Handcrafted Gift Tile by Barb Turpin

Today we have our talented BlogStar Barb Turpin sharing with you a terrific gift idea! You’ll love making these simple-to-create, dynamite-to-give tiles for home decor. Perfect for the experienced or aspiring traveler in your life! Her darling resin charm on here reminds us of our terrific blog collaboration with the folks at EnviroTex Jewelry Resin. What a fun event that was! We hope to repeat it next year. But for now, here’s Barb:

Hi, Barb here again, playing BlogStar for Stampendous Impressions.

I love how simple it is to stamp on tile.  Here are the step by step instructions, starting with the supplies I used:

First I stamped a flourish edge on the tile using Stampendous Cling Jumbo Spring Bouquet.

Next, I used I Love Paris.

…and then a flourish in the upper right corner from the set called Cling Jumbo Tulip.

Add some gorgeous black ribbon from May Arts, and some ‘found’ netting:

But wait, it needed a little something else, so I used the Charm Collection with some Envirotex Jewelry Resin.

Add a simple black easel, and Voila!, a hand made gift…easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by…always nice to hear from you!

Welcome to the Stampendous/EnviroTex Blog Hop!

We’re so happy you found us today! We’ve been enjoying the fun crafting potential of combining our fantastic stamp images with EnviroTex Jewelry Resin from Environmental Technologies. Carmi Cimiata of the Resin Crafts Blog has helped us learn so much about how this product works, what it can and cannot do. We’re so appreciative of her and the folks at ETI who sent us all some resin to play with.  {big round of applause!}

We’ve prepared some fantastic projects to inspire you today. We hope you’ll run over to your local Michaels or other craft store and pick up some resin and some Stampendous stamps and get playing. If you make something fun, please take a picture and put it on our Facebook page! We’d love to see what you’re doing!

Here’s my final attempt at resin for this week (but not “final”, I’ve had a lot of fun with this). I used the Stampendous Wonderland Perfectly Clear Stamp Set and the Steampunk Gears Perfectly Clear Stamp Set plus Lavender Crushed Glass Glitter for a fun Alice themed necklace and earrings. All charms, chains, bezels, etc. were from Michaels Stores.

Wonderland Set by Laura Weed

Everyone else is playing again today, too. And it’s safe to say they’ve left the best for last! Prepare to be WOWed!

As you visit each blog, you’ll be entered in our drawing for a great prize package when you leave a comment! If you don’t tell us you were there by commenting, we can’t include you in the drawing! We’ll pick a winner from today’s comments separate from the commenters throughout the week. Get hoppin!

Resin Crafts Blog

April Derrick

Cyndi Bundy

Janelle Stollfus

Jennifer Ingle

Krissy Fossmeyer

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Lynn Mercurio

Melinda Gleissner

Pam Hornschu

Stephanie Lee

Susie Moore

Suzanne Czosek

Tenia Nelson

Wendy Jordan

Wendy Price

Stampendous Fun with Jewelry Resin from EnviroTex

This is EnviroTex Craft Resin week on the Stampendous Impressions Blog. Carmi Cimiata over at the  Resin Crafts Blog sent us this fantastic product so we could combine our amazing images and the Fran•táge Essentials Collection of micas, glitters, and color fragments with making some durable, beautiful pieces. Our Design Teams have had a ball playing with these products.

We hope you’re planning on joining us for Saturday’s big Blog Hop. Here’s a little sneak peek…

So here are the designers who have prepared projects for today.  Visit them, leave some love! Win cool stuff! If you get brave and try this, leave a photo on our Facebook Page so we can see what you’ve done!  BE SURE to come back tomorrow for a whole new round of projects from ALL our Designers AND another chance to win some terrific goodies!

ResinCrafts Blog

April Derrick

Krissy Fossmeyer

Tenia Nelson

Pam Hornschu

NATURALLY there are Prizes!! Carmi has 3 prize packages that can be won by our fans in Canada. She will draw three Canadian winners from the comments on her blog all week.

We have 3 prize packages for our friends with US mailing addresses.

• We’ll draw one winner from the weekly comments on our blog.
• We’ll draw one winner from the comments on Saturday’s Big Blog Hop
• We’ll draw one winner from Facebook – You need to SHARE one or more of our posts about this project on your Timeline **

Each prize package from us will include a Jewelry pack of Resin, a bottle cap, bezel and button to try, and the Stampendous Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamps – perfect jewelry sized stamps for your crafting pleasure!

** Why do I need to SHARE the post ? Because Facebook has changed the way they show posts from a Page to that Page’s fans. (There are millions of posts a day now!) When you “share” a post it lets Facebook know you want to see posts from us. It also tells your friends what we’re up to and extends our “reach”. Maybe they will come like us, too! That IS why we’re doing this, to meet more people!

How do I SHARE a post? Visit our page on Facebook – Stampendous – We’ll keep an EnviroTex post pinned at the top this week – just find it and click on SHARE underneath the post, it’s blue. It will pop up a window that says Share On Your Own Timeline. You can write a message in the box if you like then click Share This Link. That’s it…easy!!

Have you tried Jewelry Resin yet? Join Us!

We’re playing with EnviroTex Craft Resin this week. Carmi over at the  Resin Crafts Blog has shown us some fantastic techniques. Our team has dived right in and created some gorgeous things to inspire you to try this craft. The possibilities are infinite with all the wonderful micas, glitters, etc in the Fran•táge Essentials Collection. Plus our images are just perfect for jewelry and home decor, even the really big ones!

I had some serious fun with these teeny, tiny, tart tins I found in the Michaels jewelry aisle! They’re so cute and you get so many in a package! They are just 1/2″ in diameter, so I used a 1/2″ punch to punch out parts of our Fantasy Tiles Perfectly Clear Stamps set.

Here are the products I used:

 

I spritzed a panel of Kraft cardstock with Copper Shimmer Spritz from Tsukineko. Then I stamped several of the Fantasy Tiles images (these are inchies) in VersaFine Vintage Sepia ink.  I knew I could only use a 1/2 ” circle from each picture for my teeny, tiny, tart tins, so I punched a circle from another paper and used it to find the area I wanted on each image.

 

 

 

 

 

Then I put them each in the bottom of a tin with some white glue. I painted white glue over each one following the directions, added Bronze Glass Glitter to the edges of them with more white glue, and then poured my resin. I ended up doing a bunch of them and coloring part of them with colored pencil to highlight the designs. I put a glue dot on the back of each one and glued them to waxed paper on a cookie sheet for pouring. That held them still. Then I put a magnet on the back of each. I adore these!! Tins, Resin, Magnets, Glue Dots all from Michaels Crafts Stores.

Teeny Tiny Tart Tins by Laura Weed

Come see what else we’ve done! Here’s who is playing today.  Visit them, leave some love! Win cool stuff! If you get brave and try this, leave a photo on our Facebook Page so we can see what you’ve done!

ResinCrafts Blog

Jennifer Ingle

Lea Kimmel

Suzanne Czosek

NATURALLY there are Prizes!! Carmi has 3 prize packages that can be won by our fans in Canada where she lives. She will draw three Canadian winners from the comments on her blog all week.

We have 3 prize packages for our friends with US mailing addresses.

• We’ll draw one winner from the weekly comments on our blog.
• We’ll draw one winner from the comments on Saturday’s Big Blog Hop
• We’ll draw one winner from Facebook – You need to SHARE one or more of our posts about this project on your Timeline **

Each prize package from us will include a Jewelry pack of Resin, a bottle cap, bezel and button to try, and the Stampendous Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamps – perfect jewelry sized stamps for your crafting pleasure!

** Why do I need to SHARE the post ? Because Facebook has changed the way they show posts from a Page to that Page’s fans. (There are millions of posts a day now!) When you “share” a post it lets Facebook know you want to see posts from us. It also tells your friends what we’re up to and extends our “reach”. Maybe they will come like us, too! That IS why we’re doing this, to meet more people!

How do I SHARE a post? Visit our page on Facebook – Stampendous – We’ll keep an EnviroTex post pinned at the top this week – just find it and click on SHARE underneath the post, it’s blue. It will pop up a window that says Share On Your Own Timeline. You can write a message in the box if you like then click Share This Link. That’s it…easy!!

Jewel Just Love Stampendous plus Resin!

Get it? Jewel? You will? Ok… it’s tough! We’re playing along all week with Carmi Cimiata over at the  Resin Crafts Blog  playing with EnviroTex Craft Resin. At first we were hesitant, but Carmi’s fun humor and terrific teaching style let us know we had nothing to fear. Her projects are so fun we just had to get some stamps in her hands, and the folks at Environmental Technologies were kind enough to share with us their terrific products! Add in the wonderful micas, glitters, etc in the Fran•táge Essentials Collection, plus our images, just perfect for jewelry and home decor, even the most timid crafter will fall in love with these projects.

Suzanne Czosek has been playing with the Charm Collection Set as well. Look at her bird bezel she made:

Suzanne Czosek Crowned Bird Pendant

 

We’ve got a LOT of amazing projects today.  Visit these blogs, leave a sweet comment!  Come back tomorrow! Win cool stuff!

Be sure to plan to spend Saturday with us, too, as all our designers show you MORE projects with this cool product.

ResinCrafts Blog

Lynn Mercurio

Melinda Gleissner

Pam Hornschu

Stephanie (Arty Carty) Lee

Wendy Price

Yippee for Prizes!! Carmi has 3 prize packages that can be won by our fans in Canada!  She will draw three Canadian winners from the comments on her blog all week.

We have 3 prize packages for our friends with US mailing addresses.

• We’ll draw one winner from the weekly comments on our blog.
• We’ll draw one winner from the comments on Saturday’s Big Blog Hop
• We’ll draw one winner from Facebook – You need to SHARE one or more of our posts about this project on your Timeline **

Each prize package from us will include a Jewelry pack of Resin, a bottle cap, bezel and button to try, and the Stampendous Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamps – perfect jewelry sized stamps for your crafting pleasure!

** Why do I need to SHARE the post ? Because Facebook has changed the way they show posts from a Page to that Page’s fans. (There are millions of posts a day now!) When you “share” a post it lets Facebook know you want to see posts from us. It also tells your friends what we’re up to and extends our “reach”. Maybe they will come like us, too! That IS why we’re doing this, to meet more people!

How do I SHARE a post? Visit our page on Facebook – Stampendous – We’ll keep an EnviroTex post pinned at the top this week – just find it and click on SHARE underneath the post, it’s blue. It will pop up a window that says Share On Your Own Timeline. You can write a message in the box if you like then click Share This Link. That’s it…easy!!

EnviroTex just Resin-ates with Stampendous Stamps!

Ok… the puns aren’t as easy with this as the Clear Scrap one! We’re playing with Carmi over at the  Resin Crafts Blog  this week, exploring the infinite uses of EnviroTex Craft Resin. We’ve marshaled our courage and created some fantastic things to inspire you to try this craft. The possibilities are infinite with all the wonderful micas, glitters, etc in the Fran•táge Essentials Collection. Plus our images are just perfect for jewelry and home decor, even the really big ones!

Look at this amazing project Pam Hornschu created! You’ll get to see some of her projects today!

Resin Bird Pendant by Pam Hornschu

Our designers have made some things you’ll love!  Visit them, leave some love! Win cool stuff!

ResinCrafts Blog

Janelle Stollfus

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

NATURALLY there are Prizes!! Carmi has 3 prize packages that can be won by our fans in Canada where she lives. She will draw three Canadian winners from the comments on her blog all week.

We have 3 prize packages for our friends with US mailing addresses.

• We’ll draw one winner from the weekly comments on our blog.
• We’ll draw one winner from the comments on Saturday’s Big Blog Hop
• We’ll draw one winner from Facebook – You need to SHARE one or more of our posts about this project on your Timeline **

Each prize package from us will include a Jewelry pack of Resin, a bottle cap, bezel and button to try, and the Stampendous Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamps – perfect jewelry sized stamps for your crafting pleasure!

** Why do I need to SHARE the post ? Because Facebook has changed the way they show posts from a Page to that Page’s fans. (There are millions of posts a day now!) When you “share” a post it lets Facebook know you want to see posts from us. It also tells your friends what we’re up to and extends our “reach”. Maybe they will come like us, too! That IS why we’re doing this, to meet more people!

How do I SHARE a post? Visit our page on Facebook – Stampendous – We’ll keep an EnviroTex post pinned at the top this week – just find it and click on SHARE underneath the post, it’s blue. It will pop up a window that says Share On Your Own Timeline. You can write a message in the box if you like then click Share This Link. That’s it…easy!!

Let’s Get to Know EnviroTex Resin!

Carmi Cimiata is a fun and funny gal. She runs the viviacious Resin Crafts Blog where she explores the most amazing uses of EnviroTex Craft Resin. Take a walk through her projects, they will astound you. She makes it look so easy we just had to try it.

We saw the potential immediately! With all our terrific images plus all the amazing things you can float or embed in the resin…ooh… Fran•táge, here we come!

NATURALLY there are Prizes!! Carmi has 3 prize packages for our fans in Canada where she lives. She’ll draw three Canadian winners from the comments on her blog all week.

We have 3 prize packages for our friends with US mailing addresses.

• We’ll draw one winner from the weekly comments on our blog.
• We’ll draw one winner from the comments on Saturday’s Big Blog Hop
• We’ll draw one winner from Facebook – You need to SHARE one or more of our posts about this project on your Timeline **

Each prize package from us will include a pack of Jewelry Resin, a bottle cap, bezel and button to try, and the Stampendous Charm Collection Perfectly Clear Stamps – perfect jewelry sized stamps for your crafting pleasure!

I used those fantastic stamps to make a really great necklace pendant!

I started with some cool bezels I found at Michael’s Craft Stores. (by the way the Jewelry Resin is sold at Michael’s as well) I’m loving their new Bead Landing products in the Jewelry section.

I measured the opening and stamped the tiny damask chair from the Charm Collection with white ink and the little pattern as a background with VersaMark on a piece of purple paper. I glued it into the bezel with white glue.

The directions tell you to paint a layer of white glue over any paper thing you’re using, so I did that. When it was dry I used some more white glue on a paint brush to add some Black Crushed Glass Glitter to the edges. Then I mixed and poured a very small amount of resin on this. Do be sure to read the instructions carefully and completely.

While the first resin layer dried, I cut some acetate pieces to size and stamped the chandelier on the acetate with Jet Black Stazon.  I placed it on top of the resin and poured more resin over the top.  Here is where my lesson of the day came in. After pouring my resin my son and I went to dinner. Just as a side note, wet resin sticks to cats. Cats run all over the house when wet resin is sticking to them. A few paw prints later, I just poured more resin over the top, and it looked as good as new. But do cover your drying project with an upside down plastic container of some sort. Lesson learned! Here’s my finished bezel:

And then I did a little more shopping in Michael’s jewelry section. My completed creation will be so wonderful for Halloween wearing!

Halloween Necklace by Laura Weed

You can see my resin overflowed my bezel a little. (thanks, cats!) I will trim that off with a craft knife once it’s soft cured for 24 hours.

So let’s check out the Design Team Members who have made something fun for us today.  Visit them, leave some love! Win some cool stuff!

ResinCrafts Blog

Cyndi Bundy

Kristine Reynolds

Susie Moore

Wendy Jordan

If the links above didn’t make it on to the Resin Crafts Blog post, please come back here to continue the hop! – Thanks!

** Why do I need to SHARE the Facebook post ?  Because Facebook has changed the way they show posts from a Page to that Page’s fans. (There are millions of posts a day now!) When you “share” a post it lets Facebook know you want to see posts from us. It also tells your friends what we’re up to and extends our “reach”. Maybe they will come like us, too! That IS why we’re doing this, to meet more people! Plus when you share, it lets us see that you did, that makes it easier to pick a winner for the contest.

How do I SHARE a post? Visit our page on Facebook  – Stampendous – We’ll keep an EnviroTex post pinned at the top this week – just find it and click on SHARE underneath the post, it’s blue. It will pop up a window that says Share On Your Own Timeline. You can write a message in the box if you like then click Share This Link. That’s it…easy!!

WINNERS – Plus: Next Week – Enviro-Tex

Last week we had so much fun with Clear Scraps! Thanks to them and their team for a terrific blog collaboration. It’s time to announce our winners!

Maureen Hayes

one of the few folks who figured out how to share on Facebook!!

Terry Burnette

winner from the blog comments during the week

Greta

winner for our Saturday Blog Hop comments

If you lovely ladies will contact me at submissions@stampendous.com we will get  your prize package out to you right away – be sure to email me your mailing address!!

We hope you’ll join us all next week as we team up with the folks at Environmental Technologies the makers of EnviroTex Resin. Their fantastic products are available at Michael’s  Craft Stores.

This product is a two part resin you mix (carefully, following ALL the instructions, which you have read completely before you start!) in a disposable container with a craft stick you never want to see again. (gettin’ scared? we were). It’s not for the faint of heart. But then we met Carmi Cimiata! This intrepid crafter from Canada runs the Resin Crafts Blog. The creative uses she comes up with! Wow! Her fearlessness prompted us to try it… and … we’re in love! Wait until you see the things we made!

She sent each member of our team a container of Jewelry Resin (oooh… you had us at jewelry) like this:

You can find this in the Jewelry making section at Michaels. She also sent us some fun things like bottle caps, bezels, buttons… but we kind of branched out on our own, and you will be amazed.

Join us Monday – and we’ll have chances for you to win all week.  PLUS good news, this time our friends in Canada can win! Since Carmi is in Canada, we mailed her enough goodies so she can mail out three prize packages from home! Yippee!!!  So we’ll have 3 prizes for US mailing addresses and 3 for Canadian mailing addresses.  See you Monday!!