Sneak a Peek at Paper! Mixed Media Paper!

One of the things we’re excited about at the Craft and Hobby Association Mega Show is that we can now bring you our very, very favorite white cardstock at a terrific value. Our new Mixed-Media White Paper is a gorgeous, ultra-brilliant, super-white 80lb cover stock that is perfect for any media you enjoy using. It takes alcohol markers beautifully, but also works brilliantly with colored pencils, water colors, acrylic paints, ink refills, embossing and even computer printing. We use it for absolutely everything here in the Stampendous Graphics Department, especially monoprinting with our Creative Palettes. We’re thrilled to be able to offer you a 25 sheet package of 8-1/2″ X 11″ paper for a suggested retail of just $7.99. That’s amazing for a premium paper like this. You’ll just love it – we promise!

Our Mixed Media White Paper will be available on our website January 23, but our wholesale store customers can buy it now. They’re stocking up, so check with your local stamping, scrapbooking or craft store to see if they’ve added it to their shopping list.

Here Fran shows you some favorite projects and techniques using this incredibly versatile paper.

Mixed Media White Paper

Join us as we partner with Spellbinders!

For years we’ve been huge fans of Spellbinders’ Nestabilities Dies. They let us make amazing cards and projects with loads of layers without loads of work! Now we’ve entered into a year-long collaboration with them, and you’ll be seeing lots of Stampendous on their design team blog, and our design team is having a blast playing with Spellbinders products!!

We’re kicking off the collaboration with a terrific Holiday Blog Hop! For the next three days – November 18, 19, and 20th – we’ll be showcasing some fantastic projects featuring Spellbinders dies and our great stamps! And there are PRIZES!

Each day you’ll want to start at the Spellbinders’ Blog. There you’ll find a list of the participating partner companies for that day.  You must visit ALL the partner blogs and those of their designers to win. So sharpen your commenting pencils!  Here’s who is playing –

Tues, 11/18

        

Wed, 11/19

         

Thurs, 11/20

        

Spellbinders has compiled a prize package for each day of the hop consisting of three of their brand new die sets/templates plus product from the sponsoring companies! Each picture above links to that company’s blog!

But wait, there’s more! Because on our blog each of the three days we’ll be promoting the Spellbinders hop by giving away a prize package of our own. We’re pretty sure other companies are doing the same thing, so you’ll want to visit each one each day for maximum chances to win goodies!!! Of course we’d also really appreciate it if you would like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!
Clear your schedule… throw a log on the fire… put on some coffee… pick up a kitten… and plan for the best inspiration of your year!! We’re excited!!! Join us!

Dreaming of a SANDy Christmas Collaboration – Day 4

Wow, the design teams have come up with some dreamy designs so far.  We couldn’t be more excited about the results and there is still more to come. We have another fantastic line-up of designers for today ready to share their new creations with us.

 

Stampendous Impressions Blog (you are here)

Team members with an (*) are also on the Dreamweaver Stencils Team.

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel *

Pam Hornschu *

Wendy Price

Core’dinations Designer – Suzanna Lee

Continue your blog hop at

Dreamweaver Stencils Blog

 

We appreciate all the lovely comments you’ve been leaving our designers as you hop through the lists each day, thank you! They have been working hard to bring you new ideas for your coffer and to make that even sweeter by leaving comments you have a chance to receive some of the same products you’ve seen them use. Now that’s a sweet deal! The more you comment about the designer’s post the more chances there are to win. Have fun and we’ll see you back here tomorrow for the grand blog hop!

If you’re just joining us today, welcome and we’re glad you found us! If you’d like to see more of the projects earlier this week, here are the links to each day on our blog. MONDAY, TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY.

 

SAND It – Stencils – Stamps and More – Day 3

We’re leading up to our Friday blog hop and we believe you’ll have an abundance of ideas in your crafting arsenal. There are so many fun and versatile ways to use our stamps and embellishing products that when we add Dreamweaver Stencils and Core’dinations to the mix there are more projects than we can share this week. Our hope is that you’ll be inspired to create and share your own projects with us in the weeks to follow. We love to see how you use your Stampendous stash!

Some of you will have an opportunity to use new goodies the next time you share because three prize packages are up for grabs at the end of our collaboration. For a chance to win, simply comment on the design teams collaboration posts Monday through Friday and we’ll announce three random winners (generated by Random.org) at the beginning of next week. If you’ve missed commenting earlier in the week here are the links for MONDAY and TUESDAY.

Here are the designers that will be hopping today from all three teams.

 

Stampendous Impressions (you are here)

Team members with an (*) are also on the Dreamweaver Stencils Team.

Kristine Reynolds *

Asia King

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Pam Hornschu *

Core’dinations Designer – Joann Jamieson

Continue your blog hop at

Dreamweaver Stencils

 

Christmas Collaboration with Dreamweaver and Core’dinatons – Day 2

 Claus we love Christmastime!

We thought a short intermission in the middle of the fall season with a bit of our Winter and Christmas theme products was a fine idea! To make it thrice the fun we’ve joined with Dreamweaver and Coredinations to bring you a week of great inspiration.  We’ll still be popping in with a few spooky treats, but by the time prize winners are announced we’ll have you back into your regular scheduled Stampendous Halloween frights.

Yes, that’s right!  We’ve got prizes! To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. Take a gander at what you might win:

 

Ready to see what our designers have for us today? Have fun and see you again tomorrow.

Stampendous Impressions Blog (you are here)

Team members with an (*) are also on the Dreamweaver Stencils Team.

Jamie Martin *

Lea Kimmel *

Pam Hornschu *

Core’dinations Designer – Gini Cagle

Continue your blog hop at

Dreamweaver Stencils Blog

 

SANDY Claus is Coming to Town! – Day 1

 SANDY Claus is Coming to Town!

Oh yes…SANDY Claus! All of this week, the Stampendous and Dreamweaver teams are playing with a mix of their products, along with some wonderful, SAND-ABLE papers from Core’dinations. Join us as we sand our way to the “core” of all things Christmas and the Holiday season.

Of course, there will be prizes, and we give away the best…this time with a mix of fun Core’dinations products as well. To be one of three prize package winners, follow the posted link lists each day, leave a comment, and winners will be selected from these comments at the beginning of next week. This is what you might win:

 

Stampendous Impressions Blog (you are here)

Team members with an (*) are also on the Dreamweaver Stencils Team.

Janelle Stollfus

Pam Hornschu *

Continue your blog hop at

 Dreamweaver Stencils Blog

We are so excited that Core’dinations will be joining us starting tomorrow. Come back and see all new projects from all three teams!

Are you Dazzled?

Hope you’re enjoying all the inspiration featuring Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal Sheets and Stampendous Stamps and Essentials this week! We know you’d love to win some goodies to try yourself!  If you missed the earlier posts, here are the links for you. MONDAY, TUESDAY

The team over at Add a Little Dazzle has created a special featuring the metals from this blog hop for those of you who have already realized you’re going to need these products. You can find it here – Add A Little Dazzle Stampendous Hop Special.

Of course you might win some, too! We’re giving away three prize packages this week for comments on the blogs. A nice package of Metal Sheets, Stamps and Cutting Dies!

Here’s a fun project featuring our Cling Blossom Beauty plus our Cling Hydrangea Garden Set and the Hydrangea Garden Cutting Dies Set. This card was made previously by our in-house Sample Artist Debi Hammons. I was able to bling it up very quickly with the addition of just a few hydrangea blossoms cut from the gorgeous turquoise metal sheets. I stamped them with StazOn Ultramarine ink, die cut them with our Sizzix Big Shot, cut between the petals with scissors and crumpled them up a bit, then added some of our gorgeous Teal Micro Glitter with a drop of Zip Dry by Beacon Adhesives. Talk about adding a LOT of Dazzle!!

Hydrangea Blossom Beauty by Debi Hammons with A Little Dazzle added by Laura Weed

Individual Hydrangea Blossom with Micro Glitter Center

 

Check out all the terrific projects and leave us your comments! The designers so appreciate when you comment on their blogs. Thanks for hopping with us! Here’s who is playing today:

Stampendous

Asia King

Add a Little Dazzle

Jamie Martin

Lee-Anne Cross

Martha Lucia Gomez

Kate Capper

Lydia Brooke-Evans

Graciela Chavez

Keren Baker

Vicki Dutcher

Cathy Parlitsis

 

P.S. If you click on a blog link and receive a notice that says “this post is not hear” or something similar, just click on the blog header or look for a link that says Home. That should take you to the home page of that blog and the correct post should be near the top. Thanks for your patience.

 

 

Dazzle ’em with Stampendous!

This week we’re playing with the wonderful Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal Sheets and all of our terrific Stampendous products. We hope you’re enjoying the inspiration so far! If you missed yesterday’s post, here’s a link for you.  MONDAY

The team over at Add a Little Dazzle has created a special featuring the metals from this blog hop for those of you who have already realized you’re going to need these products. You can find it here – Add A Little Dazzle Stampendous Hop Special.

Of course you might win some, too! We’re giving away three prize packages this week for comments on the blogs. A nice package of Metal Sheets, Stamps and Cutting Dies!

Check out all the terrific projects and leave us your comments! The designers so appreciate when you comment on their blogs. Thanks for hopping with us! Here’s who is playing today:

Stampendous

Lea Kimmel

Add a Little Dazzle

Pam Hornschu

Cathy Parlitsis

Vicki Dutcher

Kate Capper

Amy Hurley-Purdie

PS. If you get to a blog and it says something like “that post isn’t here”, just click on the blog header or look for a link that says Home near the top. That will take you to the blog home, and the blog hop post should be somewhere near the top. Thanks for your patience!

Fran•táge a Friendly Greeting

These beautiful collage stamps we’re featuring this week capture perfectly the Fran•táge style. Vintage, shabby chic, a bit timeworn and well-loved (or neglected), all these elements lend a charm and beauty to items and greetings. We’ve done the work for you with collages of vintage and original images combined with Fran’s flair for composition to create these gorgeous stamps. Each with a small space perfect for the greetings from our Quotes Perfectly Clear Stamps™ sets.

The design team has been sharing all week, and they’ve more to share today! Hope you’ve enjoyed the inspiration and might want to add a couple of these images to your collection!

Kristine Reynolds made this gorgeous card without a greeting! So festive and sweet with all the butterflies adding so much texture, and using the Encrusted Jewel Technique on the edges of her focal point!

Here’s some more inspiration from our terrific team!

Kristine Reynolds

Jamie Martin

Lea Kimmel

Wendy Price

Thanks for following us this week!

Core’dinations Hopping!! The Big Day!

Hope you’ve enjoyed the terrific collaboration between Stampendous products and Core’dinations’ gorgeous papers! We have been thrilled to bring it to you! Today is the final day!!

Of course there are prizes! We’ll give away three packs of goodness! The Prize Package includes the Lovely Garden Stamp Set; the Matching Lovely Garden Cutting Dies  from Stampendous; a Sand It Kit from Core’dinations which includes a sanding block, replacement sandpaper, and a “must-have” Dust Buddy clean up cloth; Core’dinations will also be sending the lucky winners some of their fantastic 6″ X 6″ paper pads. PLUS an extra special bonus – our friends at Dreamweaver Stencil will be adding the gorgeous Stone Wall stencil that Jamie Martin used in her terrific card she’ll be posting this week (you can see a peek of it on this blog hop banner!)

LET’S GET HOPPIN’! The official rules are HERE. You still need a U.S. mailing address to win, but we sure want to hear your comments anyway! You have until the end of Sunday, June 15th to finish your comments. If you missed any previous posts here they are for TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY.

We’ll draw three random blog posts from all the posts this week. Then we’ll choose one comment from each.  Of course we’d be super grateful if you pin our projects to your Pinterest Boards, or if you Tweet, or Share on Facebook, follow us, like our pages. You know the drill!  Here’s who is posting today!

Core Blog

Debbie Standard

Kristine Reynolds

Krissy Fossmeyer

Tobi Crawford

Rhea Weigand

Trine Brandt Lassen

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Jamie Martin

 

***Blog Hop Hint – if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, “Sorry this page cannot be found,” just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog’s name), and it will take you to that blog’s most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post. When in doubt type Stampendous in the search box to find the most recent post about our products.