Stampendous Saturday Challenge - Texture!!!

The first Saturday in February means it is time for a brand new challenge with Stampendous!  This month we are challenging you (and ourselves) to add a little texture to your projects.  Need a few ideas?  You can emboss using enamels or powders, use fun flock, glass glitter, mica fragments, color fragments, or use some embossing folders.  The possibilities are endless!

My favorite way to add texture is with GLITTER!!!!  This adorable NEW Icing Fluffles is just perfect for adding lots of sparkle with some fabulous Crystal Glitter Mix.  The different sizes of glitter really add lots of texture and glitz.  I also added some texture to the background by using a polka dot embossing folder.  There are so many ways to add texture to your cards. I can't wait to see what you all come up with for this challenge.

Here is a list of the Stampendous team members playing along today:

Stampendous Impressions

Taylor Usry

Jennifer Dove

Wendy Price

Jennifer Ingle

Suzanne Czosek

Krissy Fossmeyer

We want YOU to play along with us!  Just add you direct link to your card (make sure you've loaded it up with tons of TEXTURE) to the linky tool below my signature (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than March 1, 2012 at 11:00 PM EST.  You do not have to use Stampendous products to play along, but we sure love it when you do!  And as an extra incentive for playing, one lucky person (drawn at random from all the entries) will receive this gorgeous Corset Ladies Perfectly Clear Stamp Set:

Due to shipping restrictions, the winner must have a US address.  We hope you get a chance to play along with us - happy stamping!  And make plans to join us next Saturday, for a fun blog hop, complete with prizes you don't want to miss.  We'll be showcasing all sorts of products just released at CHA!

Thanks so much for visiting and Have a Stampendous Saturday!

Stampendous October Challenge: CAS

Hello Friends! Happy World Card Making Day! What a perfect day for the Stampendous October Challenge. Our challenge to you this month is to join us in making CAS Holiday Cards. We want to spread the holiday spirit, so this month's prize is the Cling Jumbo Sparkle Joy Set to a random winner. You don't have to use a Stampendous image or products to play along, but we LOVE it when you do. You have until Thursday, November 3rd at 11:59 PM EST to add your link here and we'll draw a random winner.

My CAS Holiday Card features the adorable elf image and sentiment from the Elf Wishes Perfectly Clear Set. I colored the elf image with Copic Markers and die cut it out with a Labels 8 Die. I matted the background patterned paper panel onto Dark Chocolate Cardstock and added the image on top with foam tape. I then stamped the sentiment and tied ribbon around the card base. Finally I added the matted background panel to the card base with foam tape.



There's lots more CAS Holiday Creations to see! Be sure to hop on over the see the rest of the Stampendous Design Team creations.

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Taylor Usry

Cyndi Bundy

Krissy Fossmeyer

Jenn Dove

Wendy Jordan

Wendy Price

Lynn Mercurio

Melinda Gleissner

Piali Biswas

Suzanne Czosek

Laura Davis

Stampendous Blog

Come join the fun! Looking forward to seeing all of those gorgeous CAS creations!
Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

Stampendous Blog Candy Winners!

Hello Friends! So excited to finally reveal the Stampendous Blog Candy Winners! I tried to post the Random.org pic, but for some reason I couldn't get it to post. So here are the winners & their prizes:

Craftymom205 - Cling Magical Snowman


Suzanne :O - Cling Spooky Treat Set


Jessica - Snowman Flurry Set


Michelle - Boughs N Baubles Combo Kit (Fun Flock & Glitter)

Congrats Ladies! Please be sure to email me your full name/address, so I can get your goodies out to you right away! Thanks to all that entered and I hope to have more candy real soon!

Blog Candy - Last Day to Enter!

Hello Friends! I got a super quick post today sharing the wonderful new Cling Bird Post and Cling Blossom Spray. Aren't these images gorgeous? Also wanted to remind you that today is the last day to enter for the Stampendous Blog Candy. The details are posted here. Good Luck and Have a Stampendous Day!

I will back later to share the details on this card. Thanks for visiting!

Merci beaucoup!

Bonjour! Well I just can't get enough of the new Stampendous stamps. Tonight I am sharing with you the lovely Eiffel Tower Perfectly Clear Stamp Set. Just so vintage and fabulous that I could not put it down. It's a dream of mine to go to Paris and see the Eiffel Tower. I think it would just be magical. While I was dreaming of Paris I could only imagine pink, black, white and kraft together. I think pink and black are a requirement for Paris themed items. So cute! I stamped the Eiffel Tower, Postal Images & Sentiment in Versafine Onyx Black Ink. I love the rich and crisp impression I get when using this ink. I can see why it's a Stampendous favorite. Are you loving the new release? Well I have some BLOG CANDY up for grabs, so be sure to enter for your chance to win. Go here for all the details and you have until this Saturday, August 6th to enter.



Merci for visiting today! (Sorry for the bad french)
Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 12 & BLOG CANDY!

Hello Friends! It's the FINAL DAY - DAY 12 of the 12 Days of Christmas/Halloween in July. I had a great time showing you some of the new items just released by Stampendous. I saved the best for last. This is my favorite card that I made for the July catalog. The new Silver Halo Mix which is available with the Treasures Glitter Kit is my favorite glitter hands down. This is a MUST HAVE! The sparkle is incredible and I honestly could not stop staring at the sparkle! It truly is the most dazzling glitter I have ever used. I also am over the moon for the NEW Cling Magical Snowman and Cling Seasons Post stamps. This sweet snowman is my fav NEW image and that sentiment is just gorgeous. I also can't forget about the beautiful Cling Music Score. All of these stamps worked together so perfectly to create the vintage inspired look. Thank you so much for following me along on this series. I appreciated all your sweet comments. It brought me great joy to see how much you loved the new releases. Hugs to you all!


Well this series would not be complete without some Blog Candy! Here are the 4 prizes up for grabs. Woo Hoo! Simply leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite NEW Stampendous Product is to be entered for a chance to win. You have until Saturday - August 6th to enter and the winners will be announced on Sunday, August 7th! Good Luck!



Thanks again for joining me and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 11

Hello Friends! Welcome back to the 12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 11. Sorry for the break in our regularly scheduled programming, but I was so inspired by this gorgeous card here that I had to create one of my very own. My friend, Wanda, is so talented and when I saw her card I was completely taken with it. I knew instantly which new set I wanted to ink up. These darling angels from the Cling Angel Kisses Set have the sweetest faces and I love their vintage look. I also kept it Krafty, by playing along with the That's Krafty Thursday Challenge. The Kraft carstock base allowed me to really show off the pretty lavender and red color combo. I also got to play with 2 of my favorite accessories - Glitter & Fun Flock. I really hope you have enjoyed this series as we wrap it up tomorrow with Day 12. Please be sure to join me tomorrow for Day 12 and the Blog Candy Giveaway!


Here's a little up close shot, so you can see all the Stampendous Flock & Glitter Goodness! Just double click on the photo for more detail :)

Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 10

Hi ya! Well we are rapidly approaching Day 12. A lit sad to see it ending so quickly, but excited to share with you all the NEW everyday images from Stampendous. I know I promised some more new images, but I got to share one of my favorite Changito images from the Changito Snow Play Perfectly Clear stamp set. I wanted to create a quick and easy cocoa holder for mass producing. I simply cut a piece of red cardstock 5"x12" and scored it at 4" and 8". I folded it together and added a strip of scor-tape to the bottom and the back panel to close. Simply pop in a bag of cocoa, add your stamped image to the front panel and close with a ribbon bow. You can also slide in a candy cane too. Join me again tomorrow for Day 11. See you then!


Instructions:
1.) Cut a piece of red cardstock 5" x 12" then score at 4" and 8".
2.) Fold red cardstock at score lines and tape close at bottom and one side to create pouch.
3.) Die cut blue cardstock mat.
4.) Stamp image onto white cardstock, color, die cut and adhere to blue cardstock mat with foam tape.
5.) Punch hole at top & bottom of blue cardstock mat, run ribbon through and adhere to pouch with foam tape.
6.) Tie ribbon into a bow and add button to ribbon with twine.
7.) Add White Cotton Ball Fun Flock to hat of stamped image.

Supplies:
Stamps: Changito Snow Play Perfectly Clear Stamps (Stampendous)
Paper: Phoenix Dotted Swiss and Swimming Pool CS (Bazzill) and X-Press IT Blending Card Paper (Copic)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) and Copic Markers
Accessories: Labels 10 Dies (Spellbinders), White Cotton Ball Fun Flock (Stampendous), Ribbon (Creative Impressions), Button (Cosmo Cricket), Cherry Twine (Divine Twine), Scor-Tape and Foam Tape (Best Creation)
Tools: Scor-Pal

Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 9

Hey Everyone! It's Wednesday and Day 9! Woot Woot Wednesday! We are half way to the weekend. Can you tell I live for weekends? LOL! I thought to celebrate this wonderful Wednesday I would bring some sparkle. Wow! I love purple and these purple witch boots just dazzle from the Violet Pearl Glitter. Don't you just love that sentiment too? The Cling Bootiful Boots Set is a great Halloween set to have. I'm also crazy for that fun Cling Frightful Phrases background stamp. I can't wait to send these Halloween cards out to the gals. They are gonna love all the glitz. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I think this year there is going to be a lot of glitter happening around here. Just think of all the other fun colors of glitter you can use for the boots or even the socks. More is More! Have fun! Thanks for stopping by today!


Join me again tomorrow for Day 10. I can't believe we are almost to the end. :(
Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!
Hugs,

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 8

Hi ya! I thought I would bring back an image previously released to mix it up a bit and because it just too cute. The Cling Cutie Bundles Set is so adorable and a great image to color. I also had some extra fun adding lots of White Cotton Ball Fun Flock. It would also make a cute gift tag for gifting a scarf or a pair of mittens. You can even color the image to match your gift. Matchy, Matchy! Tomorrow I will bring your another previously released Halloween image and then we are back to all new images for the remainder of the series. Hope you are having fun!

Supplies:
Stamps: Cling Cutie Bundles Set (Stampendous)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) and Copic Markers
Paper: Swimming Pool, Lime Crush & Phoenix Dotted Swiss (Bazzill) and X-Press IT Blending Card Paper (Copic)
Accessories: Brads & Ribbon (Best Creation), Piercing Tool (Making Memories), Signo White Gel Pen (Uni-ball) and Foam Tape (Best Creation)

Instructions:
1.) Make card from Kraft cardstock.
2.) Cut red panel and adhere to card base.
3.) Cut blue & green panels, adhere together, pierce around edges and run white gel pen over piercings.
4.) Stamp sentiment onto blue panel and add 2 red brads to each side of the sentiment.
5.) Tie ribbon around blue & green panels and adhere to card base with foam tape.
6.) Stamp image , color, cut, add polka dots with white gel pen and adhere to card base.
7.) Add White Cotton Ball Fun Flock to hat.

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 7

Greetings! Welcome back to the 12 Days of Christmas/Halloween in July - Day 7. Today I have another new Halloween image for you. I love these silly Owls from the Cling Batty Owls Set. I think the sentiment is just hilarious. It's always fun to send someone a card with a funny saying to brighten their day. It just made me smile when I first saw it. I also went batty when I saw how perfectly the Jumbo Bats CAP Stickers would match the image. The velvet feel of the bat stickers is such a great texture. I paired up the image with some of my fav Bo Bunny Halloween patterned paper. I cant' wait for Halloween. It will be here before we know it. Oops... don't hate me for saying that. LOL!


Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 6

Hi! Hope you are all enjoying a wonderful Sunday! Getting this post up this afternoon as I am trying to recover from the County Fair. I think the Fried Kool-Aid may have gotten to me. LOL! So today we are on Day 6 and at our half way point. Wow! It's been so fun sharing all the new Stampendous goodness with you. Today's feature is on a lovely new image called Cling Postcard Pretty and is it ever so pretty. The image really does sparkle with lots of crystal snow glitter on the finished card. I just could not capture it so much in my photo. WOW! I am really loving all these gorgeous vintage images. Creating for this season's catalog was so fun as I got to design out of my normal comfort zone. As you can tell my style is very cutesy with lots of bright colors, but I am completely head over heels for all things vintage. I literally squealed with delight when I saw all these wonderful vintage images and had tons of ideas racing through my head. I think the most fun I had designing with the vintage images was that the distressed look was more freeing. I could crumple, stain and tear my papers. It was great getting my hands all inky. SO FUN! I also water colored many of my images. My sweet friend, Sandra MacLean, helped me so much with some great tips. What she does with watercolors is simply phenomenal, so you will have to visit her blog to see what I mean. Thank you all for stopping by and visiting me today. I hope you love these vintage images too. I will be sharing more of the everyday vintage images with you in August, so stayed tuned for those as well.

Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 5

Happy Saturday! Super excited for a fun weekend! Today I have another Christmas creation for you featuring a truly beautiful image by Stampendous called Cling Manger Scene. I paired it up with the Cling Precious Bundle sentiment. You can do so many wonderful things with solid images. I simply stamped this image, but I think it would look amazing embossed too. Stampendous has added some beautiful new embossing powders to their line. The simple stamping of the solid image makes it a great one to use when mass producing cards. This card came together so quickly. I added a little sparkle to the card by adding this gorgeous glittered patterned paper by Best Creations. I didn't want it to take away from the main image, so I softened it by layering a panel of vellum over it. It worked perfectly to keep the focus on the manger. I really hope you have enjoyed this series so far. Please join me again tomorrow for Day 6 and our half way point.


Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 4

Hello! Welcome back! It's Day 4 of the 12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July. Today I am featuring the super cute Cling Armload Claus Set. It's he just the cutest Santa? I think so! I had a blast coloring him in and adding lots of Fun Flock to his hat and coat. Did you get a chance to stop by the Stampendous site to check out the complete line of new releases? There are so many fabulous new images that I know you are going to love. Not only are there new stamps, but there are new glitters, stickers and mica fragments. Hope you enjoyed today's feature and I will be back tomorrow with more Christmas to share.


Instructions:
1.) Make card from Kraft cardstock.
2.) Cut a panel of blue and red cardstock, stitch red panel onto blue panel and adhere to card base.
3.) Cut panels for blue & green cardstock and stitch blue panel onto green panel.
4.) Stamp sentiment onto blue cardstock panel, add 3 red brads below sentiment and adhere to card base with foam tape.
5.) Stamp image onto white cardstock, color, cut and adhere to blue cardstock panel with foam tape.
6.) Add Cotton Ball White Fun Flock to Santa's hat and coat.

Supplies:
Stamps: Cling Armload Claus Set
Paper: Swimming Pool, Lime Crush, Phoenix Dotted Swiss & Kraft CS (Bazzill) and X-Press IT Blending Card Paper (Copic)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) and Copic Markers
Accessories: Cotton Ball White Fun Flock (Stampendous), Brads (Creative Impressions) and Foam Tape (Best Creation)
Tools: Sewing Machine



Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 3

Hi Friends! I'm back with a quick post today for the 12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July. I hope you are liking the sneak peeks so far. The complete line is now available to view & purchase on the Stampendous website here. So go check it out! You are gonna love what you see! Today's card features the adorable Cling Spooky Treat Set. I fell in love with this super cute ghost and had fun creating this Halloween card. I'll be back later tonight to post the instructions and supply list. Also wanted to let you know I will be offering up some BLOG CANDY at the end of this 12 Days Series. Hopefully my little ghost friend won't be eating it. LOL! So stay tuned for that too! Please join me again tomorrow for another Christmas creation.

Update!
Instructions:
1. Make card from Kraft cardstock.
2. Cut panel of black/kraft polka dot paper and adhere to card base.
3. Die cut scallop circle mat from black cardstock and pierce a hole in each scallop.
4. Stamp image onto white cardstock, color, die cut (circle) and adhere to black scallop circle mat.
5. Adhere image to card base with foam tape.
6. Stamp sentiment onto green patterned paper, die cut (circle), trim off bottom of circle and adhere to base.
7. Add button to top of sentiment with a glue dot.

Supplies:
Stamps: Cling Spooky Treat Set (Stampendous)
Paper: X-Press IT Blending Card Paper (Copic) and Patterned Paper (Canvas Corp & Bo Bunny)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko) and Copic Markers
Accessories: Circle and Scallop Circle Dies (Spellbinders), Button (Cosmo Cricket), Foam Tape (Best Creation), Piercing Tool (Making Memories) and Zots Glue Dot (Therm-O-Web)

Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 2

Hello again! So how did you like Day 1 of the Stampendous 12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July? Are you ready for Day 2? I thought I would share with you one on my favorites. Hmm... they all seem to be one of my favorites. Sorry I can't help it. Ok, let's call this one my CAS favorite. If you are anything like me you will be up all night stamping your Christmas cards to get them out on time. Well this card is going to be my secret weapon this year. Nothing beats a clean and simple card when you are mass producing cards. The darling new Cling Secret Santa image and Cling Christmas Greetings sentiment come together perfectly. Wow, there is still so much more to show you! Please join me again tomorrow for another exciting Stampendous reveal.


Instructions:
1.) Make card from cardstock. 2.) Stamp Santa onto Kraft cardstock with red ink. 3.) Stamp Christmas Greetings sentiment onto cardstock over Santa image with black ink. 4.) Die cut image / sentiment out. 5.) Cut panel of red polka dot patterned paper and adhere to card base. 6.) Adhere die cut image / sentiment with foam tape to card base.

Supplies:
Stamps: Cling Secret Santa & Cling Christmas Greetings (Stampendous), Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko) and Cranberry Pigment Ink (Color Box), Paper: Kraft Cardstock (Bazzill) and Patterned Paper (Canvas Corp), Accessories: Labels 8 Die (Spellbinders) and Foam Tape (Best Creation)

Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

12 Days of Christmas / Halloween in July - Day 1

Hello Friends! Super excited to finally be able to share with you the creations I have been working on these past months for the Stampendous July 2011 Catalog. The catalog is being revealed this week at CHA, so I thought I would bring a bit of the reveal to those of you who could not attend. I had a blast working on samples for the catalog and booth for CHA. The new Stampendous images are AMAZING! So let's get the party started with a couple of my favorite new images - Cling Eiffel Noel and Cling Poinsettia Silhouette. Do you notice that sparkle on the poinsettias? It's from the brand new Champagne Glass Glitter by Stampendous. Love it!!! I had so much fun with this card. I really enjoyed all the distressing and embossing. I just love how the embossed Poinsettia image in the background peeks through. I hope you enjoyed today's card. Please be sure to stop by tomorrow for another reveal. Let me know what you think of these new images too.


Instructions:

1.) Make card from cardstock. 2. ) Stamp poinsettia onto cardstock panel with Versamark ink and emboss with clear embossing powder. 3.) Stamp Eiffel tower onto cardstock rectangle, color with markers and tear edges. 4.) Wrinkle both cardstock panel and rectangle then distress and ink edges as desired. 5.) Adhere panel to card base and tie ribbon bow. 6.) Adhere rectangle to panel with foam tape, glue glass glitter to center of flowers and spray with shimmer.

Supplies:

Stamps: (Cling Eiffel Noel, Cling Poinsettia Silhouette) Stampendous, Cardstock: (Baby Pink, Cream Puff, Kraft) Bazzill Basics Paper, Ink: (Versafine Vintage Sepia, Versamark) Tsukineko, (Vintage Photo Distress Ink) Ranger and Dual Brush Pens (Tombow) Accents: Champagne Glass Glitter (Stampendous), Sparkle Sheer Shimmer Spray (Tsukineko), Ruffle Ribbon (May Arts), Adhesive: 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation) and Quick-Dry Adhesive (Scotch)

Thanks for visiting and Have a Stampendous Day!

Stampendous and May Arts Week!

Hello Friends! This week Stampendous and May Arts have teamed up to bring you a week long of inspiration and prizes. Check out this post at the Stampendous Blog for the full details on how you can win a fabulous Stampendous/May Arts prizes. The Stampendous Blog, May Arts Blog and the Design Teams will be featuring creations all week long. Please be sure to stop to see all of their lovely creations. I thought I would bring you a little Christmas in July which is also a sneak peek of the wonderful new Stampendous releases which will be available after July 18th. I used the brand new Cling Postal Pair, Cling Postal Greeting and Cling Music Score. I LOVE LOVE LOVE the vintage look of these new stamps. They were a joy to play with and the images are just beautiful! I think what really made the card complete was that gorgeous Crinkle Ribbon from May Arts.


Instructions:

1.) Make card from cardstock. 2.) Stamp music score and sentiment onto square cardstock panel, lightly smear ink, wrinkle panel then distress and ink edges. Adhere panel to card base. 3.) Stamp vintage postcard image onto cardstock rectangle, watercolor with markers, tear and ink edges. 4.) Gather wired ribbon to create ruffle and adhere to back of cardstock rectangle then adhere to panel with foam tape. 5.) Apply glitter to coat trim and muffler on stamped image.

Supplies:

Stamps: (Cling Postal Pair, Cling Postal Greeting, Cling Music Score (Stampendous), Cardstock: (Baby Pink, Cream Puff, Kraft) Bazzill Basics Paper, Ink: (Versafine Onyx Black) Tsukineko, (Vintage Photo Distress Ink) Ranger and Dual Brush Pens (Tombow) Accents: Fine White Crystal Snow Glitter (Stampendous), Crinkle Ribbon (May Arts), Adhesive: 3D Foam Tape (Best Creation) and Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura)

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Wonderful Day!