There's Something Bloomin'!

At Linnie Blooms you’re going to find oodles of fun projects to really take your mixed media in a new direction.  We met this new company at CHA in January and we immediately had heaps of ideas for using her clever products.  What a new dimension to journals, canvases, books, and scrapbook pages!  We know you’re going to love seeing the inspiration from this week’s hop!

Plus, there are prizes!  Three lucky winner will each win a set of Linnie Blooms Fabric Mini File Folders just like they provided four our team.  Plus, you’ll receive a Dreamweaver Stencil background and our Vintage Press Perfectly Clear™ Stamps Set.  You’ll be creating Mixed Media fabric accents in no time!  These winners have to have a US mailing address, but, Aussie Fans, good news!  The Stencil Specialists are sponsoring one Australian prize for this collaboration!  You could win a Stampendous Stamp, an LL-sized Dreamweaver Stencil of your choice, a silicone buttons mould, and a Stampendous Embossing Powder (your color choice)…Wow!!  Be sure to let us know you’re from Australia in your comments!  Wait!  There’s more!  Linnie Blooms will be giving away a FREE all new DIY Home Decor Kit!  Make sure to comment on their blog and their designer’s blogs posting in our hop this week!  Now, on to my project for today:

Here’s what I used to create my project:

Linnie Blooms Mini File Folder
Stampendous® Single Adirondack 
Stampendous® Coral Tree
Stampendous® PenPattern Seaside Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
Stampendous® Seaside Chair Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
Stampendous® PenPattern Mermaid
Stampendous® Encouraging Words Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
Stampendous® PenPattern Fish
Stampendous® Goldfish Pair
Stampendous® Seashell Jar
Archival Inks™ in Jet Black, Emerald Green, Viridian, Vermillion, Sienna, Manganese Blue, Cobalt
DecoArt® Americana® Acrylic Paints, colors too numerous to list
DecoArt® Metallic Lustre™ Champagne Ice
May Arts Ribbon®

Here’s what I did to create my project:

Paint sand and sky/water on each page
Stamp images and paint as desired
Punch two holes on left side
Add rings and tie on bits of ribbon to each ring

Here’s the complete list of teammates posting today:

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Louise Healy

Janelle Stollfus

Wendy Price

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

Laura Drahozal

Kristine Reynolds

Tenia Nelson

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Bray

Lea Kimmel (Me!)

Linnie Blooms Blog

Remember, if you don’t see the Blog Hop post as soon as you click the link, you may need to click on the header or home button of the blog and scroll a bit to find the post.  Some bloggers post for more than one thing each day.  If you have trouble commenting on a blog, please let us know at submissions@stampendous.com.  Thanks for your patience, designers across several time zones mean every post may not be active immediately.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Don’t forget to comment to be eligible to win a prize.  I’ll see you again soon.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,
Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Nikki Burnette

It’s Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is The Fantasy Art of Nikki Burnette and the theme is to use some ribbon.  My image is Giselle.  She’s listed on the web site as currently unavailable.  I’m not sure why and I do apologize but, hopefully she’ll be available again soon.  She really is a lovely image!  Nikki has several mermaids on her site, so, if you don’t want to wait for this one, I’m sure you could find another that’s equally lovely.

Here’s what I used to create this ATC:

Nikki Burnette’s Giselle
Copic® Markers
May Arts Ribbon®
Blue Bling™ Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Want2Scrap® Pearls
Zip Dry Paper Glue from Beacon Adhesives
3D Foam Mounting Squares by 3L® Scrapbook Adhesives®
Beige paper from my scrap stash, not sure of maker

Here’s what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color with markers and fussy cut image 
Trim blue cs base to ATC size
Trim a piece of beige scrap paper to fit along bottom of ATC
Snip off bits of leaves ribbon and trim strips of net ribbon
Adhere ribbon pieces to ATC base as shown
Using foam squares, attach beige scrap to bottom
Adhere cut out image as shown
Attach last piece of leaves ribbon as shown
Apply pearls as shown

This was a super easy ATC to put together.  I love mermaids and I really love to use the May Arts Ribbons as seaweed and sea grass, they’re the perfect addition!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  It would be awesome if you would play along with us.  Using ribbon on an ATC is certainly an easy theme for even beginners, so, if you’re feeling shy, don’t, just play!  I look forward to seeing what YOU create!

Hugs,

Lea

Are We There Yet?

Ah!  That age old question coming from the back seat of the family sedan, "Are we there yet?"  I wonder how many times I've said that as a kid and heard it as an adult!  LOL!  No matter how advanced we have become in travel, that question is still the bane of many a parent.

This week, Stampendous has been celebrating the great outdoors and picnics, one of my favorite outdoor activities!  What better way to see this great country of ours than by getting up close and personal with the outdoors by camping?  It allows you to fully enjoy and appreciate all the beauty and natural diversity on display all across this great land.  With camping being such a popular activity, especially in the summer months, it only seemed appropriate for Stampendous to create an awesome stamp to help you celebrate the fun.  For today's project, I've created a card using Trailer Travel, isn't it the coolest?

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® Trailer Travel

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Aqua Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White Cover Stock

3-in-1 Advanced Crafters Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Copic® Markers:  (B0000, B06, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99; G0000, G24, G28; YG11, YG91, YG93, YG95, YG97, YG99; R24, R27, R29, R43, R85; YR00, YR01, YR02; Y13, Y18; BG0000, BG000, BG01, BG02, BG53; BV01; E11, E13, E15, E33, E34, E35, E37, E41, E42, E43, E71, E74; C0, 1, C3, C6)

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp image, color and trim

Create an A2 horizontal card base with a tent fold

Trim a mat for image and adhere the image to mat

Adhere matted image to card base

There was plenty of fun coloring to do in this card but it was all pretty simple!  If you're a happy
camper, or even a grumpy camper, this stamp is sure to be a new favorite!  If that was your convertible and camper, where would you want to travel to?   In the meantime, travel around my teammates blogs and leave them some love!  Here's a list of everyone posting today:

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Louise Healy

Lea Kimmel (me!)

Kristine Reynolds

Lyn Bernatovich

I'm so glad you stopped by today.  I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend and you get to enjoy some time with your family.  Have a lovely day!

Hugs,
Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Sweet Pea Stamps

It's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and our sponsor this week is Sweet Pea Stamps and our theme is Harlequin or Diamond Pattern.  The image I've used this week is A Clown For You from artist Katerina Koukiotis.  As soon as I saw this image, I fell in love with it and knew I had to use it for my ATC this week.  Isn't this the cutest little clown you've ever seen?!

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Sweet Pea Stamps A Clown For You

Stampendous® Bouquet For You Perfectly Clear™Stamps

Copic® Markers

Memento™ Inks in Dandelion and New Sprout from Tsukineko®

VersaFine™Onyx Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Sizzix® Tim Holtz® Harlequin Embossing Folder

Echo Park® Hello Summer 6x6 Paper Pad

Basic Grey® Basics White 6x6 Paper Pad

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

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Berwick® Wired Snowball Celery

Smooch - Siren

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image, color with markers and trim closely around image

Trim ATC base paper, place in embossing folder and run through machine

Add inks to embossed ATC base

Trim dot paper, attach to base and stamp sentiment

Attach clown with foam mounting squares

Trim a piece of Wired Snowball and attach to hands as if the clown is juggling

Cover heart on face with Smooch

I have to admit, I really love how this turned out!  I've made a lot of ATC's but I think this has to be in my top five, maybe even my #1.  Hmmm...

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I always appreciate your visits and your comments.  We would love for you to join us this week and play along with our challenge.  I'll see you again soon and in the meantime, have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Two Great Companies...

...one awesome hop!

This week we are playing with some fantastic products from our friends at Clear Scraps and we’re excited to share our finished projects. You can image how much fun it is to have a clean canvas to start with but when you use Clear Scraps it’s a see-through canvas!

Our friends at Clear Scraps take pride in new product inventions with the best interactive albums and the best innovative designs.  In addition to their own fantastic and innovative products, Clear Scraps sells a huge selection of Stampendous products as they travel the nation visiting various consumer shows like Scrapbook Expos and others.

For my project today, I've taken a set of pages and created an album perfect for anyone buying a new home or even a military family moving to a new duty assignment.  I had a fun time making this as the idea popped into my head almost as soon as I saw the products I received.  Here's my project:

Here's what I used to create this project:

Clear Scraps Round Tabs Acrylic Pages

Clear Scraps Gears Embellishment

Stampendous® Family Home Perfectly Clear™ Stamps

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Green Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Derwent® Inktense™ Pencils

Archival Ink Jet Black Pad by Ranger®

Copic® Markers: Y15, Y18, YG67, W7

Solid Oak, Inc. Steampunk™Small Gears

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

AC Remarks® Highline Alphabet Stickers

Tim Holtz® Idea-ology Key

Here's what I did to create this project:

• Stamp houses, color with pencils
• Cut houses out but leave a grassy section creating an increasing height of grass with each page
• Lay each house/grass section down on green cardstock, draw around it and trim to match that section (This gives you a way to adhere the pieces to the acrylic but cover the glue and it gives it a more finished look and a place to write)
• Take clear gear embellishment and color both sides of it with the darker yellow Copic® marker
• Remove protective covering from pages and adhere papers as shown, be sure to insert sun/gear behind top paper on the last page
• With a green Copic®, color gears that have been matched up to create trees
• With the warm gray Copic®, draw tree trunks and branches and attach gears, one on each side of acrylic page for each tree
• Stamp sentiments on each page
• Adhere letters to tabs to spell "Home"
• Using lighter yellow Copic®, add sun rays on back page
• Poke holes through papers to add rings
• Put rings through and add a key to top ring and add extra gears to bottom ring

I hope I've not left anything off but I really think it's pretty obvious what I did if you just look at the photos.  I really love how this turned out.  It makes me super happy when a project comes out pretty much exactly the way I have it pictured in my head.

So, do we have prizes for this hop?  Clearly we do!!! In fact, we have three prize packages up for grabs.  Each will include our Cling Jumbo Filigree Stamp Set, a Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle, PLUS a Clear Scraps Mixable Album and some extra acrylic accents! Comment on our blog and each designer’s blog of the day throughout the week of our hop and the winners will be announced Monday, May 18th. Official Rules apply for Stampendous prizes. Please let us know where you live. As you know, prize winners have to be US residents EXCEPT….

Aussies – Look HERE!  An exciting treat for our fans “down under”!!  The Stencil Specialists , one of our Australian Wholesale Distributors, is going to offer a prize to one Australian fan every time we have a giveaway!!  How completely exciting! Plus they’re stocking way more than stencils from Stampendous now!

For the Clear Scraps Blog Hop, The Stencil Specialists are offering A Stampendous Stamp, A Dreamweaver Stencil (LL size customer choice), A Silicone Mould.  A Tub of White Ultra Light Paper Clay and 3 packs of Adhesive Gems.  WOW… Now there’s a prize package! Comment each day on the Stampendous and participating designer blogs and include in which area you live! We’ll announce the winner the following week!

Here's the list of each teammate hopping along today.  Be sure to comment on each blog if you want a chance to win one of the awesome prize packages.

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel (me)

Pam Hornschu

Wendy Price

Janelle Stollfus

Asia King

Tenia Nelson

Jamie Martin

Clear Scraps Blog

That's it for me today!  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Please be sure to check back with us on Monday to see if you're a lucky winner.  In the meantime, have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs,

Lea

Terrific Trio

This week we are playing with some fantastic products from our friends at Clear Scraps and we’re excited to share our finished projects. You can image how much fun it is to have a clean canvas to start with but when you use Clear Scraps it’s a see-through canvas!

Our friends at Clear Scraps take pride in new product inventions with the best interactive albums and the best innovative designs.  In addition to their own fantastic and innovative products, Clear Scraps sells a huge selection of Stampendous products as they travel the nation visiting various consumer shows like Scrapbook Expos and others.

When I created my card, I went old school and used Prismacolor Pencils.  I wanted this to have a softer feel and I thought the pencils would do just the trick.  Without further ado, here's my card:

 Front of card

Inside of card

Here's what I used to create this card:

Clear Scraps Send It Clear Bell

Stampendous® Cling Build A Bouquet Stamp Set

Stampendous® Build A Bouquet Die Set

Stampendous® Happy Greetings Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

Stampendous® Mixed Media White Paper

Stampendous® Copper Metallic Embossing Paste

Stampendous® Dreamweaver Stencil LX 7001 Damask

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Spellbinders® Curved Rectangles Nestabilities®

Spellbinders® Labels Eighteen Nestabilities®

Memento™London Fog Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Memento™ Angel Pink Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Prismacolor® Pencils

Bo Bunny® C'est La Vie Collection

3L® Scrapbook Adhesives® 3D Foam Mounting Squares

Fast Finish by Beacon Adhesives

Clearly we have prizes!!! We have three prize packages up for grabs each will include our Cling Jumbo Filigree Stamp Set, a Jumbo Perfectly Clear Acrylic Handle, PLUS a Clear Scraps Mixable Album and some extra acrylic accents! Comment on our blog and each designer’s blog of the day throughout this week of our hop and the winners will be announced Monday, May 18th. Official Rules apply for Stampendous prizes. Please let us know where you live. As you know, prize winners have to be US residents EXCEPT….

Aussies – Look HERE!
An exciting treat for our fans “down under”!!

The Stencil Specialists , one of our Australian Wholesale Distributors, is going to offer a prize to one Australian fan every time we have a giveaway!!  How completely exciting! Plus they’re stocking way more than stencils from Stampendous now!  For the Clear Scraps Blog Hop, The Stencil Specialists are offering:  A Stampendous Stamp, A Dreamweaver Stencil (LL size customer choice), A Silicone Mould,  A Tub of White Ultra Light Paper Clay and 3 packs of Adhesive Gems.  WOW… Now there’s a prize package! Comment each day on the Stampendous and participating designer blogs and include in which area you live! We’ll announce the winner the following week!

Here's the list of teammates posting today:

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lea Kimmel (me)

Tenia Nelson

Jamie Martin

Alison Heikkila

Clear Scraps Blog

Thanks for stopping by today to have a look!  Don't forget to leave a comment to be eligible to win a prize!  Tomorrow is the big hop so don't forget to stop back by for my next project.  In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,

Lea

Wicked Wednesday with Power Poppy (and Just Some Lines)

Yep, it's Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge Blog time and this week our sponsor is Power Poppy.  The image I've used is French Lilac Digital Stamp Set; it comes with the sentiment.  It's truly a lovely image and one that I know I'll be using again and again.  Our theme this week is Daffodils or Lilacs, so show us what you've got!

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Power Poppy French Lilac Digital Stamp Set

Copic® Markers

May Arts Ribbon®

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White

Lavender Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image and trim to ATC size

Color image with markers

Trim a base for the ATC from lavender cs

Adhere image to base

Tie a bow with ribbon and cut from main ribbon length 

Cut another piece of ribbon to go across bottom and adhere

Adhere bow over stem of lilac

Such a pretty little ATC!  I think this is one of my favorites that I've created.  I love lilacs and lavenders and greens are my favorite color combos.   That cute little ladybug really sets it off just right!

Okay, confession time.  I've had a really busy couple of weeks and I've been a little bit frazzled.  So, last week I made the above ATC for my post only to discover that I had created with the wrong image for that week.  I was feeling pretty good until I found that out!  The sponsor for last week was actually Just Some Lines.  I managed to squeak out the right ATC but then I forgot to write my blog post for it.  Geesh!  How did I manage to do that?!  So, I'm also including my ATC that was supposed to be posted last week with today's post.  You get a two-for-one deal and I get to give Just Some Lines the credit they deserve.  Here's my ATC that made it to the main blog post but not here:

Here's what I used to create this ATC:

Just Some Lines Pixie n Dandelion

Copic® Markers

Bo Bunny® Dots Cardstock

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White

Tim Holtz® Tumbled Glass Distress Ink by Ranger®

Zip Dry Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Iridescent sequins 

Here's what I did to create this ATC:

Print image and trim to desired size

Color image and lightly add distress ink around edges

Trim pink cs to ATC size for base

Trim accent paper to fit as shown

Adhere all the layers

Write desired sentiment 

Adhere sequins

In case you missed it, the theme for last week was Polka Dots.  I made my ATC as dotty as possible!  Thanks so much for indulging me as I play catch-up!  Thanks, too, for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!  Have a wonderful rest of the week!

Hugs,

Lea