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I am so fortunate to have 6 AMAZING ladies on the Amy Doodle Stamp Company Design Team! Today I thought for Technique Tuesday I could share their beautiful work with you, as well as their delightful blogs! I hope your inspired by these beautiful ladies as much as I am!
I know it's not technically the Christmas Season yet, but I couldn't take it anymore! I love Christmas and so I just had to create a Christmas card. And you know me . . . I'm always looking for an excuse to use rainbow colors, and I just happen to come across this! It's perfect!
What could be better than rainbow and Christmas? Only the cutest little penguin stamp! It's "Penguin Lights" from my company The Amy Doodle Stamp Company. I colored him with Copics and added Glossy Accents to his eyes as well as the Christmas Lights!
Colorful, bright and blend-able? That would be the Set of spectacular Tombow pens I'm talking about! I used them to color this adorable Stampendous stamp "Snowy Sled". The Dual Brush Brights Pen set comes with 9 gorgeous colors, and a blender pen. The brush tips on these pens work like a paintbrush to create fine, medium or bold strokes which is perfect for coloring small and large stamps! The water-based ink is blendable!
Don't forget that there are prizes to be won as well!Click on the image below for details!
Aren't they adorable on their little sled?
To make this card you'll need:
Cardstock - blue, white
Patterned paper - Snowflake, purple dot, green dot (the paper featured is Doodlebug winter line)
Stampendous Snowy Days stamp
Stampendous Holiday Words Perfectly Clear Stamps Set
Tombow Dual Brush Pens in Brights
Snowflake embellishments
Memento Ink
Distress Ink Salty Ocean
Step 1: Start with 6"x6" blue cardstock card. Glue 5"x5" snowflake paper centered onto blue card. Glue 1 1/4"x 6" green dot paper vertically centered.
Step 2: Stamp Snowy Day stamp onto white paper and color with Tombow Dual Brush pens as shown.
Step 3: Frame with purple dot frame and glue centered onto card front. Using Distress Ink Salty Ocean, stamp "Holly Jolly" onto 5/8" x 4" white cardstock strip. Mat onto blue cardstock leaving 1/16" border. GLue to card as shown, and add snowflakes.
Be sure to go see lots more inspiration, and
folow along the blog hop with the links below!
I can't believe I get my 2 favorite products for this blog hop . . . Stampendous & Spellbinders! Such a dream! I am both a fanatic for Stampendous stamps and amazing Spellbinder cutting dies . . . what could be better? For my Christmas themed card I thought the Santa Collage stamp was the perfect partner for the Bitty Blossom, and Label 36 cutting dies!
For this card I used Distress Watercolor pens to create those blended Christmas colors! To create your own card, you'll need:
5" x 7" card base
Stampendous Santa Collage stamp
Distress Ink Barn Door
Blending Tool
Ranger Archival Ink - black
Watercolor paper
Distress Marker Watercolor pens - Mowed Lawn, Worn Lipstick, Brushed Corduroy, Dried Marigold, Faded Jeans, Shabby Shutters, Pumice Stone, Tumbled Glass, Antique Linen, Barn Door, Evergreen Bough
Paintbrush
Red pattern paper
Gold Glitter paper
Dark green, red, white cardstock
Zip Dry
Foam tape
Step 1: Stamp Santa Collage onto watercolor paper with black Archival ink. Using Distress Markers add color to stamped image as shown , and spread color with water and paintbrush. Let Dry.
Step 2: Cover car with red patterned paper. Cut 5" x 6" dark green cardstock and glue centered onto the card. Using the largest Spellbinders label cutting die, cut 2 labels from the gold glitter cardstock. Glue one label horizontal onto the center of the card. Cut the second label in half, and glue vertically 1/4" from top and bottom of card as shown. Cut stamped image to 3 1/2" x 4 3/4", and use blending tool to add Barn Door Distress Ink to edges. Mat on red cardstock leaving 1/8" border and foam tape to card.
Step 3: Die cut 3 medium Spellbinders Bitty Blossom from red cardstock. Follow package instructions to create red roses. Glue to card front as shown. Die cut 3 leaves from dark green cardstock and glue around roses.
Step 4: Stamp Sant Collage stamp onto watercolor paper with black Archival ink. Using smallest Spellbinders label cutting die cut out the word "Christmas" from stamped image. Use blending tool to add Barn Door Distress Ink to edges, and foam tape to card as shown.
Our prize package each day will be a Jumbo Penguin Duo stamp set and a Jumbo Perfectly Clear Handle, PLUS a set of Spellbinders greeting dies! To be eligible to win our Stampendous prize package, you need to comment on our blog that of each Stampendous designer in the list provided below. We’ll pick a winner each day (3) and announce them on Monday, November 24th. Eligible winners are those comments that provide a valid email and indicate a U.S. Mailing address. Here are theStampendous Official Rules for all contests. So hop around and check them out!!
I'm officially taking the day off to celebrate my Birthday with my family! Have a wonderful Tuesday and be sure to check out our Facebook page for daily inspiration as well!
What is more Fall than fall trees, an old barn, and a scarecrow? I saw this photo and instantly thought I've got to make a wall hanging for Fall! I think that fall is the prettiest time of year. All those bright yellows, reds, and oranges set against a grey sky...SO PRETTY! Of course I had to use digi stamp "Scarecrow Bob" because he's perfect for a Fall wall hanging! Happy Monday everyone!
Hop on over and check the shop!
We've got 15 NEW Digi Stamps ready for some card making fun!
Doodlebug Design’s 6x6 Friendly Forest paper pad is a delightful selection of fall patterns combined with bright purple, teal, and fuchsia in addition to the normal fall theme. I love the punch these colors give to my designs.
The papers worked great with the “Rocky the Raccoon” Digi stamp from The Amy Doodle’s Stamp Co. Love the style of the patterns and prints in the collection they have a really unexpected color palette for fall. This is definately a must have, so make sure to pick this up for your fall projects!
Let's face it, we are all looking for extra time during the holiday season. Between family, friends, school functions, and preparation for the holidays, making homemade Christmas cards can seem impossible! But . . .I'm going to show you a quick, and easy Christmas card that's still got lots of WOW factor!Your friends and family will say "How does she do it?"
First . . . How do you get the wow factor without having to invest allot of time? Shhhhhhh....I'm going to tell you my secret. You won't believe it! It's a formula! It goes like this . . .
Step one: Take your stamped image and spend the time to use your best coloring to make it look fantastic!
Step two: Photo copy that colored image, and cut it out. Now on this step make sure you make it as simple as possible by cutting your image into a square or by using a shaped cutting die to cut it out. The easier the better.
Step three: Choose a layout for your card that's effortless and that will take no time at all.
Step four: Ready for the WOW? Simply add rhinestones and Stickles! Your cards come out looking sparkly and fantastic!
Try making your own, and don't forget to check back throughout the week on the Stampendous blog to see more great designs by our talented design team!
Here is a tiny sample of some of the winter fun that's on the way ! I'm working tirelessly to create new Winter stamps! I hope to release more next Monday, but for now I released 3 new ones: Nerdy Girl, Naughty or Nice Elf, and Snow Family!
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