®
Round Cookie/Pizza Sheet from Dollar Tree Store

Here's what I did to create this project:

Punch two holes in the pan approximately 6 inches apart
Add your first coat of paint to the pan, set aside to dry
Stamp your flowers and leaves with black ink
Color half of the images with Aquarelle pencils
Add your second coat of paint to the pan, set aside to dry
Color the other half of the images with Aquarelle pencils and blend all with a water brush
Add your third coat of paint to the pan, set aside to dry
Die cut the flowers and leaves, trim any white edges if needed

Using foam squares, arrange and adhere pieces on white paper
Trim white paper beneath pieces and add foam squares to back
Cut a piece of ribbon long enough to use to hang on wall
Create a bow in center of ribbon and thread ends through holes on pan, tie together on the back
Adhere stamped floral piece between ribbon

Add sentiment and flourishes with chalk

I've been wanting to create this chalkboard for a couple of months now and this hop was the perfect opportunity with some of the best products in the business.  I'm thrilled with how cute it has turned out and I love knowing it would be super simple to create new decor to adorn it.  It can easily be changed for the season or the current holiday.

Let’s check out today’s inspiration from our designers:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Nathalie Kalbach

Louise Healy

Janelle Stollfus

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Bray

Asia King

Pam Hornschu

Tenia Nelson

Laura Drahozal

Lea Kimmel

Alison Keikkila

Wendy Price

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  We've really had fun this week creating with Faber-Castell’s awesome products.  I'm already looking forward to the next opportunity to create with Faber-Castell.  Don't forget to comment for your chance to win a prize!  I'll see you again next week with more Stampendous goodness coming your way.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,
Lea

Fabulous Faber-Castell

 

This week our team is showcasing the Art Grip Aquarelles Watercolor Pencils, the PITT Pastel Pencils, and our very special guest Nathalie Kalbach is featuring the Gelatos! There may even be guest-starring roles by the PITT Artist Pens for doodling and drawing!  I hope you enjoying the colorful inspiration we have for you this week! We’ve been Blogging in Color!

3 Lucky Winners this week will get three sets of the PITT Pastel Pencils (red/yellow, blue/green, neutrals), a jar of Faber-Castell Chalkboard Paint, and $20 Stampendous reward card to choose their favorite images to color! WOW… these winners must have a U.S. mailing address (official rules here!)… BUT WAIT- Aussie Fans – The Stencil Specialist has you covered again this time!! One Australian Fan will win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil (LJ size customer choice), and one Dreamweaver Stencils Regular Embossing Paste. Wow!!

Here's my project for today:

Here's what I used to create my card:

Stampendous® Peony Spray Rubber Stamp

Stampendous Dreamweaver Stencils LX 7001 

Stampendous Mixed Media White Paper

Faber-Castell® Art Grip™ Aquarelle Pencils, #'s 119, 123, 126 & 133 (Reds)

Faber-Castell® Gelatos™ in Black Licorice, Pistachio and Green Tea

Archival Ink™ in Jet Black from Ranger®

Bo Bunny® A Gift of Love Collection, Sweetie Pie Squeeze

Limeade Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

May Arts Ribbon

3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image, color flower with pencils and leaves with Gelatos

Trim closely around image

Scribble some black Gelato on a craft sheet and spritz with water

Using a large sponge dauber, lightly sponge Gelato through Damask Stencil on pink paper

Create card base from green cardstock in an A2 horizontal tent fold

Trim pink stenciled paper down to size as shown

Create a mat for stamped image from green cs and edge with Black Licorice Gelato and smudge

Adhere image to mat

Trim a piece of ribbon and wrap ends around pink paper

Adhere pink paper to green base

Attach foam mounting squares to back of matted image 

Adhere image to card base

I really wanted this card to have an elegant look with a slight, very slight, grunge look.  Something trés chic with a little bit of "oo la la."  I wanted the background to be subtle and I love that it's just peeking out behind the image.  This card turned out exactly the way I had it pictured in my head.  I always love it when that happens!

Let’s check out today’s inspiration from our designers:

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Alison Heikkila 

Lyn Bernatovich 

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  We're really having fun this week creating with Faber-Castell’s awesome products.  I’ll see you again tomorrow with another project and more Faber-Castell yumminess as we complete our week with a fantastic final hop.  Don't forget to comment for your chance to win a prize!

Hugs,
Lea

Wicked Wednesday With Lemon Shortbread

Sounds pretty tasty, don't you think?  Yeah, so, it's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Lemon Shortbread.  It's really hard for me to focus on stamping when I see their name because it makes me want a cookie!  LOL!  I love lemon flavored goodies.  So, back to stamping!  The image I've used is "Owl On A Branch" and our theme this week is to create an ATC with text added.  Here's my ATC:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Lemon Shortbread Owl on a Branch

Stampendous!® Dream Text Stamp

Stampendous!® Mixed Media White Paper

Delicata™ Pigment Ink Pad in Golden Glitz by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers
Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Chipped Sapphire by Ranger®
Perfect Pearls™ Mists in Sunflower Sparkle by Ranger®
Scrap of Little Yellow Bicycle® Paper
Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image on paper and again on acetate
Cut paper image to 2 1/4"h x 3 1/4"w
Trim image on acetate close to edges of image to use as a mask
Color image with markers, add a yellow moon and then dust with distress ink
Place mask over image and stamp text stamp around image
Remove mask and add drips of Perfect Pearls™ by removing sprayer and tapping it over image
Trim base paper to ATC size and adhere the image to the base
Run edges of base over the gold ink pad

So, easy peasy, right?!  If you're an owl and/or tree lover like I am, then you'll want this sweet image. The other Lemon Shortbread images are equally sweet and so much fun to color!

Thanks for stopping by today!  I'll see you tomorrow with a post for Stampendous.  We're collaborating with Faber-Castell this week and I'm posting on Thursday and Friday.  We also have some great prizes, so, come check it out, otherwise, see you next Wednesday!

Hugs,
Lea

Oodles of Doodles

At Stampendous, we've had a fun week of sharing projects with doodles and tangles, today is our last day for this particular theme.  My card today is done with our new PenPattern Elephant and it's ready for doodles or tangles or just color or both.  That's the lovely thing about our PenPattern stamps, they're ready for whatever your imagination can come up with!  Here's my card today and it has oodles of doodles!

I tried to give it a little bit of a Persian/Indian flair or maybe even a bit of a circus look.  I just had fun and let the PenPattern lines lead me.  I really love how this turned out!

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® PenPattern Elephant

Stampendous® Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Small Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Memento™ London Fog Ink by Tsukineko®

Ribbon by May Arts®

Staedtler® Pigment Liner 308

Copic® Markers (C1, C3, C4, C5)

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives
3D Foam Mounting Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L®

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp elephant on white cardstock.

Doodle areas as shown.

Color remaining areas with gray markers.

Trim image to desired size.

Create an A2 card base with a tent fold.

Trim a mat for main image from black cardstock.

Adhere image to mat and then to card base.

Stamp sentiment in black ink on white cardstock.

Trim sentiment to desired size.

Trim a mat to fit sentiment from black cardstock.

Adhere sentiment to mat.

Cut ric-rac to fit width of card and attach as shown.

Attach sentiment to card with foam squares as shown.

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

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Hornschu

Kristine Reynolds

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Tenia Nelson

Wendy Price

Pam Bray

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Laura Drahozal

That's it for me today!  I hope you have enjoyed the Design Team's doodles and tangles this past week, I know we had fun creating them!  Have a wonderful weekend and I'll see you again next week with more fun projects.

Hugs,

Lea