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Hello! Today I have a new card for Doodles Paper Playground . This card uses one of the newest Sparkle Blends, called " Garnet ." I'm a January baby, so I really love this blend of reds, pinks, and lavender. I chose to stamp a lovely Delphinium stamp from Stampendous, and I heat embossed it in in white on white cardstock. I looked through the Garnet Sparkle Blend to see what colors I wanted to pull from it. I chose a few Tombow markers that coordinated and scribbled them on to my craft mat. I spritzed the colors with a little water and dipped the heat embossed image into the ink. I dipped and dried the cardstock a couple of times to build up the layers of color, but I had to be careful of the embossed image. This technique is quick and really lovely. It can also be done with lots of products beyond the Tombow markers. You can use Zig markers, Distress Inks or Oxides, etc. For my sentiment, I used the Painted Hello die from Simon Says stamp, and I die cut it 3 t...

Hello! This week, the Stampendous team is sharing all sorts of projects with a Valentine's Day theme. I glittered up Pen Pattern Love , and it was lots of fun!  Supplies: Stampendous: Q217 PenPattern Love MGK01 Fall Micro Glitter Kit MGK05 Spring Micro Glitter Kit MGK02 Christmas Glitter Kit MPW811 Mixed Media Paper MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko ® Plus: Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper® Cardstock by Core’dinations VersaColor™ Ink by Tsukineko® Texture Gems by Faber-Castell® Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives Instructions: Stamp image on to Mixed Media Paper using Memento Ink. Outline the entire image using the Texture Gems, Sprinkle with Black Glitter from the Halloween Micro Glitter Kit, and let dry.  Apply Texture Gems to the sections you want colored with pink first. Sprinkle the Pink Micro Glitter from the Spring Micro Glitter Kit, shake off excess, and let dry. Repeat this step with each of your colors until the letters ...

Mwahahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!! It's finally here! The Smeared Ink 31 Days of Halloween! This is the 7th year! I can't believe it. I am super stoked to kick things off this year, so let's get to it! For my first project, I made a card that features the super rad Skeleton Lady stamp from Stampendous. The focal image is all one stamp. I love the collaged look that it has. You can click on my photos to see them bigger. I am really excited about this year of 31 Days, because I am now on the Stampendous Design Team. I love to represent them! Plus, the Stampendous blog is taking part in posting this year, so you will get to see what my fellow teamies are making too. My image here was colored with Tombow watercolor markers, and I spritzed it with irRESISTables from Tsuineko. Here's a close up. For my background, I did a couple of things. For the black layer, that's actually Coredinations cardstock. I used the Dreamweaver Rain Stencil  and ran it through my Sizzix Big...

Hello! Have you been enjoying the All in Ones from Stampendous this week? Today, we are combining these awesome stamps with Dreamweaver. I used the Sweater Snowman for my card today. I colored him with Spectrum Noir and Prismacolor markers. For the Dreamweaver portion of my card, I used the Christmas Border Embossing Folder. I rolled it through my Sizzix machine with Coredinations cardstock, and then I sanded it to highlight the  design. It works really well with the snowman's background. I used some fabulous Stampendous Crystal Glitter around the edge and some ink. I like using soft, non-traditional colors for Christmas...how about you? Although, this would be a great card for the folks that don't send out actual Christmas cards....non-secular cards are very important too! Please be sure to visit the rest of the team that is posting today. Their links are below. Thanks for stopping by. Have an inspiring day! S Stampendous Blog   Lyn Bernatovich   Pam H...

We’ve got lots going on this week to keep your Summer Vacation hopping with inspiration. In one event we’re hopping all week with one of our very favorite craft partners. May Arts ribbon is an extremely generous sponsor for us here at Stampendous and our Design Team is absolutely in love with their gorgeous ribbons, cords, strings and specialty items. You’ll find loads of beautiful May Arts on all our samples. All week you’ve got a chance to check out our Design Team Inspiration as well as the Ribbonistas over at the May Arts Blog.  Be sure to comment and tell us where you’re from, because our  Australian Distributor The Stencil Specialists  are sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise! There are Stampendous prize packages up for grabs.   THREE US commenters   will receive a prize of their choice in any on...

This week we’re going to celebrate with the awesome Woodware Design Team and the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team all of the the great Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils products that Woodware makes available to the UK market. This is good news for our crafty friends in the UK because we’ll be offering prizes and our UK friends are eligible to win!! We’ll be offering three prizes in the UK and three in the US. Each prize package will consist of Nathalie Kalbach’s terrific Grunge Mixed Media Cling Rubber Stamp Sets and the beautiful Zen Butterfly Dreamweaver Stencil ! Both products are ideal for adding texture and backgrounds to your projects! (Deadline to comment is Sunday, March 29th, Pacific Time . Winners will be picked using random.org and announced Tuesday, March 31st , in the afternoon.) And that’s our theme!! Making Texture. We hope you’ll enjoy the wonderful inspiration that three talented teams will bring you this week! Be sure to visit all the blog links listed and...

Hello!  All of this week, the  Stampendous  and  Dreamweaver  teams have been playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from  Core'dinations . We've sanded our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. ***If you are looking for my Day 17 post for the 31 Days of Halloween, please scroll down to my next post.*** Of course, there are prizes, and we are giving away the best...this time with a mix of fun  Core'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists from each day, leave comments, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week.  I've been sharing a few car featuring the Stampendous set, Forest Friends . It's such a sweet set. I was going through my Dreamweaver Stencils, and I came across the Open X-Mas Tree . Then it came to me. Remember the part in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, when the song Silv...

Greetings! Season's Greetings, that is!  All of this week, the   Stampendous   and   Dreamweaver   teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from   Core'dinations . Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. *** If you are looking for my 31 Days of Halloween post, please scroll down.***   Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of fun   Core'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win:  Here's what I'm showing off today: I started off by stamping the pine branches from the Forest  Friends  stamp set. I added some flocking, but it really doesn't show. Next, I cut out the Nested Ornaments with s...

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town! Yes...SANDY Claus! All of this week, the  Stampendous  and  Dreamweaver  teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from  Core'dinations . If you are looking for today's 31 Days of Halloween project, please scroll down to my next post. Join us as we sand our way to the "core" of all things Christmas and the Holiday season. Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best...this time with a mix of fun  Core'dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Here is what you might win: Here's what I'm showing off today: I have the privilege to work with the adorable  Forest Friends  set. I started off by stamping these cuties and coloring them in with my alcohol markers.  ...

This week’s Twilight Tuesday Challenge has been thought up by Jen. Here is her challenge: Blue. Edward loves Bella in blue. "That color blue looks lovely with your skin," he said, watching me. I was surprised; I looked down, flushing, of course. So this week the challenge is simple... create anything you want focusing on the color blue. Twilight related? Well that's up to you. Comment challenge... What's your favorite color to wear and why? So here is a simple little layout that I made of Phoenix and his “Blue.” He calls his blanket Blue. He loves this blanket so much. You know how it is when you have a favorite blanket… Well, this is his. And I can’t blame him. It is divinely soft and cozy! Wish it were big enough for me! I especially loves when he wraps it around his face! He looks ridiculous and adorable! I kept this layout pretty basic. I didn’t want to add too much “stuff.” Thought it would take away from the simple charm of a boy and his blanket. Used my fav...

"The Void" I thought about this project for a little while. Spoiler alert!!! We had to create something that represented the "void" that Bella felt after Edward left in New Moon. She lost her love, and there was nothing she could do about it. It was so emotional... Stephanie Meyer merely wrote one month's name on a page to show the passing of time. It made me feel awful! So, allow me to describe my project. The black Void takes up most of the piece. It has been distressed to show the red hidden underneath. I chose the red because a.) It's the color of love and passion and b.) red is used on all four of the book covers. I sanded the paper in a diagonal direction going from the small corner of Bella to the larger area of Edward to show, sort of the vibration of her emotions going towards him. I scratched the title in to give the feeling of pain. I used a clear heart that I colored with 2 shades of red that I placed on top of Bella's name. Her heart is tran...