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Stampendous and Spellbinder's Blog Hop!

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 on Wednesday two of our designers will be featured a tutorial with 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 will have a fun prize too! - Official Rules .

Today's featured products for the Spellbinders hop are DecoArt*, May Arts*,  Xyron and Chameleon Pens*, and of course I threw in a little Stampendous! Okay...maybe a lot of Stampendous, but you can hardly blame me, right?

I used AS Cling Industrial Set,  Penned Love Rubber Stamp, and Jumbo Cling Rubber Butterfly Trio to create my layout. I used Spellbinders Sweet treats, Label thirty six, and Bitty Blossoms cutting dies. I wanted to create a unique focal point so I used Spellbinders Large Heart Bezel to create a one of a kind piece for my layout of my beautiful granddaughter Lily.

 

I also used May Arts Ribbon, rhinestones and Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink.

I used fingernail polish to paint the Spellbinders Large Heart Bezel , and then filled it with candy Nonpareils Sprinkles. Once those were added I careful poured resin into the bezel and set it aside to dry.

I used Chameleon markers to color in my butterfly, and was able to get the light to dark tones I was looking for to make my butterfly feel soft and pretty. I love how easy the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms make adorable little roses that are perfect for layouts and cards. I just rubbed a little Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink to age them a bit.

With the AS Cling Industrial Set,  and Jumbo Cling Rubber Butterfly Trio  I was able to create some beautiful patterned paper for my background.

 

 

Here is the rest of your list, Now get hopping!

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Amy Hurley-Purdie

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Bray

Alison Heikkila

Stampendous Seaside Fun Day 2!

I can't help it. . . . whenever I see a blue/green tinted mason jar, I automatically think of the beach! There's just something about that colored jar that makes me think of sand, seashells, and that rustic weathered beach wood. This Stampendous Seashell Jar Stamp is the perfect example of just that!

I think the Stampendous Encrusted Jewel Pink Kit is perfect for adding that sandy beach texture.

You'll need these things to create your own beachy card:

W144 Seashell Jar

CRR221 Vintage Letter

SSC1225 Seaside Chair

EJK05 Encrusted Jewel Pink Kit

Fran’s Mixed Media Paper

Items:

• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® – craft, tan,white
• Distress Ink-Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood
• Blending tools
• Copic markers: G000,G00,G02, E01,E33,E35,E37,E77,RV14,RV32,R35,BG23,B02,BG49,B18
• Memento Ink – black
• Versamark™ ink
• Buttons – coral, tan
• May Arts Ribbon – Teal Chevron
• Glossy accents
• Heat Gun
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives Foam Tape
• Foam tape

Instructions:

1)    Start with 5 1/2” x 6 1/2” craft card. Blend edges with Distress Ink Vintage Photo. Cut 4 ¼” x 6” tan cardstock, and tear right edge so paper now measures 4” x 6”. Stamp paper repeatedly with Vintage Letter stamp using Distress Ink Vintage Photo. Blend edges with Distress Ink Vintage Photo. Glue to card ¼” from the left centered. Cut 1 ¼” x 4” tan cardstock, and tear right edge so paper now measures 1” x 4”. Stamp paper with Vintage Letter stamp using Distress Ink Vintage Photo. Blend edges with Distress Ink Vintage Photo. Glue to card ¼” from the right and 1” from the bottom.

2)    Stamp Seashell Jar onto Fran’s Mixed Media Paper with Memento. Color with Copics as shown. Stamp “Find a Few Moments . . .” sentiment using weather wood Distress Ink. Ink Edges with Versamark ink and sprinkle on Pearlized Mica, Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel, Aged Rose Embossing Enamel. Heat Set.

3)    Zip Dry Ribbon to card as shown. Foam tape stamped image to card. Zip Dry buttons as shown. Add Bow.

Check out more seaside fun here:

Stampendous Blog

Janelle Stollfus

Stampendous Seaside Fun Day 1!

This week I will be posting all about Stampendous Seaside inspired stamps. Stamps that feature all seaside fun, both in and out of the water! Today I'm going to share how to make a simple card using a color scheme of just 4 colors. I'll be using a big pop of color to really make it stand out!

Using just a few ingredients you can make this bold Pen Pattern Fish stamp into the perfect summer card!

You'll need:

V309 PenPattern Angel Fish

CRH320 Gorgeous

NKCRS02 Wired

Items:

• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® – dark blue, turquoise, yellow, white
• Distress Ink- Faded Jeans, Broken China, Tumbled Glass, Dried      Marigold
• Blending tools
• Copic markers C1,C2,C3,C5,C7,0,100,B00,G00,Y15,Y38
• Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives Foam Tape
• Foam tape

Instructions:

1)    Start with 5” x 7” dark blue card. Cut 3” x 5” and ¾” x 1” turquoise cardstock. Stamp both with fishnet stamp using Faded Jeans Distress Ink. Glue 3” x 5” vertically 3/8” from the right. Glue ¾” x 1” flush with left and ¼” from the top.

2)    Cut 7” x 1 ½” yellow cardstock. Stamp with circle stamp using Dried Marigold Distress Ink. Glue horizontally ½” from the bottom.

3)    Stamp “Happy Birthday Gorgeous!!!” sentiment 1 ¼” from the right and 1/2” from the bottom using Memento™ Black Ink.

4)    Cut 4” x 5” white cardstock and stamp Pen Pattern Angel Fish using Memento™ Black Ink, and color with Copics as shown. Use blending tool to blend Faded Jeans, Broken China, and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink around fish. Used Faded Jeans Distress Ink to ink edges of paper. Stamp “Happy Birthday Gorgeous!!!” sentiment on the bottom right corner(So it lines up with sentiment stamped on yellow) using Memento™ Black Ink. Foam tape to card.

Check out more Seaside Fun by Going Here:

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Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Bray

 

 

PolkaDoodles Serenity Stardust

I had to share this fun image from PolkaDoodles! Her name is Serenity Stardust and she's so beautiful! I love the way she's just sitting on the moon amongst the stars. I used Copics to color her, and watercolors & Distress Inks for the background. I finished her off with some Stardust Stickles to make her sparkle!

I was ble to try a lot of new coloring techniques thanks to my wonderful coloring teacher Alyce Keegan at Kit & Clowder. I took a couple of her classes, as well as attended a retreat and learned SOOOOO MUCH! If your interested you can find her classes here: Kit & Clowder classes.

I love using Distress Inks as watercolors.  For the water colors I used Broken China, Dusty Concord, and Faded Jeans Distress Ink. When you start to watercolor your background just remember that the paper will react and look splotchy at first, but as it dries it will all even out. So save judgment for when it's completely dry. I inked the edges with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink.

I also colored the white silk flowers with BV00,and BV02.

Copics:

Skin:E000,E00,E04,E11,E21

Make Up: R20,Boo,BV00,BV02

Hair: BV13,BV02,BV00,Y00

Dress: BV00,Boo, Bo2

Moon: C1,C2,C3,C5

Stars: Y00

Stampendous flowers!

Stampendous always delivers on the most stunning floral stamps, and this next stamp is no exception. It's Pansy Spray Rubber Stamp.

I love that because pansies come in a variety of colors you can color this stamp in a variety of ways.

I think a sweet simple card is the best approach to letting your colored pansies really stand out!

1. I stamped my Pansy Spray Rubber Stamp on white cardstock and colored them using Copic markers. For the flowers I used BV00,B23,B24,B28 and Y35. For the greenery I used YG63,YG67, and G28. I drew around the flowers using YR00 and added Dried Marigold and Pumice Stone Distress Inks with a blending tool.

2. I cut the image to 3 1/2" x 5" and rounded the bottom corner. I cut a 2 1/8" x 5" blue cardstock strip and stamped it with Elegant Borders Perfectly Clear Stamps Set using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink, and rounded the bottom corner. I matted both pieces with slate grey cardstock.

3. I glued them as shown onto a 6 1/2" x 5 1/2" slate grey card with a pale yellow polka dot strip in the center. I added a bow to finish the card.

You can see more flower cards by going here:

 

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Laura Drahozal

Lyn Bernatovich

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Bray

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

 

Stampendous Flower Fairies!

Time to get excited about the NEW floral ,flowers and flower fairies at Stampendous! I am DYING over this new stamp Fairy Friend Rubber Stamp! I love fairies! I especially love this one because she's sitting on a mushroom, and what is more fairy like than sitting on a giant mushroom....sigh, I love it.

There is nothing better to me than a POP of color! I think it makes people happy when they see it, and purple and red together definitely POP!

Here's what you'll need:

R227 Fairy Friend

H319 Timeless Fairytales

CRR103 Music Score

MG07 Micro Glitter - Sunflower

Items:

• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® – red, purple, magenta, white
• Distress Ink-Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries
• Blending tools
• Border cutting die
• Glossy Accents
• Copic markers 0,B00,C1,C2,RV14,R35,R37,V12,V04,V06,V15,V17,YG03,YG06,YG63,
       G94,E43,E71,E77,E000,E00,E01,R20,Y11,Y35,E33,E35,E15
• Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives Foam Tape
• Foam tape

Instructions:

1)    Start with 5 1/4” x 7” purple card, and blend edges with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink. Cut 4 ¾” x 6 ¼”magenta cardstock. Die cut border from left side. Glue 1/8” from the left and ¼” from the right. Cut 4 3/8” x 5 ¾” red cardstock, and glue ¼” from the right and ½” from the top.

2)    Cut 5 ½” x 2” white cardstock. Using blending tool blend Picked Raspberry, Festive Berries over cardstock. Stamp paper with Music Score using Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. Glue horizontally 1 ½” from the bottom.

3)    Cut 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” white cardstock. Stamp Fairy Friend onto white cardstock using Memento™ Tuxedo Ink and color with Copics as shown. (Color in the sky with B00, leaving white areas. On the bottom portion of the white areas, color with C1 and C2 to create clouds. See sample). Ink edges with Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. Glue ¾” from the left and ½” from the top.

4)    Stamp Timeless Fairytales using using Memento™ Tuxedo Ink and color with Copics as shown. Cut out and ink edges with Seedless Preserves Distress Ink. Foam tape to card as shown. Add Glossy accents to swirl frames and sprinkle with Sunflower Micro Glitter.

You can see more fun ideas by going here:

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Jamie Martin

Louise Healy

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Asia King

 

 

New Art Techniques By Kitty Miller!

I was looking for a fun and adventurous art class to take with family and friends, and I stumbled upon this wonderful mixed media and painting class by Kitty Miller! It was held at the Runaway Art Studio in Salem, Oregon.

Kitty was a fantastic teacher and I couldn't have been more thrilled with the results! Not only did my granddaughter and I walk away with an amazing painting, but Kitty imparted to us all different kinds of wonderful tips and tricks!  We layered, we painted, we glazed, laughed, and had an amazing time!

TRUST ME . . . . even if you have never painted before in your life, you will walk out of the class with something like this:

My 9 year old granddaughter, Ayla Higgins took the class with us and made this:

Here were some of the other fun works of art made in class:

Linda Osburn

 

Theresa Ritter

 

Teresa Rankin

 

Check in with the Runaway Art Studio in Salem to sign up for another one of Kitty's incredibly fun and very knowledgeable classes A.S.A.P....you won't regret it!

311 Commercial St. NE
Salem, OR 97301
Tel: (503) 881-6270

 

More Stampendous PenPattern Wild Animals!

I love these new stamps by Stampendous! They are so versatile and as you peek at all the wonderful projects this week you'll get a glimpse of just how much you can do with these Pen Pattern Wild Animals! Today I'm showcasing four animal stamps, and together they will make one complete set!

I used four different Pen Patterned Wild Animal stamps, but only 1 design to create this colorful set! I used Stampendous PenPattern Hippo Rubber Stamp, PenPattern Lion Rubber Stamp, PenPattern Frog Rubber Stamp, and PenPattern Elephant Rubber Stamp. For my backgrounds I used Stampendous Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear Stamps (this one is PERFECT for all those cool animal themed sentiments), and for my backgrounds I used Dream Text Stamp, and NK Studio Grunge Cling Rubber Stamps .

Here's what you'll need to make this fun card set( NOTE: Each card is made the same way., just substitute the different colored items for each card. Below I will list the different color items for each card):

 

Elephant:

Stampendous PenPattern Elephant Rubber Stamp.

Stampendous Wild Sayings Perfectly Clear Stamps

Stampendous Dream Text Stamp

Stampendous NK Studio Grunge Cling Rubber Stamps

Items:

• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® – white, purple, light purple
• Distress Ink- Dusty Concord
• Blending tools
• Circle Cutting Die – 3 ¼”
• Copic markers BV000,BV00,BV02,BV13
• Buttons – 3 purple buttons
• Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives Foam Tape
• Foam tape

Instructions:

1)    Start with 5” x 6 1/4” purple card. Stamp front of card with Dream Text using Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Ink edges with Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Cut 3 ¾” x 2 ¼” light purple cardstock. Stamp with Grunge Circles using Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Ink edges with Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Glue 3/8” from the left and 1 ¼” from the bottom. Cut 2” x 1 ¼” white cardstock, and stamp “I could Never Forget Your Birthday” sentiment using Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Ink edges Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Glue 5/8” from the left and 1 5/8” from the bottom.

2)    Die cut 3 ¼” circle from white cardstock, and stamp with Pen Pattern Elephant using Memento™ Black Ink. Color with Copic markers as shown. Ink edges with Dusty Concord Distress Ink. Foam tape ¼” from the right and 1 7/8” from the bottom.

3)    Glue buttons as shown.

Lion Card:

Stampendous PenPattern Lion Rubber Stamp

Distress Ink- Dried Marigold
Copic markers Y11,Y15,Y17,YR15
Buttons – 3 yellow buttons

Hippo Card:

Stampendous PenPattern Hippo Rubber Stamp
Distress Ink- Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean
Copic markers B00,BG01,B05,B28
Buttons – 3 blue buttons 

Frog Card:

Stampendous PenPattern Frog Rubber Stamp
Distress Ink- Mowed Lawn
Copic markers YG00,YG03,YG06,G07
Buttons – 3 green buttons

 

 

You can see more fun ideas by going here:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

 

 

 

 

It's Stampendous PenPattern Wild Animals Week!

 I can't wait to kick off this week with an adorable Stampendous PenPattern Giraffe stamp! One of my grandbabies has that Sophie the Giraffe toy and when I saw this stamp I was inspired by our little Gemma to create this baby girl card! Here is my muse, our lovely little Gemma who is the inspiration with her Sophie toy...

 

This baby card would be super easy to change from pinks to blues or soft greens. It makes for an adorable baby gift card.

You can create any adorable baby card with this stamp, but to create this one you'll need:

 

Stampendous PenPattern Giraffe stamp
Stampendous Scrolled Medallion

Items:

• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® – white, pink, tan
• May Arts Ribbon – off white lace, pink satin dot
• Distress Ink – Spun Sugar
• Oval cutting die – 3 ½”, 3 ¾”, 4”
• Copic markers G000,G00, Y11, Y21, E33,R20,C3
• Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives Foam Tape
• Foam tape

Instructions:

1)    Start with 5 ½” x 7 1/8” tan card. Cut 5” x 6 ¾” pink cardstock. Stamp with Scrolled Medallion using Spun Sugar Distress Ink. Glue centered. Glue 1 3/8” x 7 1/8” tan cardstock vertically and centered on card.

2)    Cut 4” oval from white cardstock and glue centered. Cut 3 ¾” oval from pink cardstock and foam tape onto white oval. Cut 3 ½” OVAL FROM white cardstock and stamp giraffe. Color with Copics as shown. Ink edges with Spun Sugar Distress Ink. Glue to pink oval.

3)    Glue lace and ribbon as shown.

 

You can see more fun ideas by going here:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Stampendous and Perfect Pets Day 2!

It's day 2 of Perfect Pets and I saved my favorite for today! It's Stampendous Goldfish Pair Rubber Stamp! I saw this and thought BETA FISH!!! I love how many different ways that you can color these stinkin cute fish!

 

 

To make this card you'll need:                                                       

Stampendous Goldfish Pair Rubber Stamp

Stampendous Ornate Border Rubber Stamp

Stampendous Relax Enjoy Rubber Stamp

Stampendous Micro Glitter– Crystal, Teal

Stampendous Frantage Glass Glitter -Oceanic

Fran’s Mixed Media Paper

Items:

• Cardstock by Bazzill Basics® – turquoise, white, navy blue
• Distress Ink-Broken China, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Evergreen Bough
• Blending tools
• Copic markers:YR00,C2,R35,V17,B28,B29,BG23,B00,B12,BV17
• Memento Ink – black
• Rhinestones- red
• Glossy accents
• Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives Foam Tape
• Transparency sheet
• Foam tape

Instructions:

1)    Place transparency sheet in front of you. Use glossy accents to create small dots. Sprinkle with Crystal Micro Glitter. Let dry for several hours.

2)    Start with 6 1/4” x 5 1/2” turquoise card. Stamp Ornate border with Distress Ink Faded Jeans repeatedly to create background paper. Glue 5 ¾” x 4 5/8” navy blue cardstock centered and 1/4” from the top.

3)    Cut 5 ½” x 4” white cardstock. Use blender tool to blend Distress Ink colors Broken China, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Evergreen Bough. Spray some water on your hand and flick it at the paper (this will create some lighter water spots on the background). Set aside to dry. Stamp “Relax enjoy your day” sentiment centered on the bottom. Glue centered onto navy blue cardstock.

4)    Stamp Goldfish onto Fran’s Mixed Media Paper with Memento. Color with Copics as shown. Cut out fish and foam tape onto background. Add Glossy accents to corners and sprinkle with Oceanic Glass Glitter, and Teal Micro Glitter. Use Glossy accents to glue bubbles on. Add rhinestones to bottom of card.

You can see more fun ideas by going here:

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Kristine Reynolds

Lyn Bernatovich

Laura Drahozal