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Making Projects Pop!

It is the dead of winter outside my winter, so I think it's time for a pop of spring on my blog today. I'm going to share a fun project I made recently with new Stampendous stamps and matching die sets, plus something that is really neat! I made the front of the card pretty simple because wait until you see the inside! First here's a close up of the tab die to make my little birdie pop off the card. The inside uses the new Stampendous Pop Up Stages Die Set! This set truly is the most versatile of the three sets that Stampendous has released. The background involves airbrushing after stamping and coloring a few leaves. I made a mask out of sticky notes and added it an angle for an artsy touch to the personal message area. This bird is popped out using the #3 column die from the set. To be honest I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with the parts of the tree so I stamped them all separate, but in the end, I glued them all onto the branch whi...

Pink Your Life Whisper Blog Hop Finale

Happy Friday everyone! I'm so glad you stopped by today because I am wrapping up the week with a grand finale post for the Pink Your Life blog hop.  There are prizes for our hop and not your usual comment to win! We love to know that you see us across the online community and maybe even where you'd like to see our projects posted. All the details for the contest are on the Stampendous blog today .  Be sure to stop by all the other designer's post and give them a quick comment, we really do love to hear from all of you! Friday Stampendous Blog Janelle Stollfus Jamie Martin Tenia Nelson Lea Fritts Louise Healy Alison Heikkila Now for my project today. You may have already spotted this mixed media frame on the Stampendous website or even from a post over at the Pink Your Life blog, but this project was created for the January 2017 Stampendous catalog! I had far too much fun creating this frame. From the stenciled background to the p...

New Pink Your Life and a blog hop

Hey, crafty friends! It's incredible that we are already half way through January in the new year and I'm finally blogging! What better way to start off than with a blog hop with Stampendous! That's right it is blog hop time with new stamps by Nicoletta Zanella from Pink Your Life! You'll want to stop by the Stampendous blog today because there are so many ways to win stamps throughout the hop!!!! Here's my crafty project made just for the hop. I'm using the new Pink Your Life Whisper Happy Wagon Perfectly Clear Stamp (PCS) Set, plus a stole a couple stamps from Pink Your Life Whisper World PCS and Stampendous Cake Tiers PCS . I had a little bit of fun with assembling the wagon carts plus a few Whisper friends popping up for a surprise! I colored these cuties with Copic markers, a list is down below, and the background is made with gesso sponged over Cathedral Windows Metal Stencil , and then a wash of Various Ink refills d...