STMC35-The Warm Fuzzies

This week the Stampendous Design Team are feeling the warm fuzzies...in Fun Flock, that is. This was our challenge for the Stampendous Saturday Sketch Challenges, given to us by Rachel this week. Be sure to hop over her blog to see the darling holiday card that she did in non-traditional colors. Then hop on over the rest of the team's blogs as listed at right, and the Stampendous Impressions blog as well. Lots of great inspiration to help you play along. Post your own creation online with the link for Stampendous. Be sure to use the STMC35 code for the week. You could win some cool prizes! You've got to love that! For my version, I used the "Snowman Flurry" Perfectly Clear set. I stamped flakes in blue over white cardstock before covering it with Peel N' Stick, and then with a mixure of Cotton Ball Fun Flock and Multi Crystal Glitter. The other panel was covered in Eyeshadow Blue Fun Flock. Both panels were cut to mimic snowy hills. I covered another panel of white cardstock with Peel N Stick and white flock before stamping the image onto it. (Tip: because of the fuzzy coating, you need to really press the stamp into the surface, even jiggling it slightly.) I cut the head and body portions out and popped them up on the card. Stamped the image again on print paper, to create the scarf and hat. Shading and coloring was done with Decorator Chalks from Craf-T Products. Class A' Peel Dot Sparklers and Iridescent Clear Jumbo Snowflakes were added for more sparkle and shine. Doesn't the final product give you the warm fuzzies?
Pam

Perfectly Clear "Snowman Flurry" set from Stampendous (SSC1101)
Silver Dot Sparklers (AC672HSS) and Clear Iridescent Jumbo Snowflakes (AC1001CC) Class A' Peels from Stampendous
Cotton Ball (FL400) and Eyeshadow Blue (FL808) from Stampendous
White Embossing Powder from Stampendous (EP100)
Multi Ultra-Fine Crystal Glitter from Stampendous (GM220U)
Thermo O Web Peel N Stick from Stampendous (FX70)
Decorator Chalks from Craf-T Products
Frost White ColorBox and French Blue ColorBox Chalk ink from Clearsnap
Pearlescent Lavender Brilliance from Tsukineko
white and periwinkle cardstock
sparkle pompom
1 1/4 " and 1 1/2" circle punches
double-sided foam adhesive

Published Online Again!

I almost forgot to mention, but on December 1st, I was also published online with Scrapstreet.com. They featured my Dreamweaver Stenciled "Pine Cone Box of Tags". Here is the link if you want to check it out! The original posting of this project has been removed from online until January 1st, so if you want to view it again, you will need to go to their site. Thanks for visiting!

Thursday Dream Schemes Sketch Challenge

 Week two of the Dreamweaver Stencil's Thursday "Dream Schemes". This week, Wendy Jordan designed our sketch. Be sure to hop over to her blog as well as the rest of our team of uber-talented ladies as listed at right, and then on over to the Dreamweaver Stencil's "Dream It Up!" site (in case you haven't already!), leaving some love along the way. Tons of inspiration to get you started, or continuing on the road to happy stencil-dom! My version of Wendy's sketch uses the "Christmas Lights Border" which I paste embossed in silver on a strip of black cardstock. Once dry, I added red and green paste over the lights. It's hard to tell in the photo, but just enough silver shows through the red and green to add nice shimmer. The process for doing this is:
1) Place stencil on cardstock and tape down around all sides with removable tape.
2) Apply silver paste with palette knife over stencil

 smoothly, removing excess. Carefully remove stencil immediately to clean in warm soapy water, and let pasted strip dry. (Approximately 30 minutes.)
3) Once dry, replace the stencil, and carefully apply the red and green paste over the lights with just the tip of the palette knife. Remove stencil to clean once again, and set the strip aside to dry again.

The same process was used to paste-emboss the sentiment. Once all was dry, the card was assembled, adding a silver border around the sentiment and along the strip. A fun plaid bow was the finishing touch. Be sure to play along with us each Thursday, and post your own creations for all to see with a link to the Dreamweaver Stencils blog.

"Christmas Lights Border" from Dreamweaver Stencils (LM280)
"Season's Greetings" from Dreamweaver Stencils (LS91)
Metallic Silver Paste (DSP), Glossy Red Paste (DGRP), and Glossy Green Paste (DGGP) from Dreamweaver Stencils
Coredinations and Bazzill cardstock
metallic silver and black linen cardstock
ribbon (Michael's)
palette knife from Dreamweaver Stencils (DPK)

Confused?

If you are here searching for the Lizzie Anne Designs new singles release, please scroll down, but not too fast! You can still have fun along the way!

Woo Hoo For Me, Number Three!

 My third article on Scrapbooking.com Magazine came out today, featuring these three cards that I created using Dreamweaver Stencils. The first, using the "Holly and Swirls" stencil, was created using the Copic Marker Airbrush System with Copic Sketch Markers. I added highlights over it with a gold pen. The second card, used the "Go Green" stencil, which I demonstrated in three ways...machine-embossed on the dark green panel, ink stenciled on the background white panel, and paste-embossed on the lighter green panel focusing on just one section of the stencil. The third card incorporates the beautiful "Christmas Script" stencil. For this I ink-stenciled the "Holly Flourish" stencil for the background, and paste-embossed in gold the "Christmas Script" on the red panel. The "Holly Flourish" overlaps onto the red panel. A little distressing around the edges,
 a metallic gold border, ribbons, and Dot Sparkler

 stickers finish this card off. This particular card may look familiar, as I have posted it before, but was asked to removed it from all online sources until this article was released. Be sure to check out the article for more info on the stories behind my creations.
Pam

"Holly and Swirls" Card:
"Holly and Swirls" stencil (LL3005)
Copic Airbrush System and markers
gold gel pen
Canson and Bazzill cardstock
ribbon from American Crafts
Three Inch Pins from Dreamweaver
Martha Stewart border punch

"Go Green" Card:
Go Green stencil (LX3000)
White Embossing Paste (DEP)
Pastel Lime ColorBox Chalk Ink
Big Shot Machine
Three Inch Pins from Dreamweaver
ribbon from American Crafts
beads

"Christmas Script" Card:
Christmas Script stencil (LL3009)
Metallic Gold Embossing Paste (DGP)
Bazzill, red linen, white, metallic gold cardstock
Red Class A' Peel Dot Sparklers from Stampendous (AC672HSR)
Olympia Green and Vintage Sepia Versafine ink from Tsukineko
Fiskar Border Punch
ribbon (Michael's)

Lizzie Anne Designs New Singles Release!

Wow! Can you believe that it's December 1st already? Being the first of the month, of course that means a new singles release from Lizzie Anne Designs. The two featured this month are House  and Home Sweet Home, both of which I have used on this card. I colored the house to match the stripes in my print paper. I did a background of the pine tree from the December Mix set, "Warmest Thoughts". Since I had stamped and embossed both image and sentiment in white, I wanted the sentiment to stand out a bit more, so I went over the embossed words with a beige marker as shown in the close up photo. These new singles would be perfect for a housewarming card with maybe a Home Depot gift card included, or a new address announcement. It would also be easy enough to use the house stamp for a Christmas card by adding glittery icicles off the eaves, a wreath on the door, snow piled in front and on the tree, and dots of snowflakes falling. Hmmm...think I need to try that next. If it turns out as cute as I think that it will, I'll post it to show you. Meanwhile, check out what the rest of the Lizzie Anne Design Team has created with these new images, and hop over to the Lizzie Anne blog as well. Happy stamping!
Pam

"House" and "Home Sweet Home" from Lizzie Anne Designs
December Mix "Warmest Thoughts" pine tree from Lizzie Anne Designs
Versamark and Bamboo Memento ink from Tsukineko
Copic Sketch Markers
White Embossing Powder from Stampendous (EP100)
kraft cardstock, red and green Bazzill cardstock, print
ribbon
corner rounder, double-sided foam adhesive

Faux Suede Reindeer Card

Quickie post before I go to bed. Created for the Stampendous Holiday 2010 catalog released in July. Stamped on suede Contact paper and shading added.  Embellished with buttons, twine, and stitching. Distressing around edges and torn papers.
Pam

Perfectly Clear "Reindeer Swirls" from Stampendous (SSC1064)
Vintage Sepia Versafine from Tsukineko
brown Fabrico Marker from Tsukineko
Bazzill red cardstock
print papers
buttons, twine, suede Contact paper