Advice from a Tree!

Welcome to the finale of this week's blog hop! The Stampendous Design Team was provided some great tools from the folks at Perfect Paper Crafting to use with our beautiful Stampendous products to create LOTS of wonderful ideas for you!

Tools For Crafting with Stampendous and Perfect Paper Crafting

Of course, if we are having a Blog Hop there must be Prizes!

Prizes

There will be 3 prize packages available during our hop! Each winner will have the chance to win one of the following prize packages, a Perfect Ruler and Pop-Up Die Set combo package, a Mini-Perfect Layers and Pop’cessories Die Set combo package, or a Perfect Airbrush, 1 – Holly Pattern Stencil and 1 –Holly Scroll Stencil combo package. US winners only, see Official Contest Rules for details.

Today I am using the Forest Sayings set from Stampendous, Chameleon Markers and the Perfect Airbrush Spritzer from Perfect Paper Crafting. This set has everything you need to create a beautiful card. I made a fall birthday card, perfect for everyone you know who has a fall birthday (especially if you need a more masculine card!).

Stampendous:

SSC1224 Forest Sayings Clear Stamps
MMW811 Mixed Media White Paper
MEM01 Memento Ink Tuxedo Black

Plus:
Cardstock - Olive Green
Green Patterned Cardstock
Perfect Airbrush
Chameleon Markers - OL3, NU3, BR5, OR4, RD4, BL3, BK4

Instructions:

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

Step 2: Stamp the tree and saying from the Forest Sayings set on a 3 1/4" x 4" piece of white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Step 3:  Use the Airbrush and markers to add color to the top of the tree, the "ground", and the "sky"', I used the two brown markers directly on the trunks, and the green to create a horizon line, edge with the black marker
Step 4:  Adhere the airbrushed image to a 3 1/2" x 4 1/4" green mat
Step 5:  Adhere pieces of the two patterned papers to the card front, add a strip of green across where the two papers meet

Step 6: Adhere the tree image and you're done!

Here's a close up of the airbrushed image:

Check out more great ideas:

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

Jamie Martin

Tenia Nelson

Lea Fritts

Louise Healy

Perfect Paper Crafting Blog

Happy Creating,

Louise

Family Roots

This week is a time to focus on family and friends, being thankful for each person, and taking the time to let them know how much they mean to us.  Nothing is more important to me than that!

I created this card for the Stampendous October 2015 Catalog and really meant it as the perfect wedding, anniversary, or "congrats you're pregnant" card, but you could do it up in fall colors and it would be a wonderful card to give your parents for Thanksgiving too! Sadly, I no longer have my parents to give it to, but maybe you do! Although I may make one up for my 94 year old father-in-law. He loves getting mail!

Supplies:

Stampendous:
R243 Roots of Love
SSC1224 Forest Sayings Perfectly Clear Stamps™
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
SSH57 Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives
Copic Sketch Markers - RV00, RV02, RV04, RV09, E01, E31, E33, E37, B0000, B00, YG03, C1, C2, C3, 0, 100
May Arts Ribbon
Glue Dots
McGill Sm Heart Punch
Double-sided tape
Foam tape

Instructions:

1. step 1 Fold a 6" x 9 1/4" piece of Light Pink cardstock in half to form an A6 card
2. step 2 Stamp the Roots of Love stamp on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of white Mixed Media paper
3. step 3 Color with Copic markers then trim to 3 1/2" x 5" and edge with a black marker
4. step 4 Mount the tree on a 3 3/4" x 5 1/4" piece of Dark Pink cardstock
5. step 5 Wrap a piece of green and white May Arts ribbon around the front of the tree and hold in place on the back with glue dots, then attach to the card front with double-sided tape
6. step 6 Stamp the saying from the Forest Sayings on a 1 3/8" x 1 7/8" piece of white cardstock, edge with a black marker
7. step 7 Mat the saying on a 1 1/2" x 2" piece of Dark Pink cardstock and add to the card with foam tape
8. step 8 Tie a small pink bow from May Arts pink sheer ribbon and add to the card with a Glue Dot
9. step 9 Punch two small hearts and attach them to the upper left corner of the saying

To see who else is playing along today, head over to the Stampendous Blog.

Wishing you and your families a wonderful Thanksgiving week, and for those of you not in the US, I still wish you a wonderful week!

Louise