Clearly We can Create with Stampendous, ClearScraps and Tsukineko

Today is a fantastic blog hop day collaboration with ClearScraps and Tsukineko! I'm sure you have already been inspired throughout this week but I'm so glad that we are all together today. I love a good hop, don't you?

Grab your breakfast, snack or other meal (I always think second breakfast when the words "other meal" are said, LOL) and snatch up a pen and paper to take some notes on what you'll be doing next with your new

Stampendous, ClearScraps and Tsukineko goodies.

Remember, you have a chance to win some of the goodies you've seen all week and

 all the details can be found on our sponsor blogs (Stampendous Blog and ClearScraps Blog).

Now let's get to my Sassy Album.

Garden Background and filigree from Jumbo Peony

I started out with a bunch of inspiration from our talented Stampendous designers who are always on the ball with their projects. Thank you talented best designer friends! My original idea was for a scrapbook with a few adorable photos of my kids, but then my scrapbook turned a sort of Smash Book. I decided though that I have spaces for the photographs and they can be added at any time.

It has been a great week of creating with products from

Stampendous • ClearScraps • Tsukineko

This Mixable Sassy Album consists of three acrylic sheets separated by two chipboards. They are the coolest shapes and I really wanted to show off the peek-a-boo effect. So here goes.

A three pocket page for photos and journaling. 

A few leaf journal inserts glitzed with
Vintage Lilac Tinsel Embossing Powder

Create a see through thought or quote.
Even add a photo...

because the Jumbo Dogwood was stamped on the clear page!

Basic pages... but eveyone needs a place to just write.

And the back cover! Thanks for taking the page by page tour of my project today. I had so much fun! Come back in a few days and I'll tell you the techniques I used on all of my pages. Of course, one day and one page at a time.

Stampendous Impressions

Clear Scraps

Jennifer Dove Bonner

Taylor Usry

Cyndi Bundy

Kristine Reynolds

Steph Lee (Arty Carty)

Pam Hornschu

Janelle Stollfus -- you are here!

Suzanne Czosek

April Derrick

Wendy Jordan

Lynn Mercurio

Wendy Price

Melinda Gleissner

Jennifer Ingle

Susie Moore

Krissy Fossmeyer

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Details:
ClearScraps: Mixable Sassy Album
Stamps: Garden Background, Jumbo Dogwood, Jumbo Peony (all Stampendous)
Paper: Pattern Paper (unknown), Solid cardstock (Stampin' Up), Black journal paper, loose-leaf ruled paper, corrugated board
Ink: Opaque Cotton White, Opaque Blush Pink, Jet Black, Cactus Green, Forest Green, Dove Gray (all Tsukineko)
Accessories: Vintage Lilac Tinsel Embossing Powder, Fun Flock, Glitter (all Stampendous), lace ribbons, O-ring binder rings, fabric rolled flower pendant, jumbo paper clip, envelope, Bloom dies (Spellbinders)

Fairy Princess Invitations are full of fun and glitter

I have a friend, whom I absolutely adore, that is so hard to figure out a type of gift for give. So whenever there is even the slightest need that I might be able to help out... I jump on it! LOL

My friend's daughter is going to have a Fairy Princess Birthday Party in July. It's going to be a tea party and a fancy one at that. When she asked if I had any stamps that would fit a birthday of this type... I snickered and worked my angles to find out what she needed. I quickly looked for some stamps and found THE adorable Miss Fairy Grace in my digital stamps file. She was perfect for the card. I grabbed my Copic markers and started coloring 5 printed images, each one specifically colored to look like the invited princesses. I needed a tea cup and sentiment on the cover. I dusted off my graphics software and went to work. Is that not the cutest cup!!!!! I really am tickled with how it turned out. Just tickled.

The card base is embossed and left simple so I could focus on the magic and glitter any Fairy Princess should possess (on a card.) The digital image is cut out with a circle die and matted with a Scalloped Lacey die. I fussy cut out the sentiment banner and popped it up with foam adhesive dots. I added two types of glitter to the card front. The wand, wings, hair flower and dress trim are lined and dotted with the Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll pen. My new toy is a Quickie Glue pen. Yes, I think I'm in love with that pen! It freely and precisely rolled glue where I scribbled so I could dust on some Martha Stewart Charoite glitter around the die cuts and below sentiment banner.

And for those curious of the Copic palette from all of these cards... (click to enlarge)

Details:
Stamps: Fairy Grace (DigiStamp Boutique)
Paper: White (Mohawk), Perfectly Plum (Stampin' Up), Purple 
Ink:  LaserJet, Copic Markers
Accessories: Circle and Scalloped Lacey Dies (Spellbinders), D'Vine embossing folder (Cuttlebug), glitter (Martha Stewart), Quickie Glue Pen (Sakura), Gelly Roll pen (Sakura)

Bird Cage Pocket Journal ~ Stampendous-ClearScraps-Tsukineko

Today I'm hopping around with some fabulous designers from TWO teams. We have these fabulous Clear Acrylic projects that are sure to get some creative ideas flowing. Yep. We have put together quite a wonderful little hop this WHOLE WEEK replete with prizes. Oh yes, I did say replete! If you are in the know about this hop then you have come from the ClearScraps blog.


Before I go into my project I want to tell you all the details.

So the details on the prize package and a glimpse of the goodies in a photo are HERE! (The short of it, hang with us all week and comment on each blog.)
If you are starting up on my blog you'll want to go HERE for today's full list of blog hops. (I'll give you the next hop at the end of my post.)

I must thank the wonderful companies who provided supplies for this week's collaboration. It has been so much fun to design with them.

Stampendous • ClearScraps • Tsukineko

Are you ready?
So here's my project. I had full intentions of creating the whole card in the kit, but I was so intrigued by the possibility of layering on both sides of the clear sheet that I had too much fun with just one piece. When I stepped back and looked at it, I really wanted it to be a small pocket journal so I could carry it around with me... ta-da!

I've used the two smaller acrylic pieces of the Belgrave Sent it Clear Card.

My mixed media self emerged and I used Stampendous Vintage Birdcage, Vintage Frames, Steampunk Gears and  Cling Felinus. All of which were stamped in one of the StazOn inks: Jet Black, Saddle Brown, Metallic Silver, and Forest Green. I crumbled up some Taupe Color Fragments around the bottom of the birdcage because every bird likes to spread a little bedding around before they nest. : )

That is all from me today. Come back to the hop tomorrow at the Stampendous blog (I'll be posting again on Saturday).

Ready for the next creative idea?!?!?! Take a hop to ClearScraps designer Cristal.


Details:
Stamps:  Vintage Birdcage, Vintage Frames, Steampunk Gears and  Cling Felinus 
Paper: Belgrave Send it Clear (ClearScraps), white vellum, scraps of writing paper
Ink:  Jet Black, Saddle Brown, Metallic Silver, and Forest Green
Accessories: Crop-a-dile, copper wire, raw umber and white paint (Studio Acrylic)

Wings of Love will star in this Mojo Sketch

I took one look at this sketch and had to make something with it. It's this week's Mojo Monday sketch. The only hesitation was which card shape to make. Circle or square?

I'm a square girl I guess.

There is a lot of play going on in this card. I pulled out some acrylic paint, new stencils and instant coffee. Yep, the coffee was on purpose. Thanks Julee for a fun sketch this week!

Details:
Stamps: Wings of Love (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Love Struck (WRMK), white copy paper, kraft (Wausau)
Ink: Brushed Corduroy
Accessories: Wavy Hearts Die (A Cut Above Die, Verve Stamps), antique lace, mini-stapler (Ranger), embossing folders (Sissix), circle dies (Lifestyle Crafts), pinking shears (Fiskars), Blue Mist paint (American Crafts), Chewing Gum Acrylic Paint (Jenni Bowlin, Ranger), radar stencil (Studio Calico)

SuperNova explodes on the tutorial front today and other exciting news

Good morning! I've got a few announcements to tell you about today. Woo-hoo!

Today is my first Super Nova post! Head on over to Paper Craft Planet to figure out the tutorial that made this card! When you're done you need to find out what products I used to make the card. It's got a nifty little tool with it that makes creating so much easier!

So go to Paper Craft Planet and leave me a little {wave} in the comment section.
Then go to Stampendous to find the products I used!

There's one more thing to tell ya!

The Stampendous team is having a FULL week of FUN partnering with ClearScraps! There are 3 prize packages up for grabs and you will want to find out all the details. I'll give you the first jump in Monday's inspiration so you can get in on the amazing fun! Ready... Set... GO!

There is a Wedded Bliss

At least some days there can be!  I was in crafty bliss creating this card I'm sharing today. I grabbed a bunch of supplies and had fingers flying all of the craft room. My favorite playlist booming in the background. It was a fun time just for me.

The Viva La Verve challenge for June is wrapping up in a few days. Plenty of time to create some projects with all the sketches. See this post in the forum for all the sketches lined up and the deadlines and prize waiting for one champion!

The card is using Teresa's awesomely angular sketch for Viva La Verve sketch this week.

I'm keeping it simple with my post today. We've got some tennis plans with the kids and I need to be ready to go if my hubby can get away from extra work this weekend.

I made everything on this card, save the pearls, corsage pin, paper and ribbon. I used a hole punch and a perforated rotary blade to make the base mat. A EK Success Rounded hole punch and the same rotary blade for the second mat. Roughed up the edges of those mats with MM Edge Scraper tool. The crackle paint spool for the grosgrain ribbon is chipboard rounded with a Corner Chomper and painted with Ranger White Crackle Paint. All those mentioned were sponge distressed with Tea Dye and Walnut Stain Ranger Ink. Matching the glitter on the pattern paper I stamped and embossed the leaf sprig from Verve's Bloom and Grow set with Kaleidoscope embossing powder and cut it out with the coordinating A Cut Above Die Elegant Leaves. The flowers are rolled from pages of a $1 book from Michaels that I did a few months ago. I painted the pages with acrylic paint and then drew the spiral in pencil and left them for later. It's nice to have those on hand ready to glue on a project. I added some lace ribbon and adhesive backed pearl to the sketch for some polishing touches. The sentiment is cut out with the A Cut Above Die Ribbon Banner Die and stamped "Wedded Bliss" from the Small Celebrations set.

I hope you have a pleasant weekend and some inky time!

Details:
Stamps: Small Celebrations (Verve Stamps), Bloom and Grow (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Coral Couture Matstack (DCWV), green and tan cardstock
Ink: Tea Dye and Walnut Stain (Ranger), Versamark Watermark Ink (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Ribbon Banner Die (A Cut Above Die, Verve Stamps), Elegant Leaves die (A Cut Above Die, Verve Stamps), Crop-a-dile (WRMK), Perforated Rotary Blade (Fiskars), Round Binding Edge punch (EK Success), Distress Crackle Paint (Ranger), corsage pins (Panacea), Mica Fragments (Stampendous), Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder (Stampendous), adhesive back Sunflower Yellow Pearls (Queen, Co), Icicle Glimmer Glaze (Tattered Angels), Tuscan Sun Shimmer Spritz (Shimmer Spritz),  lace ribbon (Walmart), Mellow Moss ribbon (SU!)

Stampendous Summer in a PDCC Color Splash

Good morning! 
It's going to be a great day today for one little fella. My little fella who's turning 5! I've scrambled up a quick card for him using a Stampendous summery image, Balloon Kiddo.

I've got a fun little challenge combo going on with the card because I'm using the Play Date Cafe Color Splash Challenge, but it's a summery Stampendous Challenge card, too!

AND

June "Something Summery" Challenge

I quickly stamped the image on white cardstock, then stamped the balloons a few times on some scraps of blue paper. (There's no importance to stamping quickly versus slowly... I was just in a hurry to go to bed). I grabbed all the Neutral Gray Copic Markers I had and started coloring the Kiddo. Cut out all the balloons with my scissors and popped up the top three balloons with adhesive foam dots. (This is where I'm a little backwards, folks). I then cut out the image from the white paper until I liked the white space around it. I glued it down onto dark blue paper and used my c-thru ruler to make a perfectly framed mat layer with a utility knife.

I grabbed my Stamp-a-majig and positioned my sentiment over the card base and image mat. Then I carefully removed the image and acetate sheet from the "majig". I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Midnight Black Embossing Powder. Then I placed the image mat onto the card base covering up the embossed sentiment and repeated the stamp-a-majig process to get the rest of the sentiment on the mat. It wasn't showing up very well on the card so I grabbed my opaque white pen and sketched around the words a little. It's okay, but I think next time I'll figure out another way to get the sentiment on the card. : )

The last step was to create a bunch of random spots of texture with the color fragments. This was easy just by using the precision tip on my Liquid Glue pen and then sprinkling and pressing the color fragments down. Tap off the excess and my card was complete. I think it took me longer to write this post than make the card. That's really good for me, friends.

Details:
Stamps: Balloon Kiddo (Stampendous), Counting Birthdays (Stampendous)
Paper: White (Mohawk), Kraft (Wausau), Scraps from my blue bin
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), VersaMark Watermark ink pad (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Powder Blue Color Fragments (Stampendous), Midnight Black Embossing Powder (Stampendous),  c-thru ruler, Liquid Glue (Tombow), adhesive foam dots, scissors, Inkssentials white opaque pen (Ranger)

CAS Week Viva La Verve style

Surprise! Viva La Verve's CAS sketch is a week early.  

Come join me this week as I host Viva La Verve sketch in the SCS forum

I sprinkled this card with a few embossed filigree stamps from the Filigree Fantasy set from Verve on some cream cardstock and pattern paper from Authentique's Delightful Collection. The stars are cut out with the A Cut Above Winter Fun Die Set and popped up with foam adhesive dots and squares. The embossed sentiment was popped up on both ends and glued down in the middle for a curved technique. As a finishing element, some of the mat edges were distressed with an edge scraper. That's it!

Details:
Stamps: Filigree Fantasy (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Delightful (Authentique), cream (Wausau)
Ink: Versamark Watermark inkpad (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Winter Fun (A Cut Above Die, Verve), Lettuce Embossing Powder (Adirondak, Ranger), paper piercer and guide (SU!), zigzag scissors (Fiskars), pop dots and squares (SU! and Tombo)

Summer Splendor

It's a great time to link up your summery projects to the Stampendous Challenge this month! Design team, Pam posted a sweet little summer girl card on Monday for some teacher gift inspiration. Go check her's out after you gander on my Dafodil Girl card. Cuz we like a little comment love to go out to the team, too!

Now play along with us if you can, there's a prize and a chance to get entered twice for one project if you use Stampendous!!!!!!! Just drop your link at the end of this post (or on Stampendous blog to see the prize) no later than Thursday, June 28 at 11:59 PM EST.

I stamped with Tuxedo Black and colored Dafodil Girl with my Copic markers, because summer also means coloring~right! Then I added the sentiment from Friendly Phrases. Then the magic happen. Every time I get out the Silver Halo Glitter Mix it looks exactly like the special effects of magic on television. So cool. It's my favorite and I haven't used it since this card where I attached it to clear acetate with glue. Today's card I used the Stamp and Bond from Stampendous. Just as slick, but you don't have to wait for the glue to dry! Make a note that I stamped off the page! If I had not done that I would need to figure out what to do with all the space under her legs. Keep that in mind the next time you stamp. I'm so glad I did that.

I haven't shared in a long time what Copic's I used for my color selection, so here it is. R's and RV's are her dress colors (And some BV shading). YR0000 and E50's are her skin and I think you can figure out the rest. I'm so lazy, aren't I?



Details:
Stamps:  Dafodil Girl  (Stampendous),  Friendly Phrases (Stampendous)
Paper: White cardstock (Mohawk), Lime Crush (Bazzill Papers), Natural (Mohawk)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Copic Markers
Accessories: Silver Halo Glitter Mix (Stampendous), Stamp and Bond (Stampendous), Green Organdy ribbon