Sheltering Tree

Today is our last day of this week's Stampendous theme celebrating trees!  For today's card I've used the new Tree House Rubber Stamp.  I absolutely love this stamp!  It takes me back to my childhood and summers spent with cousins and friends.  I hope it gives you some warm fuzzy feelings about your childhood, too!

Here’s what I used to create this card:

Stampendous:
W145 Tree House
L262 Friendship Tree
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Plus:
Memento™ London Fog Ink by Tsukineko®
VersaFine™ Smokey Gray Ink by Tsukineko®
Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger®
Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®
Everglade Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Painted Desert Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Beacon 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Squares by 3L®
Copic® Markers (C1, C3, C6, C7; W1, W4, W7; YG13; YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97; G20, G21, G24, G28; R24, R27, R29; E97, E99)

Here’s what I did to create this card:

1 Stamp main image, color and trim to desired size.

2 Add distress inks.

3 Stamp sentiment and add distress ink.

4 Create an A2 card base with a tent fold from green cardstock.

5 Trim mats for both stamped images from red cardstock and adhere the images to the mats.

6 Adhere the main image to the card as shown.

7 Using foam squares, attach the sentiment as shown.

Here’s a list of my teammates that are playing along today, be sure to check them out and leave them some love!  

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Alison Heikkila

Thanks for stopping by today!  I’ll see you again next week with some more Stampendous love!  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Family Tree

Stampendous is climbing trees this week!  LOL!  Okay, we're really not climbing trees but we're posting lots of cards WITH trees!  I have to admit, I'm a tree hugger!  I love the majesty and beauty of trees and have always enjoyed drawing, painting or just coloring them.  I love how they seem to be reaching for the heavens!  Here's my card for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous:

SSC1224 Forest Sayings Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

ASCRS03 Cling Industrial Set

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle

Plus:
Memento™ Angel Pink Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ London Fog Ink by Tsukineko®

VersaFine™ Smokey Gray Ink by Tsukineko®
Copic® Markers - W0, W1, W4, W7; YG63, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97; B0000; BV23; R22, R24

Tim Holtz® Antique Linen Distress Ink by Ranger®

Everglade Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Painted Desert Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Ribbon by May Arts

ZipDry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp images, color and trim as shown.

Edge images with distress ink.

Trim mats for images from red cardstock and adhere as shown.

Create A2 card base with a tent fold from green cardstock.

Stamp background onto card base with VersaFine grey ink.

Trim a length of ribbon to wrap completely around card and adhere ends under images. 

Adhere images as shown.

Here's the list of my teammates that have more inspiration for you today:

Stampendous Blog 

Kristine Reynolds

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

Lea Kimmel

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Hope you've enjoyed the week so far, I have one more day of inspiration for you tomorrow, so, please stop by!  In the meantime, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Happy Birthday, Alice!

Today we are celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Alice in Wonderland, and what better way to do that, than to share lots of creative projects inspired by this wonderful story.

Not only will you see lots of amazing artwork today, but you can also win prizes from the following amazing companies;

The Stamping Boutique

Rick St Dennis MFA

Faery Ink

That Craft Place

Ike's Art

Delicious Doodles

Sweet Pea Stamps

Sassy Studio Designs

Vera Lane Studio Digital Stamps

Prize winners will be selected from Random blogs throughout the hop using Random.org to select each winner.  In order to be eligible for a prize you must visit all stops on the hop and leave a comment. The prize draws will be open until July 18th, with winners announced on July 20th.

Here's my Alice in Wonderland inspired project:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Alice in Wonderland Coloring Page

Stampendous® Birthday Assortment Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Copic® Markers

atyouSpica® Glitter Pen in Silver

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass

Tim Holtz® Distress Ink in Bundled Sage

Memento™ Rose Bud Ink by Tsukineko®

Blue Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Fancy Pants Designs® Winterland 6x6 Patterned Paper

May Arts Ribbon®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Print image, color with markers and trim to desired size

Stamp sentiment in upper left corner of image

Add blue and green distress inks as shown

Create a 5" x 5" card base from blue cardstock with a top fold

Trim a mat for image in green cardstock

Adhere image to mat

Trim patterned paper to 4.75" x 4.75"

Cut a 5.25" length of pink ribbon 

Adhere to middle of patterned paper securing ends on back

Adhere layers as shown

Blog Hop List

Suzi

Alison

Trudie

Sharon

Milo

Donna

Leigh

Claudia

Leadonna (Me)

Nan

Jenn

Nikki

Black Dragon

Teresa

Ike

Creepy Glowbugg

Shelley

Alana

Harp

Lori

Monica

Kemly

Margaret

Julie

Katie

Julie W S

Kathi
Karen
Corrie
Emily
Geraldine
Carol
Avril
Lisa
Kim
Mo
Lorraine

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I do hope you'll come back by again for another visit.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

May Arts Ribbon Hop

We’ve got lots going on this week to keep your Summer Vacation hopping with inspiration. We’re hopping all week with one of our very favorite craft partners, May Arts Ribbon.  They’re an extremely generous sponsor for us here at Stampendous and our Design Team is absolutely in love with their gorgeous ribbons, cords, strings and specialty items. You’ll find loads of beautiful May Arts on most of our samples.  

Now you’ve got a chance to check out our Design Team Inspiration as well as the Ribbonistas over at the May Arts Blog.  Be sure to comment and tell us where you’re from, because our Australian Distributor, The Stencil Specialists, is sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise!

There are Stampendous prize packages up for grabs. THREE U.S. commenters will receive a prize of their choice in any one roll of ribbon from May Arts and a $20 reward card. Tell us what state you live in when you comment.   Here are the Stampendous Official Rules.  Also, be sure to stop by the May Arts blog because they are giving away a prize, too! How’s that for an amazing week of prizes!

Here's my card for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Lunch Line Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Picnic Ants Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

May Arts® 1/2" Grosgrain/Stitched Edge Ribbon in Black w/White Stitch

May Arts® 1.5" Red Ribbon

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers

Red Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Black Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

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

Here's what I did to create this card:

Create A2 horizontal card base with a top fold from red cardstock

Trim a piece of white paper to 4" by 5 1/4"

Stamp Picnic Ants repeatedly on white paper, filling entire piece

Stamp Lunch Line onto white paper, color with markers and trim as shown

Trim a mat for image from black cardstock and adhere colored image to mat

Cut a piece of red ribbon and a piece of black ribbon long enough to wrap ends around back

Layer ribbons onto Picnic Ants piece and secure ends on back of paper

Adhere all layers as shown using foam squares to mount top image

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

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Louise Healy

Asia King

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Lyn Bernatovich

Jamie Martin

Pam Bray

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Wendy Price

May Arts Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I'm participating in a fun blog hop tomorrow as we celebrate the 150th birthday of Alice in Wonderland.  Would love to see you come back by for a visit.  Until then, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Got Ribbon?

We’ve got lots going on this week to keep your Summer Vacation hopping with inspiration. We’re hopping all week with one of our very favorite craft partners, May Arts Ribbon.  They’re an extremely generous sponsor for us here at Stampendous and our Design Team is absolutely in love with their gorgeous ribbons, cords, strings and specialty items. You’ll find loads of beautiful May Arts on most of our samples.  

Now you’ve got a chance to check out our Design Team Inspiration as well as the Ribbonistas over at the May Arts Blog.  Be sure to comment and tell us where you’re from, because our Australian Distributor, The Stencil Specialists, is sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise!

There are Stampendous prize packages up for grabs. THREE U.S. commenters will receive a prize of their choice of any one roll of ribbon from May Arts and a $20 reward card. Tell us what state you live in when you comment.   Here are the Stampendous Official Rules.  Also, be sure to stop by the May Arts blog because they are giving away a prize, too! How’s that for an amazing week of prizes!

Without further ado, here's my card for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Cling Lovely Garden

Stampendous Love Garden Die Cut Set

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LJ913 Houndstooth

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

May Arts Ribbon® - 1.5" Woven Houndstooth/Nylon Edge Ribbon in Parrot Green

Memento™ Rose Bud Ink by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers - RV10, RV52, RV55, RV17; YG11, YG13, YG17

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

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

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Create an A2 card base with a top fold from green cardstock

Trim a piece of white paper to 4" x 5 1/4" and adhere to stencil

Using a 1/2" stencil brush, add pink ink

Stamp flower on white paper and color with markers

Die cut flower

Trim ribbon to width of stenciled background paper

Cut two leaves from ribbon

Adhere ribbon to background paper

Adhere background paper to card base

Glue on leaves

Using foam squares, adhere flower to card front as shown

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

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Laura Drahozal

Pam Hornschu

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Lynn Bernatovich

Alison Heikkila

Louise Healy

May Arts Blog

Thanks for stopping by today!  Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our final hop for the week.  In the meantime, have a wonderful day and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with The Octopode Factory

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and today our sponsor is The Octopode Factory!  Our theme this week is Red, White and Blue, just in time for the July 4th celebration week, and my image is Alice.

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

The Octopode Factory - Alice

Wax Fruit Co. - Cocola (Bottle)

Copic® Markers - E50, E51, E53, E21, E33; B41, B45, B37, B91, B93, B95, B97; C0, C1, C3; Y21 Y23, Y26; R20, R02, R14, R17

atyouSpica® Glitter Pen in Baby Blue

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Caribbean Blue Smoothies Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Tim Holtz® idea-ology® Tissue Tape - Merriment

Americana® Decou-Page® - Matte

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

Christmas Red Stickles®

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Trim blue cardstock to ATC size

Print images, color and cut out

Cut out table top, table legs and sign from scraps of paper

Adhere table pieces to ATC with Decou-Page®

Add two strips of tissue tape as shown

Adhere image with foam squares

Add Stickles® dripping out of bottle and onto floor

This image really cracked me up, especially when I gave her crazy eyes!  It's like she's realizing she just drank something she shouldn't have.  Have you ever done that?  I have.  Heeheehee!  We won't go there! 

Thanks for stopping by today.  In case you didn't notice, I have two posts today, hope you'll check out both.  In the meantime, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Summer Fun with Spellbinders

It’s summer time and we are hopping with some fabulous companies in the Summer Road Trip Partner Hop with Spellbinders.  Stampendous Stamps is hopping all three days with some fabulous summer inspiration from the design team and today two of our designers are featured with tutorials using some new Spellbinders products! How fun is that!

Spellbinders is having a great giveway during this hop with three daily winners and one grand prize winner! Check out the details here.  Stampendous rules can be found here,  Official Rules   Here's my card for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Spellbinders® Hexagons Nestabilities® Die Set (I used #2)

Stampendous® Relax Enjoy Rubber Stamp

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils LJ806 Hexagons

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencils 1/2" Brush

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Bo Bunny® Barefoot & Bliss

Intense Yellow Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

May Arts Yellow String Burlap Ribbon

ColorBox® Chalk Primary Pastels & Soft Pastels

Memento™ Danube Blue Ink Pad by Tsukineko

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this card:

Create A2 card base with a top fold from yellow cardstock

Trim a piece of mixed media white paper to 4" x 5 1/4

Tape stencil to white paper to secure and using a stencil brush, add ink

Remove stencil and set aside

Using the #2 Hexagon die, cut out 7 hexagons from a variety of papers

Adhere hexagons to stenciled card front as shown

Trim hexagon pieces that hang off card front

Stamp sentiment with blue ink as shown

Adhere card front to card base

Wrap string burlap around top of card twice and tie in a big bow

Here are my teammates that are playing along today:

Stampendous Blog

Feature Designer – Tenia Nelson

Feature Designer – Lyn Bernatovich

Laura Drahozal

Janelle Stollfus

Lea Kimmel

Asia King

Spellbinders Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you have enjoyed our little hop with our awesome crafty partners!  I'll be back again tomorrow with another post to celebrate some May Arts Ribbon love.  Have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea