Summer Memories

At Dreamweaver Stencils, we love to make our monthly challenges something for everyone, and not so strict that no one wants to play along. This month our challenge is, "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue", with the obvious thought being a wedding theme...but not necessarily. Add an old embellishment or picture. Use a new stencil design or technique. Borrow, or CASE (copy and say everything) another designers project, and obviously, blue...is blue. Remember, linking your creations with the Inklinkz tool at the end of the team posts, provides you with the opportunity to win the stencil of your choice!

This week my project uses something old and blue.  The picture of my daughter is old, she is now 21...how time flies!  Blue paper, ink, brads and ribbon were also used.  Here is how my page was made.

1.  LL329 Beach Chair was stenciled using Radiant Neon Inks in Electric Pink and Green on the umbrella and VersaFine Vintage Sepia.
2.  The stencil was cleaned off and placed back over the image, then Dreamweaver Stencils Translucent Embossing Paste was spread over the stencil which was then removed.
3.  Pink Micro Glitter from Stampendous was spread over the umbrella only and the image was left to dry.
4.  Once dry place stencil over image, sponge the chair only with a glue that stays tacky when dry, I used Duo Glue from US ArtQuest.  Once dry (just a couple minuntes) Metallic FX powder was spread on using a brush.

5.  The LL332 Picasso was used to make the clouds with Radiant Neon Electric Blue ink.
6.  On the photo Electric Pink was stippled through LG698 Corner Flourishes then embossed with Shabby Pink Embossing Powder from Stampendous.  The stencil was then replaced and a bit of Electric Pink was stippled on top.

7.  To make the sign, LJ901 Mosaic Swirls was placed on blue paper and stippled with Electric Blue ink.  The LM294 Summer was placed over the stenciled piece and Translucent Embossing Paste was spread over the top, the stencil remove and Pink Micro Glitter was spread over the top of the paste.

8.  May Arts Ribbon was glued to the bottom of the page and used to hang the sign.

Here's what our "A" team has been working on this week:

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Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

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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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Birthday Scrap Page

Stampendous and Project Life

were used to showcase the memories of my Mom's 80th Birthday!

This month we celebrated my Mom's 80th Birthday!  She wanted a steak so we took her to Texas Roadhouse for a yummy dinner and to document our fun Stampendous stamps and the Project Life pages by Becky Higgins is the perfect way to display it. It was quick and easy all I needed to do was cut four 6x6 white pieces of card stock and stamp the tops then slide them into the pockets with the picture and I was done.

Here are the step by step instructions for stamping the panels.
1. Stamp Birthday Block (by Stampendous in stores soon) on two panels with black Versafine ink, heat set and color the balloons and a couple of words with watercolor pencils.

2.  Stamp Happy Birthday from the Soaring Sentiments set (by Stampendous in stores soon) and the numbers from the Fifteen Candles set with black Versafine.  Using a 2 Way Glue marker, apply ink randomly to top of panel and sprinkle with Scarlet, Amethyst and Leaf Green Fragments (Stampendous).
3.  For the last panel stamp the letters using the Vintage Uppercase and Vintage Lowerecase (by Stampendous in stores soon) with black Versafine.  Cut a thin strip of  Fran's Sticky Panels (by Stampendous in stores soon), apply above letters and sprinkle with Oceanic Crushed Glass Glitter (Stampendous).  Cut a slightly wider strip of Fran's Sticky Panels to apply below the letters and sprinkle with Fresh Green Crushed Glass Glitter (Stampendous).

Have a  great weekend and scrap your memories.

Ready to HOP??   

 Until Sunday night you can comment on the blogs of our particpating Design Team Members. Each comment counts as one entry to win our Project Life/Stampendous prize package! Prize includes 12 assorted Project Life Page Protectors, and BRAND NEW (so new you can't buy it on our website until Monday) Stampendous Vintage Alphabet Upper Case and Lower Case Perfectly Clear Stamp Sets. This prize is a $50 retail value! And we'll give 3 of them!! Uh Huh!! So get hopping and commenting!

Now leave a comment below then HOP on over to these other blogs and leave a comment there as well. We'll be back Monday with the names of the winners!

                                                                   Janelle Stollfus

Kristine Fossmeyer

Leadonna Kimmel

Kristine Reynolds

Cyndi Bundy

Tobi Crawford

Jamie Martin

Finally - Remember that our April Challenge is still going strong!! Use Micro Glitter on one of your creations and link it to the F.E. Linus link  button in our right side bar! You'll be entered to win some of our newest Micro Glitter colors! You can read all the details by clicking on the Challenge link at the very, tippy top of the page or HERE!

We'd also love to see what you can do with Project Life (or similar page protectors) and Stampendous Stamps and Essentials! Send your links to submissions@stampendous.com and we'll do a follow up post linking to everyone who participated!

Spring Planting Scrap Page

This has been a fun collaboration week with

Project Life by Becky Higgins and Stampendous.

It was fun and easy to create a scrap page with both companies! 



 I have to say I loved creating a scrap page using this style of page!  I am one of those people intimidated by a full 12x12 page and needing to fill the space.  This is a quick and easy way of just sliding in your photo with little or no cropping and adding a couple of stamped pieces to decorate or you can use them for journaling.

1. On the top blue piece the corner design from the Cling Jumbo Peruvian Lily (Stampendous) was stamped with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink on paper brayered with the same ink.
2. Spring Planting was stamped with the same in using the Calligraphy Alphabet (Stampendous).
3. After the panel was glued with 3-in-1 Glue by Beacon, a great acid free fast drying glue, Versamark ink was rubbed on the bottom of the white panel and down the page then sprinkled with Jewel Pink Encrusted Jewels set (Stampendous) and heated from the bottom until it melts.
4. 2013 from the Fifteen Candles set (Stampendous) was stamped in Citrus (Ranger) on white paper brayered with Citrus ink. Then Cling Leaf Sprig was stamped in the two corners with the same ink. 

This panel was easy to do and has a pretty affect.

1. Brayer white paper with Citrus and let dry completely.
2. Stamp Agapanthus Cluster with Versamark and emboss with white powder.  Then sponge the Agapanthus Cluster and right around it with Citrus ink.  Rub the embossed area with a paper towel to remove ink.
3. Dot the page with a 2 Way Glue marker and sprinkle with Fran-tage Color Fragments (Stampendous) from set FRCK01.

Here are a few of the items used to stamp the panels.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for another scrap page using Stampendous stamps and Project Life by Becky Higgins

Track Star

I just ran across this scrap page I made of my dad, he was on the track team in Modesto in 1934 (he was 51 when I was born, so I'm not as old as you may think :). Wow, look at those muscular legs! This is one of the few projects I have done with no stamping. This page is 8x8, I like doing this size a lot better than 12x12, they are so cute.

Recipe

Paper-black gold and decorative-I've had these for a long time, not sure where they came from.

Stickers-Stampendous

Family-page two

Here is the second page for my two page layout. Yes our dogs are family too. The black and white ones name is Mini and the brown one is Maxie, when we named them my husband said "you know, Mini will probably be bigger than Maxie" well needless to say, he was right!