Winter is Merry!

I really could have used these ice skates a couple of weeks ago to get around town! We had some beautiful snow that made not so beautiful ice on the roads but my son was happy, he got 3 snow days!!!  I took a picture of this beautiful fountain and I was surprised they didn't drain it before the freeze...hope it still works in the spring.

Now on to the card.
1.  Ice Skates were stamped with black and colored with pencils.
2.  Cut out with a Spellbinder die and before removing the image from the die, sponge with blue ink and layer onto a dark blue panel.
3.  Randomly stamp a card with Winter Snow in blue ink.
4.  Cut and 1 1/2" strip of Fran's Sticky Panel, lay it across the card and remove the carrier.
5.  Use a snow flake punch on the carrier and place the snow flake back on to the sticky panel to use as a mask.
6.  Using Blue Encrusted Jewels, sprinkle the elements onto the tape and heat with a heat gun.  Remove the snow flake mask and sprinkle with white glitter.
7.  Mount image to card, apply Dot Sparklers to some of the snow flakes and the corners of the Ice Skates.  Stamp Merry from the Holly Bird set at the bottom in black.

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A Summer Day Scrap Page

Hope everyone is enjoying their 4th of July weekend!  I'm still using those cute Kiddos from Stampendous to make my summer creations!  Today I'm sharing a summer scrap page.  One of my daughters friends noticed that this little Kiddo looks like my daughter when she was little and I wanted to use a picture of Melanie as a little girl.  The picture I printed out was too dark and I didn't have time to run out to have it printed so I used a picture of teenage Melanie with her boyfriend Tyler.  Here is how it was made.

 

1.  Cut light blue card stock to 8x8.  Tear a piece of computer paper to use as a mask and ink the paper with Versamark ink.

2.  Cover the inked area with Shabby White Embossing Enamel and Pearlized Mica.  Heat from underneath or everything will blow off.  Set aside.

3.  Stamp Sandcastle Kiddo on a white oval cut out with a Spellbinder die using black Stazon Ink.

4.  Color with Staedtler watercolor pencils.  Mask the top of the oval and do the same technique and in step 2.

5.  Print out the sun and sentiment from the Sandy Kiddos Digital Download on the Stampendous page.  Layer as shown.

6.  Glue on seashells using Beacon 3-in-1 Glue, it is acid free and I used it to glue everything on the page except the Dew Drops which I used Glossy Accents.

 

I got this great scrap page holder on clearance at Michael's and it's a fun way to display your pages rather than just putting them in a book and not looking at them.

 Stay safe this weekend and come back soon to see more creations with Stampendous stamps :)

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Summer Fun

This week our Stampendous theme is Summer!  Making this card has really made me miss the beach back in So Cal that I took for granted and didn't realize one day I would live in middle America, land locked.  But luckily I collected little seashells that worked perfectly for this card!

1.  Stamp Sandcastle Kiddo on white cardstock with black Versafine ink, heat set and color with Staedtler watercolor pencils.
2.  Apply Royal Blue Tinsel Poweder from the Blue Encrusted Jewel Kit to her ponytail holders and the shovel and Crystal Micro glitter to the seagulls.
3.  Cut image out with a circle Spellbinder die and sponge the edges with Denim Adirondack ink and Sepia Verasfine ink.  Layer onto red paper cut from a larger circle.
4.  Cut a 1 1/2" of Fran's Sticky Panel and apply to white cardstock.  Place two small seashells on the tape and then apply Blue Encrusted Jewels to the tape and heat from the bottom.  Cut the strip out.

5.  Emboss a kraft card with a circle embossing folder, sponge with Sepia Versafine ink and mount the pieces.
6.  Print the sentiment and sunglasses from the Sandy Kiddo's Digital Download and sponge the sentiment and layer.  Cut out the sunglasses and color with red watercolor pencils, mount as shown.

 

Go check out the Stampendous Blog for links to other design team members links and see what they have created for this fun summer theme!

Can't Resist To Say Hi

Hi, I hope everyone is having a good week!  Mine is busy, busy, busy but there is always time to share a card made with the new Stampendous stamps!!

Today's card I used a resist technique and is monochromatic using the new Phone Elements and Classified stamps from Stampendous.

1.  It was stamped on blush color paper with Versamark ink and embossed with Pearlustre Garnet embossing powder (Stampendous). 
2. I colored around the numbers with a white colored pencil and then again with a clear wax crayon (from Easter egg dying kits) or you can use a white crayon.  I did the same to highlight parts of the phone. This will create a resist for the next step.
3. Sponge image with Crimson Brilliance and Victorian Velvet Distress Ink.  Rub the the white areas with a paper towel to remove any ink and watch the white pop!.
4. Cute the edges of the paper with deckle scissors and sponge with Crimson Brilliance, layer on to a white panel, then use the Pink Encrusted Jewel Kit around the edges.
5. Stamp a strip of blush paper with Classifieds (Stampendous) in Crimson  and sponge. 
6. Tear a piece of Fran's Sticky Panels, apply to the right edge of the Classifieds strip and sprinkle with product from Pink Encrusted Jewel Kit and heat from underneath.
7. Mount pieces to a pearl plum panel and attach to a blush card.
8. Sponge letter tiles with Victorian Velvet and Crimson inks and glue on with Beacon 3 in 1 glue.

I'm Designing for Stampendous!...Again!

I'm so excited to say I'm on the Design Team for Stampendous!... again!  I worked for them from 2001-2006 and am really happy to be on the Design Team again.  You might have noticed  the Stampendous! badge on the right that I put up last week along with a list of the design team members, well I've just been getting things ready and here is a sneak peek from the April 2013 catalog which will be in stores near you soon!
 

1. Spritz walnut in on kraft colored paper and let dry and stamped King Teapot with Stazon black ink.
2. Color with colored pencils.
3. Apply Two Way Glue to the dots and alternating lines on the top of the pot, let dry and sprinkle with Lavender Microglitter.
4.  The corners are done using the "Encrusted Jewel Technique" (click on link to see video) which is done by applying Versamark to the corners and then adding layers of Encrusted Jewels from the purple kit and heat from underneath with your heat gun.
5. I then trimmed off a strip from the bottom and glued both pieces to a black panel and mounted on to a lavender card that was spritzed with walnut ink.
6. The top portion of "Kettle On" was stamped with black Stazon on kraft colored paper that had been spritzed with walnut ink and let dry.
7. The "Encrusted Jewel Technique" was used in the corner and on the edge.  Then the piece was layered on back and mounted to the card using foam tape.
8. A random charm was glued to the top corner of the card.

Thank you for stopping by! :)