Stencils Galore!

Welcome to stencil week! Ever wonder what to do with those beautiful stencils that are available? Well all week I'll be sharing cards made with metal stencils from Stampendous, using a variety of techniques and hopefully you'll be inspired to try them.  Today's card uses sponging through the stencil, here is how it was made.

1.  Place Giraffe stencil on tan paper and sponge with brown ink.
2.  Use colored pencils to shadow and color in eyes and hooves and to add some shadows on the spots.  Cut out and set aside.
3.  Place Southwest stencil on a white panel, sponge with green ink leaving some areas darker than others. Layer onto dark green paper.
4.  Glue jute ribbon at the bottom of the panel and glue green ribbon in the center of that.
5.  Glue Giraffe to the right side of card and stamp Thank You.
add sequins to the panel and glue to a green card.

Supplies
Stampendous
FMS4062 Giraffe Metal Stencil
DWLJ807 Southwest Background Stencil
SSC1141 Friendly Phrases Perfectly Clear Set

Plus
VersaFine Vintage Sepia Ink
Prisma Colored Pencils
Zip Dry Glue
My Colors Cardstock-
Distress Ink- Mowed Lawn
Jute Ribbon
May Arts Ribbon
Sequins
Glossy Accents
Foam Squares

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April Shower Flower

It's been fun sharing springtime House Mouse cards all week long, along with the other Stampendous Design Team members.  Hope you have stopped by the Stampendous Blog to see what the other Designers have been sharing, they're a talented bunch of ladies!

1.  Stamp Crocus Droplet on white cardstock with black ink.
2.  Color with watercolor pencils and shadow with colored pencils. Glue to a green panel.
3.  Lay the Rain Stencil on a white panel and spray with Peacock Feathers spray and glue to a blue card.
4.  Stamp sentiment on white cardstock with black ink and use circle dies to diecut the sentiment and a larger blue circle.  Pop up on card on top of a blue strip of paper.
5.  Add Dot Sparklers around the sentiment.

Supplies
Stampendous
HMP64 Crocus Droplet
SSC1239 Spring Sentiments
DWLJ905 Rain Stencil
AC672HSB Blue Dot Sparklers
STF082 Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

Plus
My Colors Cardstock
3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Watercolor Pencils
Prisma Colored Pencils
Peacock Feathers Distress Spray
Circle Dies

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Ducky Nap

I have another springtime House Mouse card this week.  This little House Mouse looks comfy napping on his ducky friend, on a nice warm lazy day. Several other Stampendous Designers are sharing their creations today so be sure to go over the Stampendous Blog for their links.

Here is how my card was made;
1.  Stamp Ducky Nap on a white panel with black ink and color duck with watercolor pencils and everything else with colored pencils.  Once the duck is dry, shade with colored pencils.
2.  Layer onto blue paper and set aside.
3.  Cut strips of yellow paper, glue to a green card and mount Ducky Nap.
4.  Stamp sentiment on a white circle, layer it onto a larger blue circle and pop up on card as shown.

Supplies
Stampendous
HMP58 Ducky Nap
SSCM5003 Friend Wishes
MWP811 Mixed Media White Paper
STF082 Black Onyx VersaFine ink

Plus
My Colors Cardstock- Grasshopper, Ocean Side, Gold Zinnia
Zip Dry Glue from Beacon Adhesives
3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink
Prisma pencils
watercolor pencils

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Grasshopper Friend

This week the Stampendous Design Team is sharing super cute House Mouse projects with a Spring theme.  This stamp makes me smile every time is see it, with that little grasshopper jumping off the mouse's head.

Here is how my card was made-

1.  Stamp Grasshopper Leap on white paper with black ink and color with colored pencils and watercolor pencils.
2.  Cut image out with Fitted Frames and frame it with green paper.
3.  Glue to a yellow card and trim off the to make it straight.
4.  Tie the top with ribbon and stamp the sentiment at the bottom of the card black ink.

Supplies
Stampendous
HMW06 Grasshopper Leap
SSC1239 Spring Sentiments Perfectly Clear Set
DCP1006 Fitted Frames B
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
STF082 Onyx Black VersaFine Ink

Plus
My Colors Cardstock- Grasshopper, Tuscan Sun
Zip Dry Glue Beacon Adhesives
Watercolor Pencils
Prisma Colored Pencils
May Arts Ribbon

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Lovely Fruit

Hi stamping friends, today sharing a sparkly, fruity, love card made with stamps from I Brake For Stamps. To make my card, I colored the strawberry from the I Brake For Stamps Fruit and Flowers Sheet set, with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and stamped it on a white die cut panel. It was then colored with Prisma pencils.  The panel was sponged with Tea Dye ink and layered onto brown and blue papers. This was then glued to a tan card that was randomly stamped with Love and a small strawberry, from the same set using Tea Dye Ink. Tea Dye Ink was sponged around the card and blue glitter washi tape was added to the side. To add a bit more interest, gold Dot Sparkler stickers were added to the stamped panel.

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Thank You Lord

I have a Spring inspired card today and the rest of the Stampendous Design Team will too, all week long.  Now in Oklahoma the grass is brown and the trees don't have leaves.  I'm so looking forward to green grass, leaves and flowers!

Here's how my card was made-
1.  Stamp Cyclamen with black in on white paper, color with watercolor pencils and shadow with colored pencils.
2.  Die cut the bottom of the image with Fitted Frames.

1.  Color around the Cyclamen with Pitt Pastel Pencils and chalks.
2.  Layer the bottom of the image with the green paper using the same die as above and layer the top with a strip of green paper.
3.  Glue ribbon to Graphic 45 paper, glue on Cyclamen and mount to a green card.
4.  Stamp sentiment from the Bible Promises set with black ink and color words with pencils.  Layer onto black paper and pop up with foam squares.

Supplies
Stampendous
P294 Cyclamen
SSC1251 Bible Promises
DCP1006 Fitted Frames B
Memento Tuxedo Black

Plus
My Colors Cardstock-Grasshopper
Creative Impressions ribbon 1/4" mini check yellow & white gingham
Graphic 45-Time To Flourish Collection, May Flourish
Zip Dry glue Beacon Adhesives
Pitt Pastel Pencils, Faber Castell
3D Foam Squares from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
chalk
watercolor pencils
Prisma pencils

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Christmas Love

Hi and welcome to my first post as a Design Team Member for the new
Season's Greetings Challenge Blog!

It's Christmas all year long, so whether you're a procrastinator or not you'll want to join in on these challenges.  At the end of the year you'll already have a bunch of your Christmas cards done!

I'm on team Kangaroo and we post the 2nd Tuesday of the month and team Koala posts a new challange the 4th Tuesday of the month if you're in Australia.  Since I'm in the USA and Season's Greetings posts from Australia, my posts will go live at 3 pm the day before which will be the 2nd Monday of each month at 3:00 pm.

Here's how I made my card;
1.  Diecut and oval from a white panel a little smaller than a card.
2.  Stamp the panel with Peppermints Plenty from with VersaMark ink.  Emboss with white embossing powder and sponge with Fire Brick Distress Ink. After sponging, wipe off the embossing powder to remove ink from the embossed area.
3.  Center your panel on a white card and with a pencil put a couple of marks around the opening so when you remove the panel, you will know where to stamp your image.
4.  Stamp Candy Can Kiss from Stampendous, on your card in the enter of the pencil marks with Onyx Black VersFine ink.
5.  Color image with Prisma colored pencils and use decorative chalks to shade around the image with blue.
6.  For the snow, I sprinkled Spoonful of Snow embossing powder at the bottom of the image and wiped off the snow from the image with a brush.  The embossing powder was then heated from underneath the paper so it wouldn't blow off.
7. Foam tape was placed on the back side of the Peppermints Plenty panel and attached to the stamped card.
8.  Merry Christmas as stamped on a small tag, tied with cord and popped up on the card.

Supplies
Stampendous- Peppermint Plenty, Candy Cane Kiss, Spoonful of Snow, White Embossing Powder ( click HERE to go to the Stampendous Store Locator to find a store near you)
Inks-VersaMark Ink, Onyx Black VersaFine Ink, Fire Brick Distress Ink
Pencils- Prisma colored pencils
Die- Spellbinders
Decorative Chalk

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Ombre Birthday Card

Happy Sunday, today I'm sharing an ombre birthday card using the resist technique.  I made this using the Large Fritillaria and Dot Letter Happy Birthday stamps from I Brake For Stamps. The ombre look is really popular right now and I can see why, it's a beautiful! 

To make this card-

1.  I repeatedly stamped Large Fritillaria on a white panel with VersaMark ink and embossed it with clear.  

2.  Then I started off by sponging Tumbled Glass ink, from the top working my way down.  When I sponge, I used the round foam sponges and cut them into quarters.  I have the sponging tools but if find that I'm always reaching for the sponges.

3.  Next Salty Ocean was sponged to about the middle of the panel.  

4.  Lastly Faded Jeans was sponged at the top. When done I rubbed the embossed areas with a paper towel to remove any remaining ink.

5.  Dot Letter Happy Birthday was stamped on a black strip of paper with VersaMark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  This was then glued onto the ombre panel with Zip Dry Glue.

6.  Dot stickers were added to the panel and it was then glued to a larger black panel to make the colors pop and mounted onto  a white card.

Head on over to the I Brake For Stamps website and take a look at all of the stamps that they have.  If you order, be sure to use the coupon code SAVE10JAMIE to save 10% off your order!

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Daisy Field

I just came a cross this card that I made a little while ago using Stampendous stamps and haven't shared.  Since Spring is right around the corner now is a good time. Here is how it was made;

1.  Stamp Daisy Field on white paper with black ink.
2.  Rub Twisted Citron and Shaded Lilac ink on your craft mat, spritz with water and lay your stamped panel face down on ink.  Rub and move around then let dry.
3.  Paint image with Twinkling H2O's and layer onto a Plum panel.
4.  Wrap the bottom of the card with ribbons and glue panel to a Grasshopper colored card.
5.  Cut a white and black frame using the Fitted Frames A Set.  Stamp sentiment from the Life Words Perfectly Clear Stamp set in Wilted Violet ink.  Layer frames and pop up on ribbon using foam squares.

Supplies
Stampendous
R256 Daisy Field
DCP1005 Fitted Frames A
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper
MEM01 Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Tsukineko

Plus
My Colors Paper- Plum, Grasshopper
May Arts Ribbon
Zip Dry Glue Beacon Adhesives
Twinkling H2O's- Kiwi, Sunburst, Snapdragon, Blue Ice
Score Tape 1/8"
Distress Ink- Twisted Citron, Shaded Lilac

Buzzin' By

I'm just lovin' this new Honeycomb Wishes Set from Stampendous and this week you can see a bunch of bee creations from the Design Team. I'm always surprised at how different all of our creations look using the same stamps.  But there aren't only stamps, you'll also see bee and honeycomb stencils.  Here is how my card was made;

1.  Stamp honeycomb with VersaMark Ink on the top of a white panel and emboss with clear embossing powder.
2.  Rub Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey Distress Inks over the honeycomb and rub the embossed area with a paper towel to rub off the ink.
3.  Stamp sentiment at the bottom with black ink and emboss with clear.
4.  Glue this to a black panel and glue to a yellow card.
5.  Stamp bee on watercolor paper with black ink, emboss with clear embossing powder and color with Zig Pens.
6.  Add a couple of Black Dot Sparklers around the sentiment.

Supplies
Stampendous
SSC1257 Honeycomb Wishes
EP020 Clear Embossing Powder
AC672HSK Black Dot Sparklers
STF082 Onyx Black VersaFine Ink
VM001 VersaMark Watermark Ink
EPA50 Heat Tool
MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper

Plus
My Colors Cardstock- Banana Pepper
Black Paper
Zip Dry Glue Beacon Adhesives
3D Foam Squares Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens
Distress Ink- Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey

Take a look and see what the other Stampendous Designers have for you today.

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

Jamie Martin (that's me!)

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Some Things Are Better Rich

Happy Sunday, that means it's time to post a card made with stamps from I Brake For Stamps.  Today I'm sharing a fun and funny card to give to a friend, just because. Sometimes you want to send a card for no specific reason other than to put a smile on their face.

To make this card;
1.  Stamp the sentiment (all stamps from MS79 Full Plate of Coffee and Sayings Set) on white cardstock with Onyx Black VersaFine Ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder.
2.  Now it's time to layer.  Layer the stamped panel onto a white panel that is slightly smaller than a card, then layer that panel onto a white card.
3.  Holding the panels firmly in place, randomly stamp the coffee beans with Sepia VersaFine Ink, on all 3 panels being sure to have the coffee beans stamped off the edge of all panels.
4.  Heat set to dry ink then sponge the edges of all panels and card with Tea Dye Distress Ink.
5.  Layer the two panels on black paper and glue to card with Zip Dry Glue.

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Obsessive Cat Disorder

Stampendous is now carrying Laurel Burch line of stamps and the Stampendous Design Team has a bunch to show you this week.  The Laurel Burch style is vibrant, primary colors which is beautiful and I love looking at her fun and creative creations.  Primary colors aren't my specialty and this is about as primary as I can get.

1.  The cat and butterfly from the Cling Indigo Cats Set, are colored with Staedtler Watercolor Pencils and matching die from the Indigo Cats Die Set were used to cut them out.
2.  To make the background, Leather Flowers was stamped on watercolor paper with VersaMark Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder.  Different colors of Gelato's were scribbled on the flowers.  A baby wipe was used to spread the color and a dry paper towel was wiped across the top to remove any remaining Gelato's from the embossing powder.This was glued to a larger black and white panels then glued to a blue card. Set aside.
3.  The sentiment from Cat Sayings Perfectly Clear Set was stamped on acetate with black StazOn Ink then cut out.
4.  The diecut pieces were glued to the card with Zip Dry Glue and the sentiment was attached to the card with Blue Dot Sparklers.  Additional Dot Sparklers were placed down the left side of the card.

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