Rain Puddles Design

It's a super eventful week with the Stampendous Design Team this week, so keep coming back almost daily here on my blog to see what's going on with the following blog hops... Here's my sea worthy project for today. It's an adventure worth trying when you're the size of a teacup boarder. Amanda, Muzzy, and Mudpie are sailing the big wide sea in makeshift sailboats just for them. How fun is this trio!   When I made this card I had just purchased a roll of airbrush low-tack frisket. I was so excited to try it because of two distinct reasons, I wanted precision masking and I love to use an exacto knife with a fresh pointed blade. Does that make me uber artsy? lol I used frisket quite a few times when I was an intern in high school and then again the same method with Amber Acetate Film in college... and a fresh utility knife blade. Yep, I'm dopey about cutting things with the ease of a super sharp tipped blade. I did a quick search of my photo f...

Welcome to the May Arts and Stampendous Blog Hop! The Stampendous crew are head over heels for May Arts ribbon and it helps that not only are there so many styles, types and colors, but they have been so generous to send Stampendous goodies for all of us to use on the catalog samples each quarter. Prizes!!! There are Stampendous prize packages up for grabs. THREE US commenters  will receive a prize of their choice in any one roll of ribbon from May Arts and a $20 reward card. Tell us what state you live in when you comment. Stampendous Official Rules . Be sure to stop by the May Arts blog each day, because they are having a prize also! How's that for an amazing week of prizes! Now for my fun little card! I wanted to make sure that I had ribbon to match my project, so what better could I do than to pick out the ribbon first! Yep, the ribbon is what inspired this card! From there I created my own pattern paper with a Creative Palette Rectangles, Stac...

It's Monday, well almost over, but I'm posting another sweet Verve card from the June release. I can't believe June is almost over, but in a sense I understand why it's zoomed by so quickly. It's my families official birthday month!  We celebrated all month long with three birthday and a Father's Day within a 25 day period. Whew! We put up a fabric birthday banner that I made a few years ago and instead of taking it down after each birthday we just left it up!  Along with all those celebrations we also started a new summer tradition of having movie night on our deck once a week. We really hope these hot days coming up now don't squash our new tradition. Last week we watched the original Karate Kid. So much about our busy summer, lets get to this quick card. Verve released this Plain Jane along with one other PJ for June. It has a single honeycomb row in the middle that nudges me to use The Buzz Stamp Set , but I kept it put away for ...

I'm posting a new Verve release card that I did a little sneak on last Saturday. It was so much fun to play along and I'm glad I can keep the Verve posts going a bit longer with some extra projects. Let's find out how I made this card. I usually make up a few different colors in card bases and then when I decide on my color choices I grab a base that goes with it. It doesn't always run that smoothly, but it's nice to have them ready when they do. I used pattern paper from American Crafts' Spring 6 x 6 paper pack. A few scrap pieces of white and green cardstock and got busy with my layout/sketch. I stamped the sentiment on pattern paper and layered it under a tag made with the new Flourished Tag Die Set . If you look closely it is embossed a few times using the honeycomb die from The Buzz Dies . The bee and second half of the sentiment are stamped on white paper and colored with Copic markers. The CAS style was too simple for me so I drew a s...

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Stampendous April catalog. I just had to make these in a watercolor style. I think I was just ready for some light and refreshing designing in the middle of winter and rainy spring. The Cosmos Spray stamp is one of just a few new flower stamps that are from the catalog and half of the theme week over on the Stampendous blog. Fellow design teamie,  Jamie Martin ,  and I are posting today, so stop by her blog if you have a minute. Supplies: Stampendous: V312 Heart of Friendship P263 Cosmos Spray STF082 Versafine™ Onyx Black Ink by Tsukineko® MPW811 Mixed Media White Paper Plus: Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper® Watercolor Paper by Strathmore® Thin 3D Foam Squares by Scrapbook Adhesives™ by 3L® Watercolors Paintbrush Ribbon by May Arts Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives® Instructions: Fold a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch color cardstock in half for a finished 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch card base. Stamp Cosmos Sp...

It's the final day of our June 2015 Verve Spotlight Hops!  All of the stamps and dies you've seen this week are available in the  Verve  online store now! Sit back and relax for one last inspirational stroll as our sneaky Verve spotlight lands on Diva's choice today. A nd to cap off this release, we're giving away the entire release to one lucky commenter along today's hop , so come along with us as we share one last look-see at our newest release! It's been a wonderful week of spotlights, I'm so joyed I played along in half of the days and share projects with the stamps and dies Julee so graciously sent me. Hopping along today you would have come her via Amy Tsuruta's blog and staying here for a glance or two at my projects today. Yes, I made that a plural as in I couldn't stop thinking of how to use this set and a plain jane, too! Today I'm spotlighting what the rest of the party saw on Day 4, The Buzz , The Buzz Die Set , ...

It's release day at Verve and we're celebrating with Day 5 of our June 2015 Spotlight Hops!   Have you enjoyed the spotlights we've been sharing this week? Well, the wait is over and everything previewed this week is available in the  Verve  online store now! If you've been hopping already today you just came from Maureen's blog and in the right spot! If you want to start at the beginning, scroll down to the bottom and find the full hop list to start at the beginning, middle or end. It will be beautiful and inspiring no matter where you are on the hop. :) Today's spotlight is shining on  The Sparkly Dreams  set illustrated by Julee Tilman, as well as the  Butterfly Dreams Die Set  and the  Flourished Tag Die Set . 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...

It's a wild, wild week over on the Stampendous blog. We are sharing all the new wild animals from the April 2015 Catalog. There are quite a few that you'll be seeing from the design team this week, hope you'll be inspired by the end of the week! Here's my project for today! This is PenPattern Giraffe and while there is a nice amount of spaces to put my doodling I chose to add them around the giraffe and add onto the grass. You can check out all the supplies and instructions that go with this on the Stampendous Project Pages section of the website. Here is the direct link to go check it out! Stampendous webiste. Find out more information about this week's theme, project's from other teammates of mine and product information go to the Stampendous blog . Today, Louise Healy is also posting a wild project. Head on over to her blog and check it out!

Welcome to Verve's June 2015 Spotlight Hops!   This week the Verve Divas and a few special guests will be spotlighting 5 new sets, 2 plain janes and 4 new die sets! Everything previewed this week will be available in the  Verve  online store onFriday, 6/19. So come hop along with us and see what's new at Verve! Today's spotlight is shining on the  Get Together  set illustrated by Julee Tilman and the new  Psalm 19:14 plain jane . 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  today for a little more about our new products ,  an introduction of our fabulous special guests, and all the prize info and deadlines! If you've been hopping with the Spotlight today so far, then you have come from Christyne's blog . You cann...