Peace and Harmony

We wish you a Merry Christmas! This week the Stampendous Design Team is all about sharing more Christmas spirit and inspiration with you! I am so grateful to be part of this awesome team of talented artists, and to Stampendous for providing us with gorgeous product to create beautiful samples.

Today I have one more Laurel Burch card to share. It features the lovely Festive Flora stamp.

Stampendous:

LBCW010 Cling LB Festive Flora
SSCL106 LB Cardinal Border PCS

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

My Color Cardstock - Caribbean Sea
BoBunny Kiwi Vintage Cardstock 12KW913
BoBunny Pink Punch Vintage Cardstock 12PPV951
Copic Markers - Y17, Y35, YR04, YR09, R29, RV06, RV09, RV19, V15, FV2, B04, B06, BG13, YG01, YG07, YG17, YG67
Foam Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 5 1/4" x 10 1/2" piece of Caribbean Sea cardstock in half to form a square card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Festive Flora on a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of white and the sentiment on a 1 3/4" x 2 1/2" piece, color with Copic Markers

Step 3:  Cuta 5" x 5" piece of the Kiwi paper, edge with YG07, adhere to the card front, adhere two 1/4" x 5" strips of Caribbean Sea across the Kiwi about 1 1/4" from the bottom edge
Step 4:    Cut a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of the Pink Punch, edge with the RV09 marker, adhere, dotted side up, to the Kiwi mat

Step 5:  Tear all the edges of the Festive Flora and the sentiment
Step 6: Adhere the Festive Flora to the Pink Punch mat, use foam tape to add the sentiment

See more great samples at the Stampendous Blog.

Happy Creating,

Louise

A Bounty of Bliss and Blessings!

The countdown to Christmas has begun! Hopefully you are well on your way to finishing up your holiday preparations (who am I kidding, right!). The Stampendous Design Team is sharing some of our favorite holiday creations featuring the beautiful Laurel Burch collection. We hope you enjoy them!

Stampendous:

LBCR009 Cling LB Kindred Holiday
SSCL106 LB Cardinal Border PCS
DP102 Detail Gold Embossing Powder
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

My Color Cardstock - Caribbean Sea
Black Cardstock
BoBunny Orange Citrus Vintage 12OCV937
Copic Markers - R22, R29, RV06, FV2, Y17, YR04, YR09, G17, YG07, BG01, BG13, B02, B06, 100
VersaMark Ink
Heat Tool
Foam Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of Caribbean Sea cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Kindred Holiday on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of white, color with Copic Markers

Step 3:  Cut out the image along the black frame cutting around the holly and animals, edge with Copic 100
Step 4:    Cut a 4 1/8" x 5 1/2" piece of black, tear the bottom edge, adhere to the card front

Step 5:  Cut a 4" x 4 3/4" piece of Orange Citrus, edge with YR04, adhere to the black mat
Step 6: Adhere the Kindred Holiday to the orange mat
Step 7:  Stamp the sentiment on a 1 1/2" x 3" piece of black using VersaMark Ink, sprinkle with gold powder, heat set
Step 8:  Tear edges of sentiment and use foam tape to add the bottom of the card

See the Stampendous Blog for more beautiful Laurel Burch samples.

Happy Creating,

Louise

Holly Pup

The countdown to Christmas has begun! Hopefully you are well on your way to finishing up your holiday preparations (who am I kidding, right!). The Stampendous Design Team is sharing some of our favorite holiday creations featuring the beautiful Laurel Burch collection. We hope you enjoy them!

Stampendous:

LBCW009 Cling LB Holly Pup
SSCL106 LB Cardinal Border PCS
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

My Color Cardstock - Caribbean Sea
Kraft Cardstock
BoBunny Turquoise Double Dots 12TD300
Copic Markers - E31, E35, E39, R22, R29, Y17, BG13, G17, 100
Foam Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 7" x 10" piece of Caribbean Sea cardstock in half to form an A7 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Holly Pum on a 4" x 4" piece of white, color with Copic Markers

Step 3:  Cut out the image along the black frame cutting around the holly and dog, edge with Copic 100
Step 4:  Stamp the sentiment from the Cardinal Border set on a 1 3/8" x 1 7/8" piece of white, color with Copic markers, stamp 2 sets of holly leaves from the set on white, color and cut out
Step 5:    Cut a 4 1/2" x 5" piece of Kraft, tear the bottom edge, adhere to the card front near the top

Step 6:  Cut a 4" x 4" piece of the Turquoise dots, edge with BG13, adhere to the kraft mat
Step 7: Adhere a 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" piece of Caribbean Sea to a 3 1/2" x 3 1/2" piece of Kraft and adhere both to the dotted mat
Step 8:  Use foam tape to add the Holly Pup to the card
Step 9:  Adhere a 1 5/8" x 2 1/8" piece of Turquoise dots to a 1 3/4" x 2 1/4" piece of Kraft, adhere the sentiment to the dots, add the cut out holly pieces to two corners, use foam tape to add the sentiment to the lower right corner

See the Stampendous Blog for more Laurel Burch samples.

Happy Creating,

Louise

Holly Cat

Welcome to the 2017 Cat Lovers Hop! The Stampendous Design Team is playing along to share some of the great cat designs from Stampendous. Today, I'm sharing one of the new Laurel Burch Holiday stamps from the July 2017 catalog.

Stampendous:

LBCW008 Cling LB Holly Cat
SSCL106 LB Cardinal Border PCS
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

My Color Cardstock - Sweet Potato
BoBunny Pink Punch Vintage 12PPV951
BoBunny Kiwi Vintage 12KV913
Copic Markers - B02, B04, B06, YG07, FV2, Y17, YR04, YR09, R29, RV06, RV09, RV19
Foam Tape

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of Sweet Potato cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Holly Cat on a 4" x 4" piece of white, color with Copic Markers

Step 3:  Cut out the image leaving a small border of white all around
Step 4:  Stamp the sentiment from the Cardinal Border set on a 1 1/2" x 1 1/2" piece of Kiwi Vintage edged with YG07, mat on a 1 3/4" x 1 3/4" Pink Punch edged with RV09, and then on to a 1 7/8 x 1 7/8" piece of Sweet Potato
Step 5:    Adhere a 4" x 4" piece of Kiwi Vintage edged with YG07 to a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" piece of Pink Punch edged with RV09, tear the bottom edge of the Pink Punch, adhere to the card front

Step 6: Use foam tape to add the Holly Cat to the Kiwi mat
Step 7: Adhere the sentiment below the cat

Go to the Stampendous Blog for a list of today's Cat Lovers!

Happy Creating,

Louise

Polar Bear Play

Welcome to Stampendous and Scrapbook Adhesives Hop!! This week we’re having some sticky fun with our good friends at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®. They’re so sweet and generous to us, always, and we really love fantastic adhesives!!! (are all card makers as excited about adhesives as we are?) They make the most wonderful products, and I love using them to create terrific projects for you to see! The team will be posting all week and on the Scrapbook Adhesives blog.

So, stick around, (get it?) for some amazing inspiration, new holiday products and PRIZES!!

Here’s how you’ll enter – Use this RAFFLECOPTER LINK to be included. U.S. Mailing addresses only. As always our Official Rules are HERE.

Today I'm sharing a card that uses some of their foam squares to create embellishments!

Stampendous:

CRQ233 Cling Polar Bear Play
SSCL106 LB Cardinal Border PCS
GL220U Crystal Multi Glitter

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
My Color Cardstock Madras Blue, Cloak Gray
Copic Sketch Markers - B0000, B000, B00, BG0000, BG000, BV20, BV25, W0, W1, W3, W5, 0
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D White Foam Squares
Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive
Small Paint Brush

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 6" x 9 1/2" piece of blue cardstock in half to form an A6 card
Step 2:  Stamp the Polar Bear Play on a 3" x 3 3/4" piece of white cardstock with Tuxedo Black ink, color with Copic markers

Step 3: Use a small paint brush to apply some glue to the background of the bears and sprinkle the wet glue with Crystal glitter, tap off extra, let dry
Step 4: Stamp the "Peace Upon The Earth" sentiment from the LB Cardinal Border set on a 7/8" x 1" piece of white cardstock, mat on a 1" x 1 1/8" piece of gray
Step 5:  Adhere a 3 3/4" x 4 1/2" piece of white cardstock to a 4" x 4 3/4" piece of gray, adhere to the card front
Step 6:  Adhere the Polar Bear Play to a  3 1/4" x 4" piece of gray, then to the card front
Step 7:  Use foam squares to add the sentiment to the upper left corner of the image
Step 8: Take the release paper off one side of 3 white foam squares, sprinkle them with glitter, adhere them to the lower right corner of the card front

Head over to the Stampendous Blog for more ideas and today's links!

Happy Creating,
Louise