Candy Cane Painting

This week the Stampendous Design Team will be sharing Christmas cards to inspire those of you who haven't started on your cards yet. You'd better get started, time has a way of flying by!

I used the Painting Stripes stamp, colored it with watercolor pencils and shadowed it with blue chalk.  The row of candy canes at the bottom, is  a portion of the Peppermint Plenty which is a larger stamp.

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HMP50 Painting Stripes
R277 Peppermint Plenty
Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

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Watercolor Pencils
decorative chalk
red VersaFine Ink

Here's a list of Designers who have cards for you today.

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Jamie Martin (that's me!)

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

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Birthday Time!

Happy Sunday!  And that means it's time for my,  I Brake for Stamps post. I used the  Party Balloons and  Dot Letter Happy Birthday to make a fun and festive birthday card.  I made a card using these same stamps a few weeks ago and it looks completely different, you can see it HERE.

The Party Balloons were stamped with Onyx Black VersaFine ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  They were then colored with Zig Clean Color pens. I stamped Happy and Birthday separately even though they are one stamp. Happy was stamped on a tab that was punched from orange paper and Birthday was stamped in black below the balloons.  The whole stamp was stamped with blue to make the background.

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All Occasion Note Cards

Some of my favorite cards to make are clean and simple, they look so fresh and pretty.  That's the style I used to make some note cards using stamps from I Brake For Stamps.  The roses and words are from the Fruit and Flowers Sheet set, and I really like the Victorian look that they have.

To make the green card, the roses were stamped on a white panel with Peeled Paint Distress ink. A thin strip of Scor-Tape was placed below the roses, Beautiful was stamped below that three times and then more Scor-Tape was placed below that.  The liner was then removed and ultra fine gold glitter was rubbed on the tape.  This as then layered onto a green panel and mounted to a white card. As a finishing touch a few gold Dot Sparklers were added around the roses.

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Bible Journal and Promises

The new Stampendous Bible Journaling clear stamp sets are fun to create with.  The Bible Promises has a beautiful swirly look and the Bible Journal set is fun and funky! Not only are the perfect for your Bible page, they make inspiring cards.

Here's a closer look at one of the pages.

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SSC1250 Bible Journal
SSC1251 Bible Promises
MEM01 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Tsukineko

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Prisma Pencils
Pitt Pastel Faber-Castell
Decorative Chalks

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Whisper Bath

Welcome to the Pink Your Life Blog Hop!  Pink Your Life is a new line of stamps that Stampendous is carrying.  The designs are cute, whimsical and so fun to color!

And as always, prizes will be given away.  Look what you could win!!

All you have to do is comment to win one of these Pink Your Life Perfectly Clear Stamps Sets (Whisper Garden Perfectly Clear Stamp Set or Whisper Fly Perfectly Clear Stamp Set! US winners only, see our Official Contest Rules for details. Deadline to comment is Monday, November 21st by midnight Pacific Standard Time. Good luck!!

Here is how my card was made;

1.  Stamp Whisper Bath with black ink on a white panel and color with pencils.
2.  Apply blue chalk to the bottom of the panel with a flat brush and around the tea cup.
3.  Sprinkle Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel over the blue ink and heat from underneath so it doesn't blow off.
4.  Sponge yellow inks in the top left corner.
5.  Stamp sentiment with VersaFine Onyx Black ink and emboss with clear powder.
6.  Glue a die cut frame from grasshopper paper over the sentiment.
7.  Glue bow to the stem of the flower and glue panel onto a purple card.

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Stampendous
PLW02 Whisper Bath
SSC1239 Spring Sentiments Perfectly Clear Set
FREG029 Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel
EP020 Clear Embossing Powder
HT400 Embossing Heat Tool
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

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Creative Impressions- 1/4" lime & pink gingham 80244
My Colors Cardstock- Grasshopper
Bazzill- Snapdragon
Tombow Recycled Color Pencils
Chalk

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Kristine Reynolds

Katy Leitch

Jamie Martin

Louise Healy

Lea Fritts

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Bible Journaling

For my Bible Journaling friends, Stampendous has come out with two new clear stamp sets that are sure to spark your creativity! These two sets that are packed full of stamps that also make beautiful cards.

Both Bible pages were stamped with black ink, colored with colored pencils and shadowed with decorative chalks. Here's a closer look at the pages.

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SSC1250 Bible Journal
SSC1251 Bible Promises
MEM01 Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Tsukineko

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Pitt Pastel Faber-Castell
Decorative Chalks

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Whisper Princess

Welcome to day 2 of the Pink Your Life blog hop.

You'll want to be sure to hop along with us and comment, look what you could win!

Comment to win one of these Pink Your Life Perfectly Clear Stamps Sets (Whisper Garden Perfectly Clear Stamp Set or Whisper Fly Perfectly Clear Stamp Set! US winners only, see our Official Contest Rules for details. Deadline to comment is Monday, November 21st by midnight Pacific Standard Time.

1.  Stamp Whisper Princess on white paper with black ink and color with watercolor pencils.
2.  Use Fitted Frames to diecut the image and larger layers of black and yellow papers.
3.  Glue layers together, wrap bottom right corner with purple ribbon and glue to a purple card.
4.  Stamp sentiment on a white rectangle, layer onto black paper and attach a ribbon with a purple brad and pop up in the image.

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PLP05 Whisper Princess
SSCM5002 Painted Wishes
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
AC672HSP Dot Sparklers pink
Onyx Black VersaFine Ink Tsukineko

Plus
Creative Impressions ribbon
Zip Dry Glue- Beacon Adhesives
Watercolor pencils

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Katy Leitch (Tuesday)

Lea Fritts (Tuesday)

Jamie Martin (That's me)

Lea Fritts

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Whisper Sunflower

Welcome to the Pink Your Life Blog Hop!  Pink Your Life is a new line of stamps that Stampendous is carrying.  The designs are cute, whimsical and so fun to color!

And as always, prizes will be given away.  Look what you could win!!

All you have to do is comment to win one of these Pink Your Life Perfectly Clear Stamps Sets (Whisper Garden Perfectly Clear Stamp Set or Whisper Fly Perfectly Clear Stamp Set! US winners only, see our Official Contest Rules for details. Deadline to comment is Monday, November 21st by midnight Pacific Standard Time. Good luck!!

Here is how my card was made;

1.  Stamp Whisper Sunflower on a white panel with black ink and color with pencils. 

2.  Sprinkle with Shabby Blue Embossing Enamel and heat from underneath so it doesn't blow off.

3.  Glue a strip of yellow paper to the bottom of a brown card and glue the stamped piece to the card.

4.  Glue ribbon as shown and glue a knot to the center.

5.  Stamp sentiment on a white strip with black ink, and layer onto dark blue paper.  Glue to the top of the card.

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PLW04 Whisper Sunflower

SSCM5003  Friend Wishes

HT400 Embossing Heat Tool

MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

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My Colors Cardstock- Brown Eyes, Gold Zinnia

Zip Dry Glue by Beacon Adhesives

Creative Impression- 1/4" blue with white stitch 70911

Prisma colored pencils

Birthday Balloons

It's time again for my Sunday, I Brake for Stamps post and today I have a birthday card for you. It has a little shine, a little sparkle and a little dimension.

Here is how my card was made;

1.  Party Balloons were stamped on watercolor paper with Onyx Black VersaFine ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.
2.  The balloons were colored with Zig Clean Color pens, Glossy Accents was used on top of the balloons and set aside to dry.
3.  Once dry Distress Inks in Pistachio, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans were sponged over the panel.  Use a paper towel to rub the ink off the balloons and embossed area. Glue to a black card.
4.  Stamp Dot Letter Happy Birthday on white paper with Onyx Black ink, emboss with clear.  Cut the words apart and layer onto black paper.  Add a few dots of Caribbean Ocean Nuvo and let dry.
5.  Pop up Happy at the top of the card and glue Birthday to the bottom.
6.  Add black Dot Sparklers and some sequins.

Head on over to the I Brake For Stamps website and see the wide variety of stamps they carry.  And if you place an order, be sure to use my coupon code SAVE10JAMIE to save 10%!

Baby's Birthday

This baby card has several fun techniques that add a little extra zing for that special occasion.  The balloons are embossed and the background is made using a stencil and glitters.  Be sure to stop by the Stampendous website to take a look at the project section for some inspriation.

Here is how my card was made;

1.  Stamp Balloon Bunny on white paper oval with black ink and color with pencils.  Using a VersaMark Pen, go over one of the colored balloons and emboss it with the embossing powder from the Shimmer Shine Embossing Kit that matches the balloon.  Continue to do this one balloon at a time. Chalk around the image with blue chalk using a flat brush.
2.  Make the background with the Mosaic Swirls stencils using the double glitter technique with Crystal and Iced Blue Micro Glitter.  Layer onto a green panel.
3.  Stamp Baby from the Animal Mobile Perfectly Clear Stamp Set in black on white paper die cut with Fitted Frames, layered onto a yellow panel diecut with a larger Fitted Frame.  Color with pencils.
4.  Glue background and oval onto card as shown and pop up Baby.

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V318 Balloon Bunny
SSC1242 Animal Mobile
Ek21 Shimmer Shine
MG01 Crystal Micro Glitter
MG14 Iced Blue Micro Glitter
DWLJ901 Mosaic Swirls
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
Double Sided Mounting Paper
Coconut Soap

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Zip Dry Glue
My Colors Paper- Grasshopper, (yellow)
Prisma pencils
decorative chalk

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Love and Fruit

Hi, today I'm sharing a card made with fruit and words from the I Brake For Stamps, Fruits and Flowers Sheet stamps.  

To make this card the grapes were randomly stamped on a white panel with purple ink and Love was stamped with green ink. A strip of glitter paper was glued to the left side and triangles in the left corners. This was then glued to a black panel and set aside. 

Glossy paper was used for the tag and Love, from the set, was repeatedly stamped with VersaMark ink. The tag was then sponged with green ink. The bottom was torn, layered onto black paper and Love was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink.  A charm was glued on with 3 in 1 Glue. The tag was tied with purple ribbon and glued to the card.

A white card was randomly stamped with Love in green ink, the edges were sponged and the stamped panel was glued onto the card.

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I hope I have inspired you to Stamp This!

Fall Note Card Set

These Fall note cards were made using the new Build A Wreath Die Set from Stampendous and wow is it versatile!

It could be used for a Christmas wreath, Fall wreath, Spring wreath or like I did, not a wreath at all.

To make my cards the pine cones and leaves were die cut from colored paper and sponged with inks darker than the papers.  Ink splatters were added to white panels and yellow zigzag tape was placed at the bottom.  Circles were die cut on the edge of the white panels and layered onto goldenrod paper, then mounted to a rust card.
The sentiment was stamped with black ink inside the diecut circle and a scalloped circle border was die cut from green paper and glued to the circle of the white panel.

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