Rain Puddles Design

Happy Halloween Kiddos! Well, that's what I'm showcasing from the July Catalog today, my second post this week with another really cute Halloween Kiddos. These Kiddos are great for scrapbook pages when trick or treating is over and it's time to store those memories. Find more on the Stampendous Catalog , your favorite online store or a good ol' fashion store with doors near you ! Doesn't it always seem to be more spooky on Halloween night. Boo! Copics Used: Skin: YR000, E51, E44, BV00 Hair: E25, E49 Bag: YR04, YR16, YR18 Costume: W-2, W-5, W-7 Flashlight: E44 There are some other fabulous projects being shared today. Find out who they are on the Stampendous company blog . Have a great day. Details: Stamps: Burglar Kiddo (Stampendous) Paper: Ruby Vintage and Black Magic textured paper (Core'dinations), white (Neenah) Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Copic Markers Accessories: Scissors, Sand It Gadget  ( Core'dinati...

This week is the {cute} Halloween Kiddos Showcase from the Stampendous July Catalog. I just can't stop loving these images and looking at all the Kiddo's projects popping up around Pinterest. Now, I finally get to show off my little Pumpkin Kiddo that was in the July Catalog. Halloween Kiddo Project by Janelle Stollfus You can view the directions for this card by clicking the link above to go to the Stampendous Projects section of their blog. Copics used: Skin: YR000, E50, E51, E53 Hair/shoe: E30, E33 Face: BG000, RV11 Pumpkin: YR21, YR16, YR24, BV20 Tights/leaves: YG61, YG67 Sky: BG72, BG75 Grass: G14, G07 Colorless Blender Details: Stamps: Pumpkin Kiddo , Haunting Background (Stampendous) Paper: White, Rustic, Green and Black Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento, Tsukineko), Copic Markers, Various Ink Colorless Blender Accessories:  Midnight Black Embossing Powder (Stampendous), Oval Cutter, Foam Adhesive (Scrapbook Adhesives), Zip-Dr...

After a brief intermission with the October Verve Release, the Diva's are back to our Tag You're It, Diva Dare Challenge . It happens to be my day to share a tag inspired project as well. You can hop on over to the Verve blog to see my project and all the details about the challenge, then take the link to shop new Verve . It's just what we crafter's do, right? Need some christmas tags? Here are a few ideas. And this little cutie below is only over on the Verve blog . You should go visit him. :) Details: Christmas Chalkboard Tag Stamps:  Geared Up and Holiday Treats  (Verve Stamps) Paper:  Black (Wausau) Ink:   Versamark Watermark Ink Pad (Tsukineko) Accessories: Tagged Rectangle Die  (A Cut Above, Verve), Aged Ochre and Detailed White Embossing Powder (Stampendous) Details:  Christmas Kraft Tag Stamps:  Geared Up , Holiday Treats  (Verve Stamps) Paper:  Kraft (Wausau) Ink:   ...

While you're enjoying your morning, all the Divas are going to invite you to join along in a release hop with all the new Verve we sneak peeked this week. You're going to love getting your hands on these new goodies, you  know how we love the smell of new Verve! Verve's new Unto Us Set has this beautiful snowflake. It's dreamy! I stamped it for another project and then I needed to stamp it some more and this is what I made with those fun little flakes. It has a coordinating die in the Reindeer Fun Die Set . That just made it even better for a quick and wintry card. It took me a matter of minutes to make this card and I'm thinking it's going to be this year's holiday card! The sentiment was stamped on cardstock cut out with a Banner Bundle die  and framed with more snowflakes in Garden Green. I did a straight stitch border to lighten up the background and in two corners I hit the reverse stitch button a few times just for fun. The scrumptious...

It's Day 3, yay! We are spotlighting Verve's  Unto Us Stamp Set and Reindeer Fun Die Set .  This release is packing some amazing sentiments. AMAZING! We say that every release, I know, but it's incredible what Julee can do with fonts! Today I am showing you how spectacular the use of chevrons and a favorite Verve frame (with coordinating die) can steal the show on a card. I started with this combo and decided I couldn't get any better design than to add some pattern paper and bow. Love how easy and elegant Verve can make a card look. Here's the whole hop list for today but your next stop is with Andrea ! 1.  Julee 8.  Amber 2  Jen 9.  Janelle 3.  Marisa 10.  Andrea 4.  Teresa 11.  Laurie W. 5.  Charmaine 12.  Maureen 6.  Christyne 13.  Verve Blog 7.  Stacey  {Guest} Want to win some shiny new Verve?   We'll be picking a random commenter on one of the hop spots below to win t...

This week the Stampendous team is showing the Witches Brew and more products in the July 2013 catalog . As I'm not big on halloween I did have some fun creating bits and pieces of a frightful party night. This is how the story of my projects go... It's only fitting that we make a formal invitation to join us in the event with a hauntingly easy invitation. Leave it on your bedside to remind you to come. It starts at half past a candelabra  under a haunting  witch's silhouette .  Best be prepared for your quick change to night with a DIY glitter nail.  Ingredients: Nail tips (preferably fake) Sticky Panels DS Adhesive Sheets Purple Micro Glitter Orange Micro Glitter Clear Nail polish Craft mat Apply adhesive sheets cut down to the right size of the nail. Dip the nail end into Orange Micro Glitter and press against the glitter. Lift and tap off excess. (If it looks transparent repeat.) Turn it around and dip the nail into Purple ...

 It's Day 2 of Verve sneak peeks and the Diva's are shining our spotlights on the Holiday Treats Set and Cup of Cheer Die Set today. They have been a delight to use. I have been stamping all these fun images all over everything around my workspace and they just work with anything I put them next to, just like my finished sample for our sneak peek today. The tag stamp, sentiment, stars and snowflake (swooning) are all from the new Holiday Treats set and I was able to grab Verve's Tagged Rectangle Die and Winter Fun Die Set  to cut out the tag and stars. While the Winter Fun die set was out I thought it would be fun to have some trees to frame my tag. Love those whimsical ideas that come together. Verve makes that happen more often with just the right coordinating of dies and stamps. It did help a little that my pattern paper had trees, too. :) 1.  Julee 8.  Amber 2  Jen 9.  Janelle 3.  Marisa 10.  Andrea 4.  Teresa 11....

Can I get a big "whoop, whoop!" It's Spotlight Day with Verve Stamps! Come join us all the rest of the week for some fantastic sneak peeks! We'll have a full hop list every day to give you lots of ideas to use with your new Verve. If you are in the know already then it's from Amber's blog you came and once your finished at my spot you'll take a stroll over to Andrea's blog. There is a list at the bottom of my post today so you can find out where you are in our hop or get started from the beginning. You have a chance to win, because Verve is so generous, so comment along the hops to have a proper chance at getting some new Verve goodies! Today we are spotlighting the  Chevron Love and Heart Quartet Die Set. Knock me silly and then give me dessert! This stamp set is top notch and the most gorgeous sentiments. Love the sentiments, but a super delight was this new jotted heart stamp to go with Verve's Jotted Heart die . Yep, now you've...

 It's grand finale blog hop today. I've had so much fun stretching myself this week with Stampendous and Scrapbook Adhesives. Thanks to both companies for such a wonderful chance to create with their products. Now it's time to share my project. I suppose I gravitate to paper tolle when I get my hands on foam dots, but this one was a combination of the EZ runner tape to keep the centers and some of the edges stuck together and then the foam dots to give the petals some curve. I loved making this project to share today and I hope you'll have a great day on our hop getting lots of inspiration. I tried to let the pattern paper be my coloring but my copic markers were just sitting too close to me and I grabbed R39, R56, RV99 and C5 to add to the depth of the paper tolle effect. It's time to remind you of the wonderful prizes that Stampendous is going to give to THREE lucky winners from those who have commented throughout the week. It's not too late so...

It's another day of our partnership with Scrapbook Adhesives and I'm bringing a little wintry breeze into the hop today with Stampendous' Train Postcard . If you noticed some extra dark shading, well that's just me and my utility knife getting focused on the train so we could use a variety of foam dots by Scrapbook Adhesives. I stamped the postcard twice, colored one and cut out around the oval frame and colored the second one with a little bit of shading around the edges and the postage stamp. The fun part about this is the super easy dimension you can get when you cut around part of the image and pull it through a slice in the popped up layer. It really looks like the train is coming our way. I used my Quickie Glue Pen to add a small amount of glitter around the berries, trees, water, train and oval border. The card surprisingly glimmers a lot with only a tiny bit of the Stampendous Micro Glitter. Copics Used:  R14, R29, R34 G40, G43, G46 Y21, E29, ...