Hey, Dad! Thanks!!

We want to take some time this week to thank all those dads who are there for us every time we need them. Always looking out for us, and our kids, these dads and grandfathers are some of the most stable features in our lives. Here’s to you, Dad! Our Designers have made some terrific projects to show we’re thinking of you. And, yes, we just had our oil changed, thanks for asking!

Starting us off in this celebration of all things Dad, BlogStar Rhea Weigand has created a gorgeous Shadowbox gift that any dad would love to receive! And she’s made a great tutorial for it. AND we want to thank her so much for her patience in reworking parts of it when one of the stamps she chose had been retired! You Rock, Rhea!!

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Hello, this is Rhea.  This week is Father’s Day and I hate it that I am 2,000 miles away from my Daddy.  Yes,  I am a middle aged Daddy’s Girl, and I am proud of it.  I wanted to do something that was different than a card.  I couldn’t figure out how to alter a tie so I did a vintage shadow box.  Besides,  I doubt he would wear a tie with all this stuff attached.

It’s not hard and only takes 1-2 hours.

Here are the supplies you will need:

• Instant coffee with a spray bottle with water mixed with instant coffee.
• DP102 Detailed Gold Embossing Powder
• EP231 Lapis Embossing Powder
• Copic refills in E59 and B39 with small spritz bottles.
• Round tags with metal trim
• Archival inks in Sepia or coffee and Cobalt Blue
• Distress ink in Brown for inking edges
• May Arts Ribbon – is my preferred ribbon
  • twine – neutral
  • light blue organza with satin edging
  • brown organza with satin edging
  • cream organza
  • light canvas with black stripe
  • burlap

The Stampendous stamps I used for this project:

• R163 Old World Map
• SSC1166 Air Travel Perfectly Clear Stamps
• CRW087 Navigateur
• P143 Carte Postale
• SSC1168 Vintage Uppercase Alphabet Perfectly Clear Stamps
• **NOTE the above gears stamp has been retired…Substitute SSC1143 Steampunk Gears Perfectly Clear Stamps

Spritz papers with Copics!!!  It’s fun and dries fast

• Mix 70% Isopropyl Alcohol with 15 drops of Copic ink into a .25 oz spritz bottle.
• Add more ink if you want more color and less ink if you want less color.
• The color will lighted as it dries

Stamp images as shown.  Also tear apart light weight card board for texture and spritz.  Also stamp letters to spell out love and dad.  Here is a close up of placement for the letters, the post card and the world map.  You can also see Where I placed the burlap and ribbons for this section of the box.  (In the below picture)

Stamp and emboss the CRW087 Navigateur with both EP231 Lapis  and DP102 Detailed Gold Embossing Powder sprinkling more of the Lapis over sections of the image than the detailed gold.  Stamp the World Map on the main tag, as well as, the postage stamps from SSC1166 Air Travel Perfectly Clear.  Tie ribbon.

I hope you found some inspiration for Father’s Day!  Especially if he has everything, because I guarantee he won’t have this

Have a great week!  Rhea

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Some of our other Design Team Members have been stamping for Dads as well this week. They’re using the new products from our April Catalog that are perfect for those Guy cards you need all the time. Be sure to visit their blogs and see what they’ve made, then get stamping for the dad in your life! (oh, and get your oil changed!)

Jamie Martin

Cyndi Bundy (Friday)

Kristine Reynolds

Tenia Nelson

Blog Hoppin’ with May Arts and Core’dinations

It’s the big blog hop today!! We hope you’ve got a really large beverage, a fluffy kitten and maybe a few hours to spend with us! Be sure to comment on each blog to increase your chances of winning! Also be sure to visit our Facebook Page and share one of  this week’s Blog Collaboration posts on your Timeline for an EXTRA chance to win your choice of a spool of May Arts Ribbon or a tag set from Core’dinations!

Let’s Review:

The Blog Hop Prize package from Stampendous consists of:

CRS5044 Cling Jumbo Butterfly Trio

SSH57 Cling Jumbo Handle

A random selection of David Tutera Celebrate Products Available at JoAnn Fabric and Crafts

A Sand It Set from Core’dinations

A random asst. of May Arts Ribbon from our stash – This is Ribbonista Virginia Fynes photo of her storage method!

THEN – the May Arts Blog is offering us an opportunity to give a way ANY two rolls of May Arts Ribbon! So if you SHARE our Collaboration Posts from our Facebook Page on your Facebook timeline, you will be entered to choose one of those! ALSO – the Core’dinations Blog is offering us two sets of tags for this as well! So FOUR people who SHARE our Facebook Posts will each win one of these. You have to SHARE, not just comment, not just “like”, you must SHARE. (and we can tell if you did!).  So here we go!

Asia King

Cyndi Bundy

Jamie Martin

Jennifer Dove

Krissy Fossmeyer

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Rhea Weigand

Tenia Nelson

Tobi Crawford

Leah Farrar-White

Sandy Allnock

Virginia Fynes

Debbie Standard

Kim Moreno

Mary Pat Siehl

And if you’d like to visit

Suzanne Czosek

she wasn’t able to play but has a cool stash of prizes from May Arts/Core’dinations

Finally, Please check us all out on Facebook for continuing fun, products, prizes and community!

David Tutera Celebrate Page

Core’dinations Facebook Page (they’re doing a 10,000 fan giveaway!!)

May Arts Facebook Page (they’re doing a Design Team Call)

and, of course, Stampendous Facebook Page

We’d all sure appreciate your “likes”, “comments”, “shares”, etc. And please feel free to share your creations with all of us!!

Ribbon is Good for the Soul!

There’s nothing that gets us going at Stampendous quite like opening up a big box from the Ribbon Lady herself. May Arts just finds the most luxurious, gorgeous ribbons from all over the world. Soooo yummy! And when we get to stamp on the rich, vibrant colors of Core’dinations papers then tie them all up with delicious May Arts goodness…well, that is a good day! Just look what we have for you today!

Starting with a gorgeous burst of yumminess! Look at what Rhea’s done with all the ribbon and even some lace on what is clearly a “guy” card! Wow… She’s used some fantastic Aged Teal Embossing Enamel on the buttons and edges of the main piece, some beautiful fragments, all from the Teal Encrusted Jewel Technique Kit, and, of course, our new Giraffe stamp! Getting ready for Father’s Day big time. She’s even sanded the Core’dinations in the background for an earthy look that is all yummy texture!

Stampendous Giraffe by Rhea Weigand

Folks from all three teams have projects for you today! Leave a comment on each blog for the best chance at winning. PLUS… visit our facebook page and SHARE on your Timeline one of this week’s posts about this Blog Hop.  We’ll choose 4 random winners this week from the “sharers” – 2 will get to choose ANY roll of May Arts ribbon and two will get tag packs from Core’dinations. (this is beyond the regular prizes already mentioned!).  But you HAVE to SHARE a post on your timeline. So visit our facebook PAGE – click the word Share underneath one of our posts, and choose “Share on your Timeline” to enter. Here’s who is hopping today:

Asia King

Cyndi Bundy

Krissy Fossmeyer

Lea Kimmel

Gini Williams Cagle

Jen Shears

Jenifer Cowles

Clare Buswell

Ellen Sosnoski

Ava Gavloski

PS…While we’re here editing and correcting links – want to mention the terrific Facebook Pages of the participating groups!

David Tutera Celebrate Page

Core’dinations Facebook Page (they’re doing a 10,000 fan giveaway!!)

May Arts Facebook Page (they’re doing a Design Team Call)

and, of course, Stampendous Facebook Page

We’d all sure appreciate your “likes”, “comments”, “shares”, etc.  And please feel free to share your creations with all of us!!

Around the Interwebs…

So many folks make terrific projects using Stampendous! We like to focus on them when we find them, feel free to post your creations on our Flickr group, our Facebook page, or email us with them at submissions@stampendous.com

Here are a few that we’ve found recently around the internet! We’re in awe of your talent and variations on every project. What a great bunch of fans we have!

Our first example is from former Design Team Member, Pam Hornschu. Click on the photo to visit her blog and see more of this terrific card. Her Encrusted Jewel Technique is stunning! She’s used our fantastic Vintage Piano Perfectly Clear Stamp set which is retired, but still available HERE.

Vintage Piano by Pam Hornschu

Our next example is from the amazing Siobhan from the Recovering Stampaholic blog. Siobhan always makes the most gorgeous creations and she always captures the entire essence of the Fran•táge style of vintage/collage/mixed media. Here she’s used our Mermaid stamp!

Mermaid Shells by Siobhan

A new fan to our Facebook Page, Nithya S, has been making some fantastic samples with our Agapanthus stamp. She’s really stretched so many possibilities to come up with some creative ideas! I love the way she has one of the blossoms “falling” on this card. So creative! Click on the photo to check out her blog! (pssst… this stamp is available at JoAnn Fabric and Crafts)

Agapanthus by Nithya S

Finally, former BlogStar Yana Smakula has been creating amazing things recently using Stampendous products. We’re always wowed by Yana’s flair and incredibly detailed blog posts! We’re so glad she enjoys using our products! Her blog is in Ukranian, but your browser will translate it for you. Here is her first card using our Carousel Circus Perfectly Clear Set. Click on the picture to visit her blog and see her other cards!

Vintage Circus by Yana Smakula

A quick reminder to make sure your May Fabulous Florals Contributions have been uploaded to the FELinus Linky tool in the right sidebar here, and that you have until Sunday evening to get your coments in for the fantastic prizes being offered in the EnviroTex Resin Collaboration from last week. Great news on that one is that 3 Canadian fans will win prizes as well as 3 U.S. fans!! Wow!!

And tune in Monday when we start a new blog hop with the fabulous folks at May Arts and Core’dinations! It’s going to be spectacular!

Come Sail Away… FREE Ship-ping!

Sandcastle Sunshine by Debi Hammons

This beautiful holiday weekend we’re celebrating the Nautical/Beach/Summer/Masculine…..(it just goes on)  images we’ve added to our website! Our Sample Artist Debi Hammons has been creating some gorgeous samples that just beg you to climb on board and sail away with us! When you combine the great selection with our terrific offer of FREE SHIPPING  (get it? ship-ping?) on U.S. retail orders of $50 or more, you’ll start to “sea”  why we’re so excited!

Can you see that amazing “beach” Debi has created on this card? That’s our Golden Sand Embossing Powder on a panel of our new Sticky Panels Double Sided Adhesive. This terrific adhesive “paper” can be torn, punched, cut, and even heat embossed for the MOST versatility ever! You can click on the caption for all the directions and supplies!

Be sure to join us tomorrow as we start our Blog Collaboration this week with the Craft Resin Blog and Nunn Designs! You won’t want to miss one minute of the fun!

Beach ya can’t get just one!

And why would you want to? These terrific beach images are so fun and terrific for Summer, Father’s Day, masculine cards, travel, scrapbooking, even graduation! And with our FREE SHIPPING on all U.S. retail orders over $50, why not complete your hot Summer collection now?!! If you need some more suggestions, add our Aged Marine and Aged Teal Embossing Enamels, and some Marine and Teal Color Fragments, and DON’T FORGET the Golden Sand Embossing Powder – a true favorite! You’ll have Summer stamping all wrapped up! Check out this great project by Stampendous Sample Artist Debi Hammons (click on the caption to see the complete instructions and supplies):

Marblehead Lighthouse Flip Card Inside by Debi Hammons

Marblehead Lighthouse Flip Card Inside by Debi Hammons

Be sure to come back and visit us next week! We’re playing with the Craft Resin Blog Tues-Fri with some FUN from Environmental Technologies (makers of Envirotex Jewelry Resin) and Nunn Designs (gorgeous jewelry bezels and more!). You won’t want to miss the great inspiration and terrific prizes!

Have you been Nautical or Nice??

Our collection of nautical and beach images is really HOT for this Summer! Your local retailer has got these terrific images in stock now, or you can order them on our website with FREE SHIPPING on U.S. retail orders over $50! Leave it to our super talented Sample Artist Debi Hammons to color up a ton of great Summer memories!  You can click on the caption to get complete supplies and instructions for this project!

Serene Lighthouse by Debi Hammons

Debi colored this gorgeous Boston, MA Lighthouse stamp with STAEDTLER Karat Aquarelle pencils. You can comment on our blogs from this past week (and those of all the designers listed on each blog) for a chance to win some terrific prizes!

One Last Minute Addition – Stampendous And STAEDTLER

We missed Tobi Crawford’s post today! Please go check it out and leave her some love!

Tobi Crawford

Stampendous and STAEDTLER – A love that will last!

We’ve had waaaayyy too much fun this week playing with our friends over at STAEDTLER! They were so generous to our Design Team, and we’ve loved every second of showing you what we can do with their beautiful products. REMEMBER – Next week we’ll be playing with our friends at the Craft Resin Blog! Ooooh… You know that one is always popular, and we’ve got more prizes for that one – Tues – Friday next week!

But we’ve been busy, too!

So, for the Stampendous blog this weekend, we’ll start your Summer off right with some gorgeous new Summer images just loaded to our website. These “beachy keen” images are available at your favorite local retailer, or you can order them right on our website and your local retailer will ship them right out to you! (REMEMBER there’s FREE shipping on U.S. retail orders $50+)

Our in-house Sample Artist Debi Hammons has been using our STAEDTLER Karat Aquarelle pencils to color some terrific beach scenes we’ll be bringing to you all weekend.

Portland Head Lighthouse by Debi Hammons

Our Design Team is still playing with Balloons, or other terrific images and STAEDTLER, and You have until the end of the day on Monday to do ALL your commenting on ALL the blogs for the week so you can win, win, win the terrific prizes from STAEDTLER and Stampendous. Be sure to visit every one of the terrific blogs below this weekend and leave them a ton of love! They’ve all worked very hard to inspire you to pick up some great stamps and make some beautiful art!

Cyndi Bundy

Jamie Martin

Janelle Stollfus

Jennifer Dove

Krissy Fossmeyer

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Rhea Weigand

April Derrick

Kelli Mowat

Lisa Somerville

Stampendous Gets Carried Away with STAEDTLER

For this blog hop the generous folks at STAEDTLER sent our Design Team a terrific package of products. The team has had so much fun creating beautiful projects with these terrific tools.  Legendary for quality and durability, STAEDTLER products have a long been our choice here at Stampendous. We tried to get a little “out of the box” this week to use some of the terrific things they supplied to us. Our own Fran Seiford created a page for a Mixed Media Journal using her favorite Karat Aquarelle Pencils, our Jumbo Cling Butterfly Trio stamp and our Bicycle Works Background stamp as well as our Teal Encrusted Jewel Kit and our Frantage Embossing Kit. What a fun way to fly a kite!

Butterfly Bicycle Journal Page by Fran Seiford

Playing along today are several members of the STAEDTLER Design Team along with lots of our gals! Be sure to visit each of the blogs and leave a terrific comment for each one! We’ve got some great prizes, you can see them on Monday’s post. Here’s who is playing today:

Suzanne Czosek

Kelli Mowat

Krissy Fossmeyer

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Rhea Weigand