Rain Puddles Design

I'm popping in with a card this weekend to lure you all in to a weekend of sponsored coloring! Stampendous is one of many fabulous sponsors for a Facebook group of people who love to color and want to improve through tutorials, tips and techniques shared among ourselves and from the sponsors. Click to join in the FUN! So, this weekend, Stampendous is sponsoring a coloring contest. If you have an itch to get out your pencils, markers or whatever other coloring tools you have on hand, join us! We are focusing on House-Mouse stamps, because who couldn't resist them when coloring, but you can color anything and drop by the group to post it. Please make sure you add hashtags in your comment for #Stampendous and #PPCF. I'll be posting this in the Passionate Paper Creations and Friends Group, but here you get the supply list and instructions! Supplies: Stampendous: HMP41 House-Mouse® Card Shark DCP1006 Fitted Frames B Die Cut Set FREG033 Aged Taupe Emboss...

Hey there, it's Friday and I'm hopping with Stampendous again today for a finale round of inspiration with Nathalie Kalbach and I'm kind of excited to say that we are hopping with her fantastic Creative Squad too! You are in for a treat, so get comfy and have fun jumping to each hop today with some fantastic inspiration. Hop info before we get going, we have been hopping all week so if you are just getting sight of our hop you have four other days you can browse through, but there is also a little incentive. There are three prize packages for grabs from the folks who leave comments on our hop posts this week. Stop by the Stampendous blog for details! Now here is my 3D project for today. When I saw the Elephant set, I've kind of been dreaming of making a decor item out of it. I'm so glad I did this, learned a lot and I think I would sew muslin together next time to make the process faster and less expensive. I purchased Balsa Wood and outlined 6 e...

Hello and welcome back to another day on the hop with Nat and Friends! We are putting our focus on Nathalie's new stamp and stencil sets this week and my hope is to show you all three and how I creativity use them.  First though, know that this is as usual a Stampendous hop, Monday through Friday and they have prizes for commenting along the way! Details are on the Stampendous blog! I have been so inspired by all the journal pages from the Creative Squad featured on Nat's blog, pssst.... the Stampendous blog is sharing some previous projects of theirs each day until we get to see more great things from them on Friday. I decided I'd try a journal page again. Nat's Urban Scribble set made it super easy to get my idea down and then it took me forever to decide what to write! lol My paints were DecoArt - Turquoise Blue, Butterscotch, and Royal Purple (tinted with Snow White). I used Snow White on its own with the solid side of the foam stamp. Th...

We are back to the weekly grind, but with an extra awesome blog hop this week with the sweet and amazing mixed media artist, the designer of N* Studio design stamps sets made by Stampendous! This week the design team is teaming up with Nathalie Kalbach and her super talented and international group of designer team members for a hop with the stamp and stencil sets that include a two-sided foam stamp. Perfect for mixed media fun! There are going to be THREE extremely fortunate commenters at the end of this week because Stampendous is giving away prize packages that include all THREE of the Nathalie Kalbach Foam/Cling and Stencil Stamp Sets. Be sure to comment and add where you are from in your comment because this is open to all the international folks! Please get the details on today's Stampendous blog post. The hops for today are: Stampendous Blog Alison Heikkila Janelle Stollfus Nathalie Kalbach Blog Here is my card from the January release! Late...

Hello and welcome to our last day of hopping with sticky fun from Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L. If you are just finding the blog hop here you might want to jump down below for the entire hop list, otherwise I'm so glad you've stopped by. My project today is using a sweet Denim Cover journal , Pennant Set , small and regular 3D Foam Squares , and E-Z Runner permanent strips adhesives  from Scrapbook Adhesives The stamped and stenciled images are from Stampendous Sailboats Cling Rubber Stamp Set . wavy stencils  The free template inside the stamp set is this pretty wave pattern so I sponged white, then a mixture of blue periwinkle paint through it. This stencil has a repeating design so you are not limited to the height of the stencil, just align and stencil some more! While that dried I sponged paint onto the canvas pennant, using leftover paint from the stenciling. I pulled out a few pieces of muslim from my stash, it's a bit smoother than c...

It's time to get back into the swing of things for the week, but what better way then to hop along with me and a few more designers in a blog hop!  I'm having a ton of fun with the products from Scrapbook Adhesives 3L and can't wait to show you all that I've made. First let's get the hop and prize information out of the way. After you're finished here hop on over to see what the other designer's have done with their products. Stampendous Blog Alison Heikkila Janelle Stollfus - you are here! Pam Bray Scrapbook Adhesives Blog If you comment along the hop this week you might be one of three randomly selected winners to receive this fantastic prize! More details are on the Stampendous blog  today . Now for my project today! I stamped the bottom of Enjoy the Ride twice on white cardstock and colored just the vehicles on one to hand trim out and then on the other I colored the trees and airbrushed the sky. The vehicles wer...

Happy Saturday everyone! While I will be out on a soccer field today with my kids this post is coming to you with a special purpose about kids. I found out about this charity through Stampendous, who happens to be sponsoring them this week during a new challenge. It's Send a Smile 4 Kids. If you have some kid style cards already made or kid style stamps that need some ink time, consider sending them to this charity.  Check out their web page here and their card guidelines here to make sure that you’re not sending something that won’t work for them. Then choose a volunteer in your area from their list here and Send a Smile 4 Kids. The current challenge is "Animals 4 Kids" and it's perfect for all the animal stamps I have from Stampendous. I made up this new card to share today, but I'll be going through all of my catalog cards from the past releases to see if I have any that I can send their way as well. Please consider joining me and ...

Welcome to the Friday finale hop with the Stampendous team while we have been on an adventure Beneath The Sea. Hop that you have enjoyed hanging out with us this week, we, the design team, had a great time with our goodies from Graphic 45, we love getting these kinds of products to play with for catalog time. Before I jump into my project, know that this hop comes with prizes and all you really need to know is that you can comment on the blog posts that happened this week and you are automatically adding an entry for some fabulous Stampendous and Graphic 45 goodies. Details are on the Stampendous blog! Here is my siren card for the hop today. I had a great time putting this together with all the stamps, dies and paper that are part of the three prize packages up for grabs (remember to look on the Stampendous blog for the details.) While the instructions are all at the end of my post, here are a couple of close up shots of the card. Here is the master hop list,...

Welcome to a hop with Stampendous and their NEW April release that go Beneath the Sea with Graphic 45 Papers ! If you are ready for summer and want a chance to have some of the sea theme products that are showcased this week, then I suggest commenting as you hop along with us! YES, there are prizes, details are on the Stampendous blog . I'm so excited to share with you some of the projects I've been making for the Stampendous April release and it starts today! While our hop is "beneath the sea" my project card today is at the water's edge with some adorable House-Mouse characters and their feathered friend. I have details on how I made this sweet card, but first I'd like to get you oriented to the hop today! Our hop ends with me today, but if you are just joining here is the complete list for today. Stop by the Stampendous blog again throughout the week for more projects from the design team and more chances to win the prize by commenting as you ...