Saturday, August 20, 2011

Stampendous! Saturday and BLOG CANDY

Its time for another round of Stampendous! Blog Candy!  Are you guys loving this yet?!!  Stampendous! has been so generous letting us all give away SO many stamps this month!!

Today, I am dreaming of a pink Christmas!  I'm still playing with Fran's  Encrusted Jewel Technique and loving it!!  This week I started with a pink pattern background paper then embossed my main image (sentiment) in Bright Pink Embossing Powder.  


Around the edges of that panel I stamped parts of the snow flurry/flourish piece from the same Cling Jumbo Merry Magical set  in Champagne ink, then embossing parts with Shabby White Embossing Enamel.  (I did the same on the edges of the fuchsia card base. )  After that I added some Clear Deep Impressions powder around the edges of the main panel, along with some  Silver Crushed Glass Glitter, some Shaved Ice, and Pearlized Mica Fragments.   


Here's a better shot of how all the lovely glitters and micas become embedded when heated together.  If you missed the technique, you can view Fran's How To video HERE.



I hope you are enjoying this lovely new technique straight from the Stampendous! booth at CHA, along with all the brand new fun Jumbo Cling sets and other Fran'tage new releases.  Today I am giving away (courtesy of Stampendous!) the set that I used for this project:



All you need to do is leave me a comment!  (Sorry, open to US residents only)  I would of course love it if you became a follower as well!  And speaking of following, Stampendous! is close to 3000 followers on their Face Book fan page!  You really want to go "like" them so you'll be in the know when some special FB blog candy goes up for grabs!!

From last week, the winner of my Eiffel Tower set is #4  Craftymom 205!!  Shoot me an email!

This week, lots more blog candy giveaways as usual (and only 2 more weeks of this so don't miss out!!)
Wendy Jordan, Wendy Price, Pam Honschu,  and Taylor Usry.    Be sure to go spread some love at all their blogs for multiple chances to win!!

-Cyndi

26 comments:

  1. LOVE LOVE LOVE this card!!! I was just saying yesterday that I need to start getting busy on my Christmas cards - this one would be perfect! Thanks for sharing!!!!!

    ~Krissy
    www.paperinkspirations.blogspot.com

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  2. Oh, wow - this is gorgeous!!!! LOVE all the pink!

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  3. love the pink on the holiday card!!! cool bow treatment too!

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  4. Having fun with the encrusting? Very cool mixing it with the pink...kind of a retro 50's look.

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  5. This is really stunning Cyndi. Love the non-traditional Christmas colors. Absolutely beautiful with your silver embossing.

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  6. That really is a magical and merry card. Love it. I'm working on Christmas cards now and love the inspiration!

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  7. Love your card for this week. Can't believe I won the Eiffel tower set.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  8. Wow, I've never seen such perfectly embossed letters! Gorgeous work, and the encrusted jewel technique is definitely a winner!!

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  9. Beautiful embossing and thanks for the chance to win such a wonderful stamp that I can use at Xmas

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  10. Beautiful card! I love the encrusting- I really have to give that a whirl!

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  11. Lovely card, VERY lovely! I've got to go try that encrusted jewel technique. My word, I love it on your card!

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  12. Pretty card! Love how you used pink instead of the traditional green or red. The sparkle is just perfect with it.

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  13. Gorgeous card, Cyndi! A pink Christmas is soooo fun!

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  14. Lovin' Fran's Encrusted Jewel Technique. You are getting really, really good at it. Spectacular card!

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  15. Love this pink beauty! Thanks for the inspiration!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  16. Great job using pink on a Holiday card. Love it!!! I can't wait to kick in some Stampendous challenges !!! Sweet!!

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  17. I love this card, so elegant. The pink is stunning! thanks for sharing.
    Pam
    panuttingatgmaildotcom

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  18. Love this set and love what you did with it. Love pink!

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  19. Love that technique! It's so pretty in pinks!

    Lea

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  20. Beautiful, just wish I could sign up via email. Love the flourish type sentiment.

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  21. The font on this stamp set is SO gorgeous!

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  22. OMG! I love everything about this card! The font, the saying, the colors you used and all the sparkle!!!

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  23. Gorgeous card! I saw all these new products at my lss and didn't know what they were about so I hopped online to see what I could come up with & found your blog! I can't wait to try Fran's encrusted jewel technique.

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  24. STUNNING! Very pretty in pink! Love the sparkle!

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  25. That is a beautiful set! I love the colors you used for your card.

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