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

Colorful Cosmos

One of the many things I love about being a part of Stampendous Design Team, all the beautiful floral stamps they carry!  I love flowers, something I believe I inherited from my grandmother.  Her first name was Iris and she always had some planted in her yard!  My card today uses the new Cosmos Spray and I know it's going to be a favorite of mine!  I bet you'll fall in love with it, too!

Here's what I used to create my card:

Stampendous:
P263 Cosmos Spray
ASCRS03 Cling Industrial Set
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Medium Perfectly Clear Acrylic Stamp Handle

Plus:
Dark Red Bling Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Green Cardstock by Core’dinations®
Ribbon by May Arts
atyouSpica™ Gold Glitter Pen by Copic®
Spectrum Noir™ Markers (BP1, BP2, BP5, BP6, BP7; CT1, CT2, CT4; DR4, DR5, DR6, DR7; PL1, PL2; GB4; DG2, DG4; CG1, CG2; BT1)
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Here's what I did to create my card:

Stamp image and color.

Trim image to desired size

Create an A2 card base with a tent fold from dark red paper turned to dull side.

Stamp background of card base.

Create a mat for image from green cardstock and adhere image to mat.

Make a bow and secure ends around matted image.

Adhere matted image to card base.

Here's the complete list of my teammates playing along today with more inspiration:

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Bray

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Louise Healy

Tenia Nelson

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I hope you've enjoyed our floral and fairy inspiration we've shared.  I know I loved creating my card!  Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

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:

Stampendous Blog

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:

Stampendous Blog

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