CAS143 Peace on Earth

 My friend Taylor was in charge of the CAS (clean and simple) challenge this week at Split Coast Stampers, which gave me even more incentive to play along. My version uses the Dreamweaver Stencils "Peace on Earth", paste-embossed on a medium blue cardstock panel and sprinkled with Stampendous Crystal Glitter. This panel was punched at the edges, adhered over the top of glitter paper, and then on top of the Wassau Crepe cardstock. A couple of rhinestones to accent the snowflakes complete this CAS card for the holidays.

Homey and Sweet

 Quickie post featuring a super simple card created with Gourmet Rubber Stamps Diner's Club set for November, "Season's Greetings". I stamped and embossed the curly tree in white on a kraft panel, matted by a kraft Dotted Swiss panel, on top of a kraft card with just a strip of plaid ribbon. The simple sentiment at the bottom in red, and the one red rhinestone on the tree finish this CAS card off nicely. I kind of wish I'd made an entire batch of this card as I love the simple hominess of this design...maybe I'll just have to do that! Check out the rest of this Diner's Set HERE.

Feeling "Chipper"?

 Welcome to the Stampendous November Challenge post! This month our challenge was to use chipboard in some way on our project. This was fun! I have a ton of chipboard shapes that I tend to forget about, so posting for each week of this month will be no issue for me. This week I used these cute ovals. I painted them in white and then covered them in this gorgeous Blizzard Crystal Mix Glitter from Stampendous. The ovals were used to frame these cute little images from the Perfectly Clear Yule Penguins set. The red and pink combination of the Echo Park "Trim the Tree" paper provides a retro and girly feel. I stamped snowflakes from the same clear set in red and pink inks. To add to the "chilly" atmosphere, I added a Martha Stewart edger border from glitter covered paper. Some paper-piecing, baker's twine, and a sparkle pompom finishes off this fun card.To complete the gift set, I created this Chilly Ornament to match the card using most of the same elements and techniques. Then I added some fun beads for sparkle. The rest of the Stampendous Design Teams have been playing with chipboard as well...let's see just what they've been up to:

Cyndi
Taylor

Wendy J.

Lynn

Suzanne (our new team member!)

Krissy

Now it's your chance to go chipboard crazy! Pull out your stash and play along this month. Link your creation(s) to the Stampendous Impressions blog by December 1st, and you have the opportunity to possibly win the Jumbo Cling Songbird set. Be sure to come back next Saturday as we feature Fran's new Encrusted Jewel Technique for a blog hop! While you are visiting the realm of Stampendous fabulousness, be sure to take advantage of this great gift idea for the holidays...and buying two of these will get you free shipping! Wow! What a deal!

A Simple Snow Globe

 The Lizzie Anne Designs' line from Gourmet Rubber Stamps are the perfect images to go CAS. This card may not look precisely simple, but really...it is! I ran a white cardstock panel through the Big Shot with an embossing folder. A layered panel of white cardstock with a panel of glitter paper over a ribbon border. A Nestie cut embossed panel for the window. And finally...I embossed this darling snow globe in white on acetate. Cute, huh? This image and sentiment are from the November Diner's Club set, "Season's Greetings", which is full of wonderful images for all manner of holiday greetings...cards, tags, gifts, decor. You will totally want this set, so go...get it...NOW, right HERE! Better yet, sign up to receive each Diner's Club set...one each month. It's a great gift to give yourself, the fun of opening a new batch of creative goodies every month! Need inspiration? Sign HERE to receive the email newsletter each month.

GRS Halloween Hop Winner!

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Congrats to ~Kathy

on winning the darling Gourmet Rubber Stamps

Stick Chick "Girl with Wreath" 

from the Halloween Hop!

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Want to Join the Dream Team?

Guess what?! Dreamweaver Stencils has just posted a new design team call to start in January. If you are following my blog, chances are you've got what it takes. All the info can be found HERE. In addition, Dreamweaver Stencils can now be found on Facebook! Check out our new page, and LIKE us!

Colorway Challenge With a Slight Cheat

 This week the Dreamweaver Stencils' Dream Team was challenged to create a card or project in black and white. I was really on a roll to stick completely with the specified colors. Using the Oval Ornament stencil, I "Zentangled" the image on both black and white cardstock panels using either Micron .05 black or Uniball white. Both panels were cut in half and matched with the opposite half for each card. A fun black and white harlequin paper, black grosgrain ribbon with white stitching, and a sheer white ribbon with a damask pattern kept me within the guidelines. And then it happened. It started with just a few red rhinestones on the ornament, and then a few more, and then...yep, couldn't help it...had to add some red under the Cloud 9 Epoxy sentiment. But, but...it's mostly black and white, right? I've got it bad. I'm addicted to color. Think you can do better? Come on, bring it on! Link your creation on the Dream It Up! blog. If you'd like, you can also post your design on the brand new Dreamweaver Stencils' official Facebook page HERE. While you're there, LIKE us! Don't forget to see what the rest of our amazingly talented team has been up to:

Wendy

Kristi

Laura

Lee

Liz

Louise

Terrece

 

Interested in learning more about the art of Zentangle?  Check out this link. Books on this artform are available HERE.