Stampendous and Core'dinations: It's Sandy Time Again!

 

Yes, the Stampendous team are breaking out their sanding blocks once again as they get to the Core of their creativity with wonderful Core'dinations' cardstock. Three days of awesomeness, and yes, there will be prizes. 

 

Check the Stampendous blog for all the details. Meanwhile, here's my creation for day one:

Giving someone a gift card or money can be a bit impersonal, so it livens things up a bit to present it in a fun card, handmade and designed to hold the gift. I used the Core'dinations Glitter Silk cardstock in black, white, and dark red. The pocket folds over on the front and the inside. On the front you can tuck a cute machine-embossed (Dreamweaver Holiday Borders Folder) and die cut (Dreamweaver Nested Frames) tag, stamped with one of the fun Perfectly Clear Holiday Words and embossed in black, with the addition of a woven May Arts ribbon. On the inside is another white panel, machine embossed with the same designed. Both panels were sanded to show off the embossed pattern. The focal point of my card, of course, is the darling Stampendous Cling Pen Pattern Penguin. He (or she?) has been stamped and embossed in black on the white Glitter Silk cardstock, as well as on the dark red. The dark red portions have been paper-pieced. The penguin was cut out and adhered on the top of the front pocket using Beacon Zip Dry. The sentiment on the inside is from the Stampendous Perfectly Clear Christmas Wishes, also embossed in black.

Be sure to leave me a comment before moving on the team members that are playing today:

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Leadonna Kimmel

Pam Hornschu (you're here)

Janelle Stollfus 

Core'dinations blog

We'd love for you to play with our challenge for December. You can find all of the info HERE.

Woodware: Sketch 40 and Pretty in Pink

If you are here for the Dreamweaver post, please scroll down, but enjoy this along the way!

The Woodware team are playing with Sketch 40 this week, and you can check out the other creations by heading over to the Woodware blog. Apparently, I was in a pink mood for this challenge, and most likely this card will go to someone with more feminine inclinations for obvious reasons. Lol. I used the Clear Magic Nordic Dove and Branch set, embossing the elements in Stampendous Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel. Sparkly tulle, sheer pink ribbon, and pink crystals are enough to make your teeth hurt from over-sweetness, but that's the direction my creative brain wanted to go this week. Who knows what it will want to do next week? Check back and see!

Dreamweaver: Quick and Cute for the Holidays!

In a flurry of a hurry? This month the Dream Team are all about the Quick and Cute...whether that be cards, gifts, wrapping, or tags...we have sleigh-loads of ideas! Play along by posting your creations using the Inlinkz tool on the Dream It Up! blog, for a chance to win the stencil of your choice, and a possible bonus stencil for using Dreamweaver products in your Quick and Cute project! Here's what fun I've been up to this week:

Yes, there are several layers to this card, but since most are die cuts, it is quite simple to cut a bunch, and arrange an assembly line to create in multiples! The base card is Bazzill Basics Dotted Swiss cardstock. On top of this layer is a white-matted square of patterned paper. Next a white and blue set of die cut Dreamweaver Nested Frames, with the blue one having a die cut Ornament removed from the center, to be substituted by a die cut ornament using the patterned paper. The sentiment is simply die cut glitter paper using the Dreamweaver Dual Alphabet, edged a bit with a blue marker. The finishing touches are a rhinestone and a yummy May Arts ribbon knot. Get the kids involved with this one! They're great "cheap labor" for assembly line holiday cards, just pay them in sugar cookies and gingerbread people! Don't forget to take pictures to capture the great holiday memories.

I'd love to receive a comment from you before you head on to the rest of the "A" team:

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

An InLinkz Link-up

Stampendous: Warm Wishes for the Season

What is your favorite season, and what is your favorite holiday from that season? For me, it's a bit of a toss up between Fall and Winter, but I know that I love the Christmas season...the decorations, the music, the food, and every year I hope for a bit of a White Christmas. Living in Southern California, this rarely happens, but I dream about it every year. And in my dreams, the view is much like the one in this framed Stampendous image.

The Christmas Cottage has been stamped with black Memento ink, and colored with Copic markers. Edges have been torn or rolled. A bit of VersaMark ink has been smeared to adhere some Fran•tagé Essentials before heating and melding with a heat tool.

I found this great frame at my local TJ Maxx, which already had this faint pattern printed on it. I did add some Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel, and a stamped and embossed sentiment create with the Perfectly Clear Alphabet.

I used bits of ric rac and woven ribbon from May Arts, printed buttons, twine, and a backing of paint-swiped patterned paper to complete my warm and cozy cottage in the country vision.

What are your visions for this season? Stamp and share them with the Stampendous team! If you haven't yet, be sure to visit the Stampendous Impressions blog for more seasonal fun!

Woodware: Feeling Distressed? Then this is the week for you!

The Crafty Card Makers have challenged us once again...all of this week the Woodware team have been demonstrating how distressing can be a good thing! My post today features this cute decorative kitchen trivet. The base is a page from a chipboard book which I've ink-distressed with brown and black ink around the edges. A off-white square of cardstock has the Dreamweaver Plaid/Stripes stencil pattern ink-stenciled in red and a fine black line, with the corners rounded.The focal point is a panel of Copper metal, machine-embossed with the Dreamweaver Rooster, and ink-distressed with Black StazOn ink smooshed (technical term) with a sponge dauber into the crevices and around the edges. A soft towel and a bit of cleaner removed the excess. This was adhered along with some ivory lace, and a stamped twill ribbon (Dreamweaver's Fine Feathered Friends), and also distressed with ink. Holes were punched at the top, and hemp cord tied along with a ribbon bow and button to be hung in a rustic-themed kitchen.

If you haven't been checking out the rest of the team's posts this week, I highly recommend that you do so now! Check out the Woodware blog each day, and please leave comments for us!

Dreamweaver: Happy Thanksgiving!

As we officially head into the holiday season, the Dream Team are challenging all of our followers to be especially "Thankful and Thoughtful" during the month of November. We hope that you will link your creations with this theme in mind on the Dream It Up! blog using the Inlinkz tool. Our "thanks" to you is providing you with the opportunity to win the stencil of your choice, and a bonus stencil of our choosing could be yours for using Dreamweaver product(s) in your artwork. I'm posting this for you today:

I'm giving thanks this week that I happened to have this card from a couple years ago that I could use for this post. Lol. Life always gets sooo busy this time of the year. It features the Dreamweaver Cornucopia paste-embossed in Glossy Black on a circle of kraft cardstock. When dry, I ran the piece through my laminator with a sheet of orange-red foil which adhered nicely using this technique. Then I placed the stencil over the top and pasted the sentiment. When dry, I stamped the edges with a crackle design, and ink-distressed around the edges. Over the top of a panel of plaid cardstock, the warm, fall look was complete.

By the way, the Dream Team are very THANKFUL when our followers are THOUGHTFUL enough to leave us a nice comment on our posts! Here's the "A" team lineup for this week, as well as our very special guest designer, Linda Neff!

Dream It Up!
Linda Neff (GD)

Lyn Bernatovich

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Gill Wilson

Kristi Parker Van Doren

An InLinkz Link-up

Stampendous and Tombow: A Colorful Holiday

The Stampendous gals have really been hopping lately! Yesterday we hopped along with Spellbinders to create some wonderful holiday creations, and today through the 23rd (please ignore dates on banners) we are doing the same with Tombow markers. "Why so much hopping?", you might ask. Because Stampendous products are awesome with everything! Just see what I've created for today:

Those House Mouse Designs® critters are so darn cute, but with some simple coloring of the Rockin' Ride scene with Tombow's beautiful array of colors in wonderful Dual Tip Marker sets, along with their blender pen, you can only increase the fabulosity! And...just 'cuz I can't leave it without some sprinkles...I've added some Stampendous Shabby White Embossing Enamel. You just sprinkle it, and heat from underneath. The larger chunks make the perfect snowfall (even if technically you're not outside, and getting nowhere fast. You have to admit, though, that mouse is really rockin' that reindeer!). I had one spare vellum snowflake left from a previous project that I had die-cut with the new Stampendous Flakes Die set, so I cut it in half and adhered both to the card with spray adhesive.

I hope you've had fun visiting at the Pampered Stamper, and that you'll continue to enjoy the other team members as they play with this great mix of Stampendous and Tombow. The prize package is the Stampendous Cling Jumbo Top Hat Snowman (cute, cute, cute!), a jumbo acrylic handle (need), and a set of Tombow Dual Tip Markers including their Blender Pen (awesome!).

Now is your opportunity to visit the members of our team who are posting for this occasion. Don't forget to leave a comment with each for a chance to win the prize!

Stampendous Blog

Tenia Nelson

Kristine Reynolds

Debbie Fisher

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Melissa Cash

Pam Hornschu

Tombow Blog

Stampendous has a new challenge for the month,  So Thankful! We would love to see your next project in the gallery.