Rain Puddles Design

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, c...

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 s...

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 ...

 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 st...

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...

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

 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...

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 ...

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 Spotli...

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 . Y ou'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...

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 ...