Flowers and Sunshine

Summer is in full swing and it's already JULY!!! How does that happen so quickly! Time flies when you're having fun, right?

Today I say farewell to my amazing, talented and loving Stampendous Design Team family. I will miss being part of this wonderful team (but not the deadlines so much!). A huge "Thank You" to Fran and the Stampendous team for placing so much faith in my work all these years, I truly feel blessed to have been a part of your creative family.  Most of all, to our utterly amazing, outstanding, lovely and positive Laura, what would I have done without your encouragement and love throughout it all! Thank you from the bottom of my heart for being such an inspiration to me.

I thought this beautiful Mum Blossoms stamp, paired with the lovely sentiment from the Cling Coneflowers set, was the perfect combination to bid adieu to my team family. I will keep posting and linking to the Stampendous group when I can. Love you all!  XOXOXOXOXOXOXO, Louise

Stampendous:

CRW198 Mum Blossoms
CRS5104 Cling Conflower
DCP1005 Fitted Frames Set A

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Orange, Blue Shimmer
Copic Markers - B91, B93, B95, B97, RV000, RV32, RV34, RV09, R29, YG01, YG03, YG06, Y08, Y13, YR04, YR07, YR09
Pink Sheer Ribbon
Foam Tape
Die Cut Machine

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 7" x 10" piece of orange cardstock in half to form an A7 card

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Mum Blossoms image on a 4" x 4" piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers, trim to 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"
Step 3:  Stamp the sentiment on a 3" x 3" piece of white cardstock, use the fitted frames set to die cut the sentiment and a matching blue mat, adhere the two layers together
Step 4:  Tie a pink sheer ribbon around the card front and tie a bow near the right side
Step 5:  Adhere the Mum Blossoms to a 4" x 4" blue mat, then a 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" white mat, adhere to the left side of the card front

Step 6:   Use foam tape to add the sentiment near the right side

Happy Creating,

Louise

Coffee Break

HMCR114 Cling Coffee Break

Stampendous:

HMCR114 Coffee Break

TC58 Quest Texture Cube
SSC1281 Greetings Galore PCS

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Kraft, Turquoise
Brilliance Ink - Coffee Bean
Copic Markers - BG10, BG13, BG15, BG18, E31, E35, E39, E42, E44, E49, E51, E95, W0, W2, W4

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 7" x 10" piece of Kraft cardstock in half to form an A7 card

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Coffee Break image on a 4" x 4 3/4" piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Adhere the colored image to a 4 1/4" x 5" Turqoise mat
Step 4 :  Use Coffee Bean ink to stamp the image from the Quest Texture Cube around the edges of the card front
Step 5:   Adhere the Coffee Bean image at an angle on the card front

Step 6:   Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the sentiment on a 5/8" x 1 3/4" piece of white, mat on a 7/8" x 2" piece of Turquoise
Step 7:  Use foam tape to add the sentiment to the card front

See more samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating

Louise

Peony Umbrella

HMD Peony Umbrella

Stampendous:

HMCP95 Cling HMD Peony Umbrella
DCP1006 Fitted Frames Set B
DCP1009 Spring Borders Die Set

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

My Color Cardstock - Lime Pop, Mint Julep, Pink Carnation
Copic Markers - BG000, BG10, YG01, YG03, YG06, YG91, E01, E31, E35, E37, E51, E95, R81, R85, R89, 0
Foam Tape
Die Cut Machine
Zutter 1/2" Corner Rounder

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Lime Pop cardstock in half to form an A2 card, use the Zutter corner rounder to round all four corners

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the image on a piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Use the fitted frames set to die cut the image and a matching Mint Julep mat, adhere the two layers together
Step 4:  Use one of the dies from the Spring Borders Die Set to cut one long edge of a 2 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Pink Carnation cardstock
Step 5:  Adhere a 1/2" x 5 1/2" strip of Mint Julep behind the uncut edge of the pink layer, leaving about 1/8" of the green showing, then adhere both to the bottom area of the card front

Step 6:    Use foam tape to add the Peony Umbrella image to the center of the card

See the Stampendous Blog for more samples.

Happy Creating,

Louise

Lemon Sour

HMR119 Lemon Sour

Stampendous:

HMCR119 Cling Lemon Sour

SSC1283 Big Words Thanks PCS

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Kraft,  Light Aqua, Gray
Brilliance Ink - Pearlescent Chocolate
Foam Applicator
Copic Markers - Y00, Y02, Y06, Y08, R81, R85, B0000, W0, W2, W3, W5, E01, E31, E42, E44, E51, E95, 0
Foam Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of light aqua cardstock in half to form an A6 card

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Lemon Sour image on a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Adhere the colored image to a 4" x 5 1/4" gray mat
Step 4 :  Tear the top edge of a 6" x 2 1/4" piece of Kraft cardstock, use a foam applicator to brush the Chocolate ink along the torn edge and the other three edges, adhere to the card front
Step 5:   Tear a thin strip of Kraft cardstock, ink edges and adhere to the bottom edge of the colored image

Step 6:   Tear other strips of Kraft, ink edges and adhere randomly to the Kraft cardstock on the card front to create a sandy appearance
Step 7:  Use foam tape to add the Lemon Sour image to the card front
Step 8: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Missing You on a scrap of white, trim close and adhere to a small gray mat, adhere to the upper left corner of the Lemon Sour image

There are more great House Mouse samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating

Louise

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Thank you,
Louise

Flutterbye Cake

The Stampendous Design Team is sharing samples from the Laurel Burch line. These are fun and easy to color and pair with great papers. There is a coloring guide on the Stampendous website.

Stampendous:

LBCR013Cling LB Flutterbye Cake

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Orange, Dotted Pink, Black
Copic Markers - Y17, Y35, YR04, YR09, R22, RV09, RV19, V15, FV2, B02, B04, B06, B69, BG01, YG01, YG07

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 7" x 10" piece of orange cardstock in half to form an A7 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the LB Flutterbye Cake image on a 5" x 6" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, 

Step 3: Trim close to the image border on the top, and sides, tear the bottom edge
Step 4:  Mat image on a 4 1/8" x 6 1/4" piece of Black cardstock, tear the bottom edge
Step 5:  Adhere a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" piece of dotted pink cardstock to the cardfront

Step 6:  Adhere the LB Flutterbye Cake image to the pink layer

See more Laurel Burch samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating,

Louise

Celebrate Your Spirit!

The Stampendous Design Team is sharing more Laurel Burch images this week. Here's one I did a while back with the LB Sun Chase (LBW011) and LB Celebrate Dreams (LBG001) sentiment. 

Stampendous:

LBCW011 Cling LB Sun Chase
LBCG001 Cling LB Celebrate Dreams

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Green, Orange, Yellow, Blue
Copic Markers - Y17, Y32, Y35, RV09, V15, BG01, BG13, B04, YG07
Foam Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of green cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Sun Chase image on a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, tear a an edge around the outline

Step 3: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the sentiment on a 1 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of white, color with Copic Markers, tear a an edge around the outline, mat on a piece of blue cardstock with torn edges
Step 4:  Cut a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" piece of orange cardstock, tear edges, adhere to the card front
Step 5:  Cut a 2" x 5" piece of yellow, a 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" piece of blue, tear the edges on both, adhere over the orange

Step 6:  Use foam tape to add the Sun Chase and sentiment to the card front

See more Laurel Burch samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating,

Louise