Homemade Gifts Are Best

The holiday season is approaching, and it’s time to give some thought to gifts you might make for friends and loved ones. Of course nothing says, “I love you” like a handmade gift.

With stamps and stencils, you have soooo many options. And our new Decor Cling Rubber Stamps make a super easy way to transfer a pattern to a home decor piece. They are big, at 8″ X 8″ they can help you get a job done quickly, or even work on a very small card or tag, or stamp a few at one time.

Here’s a look at the Decor Snowflakes stamp. There are four other designs available.

Our Dreamweaver and Fran’s Metal Stencils are also a phenomenal way to create homemade gifts from the heart.  Like this gorgeous canvas from Mixed Media Artist Mark Gould.

A few great designers are sharing some fun ideas to get you started:

Louise Healy

Bunny Hoyle

What types of things do you make for Christmas? We’d love to see you share some with us! You can show us your creations in several places:

Facebook Stampendous Group – lots of sharing between our fans – https://www.facebook.com/groups/Stampendous/

Our Photo Group on Flickr – these have to be moderated so patience is needed 🙂 – https://www.flickr.com/groups/stampendous/

Or tag us anywhere else you share, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter… we’ll like and share your post! @Stampendous or #Stampendous

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Our Sale Continues!

If you haven’t had a chance to take a look at our Black Friday-Cyber Monday sale, be sure to head over to www.stampendous.com where the Featured Products on our front page are at an unbelievable savings!

Lots of our very best Christmas images are on sale in addition to our Stack Art Kraftboard Kits and Stamp Sets.

One of the cutest images we’re featuring at an unbelievable savings is our darling Penguin Snow Jumbo Cling Rubber Set.  Remember this stamp set comes with a free template which includes masks, and a darling snow stencil. You can see it on the baby bib below. Here are some terrific ideas for this great stamp –

CRS5055 Penguin Snow

Penguin Snow Card by Debi Hammons

Penguin Snow Card by Kristine Reynolds

Penguin Snow by Cyndi Bundy

Penguin Snow Candle Box by Debbie Cole

Penguin Snow Scrapbook Page by Debi Hammons

Simple Penguin Snow by Debi Hammons

Penguin Snow Baby Bib by Tammie Wilson

 

Remember to get some Shaved Ice or other Glitter Embellishments with your Penguins! Our New Winter Micro Glitter Kit is a perfect accompaniment!   Stay tuned for other great suggestions from our sale items this weekend!

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!

Handmade Holidays

We have to say we love the Crafts Unleashed Blog! They showcase so many ideas for every holiday and occasion, and we can almost always see how we’d add stamps or embossing powder to the mix!

Recently they posted this nifty infographic about handmaking your holidays! We thought it was very informative and fun!

We’re Cheek to Cheek with Authentique!

Today several of our Design Team Members have a second project to show you featuring the gorgeous papers sent to us by Authentique™ Paper.   These papers were intended for our BIG Blog Hop in October and our team is using them on our October Catalog Samples. But we couldn’t resist sharing them just a bit early with some other images.

We have a fun prize to give away this week. Only one, but it’s a good one! One lucky winner will get some Authentique papers of their own, plus a $20 Stampendous Reward Card. WOW! How? Just comment on the blogs this week! Miss the earlier posts? Here they are: MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY

You have until Sunday night to comment, then Monday we’ll choose one winner for the prize! So hop around and leave these hard-working gals some love on their terrific projects! (that means comment on their blogs!)

Tenia Nelson

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

Lea Kimmel

Jennifer Dove

 

Authentique, Manifique!

We’re playing this week with some gorgeous patterned papers from Authentique™ Paper!

They were kind enough to provide patterned papers for our October Spring themed catalog, and we thought we’d give you a little preview of how gorgeous they are with this week’s blog posts. Our team took a brief break from their catalog deadline to create some beautiful projects using Stampendous Stamps. And we’re going to give away some sheets of Authentique plus a $20 Stampendous Reward Card! (just one prize this week) In case you missed the previous posts, they are here: MONDAY, TUESDAY

So hop on over to these gorgeous blog posts and comment on each one for the chance to win some fantastic goodies.

Tenia Nelson

Amy Hurley-Purdie

Jamie Martin

Stack Art Challenge – The Finale

Wow, what a week! Hope you’ve been hopping around all the blogs leaving comments so you can maybe win some Stack Art! The prize consists of one Stack Art Kraftboard Kit, one Stack Art Stamp Set and one Stack Art Elements kit. We’ll give three of these prize packages to commenters this week on the participating blogs!

Designers have done so many fantastic things with our Stack Art kraftboard pieces. It’s so fun to see all the possibilities.

Here, Stampendous owner Fran Seiford, has created a tribute to all four seasons using the Stack Art Regal Bird Kit and the Tree Poem Stamp. Punching holes and wiring the kraftboard pieces together, this simple but dynamic piece was easy to assemble.

Stack Art Four Seasons by Fran Seiford

In a similar project, Fran used our Floral Lady to create a lovely Spring themed Triptych. Assembled with large jump rings fashioned of wired.

Floral Lady Triptych by Fran Seiford

Finally a little Snow Fun is just as easy to make. Here brads are placed through the holes and then wired together in the back. This features our Bird Knit Hat, Sweet Snowgirl, and Winter Wonderland stamps.

Winter Fun Stack Art by Fran Seiford

 

You can see that the possibilities with these versatile kits are literally endless! Let’s see what today’s designers created with the terrific products we sent them. Be sure to leave your comments so that we can enter you to win some of your own!

Jamie Martin

Lea Kimmel

Martice Smith II

Elly Pirally

Wendy Price

Debbie Cole

 

 

 

Handmade Holidays Blog Hop – Day 3

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!! Crafters, designers, and manufacturers have come together to make thoughtful, handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. We want you to create something from the heart this holiday season while you learn how to use our products in fun, innovative ways. We hope this hop will be a resource to you now and for years to come.

Hop along to each blog in the list. Each day, Nov 1 – Nov 3, 2013, we’ll post a new list of blogs. Comment on each blog, share your favorite posts over social media, and then use the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of each post to enter to win the Grand Prize, a gift basket filled with crafty swag from the companies on the hop! Enter on the widget once per day!! We’re ready to inspire, share, and create – are you ready to hop?

Our project today comes from Design Team Member Suzanne Czosek. Each catalog time Suzanne creates some amazing thing that becomes the most talked about sample of the book. This July was no exception. A charming desk calendar is always a good gift, but one made from the heart, by hand, is the best kind. Suzanne’s calendar has already sparked a few classes among our store owners, and we sure hope folks will enjoy receiving them this year. We’ll be featuring this project on our blog all week to kick of our Handmade Gifts Challenge this month.

Handmade Calendar by Suzanne Czosek for Stampendous

You can see each page of Suzanne’s creation, in all its glory, on the Project Section of the Stampendous Website. There are detailed supply lists and instructions to make your own. And you might want to hurry, many of the stamps she used are slated for retirement when the January Catalog is released.

The next stop on your hop today is:

Sizzix – Eileen Hull Designs

The entire Blog Hop List (in case you get lost)-

Clearsnap
Craft Attitude 
Smoothfoam
Donna Salazar Designs 
Walnut Hollow
100 Proof Press
Graphic45
ICE Resin
Stampendous(YOU ARE HERE)
Sizzix – Eileen Hull Designs
Jamie Doughterty

Nathalie Kalbach

Jen Goode

Kathy Cano-Murillo

Tanner Bell

Jennifer Priest

Jen Cushman

Adrienne Ford

Joanne Fink

Vicki O’Del

Liz Hicks

Denise Hahn

Courtney Chambers

Tami Mayberr

Norma Rapko

The Rafflecopter Widget for entering to win the HUGE prize basket giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Handmade Holidays Blog Hop – Day 2

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!! Crafters, designers, and manufacturers have come together to make thoughtful, handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. We want you to create something from the heart this holiday season while you learn how to use our products in fun, innovative ways. We hope this hop will be a resource to you now and for years to come.

Hop along to each blog in the list. Each day, Nov 1 – Nov 3, 2013, we’ll post a new list of blogs. Comment on each blog, share your favorite posts over social media, and then use the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of each post to enter to win the Grand Prize, a gift basket filled with crafty swag from the companies on the hop! Enter on the widget once per day!! We’re ready to inspire, share, and create – are you ready to hop?

Our project today comes from our freelance designer, Debbie Cole. Debbie is a fantastically talented decorative painter, and she’s absolutely loving how easy this kind of painting becomes when you use rubber stamps as your pattern instead of tracing! She used our Jumbo Top Hat Snowman for one side of this adorable candle holder… she’ll post the other side on her blog later in the week. By the way, if you are a decorative painter, or would love to learn this beautiful skill, definitely follow Debbie’s blog. She’s amazing!

Top Hat Snowman Candle Box by Debbie Cole for Stampendous

We’ve attached the today’s hop list at the bottom of this post in case you get lost, but here at Stampendous it’s time to go check our designers who are playing. They’ll lead you to the next stop on your hop. Remember to comment on each of their posts AND enter via the Widget at the bottom of each post.

Rhea Weigand

Janelle Stollfus

The entire Blog Hop List –

Clearsnap

Craft Attitude

Smoothfoam

Donna Salazar Designs

Walnut Hollow

100 Proof Press

Graphic45

ICE Resin

Stampendous(YOU ARE HERE)

Sizzix – Eileen Hull Designs

Graphic 45 – Romy Veul

Clearsnap – Steph Ackerman

Sizzix – Tami Mayberry

100 Proof Press – Vicki O’Dell

ICE Resin – Cindy Cima Edwards

Donna Salazar Designs – Nadia Canizzo

Graphic 45 – Susan LuiSizzix – Lorine Mason

Smoothfoam – Lindsay Obermeyer

Donna Salazar Designs – Tracey Sabella

Clearsnap – Meihsia Liu

The Rafflecopter Widget for entering to win the HUGE prize basket giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Handmade Holidays Blog Hop

Welcome to the 3rd Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!! Crafters, designers, and manufacturers have come together to make thoughtful, handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. We want you to create something from the heart this holiday season while you learn how to use our products in fun, innovative ways. We hope this hop will be a resource to you now and for years to come.

Hop along to each blog in the list. Each day, Nov 1 – Nov 3, 2013, we’ll post a new list of blogs. Comment on each blog, share your favorite posts over social media, and then use the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of each post to enter to win the Grand Prize, a gift basket filled with crafty swag from the companies on the hop! Enter on the widget once per day!! We’re ready to inspire, share, and create – are you ready to hop?

Our project today comes from our in-house designer, Debi Hammons. She made this darling baby bib to celebrate Winter with someone young. What a treat this easy project would be combined with some cute dishes or a terrific stock of premium baby foods. Or a set of bibs for each season would be a delightful holiday gift.

Debi made this bib using Stampendous Jumbo Penguin Snow Stamp set with Free Template and acrylic paints. Acrylic paints are super for fabric stamping. You can heat set them when finished with an iron by putting a paper over the top (to keep your iron clean), and they’ll last through washing after washing. They’ll get softer as used, but there are fabric mediums you can mix with the paint to make them softer right from the start.

We’ve attached the whole  hop list at the bottom of this post in case you get lost, but here at Stampendous it’s time to go check our designers who are playing. They’ll lead you to the next stop on your hop. Remember to comment on each of their posts AND enter via the Widget at the bottom of each post.

Kristine Reynolds

The entire Blog Hop List –

Clearsnap
Craft Attitude 
Smoothfoam
Donna Salazar Designs
Walnut Hollow
100 Proof Press
Graphic45
ICE Resin
Stampendous (YOU ARE HERE)
Sizzix – Eileen Hull Designs
Donna Salazar Designs – Mistra Hoolahan
100 Proof Press – Elise Durenburger
ICE Resin – Lexi Grenzer
Graphic 45 – Rhea Freitag
Clearsnap – Debbie Cole
Smoothfoam – Vicki O’Dell
100 Proof Press – Teresa Abajo
Sizzix –  Amy Bowerman
ICE Resin – Jo DeSerio Jones
Smoothfoam – Lisa Fulmer

The Rafflecopter Widget for entering to win the HUGE prize basket giveaway!

a Rafflecopter giveaway