Frog Yoga Silence

This week the Stampendous Design Team is featuring the Spring Borders Die Set (DCP1009). This great set has multiple designs and adds the perfect finishing touch to your projects. 

Today I used the wonderful Frog Yoga PCS (SSC1269) on a background created with the Decor Cling Leaves stamp (DCR101), and a flower border embellishment created with one of the dies from the Spring Borders set.

Supplies:

Stampendous:

SSC1269 Frog Yoga PCS
DCP1009 Spring Borders Die Set
DCR101 Decor Cling Leaves

MMW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Acrylic Handles
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

My Colors Cardstock - Spanish Moss, Firecracker
Black Cardstock
Copic Sketch Markers - Y00, Y21, Y15, R27, YG91, YG93, YG95, BV20, BV23, BV25, B0000, 100
Memento Ink - Bamboo Leaves, Dandelion, Cantaloupe
Foam Applicators
Foam Tape
Die Cut Machine

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" piece of Spanish Moss cardstock in half to form an A2 card

Step 2: Stamp the Frog and sentiment on white cardstock, color frog with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Use the small flower  border die cut a piece of Firecracker paper, set aside
Step 4:   Use Bamboo Leaves ink on the Decor Leaves stamp and stamp on a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock
Step 5:  Use foam applicators to apply green and yellow inks into the background of the Leaves image, edge with the black marker (100), adhere to the card front

Step 6: Adhere the flower border along the left side of the leaves, trim off extra
Step 7: Trim the frog image to fit a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" black mat, adhere both to a 2 5/8" x 3 5/8" piece of Firecracker, adhere to the card front at an angle

Step 8: Trim the sentiment to fit a 1 1/8" x 1 3/8" piece of black then a 1 1/4" x 1 1/2" piece of Firecracker, adhere all the layers together
Step 9: Use foam tape to add the sentiment to the upper right corner of the frog

Head over to the Stampendous Blog for more samples using the Spring Borders Die Set!

Happy Creating,

Louise

Have I Told You Today...

Valentine's Day is approaching quickly and the fun new Tiled Blooms Metal Stencil (FMS4085), paired with the new Circular Messages PCS (SSC1276) from the Stampendous January 2018 release help create a sweet card for that special someone in your life!

This week the Stampendous Design Team is sharing designs that also feature the versatile new Texture Cube stamps released in January. Each cube has four designs to chose from. My card uses the Quest Texture Cube (TC58) to help create a background for the my card.  It also uses a sweet flower ribbon border from the Spring Border Die Set (DCP1009). This die set will be our featured product next week, so be sure to stop back for more samples!

Stampendous:

FMS4085 Tiled Blooms MS

SSC1276 Circular Messages PCS
TC58 Quest Texture Cube
DCP1009 Spring Borders CDS

DWNHB-12 1/2" Brush #12 Natural Handle
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle
MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:
Cardstock - Light Pink, Dark Red

Memento Inks - Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Rhubarb Stalk
Memento Markers - Dandelion, Angel Pink, Rose Bud, Rhubarb Stalk

Removable Tape
Sheer Yellow Ribbon
Die Cutting Machine
Glue Dots

Instructions:

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

Step 2: Tape the stencil to a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock with removable tape
Step 3: Use a 1/2" stencil brush to apply the inks through the stencil, apply the inks lightest to darkest on the design, remove and clean the stencil
Step 4:  Use Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the "Have I told you today" saying from the Circular Messages set on the largest tiled bloom and other small images around the design
Step 5:  Color the stamped designs with the Memento markers, adhere the Tiled Blooms to a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" dark red mat
Step 6: Use Rose Bud ink to stamp a texture design, from the Quest Texture Cube, around the card front

Step 7:  Die cut the ribbon flower border from the Spring Borders set out of dark red paper

Step 8: Weave the yellow ribbon through the border, use glue dots to add the border near the bottom of the Tiled Blooms layer, adhere the ribbon tails to the back then adhere to the card front
Step 9: Tie a small yellow bow, adhere to the border with a Glue Dot

More samples using the Texture Cubes can be found at the Stampendous Blog!

See more of the Spring Borders next week!

Happy Creating,

Louise

Dragonfly Lily

Wow! I fell in love with this fabulous new Dragonfly Lily stamp (R310) as soon as I saw it! It is part of the Stampendous January 2018 release. But better yet, as soon as I saw the new 6" x 6" Cling Crackle Rubber Stamp (6CR002), I knew they were a match made in heaven! The Crackle stamp is the perfect image to reflect the beautiful veining of the dragonfly wings.

The great part of these new 6" x 6" stamps is you can use all of it or part of it (stamp the whole image and use part for another project). I kept my design very Clean And Simple to show off the design of each stamp.  I will be doing another version of this in the future with "water" and "sky", so keep an eye out for this beauty again.

Stampendous:

CRR310 Dragonfly Lily

6CR002 Cling Crackle RS
SSH66 Square Handle

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Green, Pink
Copic Markers - YG01, YG03, YG17, G29, Y13, YR15, BG0000, BG000, B02, B63, BV13, RV11, RV13, RV14, RV17, R27
Memento Ink - Bamboo Leaves, Danube Blue, Grape Jelly
Foam Applicator
Foam Tape

Instructions:

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

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Dragonfly Lily image on a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Stamp the Cling Crackle image on a 6" x 6' piece of white cardstock, use foam applicators to apply ink to the image, trim to 2 3/4" x 5", adhere near the left side of the card front
Step 4:   Mat the Dragonfly Lily image on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Pink cardstock

Step 5:   Use foam tape to add the Dragonfly Lily matted image to the card

See the Stampendous Blog for more great samples.

Happy Creating,

Louise

Dogwood Birds

Welcome to a new year of crafting fun! The Stampendous Design team is sharing some of our creations using the new 6" x 6" Cling Rubber Stamps recently released by Stampendous. They are beautiful and help making backgrounds a quick, easy step in your card making fun! They are perfect for all your other projects too, of course.

My blog last week featured the new Cling Sunny Sketch Rubber Stamp, click here to see it if you missed it. It's one of my favorites (although, I say that about most of my stamps!).

My card today features the adorable Dogwood Birds (W196) stamp nestled on a background created with the Cling Blossom Scroll stamp (6CR003). The Fitted Frames from Stampendous are designed to fitted all the various sizes of their stamps perfectly. There are two sets of Fitted Frames, here is the other set.

Stampendous:

CRW196 Dogwood Birds
DCP1005 Fitted Frames Set A

6CR003 Cling Blossom Scroll RS
SSH66 Square Handle

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Green, Dark Brown
Copic Markers - Y00, Y13, Y17, R00, R30, R32, R35, YG0000, YG93, YG95, YG97, E21, E23, E27, E29, E42, E44, E47, E49
Brilliance Ink- Pearlescent Coral, P. Oragne, P. Chocolate
3 White Candis
Foam Applicator
Black Foam Tape
Die Cut Machine

Instructions:

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

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Dogwood Birds image on a 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Stamp the Cling Blossom Scroll image on a 6" x 6' piece of white cardstock, use foam applicators to apply ink to the image, trim to 4 1/2" x 4 3/4", adhere near the left side of the card front
Step 4:  Die cut the birds with Fitted Frames B and cut a matching mat from Dark Brown
Step 5:  Adhere a 3/4" x 7" strip of green cardstock to a 1" x 7" strip of brown, adhere across the front of the card

Step 6:   Use foam tape to add the Dogwood Birds matted image to the card near the right side
Step 7:  Color the 3 Candis to match and adhere to the green strip

Head over to the Stampendous Blog for more samples using the new 6" x 6" Cling Stamps.

Happy Creating,

Louise

Sunny Petal Paddler!

It's been Sneak Peek Week for the Stampendous Design Team. We've been sharing some of our samples we created for the Stampendous January 2018 catalog.  I just love these new images, they have been so much fun to work with!

Today I'm sharing a card that uses one of the new 6" x 6"  cling stamps from Stampendous called Sunny Sketch (6CR004). It is a fabulous background for the adorable Petal Paddler from the House Mouse line (HMM20). A match made in heaven!

Stampendous:

HMM20 Petal Paddler

SSC1262 Nautical Treasure PCS

DCP1006 Fitted Frames Set B

DCP1009 Spring Borders Cutting Die Set
6CR004 Cling Sunny Sketch

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Yellow, Blue
Copic Markers - E51, E53, E29, E37, E31, E95, N10, W0, W2, W5, BG0000, BG000, BG10, Y0000, Y00, Y02, Y08, Y35, Y38
Memento Ink - Dandelion, Bamboo Leaves, Bahama Blue, Rich Cocoa
Foam Applicator
Die Cut Machine
Foam Tape

Instructions:

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

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the Petal Paddler image on a piece of white cardstock, color with Copic Markers, use the fitted frames to die cut the image and a matching mat from blue cardstock, adhere the layers together
Step 3:  Stamp the Cling Sunny Sketch on white cardstock, use foam applicators to apply ink to the image, trim to 5 3/4" x 5 3/4", adhere to the card front
Step 4:   Die cut the top edge of a 1 3/4" x 5 3/4" piece of blue cardstock with border from the Spring Border die set, ink edges with blue ink, adhere to the bottom edge of the Sunny Sketch image

Step 5:   Use foam tape to add the Petal Paddler matted image to the lower right side of the card
Step 6: Stamp the sentiment on white cardstock, trim close, mat on blue cardstock, adhere in upper left corner

For a list of the samples for this week, see the Stampendous Blog.

Wishing you a very Happy New Year!

Happy Creating,

Louise

Blossom Vase

I hope everyone has been enjoying this holiday season. I know I have loved having all my kids "Home for the Holidays!"  

The Stampendous Design Team has been busy creating samples for the January catalog and this week we finally get to share a sneak peek of some of our favorites!  Here's one of my favorite samples from the January catalog. I love the modern look to this adorable vase and flowers.

Stampendous:

CRP318 Cling Blossom Vase
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

Cardstock - Green, Blue Shimmer
Copic Markers - R22, R24, R27, R59, RV34, B60, B63, B66, T1, T3, Y13, Y17, YR000, YR04, YR07, YR09, YG01, YG63, YG67
Creative Impressions Orange Crepe Ribbon
Foam Tape
Craft Glue Dots

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 Blossom Vase image on a 3" x 4 1/2" piece of white paper,  color with Copic Markers

Step 3:  Adhere a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of green cardstock to a 4 1/2" x 5 3/4" piece of blue shimmer cardstock
Step 4:   Wrap a piece of the orange ribbon around the front of the blue and green matted pieces about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom, adhere ends in the back, adhere to the card front

Step 5:   Adhere the Blossom Vase to a 3 1/4" x 4 3/4" piece of blue shimmer, use foam tape to add it to the card front
Step 6: Tie a small orange bow, use Craft Glue Dots to add it to the image

Visit the Stampendous Blog for more January samples!

Happy Creating,

Louise

Sing and Rejoice!

LBCLD01 Heavenly Holiday Cling Die Set

Stampendous:

LBCLD01 LB Heavenly Holiday Cling Die Set

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Acrylic Handle

MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko®

Plus:

My Color Cardstock - Evergreen
Kraft Cardstock
BoBunny Wild Berry Vintage 12WBV999
Copic Markers - R29, YR09, B28, YG67, Y17, E31, 100
Foam Tape
Die Cut Machine

Instructions:

Step 1:  Fold a 4 1/4" x 11" piece of Evergreen cardstock in half to form an A2 card

Step 2: Use the Tuxedo Black ink to stamp the images from the LB Heavenly Holiday set on white cardstock, be sure to leave space around the saying for die cutting, color with Copic Markers
Step 3:  Cut out the bow leaving gentle curves all the way around
Step 4:    Tear around the sentiment, edge with 100

Step 5:   Die cut the bird
Step 6:  Adhere a 2 7/8 x 5 1/2" piece of Wild Berry Vintage paper, edged with 100, to a 3 3/8" x 5 1/2" piece of Kraft, also edged with 100, adhere both to the center of the card front
Step 7:  Arrange the bow, sentiment and bird on the Wild Berry Vintage layer, adhere the bow and sentiment flat, use foam tape under the bird

Happy Creating,

Louise