Happy Easter!

Wishing you a Happy Easter! This is an oldie but goodie featuring the Easter Egg Border Stencil (DWLM253) with stamps from the Bible Journal PCS (SSC1250) and the Painted Wishes set (SSCM5002) to create a fun Easter card.

Supplies:

Stampendous:

SSC1250 Bible Journal Perfectly Clear Stamps
SSCM5002 Painted Wishes House Mouse
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Dreamweaver:

DWLM253 Easter Egg Border Stencil
DWLL332 Picasso Stencil
DWNHB-12 1/2" Brush #12 Natural Handle

DWGHB-6 1/4" Brush #6 Gold Handle Brush

Plus:

Light Yellow Cardstock
Graphic45 Cardstock Cosmopolitan 4500920
Little Yellow Bicycle Tiny Green Stripe Cardstock TI-102
Brilliance Ink - Sunflower Yellow, P. Orange, P. Coral, P. Lime, P. Lavender
Copic Sketch Markers - RV11, R32, Y06 YG03, 100
Rubber Embossing Mat
Die Cut Machine
Removable Tape
Creative Impressions 1/4" Lime and Pink Gingham Ribbon
Fabri-Tac
Foam Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9" piece of Light Yellow cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Tape the Egg stencil to a 1 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of  white cardstock with removable tape
Step 3: Use 1/4" stencil brushes and the Picasso tool to apply color to the egg design, remove and clean the stencil
Step 4: Place the egg stencil face down (so you can't see the stencil number) on a paper towel and pat the stencil with the Lavender ink pad until the stencil is well coated

Step 5: Place the inked stencil on the platform of a die cut machine, carefully place the stenciled image face down on the stencil, tape in place if desired, add a Rubber Embossing Mat and two cutting mats, run through the  die cut machine to dry emboss the image and transfer the Lavender ink to the background
Step 6: Let the embossed image dry for a minute or two then trim to 1 1/8" x 5 3/8", adhere to a bright yellow mat (1 1/4" x 5 1/2"), then to a pink mat (1 3/8" x 5 5/8")
Step 7:  Cut a 1" x 1" piece of the Graphic45 paper and stamp the Happy Easter from the Painted Wishes set using Memento Tuxedo Black, edge the piece with a black marker, adhere to a 1 1/4" x 1 1/4" bright yellow mat

Step 8: Stamp the dotted bracket from the Bible Journal set twice on a piece of white paper, color with Copic markers, cut out, edge with a black marker
Step 9: Cut a 2" x 6"  piece of the Graphic45 paper, edge with the RV11 or R32 marker, adhere to the top edge of the card front
Step 10: Cut a 2 1/2" x 6"  piece of the Tiny Green Stripe paper, edge with the YG03 marker, adhere to the bottom edge of the card front
Step 11: Wrap a piece of the ribbon around the middle of the card and attach with Fabri-Tac
Step 12:  Tie a small bow and adhere to the ribbon using Fabri-Tac
Step 13:  Adhere the Easter Egg Border layer to the bottom area, center the Happy Easter in the top portion, use foam tape to add the brackets around the Happy Easter

Stop over at the Stampendous Blog for more samples of great Stampendous products!

Happy Creating,

Louise

Succulents and Cactus Fun!

Welcome to March! This year is already speeding by, although that means Spring will be here soon! Last week we had three days in the 70's! Of course, Saturday temps in the 40's quickly brought us back to reality. 

This week the Stampendous Design Team members are sharing projects featuring stencils. Stampendous has a fabulous line of stencils from Dreamweaver of course, but, in addition, Fran has designed some new stencils.  The lovely Succulent Metal Stencil (FMS4055) is perfect for any occassion.  Add a little butterfly for a great finishing touch!

Succulent Beauties!

Supplies:

Stampendous:

FMS4055 Succulent Metal Stencil
SSC1250 Bible Journal Perfectly Clear Stamps
SSC1251 Bible Promises Perfectly Clear Stamps
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Dreamweaver:

DWLL332 Picasso Stencil
DWDEP Regular Embossing Paste

DWDPK Dreamweaver Palette Knife
DWLM2010 Paste Spreader
DWGHB-6 1/4" Brush #6 Gold Handle Brush

Plus:

My Color Cardstock Sky, Grasshopper
Graphic45 Versailles 4501131
Distress Inks - old paper, bundled sage, forest moss, pine needles, tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon
Removable Tape
Fine Line Black Pen

Instructions:

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

Step 2: Tape the Succulent stencil to a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of  white paper with removable tape
Step 3: Use a palette knife and paste spreader to apply Regular Embossing Paste over the design, remove stencil and place in water for cleaning later, let paste dry
Step 4:  Tape the clean dry stencil back over the dry paste with removable tape, use 1/4" stencil brushes and the Picasso tool to apply inks to the dry paste
Step 5:  Cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Grasshopper, adhere Succulents to the green mat

Step 6: Cut a 4 3/4" x 6 3/4" piece of  the Graphic45 paper, use the small leaf stamp from the Bible Promises set and old paper ink to randomly stamp the leaves over the blue paper, use the blue stencil brush to brush mermaid lagoon ink along all the edges, adhere to the card front, adhere the Succulent layer on the blue layer
Step 7:  Stamp the small butterfly from the Bible Journal set on white paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, color the butterfly with the Distress Inks, cut out, adhere to the Succulent layer, use a fine black pen to add antennae

But wait! BONUS PROJECT! We have another beauty that Fran designed called Cactus Flower (FMS4054). It makes a fabulous card too.

Cactus Fun!

Stampendous:

FMS4054 Cactus Flower Metal Stencil
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Dreamweaver:

DWNHB-12 1/2" Brush #12 Natural Handle

DWGHB-6 1/4" Brush #6 Gold Handle Brush

Plus:

Light Green Cardstock
Graphic45 Cardstock June Flourish 4501040
Green Striped Cardstock
Brilliance Ink - Sunflower Yellow, P. Coral, Rocket Red, P. Thyme
Rubber Embossing Mat
Die Cut Machine
Removable Tape
Creative Impressions 70913 1/4" Pink with Red Stitch Ribbon
Fabri-Tac

Instructions:

Step 1:  Score a 5" x 12" piece of paper at 5" from one end, fold at score line to form a top flap A7 card

Step 2: Use the Rubber Embossing Mat and die cut machine to dry emboss a 4" x 5" piece of white using the Cactus Flower Metal Stencil
Step 3: With the stencil in place over the embossed design, use a 1/4" and 1/2" stencil brush es to add color to the design, remove the stencil and brush green ink around the edges
Step 4:  Cut a 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" piece of the Graphi45 paper, edge with the Coral ink and adhere to the front flap of the card
Step 5:  Cut a 1 3/4" x 4 3/4" piece of the Green Striped paper and brush green ink around the edge of the paper, adhere to the bottom of the card front

Step 6: Brush green ink all around the outer edges of the card

Step 7:  Cut a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of green paper, brush edge with green ink, adhere the Cactus Flower image to the green mat, then to the flap part of the card front

Step 8: Wrap a piece of the ribbon around the bottom part of the card and attach with Fabri-Tac

Step 9:  Tie a small bow and adhere to the ribbon using Fabri-Tac

Today's designers:

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Jamie Martin

Katy Leitch

Louise Healy

Happy Creating,

Louise