Stampendous: Mad 4 U With Dreamweaver, Too!

Feeling MADLY in love...or just MAD? Either way, the Stampendous team has some great inspirations for you this week. I chose to go a bit edgy and goth on this one. Sometimes you just have to change things up a bit...even for Valentine's Day!

I used a large panel of Core'dinations red cardstock for the background, which I ran through my Big Shot with the Dreamweaver Crusade Background, and sanded to show off the design.

The Stampendous Cling Gothic Heart was stamped in black and embossed in Aged Black Embossing Enamel on a square of mirror cardstock. A bit of blood red Micro Glitter was added in splotches by means of a glue marker.

The background panel was stamped in Onyx Versafine and embossed in Aged Black twice with the Cling Kiss image. A rhinestone was adhered to one, and a jumpring inserted on the other.

Using the Dreamweaver Dual Alphabet Dies, I added my unique sentiment to complete my bit of madness.

Need more inspiration? Follow these links:

Stampendous Blog

Pam Hornschu

Lea Kimmel

Kristine Reynolds

Amy Hurley-Purdie (Thursday Post)

A Manly Ruffled Heart?

 I have been soooo busy preparing for my trip to the UK beginning next week, that I almost forgot to make the hubby his Valentine card! So, in the Pampered Stamper's usual fashion...I'm going to kill two birds with one stone (what a ghastly expression!).

Fortunately for me, this month's challenge on the Dream It Up! blog is "Love and Friendship", and since most cards are for those reasons, there should be no excuses for YOU not to play along this month. Hint, hint...there are prizes involved!

I chose to play with the newly-released Ruffled Heart, and for that manly touch, I added an ink-distressed and machine-embossed Houndstooth background.

For the center of the heart, I pieced in a section of Woodware UK's new background design by Jane Gill...Men We Love. Stamped with Jasmine Mixed Media ink from Clearsnap on black cardstock, it has that oh-so-trendy chalkboard look for added punch.

Now go hop around to the Dream Team blogs today, and be prepared to feel the "love and friendship". Then go off to your crafty space and create something full of love and hearts and mush for all of your sweet someones...and then link your creations to the linky tool on the Dream It Up! blog. Or, email your pics to lynell@dreamweaverstencils.com for a chance to win a fab stencil prize of your own. Here's the team list:

 

Dream it UP  

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy  

Terrece Siddoway 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Liz Martin

 Cyndi Bundy 

Cherylynn Moser

Kristi Van Doren

Pam Hornschu (me)

Wendy Jordan

 

Big announcement! If you haven't noticed the post at the top of the page, then go and check it out. The Dream Team is looking to add to our team. Read through the info linked there, or email me at phornschu@yahoo.com for complete info. You have until February 28, 2013 to submit your samples and details for consideration. 

Feeling the Amore for Woodware UK

Now this was a fun and easy sketch to work with for the Woodware UK team challenge this week. I think this card maybe took me twenty minutes to throw together (which was a good thing as once again I'd forgotten to get my post up! Geeesh!). I know there are plenty of you out there who could throw together a card in five minutes, and now that this card is designed, so could I, but really... twenty minutes is amazing for me! Lol.

Woodware UK carries these great coordinating papers from GCD Studios, so I chose this one (Cloisonne) which uses the same pattern on both sides, one with a white background and pink design, and the other reversed. For my focal point, I stamped the Stampendous Scroll Heart* with Versamark ink on a Bazzill Dotted Swiss square, and embossed in white. Because of the raised dots, the embossing showed off that texture. I added a pretty sentiment from their Perfectly Clear Amore Frame set, a few Mark Richards Crystal Elements rhinestones, and matted the panel in white cardstock. This was when I realized that on the original sketch, the focal panel was more of a rectangle than a square, so I added a couple "banner" pieces from the reverse side of the paper to fill that space. Cheating a bit, but I was happy with the end result. Hopefully, Dorothy (our team slave-driver) will be happy as well!

Be sure to catch all the versions of this fun sketch from the rest of the team via the Woodware team blog. Remember, you can purchase most of these products from your local stamp stores as listed on the Woodware UK site. For those of you in the USA, you should know that the Scroll Heart is no longer available on the Stampendous site. You should be able to find it still in your local store, or online.

A bit of Love for Woodware!

Oh, wow! Big goof this week! After two months off from the Woodware Design Team, I felt confident that my life was partially settled in the new home, and I could continue on playing with the Woodware product line and sharing with all of you. This post was supposed to go up yesterday (actually on Tuesday to be in line with the UK time). So...I'm scrambling today!

This week's challenge is Hearts and Love, and this is one of my all time faves that fits the part. It appears to be complicated, but really, it's quite simple.

You use a basic card base (5 1/2") square, tent fold, add a metallic silver panel. Then you'll run another metallic silver panel, a white panel, and a lavender panel through your embossing machine (Big Shot, Cuttlebug, etc) with the Dreamweaver Damask stencil, and layer all of these onto the card. Tie a beautiful bow around all.

Now here is the fun part. It will make no sense at all, and when I did it, it was strictly by accident, but using a black StazOn ink pad, daub it over the top of the Heart, Lock, and Key stencil. Place the stencil face up on the base plate of your embossing machine. Spritz with isopropyl alcohol (or alcohol ink thinner). Place your cardstock on top, along with the rubber embossing mat, and two clear plates, and run it all through. Something about thinning out that ink on the stencil with the spritz, makes it appear lavender and splotchy and a bit like watercolor. Plus, the embossed heart and key really stand out! Now all that is left to do is to tear around the edges of that panel, apply some pearl stickers, and adhere it to your card. If there is still ink left on the stencil, spritz again, and run another panel through for another card. (When you are finished, clean the stencil immediately with the same product that you spritzed with.)

The sentiment on the inside was simply a small scrap of the metallic cardstock with the Celebrate machine-embossed. Note: Remember when embossing a word, that the stencil needs to be placed upside down on the base plate in order read correctly.

So, did I do a pretty good job of making up for my lack of planning this week? Please say yes! If you haven't yet,  be sure to visit the Woodware blog each day this week for more Hearts and Love!

Stacked Hearts Wedding card

As we head into the traditional wedding "season", I thought that I would post a wedding card. Could also be used for anniversary, and with a little imagination, could be designed around a whole wedding package: Save the Date, invite, thank yous, etc. Very simple, very elegant. Read back through directions for embossing on acetate from the "StMC2-Bee Friend" card below, and stamp and emboss the "Stacked Hearts" on an acetate panel. Stamp and emboss sentiment at bottom of brushed silver panel. Place acetate panel on top, punch through both layers and loop ribbon and tulle through. Add a silver charm if desired. Adhere all to metallic silver and lavender card. A beautiful card that will become a cherished memento. Happy stamping!
Pam

"Stacked Hearts" from Stampendous (N228)
Perfectly Clear "Merry Messages" from Stampendous (SSC114)
White embossing powder from Stampendous (EP100)
Thermo Acetate from Stampendous (PC75)
Bazzill cardstock (color name unknown)
white, brushed silver, metallic silver cardstock
"love" charm from Michael's wedding section
ribbon
tulle

Plaid Love Card

Okay, so love must be in the air or something. So, here is another great card perfect for weddings, anniversaries, or just plain mush. I love plaid. Plaid clothes, plaid decor, plaid ribbon (must be the Scot in me), so obviously I had to use this cute plaid and coordinating floral print from Paper Adventures. But what really makes this card is the darling Love Stitch set of Perfectly Clear stamps from Stampendous and the touchy-feely velvet Class A' Peel stickers.
Make one for someone you love!

Pam


Love Stitch Perfectly Clear stamps from Stampendous (SSC1059)
Scrollwork Class A' Peel stickers from Stampendous in Velvet Blush Pink (AC726VP)
Chocolate Brown Embossing Powder from Stampendous (EP117)
Bazzill cardstock in Blossom
brown pigment ink