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.

Saturday Color Challenge

Stampendous Blog Star, Janelle Stollfus, sure used her “Fran•tágination on this card.

Remember, for this month’s Stampendous blog color challenge, we are using any of these colors on a project, CREAM, PINK, BROWN, and/or GOLD. Be sure to submit your card by clicking on the Linky icon below before January 5th, midnight ET.

Celebrate Fran•táge by Janelle Stollfus

“This is a card where I felt the most Fran•taged! I used the Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel on a stamping technique using the backside of the stamp first then the image side to create the detail of the stamp on top.” – Janelle

Supplies:
FREG028 Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel
VM001 Versamark™ Watermark Stamp Pad
CRS5002 Cling Jumbo Thinking Of You
SSC1127 Cherub Wishes Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
SSC1115 Birthday Assortment Perfectly Clear™ Stamps
FL400 Cotton Ball White Fun Flock 
FRM01 Pearlized Mica Fragments

A2 card base
Pink cardstock 4 x 5 inches with scraps
Tissue paper
Clear Acetate scraps
Embossing folder
Alcohol distressing ink for antique distressing
Solvent based ink pad
Adhesive backed Rhinestones

See what our other Blog Stars created as they carry on the COLOR CHALLENGE.

Janelle Stollfus http://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com
Kristine Reynolds http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/
Pam Hornschu http://www.1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com
Taylor Usry http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/search/label/Stampendous
Wendy Jordan http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com

Get Ready to BLOG HOP!!!

The amazing Stampendous Design Team and the stupendous Stampendous BlogStars Team #1 are joining their super powers this Saturday for the 2nd Stampendous Blog Hop!!

Join us here at 8am PDT for the list of blogs to go a hoppin’. You’re going to LOVE the prizes! We’ll give away 2 each of our BRAND NEW  Jumbo Cling Flowers. They include a stunning Tulip, a dazzling Tiger Lily, and a fantastic Dogwood branch. Each prize includes a Jumbo Handle, rapidly becoming our fastest selling item this lightweight, easy to hold and use handle is ideal for all your largest cling and clear stamps!

The new flowers are available on our website, at your local stamp or scrapbooking store, and on our Facebook store. You’ll go nuts over the ease of use, versatility, and just plain wonderfulness of these images. The DT gasped in astonishment, the BlogStars squealed with glee when they knew they were getting some, and everyone has made the most incredible things for you to look at. Here are some sneaky peeks for those who can’t wait!

How can you win these gorgeous examples of stampy goodness??? Join us here between Saturday, June 11  at 8am PDT and Tuesday, June 14th at midnight. Leave a comment on our blog, then visit each of the 13 DT blogs and leave a comment on EACH one. It really helps us if you could include your first name and last initial in your comment so that we can easily spot you on all the blogs. We’ll compile a list of which folks made it to all 14 blogs and they’ll go into a drawing for one of the fabulous new flower sets. We’ll announce the winners here on Friday, June 17th, so look for your name.  Can’t wait to see what new amazingness our creative designers produce. Be sure to join us Saturday!