Spring Mash-Up!

March 19, 2018March 19, 2018 Stampendous11 Comments

We’re still excited about releasing our new April Catalog for Summer, but we’ve still got some great samples you haven’t seen from our January Spring release. This week our Design team will treat you to all the inspiration from our October and January catalogs that they haven’t posted yet. And it’s a wonderful Spring-a-palooza!

Jamie Martin

Louise Healy

One thing we haven’t shared enough yet, because they’re our favorite thing right now, is our Spring Borders Die Set. Fran herself had an opportunity to play with these this last week, and she created a terrific collection of even more ideas for these wonderful edge dies.

You remember that the set looks like this –

Spring Borders Die Set Packaged — DCP1009 Spring Borders Cutting Dies

It has 6 dynamic cutting dies for a huge variety of looks and uses. Well, Fran said, “what if I just get into the stash of scraps we have and go crazy?” She cut a ton of strips and just had a great time layering them on to cards. Card-making doesn’t get easier than this!! It’s all about finding a color story in the scraps you love and just playing with the shapes and patterns.

Can you spot the Easter bunny??

Glitter papers, adding some white with a greeting here and there, you can even make this the surprise interior of a card with a fun window peeking through!

She even used the strips to decorate a hat pattern that she downloaded from the web. Wouldn’t these be a cute project for a little girl’s party!! What fun!

So we have to tell you that the hat above that Fran made is actually sized for her cat, Beaver. We challenged her to get a photo of him wearing it, after all she would have to tie it under his chin, and cats aren’t known for their love of hats… but SHE DID it! And she even got photos!! She’s not even bleeding! Good job, Beaver, such a good sport!!

You’ll still see a lot of projects using these great border dies in our April catalog as we go, our team just loves them so much! And Fran may just have more ideas as we go along, she’s always thinking of something special. Come back Wednesday for more recap from our January catalog projects!

Happy Holidays! Sneak Peek goes Live!

June 30, 2017June 30, 2017 Stampendous5 Comments

Our July 2017 Product is now live on our website HERE. Grab a cheese danish and some coffee and spend a morning, or weekend, with us! Our new Christmas, Inspirational, Winter, and Halloween/Fall images will make you smile.

You’ll love the new Pink Your Life Whisper Friends getting ready for Christmas, the inspiring and gorgeous Laurel Burch holiday stamps, our mousey friends from House-Mouse Designs as they celebrate the holidays, and a wonderful new set to fill you with Halloween Glee from mixed media artist Andy Skinner. Plus, of course, there’s tons of new products from our own Fran Seiford, including several sets of cling rubber stamps that include matching dies!

We’ll be highlighting all these wonderful products between now and Christmas, but here’s another quick sneak peek, our new Laurel Burch Heavenly Holiday Cling Stamps and Dies Set.

AND we were super blessed to have decorative painter Laurie Speltz play with our new Decor Cling stamps for this catalog. She created some gorgeous samples for us. She’s showcasing a sneaky peek with one of them today, check it out!

Laurie Speltz

And our own wonderful Design Team is chiming in with these great projects:

Alison Heikkila

Louise Healy

Kristine Reynolds

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Keeping Cool With House-Mouse Designs

June 21, 2017June 19, 2017 Stampendous13 Comments

We’re Keeping Cool this week on the Stampendous Blog, comment on our blogs this week, and tell us what the weather is doing in your neck of the woods. One commenter will win a Cling Rubber Dessert Dive stamp and get to cool off with our favorite mice! You can see the prize on Monday’s post. The Official Rules are HERE.

If you’re staying inside to keep cool this Summer, you should be crafting! We’ve got lots of cool inspiration for you this week.

The House-Mouse Designs® critters are especially good at staying cool.

Blossom Breeze – http://stampendous.com/shop/stamps/house-mouse-designs/house-mouse/blossom-breeze-rubber-stamp/

Spigot Soak – http://stampendous.com/shop/stamps/animals/spigot-soak-rubber-stamp/

Squirrel Showers – http://stampendous.com/shop/stamps/animals/squirrel-showers-rubber-stamp/

Summer Snacking – http://stampendous.com/shop/stamps/house-mouse-designs/house-mouse/summer-snacking-rubber-stamp/

Poppy Nap – http://stampendous.com/shop/stamps/house-mouse-designs/house-mouse/poppy-nap-rubber-stamp/

Ice Pop Treat – http://stampendous.com/shop/stamps/house-mouse-designs/house-mouse/ice-pop-treat-rubber-stamp/

We’ve got some teammates sharing today with their ideas about keeping cool.

Louise Healy

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

Janelle Stollfus

Comment on our blog or our team blogs for your chance to win the House-Mouse Dessert Dive stamp, and come back on Friday for more help keeping cool this Summer!

Remember, there’s FREE SHIPPING on the Stampendous website for orders over $50 through August 31! Time to stay indoors where it’s cool and do some crafting! Use promo code BLG717 at checkout as many times as you like.

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Keeping Cool – and a Winner!

June 19, 2017 Stampendous15 Comments

We’re Keeping Cool this week on the Stampendous Blog, which is nice, because even here in temperate Anaheim, California, it is NOT cool. Hopefully our inspirations will help you stay cool this week. Comment on our blogs this week, and tell us what the weather is doing in your neck of the woods. One commenter will win a Cling Rubber Dessert Dive stamp and get to cool off with our favorite mice!

House Mouse Cling Dessert Dive — House-Mouse Dessert Dive

We’ve got some teammates sharing today with their ideas about keeping cool.

Alison Heikkila

Jamie Martin

Kristine Reynolds

AND – We’ve got a lucky winner from last week’s Gone to the Dogs (and Cats) series. We really, really loved hearing about your pets! What a fabulous week it was with some really great stories! It was hard to pick, but thanks to Random.org, our winner is

D.AnnC

D.Ann email us at submissions@stampendous.com with your mailing address so we can get your Laurel Burch Dog Park Stamps and Dies right out to you!

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Join Us! Upcoming Events – 6/10/17

June 10, 2017June 9, 2017 StampendousLeave a comment

Join Us!

Stampendous is excited to be attending these upcoming events!

AFCI/SPC Mixed Media Event

This first event is for the trade. The best mid-year buying event for the creative industries often features the newest holiday releases for many manufacturers, and Stampendous will be no exception. Come be the first to see our fantastic holiday line and stock your store for holiday card makers and gift creators. You’ll love our new images and products! This event is being hosted by AFCI (Association For the Creative Industries, formerly CHA) and SPC (Sierra Pacific Crafts, a prominent association of craft sales professionals, stores, and manufacturers)

You can still register for this event HERE

Heart of Ohio Tole (HOOT)

Once again Stampendous Stamps and our own amazing Tammie Wilson are headed to the Heart of Ohio Tole Conference. Don’t miss the chance to register for great classes, see wonderful demonstrations, then stop by our booth in the marketplace to see our holiday offerings and pick up your favorites!

You can download the 2017 Convention Catalog HERE

You can register for the 2017 Convention HERE.

Ministry of Mixology

We sure hope you’ve registered for this amazing, upcoming event! You’ll learn so much, have so much fun, and you’ll just be astonished at what you can create, even if you’ve never done any mixed media art in your life! Join this dynamic pair for an amazing weekend of art and fun!

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Superstar Birthday Wrap-up

March 10, 2017March 10, 2017 Janelle Stollfus3 Comments

Our superstar birthday theme is wrapping up today, but not without a bit of decorative fanfare! Any celebration needs decorations and presents, right?

Check out these stamps to gather up balloons, gifts and party favors to add to your celebration projects.

P298 Chunky Birthday Stamp (also available in Cling Mount)

Confetti Balloons Congratulation by Laura Drahozal

We couldn’t resist adding in these little superstar mice to add to the theme. They sure know how to have fun!

And our talented designer’s are excited to share their stellar projects too.

Pam Bray

Jamie Martin

Louise Healy

Lea Fritts

Janelle Stollfus

Catch up on the superstar posts earlier this week from the links below.

Wednesday

Kristine Reynolds

Jamie Martin

Louise Healy

Monday

That is all from the Stampendous blog today, we hope you’ll join us next week with DecoArt and their design team for tons of mixed media inspiration.

Sweet Superstar Birthdays!

March 8, 2017March 8, 2017 Janelle Stollfus2 Comments

If you are wondering what goes with Superstar birthdays, we have the answer, desserts! After all, a party isn’t a party without cake, and we have plenty to choose between our stamps and stencils.

The most recent of our sweet stamp treats are the Dessert Display and Cupcake Tiers available in both wood mount and cling mount (shown below) rubber stamps.

CRW181_Dessert_Display_PKG_800 — CRW181 Cling Dessert Display Stamp (also in wood mount)

CRM331_Cupcake_Tiers_PKG_800 — CRM331 Cling Cupcake Tiers Stamp (also in wood mount)

We also released Cake Tiers Perfectly Clear Stamps complete with numbers and sentiments to celebrate those milestones for birthdays, anniversaries and more!

SSC1256_Cake_Tiers_PKG_800 — SSC1256 Cake Tiers Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

To make this set even more exciting, Fran Seiford paired Cake Tiers with our Pop Up Stages Die Set for a superstar card insert, and we have a quick video for you to see how well it all comes together, plus a link to the cards printable project page on our website!

Ready for more inspiration? Hop on over to see what our designers have baked up for a superstar birthday theme.