Wearable Mixed Media with Nathalie Kalbach by Stampendous

How much fun have you had this week following the Stampendous team with this awesome hop featuring images designed by Nathalie Kalbach for Stampendous? If you've missed any of the days (how could you?), you can go back to day one on the Stampendous blog. And you'll really really want to as there are AMAZING prizes to be had! Here's the details...

We are mixing it up for three commenters during the hop. Each prize package includes all three of Nathalie Kalbach’s Foam, Cling Rubber and Stencil Stamp sets. But WAIT! This is open to everyone!
Comment on each blog post at Stampendous, and that of each designer’s post on the hop this week. We’ll announce winners on Monday May 2nd.

I love these images sooo much that I'll be wearing this one, created using the Elephant Sponge and Cling Stamps and Stencils set...

 

In case you're not sure what you're seeing, this is another one of my t-shirts that I've done, and I'm thinking this one is my favorite. Nathalie's new foam stamps are perfect for using fabric, and the possibilities are endless! I started with a plain black t-shirt, which I washed and dried first to remove any sizing in the fabric. Now the paint will adhere to the fabric much better. The paint that I used is a set of fabric paints in fluorescent colors by Tulip® called "Soft Fabric Paint" in the matte finish. Now this is a bit of a misnomer as there is extremely fine sparkle in this paint...not gaudy, just a hint of shimmer which works well with my use of overlapping colors. I simply used a round sponge cut into wedges. I squirted a "palette" of the paints onto a piece of foil. The t-shirt was pulled over a piece of cardboard to stretch the fabric a bit. Each section of the border hem was done sponging off until there was just a bit of paint in the sponge to prevent seepage under the wonderful stencil pattern that comes in Nathalie's set.

The stencil is easy to line up for repeat patterns as shown above, and when a portion of the stencil is masked off with packing tape, a smaller border is easily achieved around the sleeve hem as seen below.

Aren't the colors beautiful as they blend one into the other?

 
On the back of the shirt, I sponged the blue paint onto the flat surface of the back of the foam elephant. We're not talking "squishy" foam either. This is nice firm foam for nice crisp images. I stamped the blue solid elephant, and set it aside to dry briefly. (This paint is fast drying! No worry about smearing.) I inked the Cling Rubber Elephant with its wonderful patterning with Black VersaCraft ink by Tsukineko®, and stamped it directly over the top of the blue elephant. The result is shown above. And how did I create my elephants on parade on the front?

Using the raised pattern side of the foam elephant, I sponged the paint across as I had done with the borders, gave it a light mist of water, and stamped each one (sponging paint again for each new impression. If I'd really wanted to go all out, I could have added some Hot Fix crystals here and there, and I still might If I feel the need for some bling. Oh, I almost forgot. That little band with the border across the neckline? I had cut the sleeves for a more cap sleeve look, and the pieces that I'd removed I just stenciled and sewed a strip for a bit of added interest. Once finished and dry, I turned it inside-out and ironed it to set the ink and paint. When I wash it, it will be in a cold cycle and hung dry. I think it would be fine in the dryer, but I always hang my shirts to dry. They fade and shrink less.

The team has so many fun things to show off today, so be sure and visit their links below along with a few of Nathalie's team of designers. How exciting!

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Janelle Stollfus

Michelle Rydell

Marsha Valk

Gwen Lafleur

Cheiron Brandon

Lea Fritts

Pam Hornschu

Wendy Price

Nathalie Kalbach Blog

Mixed Media On the Go with Nathalie Kalbach by Stampendous

All this week the Stampendous team are having a play date with our good friend and amazing designer, Nathalie Kalbach. Each year she designs some versatile and awesome stamp, templates, and stencil sets for Stampendous. Personally, I've been soooo looking forward to this week to show off what I love about her designs. But first of all, I know you'll want the prize opportunity info...

We are mixing it up for three commenters during the hop. Each prize package includes all three of Nathalie Kalbach’s Foam, Cling Rubber and Stencil Stamp sets. But WAIT! This is open to everyone! Comment on each blog post at Stampendous and that of each designer’s post on the hop this week. We’ll announce winners on Monday May 2nd. Now, here is what I've played with...

At the CHA (Craft and Hobby Association) show in Anaheim both this year and last year, I really enjoyed watching Nathalie demonstrate in the Stampendous booth with her designs. She always works with a mixed media journal at these events as it is a perfect way to take your art on-the-go! She's so relaxed with it...happy and laughing and going where the colors take her (occasionally off of the pages and all over everything else, including her, lol), you can really sense her joy in her artwork...or artPLAY! My post today was inspired by her...

Recently, I finally purchased a mixed media journal, not a big one, but manageable for me. I've had it sitting next to my workspace, so that every time I have extra ink or paint on my craft mat or my Stampendous Creative Palette, I can transfer it onto pages of this book for future inspiration. Most of the color on these two pages came from leftover Radiant Neon Reinkers from Tsukineko. I looooove these colors. They can be super vibrant or can be toned down a bit by thinning with water or acrylic paint. When doing either, it helps the ink to dry more quickly as well. Somewhere along the line I'd had extra Dreamweaver Crackle Embossing Paste which I pasted through the Dreamweaver Tiles stencil so that I had these small patches of boxy shapes for texture. This week I had some extra lime paint from another project (you'll see it tomorrow), so on the left page I placed a few of the "leaf" templates that I removed from the stencil insert that comes in Nathalie's Bird Foam Stamp and Cling Rubber Stamp and Stencil set. I painted some of the green paint over the top, and when removed, they left the leaf shapes filled with the previous colored background. The Bird Foam Stamp was inked with Onyx VersaFine and stamped over the top, and the leaf stencil was used to ink and add a couple of leaves for a perch. Both were embossed with Stampendous Aged Black Embossing Enamel.

The page on the right follows similarly...only I used the stencil for sponging the paint through the leaf images, and the image was the Cling Rubber Bird, inked and embossed as before.

I wanted to add some sort of saying (it is a journal after all!), but didn't trust myself to hand write it and not mess up my pages, so I used this wonderful sentiment from Stampendous, stamped in black on white copy paper. I drew a loose frame around it, and used the DecoArt Decou-Page to adhere it to the page, and then brushed it over both pages. While wet, I sprinkled Color Fragments over the surface for more texture and color.

I was really happy with how both pages turned out, and look forward to creating more of them. I have a whole book to fill with happy art!

For more inspiration from Nathalie and our team, here are the links to follow today...

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Janelle Stollfus

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

Nathalie Kalbach Blog

A Stampendous, Dreamweaver, and Graphic 45 Voyage

 

I hope you've hopped aboard our Voyage Beneath the Sea each day this week! We've had a whale of a good time playing with all of our Stampendous and Dreamweaver ocean-themed products mixed with Graphic 45's wonderful collection of papers. Remember to leave comments on all posts this week for the chance to win one of three whopping prize packages. Details can be found on the Stampendous Impressions blog.

Here's what I'm sharing for today...

I've created a window on the world beneath the sea, which includes a bit of unexpected ocean delights like mermaids and steampunk octopi! There are two sides to this sea world...the first featuring a large worded image and teal paper from Graphic 45, along with stamped, colored, and die cut shells from the Stampendous Cling Seashells collection.

On this panel is also a Matte Black Embossing-pasted "Oi Oi" fish, which has been covered in Stampendous Aged Teal Embossing Enamel, and the same paste for the Dreamweaver "Under the Sea" stencil design.

There is also an acetate insert on which the sea weed stencil/template from the stamp set was used to paste-emboss the design with a mix of Dreamweaver Pearlescent Paste with Tsukineko® Radiant Neon green and blue re-inkers. Once pasted, these panels were covered in clear glass tiny beads.

On the second side, I've used the panel of paper featuring the Graphic 45 mermaid, on which I've paste-embossed in black the Dreamweaver Jellyfish and Sea Turtle. These have been covered in Aged Teal and Aged Hunter EE and heated as well, along with a sprinkle of Aged Black speckles.

 
This side also has a panel of the same pasted seaweed, and the glass on the outside has been paste-embossed with the Dreamweaver Starfish, Small Scallop, and the Nautilus design. All of these used Metallic Gold Embossing Paste, and Aged Ochre EE on the first two, and a bit of Aged Gold and Rose Gold Embossing Enamel on the nautilus.

 

 
I used Beacon Adhesives' Dazzle Tac to adhere the double-sided panel to the center of the glass block (Pittsburgh Corning®). On either side of the panel, clear glass marbles were added for the bubble effect, and to keep everything in place.

Here's the rest of the crew on board for today...

Stampendous Blog

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

Lea Fritts

Laura Drahozal

The Faces of Mixed Media

Today is the finale of this week's challenge featuring the faces of Stampendous. All of this week, I've shown several ways to look at the Cling Beauty Face image. Originally, this image came packaged as a complete set with masks and templates, and blossoms, which sold out quickly and has now become simply the face image now. This provides you with the opportunity to use the wide variety of floral and mixed media images from Stampendous to enhance YOUR Beauty creation. Meanwhile, I'll share with you the process of my mixed media canvas.

I started with a pre-gessoed twelve inch square canvas, which I painted with black acrylic paint. When dry, I used a palette knife to apply Dreamweaver Crackle Paste in a fairly thin layer, and set it aside to dry.

Meanwhile, I tore a page from a dictionary, and painted a light coat of gesso over it, focusing on heavier coverage where I intended to place the face. When dry, I stamped the Cling Beauty Face with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and smudged Tsukineko Radiant Neon Blue, Green, and Pink inks on the facial features. Using the mask/template that came with her originally, I masked off her face while stamping the blossoms in black, ink-stenciling the Dreamweaver Big Dots in Neon Yellow, and stamped and embossed in black the Cling Follow Your Art. This panel was torn around the edges, and set aside temporarily.

I stamped the Cling Seed Packet background on a section of white tissue paper. The songbird was stamped in black, and inked with Neon Green ink. This was torn around the edges as well.

I shifted gears back to the now dry and crackled canvas. Using the Neon inks and large stencil brushes, I color blocked sections of the canvas. On the green section, I paste-embossed in Glossy White the Dreamweaver Black Eyed Susans. When this was dry, I brushed Fast Finish by Beacon Adhesives® brushed over the surfaces that I would be decoupaging. The tissue panel was placed on its wet surface, and the face panel was placed on the wet surface designed for it. More Fast Finish was brushed over the tops of these panels.

Using black ink and stencil brushes, I inked the centers of the Susans, dots in the centers of the blossoms, some soft inking through the Big Dots stencil in the bottom panel, and finally inked heavily through the Dreamweaver Leafy Branch stencil. A die cut of the this same design along with layered paper flowers (which started as white, but I colored with the Neon inks) were adhered over the Susans' panel. Using a large stencil brush, areas were ink-distressed in black ink as well. The final touch was to doodle border lines using a black Pitt Pen.

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Fritts

Tenia Nelson

The Face of Polynesia...Pam-Style!

For today's post, I've taken the Blossom Beauty face to another part of the world. One with tropical breezes and warm sands. A land of exotic beauty with a unique twist. I've stamped the image on kraft cardstock with Rich Cocoa Memento ink, and added coloring and shading with a large selection of the "E" color range of Copic Sketch Markers. Using the template that comes packaged with the set to mask off the face, I then was able to ink-stencil the Dreamweaver Large Scales pattern in the background with more brown ink. The blossom image was stamped on the forehead with VersaMark ink and embossed with Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel, along with a few sprinkles over her face that were heated from underneath. I used a VersaMarker to ink her lips, and added more of the Shabby Pink to them as well. The panel was torn around the edge, adhered over a white panel which was torn as well. The card base was the Mixed Media White cardstock, ink-stenciled using large stencil brushes with the Dreamweaver Herringbone background and the Dreamweaver Quilt Square Leaves design with pink VersaColor ink.

An extra panel of the Herringbone inked cardstock was used to stamp the blossom in VersaMark ink, emboss in Bark embossing powder, and die cut. This was smudged and shaded with brown ink to give it depth, and embellished with self-adhesive pearls. An extra panel of the kraft cardstock was ink-stenciled with the Herringbone pattern, and die cut using the Dreamweaver Monstera Leaf die. All items were layered and adhered to the card.

For more of the faces of Stampendous, visit these blogs...

Stampendous Blog

Kristine Reynolds

The Faces of Stampendous Wander the World

From the time we are first born, to the end of our days, faces are a constant source of fascination for us. Our family's, friends', and even our pets' faces are so treasured. Even the faces of complete strangers are an instant puzzle to be solved, beginning with the eyes. My post today features the Stampendous Cling Beauty Face image, and I decided from the start that I wanted this card to be all about the eyes. These are not young eyes. These eyes have seen the world. But they are serene, filled with an inner peace that we all covet.

I have so many friends that are amazing colorists, and I envy their talent, and struggle to achieve it myself. In the long run, we all just strive to do our best, and hope that something we've created will be an inspiration to others. My wandering beauty was first stamped in Desert Sand Memento ink by Tsukineko®, so that I could make an attempt at a hand-drawn and colored image, using my Copic Sketch markers for color, shading, and detail. The background of the card actually becomes her head-covering, and is created by ink-stenciling the Dreamweaver Waves with Dots design in purple and blue pigments inks. While the ink was wet, I sprinkled Stampendous Kaleidoscope embossing powder over the design, and heated it to melt. Her completed face was cut out and adhered to the card front, and iridescent beading was adhered along the edge of the head-covering, with a few purple crystals adhered as well. The veil portion in vellum also adds focus to her eyes, and has been stamped and embossed in black embossing powder with the Cling Not All Wander sentiment. Once finished, I truly believe that her eyes have become the "window" to her "soul".

Please visit the Stampendous Blog for more intriguing faces, as well as the link below...

Pam Bray

Leaving a Deep Impression with the New Book from Stampendous!

All this week the Stampendous team are featuring techniques from the Embossing Powder Techniques from A to Z by Fran Seiford.

My project today was partially completed for our hop with Tombow over the weekend, so you can check out that post HERE for a reminder of the process. Basically, it is very similar to the Deep Impressions technique as shown in the "Y" section of the book shown above, on pages 78-79. but with a different "base". 

Notice the bottom medallion that I created. Here's where I went with it...

Using a small 4 inch square canvas, covered in black Memento, and heat dried, I stamped the Cling Time for Love in black pigment ink, and embossed with Aged Silver Embossing Enamel. More ink was smeared around the edges, with more EE, and some Frantagé Silver Chunky Glass Glitter. Here's where I used the Encrusted Jewel Technique from the book, which you can find in section "S" on pages 42-45.

See where my medallion ended up? It was Deep Impressed from the Time for Love image, and placed perfectly in its space on my canvas. The fact that it is putty makes it easy to stick on or take off and use for something else...

Like my pendant from Sunday's post!

Of course, I had to add a few extra doodads and a chain to hang my tiny creation!

Check out the team's posts as they share these awesome techniques!

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Wendy Price

Kristine Reynolds

Jamie Martin

Stencil Duos, Dreamweaver, and Tombow Sticky Stuff

Yes, once again we're mixing it up this week, and fortunately, it is all product that is perfect together! Yay! Here's what we've got going:

1. Dreamweaver Thursday. 2. New Release Stencil Duos. 3. Tombow's adhesive products.
Obviously, the first and second are a given together, and the third is pretty much a necessity in papercrafting, and the products that they carry work well for the heavier projects as well!

The card that I've created for today's post features the new Butterfly Duo set, and as you can see by the picture below, it comes with TWO stencils, a doodling pen, and a set of small cards. Perfect as a grab and go for a vacation or business trip where you might want to do a bit of creative fun, but don't want to haul EVERYTHING with you!

One of the stencil designs is an open shape, and the other is a pattern. They're awesome together or apart, and as you can tell by the packaging, you can add doodling to both! Here's what I've done...

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Beginning with a My Colors Cardstock by MME Charcoal base, I've created a six-inch square, top-fold card. I've place the Dreamweaver Quatrefoil stencil over the surface, and taped in place with removable tape before using a large stencil brush to rouge Tuxedo Black Memento ink over the design for a tone-one-tone look.

Next, I used one of two panels of Rose Chintz canvas cardstock from MCC to ink stencil the pattern stencil from the Duo set over the panel using a large stencil brush and a mix of Lady Bug, Rose Red, and Tangelo Memento inks over the surface. I stamped one of the curved sentiments from the Perfectly Clear Thoughtful Wishes set in black ink toward the right in preparation for the butterfly wings. The panel was then adhered to the card front.

The first step of the butterfly was to paste-emboss the pattern design on the second panel of rose chintz  cardstock using Dreamweaver Matte Black Embossing Paste. The stencil was removed  carefully to be cleaned and dried, and the panel set aside to dry approximately 15-20 minutes. When dry, the pattern stencil was placed back over the surface, and VersaMark ink was daubed over the pasted area, and then sprinkled with Stampendous Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder. This was heated to melt the powder.

The butterfly design was placed over the panel, and traced with a black marker. The wings were cut out, and adhered to the card as shown using Tombow Foam Tape. Two strips of black ric rac were adhered across the bottom using the Tombow Glue Pen.
   

Remember...we have a hop going on today through Sunday, the 7th, so leave a comment for each post from the hop for your chance to win one of these prize packages...

Looking for more sticky stenciled duos? Check out the links here...

Stampendous Blog

Pam Bray (DW)

Louise Healy (DW)

Kristine Reynolds (DW and Tombow)

Pam Hornschu (DW and Tombow) You're here!

Tenia Nelson (DW and Tombow)

Laura Drahozal (DW and Tombow)

Stampendous and May Arts...Ribbon Love

 

Welcome to the grand finale of our hop with the May Arts Ribbon Design Team! Today we have several talented members from both teams posting their creations for this fun week. If you've missed any of the days this week, head on back to the Monday post on the Stampendous blog for links to everyone. As per usual, leave comments on every post for the chance to win one of three prize packages shown in the banner below. See Stampendous Official Contest Rules for details.

I created this "key to passion" (whatever that means! Sounds good, though, doesn't it?), using a wood key shape that I picked up in the big box store near me. I painted it with black acrylic paint, and then proceeded to "Fran•tagé" it! I dabbed Dreamweaver Silver Embossing Paste randomly over the surface, sprinkled liberally with both Aged Silver and Aged Black Embossing Enamels, and heated it all to bubble and melt and texturize.

I stamped the Cling Passion Heart image from Stampendous three times on red Mini Dot My Colors Cardstock from MME using Onyx VersaFine by Tsukineko®. I cut one out whole. The second was just the flowers. And the third one was just the center "frills" of the flowers. The edges of the "frills" and the outside edge of the whole heart were dabbed with VersaMark ink by Tsukineko®, and embossed with the Aged Silver EE.

Rhinestones on floral wires were inserted in the centers, and adhered from behind the flowers with foam tape for sparkle and dimension. The completed heart was adhered to the "handle" of the key with large craft glue dots. A sentiment from the "Love Always" Perfectly Clear set was stamped on a tiny "Fitted Frame" die cut, and adhered to the heart.

The finishing touch was a double loopy bow created from May Arts' black silk ribbon and the brown, red, and black Solid/Satin Stitches ribbon, tied in the center with 1/4" sheer red organza, and the addition of an old monogrammed button. A loop of the black silk was inserted at the top of the key for hanging display purposes.

• Perfectly Clear "Love Always"• Frantagé Aged Silver and Black EE • Cling Passion Heart •

Leave a comment and head on over for our fun finales!

Stampendous Blog

Jamie Martin

Wendy Price

Laura Drahozal

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Bray

Louise Healy

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Janelle Stollfus

Rhea Weigand

Lea Fritts

Pam Hornschu (you're here)

Tenia Nelson

The Ribbon Resource Blog