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Stampendous and Metal Complex KLIK jewelry system Day 1!

You might be asking yourself. . . "What is KLIK" ? Well let me tell you that it's the coolest crafting invention that you will be falling in love with! Klik Interchangeable Jewelry from Metal Complex is a fantastic new line of DIY accessory options. With two snap sizes and dozens of settings to snap your creations into, this terrific product is fun to play with for every level of crafter. There are tons of pre-made snaps so you can just “klik and go” to change up your look. But this week we’re playing with the Metal Complex Snap Bezel Blanks so we can craft our own masterpieces of wearable art using amazing Stampendous products!

I used Stampendous PenPattern Blooms Rubber Stamp to create my summer fun neon bracelet!

 

You can see all the wonderful Klik products and tons of ideas for creating with this super fun product in their flippy catalog HERE and you can find a retailer HERE. We’d like to recommend www.resinobsession.com because they carry Stampendous products as well!

To make our wonderful Klik jewelry pieces we used products byEnvironmental Technology, Inc. (ETI) who generously sent our team some of their wonderful Jewelry Resin. You can also win delicious prizes so be sure to visit the Stampendous Official Rules for all contests. Commenting will close Sunday, May 3rd and winners will be announced the afternoon of May 4th.

Check out more fantastic ideas by going here: 

 

Stampendous Blog

Amy Hurley-Purdie (you are here)

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Janelle Stollfus

Metal Complex Blog

Dollar Store Cards!

My mom is teaching a card making and she came up with the idea of creating a Dollar Store card  class. I thought genius! We went to the store and she bought all these fun things to create her amazing cards, and while we were there she challenged me to create 3 cards with these 3 Dollar Store stickers and some paper scraps I had at home. I was really surprised how well they turned out and even more surprised that I used $5.00 to create 3 cards!

You can see that even though I used the same layout for each card they all turned out to look a little different, and each has they're own adorable little flare!

On each card I added a little something like a stamp, some glitter tape(also from the Dollar Store), or some Liquid Pearls.

A warning: If you find a sticker set at the Dollar Store that you love....BUY THEM ALL! They will be gone and they don't always come back in stock. So when you see a good thing, grab em' !

 

A few of my Fav's

I thought today I would share a few of my favorite blogs! Maybe introduce you to a few blogs and other things that bring me inspiration! So grab a cup of coffee or tea, and get ready to hop!

If you want a variety of art covering all different mediums, I highly recommend the

Stampendous Design team....They are AMAZING! (and yes, I'm partial)

Pam Hornschu

Kristine Reynolds
Janelle Stollfus
Jamie Martin
Asia King - UK
Lea Kimmel
Tenia Nelson
Wendy Price
Lyn Bernatovich
Laura Drahozal
Louise Healy
Alison Heikkila
Pam Bray

 

 Some other fun blogs:

Jenifer McGuire

Kristina Werner 

Linda Pantalone

 

 

Amazing Coloring Classes:

Alyce Keegan at Kit & Clowder

 

 

Pinterest:

I love following this amazing designer and all that she creates Wanda Guess.

Always inspired by the lovely Heidy Blom

AND OF COURSE THE INCREDIBLY AMAZING FANTASTIC

STAMPENDOUS PINTREST PAGE!

 

Be sure to check back here Thursday and Friday for a special day of Stampendous and KLIK jewelry art! Enjoy the day of inspiration and keep checking back for more great ideas!

 

 

Color Me Monday

Have you ever just wanted to sit down and play? Get totally messy, and not have a plan? Well that's what today's color me Monday is! Just plain old messy fun! Sometimes it's really relaxing to just start out with no plan in mind, and just see where the mess takes you! Watercolors are great for this. They are also great for beginners who are feeling timid about the whole watercolor mixed media thing . . .  because you can't mess up! Watercolors have a tendency to just dance all over the paper, and your always left with a beautiful masterpiece!I used this gorgeous marble by Eddie Seese as my rainbow swirl inspiration.

When your creating a card like this I like to make 2 or 3 samples and pick my favorite. This way you will have a choice and feel like you have more freedom to experiment.

I used some 3" x 5" watercolor paper, a spray bottle with water in it, and Dr. Ph. Martins fine art watercolors. You really wet your paper, drop some colors and watch the magic happen!

It's okay to continue to spray with a little water to make the colors move around. When the water starts to puddle at the top and bottom of the paper, simply use a paper towel to barely touch those areas and it will soak up the excess color.

Once it was dry I smeared Crystal Stickles over the entire thing and let it dry. I stamped a sentiment, die cut a heart and foam taped it to my card!

The Stickles make all the rainbow colors really POP!

If you've never given this a try go out and buy some watercolors and just start experimenting! I promise you it will be very relaxing and rewarding, and you'll have lots of unique watercolor cards to give to family and friends!

 

 

Glitter Peacock Die Cut Card!

If your anything like me you'll want any excuse to use glitter! I live, and breathe for glitter. Unfortunately the house of boys I live with are not so happy about this. They don't come anyway near my studio and yet they constantly have glitter on their clothes and face! Such is the price for living with a glitter addict. Anyway back to a fabulous glitter opportunity . . .My card!

I love playing with micro glitter because you can blend several colors together so flawlessly. I used this really pretty Spellbinders Peacock Feathers, and Stampendous Spring Micro Glitter set.

I placed double sided tape onto white cardstock before I cut out the die cuts and spread the yellow, green, teal, and purple micro glitter over them.  I used Heidi Swapp "Happy" die for my sentiment on the front of the card.

Stampendous Pop-Up Kitties Day 2!

It's day 2 of Stampendous Kitties!!! It's Cling Pop Up Kitties Rubber Stamp Set and for day 2 I've created a sweet simple card that's really easy to throw together!

You'll need:

Stampendous  Cling Pop Up Kitties Rubber Stamp Set 

Stampendous Micro Glitter

Cardstock: white, grey

Pink flower pattern paper

Chameleon Markers: CG8,PK3

Memento Ink - black

Masking paper (you can also use computer paper)

Grey patterned ribbon

Glossy Accents

Foam tape

Double sided tape

Zip Dry Adhesive

Instructions:

Step 1. Start with 5" x 7" white card. Cut 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" pink patterned paper and mat onto grey cardstock leaving 1/16" border.

Step 2. Cut 4 1/2" x 6 1/2" white cardstock. Stamp the kitty you're going to color first, then you masking paper over original image to stamp remaining kitties. Color with markers as shown. Cut paper at an angle and glue onto pink patterned paper.

Step 3. Place ribbon, and then stamp sentiment. Add bow and foam tape to card. Paint on a small amount of Glossy accents, and sprinkle with Crystal Micro Glitter.

 

You can find more creative ideas here: 

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Tenia Nelson

Epic Gamer Sets for card making and more!

This week on product review I've got some real EPIC Gaming stamps and die sets for you! I have a HUGE family of Gamers so these sets were begging for me to take them home! I find that it's really hard to find the perfect sets for video gaming, so when I find one I just have to buy it!!! I use them a lot for scrapbooking, gift making, and of course cards!

First up it's My Favorite Things Level Up Stamp set and coordinating Die-Namics Game Controller! I love this set because it's got tons of gaming sentiments which is just as hard as finding graphic stamps for gamers. This 11 piece set coordinates with the Game Controller Die-namics and I love it for scrapbooking.

 

I used some Glossy Accents to make the dots seem more like buttons.

The second set I want to share with you is Close To My Hearts Tech Speak.  I love that this set has not only the gaming aspect but it's also got some computer elements.

 

I made a fun girl gamer themed card using some bright neon colors!

 I created this totally awesome geek necklace using the motherboard stamp and neon green embossing powder. Once it was dried I added copper Stickles to the circular edges, and popped it into a Close to My Heart Base & Bling Wearable Craft Necklaces.

Just imagine all the geek and gamer inspired crafts you could make with these sets!

 

 

 

 

Stampendous Pop-Up Kitties!

Can you really ever have too many kitten cards? I don't think so! Kitties are great anytime, and this set from Stampendous is adorable! It's Cling Pop Up Kitties Rubber Stamp Set! It goes perfect with the Pop-Up Die Set!

I think it turned out really cute! You can just imagine all the different ways you can use this amazingly fun pop-up die set!

 

Card Supplies:

Stampendous Cling Pop Up Kitties Rubber Stamp Set

Stampendous Pop-Up Die Set

Stampendous Cat Sayings Perfectly Clear Stamps

Stampendous Cling Build A Bouquet Set

Cardstock: white, blue, peach

Copic Markers:  Cat / E41,E02,E33,E15,YR00,YR02 Eyes / YG00,YG03,YG06,YG23 Flowers / 0,B12,B23,B24,Y21,Y15,Y35,YR16

Distress Ink: Tea Dye, Faded Jeans

Blending tool

Memento Ink - black

Foam dots

Zip Dry Adhesive

 

Instructions:

 Step 1: Start with 4 3/4" x 5 5/8" blue card. Cut 4 3/8" X 5 1/4" peach cardstock. Stamp with paw prints from cat sayings stamp set using Tea Dye Distress Ink. Cut with pop-up die and glue centered on card.  You can see here what it looks like with out the graphics.

On that bottom part I simply added a couple of foam dots since it's not attached to the bottom.

Step 2: Stamp kitty , flowers, and basket onto white paper, and color with Copics. Glue as shown.

Step 3: Use smallest oval cutting die to cut white oval and stamp "Purrfect" centered and glue to basket.

 

You can find more creative ideas here:

Wendy Price

Stampendous Blog

 

 

 

 

Color Me Monday!

This week for Color Me Monday I was cruising on Pinterest (as one tends to do when procrastinating) and came across a flower called the Drama Queen Poppy. Okay, right there...just the name.....I'M SOLD! Beyond the cool name the flower is actually vibrant and beautiful.

I would love to give credit for this stunning photo I found but sadly there was no watermark or link. It's a really stunning photo and if you happen to know to whom this photo belongs, please feel free to leave it in the comments so I can give proper credit ; )

I wanted to challenge myself for this card, so I restricted my self to older supplies and what I had lying around. I used an older Hero Arts flower, Distress Ink Watercolor Pens, Vellum, cardstock, and Stickles! Give it a shot and see how creating a card with what you have around can really stretch your creative genius!

 

Dreamweaver and Stampendous Day 2!

It's Day 2 of our Stampendous and Dreamweaver extravaganza! For today's project I'm going to make the same card with the same stencil, only with a different stamp and technique. This will show you some of the different things you can do with just one stencil!

(In case you missed it you can see day one HERE)

For this card I'll be using Sparky the adorable robot dog! I've included a video so you can see the technique I used to create this card.

Items you'll need:

Dreamweaver Gears Stencil

Dreamweaver Regular Paste 4 Oz

Stampendous Sparky Rubber Stamp

Stampendous Happy Greetings Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Krylon Leafing Pens - Copper, Silver

Cardstock: grey, black, white

Rhinestones - clear

Micropore tape by 3M

Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Foam tape

 

Instructions:

Step 1. Start with 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" black cardstock. Spread embossing paste over Gear Stencil onto  black cardstock. Let Dry. Replace stencil, and use metallic paints to color. (See Video Below for details).

Step 2. Start with 5 5/8" x 4 1/2" grey card. Trim black cardstock and glue to grey card centered. Stamp Sparky onto white cardstock. Color with Krylon Leafing Pens. Cut out, and cut head off dog. Cut 5 5/8" x 3/4" grey cardstock strip. Stamp sentiment using Memento Ink. Glue down dog body, cardstock strip, and then foam tape dogs head as shown. Place rhinestones.

 

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