Jewelry + Metal = Stampendous Blog Hop

Okay, have you all loved the metal and jewelry resin mixed with Stampendous? We have covered four days of creative projects with all these fantastic products and it's worth an applauding mention to them individually.

EnviroTex Jewelry Resin from ETI and their brand new Jewelry Clay! 

These products are easy to work. The hardest part is keeping your attention on the instruction because you can't wait to get started. READ the instructions and the rest is easy.

Carmi at Resin Crafts Blog 

Thanks for all the inspiration and information to always keep us going with our jewelry resin and clay.

I'm a klutz at pulling jewelry components together. I'm sure there is even a better name for "jewelry components", but when one starts with quality foundation well that's the most important. We were so fortunate to work with products from

Nunn Design 

A special thanks goes out to them.

Blog hop details (and prizes):  Comment, comment, comment. That is, if you want a chance to win these terrific products. Our prize package includes BOTH the clay and resin, plus a nice assortment of bezels from Nunn Designs, and, of course, some stamps and Essentials from Stampendous! 

You have until Sunday night to comment on the blogs below to be in the running for our prize packages!

Here's who made some new inspiration for you today:

Resin Crafts Blog

Asia King

Cyndi Bundy

Janelle Stollfus - that's me!

Krissy Fossmeyer

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Rhea Weigand

Suzanne Czosek

Tenia Nelson

Tobi Crawford

For more chances to win fun stuff, join us next week for another Blog Hop! (I don't know how we got three in a row either, but hey...more prizes!!) This time we're playing with Core'dinations, and May Arts Ribbon. You know paper and ribbon get us going every time, so don't miss a minute! (you really should just subscribe if you don't already... it's at the very top of the post) PLUS - remember this is the final week of May's Fabulous Floral's Challenge! Be sure to add your project to the linky tool in the right sidebar or on the May Challenge Page.

Are you ready for my project? Wait no more!

For the base of the pendant and ring, I stamped a portion of the Royal Insignia background stamp onto white paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink then antiqued it with a spray bottle of coffee water. A quick dry with the heat gun and then glued it into the bezel base with Mod Podge with a thin top layer to seal it. On the pendant I grabbed some twine and wrapped it a few times the size of the rim and then glued it down. Made a bow and glued it down as well. The glitter, crushed glass glitter and Shaved Ice were sprinkled around the edges and then the flower shape rhinestones were strategically placed. I repeated this process sans twine for the ring bezel and then began to pour resin!

That's it from me. Now it's time to go to Krissy Fossmeyer for some more jewelry goodness.

Details:
Envirotex: Jewelry Resin (Where to Buy)
Nunn Designs: Adjustable Large Circle Ring, Circle Pendant (Where to Buy)
Stamps: Royal Insignia Background (Stampendous)
Paper: White (Neenah)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko)
Accessories: Black Crushed Glass Glitter (Stampendous), Shaved Ice (Stampendous), Silver Halo Glitter Mix (Stampendous), Spray Bottle (Stampendous), hemp twine (May Arts), flower shape rhinestone (NA)

Jewelry - Stampendous does a great mix-in!

Last summer Stampendous and the Design Team partnered with Carmi of Resin Crafts Blog for a week long explosion of fabulous jewelry and that was so much fun we are doing it again this week. We have something new to share with you for our project this week.

We welcome back Carmi of Resin Crafts and the amazing products from Envirotex including their new jewelry clay!

AND

The wonderful jewelry components from

Nunn Designs!

This necklace is made with the Antique Copper Framed Rectangle Single Loop Pendant from Nunn Designs and some mixed Jewelry Clay from Envirotex. Just like with the Jewelry Resin, read the instruction thoroughly before you start. You'll need some disposable gloves to work the two-part clay, something I apparently don't have readily available.

I used Stampendous Tiny Alphabet to create the word JOY. I noticed after working in the beads, earring pins, Stampendous Bronze Fragments and Ultrafine Glitter that the word started to disappear so I stamped it  again with black ink and made a pretty deep impression long after I had formed the clay. This means there is quite a bit of time to play with it and that's good.

So we have a hop of inspiration for you every day this week. Check in with Carmi at Resin Crafts Blog every day... even if you don't see a post from me! She will have something that will knock your socks off, trust me. There will be prizes from Laura at Stampendous for commenting each day, just stop in at the Stampendous blog for a new list of designer blogs. Here's today list.

Resin Crafts Blog

Stampendous Impressions

Asia King

Janelle Stollfus - that's me!

Kristine Reynolds

Remember to check in at Resin Crafts each day and also Stampendous Impressions blog to get new inspiration.

Details:
Stamps: Tiny Alphabet (Stampendous)
Paper: NA
Ink: Jet Black (StazOn, Tsukinkeo)
Accessories:  Bronze Glass Glitter (Stampendous), Lavendar Micro Glitter (Stampendous), pearl pigment powder (PearlEx), Rectangle pendant (Nunn Designs), earring pins ($1), antique glass beads (Mill Hill), leather cord (May Arts), copper and gold wire scraps

May Diva Dare with Verve Stamps

Verve's May Diva Dare is winding down and I'm honored to be posting today on the US holiday of Memorial Day. Thank you for all those who have served our country and those who are continuing to serve today.

The details for the Diva Dare are over on the Verve Stamps blog! If you have some time today go see all the wonderful samples from the rest of the Release Team Divas on the side bar.

A CAS card for Laurie Willison's style. I started with the card below and had some extra paints so I made up this card. I added the texture by painting a scrap piece of cardboard for the stripes and then good ol' bubble wrap for the dots.

For this card, I started with a full sheet of kraft cardstock and in three sections I brushed on white paint then with bubble wrap and corrugate board stamped red and blue paint. I used the Banner Bundle Set to cut out the red and blue banners, but when it came to the white painted kraft I stamped a sentiment from Let It Be on first before cutting out with the banner die. Because the sentiment was longer than the largest die I let the top edge of the die hang off the edge of my cutting plate and trimmed the rest with scissors.

I stagger-layered the banners using the star trim die from the Scalloped Trim Trio Set as a guide for the width and then before putting them all down straight stitched across the scallop trim for embellishment. The background is glued crumpled tissue paper onto dark blue cardstock and stitched around the edges. I did some sponge distressing and then adhered it to the kraft card base. Added my banner collage to the base with foam dots and glued some random stars cut with the Starry die.

Hope all those in the US have a sweet day, however you choose to spend it.

Details:
Stamps:  Let It Be (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Kraft (Hobby Lobby), white (Neenah), white tissue paper, blue cardstock
Ink: Jet Black (Archival, Ranger), Antiqued White (Ranger)
Accessories:   Scalloped Trim Trio Set, Banner Bundle Set and  Starry die (A Cut Above, Verve Stamps), cardboard scrap, bubble wrap, sewing machine

STAEDTLER and Stampendous Blog Hop

 It's the grande finale hop today. I've so enjoyed using STAEDTLER fine art supplies to color my Stampendous images. Thank you to our coordinators April and Laura for creating such a wonderful week of great inspiration.

It's so great that there are prizes! Oh yeah. Feel free to check out the details below so I can get right to my sample share.

My project today is a quick one. I stamped the Jumbo Calla Lily stamps on mixed media paper and then stared at it for bit. I grabbed two chalks and created the foundation colors. Then I lightened up the petals some more with a lighter color. I switched to the Ergosoft watercolor pencils and added greens to the stems and blues to the background. I did add some scarlet to the centers of the flowers. Now then, I had in my package a few graphite pencils and pigment liners to use so I just started doodling around the flowers. This is too big for a card, but I think it will be a great little framed piece I'll keep in my studio to brighten my day. :)

The Stampendous prize package will include one prize package per day (total of 5 packages) from those folks commenting on our bloggers that day. Our package will include SSC1171 Hot Air Scapes Perfectly Clear Stamps and our SSC1170 Soaring Sentiments Perfectly Clear Stamps plus a Jumbo acrylic handle for use with them.

STAEDTLER prize package will be awarded at the end of the week, one for each of their bloggers from all commenters on that blog that week – package includes: 1 Set of 6 Triplus fineliners, pastel assortment 4 blocks of FIMO soft oven-bake clay in vanilla, peach, lilac and mint 1 Mars plastic eraser 1 Double hole metal pencil sharpener 1 Mars Lumograph sketch pencil 1 Pigment liner sketch pen 2 Creative idea brochures

And here is the hop list so you know where you've been, you came from Jamie's blog and will leave here to go to Jennifer Dove's amazing projects.

Stampendous Impressions

Cyndi Bundy

Jamie Martin

You are here! Janelle Stollfus

Jennifer Dove

Krissy Fossmeyer

Kristine Reynolds

Lea Kimmel

Rhea Weigand

Tobi Crawford

Lisa Somerville

April Derrick

Details:
Stamps: Jumbo Cling Calla Lily (Stampendous)
Paper: mixed media (Strathmore), Orange peel (Bazzill)
Ink: Jet Black Ranger Archival, chalks and watercolor pencils, graphite pencil and pigment liners (STAEDTLER), 

Accessories: none

Color me happy with STAEDTLER and Stampendous

Its the third day of a colorful partnership with STAEDTLER products this week while we showcase our theme Up, Up and Away with new images from the Stampendous 2013 April Catalog.  You all know I love color, right? Well, it's not that easy to hold me back from using everything in the rainbow, but I think I managed to leave out... nope I got them all in, tee-hee.

I created a card with three sets (see list below) of new stamps on this card. After stamping out the Hot Air Trio in Jet Black Ranger ink (waterproof ink) I opened the glorious package of STAEDTLER Ergo Soft Aquarell Pencils and delicately started adding color. It wasn't long before I was using all the techniques and then some for applying color with these pencils onto the balloons. Dry on dry, dry on wet and wet on dry, and using the soft pastels as a resist in the sky.

I have had a set of the STAEDTLER Triplus Color pens that I've used on and off to add a solid color to a piece and also to use on journal pages for writing, but what I found was that they could be manipulated with water! This made the already vibrant color go beyond and then some.
There are some truly fun products by STAEDTLER and I can't wait to bring you MORE this Friday in our combined blog hop!

That's enough from me, now on to the give-aways!

The Stampendous prize package will include one prize package per day (total of 5 packages) from those folks commenting on our bloggers that day. Our package will include SSC1171 Hot Air Scapes Perfectly Clear Stamps and our SSC1170 Soaring Sentiments Perfectly Clear Stamps plus a Jumbo acrylic handle for use with them.

STAEDTLER prize package will be awarded at the end of the week, one for each of their bloggers from all commenters on that blog that week 

– package includes:

1 Set of 6 Triplus fineliners, pastel assortment

4 blocks of FIMO soft oven-bake clay in vanilla, peach, lilac and mint

1 Mars plastic eraser

1 Double hole metal pencil sharpener

1 Mars Lumograph sketch pencil

1 Pigment liner sketch pen

2 Creative idea brochures

Here's the hop list for today! You can also find the hop list for the other days on the Stampendous website. Have fun and good luck!

Stampendous Impressions
Jamie Martin
You are here with me, Janelle Stollfus
Jennifer Dove
Kellie Mowat
Kim Stewart
April Derrick

Details:
Stamps: Soaring Sentiments, Hot Air Trio and Air Scapes (Stampendous)
Paper: Mixed Media paper (Strathmore), pewter cardstock (Wausau), Brown (unknown)
Ink: Jet Black (Archival, Tsukineko), Ergosoft Aquarell watercolor pencils, Triplus Color pens, Mars Lumograph pencil and Karat Soft Pastels (STAEDTLER)
Accessories: none

Frantic Saturday... well shop and be inspired

I'm popping in real quick before the frenzy starts for my weekend. While I've been carpooling and art mom'ing during the day this past couple weeks, during the night I'm creating TOP SECRET designs for Stampendous. YOU have to come back in July for some fabulous fun products! Don't miss it okay?

I'm really here to give you the rundown of all the fun challenges and sales that are going on RIGHT NOW. You don't have to wait for these!

MIX16 started yesterday. Just grab something glittery and something glassy and then add it to the gallery!

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Verve Stamps is having their NEW RELEASE sale

and then there is May's  

where there is a chance to win some shiny new Verve!

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Club Cr8 e-books are still available. Get your copies today!

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Stampendous NEW APRIL CATALOG RELEASE products are out on the shelf at your local scrapbook store or at many online retailers.

Challenge is still going strong with Fabulous Florals. Create a project with flowers and enter it for a chance to win. Use Stampendous products and you'll be entered twice!

Have a fabulous Friday!

Apple of A teacher's life

 Trudy came up with a grand idea! Use glitter and add a layer of glaze. That's the current Mix-ability Challenge this week (MIX16) on Splitcoast Stampers.

Here's my mix for the challenge. I've not used it in a while, but it makes the best quick glaze for glitter. Seriously quick. I dripped some Fast Finish Decoupage liquid on my craft mat and mixed in Cherry Pearl Glitter from Stampendous. I stirred it up with a skewer (that has some bubbly yet dry Beacon Zip Dry glue on the tip... you KNOW, I use up all the glue in the jar friends) and then scribbled it onto the apples from Teacher's Count and the loopy frame from On Occasion Verve Stamps.

 Here's the supplies.

Here's the mix'in.

See that glitter and glaze? It's a quick finish in minutes!

My card mix goes something like this. I stamped apples, loopy frame and sentiment from Verve Stamps on white cardstock and colored with Copic Markers. The coordinating Apples Die set was used to cut out the apples and Occasion Frame die for the loopy frame. Then I started the glittering step already covered above. The apple background paper was corner rounded as well as the card base and then it was all layered together with a blue polka dot pennant trim and polka dot ribbon (both from Verve).

I doodled a bit on the pattern paper to pull it all together for a fun teacher's thank you card. With just enough time to spare to hand deliver it.

Details:
Stamps:  Teacher's Count and On Occasion (Verve Stamps)
Paper: kraft (Hobby Lobby), white (Neenah), Apple Cheddar (Jillibean Soup)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Copic Markers, 0.8 multiliner (Copic)
Accessories:   Apples Die set (A Cut Above, Verve), Occasion Frame Die (A Cut Above, Verve), Pennant Trim Die (A Cut Above, Verve), Polka Dot Basics ribbon (Verve Stamps), Cherry Pearl Ultra Fine Glitter (Stampendous), Fast Finish decoupage glue (Beacon Adhesives), Corner Chomper (WRMK)

Stampendous Tea Time anyone?

This week Stampendous is turning to the traditional high tea and have a ball using new images from the April 2013 catalog!

Here's my tea time creation using the King teapot and Royal Insignia stamps.

Jamie Martin created a beautiful card using the Queen Teapot image with no color as I did. These pots just sparkle on their own without any help from, dare I say, my markers. Ohp! I did say that didn't I?. Really these are elegant stamps a must for that British side of your stamping repertoire.

How did I do it? You can go to the Stampendous Projects database to see all the details on my card and so many more wonderful samples from the design team.

Details:
Stamps: Cling King Teapot, Cling Royal Insignia (Stampendous)
Paper: Sawdust, S'mores, Heather and Lilac paper (Bazzill Basics)
Ink: Watermark Ink Pad (Tsukineko VersaMark ), Tan Ink Pad (Ranger)

Black Ink Pad (Ranger)

Accessories: Aged Wine Embossing Enamel (Stampendous), Sanding Block (Core'dinations), pink adhesive backed rhinestones, foam dots, heating tool, ribbon (May Arts)

Verve Release Day and Spotlight Day 4

Everything you see previewed along today's hop and from Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 will be available in Verve's online store on Friday, May 10. That's today, release day!

May 2013 Spotlight Hops!  Today we're shining our Verve spotlights on the new stamps Teachers Count, Apple Die Set, All Occasion, Occasion Frame Die, Promoted Plain Jane. Each of the release team Divas and Guest Divas below has posted her first look at these new stamps today. As you hop through the list below, you just might see some super sneaky peeks of new coordinating dies and ribbons, so keep your eyes peeled! 

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines. 

If you started at the beginning of today's Spotlight Hop you will have come from Laurie Schmidlin's blog to get here and after seeing my sneaky peek you'll be jumping over to Maureen Plut's blog. If you are just finding us then you can see the full hop list at the bottom of my post. :) Welcome and so glad you could drop in.

I couldn't help get one more card in for Mother's Day. It's so elegant when made with the frame from the All Occasion set and coordinating Occasion Frame die. There's another adorable Verve flower! Squeeeeee! It's so much fun to color. I used a matching pattern paper with a light yellow base and colored darker values with Copic markers.

It's been so much fun seeing the Guest Diva's, Stacey and Jen M, ROCK their style with Verve this release. We are so thrilled to have had them join us this release! Now your next hop is on to Maureen.

1. Julee 8. Andrea 2. Charmaine 9. Jen M. 3. Teresa 10. Laurie W. 4. Stacey 11. Laurie S. 5. Amber 12. Janelle 6. Christyne 13. Maureen 7. Marisa 14. Jen S.

Details:
Stamps:  On Occasion (Verve Stamps)
Paper:  Kraft (Wausau), Spotted Canary Designer Paper Pad (K & Company)
Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Copic Markers
Accessories:   Occasion Frame Die (A Cut Above, Verve), Juli's Garden EF (Cuttlebug, ProvoCraft), white liquid pearl (Viva Decor)

Verve May Release Day 3

It's our third day for the May Release Spotlight Hop and the Divas and Guest Divas are shining our lights on the new Strong Anchor, Adjusted Sails Plain Jane sets and coordinating Nautical Die Set.

You're last hop was from Laurie Schmidlin (Just Give Me Stamps) and after your time her you'll jump on over to see Maureen Plut at Buttons and Bling.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.

1. Julee 8. Andrea 2. Charmaine 9. Jen M. 3. Teresa 10. Laurie W. 4. Stacey 11. Laurie S. 5. Amber 12. Janelle 6. Christyne 13. Maureen 7. Marisa 14. Jen S.

Julee has just gone NAUTICAL! Yay! It's a gorgeous set with lots of fun graphic elements and those signature sentiments. There were so many ideas for this set running around in my head.
Now it's off to see what wonderful samples Maureen has made.

Details:
Stamps: Strong Anchor (Verve Stamps), Take Note (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Check In (KaiserCraft), black (Wausau), white (Neenah)
Ink: Jet Black (Archival, Ranger)
Accessories: Nautical die set (A Cut Above, Verve), Black Swirl Ribbon (Verve Stamps), corrugated  board frame, black rhinestones (KaiserCraft), washi tape (Blue Skies,  KI Memories' Flashback collection), acyrlic paints, white gesso and oil pastels

Verve May Release Spotlight Day 2

Today we're shining our Verve spotlights on the new stamps Let It Be and Deepest Sympathy. Each of the release team Divas and Guest Divas below has posted her first look at these new stamps today. As you hop through the list below, you just might see some super sneaky peeks of new coordinating dies and ribbons, so keep your eyes peeled! 

Everything you see previewed along today's hop will be available in Verve's online store on Friday, May 10.

I have this surrealistic Verve bird from on a redwood fence to showcase a  Let It Be sentiment made into a worn "metal" plaque. Boy, sometimes I just need to hear that saying, don't you! Julee has made this a spectacular bunch of sentiments in this set and one that has some beautiful flowers... you are going to love!

$1 store package of earring findings work so nicely for nailed fences on cards.

Want to win some shiny new Verve? We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win today's featured products! So be sure to leave a little comment on all the blogs below to increase your chances! Check out the Verve Blog for all the prize details and deadlines.

1. Julee	7. Andrea
2. Charmaine	8. Jen M.
3. Teresa	9. Laurie W.
4. Stacey	10. Laurie S.
5. Christyne	11. Janelle
6. Marisa	12. Maureen

Details:
Stamps: Let It Be (Verve Stamps), With Love (Verve Stamps, August 2011 release)
Paper: Honky Tonk (Cosmo Cricket), Cream, Kraft and Chocolate (Wausau), Close to Cocoa (SU!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Crumb Cake (SU!), Copic Markers
Accessories: Wire, earring findings, Fast Finish (Beacon Adhesives)