We Are Soooo Excited!!!

We have so much new goodness for you at www.stampendous.com!!

First, we’re going to OZ!!! So excited to be visiting this magical land! Look for lots of fun with our Design Team using these new images!

Overlooking Oz by Kristine Reynolds

We’re introducing The Lisa Hindsley Collection!! Our fantastic Art Director Lisa Hindsley has started designing stamps for Stampendous, and we couldn’t be more excited!! Look at her fantastic Jazz Cats!

Pajama Cat by Cyndi Bundy

And we’re introducing Digital Downloads! We wanted so many new sentiments for our Oz characters, our new Elements line, our tons of gorgeous new florals… we created downloadable digital files for you to add to your cards! Print them out on cardstock, cut them out, and attach them to cards and scrapbook pages. You can print them right on your project or you can use them with digital layouts and your normal digital scrapbooking solutions! We’ll have lots more info, but they’re available on our website now!!

Lion Reader by Rhea Weigand and Lisa Hindsley

Of course from Fran Seiford there are new Jumbo Flowers with FREE Template, Kiddos for Summer, New Encrusted Jewel Technique Kits, heaps of Mother’s Day flowers, even some great Safari animals and a Fran•táge Motorcycle Elements stamp for Dad.

April 2013 Catalog

Our April Catalog is now available to download as a pdf, print, purchase, or view as a flippy book online! All the April products are available on our website and our retailers around the country are ready to ship your orders placed on our website! YAY!! Stay tuned for lots and lots of inspiration!

Best of all FREE shipping on orders over $50 beginning May 1! So make your wish list today, and get ready to shop and stamp!

Tiny Little Worlds

Have you ever gazed in wonder at those tiny little worlds that folks painstakingly create for their model trains to inhabit? I’ve always been in awe of all the tiny little people, plants and scenery created with love in these displays.

That’s why I did a cartoon style double-take at CHA when walking by the booth of Simi Creative. Their Wee Scapes collection of miniature plants; surfaces like asphalt, grass, turf, etc; and tiny little people absolutely captured my attention. And as I stared at their products and chatted with Richard, the light bulb in my head gave a cosmic FLASH! WOW! These little treasures would be perfect on greeting cards and scrapbook pages, and by the same token our products could certainly be worked into miniature scenery!

I asked Richard for some samples, which he generously provided, and I challenged our Design Team to create Wee Scapes à la Stampendous!

As you can imagine, they did not disappoint. You know we’ve done everything from wooden bangles to clear acrylic pieces to decoupaging everything we could find… they took their tiny scenery in stride and LOOK what they’ve made!

Butterfly Man by Suzanne Czosek

Of course you need to visit them all and comment insightfully for your chance to win some Wee Scapes and some Stampendous goodies! We know you’re going to be AMAZED! You have all week to comment on the blogs to increase your chances to win! Take a look!

NOTE: The Wee Scapes blog posts ended up on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday this week due to scheduling issues. First up:

 

Suzanne Czosek

 

Jan Garber gets Steampunk!

BlogStar Jan Garber joins us again this week with a cool, Steampunk look at our Patent Man stamp. This stamp has kind of a cool history. It was inspired by the drawing of J.C. Boyle for the very first patent ever issued. It’s a Saluting Device…a hat that tips itself at passing ladies and gentlemen. Not sure how you activate the salute, but the schematics provide a super cool look on a masculine card. Thanks, Jan, for adding all the gears, and screening and oooh…yumminess!

Hi! Jan Garber

here with one of my first projects that I created for Stampendous,

but, as it turns out, I forgot about it.

So it’s one of my last to post before my term ends.

Patent Man

This is another card where I inked and/or burned the paper edges,

and layered on lots of masculine goodies

(Sprockets, mesh, brads, Graphic 45 papers)!Just proof again that I CAN be trusted with matches in the house!

I love the masculinity of this image!

Hope you enjoy!

(To all the team at Stampendous:

I will miss you, and good luck in all of your future endeavors!)

Washi Tape Tutorial by April Derrick

“Because of You” Scrapbook Layout by April Derrick

This is certainly a peaceful page with a great Washi Tape Technique (say that real fast 5 times), a little watercoloring and a great photo. April’s going to show us how she did it! keep reading….

First, your suppy list:

From Stampendous: Cling Jumbo Romantic Border & Elegant Borders Perfectly Clear Stamps Set and Cling Jumbo Iris.
Other:
Artist Tape, Journaling Pen, Watercolor Pencils, & Watercolor Markers: STAEDTLER, Black Ink: Tsukineko Versafine, White Cardstock: Bazzill, Chipboard Stars: Basically Bare, Metal Clip: Tim Holtz, Liquitex Titanium White Ink.

Washi Tape, Step One

1. Tear off several strips of STAEDTLER Artist tape and stick them down on a non-stick craft sheet.

Washi Tape Step Two

2. Color the tape strips with watercolor markers.
3. Heat them with a heat gun to dry completely.

Stamp Border Designs on Tape.

4. Apply ink to Border stamps, and stamp images directly on top of colored tape.

5. After the ink dries, you can leave as is, or spritz on some glimmer mist to add a little sparkle.
6. Simply peel the tape strips off of the non-stick craft mat and apply to a sheet of card stock.

* Technique Tip: For my project, after I stuck my tape strips on my card stock, I gently brushed over them with a wet paintbrush to release some of the watercolors and draw them down the page for a cool blending effect!

Thanks April! Everyone will enjoy making tape borders for scrapbook pages and projects. This is a very cool technique!

Happiness is….by Melinda Gleissner

One more Scrapbook page for National Scrapbooking Month! Melinda has created a very poignant statement with her Dogwood Flower scrapbook page. The couple in the photo are obviously dressed for a very classy and special occasion. The color and placement of the Dogwood flower offsets the photo beautifully, and the Calligraphy Sampler makes a perfect background for the photo. We love the way Melinda edged the page with the border from the Jumbo Dahlia Set and then added the golden touch of our Fran•tàge Aged Gold Embossing Enamel. This elegant page would make anyone happy! Scrapbooking isn’t over just because National Scrapbooking Month will soon be gone. We will continue to post scrapbook pages every month because we believe that scrapbooking is timeless! Thanks to the BlogStars for all the wonderful contributions!

Visual TEXTure

Here’s a sample made by Suzanne Czosek, one of our design team members, to go along with our “Texture” themed challenge.

We’re talk’in TEXTure. Suzanne used our NEW Cling Flying Machines stamp to create this card. The stamp has text in it’s background, which is a page from an actual flight log. The handwritten element gives it some nostalgic sort of texture. She distressed it, stained it, raised images stamped on acetate, strung it and clipped it. Now that’s what I call TEXTure.

Flying Machines by Suzanne Czosek

More May Arts for You!

Stampendous and May Arts indeed make a fantastic team, and our blog week continues with some exciting samples made by our in-house Sample Artist Debi Hammons and our Art Director Lisa Hindsley. Remember to check out our Design Team members with samples as well. Their links are all in the left sidebar!

DaVinci Horse by Debi Hammons

This fantastic and kind of masculine card by Debi Hammons features our new images V253 DaVinci Horse and R138 Calligraphy Sampler. Debi stamped both in Vintage Sepia VersaFine ink on Kraft cardstock and added touches of white colored pencil to make both images pop. A little brown chalk on the horse and a wrapping with MayArts Twisted Burlap complete the look.

By the Sea by Lisa Hindsley

Lisa Hindsley’s terrific scrapbook page featuring our friends the Jochums uses our new W068 By the Sea image together with our L252 Spiral Shell and our Aged Ivory and Aged Black Embossing Enamels. Lisa also used a little brown chalk and touches of white colored pencil to make the stamped images pop. This simple coloring technique works so well when  you’re pressed for time. She added some May Arts Black Mesh tied off with the same Twisted Burlap to complete that salty sea look.

Be sure to comment this week to win May Arts/Stampendous blog packages. And visit the May Arts Blog for more chances to win! They’re featuring a fantastic sample by our BlogStar Jennifer Ingle (Jingle) today!

What A Team!

Once again Stampendous Designers have teamed up with fabulous May Arts Ribbon to showcase our new images and accessories just released at CHA in January. This week we’ll be featuring beautiful May Arts Ribbon on our blog and those of our Design Team. The May Arts Blog will be featuring some of our newest products as well. Each manufacturer will have three terrific prize packages to give away as well.

For your chance to win a terrific prize combination of Stampendous stamps and May Arts Ribbon, be sure to comment on our blog and/or our Facebook page this week. Then hop on over to May Arts Blog and Facebook page leave a comment there. Each company will pick three random winners this week from the comments.

We’ve got a couple of lovely examples for you today! Looking ahead to spring holidays, Pam Hornschu and Jennifer Dove have created beautiful cards for Mom and Dad (or any girly and masculine occasions!).

Pam Hornschu’s beautiful Plume Portrait card uses a lush, wide pink grosgrain from May Arts. Combining Stampendous’ Plume Portrait stamp with the fantastic Garden Background stamp and her expert coloring, Wow! You can find complete supplies and instructions for this project here.

Jennifer Dove has embraced the masculine with our new Steamboat Ride stamp. Just one of our great new Steampunk inspired images, this vintage steamboat also combines with our Steamboat Map and other fantastic images in the January catalog. Jennifer has used our Shabby White Embossing Powder to sprinkle on top. May Arts terrific sheer ribbon adds the perfect finishing touch.

Take a Ride on the Reading Railroad

Blog Star, Jennifer J Ingle, make this creative bookmark with one of our new stamp sets. What a great idea for a Birthday or Father’s Day gift, paired with a great book, for your bookworm.

Stampendous has so many new stamps for guy cards, gifts and scrap pages.

by Jennifer J Ingle

"Masculine Bookmarker" by Jennifer J Ingle

1. Stamp the map from the Railway Perfectly Clear Set onto kraft paper with distress ink and then cut out the image.
   
2. Mount it on black card stock.
3. Add a bit of mica from the Fran•táge Mica Kit.
4. Stamp tickets in different color inks on white card stock and cut out.
5. Distress the edges a bit to give them some age and texture without adding a lot of dark ink!
   
6. Adhere them to the front of the  bookmark with glue.
7. Now I can tuck this into a good book and give as a gift to a friend!  Have a happy day! – Jennifer Ingle
   

Have we mentioned?…

It’s been a while since we showed you the super cute goodies we have available on Cafe Press.  Just in case you’re looking for an adorable summer gift or a terrific pick-me-up for a friend. Our endearing characters, all lovingly drawn by our own Fran Seiford and hand colored by our Art Director, Lisa Hindsley, will warm your heart and make you happy.  We have a huge variety of mugs, shirts, clocks, tote bags, etc. If there’s something you’d particularly like to see, let us know and we’ll get it up there for you!

Women's Colored Shirts

White T-shirts

Fun Mugs

Other great products!!