Thursday, July 30, 2015

Playing With Paste and Oak Leaves

This week, the Stampendous Team is using the theme "Playing With Paste".  Now, as a former Dreamweaver Team member, I use paste a lot, so many projects could work with the theme.  But then, I got to thinking--how often do I PLAY with paste?  And what does that mean to me?  This "Molten Magic" Technique is a real blast.  You get to use glitter and embossing powder on paste, and when you heat it, it all bubbles up and makes a one-of-a-kind image in front of your eyes.  What could be more playful than that? 


Plus:
Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Scotch Removable Tape
Scotch 1/2" Adhesive Tape
Raffia
Heat Embossing Tool
Distress Blending Tool
Distress Ink in Tea Dye

Instructions:


  1. Cut the card stock to 9 1/4" by 5 1/2"and create a fold on the top.
  2. Cut brown paper to 4 5/8" by 5 1/2" and adhere to the front of the card.
  3. Use removable tape to adhere the Oak Leaves Stencil face up on top of a piece of ivory card stock.  Make sure to put the initial strip of tape all the way across the top of the stencil, creating a hinge.
  4. Use the palette knife to place a strip of Gold Embossing Paste across the bottom edge of the paste spreader.  Make sure you have a long enough strip of paste to cover the entirety of the Oak Leaves image from side to side.
  5. Place the bottom edge of the paste spreader directly on the top edge of the stencil with the paste facing you.
  6. Pull the paste spreader towards you across the stencil.  (Think of a squeegee).  The embossing paste should completely fill all the wells in the stencil.
  7. Use the palette knife to remove the excess paste from the spreader and place back in the container.
  8. Carefully remove the tape from the sides and bottom of the stencil, leaving the hinge on top.
  9. Lift the stencil from a bottom corner, like a door and then remove it entirely from the area.
  10. While the paste is still wet, quickly sprinkle the embossing paste, glitters and mica powders over the leaves and acorns that you want to add color to.  If you are careful and only use a small pinch at a time, you can somewhat control where the different colors go.
  11. Use your heat tool above and below the pasted card stock to dry and bubble the paste.  The areas you focus the heat on will bubble the most.  I chose to add a little more texture to the leaves than the acorns.  Be careful not to get too close to the glitter, as you can scorch it, changing the colors.
  12. Trim the ivory card stock close to the leaves image.
  13. Distress the card stock with the Distress Ink and Blending Tool.
  14. Cut brown card stock about 1/2" larger than the ivory card stock in each direction and adhere the leaves image onto it.
  15. Cut rust paper to 4 3/8" x 5 1/4" and adhere the leaves image to it, leaving room for the raffia.
  16. Tie the raffia around the rust card stock.
  17. Adhere the rust card stock to the background.

    Now that I have shown you my card, please go look at the rest of the Stampendous Team that are posting with paste today:
    Alison Heikkila (DW)Louise Healy (DW)Lyn Bernatovich (DW)Pam Hornschu (DW)Kristine Reynolds (DW)Lea Kimmel Fritts (DW)Laura Drahozal (DW)
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Thursday, July 23, 2015

Pretty Poinsettias

The theme this week is Pretty Poinsettias, and here is my response:

Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Core'dinations Color Core Card Stock
Ribbon by May Arts
Scotch Removable Tape
Scotch 1/2" Adhesive Tape
Chameleon Pens in Grass Green, Spring Meadow, Bark, Hot Cocoa, Warm Sunset and Crimson Red
Distress Ink in Walnut Stain
Ink Blending Tool
Tonic Paper Distresser
3D Foam Tape

Instructions:

  1. Cut card base to 6 3/4" by 10 1/2" and fold at the top.
  2. Cut tan card stock to 6 1/4" by 5 1/4" and adhere to the front of the card.
  3. Cut tan color core card stock to the size of the Three Christmas Icon Stencil.
  4. Tape the Christmas icon stencil over the top of the card stock using removable tape.  Be sure to use one large piece over the top edge of the stencil.  It will act as a hinge.
  5. Use the palette knife to remove Regular Embossing Paste from the jar and lay a strip above the stencil.  Make sure you have a long enough strip to cover the entirety of the image.
  6. Place the bottom edge of the paste spreader above the strip of paste and pull towards you.  The paste should completely fill in the wells of the Christmas Icon Stencil.
  7. Carefully remove the tape from the sides and the bottom of the stencil, leaving the tape on the top.
  8. Lift the stencil from the bottom corner like a door and then remove it entirely from the area.
  9. While the paste is drying, place the Christmas Greetings stamp on the stamp handle and stamp several times in a line.
  10. After the paste has dried, use the Chameleon Pens to color directly on it.
  11. Cut the dotted card stock to fit inside the tan on the front of the card.
  12. Cut the pasted and stamped images to the size you prefer and use the paper distresser to rough up the edges.
  13. Cut green card stock to create thick mats around your central images.
  14. Use the ink blender and the Distress ink to edge all of the card stock pieces.
  15. Attach the Christmas images to the green mats and the mats to the dotted card stock.
  16. Wrap May Arts ribbon around the dotted card stock and tie.
  17. Adhere the top of the card to the base.
I hope you enjoyed my post!

Now, check out the rest of the Pretty Poinsettias this week:

 
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Friday, July 17, 2015

More Chameleons and Christmas in July

Chameleon™ Art Products is a company determined to change the way you think about marker pens. They pride themselves on having developed real innovation that enhances your ability to maximize your creativity. Their markers bring color control and simplicity to your art, and you can create stunning 3D effects, smooth transitions, highlights, and shading gradations all with one pen.
When you combine this simple coloring versatility with Stampendous® and House-Mouse Designs® images, you can create fantastic projects quickly. Stampendous stamps are beautifully enhanced by the simple blending made possible with this range of innovative markers. The colorless blending tool acts as a “foolproof” finish for your project. You won’t believe the stunning range of colors that can be achieved with these markers, and the array of original projects you can create with the combination of Stampendous and Chameleon.

Prizes

Did we say prizes????       Three prizes are up for grabs from commenters who post on our blog that of each designers blog during our hop this week.  Be sure to tell us where you live when commenting for a US or UK winner will receive a Cling Create Christmas Stamp Set and Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Handle from us or our UK distributor, Woodware Craft and a winner from Canada will receive a $20 USD Rewards Card to spend at our website. Deadline to comment is Sunday, July 19th, 11:59 pm PDT.  Chameleon will be offering a fantastic prize as well, so be sure to visit their blog for more details.

There is more! Our Australian Distributor, The Stencil Specialists, are sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise! Tell us where you live when you comment to be in the drawing!

So here is what I made today:
Supplies

HMR38_SSC1233_LD_800

Plus:
Cardstock by BazzillBasics Paper®
VersaColor™ Bamboo Ink by Tsukineko®
Chameleon™ Markers (Crimson Red, Warm Sunset, Grass Green, Spring Meadow, Bisque, Cool Gray, Summer Sun, Aqua Marine, Bubble Gum)
Sharp Scissors
Paper Trimmer
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen by Kuretake®
5" Machine and Adhesive by Xyron®
Scotch® 1/2" Adhesive Tape by 3M® 

Instructions:

  1. Cut the card base to 5 1/4" by 9 1/4" and fold on top.
  2. Cut the teal card stock to 5 1/4" by 4 5/8" and adhere to the front of the card base.
  3. Stamp your choice of words from the Joyful Phrases on the Mixed Media Paper.  I placed a couple of phrases on the stamping block at a time, and randomly stamped them across the paper, not concerned with overlapping and running off the page.  Use the Bamboo VersaMagic for this.
  4. Trim the stamped image to the size you want.
  5. Use the Bamboo VersaMagic to distress the edges of the card stock
  6. Create a slightly larger rectangle from burgundy card stock and adhere the Joyful Phrase image to it.
  7. Adhere the burgundy rectangle to the teal card stock on the base.
  8. Stamp the Joyful Noise Image with Memento Tuxedo Black on the Mixed Media Paper.
  9. Color the Joyful Noise image with the Chameleon Markers.
  10. Trim closely around the Joyful Noise image.
  11. Run the Joyful Noise image through the Xyron Machine and attach to the Joyful Phrases layer.  Overlap a little of the holly on the mats.
  12. Use the glue pen to attach clear glitter over the coloring on the mouse wings and gold micro glitter to his halo.
Here are the links to all of the rest of the designers today.  Don't forget to leave comments on all of them!

      Stampendous Blog

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Thursday, July 16, 2015

Chameleon Collaboration

Chameleon™ Art Products is a company determined to change the way you think about marker pens. They pride themselves on having developed real innovation that enhances your ability to maximize your creativity. Their markers bring color control and simplicity to your art, and you can create stunning 3D effects, smooth transitions, highlights, and shading gradations all with one pen.
Did we say prizes????     
Stampendous will offer three prize packages to winners in the US, UK or Canada.  Be sure to tell us where you live when commenting.
US or UK winners will receive a Cling Create Christmas Stamp Set and Perfectly Clear™Stamp Handle from us or our UK distributor, Woodware Craft Collection.
Winners from Canada will receive a $20 USD Rewards Card to spend on our website.
Deadline to comment is Sunday, July 19th, 11:59 pm PDT.  Chameleon will be offering a fantastic prize as well, so be sure to visit their blog for more details.
There is more! Our Australian Distributor, The Stencil Specialists, are sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise!  Tell us where you live when you comment to be in the drawing!
Today, I am participating in the Chameleon Hop, the Stampendous Christmas in July Theme AND Dreamweaver Thursday:
Although tomorrow, I promise much more coloring with these fantastic markers, I just wanted to point out one thing:  Chameleon Pens COLOR ON EMBOSSING PASTE (and when they color on metallic paste, they make a beautiful, shiny effect).
Materials:
Plus:Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®
Scotch® Removable Tape by 3M®
Scotch® 1/2" Adhesive Tape by 3M®
"X" Adhesive by Xyron®
Chameleon™ Markers (Grass Green)
Time Holtz® Tea Dye Distress Ink by Ranger®
Distress Inking Tool
Foam Tape
Craft Knife

Instructions:

  1. Cut the card stock to 9 1/2" by 6"and create a fold on the top.
  2. Cut green card stock to 4 3/4" by 6" and adhere to the front of the card.
  3. Use removable tape to adhere the French Horn Stencil face up on top of a piece of multi media paper.  Make sure to put the initial strip of tape all the way across the top of the stencil, creating a hinge.
  4. Use the palette knife to place a strip of Gold Embossing Paste across the bottom edge of the paste spreader.  Make sure you have a long enough strip of paste to cover the entirety of the image from side to side.
  5. Place the bottom edge of the paste spreader directly on the top edge of the stencil with the paste facing you.
  6. Pull the paste spreader towards you across the stencil.  (Think of a squeegee).  The embossing paste should completely fill all the wells in the stencil.
  7. Carefully remove the tape from the sides and bottom of the stencil, leaving the hinge on top.
  8. Lift the stencil from a bottom corner, like a door and then remove it entirely from the area.
  9. Clean and thoroughly dry the stencil.
  10. Repeat steps 3-9, but use the Translucent Embossing Paste.  Focus only on the ribbon in the image, so you can cut the paper smaller, use less paste, and start the "pull" just above the bow.
  11. While the Translucent Paste is still wet, generously cover with Red Micro Glitter and let the glitter stay in place.
  12. When the Translucent Paste is completely dry, brush off the excess glitter with a stencil brush and cut around the ribbon and bow with a craft knife.
  13. Use the Chameleon Pen in Grass Green to color the holly leaves directly on the dry gold paste.
  14. Stamp the music image on ivory card stock and rip in half.
  15. Distress the edge of the music sheets with the Distress Blender and Ink.
  16. Run Sticky Panels around the edges of a rectangle about 1/4" inside the green card stock.
  17. Place music sheets on the Sticky Panels, adhering the inside of the sheets with another adhesive.
  18. Fill in the additional Sticky Panel edges with Mica Fragments.
  19. Use the Versa Marker to cover any additional areas that you would like gilded.
  20. Cover the Sticky Panel and Versa Marker areas with Aged Gold Embossing Powder and shake off the excess.
  21. Heat with the Embossing Tool to melt the powder.
  22. Trim closely to the French Horn image and distress with Distress Tool and Ink.
  23. Cut red card stock about 1/2" larger than the horn image on both sides.
  24. Mount the French Horn to the red card stock.
  25. Run the cut out ribbon image through the Xyron "X" machine and adhere directly to the corresponding places on the French Horn image.
  26. Use the foam tape to adhere the horn image onto the background.
Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope to see you tomorrow for more Stampendous and Chameleon Fun!

So, here are all the participants in the Chameleon Hop today:

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Thursday, July 9, 2015

Go Climb a Tree

This week, the Stampendous Theme is "Go Climb a Tree".  For my post, I am actually doing a repost of a very simple card made with one of my favorite stencils--Tree Line LG745.  I wanted to post it again to let you know that metal is really so easy.  This card took me about 5 minutes to make.

MATERIALS:
Dreamweaver Tree Line Stencil LG 745
Mercart USA Copper Coated Aluminum
Stamping Details Rubber Embossing Mat
Die Cut Machine (I used the Cuttlebug)
Alcohol Inks (Tim Holtz Butterscotch, Espresso, Terra Cotta and Pesto)
Alcohol Ink Applicator
Sanding Block
Cardstock
Twine

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Run the stencil and metal through the machine.  With the Cuttlebug, the "sandwich" looks like this: A Plate, Stencil face up, metal--copper side up, rubber mat, and 2 "B" Plates.  In this case, I am debossing, or pushing the metal into the holes in the stencil.
2)  With the stencil still attached, use the alcohol ink applicator to apply alcohol inks to the whole thing.  You are just applying a very LIGHT coat to mottle the copper color and add more interest.  If you apply too much, you will remove the copper that is already there.
3)  With the stencil still attached, sand lightly to remove the color on the raised sections.  Feel free to leave a little copper, like I did in the trees.
4)  Remove the stencil and assemble the card.

I hope you liked this five minute CAS card.  Check out the rest of the bloggers posting today.







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Friday, July 3, 2015

By The Sea

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We’ve got lots going on this week to keep your Summer Vacation hopping with inspiration. In one event we’re hopping all week with one of our very favorite craft partners. May Arts ribbon is an extremely generous sponsor for us here at Stampendous and our Design Team is absolutely in love with their gorgeous ribbons, cords, strings and specialty items. You’ll find loads of beautiful May Arts on all our samples.
Here is my project, which also features this week's Stampendous theme, "By the Sea":
I used one of my all time favorite stencils here, the Mermaid Stamp.  I stamped it on the Multi Media White Paper with Memento in Tuxedo Black.   I knew I was planning on using the Spellbinders Ovals One Bezel, but I didn't have the corresponding dies, so I traced the bezel and then hand cut out the image.  I made sure that I trimmed the image so that we could still see the little seahorse.  I colored the image with my Prismacolor Colored Pencils.  I glued the image down to the bezels and then glued Glass Glitter in Bronze around the edges.  When it dried, I covered the whole image in a thick layer of Glastique, from Globecraft Memories.  It took a long time to dry, so I wasn't able to add the second layer, but I will soon because it could really use it.   The image reminded me of a cameo.   As a nod to the cameos worn on a ribbon choker several years ago, I decided that a choker length and some ribbon was in order.  Of course, I used the beautiful May Arts ribbons.

 All week you’ve got a chance to check out our Design Team Inspiration as well as the Ribbonistas over at the May Arts Blog.  Be sure to comment and tell us where you’re from, because our Australian Distributor The Stencil Specialists are sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise!
There are Stampendous prize packages up for grabs. THREE US commenters  will receive a prize of their choice in any one roll of ribbon from May Arts and a $20 reward card. Tell us what state you live in when you comment. Stampendous Official Rules.
Be sure to stop by the May Arts blog each day, because they are having a prize also! How’s that for an amazing week of prizes!

Prize

Three prize packages that will be winner choice – any one roll from May Arts and a $20 reward card from us. Stampendous Official Rules.

Check out the other blogs today.
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Thursday, July 2, 2015

Dreamweaver By The Sea


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We’ve got lots going on this week to keep your Summer Vacation hopping with inspiration. In one event we’re hopping all week with one of our very favorite craft partners. May Arts ribbon is an extremely generous sponsor for us here at Stampendous and our Design Team is absolutely in love with their gorgeous ribbons, cords, strings and specialty items. You’ll find loads of beautiful May Arts on all our samples.
This is also Dreamweaver Thursday and the Stampendous theme for the week is "By the Sea".  I followed all the guidelines with my post for today:

I have posted this once before, but it is one of my favorite and features one of my go-to May Arts ribbons, the 1.5 inch White Net Ribbon.  I used the Jellyfish Stencil through my Cuttlebug with my Stamping Details Rubber Embossing Mat.  The material I embossed was medium blue coated aluminum.  I placed the stencil face down on the A Plate and covered it with the metal, face down, the embossing mat and the two B Plates.  I did the same with the LM 248 Happy Birthday Stencil, except that I placed both the stencil and the metal face up.  In this way, I "debossed" it, sending the metal into the wells of the stencil. You should LEAVE the stencil behind the sentiment until you are done sanding. After the metal was embossed, I colored the backgrounds a little with Color Solutions in Aquarius, Iceberg and Blue Velvet.  I used these colors on the Happy Birthday wish as well.  Then, I lightly sanded the jellyfish and fully sanded the outside of the letters to reveal the silver.  (After this step, you should remove the stencil.) 


 After sanding, I tapped some of the White Pearl Color Solutions over the top of the jellyfish.


Of course, that gorgeous webbing fit right in with the stencil and the undersea theme.  
All week you’ve got a chance to check out our Design Team Inspiration as well as the Ribbonistas over at the May Arts Blog.  Be sure to comment and tell us where you’re from, because our Australian Distributor The Stencil Specialists are sponsoring a prize for one friend “down under” to win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil and a surprise goodie from their terrific stock of Stampendous merchandise!
There are Stampendous prize packages up for grabs. THREE US commenters  will receive a prize of their choice in any one roll of ribbon from May Arts and a $20 reward card. Tell us what state you live in when you comment. Stampendous Official Rules.
Be sure to stop by the May Arts blog each day, because they are having a prize also! How’s that for an amazing week of prizes!

Prize

Three prize packages that will be winner choice – any one roll from May Arts and a $20 reward card from us. Stampendous Official Rules.
Make sure you comment on both this blog and the others listed below for your chance to win!
I also participated in Dreamweaver Thursday posting today.  There were a few others who were not participating with May Arts.  They are listed below:
Dreamweaver Posts



Jamie Martin

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