The Amy Doodle Of It All . . .

Canceled

I am officially canceling my Technique Tuesday post. I am battling a severe sinus infection, and bronchitis. So I will return to Technique Tuesday next week. Even though I will be gone, craft on my crafting peeps, craft on . . .

 

Color Me Monday

This weeks color sample I'm taking inspiration from this amazing photo I found on Pinterest. I don't know who took it, but the colors and textures in it are amazing! I love it when you think a color combination won't work, and then you see something in the wild and Natures like... "Oh ya you can use those colors, that totally works together!". I just love the combination of orange, yellow and purple together....who knew!

And wouldn't you know . . . .

Look there is an Amy Doodle Stamp CO. digi stamp on the front of this card! I used my Spring Fairy Missy to create this card since this weekend was the release of my stamp company! So excited!!!

 

 

Amy Doodle's Stamp Co. Contest and Giveaway!

I'm so excited about this contest and

giveaway to kickstart the launch of

 Amy Doodle's Stamp CO.! 

 

This is no ordinary event, because we are teaming up with

Kit & Clowder

for this special contest!!!

Join us here to participate:

www.facebook.com/groups/kitandclowder

The winner will recieve 3 digital stamps from our launch collection!

Go to the link above to grab Fall Fairy Alyce, create your card and post it!

Be sure to go to our Facebook page and join our group!

 

Amy Doodle Stamp Co.

After years of waiting I'm finally opening my very own Digi Stamp company! I'M SO EXCITED! It's scary, and exciting ,and amazing all at the same time! Thank you to all of you that have supported me over the years, and thank you to all of you who will support me in the future!

 

So please go check out my stamps and show me all the creative ways you talented people can use them!

Amy Doodle's Stamp Co.

 

You can post your samples on my facebook page here:

Amy Hurley-Purdie Card Making & Crafting

 

 

 

Stampendous Skulls Galore!

I'm so in love with skulls! It's an obsession that requires restraint, but I'm not holding back for this challenge!!! Stampendous has asked me to create something with the theme: Skulls Galore, and I say.... Challenge accepted! Bwhahahahahaha(meniacle laugh).

I'm going to show you my most favorite way to use a stamp. It's STAMP, SCAN, and BLOW IT UP! I love this technique because you gives you the ability to use one stamp in so many different ways! I'm going to show you 3 different ways that you can use one incredible cute stamp to create amazing projects that will make you friends say "How did you do that?"

Let's start with the an adorably spooky stamp called "Tomb Elements". A charming Halloween setting of tombstone, cemetery, skeleton and black cat, perfect for creating our spooky projects. Image measures approximately 4" X 4", but we are not going to let that stop us from creating big projects!

When working with this technique the most important part to remember is to stamp a really clean image. That way when you scan the image and enlarge it, it will be a crisp detailed image. NOTE: If your not sure how to enlarge an image, you can find tutorial's for almost every editing software program on You Tube.

For my first project I will be making a favor box! But let's take our image and try going small to start! I'm going to shrink the image down to 1 1/2" x 1 1/2", and print it onto white cardstock. I added a little colored pencil to the image, and moved the colors around using my Gamsol kit. I matted it onto pattern cardstock and attached it to my box. I used a left over enlarged image to cut out the skull head and foam tape it to the center of my bow!

 

 

For my second project I'm going to take my scanned stamped image and enlarge it to 6 1/2"x 6 1/2". I'm printing it in black and white, and then cutting it to a 6" circle. I'm not going to color it because I want that stark black and white effect for my finished look. You simply place your circle onto a charger of your choice and add a clear plate on top of it. Viola, instant Halloween table setting! Notice the silverware is being held by our skeleton friend! Just enlarge your skeleton  so he is slightly bigger, print and cut out the skeleton's head, chest and arms, and tuck him inside the napkin!

 

For my third and final project (I told you I was obsessed with skeletons!) I'm making a halloween banner to hang in the house for a frightfully good decoration! For this banner you'll need to enlarge the image to 8" x 8". Next print it onto white, purple, lime green and grey cardstock. You'll also need a blending tool, and Distress Inks Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot. The purple print will be your background, and you'll need to cut it to 8 1/4" x 8 1/2" square. Use the blending tool to to add Seedless Preserves starting at the outside edge and working towards the center , stopping about 1" from the edge. Then add Black Soot on the outside edges.  Glue onto 8 1/2" x 10 1/4" lime green cardstock, then onto 9" x 11" black cardstock(you can tear the bottom of black cardstock if desired).

Cut out back ground tombstones from grey cardstock, and add Black Soot to add shading, and glue onto purple background.  Cut out skeletons tombstones and add shading with Black Soot, foam tape to purple background. Next cut out skeleton from white, and add Black Soot for shading  and foam tape onto purple background. Cut cat from lime green cardstock (Don't worry about cutting out the tail) and foam tape to cat on purple cardstock. Add ribbon and "Happy Halloween" sentiment. ("Happy Halloween" was printed onto orange cardstock using Toxia font at 65pt.)

Here's what it looks like hanging on my door . . . .

 I hope you've enjoyed my crazy skull projects, and I hope you try these techniques with other amazing Stampendous Stamps, and see just how much you can make with one stamp!

Check out more Stampendous Designer Projects at

 

 

 

Colored Pencils	Gamsol Kit	Seedless Preserves	Black Soot
Punch Board	Blending Tool

Technique Tuesday: Creating Fall Leaves

For those of you who don't know me personally . . . let's just say for the next 2 months, I drive my family and friends CRAZY OVER ALL THINGS FALL! I love the fall!!! The leaves turning, fall recipes, the weather, and of course halloween! So I am officially pumped up and ready for the fall fun-ness to begin!

Let's start by drooling over these die cut fall leaves together....hmmmmmm, good.

This week's video features Impression Obsession fall leaves cutting die, and Avery Elle Simply Said Happy cutting die. I'll show you how to make beautiful leaves for all your fall projects in this weeks video.

Vintage Photo	Festive Berries	Spiced Marmalade	Mustard Seed
Leaves Cutting Die	Happy Cutting Die	Twine	Autumn Stamp

Color Me Monday

I can't wait any longer for fall! My inspiration for this Color Me Monday is this stunning Fall photo by Philippe Sainte-Laudy. He's an amazing photographer, so if you ever need any color inspiration...his work will inspire you! To be totally honest, ANYTHING FALL inspires me!

I used this NEW Lawn Fawn stamp Joy to the Woods! It's packed full of cuteness! It's got 25 clear stamps. It features birch trees, winter critters, and lots of accessories! So much fun!

 

 

 

 

 

Stampendous: Add a Little Dazzle

Here is another fun card using the amazing Add a Little Dazzle metal sheets! On Technique Tuesday I showed you how to create a one of kind card that has a flower hair accssesory embellishment attatched as a gift! Now check out this fun way to use the metal sheets for paper piecing and embossing. When you paper piece with them you can get added dimension from them because you can bend and shape them however you like!

Hope you're enjoying all the inspiration featuring Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal Sheets and Stampendous Stamps and Essentials this week! We know you'd love to win some goodies to try yourself! If you missed the earlier posts, here are the links for you. MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY The team over at Add a Little Dazzle has created a special featuring the metals from this blog hop for those of you who have already realized you're going to need these products. You can find it here - Add A Little Dazzle Stampendous Hop Special. Of course you might win some, too! We're giving away three prize packages this week for comments on the blogs. A nice package of Metal Sheets, Stamps and Cutting Dies!

Stampendous

Wendy Price

Vicki Dutcher

Keren Baker

Janelle Stollfus

Add a Little Dazzle

Lea Kimmel

Cathy Parlitsis

Kristine Reynolds

Lee-Anne Cross

Graciela Chavez

Jamie Martin

Lydia Brooke-Evans

Asia King

Lee Ann Barrett

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Kate Capper

Pam Hornschu

Martha Lucia Gomez

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Stampendous Detective Fun!

I wouldn't call myself a cat person, because I'm allergic to them! But I really do love a cute kitty stamp! I totally love this Sherlock Cat, and the Classifieds background stamp. I love that old english feel, like they both came straight out of London in the 1800's. Adorbs!

 

I thought that this stamp deserves a playful approach, so what's more playful than creating a optical illusion! I made the newspaper first, and then the magnifying glass. Now it looks like your getting a close up look of the paper!

 

Happy National Cheesburger Day!

Why not have some mid week fun with National Cheeseburger Day! It's tommorrow on the 18th!!! I'm not kidding...it's actually a holiday! I have been known to celebrate odd holiday's with my family from time to time. As the kids were growing up I thought I would make life more intresting for them by surprising them with weird national holiday parties like National Goof Off Day, National Noodle Day, National Fresh Breath Day, or my personal favorite National Talk Like a Pirate Day! My favorite site to go to for a list of all these fun holidays is Brownies Holidays & Observances.

Here is my National Cheesburger Card, that I made to surprise my son. Inside there is a gift card to McDonalds! I bet you have someone special in your life that needs a cheeseburger card. . . and truthfully, deep down don't we all just want a cheeseburger card?