Rain Puddles Design

 I have been a fan for a long time of the illustrations and stamps designed by Torico of Birdie Brown Stamps. I have a stash of digital files from a few years ago that are half colored, some of which are now stamp sets (yay for Jingle All the Way), but when I saw the latest Christmas theme stamps with coordinating dies it was a must have. I'm so excited to finally be able to create with them. This sweet helper was stamped and colored then die cut out. In true Torico style I added white highlights with my AC White marker pen. I repeated the stamping and coloring process with the gift at his feet. The background is such a popular style these days that I'm finding my own method with the tools I have and this is how I created it for this card. I taped down a white cardstock with low-tack tape (blue painters tape that I pressed into a paper towel for even less tackiness to the adhesive) and then used BV20 and BV29 in my Copic airbrush system and started from the center -...

Today is kind of a normal day, NOT! It is for our Stampendous design team leader, fairy stampmother and extraordinary friend, Laura Mann Weed who is having a birthday today. The team couldn't just sit around on this normal day without celebrating an extraordinary person, so we've put together a little hop to say our best wishes! Here's the hop list and you are starting at the very beginning, if you get lost along the way just come back to my post with the most updated and hopefully accurate list. I'll provide the next hop at the end of my post. :) Janelle Stollfus - this is here! Alison Heikkila Pam Hornschu Laura Drahozal Kristine Reynolds Pam Bray Wendy Price Jamie Martin Lea Fritts Tenia Nelson Amy Hurley-Purdie Louise Healy Asia King Here is my virtual card (it's coming in the mail soon, Laura, promise). I picked out some oldies AND goodies for this card from the 2013 October catalog to say a Happy Birthday. Sir R...

Today I'm posting with some talented ladies from the Stampendous design team. We are strolling along the theme week, celebrating the season with House-Mouse Designs and more! Here's my fun little card. Supplies: Stampendous: HMR38 Joyful Noise MWP811 Fran’s Mixed Media White Paper MEM01 Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink by Tsukineko® DWLJ891 Holly Swirls Stencil DWETLG Large Embossing Tool Plus: Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper® Chameleon™ Pens Color Spritzer by Perfect Paper Crafting® Ribbon by May Arts Corner Rounder Punch Paper Edge Distress Tool Stylus Zip Dry™ Paper Glue by Beacon Adhesives™ Instructions: Fold a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch color cardstock in half for a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 inch finished size. Place green cardstock over Holly Swirls Stencil and with  the large embossing tool run it over and around the stencil. Optionally you can emboss paper through an embossing machine, make sure to use the proper plate sandwich with you machine. Distress edge...

Happy Friday! I'm posting today with a puzzling project! Hopefully I will explain it clear enough that it won't actually puzzle you, but that you'll want to try one on your own. This week the Stampendous team has been putting the pieces together with Stampendous products and these uniquely amazing puzzle sets by Patty Pop Ons® . PRIZES!!!! Comment along the hops that include Patty Pop On Blank Puzzle Pieces and you could be one of THREE lucky winners! A prize package that includes a surprise Stampendous Cling Stamp Set and a full set of puzzle pieces!   Here is the hop list (I'll give you the next person on the hop at the end of my post) so you can get starting hopping from here wherever you want to go! Stampendous Blog Janelle Stollfus Kristine Reynolds Pam Bray Lea Fritts Laura Drahozal Wendy Price Now for the fun part with a disclaimer. I did do a little testing with ink and pens and markers, but I didn't do a lot of thinking ...