Thanks A Latte

Merry Christmas, hope everyone is having a wonder day!  After opening Christmas gifts, you might need thank you cards.  I really love the full sheet Coffee, Coffee Beans and Sayings set from I Brake For Stamps, so I used it again this week for this Thanks A Latte card.

The coffee cups were stamped with black and embossed with clear.  It was then colored with Zig Clean Color pens.  Those cute little coffee beens were stamped with blue ink.  A button was added to the center cup and another was glued over the jute cord. 

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Joy Tree

Wow, I can't believe Christmas is in 6 days!  I still have so much to do but, all of my cards are mailed, yay me!! Just in case you need to make a couple more, here is a card using the Joy Tree from Stampendous, to give you some inspiration. This is how it was made;

1.  Stamp Joy Tree with Onyx Black ink and color the large letters, stars and hearts with colored pencils.
2.  Using a VersaMarker, color over the letters, stars and hearts then sprinkle with clear embossing powder and heat.
3.  Sprinkle panel with Shabby White Embossing Powder and heat from underneath so the powder doesn't blow off.
4.  Wrap corners with ribbon and glue to a Firecracker colored card.

Supplies
Stampendous
R275 Joy Tree
HT400 Embossing Heat Tool
FREG027 Shabby White Embossing Powder
EP020 Clear Embossing Powder
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Plus
My Colors Cardstock- Firecracker
Creative Impressions Red & Green Gingham Ribbon
Zip Dry Glue
Distress Inks- Mowed Lawn, Bundled Sage
colored pencils
Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen

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How've You Bean?

Who can use a hot cup of coffee to warm up today?  Boy is it cold here in Oklahoma!! So today's card is to share friendship and warmth.  The stamps are from I Brake For Stamps and are a full sheet of Coffee, Coffee Beans and Sayings.  If you order anything from the I Brake For Stamps website, be sure to use my coupon code SAVE10JAMIE to save 10% off your order!  

Here is how it was made;

1.  Stamp the roasted coffee beans bag on watercolor paper with Onyx Black VersaFine ink and emboss with clear.  

2.  Color with Zig Clean Color pens and use the Fitted Frames set from Stampendous, to die cut the image and use the larger die to cut a frame from blue paper.  Sponge the edge of the watercolor piece with brown ink and the blue frame with dark blue ink.  Glue together and set aside.

3.  Randomly stamp coffee beans on decorative paper with brown ink, wrap with ribbon and glue onto a blue card.

4.  Stamp sentiment on blue paper with brown ink and pop up on card after the coffee bag piece has been glued down.

Today the Stampendous Design Team is celebrating the birthday of one of our favorite people, Laura Weed, our Design Team Manager.  She is one amazing lady and does so much for us!

We want to wish you a Very Happy Birthday Laura and to let her know how much you are appreciated and loved, even though we can be spunky and crazy at times... maybe all of the time ;) 

We love you!!

Join the Stampendous Design Team celebrating Laura's Birthday!!!!

Kristine

Jamie (that's me!)

Pam 

Wendy

Janelle

Tenia

Dee

Mark

Lea

Supplies
Stampendous
DWLM239 Happy BD Stencil
FRL03 Copper Lux Mix
DWDGKP Glossy Black Embossing Paste

Plus
My Colors Cardstock- Seafoam
watercolor paper
Zig 2 Way Glue pen
Distress Ink- Squeezed Lemonade, Pine Needles

Sending Smiles

Winter's just beginning and I'm ready for Spring, so I'm sharing a Spring inspired card.  I really like this saying, Sending Smiles, from I Brake For Stamps, it's pretty versatile.  I paired it with the Large Fritillaria stamp which is one flower that I stamped multiple times with VersaMark ink and embossed with clear powder.  Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Abandoned Coral Distress Inks were sponged over the flowers, then the embossed area was rubbed with a paper towel to remove the ink.  Some diluted Abandoned Coral was splattered over the card the Sending Smiles was stamped with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink. A gold gem was placed in the center of one of the flowers and gold stickers were placed randomly around the sentiment.  The panel was then glued to an orange card.

Christmas Light Hanging

I sure wish these cute little House-Mouse guys could help me with my decorations! These little guys are so cute and fun to color.  Here is how my card was made;

1.  The stamp is a House-Mouse stamp called Hanging Lights and was colored with colored pencils.
2.  Blue decorative chalk was used to color behind them with a flat brush.
3.  The Holly Background stamp was stamped on a green card with Mowed Lawn Distress ink.
4.  The sentiment was stamped on the card with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink and embossed with clear powder.
5.  Fitted Frames were used to diecut the frame from red and white paper and for a little accent Red Dot Sparklers were used.

Supplies
Stampendous
HMP53 Hanging Lights
Holly Background
Fitted Frames
Clear Embossing Powder
Heat Tool
Mixed Media White Paper

Plus
Zip Dry Glue
Colored Pencils
Decorative Chalk
My Colors Cardstock

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Going Shabby Chic

For today's I Brake For Stamps post, I'm going with a shabby chic style card.  I have a Prima pad of paper and thought it would be perfect for this style of flower stamp, from the Fruit and Flowers Sheet set. Here's how my card was made;

1.  The flower was stamped with Worn Lipstick Distress ink, the edges were sponged with Tea Dye and Worn Lipstick.
2.  The word flowers was randomly stamped with Tea Dye ink, stamping twice before reinking.
3.  The bottom was die cut using a Spellbinders die and pink pearls were placed in the centers.
4.  This was layered onto brown cardstock and tied with pale pink ribbon.
5.  Then it was layered onto pink cardstock and glued onto a dark brown card.

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Berry Decorations

All week the Stampendous Design Team has been sharing Merry Preparations with House-Mouse Designs. These little mice are doing what I need to do today, decorate my Christmas tree, I'm a little behind this year. Here is how my card was made;

Instructions
1.  Stamp Berry Decorations on Mixed Media White Paper with Onyx Black ink and color with colored pencils.
2.  Chalk around the images with blue chalk using a flat brush.
3.  Sprinkle the bottom of the panel with Spoonful of Snow and heat from underneath so it doesn't blow off.
4.  Sponge bottom of the panel with ayer onto Evergreen paper and glue to a Firecracker card that has been tied with green ribbon.
5.  Stamp Joys of Winter on white paper with Onyx Black ink and die cut using a blue ink and layer frame from the Fitted Frames A Set.
6.  Sponge the edges with Mowed Lawn, outline Joy with a green pencil and pop up on card.

Supplies
Stampendous
HMR77 Berry Decorations
L269 Joys of Winter
DCP1005 Fitted Frames A
EJS02 Spoonful of Snow
MEM01 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Tsukineko
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
HT400 Embossing Heat Tool

Plus
My Colors Cardstock- Firecracker, Evergreen
Colored Pencils
Zip Dry Beacon Adhesives
Creative Impressions- Green Crepe ribbon
3D Foam Squares Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Sakura Gelly Roll White Pen
Distress Ink Weathered Wood, Mowed Lawn

These other Stampendous Designers have some cute creations for you today, be sure to take a look!

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Alison Heikkila

Jamie Martin (That's me!)

Janelle Stollfus

Louise Healy

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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.

Supplies
Stampendous
HMP50 Painting Stripes
R277 Peppermint Plenty
Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

Plus
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.

Stop by the  I Brake for Stamps website to see the wide variety of stamp they carry. Be sure to use my coupon code SAVE10JAMIE to get 10% off of your order!

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.

Supplies
Stampendous
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.

Supplies
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

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

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Janelle Stollfus

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.

Supplies
Stampendous
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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