Tropical Treasures

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 StampendousLeave a comment

Fran’s Watercolor Series continues with more Fabulous Friday FUN and some beautiful beach scenes to warm your winter day! The three newest Perfectly Clear Stamps supporting her lessons are perfect for combining or using separately to create colorful cards and mini-masterpieces to share with friends and family.

In Lesson 137, Fran focuses on the Dolphin Play and Go Fish sets of stamps showing how to use their many, interactive pieces to build various scenic panels. She also studies new background effects for creating underwater, ocean scenes.

You can watch the video here on our YouTube Channel –

Fran's Watercolor Series Lesson 137 Video

In Lesson 138, Fran adds the gorgeous Shell Beach Perfectly Clear Stamps to the mix and shows you how to embed the shells in sand and create dimensional, layered images. Bright, natural colors give the finished cards the same spectacular looks as nature.

You can catch up with today’s video if you missed it here –

Fran's Watercolor Series Lesson 138 Video

We hope you’ve been following along and enjoying Fran’s Watercolor Series this year. She’ll be previewing three new stamp sets next week, the last selections of the series. Do join us on Fridays, and remember that this resource will continue to be available so that you can enjoy the fun of watercoloring great projects to share with others.

Jungle Series – Lion

August 13, 2019 Stampendous5 Comments

Totally Wild Banner

Everyone has enjoyed our Jungle Series so much, and here’s the last of the new Cling Stamp and Cutting Die sets, the Lion. King of the Jungle, proudest of the beasts, able to bobble his head and the heads of others!

Lion Cling Stamps and Dies — CLD20 Lion Cling Rubber Stamps and Cutting Dies

He makes a delightful WindowRama card, and comes with his own window for the WindowRama Die Set, just like the others. You’ll love his sweet face, and all the possibilities. Here’s a video from Fran showing this fun set.

Jungle Fun with Copic Markers

July 4, 2019July 3, 2019 Stampendous2 Comments

In our recent April Release we had a great time with our new Jungle themed products! Fran made tons of WindowRama cards and dioramas using all of the great dies in those sets. You can see lots of her projects in videos on our YouTube Channel.

In many of those projects you’ll see delightful, little, mini-backgrounds that Fran made with Copic Markers. We thought you’d like to see how she put those together.

Copic Marker backgrounds for Jungle Series Cards

Here’s a video where she shows you how, and you can see how we incorporated them in to our fun Jungle Series cards.

Fishy Fun!

May 15, 2019May 14, 2019 Stampendous3 Comments

The Stampendous April Catalog is full of darling Summer fun for everyone. Especially those who love the sea! With undersea Cling Rubber Stamp sets and Perfectly Clear Stamps, we’re brimming with fun from the briny deep.

Our sweet Fishy Fun Perfectly Clear Stamps are a cute and creative way to send a summer greeting or an invitation for some beachy keen fun!

SSC1312 Fishy Fun Perfectly Clear Stamps

Our own Debi Hammons made the sweetest card featuring these darling underwater friends. You can click on the image for project supplies and instructions. Or see the card in person at your favorite stamping or scrapbooking store on our May Store Display Board!

Fishy Fun WindowRama by Debi Hammons for Stampendous

For those who prefer an “above water” approach, we also have our darling new Floaties Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

SSC1313 Floaties Perfectly Clear Stamps Set

Fran made this sweet and simple card that comes together in minutes with colored pencil coloring.

We also brought out four darling Cling Rubber Stamp sets in our ocean theme this year.

These four sets, which retail for only $8.99 each, have two greetings and a complete scene for easy, quick cards. Debi created a darling group of cards using these sets, plus we’ll be sharing more projects featuring them in some top stamping publications later this year.

Our Design Team have also been sharing with our super fun Summer sets. Take a look at their cute contributions. Which set is your fave?

Alison Heikkila(1)

Kathi Rerek (1)

Jamie Martin

Alison Heikkila (2)

Kathi Rerek (2)

Alison Heikkila (3)

Everyday QSets! Funny and Fun!

February 15, 2019February 13, 2019 Stampendous18 Comments

We were very excited at Christmas time when our new QSets of Cling Rubber and Cutting Dies were so well-received! These sweet little stamp sets have humorous and whimsical images and sentiments that make creating cards, tags, boxes, and bags easy and fun. The coordinating cutting dies leave a cute, small white border around the images to mimic children’s stickers.

New, everyday designs are here with images stamps for Spring, Summer, friends and fun. We know you’ll have small (and not-so-small) folks somewhere in your life who will love your projects made with these sweet characters!

QSets are a bit different. The image is shown on the carrier sheet instead of on top of the stamp. But they’re super easy to store in your regular, slim storage. Our Thin Stuftainers are the ideal storage containers for these great sets. They also all fit into the WindowRama die set and look great romping through the Meadows Edge. You’ll love how these sets coordinate with just everything!

Fran made a great video sharing these fun sets and their coordinating die sets. Check it out here:

And, of course, our Design Team have had some great fun with these wonderful sets! Hop around and see their projects and leave a comment, you might win your favorite set of stamps and matching dies. We’ll give away three sets to U.S. Mailing Addresses. The Official Rules for our contests are always here.

Alison Heikkila

Kathi Rerek

Jamie Martin (1)

Jamie Martin (2)

We’ll see you next week with more fun from our new January 2019 Catalog!

Meadows Edge Winners

February 13, 2019 Stampendous6 Comments

Our new January 2019 Catalog is full of great innovation from Fran for making interactive, 3D cards that are simple and fun to create. You loved our WindowRama Die Set, and the next step is the Meadows Edge and Meadow Edgers sets.

We have three lucky winners from blog comments on the Meadows Edge and Meadow Edgers. Thanks for supporting our Design Team with your kind words!! Winners will receive both sets, the Meadows Edge clear stamps and the Meadow Edgers die set! Can’t wait to see what you make!!

SSC1294 Meadows Edge Perfectly Clear Stamps

For all our contests, only open to U.S. mailing addresses, Official Contest Rules are always Here. And here’s another look at Fran’s great video featuring these products with and without the WindowRama die set as well. A great versatile set!

Winners – be sure to email us at submissions@stampendous.com with your U.S. Mailing Address (yes, U. S. territories and military are fine!)

Denise Bryant

Michelle Henderson

Anne Temple

Congratulations, crafters! We know you’ll love these sets!

Meadows Edge and Meadow Edgers

February 6, 2019February 5, 2019 Stampendous16 Comments

SSC1294 Meadows Edge Perfectly Clear Stamps contain a ton of elements, 16 clear stamps, that can create all types of scenic backgrounds when stamped and colored in different combinations. From cactus and mesas to fields of flowers or sand, you can have a cottage at the beach or a mountain hideaway with these great stamps. (You can click on the pictures to be taken to products or projects on our website).

They coordinate perfectly with so many of our other stamps, as well as with the WindowRama for perfect backgrounds.

Or take it a step farther with the Meadow Edgers Cutting Die Set. This set of 7 dies is designed to cut right along the edge of the different Meadows Edge stamps to create 3D looks easily without fussy cutting.

Use them with the stamps to create intricate or simple layered backgrounds.

You can also use them without the stamps to add some cutting flair to your backgrounds using colored or patterned paper.

Fran has created a wonderful video showcasing these two products working together and separately. We know you’ll love them both. Plus our Design Team has created lots of fun projects to share. Hop around to their posts and leave them some love for your chance to win these two great projects. We’ll choose three winners with U.S. Addresses from the comments on their blog and ours. (Be sure to tell us where you live in your comment). Official Contest Rules are always Here.

Check out our Design Team projects on their blogs here –

Jamie Martin

Jamie Martin #2

Kathi Rerek

Janelle Stollfus

(shared earlier but uses the Meadow Edgers grass die SO Creatively as party banners)

Stay tuned for more new fun and ideas!

Summer Mash Up: And Winners

June 22, 2018June 22, 2018 Stampendous4 Comments

This week our Design Team have been sharing the rest of their April Release Samples. At the end of next week, on June 29th, our July Holiday Catalog will go live on our website, and all of our newest Halloween, Fall, Christmas, Winter, and more be available for your viewing pleasure.

Next week the team will be sneaky peeking their favorites of the new Holiday options so you can get jump start on your shopping list for seasonal creating! Many of these great new products are already in your favorite stamp stores, so you might want to plan a visit soon!

Here we are saying farewell to the April Release (for those of you who just started it, don’t worry, Summer isn’t quite over yet, there will be other summery shares!). Check out these designer’s blogs to see their great inspiration.

Kathi Rerek

Jamie Martin

Lea Fritts

Alison Heikkila

Janelle Stollfus

Llama Gonna Have Winners!!

We have three winners this week. Each one may choose their choice in Cling Rubber Mount of the Happy Hedgehog, Llama Delivery, or Sloth Swing. Let us know in an email to submissions@stampendous.com which one you’d prefer and your U.S. Mailing Address.

Mary Holshouser

Marisela Delgado

Jean Marmo

Congratulations, Winners!! We hope you love stamping your new critters.

Llama Gonna Have Fun! and Winners!

June 15, 2018June 15, 2018 Stampendous6 Comments

This week our Design Team featured our three newest animals on their posts. These three critters will really hit the spot with your trendy teens, and your cards will be the hit of every party!

First up is our Llama Delivery stamp! Available in wood mounted or cling rubber, like all three of these stamps, this sweet South American favorite is ready to deliver a pile of gifts to the lucky recipient.

Our sweet Happy Hedgehog has happened by to help you send any greeting you like to your friends and family. Hedgehogs are pretty huge right now for really tiny creatures. The internet is obsessed with their cuteness, and you will make a big hit with the millennial set when you send a Happy Hedgehog greeting.

And last, but not least, sloths are a huge trend right now. We secretly think it’s because teenagers wish they could sleep as much as sloths seem to do. They’re really fascinating creatures, and even their slow-motion lifestyle has been developed for the purpose of survival. We loved learning about them while making this darling stamp! Your teens and millennials will really appreciate this sweet, swinging slot.

Check out the darling cards our team has been sharing all week! Comment on their posts and ours for a chance to win your choice of one of this terrific trio in Cling Rubber. Official Rules are always HERE, and we can only send to U.S. Winners. We hope you’ll hop around to all the terrific posts and leave as many comments as you can, you’ll be entered once for each comment left. You have until Thursday, June 21 to complete your hop!

Jamie Martin

Alison Heikkila

Monday

Kathi Rerek

Wednesday

Janelle Stollfus

Kathi Rerek

Jamie Martin

Friday

Kathi Rerek

Winners from last week’s House-Mouse Designs For Summer Hop are

Linda BL

itstrulyanoriginal

Brian Poteraj

You three lucky winners each get a $20 Stampendous Reward Card to spend on our website. To claim it, email us at submissions@stampendous.com!! Congratulations!

House-Mouse Designs for Summer

June 4, 2018June 11, 2018 Stampendous13 Comments

Once again we’ve added to our family of mousey friends with the delightful images or House-Mouse Designs® from Ellen Jareckie. Our miniature furry friends are having so much fun for Summer.

We know you’ll love what our Design Team have done with these adorable creatures. Please visit their blogs for a squeak-peek into mousey paradise! Leave a comment here and on their sites for a chance to win a $20 Stampendous Reward card to fill your mousey dreams. (Reward cards are only available to winners with U.S. Addresses and must be used on http://www.stampendous.com before Dec 31, 2018). Official Rules are always HERE. We’ll give away 3 Reward Cards!