From Our House to Yours

From Our House by Cindy Coutts

Stamps: Stampendous (Cling Cornucopia, Winter Trees Perfectly Clear Set – sentiment)

Card Stock: Papertrey Ink (Stamper’s Select White), Stampin’ Up! (Early Espresso, More Mustard)

Designer Paper: Basic Grey (Pyrus)

Ink Pads: Memento (Tuxedo Black), Papertrey Ink (Chamomile), Stampin’ Up! (Early Espresso)

Markers/Colored Pencils: Copic markers (C1, E11, E13, E15, E23, E37, E40, E42, E43, E44, G20, G21, G24, R24, R27, R29, R59, Y06, YR2, YG13, YG17, YG21, YG23, YG25, YR15, YR16, V06, V09, V17)

Ribbon/Twine: Stampin’ Up! (Early Espresso 1-1/4” Striped Grosgrain Ribbon)

Spellbinders Paper Arts Nestabilities: Square

Machine(s)/Tool(s): ProvoCraft Cuttlebug

Technique: Die-cutting, dry embossing, ink distressing

Size: 5 x 5

Stampendous Sketch Challenge!

Jenn Dove came up with the idea to do a monochromatic design for this week’s sketch challenge! That means that you can make a card or scrapbook page using one color of your choosing and any gradations of that color. Her example is this sweet and simple black and white card using our NEW Yule Penguin Perfectly Clear Stamps.

Pam made a festive Halloween card only using shades of purple. In her card she used the NEW Cling Stamp Hang Out Spider Set.

We’d like to congratulate last week’s challenge winners, Carol and Regla! The challenge was to use an Autumn color palette. Carol’s cheery card was made using the ever-so-popular Ruffled Bloom stamp, which come in Cling Rubber, too!

Regla designed a card with a wily Fluffles falling into a pile of leaves. She used the Fluffles Leap stamp. And if you think this card couldn’t get any cuter, the inside says “happy fall”:

We will be sending them a fun Stampendous surprise in the mail! You could be one of the lucky winners this week! So get out your stash and make something beautiful with Stampendous products. Post your creation to your blog, website, or in any public forum like Paper Craft Planet.com, Splitcoast Stampers.com, Stamp Shack.com or others. Copy the link to your card and paste it into the comment section of this blog post.  Find out more information by clicking on the “Sketch Challenge Rules” link at the top of this blog.

We can’t wait to see what you create with our products! You may use any other products that you like to complete your project!

Happy National Scrapbook Week!

It’s National Scrapbook Week and we here at Stampendous love our scrapbookers! So many pages and so many opportunities to use fun stuff.
Using our Sticker Background Technique makes pages that really pop!  Here are a couple of new pages that we have using this technique.

The Peacock page is amazing.  We just did this as a Make and Take at Camp Croppin’ in Calgary and it was a huge hit.  What’s not to love about these colors?  And so fast to make – about 20 minutes to produce this dazzling page.

Stampendous Supplies for the Peacock Scrapbook Page:

• AC1023 Peacock Plumes Class A’Peel Stickers
• CK08 Peacock Fringe Benefit Kit

Why not try embossing a background for your page?  While we were Camp Croppin’, we also made this vibrant peacock card using the same Sticker Background Technique as the scrapbook page alone with embossing a background pattern. Our large stamps make wonderful all over patterns that are perfect for pages.  And our crystal embossing powder gives you a beautiful tone-on-tone background like the one on this peacock card.

Stampendous Supplies for the Peacock Card:

• AC1023 Peacock Plumes Class A’Peel™ Stickers
• AC964 Jumbo Circles Class A’Peel™ Stickers (in Holograph Green & Holograph Turquoise)
• CK08 Peacock Fringe Benefit Kit
• R113 Floral Dream Woodmounted Rubber Stamp (Also available in Cling Rubber!)
• EH050 Crystal Embossing Powder

This page is using our copper glitter and velvet leaves.  Very elegant and pretty.

Stampendous Products Used in the Autumn Scrapbook Page:

• AC990 Velvet Jumbo Damask Leaf Class A’Peel™ Stickers (Mocha Brown & Olive)
• GM225U Copper Ultra Fina Jewel Glitter

Have you used our products on your pages?  Send us photos of your pages and we will publish right here on our blog this week!

Sticker Background Technique Giveaway!

We’ve been having so much fun collaborating with our good friends at Creative Impressions.  These wholesalers of ribbon, hardware and stamping embellishments have just the products we need to coordinate with our fabulous stamps, stickers and accessories. Plus, they’re incredibly generous folks!

We’ve also been loving our sticker background technique for glitter and flocking, and we’ve been using everything lying around the stamp room for variations on this look. The other day we grabbed some of the DARLING felt shapes that Creative Impressions sent us and went to town making glittery samples. You’re going to love what we came up with! PLUS… Now you can win some of it! We’ve put together 4 prize packages consisting of Stampendous Glitzy Glitter, Creative Impressions Felt Shapes, and Thermo Web Peel N Stick Adhesive so you can create some amazing creations like these. We’ve also linked this post to our Sticker Background Technique with Glitter Video so you can refresh your memory about this great technique.

Here’s how to play our scavenger hunt game and win one of the 4 prize packages:

Tomorrow, October 13, at 2pm Pacific Standard Time we will post a close-up photo of one of our Fall products. Search through our products at www.stampendous.com to find the product in the photo and send us its correct full name. Send us the name one of four ways to win the prize:

• The 1st person to leave a blog comment of the correct name of the product on the blog post wins a prize package!
• The 1st person to tweet us on Twitter the correct name of the product @Stampendous wins prize package!
• The 1st person to leave a wall comment of the correct name of the product on our Facebook page wins a prize package!
• The 1st person to email of the correct name of the product to submissions@stampendous.com wins a prize package!

And until tomorrow’s scavenger hunt comes, check out these cards we made using Stampendous Glitzy Glitter, Creative Impressions Felt Shapes, and Thermo Web Peel N Stick Adhesive:

Heart & Key Card by Debi Hammons:

Products Used:

• SSC1037 Changito Valentines Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set
• GM804U Gold Ultra Fine Halo Glitter
• Locks & Keys Shimmer Assortment by Creative Impressions (about 36 pieces) Item# 63201

Holiday Snowflakes Card by Debi Hammons:

Products Used:

• GM801U Silver Ultra Fine Halo Glitter
• AC723S Holiday Greetings Class A’Peel Stickers in Silver
• Large Winter Felt Snowflakes by Creative Impressions (about 24 pieces) Item# 63010

Thanksgiving Leaves Card by Debi Hammons:

Products Used:

• GM264U Mahogany Jewel Glitter
• AC971C Thanks Leaves Class A’Peel Stickers in Copper
• Autumn Leaf Felt Assortment by Creative Impressions (about 30 pieces) Item# 63100

Holiday Ornaments Card by Debi Hammons:

Products Used:

• GM801U Silver Ultra Fine Halo Glitter
• AC666S Sparkler Chain Class A’Peel Stickers in Silver
• Christmas Ornament Felt Assortment by Creative Impressions (about 30 pieces) Item# 63121

Watch our Sticker Background Technique with Glitter Video to learn how to make these cards!

Stampendous Favorite Stampers: Halloween, Part 1

It’s scary how quickly Halloween is creeping around the corner! So we’ve round-up a great group of our favorite cards from stamp bloggers!

Our first card is by Sue N. You can find her creative cards on her website http://www.heartprints.net/.
Stampendous Stamps Used:

• V159 Fluffles Ghostie Woodmounted Rubber Stamp
• H259 Fluffles Brew Woodmounted Rubber Stamp
• F194 Fluffles Muskateer Woodmounted Rubber Stamp
• L225 Fluffles Vamp Woodmounted Rubber Stamp
• C166 Trick or Treat Woodmounted Rubber Stamp
• C181 Bugs and Kisses Woodmounted Rubber Stamp
• A133 Candy Corn Woodmounted Rubber Stamp
  (to find any of these stamps, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

Our next project is by Lori T. You can find this pail on her blog http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com/.
Stampendous Stickers Used:

• AC100VK Silly Spiders Class A’Peel™ Stickers in Velvet Black
• AC1004MRK Jumbo Bats Class A’Peel™ Stickers in Mirror Black
• AC722MRK Spooky Fence Class A’Peel™ Stickers in Mirror Black (to find these sticker ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).
• AC970HSO Pumpkin Treat Class A’Peel™ Stickers in Orange Holograph (to find these sticker ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

Our third card is by Sue N. You can find this card on her website http://www.heartprints.net/.
Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC1056 Stretchy Spooks Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
• L231 Lift Spirits Woodmounted Rubber Stamp or available in as cling CRL231 Lift Spirits Cling™ Rubber Stamp

Our fourth card is by Mary Jo M. You can find this card on her blog http://www.monkeyscrapbooks.blogspot.com/.
Stampendous Stamps Used:

• F147 Fluffles Brookstick Woodmounted Rubber Stamp or in cling CRF147 Fluffles Broomstick Cling™ Rubber Stamp (to find these stamps ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

And our fifth card is by Stephanie J. You can find her other cute cards on her blog http://papercrafterthoughts.blogspot.com/.
Stampendous Stamps Used:

• F192 Changito Mummy Woodmounted Rubber Stamp or in cling (CRF192 Changito Mummy Cling™ Rubber Stamp)
• C181 Bugs & Hisses Woodmounted Rubber Stamp or in cling (CRC181 Bugs & Hisses Cling™ Rubber Stamp)
  (to find these stamps ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

Stampendous Favorite Stampers: Back 2 School

To the dismay of many kids and the excitement of all their parents, it is the end of Summer and that means time to go back to school!! We’ve rounded-up our favorite school themed cards for this week’s Stampendous Favorite Stampers!

Our first card is by Amber. You can find the card at her blog http://www.amberscards.com/. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC190 School for Changito Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Our second card is by Bernie. You can find the card at her blog http://craftybe.blogspot.com/. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• H152 Student Chick Woodmounted Rubber Stamp (to find this stamp, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

Our next card is by Stephanie. You can find the card at her blog http://papercrafterthoughts.blogspot.com. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC675 School for Max Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Our fourth card is by Amber. You can find the card at her blog http://www.amberscards.com/. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC190 School for Changito Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Our next card is by Sharon. You can find the card at her blog http://blog.sharonscraftycreations.co.uk/. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC095 Teacher Topper Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set (to find this stamp, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here).

Our sixth card is by Libby H. You can find the card at her blog http://stampinlibby.blogspot.com/. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC190 School for Changito Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Our last card is by Amber. You can find the card at her blog http://www.amberscards.com/. Stampendous Stamps Used:

• SSC190 School for Changito Perfectly Clear™ Stamp Set

Stamps & Glue Pad with Fun Flock Tutorial

We love all the great things Kimberly Crawford creates over at For the Love of Paper! Today’s blog post is a tutorial using stamps and a glue pad with Fun Flock by Kimberly Crawford herself!

When I use Fun Flock, The Essential Glue Pad has always worked well for me. There is a little trick to it, so read on. It also cleans up easily with stamp cleaner. (clean the glue off as if it was ink, any cleaner will do)

When I am going to Fun Flock in a darker color, I stamp the image in ink similiar to the Fun Flock color I am going to use first. Using acrylic stamps makes this so much easier.

Once the colored ink has dried, push your stamp into the glue pad, just like it was ink. Line up the two images and stamp. Here is the little trick *let the glue dry for a minute or two*. Yep, let it just sit there. (remove the stamp though)

After a few minutes, be very liberal with your Fun Flock application. I poured almost the entire bottle over this ornament. Gently push the Fun Flock down onto the image and let it dry for several minutes. (get a soda or a treat while you wait )

Here is the finished card. Fun Flock is wonderful for holiday cards and believe it or not, it is time to start thinking and planning for those! *wink*

For this card, I stamped the leaves on the bottom half of the card with glue and then applied the Fun Flock.

On this card, I stamped the entire butterfly image on the cardstock and another piece of cardstock. The second butterfly got stamped with glue and then Fun Flock was added. I cut out the butterfly and foam mounted it. (stamping it first, lets you “keep” the antennae )

The background was stamped with glue and then Fun Flock was applied. The butterflies were stamped with watermark ink.

Recipe

Stamps:

• SSC169 Wild Blossoms Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
  
• SSC098 Happy Flowers Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
• SSC195 Butterfly Beauties Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
  
• SSC1022 Damask Season Perfectly Clear™ Stamps (to find this stamp set, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here)
• SSC1023 Damask Fall Perfectly Clear™ Stamps (to find this stamp set, ask your local retailer. Find your local retailer here)

Other:

• Stampendous Fun Flock (FL402 Chili Pepper Red, FL821 Chocolate Lotto, FL407 Lemonade Yellow, FL803 Pixie Pink )
• Tsukineko Versamark Watermark
• Tsukineko Essential Glue Pad
• Palette Ink (Belle Rose, Chartreuse, Paris Lights, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate)
• Prism Cardstock (Simply Smooth, Frosted Pink, Intense Pink, Frosted Teal, Intense Teal, Suede Brown Medium, Suede Brown Dark)
• Ribbon (Offray Striped, May Arts White Sheer, American Crafts Pink Striped, Papertrey Ink Pure Poppy Grosgrain)
• Button from Making Memories
• Twine from May Arts