The Scrappy Chick

Stampendous! Color Fragments Blog Hop

2012-02-11T08:00:00.000-05:00

Today the Stampendous team has something extra special planned for you...we have combined our regular monthly challenge with a blog hop showcasing some of the great new products released at CHA last month!

My card started as a tag but it wouldn't all fit so I turned it into a card! First I stamped Butterfly Post with versamark ink and embossed it with Clear Bark EP onto a piece of pale pink cardstock that was previously sprayed with Tattered Rose and Creme de Chocolat Glimmer Mist sprays. (all products used and most links are in a list at the bottom of the pictures). Then I tore my edges and distressed them with Victorian Velvet and Antique Linen distress ink from Tim Holtz.

I added a small bit of hardware around one of the "stamps". It started as silver, which just wouldn't do, so I embossed it with Aged Gold Embossing Enamel.

For the tag I started by dry embossing it through my cuttlebug with the Jumbo Damask stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils. I then rubbed Rose and Gold inka gold paint over the embossed areas, and finished it off with a bit of Vintage Photo Ink around the edges. Lastly I used Fran's embedded jewel technique on the bottom portion of the tag. I applied versamark ink then a layer of Aged Rose enamel. BEFORE that was heat set I sprinkled on some Shaved Ice, Bronze Glass Glitter, and Rose color fragments and THEN heated it.

On top of the tag, but under the pink panel I added a chipboard butterfly from Tattered Angels that I embossed with part Gold detail powder and part Aged Rose and added some of the Rose Color Fragments there as well.

The base of the card was stamped with the new Calligraphy Sampler in Vintage Photo ink. Added a smidge of yummy May Arts ribbon and a Prima flower, and volia!

CRR138 Calligraphy Sampler

CRP147 Butterfly Post

FRG10C Shaved Ice

FRG08C Bronze Crushed Glass Glitter

FRC04R Rose Color Fragments

FREG031 Aged Rose Embossing Enamel

FREG024 Aged Gold Embossing Enamel

Clear Bark Embossing Powder

DP102R Gold Detail Embossing Powder

LX7001 Large Damask stencil (Dreamweaver Stencils)

Inka gold Gold & Rose (Viva Decor)

Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, Vintage Photo distress ink (Ranger)

Versamark pad (Tsukineko)

Tattered Rose & Creme de Chocolat Glimmer Mist (Tattered Angels)

Nature embossed Framed Fonts (Tattered angels)

Prima flower

May Arts organdy ribbon

Tim Holtz jumbo tag

If you have not checked out this month's great texture challenge, you can read all the details on the Stampendous blog. Now, check out the whole list of fabulousness for today:

Stampendous Impressions

As you hop from blog to blog, being wowed by all the amazing new goodies we are showing off, be sure to leave some love (and your contact email) for the designers, as well as on the Stampendous blog. The more you comment, the better your chances are to win one of these five fantastic prize packs. Each one includes a brand new stamp set and bottle of color fragments from Stampendous:

Winners will be randomly selected from all comments left on blogs, so the more you comment the better your chances are to win one!! You have until Sunday, February 12 th at 8:00 PM EST to leave a comment on each blog; winners will be announced on Monday, February 13th. Due to shipping restrictions, all winners must have a US/APO/FPO mailing address.

And don't forget....We want YOU to play along with us in our monthly challenge! Just add your direct link to your card (make sure you've loaded it up with tons of TEXTURE) to the linky tool below my signature (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than March 1, 2012 at 11:00 PM EST. You do not have to use Stampendous products to play along, but we sure love it when you do! And as an extra incentive for playing, one lucky person (drawn at random from all the entries) will receive the gorgeous Corset Ladies Perfectly Clear Stamp Set.

Munsters Birthday Release Day!

2012-02-10T08:48:00.000-05:00

Yep! Its release day at Simply B Stamps! And we have the last day of previews with none other than Betty Munster! What a wickedly fun collection this has been to work with!

My Betty has her pink cake all ready for Rio's bday of course :) I used copics to color her to match the last scraps of my Bo Bunny cupcake papers. Here's a closer peek at Betty and her cake, decorated with spiders! (I had to carry out the theme with a spider corner punch from Martha Stewart)

And above my sentiment (from Stampendous!) I added a thin border of Aluminum Teal by MercArt thats been dry embossed with the new Dreamweaver Stencils Pinwheel Checkerboard! How cool is that??

And also since I was traveling yesterday I didn't get my Chris Munster project up, so you get two for one today! Here's Chris sporting some super bright rainbow colors on my tag.

Okay so we have 7 brand spankin' new stamps! Buy all 7 for $45 (a $59.43 value) use code BDAY45

Buy any 3 for $21.00 use code BDAY21

Birthday Munsters shebang pack! $55.00 best value!

All 7 new stamps
Echo Park Summer Days:

12 Printed Papers

3 Double sided Distress Solids

2 12x12 Sticker sheets

Don't forget about these new rubber stamps! Our Awesome Steampunks are finally in stock and ready to ship! In sheets!

Thanks for popping in to see me today! -Cyndi

Challenge list:
Deconstructing Jen: sketch (last weeks)
The Pink Elephant: use pink
Make It Monday: linky party

Go Green!

2012-02-09T05:00:00.001-05:00

It's Thursday...over the hump and time for another round of Dreamweaver Stencils Go Green challenge! So, if you know me, I love lime green but I am seriously challenged with kelly green. Soooo not my thing. But since the go green is in honor of St Pats day I just had to use a real Irish green for my card today.

This is a very CAS card for me too...I started with a panel of green cardstock and taped down my Flourish stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils then used Pearlescent paste. Its such a gorgeous color..very pearly, LOL...not quite white, not quite metallic.

I also added a quick sentiment using the same paste and one of the sentiments off the Birthday words stencil. Both the large and small panel are matted in black bazzill then the card base is white bazzill bling which goes perfectly with the pearlescent paste!

So, hop over to the Dream it up blog and join us this month for our challenge! And don't forget to fly over to the rest of the DT's blogs, see more inspiration, and leave them some love!

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Rio's Birthday Blog Hop!

2012-02-08T08:25:00.000-05:00

Happy birthday Rio! Betty's daughter Rio is turning 14 today so we are doing a birthday blog hop in her honor! It just happens to be preview day of the new Simply B Stamps Teen Scene Munsters Birthday Rio image (imagine that) so we all made her bday cards using the image fashioned after her :)

If you arrived here from Betty's blog then you are right where you should be, if not please go back to the Simply B Stamps blog to start at the beginning of the hop!

I was told that her favorite color is a rainbow variety and Betty wasn't kidding! After meeting Rio last week I see that she does love bright colors (check out photo below) and her personality matches! This is one of the sweetest, funniest and loving kids that I've ever met! I kept teasing her that I was going to take her home with me :)

OK, so on to the card, lol. I colored my Rio in bright pastels to match this ca-ute Sweet Love paper by Little Yellow Bicycle. I added a trio of hearts from the new Lifestyle Crafts Sweetheart Collection and also a cuppycake from Baked Goods die (also LSC).

Here's a closer look at Rio and a closer lookie loo at the cuppycake. All 6 of the new Birthday Munster images will be released this Friday at Simply B Stamps!!

And HERE is the real Rio...funny how the colors I picked 2 weeks ago are pretty darn close to the tutu she wore that day! This is me & Rio in Disneyland last week. She's my new best friend! (JK Betty and Lea, you're stil my best friends too!!)

And here's me with Lea, Betty, Rio and Mickey!!

OK, so back to hopping! From here hop over to Jennifer's blog! And if you got lost along the way. here's the hop order! don't forget to leave everyone, especially Rio, some love today!!

Happy Birthday sweet Rio, I love you and miss you!

Betty

ends at Suzi's blog

Skipping Stones Sketch #114

2012-02-07T07:00:00.000-05:00

**post 2 of 2 today**

Morning peeps! I have fun news to share today! I am guest designing this month for Skipping Stones Design! Yippee! I just adore the whimsical and funny images especially, but also the inspirational ones as well. For todays card we could use any set and I chose one that I have loved since I first saw it...Uplifting.

I paper pieced the balloon and the rolling hills with patterns from Echo Park's Summer Days. I stamped my pieces in black Versafine then embossed them with Clear detail embossing powder from Stampendous!

Here's another closeup peek. My sentiment was warped on my block into a slight curve to wrap around the circle panel. Its easy to do with clear stamps! And this set comes with tons of cute sentiments!

OK, so here's this weeks sketch if you can play along! Also be sure to go to the Skipping Stones Design blog to check out more inspiration! And I'm soooooo happy to be on there with these gals this month!

Miller Munster

2012-02-07T03:00:00.002-05:00

**Post 1 of 2 for today**

More peeks of the Teen Scene Munsters Birthday collection from Simply B Stamps! Today I have Miller Munster for you enjoying his slice of birthday cake. And he's so confident in himself that he can wear pink! My colors were picked for this adorable Bo Bunny paper. I used this weeks Sketch Saturday sketch for my layout.

Here's a closeup of Miller and you can also really see the Perfect Pearls mist on the bg paper. I masked the lower corner with Flourish stencil by Dreamweaver Stencils and sprayed Aqua Perfect Pearls through the flourish and also in the top corner of the paper.

And I couldn't resist adding a cute cupcake from the Sweetheart Release by Lifestyle Crafts. Its from the die Baked Goods. And instead of buttons or brads for the 3 elements in the sketch I added hearts from the new Hearts die, also by LSC.

OK, be sure to hop over to the Simply B Stamps blog for more inspiration today, and hop back here later for another post this morning!

Challenge List:

Sketch Saturday: sketch

Speedy the Cat: use Mists

Pile it on: for a tween

Do you stack up: anything goes

Ribbon carousel: anything goes

Superbowl Sunday with Stampendous! and Scrappy Chick Sketch Challenge

2012-02-05T10:43:00.000-05:00

Its a full post this morning, so grab your java and start reading! FIRST I want to tell you that

Color Fragments are Here!!

This exciting new product can be used with any adhesive as an embellishment or mixed with embossing powder, paint, clay, resin...the possibilities are limited only by your imagination! They are available in five yummy colors for Spring and you can see them all HERE.

Join us for our BIG BLOG HOP on Saturday Feb 11th beginning at 8am EST- featuring members of our amazing design team using Color Fragments in all sorts of creative ways. These prizes will be given away on our blog hop:

We'll be sneaking on to Kathryn Krieger's Scrappy Bowl Sunday USTREAM event and giving away Color Fragments throughout the Super Bowl. You can find more info about this event on her blog.

My card today features Profile Portrait, one of a new line of lovely ladies. She was stamped in Versmark ink and embossed with new Aged Taupe Embossing Enamel. Such a gorgeous new color!! My background was stamped with new Calligraphy Sampler and embossed in Vintage Lilac Embossing Tinsel...my new favorite of the tinsels!

At the bottom of this panel I have used Fran's embeded Jewel technique (see video below) using Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel, Aged Taupe Embossing Enamel, Gold Halo Medium Glitter, and Taupe Color Fragments. The edges of my cardstock were torn and distressed with Pearlescent Beige ink.

Today being Sunday, its ALSO time for the next Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge! I created the sketch around this card and its super easy so I would LOVE for you to play along! You have until Friday night January 17th at 8pm to link up your creation!

This fortnight's prize up for grabs is a lare jar of Tarnished Mica Fragments from Stampendous!

Simply Betty stamps Sneaky Peek

2012-02-05T03:00:00.000-05:00

Its party week at Simply Betty Stamps! We are peeking all the new Teen Scene Munster Birthday images this week :) Today we are featuring Party Lola, sailing off with her bouquet of balloons!

But first I have to say a huge thank you to Betty for inviting me to her team all those months ago! I adore her images and she has been the most wonderful friend! AND I finally got to meet Betty and her family at CHA last week...it was a blast! Betty and Rio were awesome hostesses!

I colored Lola to match the Bo Bunny cupcake paper, added a chain punch from EK Success and a large corner that I hand cut. The sentiment is by A Muse. I also added some Glossy Accents to the balloons to give them a fun shine :)

Be sure to hop over to the Simply B stamps blog for more inspiration today and the rest of the week from the rest of the DT! Thanks for flying by to visit today!

-Cyndi

Dreamweaver Stencils February Challenge

2012-02-02T08:03:00.000-05:00

First a bit of catch up after CHA...the winner of the 3rd Scrappy Chick Sketch Challenge is Agnes! Please email me with you snail mail and I will get your prize to you! Thanks for playing along!

And now its time for a new challenge at Dreamweaver Stencils! Check out the Dream It Up blog for all the details! This month is all aboutGo Green or Go Brah. I chose to use the green theme :)

My card features the new Tall Poppy stencil embossed with Translucent paste. I then added bits of Ivy Garden and Navajo Sky Metallic fx powders by tapping the color on with a q-tip while the paste is still wet. I also dry embossed the background panel using my Cuttlebug with the new background Paisleys stencil. I rubbed my Peeled Paint distress ink pad directly over the embossed areas to bring out the texture.

Be sure to check out inspiration from the rest of the Dream Team:

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Desert Island Crafters Challenge #24

2012-02-01T03:00:00.026-05:00

AS you are reading this today it is my last day at CHA...and I am sneaking away to Disneyland with Lea and Betty and her whole family! Yippee!!

But today is the first of teh month which means its time for a new Desert Island Crafters Challenge! This fortnight our challenge is all about birthdays so who better than Fluffles to bring some birthday cheer? My card features the new Cupcake Fluffles from Stampendous! I colored him to match this fun and bright Cupcake paper from Little Yellow Bicycle.

The bottom panel was dry embossed with one of the Whimsy folders from Lifestyle Crafts. The cute little cupcake I cut using the new Baked Goods die, also from Lifestyle Crafts, then added some Glossy accents and Crystal Multi fine glitter from Stampendous!

We would LOVE for you to play along with us on our new challenge! Here's the itinerary:

1) Birthday
2) Balloons
3) Cake
4) Presents
5) Confetti
6) Party Hat
7) Birthday Sentiment
8) Candles
9) Cupcake
10) Bright Colors

CHA!!

2012-01-31T11:32:00.000-05:00

OK, 2 days of CHA down and I still haven't walked the floor at all! I've been busy working in the 3L booth, helping with the Dreamweaver Stencils class, and mostly working in the Globecraft Memories booth. I have a bunch of pics I took in the Globecraft booth yesterday.

All 3 of these are jewelry made with the chipboard pieces from new Card Piccolo kits. Below are shots of the some of the new Wall decor Piccolo kits...also ALL chipboard! These pieces are simply embossed with their new line of powders.

The card kits...

My absolute FAVORITE the new Steampunk airship in the classic size...

Laura Weed and Lisa Hinsley from Stampendous! stopped in to see us...

Here's my friend Lea during the Dreamweaver class, sporting her new hat from Prima...

And here's me with Suzi Blu who also popped by the booth! Oh my she's a nut and totally adorable!

Stampendous! Saturday

2012-01-28T08:00:00.031-05:00

Post 2 of 2 for today, scroll down for my Simply B Stamps challenge!

Its the last Saturday of January and the last week to enter our Bling challenge on the Stampendous! blog! I have 2 projects for you today, and first up is a layout that I had so much fun creating! I started with a scrap of cardstock from Best Creations that I wanted to use with my Unicorn stamp and then puled out embossing colors to match!

The flourish is a piece of Chipboard from Tecnique Tuesday that I coated with Versamark Ink then sprinkled Stampendous! Vintage Plum and Vintage Lilac embossing tinsels on and heated. I also embedded some new Lavender Crushed Glass Glitter. The new glitter colors and the new Vintage Lilac tinsel are previewing this weekend at CHA so you should be able to get them soon!!

The pale plum cardstock was stamped with the new Calligraphy sampler stamp from Stampendous! in Victorian Velvet distress ink. My Medieval Unicorn I stamped and colored with copic markers then embossed the edge a bit with the same powders I used on the chipboard. Isn't he gorgeous??

For my second project today I am sharing a CAS card I created with an older stamp. I made this card a while ago and now the stamp is retired, but I wanted to share it before Valentines day!

The focal image is Rose Heart stamped in Vesamark ink then heat embossed with Red Embossing Tinsel. If you check around your local Michaels or Hobby Lobby you just might find this stamp! The sentiment is stamped with one of the images from the new Cherub Wishes set. The flourish is a Cheery Lynn die.

OK, be sure to check around what the rest of the DT has to share today!

Dream Team Peeks

2012-01-27T05:00:00.025-05:00

And the peeks continue! For today's card I used the new Festive Thank You stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils. My card is extra blingy thanks to lots of fun glitters from Stampendous! that I used for the double glitter technique.

I started by applying Coconut soap to the back of my stencil then set that aside and stuck one side of the double sticky paper onto cardstock. When I had my glitters ready to go I pulled off the top of the sticky paper and applied the side with the soap onto the sticky paper. Next is the fun part of adding your colors. If you use a small straw and angle the stencil its pretty easy to get the colors just where you want them!

When you have all the open spaces filled, then you gently pull the stencil off and apply a coat of a neutral glitter...I used Crystal Multi. Simply sake off all the excess, trim and mount! My paper are from the Jazmyne collection by Bo Bunny and I added a few Dew Drops on the panel that I cut with Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Frames 3.

Be sure to hop around to the other Dream Team's blogs for our last day of peeks. We ar meeting up at CHA this weekend! I'll be sure to take lots of pics next week, and I'll have a few posts scheduled for you as well!

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Dream Scheme Thursday

2012-01-26T05:00:00.012-05:00

Are you enjoying our week of peeks at the new Dreamweaver Stencils coming next week? I hope so! Today I am featuring one of my favorite new background stencils...Paisleys!

I laid the Paisleys stencil over my card stock then lightly misted it with Lime Twist Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels. Don't do it too heavy or it will run underneath! I then distressed that piece and the rest of the layers with Vintage Photo distress ink from Tim Holtz.

We still have our Valentine's theme going on this month for the Challenge at the Dream It Up blog, so I added the Lovebirds stencil to a small panel of my layout. I spread Translucent paste over the stencil then after that was dry I colored it with copic markers.

Ta da! Fast and easy layout with stencils! Please be sure to join our challenge this month! and don't forget to hop over to the other DT's blogs to leave them some love on all their eye candy!

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Happy and Bright!

2012-01-25T05:00:00.023-05:00

Good morning! Its finally getting cold enough to snow here in NC, but still no snow :( As much as I hate HOT weather though I have to admit I am looking forward to a few days of mid 70's in California! So, with warmer weather on the brain, I thought I'd share a spring card today.

Today's card features a new background stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils called Flower Quartrefoil. It will be available next week! I ran the stencil through my cuttlebug with an embossing mat and an extra paper shim for more depth, then leaving the stencil in place I stippled Orchid and Peony Versacolor into the flower areas. The centers I stencilled in yellow, then after I remove the stencil I added Clear Lemon embossing powder to the centers.

Here's a closer look at the flowers and the shading you can create with two shades of the same color. I used the same stencil to simply dry emboss the yellow background (also using the cuttlebug) but its hard to see from the photo.

The thank you sentiment is a new stencil called Festive Thank You that I chose to mask off most of the swirls and just leave the dots. You'll see more of this stencil this week!

The cardstock and ribbon are both from Bo Bunny. OK, thats it for this morning, but keep checking back in! And don't forget to visit the other DT's blogs as well!

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Dreamweaver Sneaky peekys continue...

2012-01-24T05:00:00.029-05:00

Who's getting excited for CHA??? I can't wait to meet all my cyber friends and see some old friends too! I will be working quite a bit while I'm there and here's where I'll be hanging out:

Dreamweaver Stencils Booth # 863

Stampendous! Booth # 2144

3L Scrapbook Adhesives Booth # 2787

Globecraft Memories Booth # 1689

Cheery Lynn Designs Booth # 862

Lifestyle Crafts Booth # 2287

OK, so today I have another peek for you from Dreamweaver stencils! The awesome side panel of this card uses the new Waves and Dots background stencil. I used only a small portion of it for the double glitter technique. I used Copper, Silver, and Black glitters from Stampendous! for this portion. The background on the copper cardstock was stamped with Cosmic Copper (Tsukineko) using Geo Bubbles background from Stampendous! I then embossed that with Clear detail powder.

The Thank You sentiment is another new lovely font from Dreamweaver coming this week. This was paste embossed with Black Matte paste then I sprinkled the black glitter over it while still wet. The yummy ribbon is from May Arts.

Be sure to keep checking back all week for more peeks! and also check out the rest of the Dream Team's blogs for more inspiration!

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Dreamweaver Stencils Sneak peek week!

2012-01-23T05:00:00.031-05:00

Are you ready for a week of sneak peeks from Dreamweaver Stencils?? The Dream Team is gearing up for CHA next week and we are showcasing new designs all week long! Today I am showing you one of my favorite new stencils...Retro Sitting Cat!

I stenciled my kitty with Translucent embossing paste and then covered her with Mahogany Jewel Glitter before cutting her out with Nesting Oval dies from Lifestyle Crafts. The mahogany is a rich almost brown color which goes with this fun old glitter paper by K & co. Isn't she just the cutest for we cat freaks???

The sentiment was paste embossed as well...another new on from Dreamweaver, a small thank you in such a perfect bold and funky font! The background was also stenciled with Translucent paste then glittered with Melon Glitter from Stampendous! There are LOTS of fun new backgrounds headed your way, this on is called Pinwheel Checkerboard and its so fun and retro to match my kitty!

Be sure to hit up all the other DT's blogs all week! You'll find tons of new fun stencils including more of this little baby dry embossed, zentangled, and more! All the stencils we are peeking this week will be released at CHA this Sunday and will be shipping to your local stores! If you don't have a local tore that sells Dreamweaver Stencils then check out Stencil with Style, Lynell's sister's online store for all your stenciling needs! Or of course, ask your store to hop on board!

Pam Hornschu

Laura Drahozal

Louise Healy

Wendy Jordan

Terrece Siddoway

Kristi Van Doren

Georgia Sommers

Lee Kellogg

Liz Martin

Cyndi Bundy

Cherylynn Moser

Jessie Hurley

Stampendous! Saturday

2012-01-21T08:00:00.074-05:00

Ready for another round of Bling for our monthly Stampendous! challenge? Bring it! This morning I am sharing one of the cards for my Birds of a Feather Class I am teaching at Enchanted Cottage today. (If you are local, don't despair...I'm teaching the same class at The Stamping and Scrapbooking Room next month Feb 18th!)

My featured card today has a TON of glitter and bling going on. I started with Jumbo Cameo Frame stamped in Aged Copper Embossing enamel on Agua cardstock. After this was heated I went back in and added some Aged Silver embossing enamel to the centers of the flowers using my Versamarker. The edges were then embossed using Fran's Embedded Jewel Technique with Aged Copper, Tea Stained Mica, and new Blue Glass Glitter.

On a separate brown panel I stamped and embossed Lone Bird in Aged Silver then colored over it with copic markers. Then I cut this piece out with a Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles die. The background papers are from Best Creations (which isn't available for my class so we are duplicating the paper with Vintage Mahogany embossing tinsel and Jumbo Romantic Border).

Here's a peek at the other 3 cards for this class if you are interested in taking the class at Betty's next month, or email me for a class kit!

The second card in this class features Jumbo Songbird stamped and embossed with Clear Bark embossing powder. I cut out the bird then colored him with Inka Gold by Viva Decor using makeup sponges. The background stamp, NEW Garden background, is stamped in Peeled Paint distress ink.

The frame was cut with Polynesian Sails oval from Cheery Lynn Designs on white cs then embossed with Detail gold powder. Sentiment is from Rose Branch Border and ribbon is by May Arts.

Next is my Jumbo Songbird tag that I shared a couple of weeks back, also using Music score bg, Aged Gold Embossing enamel, Shabby Blue embossing Enamel, and Gilded Mica Fragments.

And finally another card I have already shared, again using Lonebird and also the Edge It dies from Lifestyle Crafts.

Be sure to check out the Stampendous! blog for more details and more DT inspiration! And here's the list of the rest of the DT playing this week:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Playtime Blog Hop

2012-01-20T08:21:00.001-05:00

Its bog hoppin time at Simply B Stamps!! If you came here from Betty's blog then you are right on track, if not hop back to the Simply B Stamps blog and start at the beginning!

Its release dy today for the 6 new adorable Playtime Jude and the Rockers stamps and we finally get to share Beep Beep Jude with you! My kids had one of these litte cars and drove it to death! Perry called it red car car :) I made mine yellow though for some reason. LOL

Pretty CAS card for me, right? But I wanted the cute little Jude to stand out all by himself. OK, so keep on hopping! From here head to Lea's blog. Here's the full hop order in case you get lost...

SBS blog

Alison

Barbara
and it ends back at SBS again for wheels and deals and a chance to win!

Today I am willing to have the full sheet and one cushion mount sheet available for $35.00!! That's under $6 for each stamp!! You will find that deal already discounted in the store site.

Packaged singles:
All six new Jude Playtime for $42.00 use code Play42
Any three new Jude Playtime for $21.00 use code Play21

Bait wait there's more!

Buy a either the full sheet deal, or all six new packaged stamps and you can have a pick of either one of these two cuties in digi form for free!

Here's my Scrapbook Betty...be sure to get her FREE with your purchase of the collection!

Ok off ya go hopping! Don't forget, leave a message for a chance to win a sheet of these cuties! One winner will be chosen randomly, from any random blog as a winner!

Three more winners will be chosen to get both Bettys in digi form for free! Again, just by leaving a comment on any our our DT gals blogs! Which one will it be? Good luck!

Dreamweaver Stencils January Challenge

2012-01-19T09:14:00.001-05:00

Good morning! Post 2 of the day...if you are here for the Simply Betty stamps preview scroll down!

We are continuing on with our January Valentine theme at Dreamweaver Stencils and I used Heart Swirls again this week for a totally different look. This is the relatively simplest technique that one can achieve with a stencil. I first ran the stencil through my cuttlebug then leaving it on the paper I used a dauber to add ink to the open areas with Tim Holtz's Fired Brisk distress ink pad. Then I went back over the dots with my C9 copic marker.

I hand cut out the heart leaving a touch of a border then mounted it on a black scallop heart cut with a Lifestyle Crafts Scallop Hearts die and then raised that up with some dimensional squares.

Here's the side view so you can get a better idea of the raised effect. The edges of the pattern paper (My Minds Eye) was distressed with the same Fired Brick pad and my ribbon treatment was created with red May Arts ruffled ribbon and some black ribbon from Michael's.

Be sure to check out what the rest of the Dream team came up with for today, and also head over to the Dream it Up! blog to enter your creation! There's still 2 weeks left to play along for your chance to win!

Pam Hornschu

Jessie Hurley

Challenge List:
Dreamweaver Stencils: Valentines Day (DT)
Paper Cupcakes: From the Heart
Little Red Wagon: Two different ribbons
Crazy Challenge: Tic tac Toe (ribbon, embossing, die cut)
Craft us Crazy: Valentines

Simply B Stamps sneak peeks continue!

2012-01-19T07:15:00.000-05:00

Are you loving the new Jude and the Rockers Playtime?? I am! They are so adorable it ALMOST makes me want another little one...NOT!! Today we are peeking Tea Time Lilly. I love the way my card came out even though the colors are pretty muted for me, LOL

I colored Lily to match this gorgeous Authentique paper from the Freebird collection. The sentiment is by Verve Stamps. Here's a closer look at adorable Lilly...

And here's the bottom border, cut with Tiffany die from Cheery Lynn Designs.

The Jude collection will be released TOMORROW at Simply B Stamps along with our blog hop so be sure to head on back over! You can head to the blog today and see more samples with Lilly too!

Challenge List:

Sketch Saturday: sketch

Make it Monday: Linky party

Mark's Finest Papers: Border punches

SImply B Stamps Preview Week

2012-01-16T03:00:00.000-05:00

Its preview week at Simply B Stamps for Jude and the Rockers Playtime collection! Today we are introducing Chalkboard Ali...such a cute little artist!

I used Freebird paper by Authentique for my panels. The large center panel was stamped with new Distress Type background stamp from Stampendous! in Shabby White embossing enamel. Here's a better peek at that panel plus at Ali.

I found the perfect sentiment for my little artist from my collection of older Verve stamps.

The layout for the card is based on this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch:

Be sure to visit the SImply B Stamps blog for more ideas with this little cutie today and for more peeks all week long!

Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge

2012-01-15T11:06:00.002-05:00

Its time for another Scrappy Chick Sunday sketch challenge! And it just happens to coincide with Desert Island Crafters Challenge today! Its also challenge time at Simply B Stamps! We are going to start a monthly challenge! woohoo! This month the challenge is simple...just use a Betty Stamp...any Betty!

I used Valentine Betty from Simply B Stamps, one of a line of The Betty chibis. I colored her to match this awesome paper from My Minds Eye that I picked up at Enchanted Cottage last week. I kept the card monochromatic (one of the challenges from this week's DICC itinerary)

Isn't she a hoot? And gotta love her bat! I added some random hearts to the paper with the Wild Thing set from Verve Stamps in Fired Brick Distress ink and distressed all my edges with Smoky Gray Versafine ink. I also added some embossing around the edges of the tag with Aged Silver Embossing Enamel from Stampendous!

Here's the itinerary from Desert Island Crafts Challenge this fortnight:

1) Monochromatic

2) Stitching
3) Metal
4) Embossing
5) No Designer/Pattern Paper
6) Handmade Flower
7) Distressing
8) Sentiment
9) Up Cycle
10) Chipboard

I used monochromatic, embossing, distressing, and sentiment.

And Here's my sketch for the next two weeks, so go play! Just link up here to Mr Linky so we can see your creation! You have until Friday night Jan 27th to play along. What's the prize up for grabs this week?? I have an embossing folder from Tim Holtz for you! I'm splitting a package between two weeks and this weeks giveaway will be Retro Circles!

Oh, and last weeks winner, is once again Linda B! Here's her gorgeous card:

Stampendous! Saturday

2012-01-14T08:45:00.000-05:00

Good morning a bit late, LOL. Today is another day of BLING from Stampendous! Our January challenge on the Stampendous! blog is to Bling it up! Today I have another peek for you from the new January catalog using one of the new Jumbo Rubber stamps...this is Jumbo Hollyhock.

Using the painting with powder technique, I inked my stamp with versamark ink then covered the image with Vintage Olive, Vintage Plum and NEW Vintage Lilac embossing tinsel. Look at all that gorgeous sparkle! The glitter is mixed right into those tinsel powders!

And heres a closeup at the sentiment called Wings of Eagles.

Here's the list of everyone playing along today, so be sure to hop around and leave everyone some love!

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Melinda Gleissner
Jennifer Ingle

We hope you'll play along with is this month!

Dream Team Thursday

2012-01-11T19:21:00.002-05:00

Happy Thursday! We are over the hump of the week and almost to the weekend! Today is Challenge Day at Dreamweaver Stencils and we would LOVE for you to play along! It doesn't have to be a DW stencil that you use, but we sure love to see them!

Continuing with our Valentine theme for the month I pulled out LL3011 Love Birds stencil for my main panel. I used my favorite new technique, the double glitter technique! So cool, blingy and messy!

First, grab your stencil and on the back side rub some Vegetable Oil Soap (I used Coconut Soap)all over it to coat the metal.

Be sure to take a brush and wipe away excess clumps.

Cut a piece of double sticky paper, also called Snap and Peel to the size desired. Pull off one side and attach to cardstock piece. Pull off other side and lay the stencil with the soap side DOWN on the sticky paper.

Now begin adding your glitter. I chose to use 2 colors, so I carefully added the coors using a cut off straw and tapping the excess in the direction AWAY from the blank sticky part.

AFter all the openings are filled, carefully peel the paper from the stencil, being careful not to bend the stencil. Next add a whole layer of clear, white, or black etc to the remaining stickiness!

For my background panel I used the Large Damask stencil LXLX7001 and ran it though my cuttlebug. I started with a black glitter background panel, but couldn't decide so I did it with Multi Crystal as well. Here's the first version with the black:

The border at the bottom of the black damask panel was cut with Cheerly Lynn Designs Tiffany border. Flowers are Mini Rolled roses from My Favorite Things, and all glitter is from Stampendous!

My layout is based on this weeks sketch challenge from Split Coast Stampers.

I hope you play along with us this week! And be sure to check out the rest of the Dream Teams creations and spread some love to them all!

Pam Hornschu

Clean and simple

2012-01-10T08:45:00.000-05:00

I have another card for you today from Lifestyle Crafts. This one was quick yet elegant. Perfect for a sympathy, get well, etc. I started with the same paper as yesterdays, Gabrielle from Bo Bunny, texturizing the main panel with one of the LSC Whimsy embossing folders.

Along the bottom is a border cut with one of the edges from the LSC Edge It kit. I added yummy yummy sheer May Arts Ribbon and embossed a quick sentiment from Stampendous' Amore Frame in Clear Bark powder from the Scenic Selection Embossing kit, and voila!

Here's a closer look at the embossed panel:

Isn't it gorgeous how the embossing looks over a pattern? Again all edges were inked with Antique Linen distress ink from Tim Holtz.

Ok, thats it this morning! I'm off to work :) Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

-Cyndi

Lifestyle Crafts meets Bo Bunny

2012-01-09T09:08:00.000-05:00

Happy Monday! Today I thought I'd share one of the samples I created for my Lifestyle Crafts demo from this weekend at Enchanted Cottage. All papers are from Bo Bunny's Gabrielle collection and Bo Bunny Double Dot papers.

For the first card I used the LSC Edge It kit for the dark brown border above a lighter brown that was embossed with one of the Dainty folders. It gives a lovely vintage and almost sanded look on top of a pattern paper. All the edges of the papers were distressed with Tim Holtz's Antique Linen distress ink.

The main panel was stamped with Rose Corset from Stampendous! in new Aged Taupe embossing enamel onto pattern paper then cut with LSC Nesting Ovals. I colored in the flowers only with copics. Here's a peek at the embossed part and the gorgeous Crochet ribbon from May Arts.

Challenge List:

Make It Monday: Linky party

Sparkles Forum: anything but Christmas

Ribbon Carousel: anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink: dies and Punches

I have a bunch more of these cards to show this week and next on the days where I don't have DT projects to share, so be sure to come back and see the rest!

What's coming the rest of this week:

Thursday: Dreamweaver Stencils Challenge

Saturday: Stampendous! bling challenge continues

Saturday: NEW Simply B Stamps challenge

Sunday: Previews start for Simply B Stamps next line!

Stampendous! Saturday Challenge

2012-01-07T09:04:00.001-05:00

It's the very first Saturday of the month and that means the fabulous ladies at Stampendous have a brand new challenge to play along with. This month we are all about bringing in the New Year with some BLING! Glitter, rhinestones, sparkly stickers...you name it.

For my card I finally pulled out this adorable new image called Fluffles Icing! He is such a hoot! And one can never have too many birthday cards! He is stamped and colored with copics of course, and then I added my bling to his hat, the sprinkles, and the cupcake using a Quickie Glue pen and UF Multi Crystal Glitter.

Fluffles and his sentiment (You're the Icing) is a brand new CHA release I am sneak peeking. Your local stores will be able to order him this week. So look for him in the next couple of weeks! I pulled out Christmas Joy by First Edition Paper for my panels, added a bunch of stitching and some fun buttons and twine from my stash.

I used this weeks Split Coast Stampers sketch (our lovely Taylor is now the sketch artist extraordinaire!!) for my layout. The keyword for our challenge if uploading to SCS is STM05, and this weeks sketch is SC366.

Be sure to check out the rest of the blinged up goodness today:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Cyndi Bundy (me!!)

We want YOU to play along with us! Just add you direct link to your card (make sure you've loaded it up with tons of BLING) to the linky tool below my signature (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than February 2, 2012 at 11:00 PM EST. You don't have to use Stampendous products to play along, but we sure love it when you do! And as an extra incentive for playing, one lucky person (drawn at random from all the entries) will receive this gorgeous Cherub Wishes Perfectly Clear Stamp Set:

Other challenges:

SCS sketch: sketch #336

Pile It On: anything goes

Colour Q: colors

Crazy Challenge: party

Craft us Crazy: anything new or humorous

Steampunk Valentine Blog Hop and Release Day

2012-01-06T03:00:00.038-05:00

Blog Hop time!! If you arrived here from Rio's blog then you are right on track! If not start back at the Simply B Stamps blog and get hopping!

Today is release day and the last peek of the Teen Scene Valentine Steampunk line, featuring Big Gun Lola! She has to be my favorite from this line, wait, do I say that for all of them???

I had fun creating this pocket card for Lola! I started with some Bo Bunny papers and created a pocket card, using one of the journaling tags as a bookmark. The i heart u sentiment is from an old Unity set.

Here's a close up of Lola...I love how her white hair turned out! The border behind Lola is cut with my Lifestyle Crafts Edge It kit.

OK, so what can you win during this hop???

There will be three people, chosen from any of our DT blogs for two Rubber Stamps from our release (sorry no digis for sale or prizes available this time)!

That's right three people will get the following:

Winner #1: Box of Chocolates Miller & Kitty Love London

Winner #2: A Heart for you Rio & My Heart a Flutter Christian

Winner #3: My Funky Valentine Betty & Big Love Gun Lola

So, all you have to do is hop around, leave a comment on all participating blogs including this one! Your name will go into the hat for every comment you have left! That means more chances of winning... the more comments we gather with your name, the more you can win! Who knows maybe your name will be chosen all three times! The winners will be announced Saturday afternoon!

In case you got lost, here's the hopping order!

Simply Betty Stamps blog

Cyndi
Alison
Suzi
Rebecca
Lelia

Happy hopping!

Now here are the wheels and deals!

Any six New Teen Scene Valentine Steampunks Rubber stamps for $42 use code Love42

Any three new Teeen Scene Valentine Steampunks Rubber stamps for $21 use code Love21

Buy all 7 new rubber stamps; Big Love Gun Lola, My Funky Valentine Betty, A Heart for You Rio, My Heart a Flutter Christian, Box of Chocolates Miller, Kitty Love London, and Valentine Pals and get this little Valentine Betty Digi for free! She is available for purchase in clear form only!

OK, thanks for hopping by! From here head over to Alison's blog!

Dreamweaver Stencils January Challenge

2012-01-05T05:00:00.000-05:00

Welcome to the first posting of the Dreamweaver Stencils' Dream Team 2012 ! We're changing things up a bit for this year, and YOU can help. The first Thursday of every month will feature our new challenge and will extend through the entire month. This means that YOU have ALL month to play along with the one challenge, as many times as you want. Sometimes it will be a color challenge, sometimes a theme, and sometimes a technique. We are hoping that an entire month will give you plenty of time to be inspired, create, and link to the Dream It Up! blog .

Each month we are offering TWO prizes...one for the most creative version of the challenge (does not have to be Dreamweaver Stencils ' product, but we sure are happy when it is!), and the second for the best use of Dreamweaver Stencils ' product in the challenge. This could be stencils (of course), Embossing Pastes , Metallic F/X , the new Color Solutions , etc., anything you find on the Dreamweaver Stencils' web site , or in your local store. Don't know where your local store is? The list can be found on the web site . Not near any of the stores listed? There is also an online site to purchase from, Stencil with Style !

For the month of January, we challenge you to create something for Valentine's Day! You have until January 31st, 11:59 PM EST, to post and link your creation(s) to the Dream It Up! Blog Mr. Linky. The winners will be announced February 2nd, along with the February challenge. Here is my version of this month's challenge:

I started with Heart Swirls and embossed the small panel with Metallic Silver embossing paste onto my red cardstock. The silver is such a lovely shiny color, but so hard to see from a photo! I wanted to do some stenciling on my background piece to coordinate so I used the heart and repeatedly dry embossed it by hand, so as to only get the inside of the heart (it would have picked up the edge of the stencil in my cuttlebug). Here's a better view at the background portion:

I added some metallic silver ribbon, and voila! A CAS Valentine card! For more Valentine inspiration from The Dream Team head over to everyones blogs, and don't forget to leave some love!

Pam Hornschu

Thanks for stopping in today! -Cyndi

Funky Valentine Betty Preview

2012-01-05T03:00:00.014-05:00

Last day of previews before release day tomorrow at Simply B Stamps! Meet My Funky Valentine Betty...squeeeel!! I had fun pairing her up with some not quite Steampunk paper, out of my stash and old as the hills from My Minds Eye!

Here'a a close shot at her...isn't she a doll???

I made the card into a Buckle card by inserting half the strip behind the panel on the back piece and then the top half folds and slides into an opening cut into the front of the card. Sentiment is from Stampendous!

-Cyndi

More Steampunk Previews...

2012-01-04T03:00:00.019-05:00

My Hearts a Flutter with this adorable new stamp...My Heart A flutter Christian from Simply B Stamps! He's just wickedly adorable and I couldn't help but pull out the Steampunk papers and accessories for this one. The papers are from the Steampunk Debutante line by Graphic 45. The gears are die cut with Tim Holtz gears and gadgets die by Sizzix.

I also added some stamping to the corners using the timepiece, sentiment, and swirl edge from the Time Flies set by Stampendous! embossed in Aged gold Embossing Enamel. Here's a close up of Christian:

And here's a better peek at the pocket watch and gears...

Please hop over to the Simply B Stamps blog for more great designs featuring Christian! Thanks for flying by today! More Simply B Stamps peeks tomorrow and its a new Challenge for the Dream Team!

-Cyndi

Heart for You Rio

2012-01-03T03:00:00.021-05:00

'Sup?? Its Tuesday and I'm finally heading back to the gym this morning! (yeah me... not) But first I want to share a peek of another new Steampunk Valentine from Simply B Stamps! This is Heart for You Rio. For her I picked some We R Memory Keepers paper that I picked up in Charlotte. Funky colors, but hey, thats fun!

I also used one of the tag dies from the Tag It kit from Lifestyle Crafts as well as one of the borders from the Edge It kit. Can you tell Ive gone die cut crazy? The sentiment is punched from the background paper then layered on my tag.

Be sure to hop over to the Simply B Stamps blog to see more ideas with Rio, and join us this Friday for release day, a Blog Hop, and lots of prizes!!

-Cyndi

Steampunk Valentine Preview Week

2012-01-02T03:00:00.020-05:00

Its time for sneak peeks at Simply B Stamps! We are rolling out the Teen Scene Steampunk Valentine's all week, so be sure to keep checking back! Today's peek is with Kitty Love London. Is she precious or what?? (Kitty freak here you know)

I started with some ancient Bo Bunny paper and picked my copic colors from that. Then I found this fun heart accent in a K & Co sticker pack in my stash. The bottom of the black panel is cut with a Tim Holtz edge die, and I just had to use this yummy Red scrunchie May Arts ribbon as a bit of border!

Be sure to head to the Simply B Stamps blog for more awesomeness with this stamp!

Challenge List:

Pile it On: Anything Goes

Top tip Tuesday: anything Goes

Make it Monday: linky party

Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge

2012-01-01T12:47:00.002-05:00

Happy 2012!! I'm back with my second sketch challenge for you! But first, you want to know last challenge's winner, right? I had Random.org pick my winner for me and it chose Linda B! (She had two cards in the drawing so odds were in her favor!) Linda, shoot me an email with your snail mail! Here's Linda's fabulous card:

Linda's blog is Linda B's Crafty Creations. Here's her other entry, I have to share them all since I had only 3 entries this week :)

And here's Lea of Ink-Positive's entry. All 3 cards were so awesome I had to share!

Thanks for playing my friends! So without further ado, heres the next challenge. You have until Friday night January 13th at 10pm EST to enter. PLEASE use Mr Linky so I can find your creations and everyone else can go check them out too!

For my card today I've used the cool Belly Bands with inserts from Lifestyle Crafts. I cut the piece out, then inked the whole thing with my versamark pad and embossed it with Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel from Stampendous! (What's that you say? Thats new!! ) Yep, and here's a sneaky peeky of that plus a couple of more new releases from Stampendous! These products technically aren't releasing til CHA, but your local stores will be able to start ordering them next week, so be on the lookout!

I looped the ribbon through the whole in the Belly Band insert and tied it up adding some Gold twine for an accent. The background is a new stamp from Stampendous! called Garden background. And the sentiment comes from a Perfectly Clear NEW set called Wonderland (wait til you see this one!!)

The background was inked with Pearlescent Beige Brilliance from Tsukineko and heat embossed with Clear Detail EP. The sentiment is embossed with Detail Gold EP and cut out with Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Scallops dies. For a final touch I added some gold metallic Dew Drops.

Here's the Tile Belly Band inserts:

The Belly bands:

(I cut off the extra pieces that would fold to the back)

And the Nesting Scallops:

Alrighty! I'm done with another massively long post, sorry! I do hope you'll play along with my challenge! The sketch can be flipped around and sentiment moved or interpreted of course to be elsewhere, LOL.

Oh! And what would a challenge be without a prize?? For this challenge I am offering up 2 large and 3 small jars of gorgeous Stampendous! ultra fine glitters!! Can you say ba-ling??

Bringing new life to old papers with Die Cuts!

2011-12-31T17:44:00.000-05:00

Well, 2011 is coming to a close in just a few short hours. I have high hopes for 2012 and am looking forward to it! I thought I'd share a layout today with some pics of my kids from our DC trip this summer. I had no idea where this layout would take me with the love theme, but I do love my kids!

I started with a pile of Bo Bunny paper from last year (have you seen the new Valentine's BTW, ca-ute!!) and pulled out all 3 of my new It Kits from Lifestyle Crafts. I also used the 4x8 Chocolate alphabet for part of my title and the numbers on the tag in the bottom right.

I cut lots of little tag envelopes with the Tag It Kit and then lots of little tags to stick down into them. For my journaling I simply punched some windows, adding some words then adhered them over the tags.

All the scraps of ribbon are from my stash, from May Arts, Stampin' Up!, and Michael's. The brads are Bazzill, both the large and small ones.

For my title the large LOVE is from the Chocolate alphabet and the smaller MY LIFE is part of the Clip It kit from Lifestyle Crafts. The circle tab and heart are from the same kit.

Another clip from the Clip It Kit, as well as a heart from the Tag It Kit. The scalloped border is part of the Edge It Kit. These 3 kits are wonderful, working great by themselves, or combining them together for endless possibilites. They all provide lots of fun accents when you just need a little something extra as well! below are the pics of the 3 kits:

Edge It Kit $39.99

Clip It Kit $39.99

Tag It Kit $39.99

Lots of fun, right?? I'll have more fun from Lifestyle Crafts for you tomorrow for my next sketch challenge, as well as announce the winner from the last challenge!

I hope you have have a very Happy New Year, be safe!

-Cyndi

A Dreamweaver New Year

2011-12-29T11:38:00.000-05:00

Time flies...its almost 2012 and with the New Year I am adding a new Design Team to my mix! I'm thrilled to be joining the DreamTeam at Dreamweaver Stencils! I know, you have never seen any stenciling on my blog, but thanks to my peeps Pam and Wendy I have been oohing and aahing over these beauties for a while now! I will also be Repping for Dreamweaver and will be offering monthly technique classes at my local stores...so be sure to be on the look out!

Today's challenge was New Years. Hmmm. The generous Lynell Harlow, the queen bee herself, sent me a huge box of goodies, but no New Year specific themes, so I had to be a bit creative. I went with the time flies idea since I can't believe 2012 is upon us already!

For my first stenciled endeavor, I used the Gears Stencil embossed in Matte Black Paste. I first tried to add some gold mica, but I decided I liked the matte version better...more of a steampunk look. And along with the gear theme and steampunk look I pulled out my Gears and Gadgets die from Tim Holtz for an accent. Here's a peek at the actual embossed area.

The paste spreads beautifully for a wonderful dimensional effect! My sentiment is stamped with Time Flies by Stampendous! Be sure to check out the other projects from the Dream Team at the Dream It Up blog, and enter our challenge while you are there!

I am signing off, to go play more with my new toys that Santa Lynell brought me!

-Cyndi

Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge!

2011-12-28T09:54:00.000-05:00

Good morning! I am trying to stick to my daily blogging resolution before the new year even hits....so today I am playing along with this weeks Skipping Stones Design Sketch challenge! I have quite a few blogging friends on this team so I have fallen in love with these stamps over the last few months!

Most of my favorites are the quirky, off beat humorous ones...but todays card uses an elegant set called Victorian Summer that I actually won last year :) I have stamped the rose twice, masking part of the stems then colored it with copics. After it was all colored I went back with the large rose and stamped it off in a pale aqua to give a hint of texture or almost a background paper look. I did the same with the sentiment tag.

Theres small touches of glitter using my Gelly Roll Stardust pen and I just had to pull out the handy dandy sewing machine and stitch the edges on this one. The eyelet border is actually one edge of a large square die that I cut with Cheery Lynn Designs Scandinavian Hearts.

Here's the sketch if you want to play along. You have til next Monday!

And here's the Victorian Summer set all together, I only used a few of the gorgeous images!

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Have a happy Hump Day!

-Cyndi

A little lone bird...

2011-12-27T14:08:00.001-05:00

Happy Tuesday! I hope everyone had a wonderful break and enjoyed their families over the Holidays! We had a great Christmas, very little arguing amongst the kids, LOL. I haven't done much crafting the last few days BUT I have finally started reading a series that my DD Rachael has been trying to get me to read forever...The Hunger Games Trilogy. Its amazing if you've never read it. Finished the second book this morning ( I could only read 320 or so pages last night before sleep took over). I will begin the final book, Mockingjay tonight, so I have birds on the brain!

Here's a card I designed for my January Stamp-a-Stack in Charlotte using the new Lone Bird from Stampendous! HE was embossed with Clear Bark EP from the Scenic Collection over some pattern paper from My Minds Eye. The cirlces were both cut with Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circles...a great value! 20 dies for just $24.99!! Thats 3 times the dies you get for the same price from Spellbinders!!

At the bottom of the card I've layered three rows cut with one of the dies from the new Lifestyle Crafts Edge It Kit...2 in the brown and 1 in a pattern. What a gorgeous yet easy to achieve look! Here's a peek at this set:

Well thats it today, I must go to my Stamp Room! Its calling my name :) Thanks for popping in! Don't forget about my sketch challenge!

-Cyndi

Season's Greetings

2011-12-20T08:47:00.000-05:00

Here's a card for you today from my archives. I'm not sure why I've never posted it, LOL. The stamp is Cling Chickadee from Stampendous! It's been colored with copic markers and paired with some older paper from my stash. The sentiment is also from Stampendous! called Chris-Moose Greetings.

Only 5 shopping days til Christmas, are you ready?? I'm not!!

-Cyndi

The Scrappy Chick Sunday Sketch Challenge: Merry & Magical

2011-12-18T12:18:00.001-05:00

Good morning! I've decided its time to offer up sketch challenges again! I just couldn't wait for the new year, so here's the first and it will run for 2 weeks, you have until Saturday, December 31st at 8pm EST to submit your entry! If you are using a public gallery please label your tags as "SCSSC01".

For my sample today I have actually drawn the sketch to go with the card that I created first!

My card uses Merry Magical from Stampendous! Its been embossed in Stampendous! Clear Bark Embossing Powder onto scallop circles cut from Nesting Scallop dies by Lifestyle Crafts. I love these because you get so many more shapes for the same amount as the Spellbinders dies!

Here's a closeup of the main panel. The circles were then layered onto the center cut out of the Scandinavian Hearts die from Cheery Lynn Designs. It is one large die which cuts out the frame and the center which looks like a snowflake to me :) Its a lovely combination and there is never wasted space on a die from CLD!

Here's the Scandinavian Hearts die.

The pattern papers are from the Journey collection by Authentique Paper. Authentique is one of my absolute favorite new paper lines!!

I have up for grabs for this challenge a Cheery Lynn Designs die that I happen to have 2 of, LOL. Its called Polynesian Sails Oval. I'm sorry, but for now US winners only.

I hope you'll join me! Have a wonderful Sunday...only 6 shopping days...eeek!!

-Cyndi

Stampendous! Saturday

2011-12-17T11:02:00.001-05:00

First up today I need to announce the winner of my Blog Candy from last week! Stampendous! generously gave all the DT stamps to give away this month. I had Random.org pick my winner from last week's post...#10 Caroline!! shoot me an email with your snail mail!

This week we are still doing our color challenge, I didn't come up with anything new for that, sorry....BUT my tag sort of fits! If you want to play along the colors are Cream, Gold, Brown, and Pink.

This is a tag I created last week while demoing at The Enchanted Cottage and I am going to do a slightly edited version in classes next month. I started by spraying my tag with Turquoise Perfect Pearls Mist and Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist and then heated that. Next I stamped the Jumbo Songbird in Versamark ink and embossed it with Aged Gold Embossing Enamel.

I used Glimmer chalks from Craf-T Products to rub inside the bird and leaves. Next I stamped the Music Score background in Vintage Sepia Distress Ink from Tim Holtz and then edged the tag with a combo of more Aged Gold and Shabby Blue embossing Enamels and added a touch of Gilded Mica and Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter using Fran's Encrusted Jewel Technique.

Finally, my favorite part of the tag is the quartet of ribbons and fibers that I tied through the top.

Here's a link to Fran's How to video for the Encrusted Jewel Technique.

That's it this morning! Thanks for coming by today! I am hoping to find lots of crafty time on this sunny yet breezy Saturday. What are your plans?

-Cyndi

From the Crypt...

2011-12-14T18:29:00.000-05:00

Hi, I have a peek into The Simply B Stamps Crypt with some of the Emo Christmas stamps! This was the original line that made me completely gaga over Simply B Stamps! I have 4 projects to share with you today starting with Bahumbug Christian!

Christian is such a hoot! He reminds me of my Scrooge of a hubby :) He hates Christmas prep, but loves the day itself! I colored him with my copics then cut him out with Wonky Squares from Spellbinders and did a bunch of stitching with my machine. The papers for this card are from Echo Park last year which I got from the Simply B Store (she's out now, but there's a TON more EP paper there!!)

On the top of the card I punched a border with my Martha Stewart Icicle punch then covered it and Santa's fluffy trim with some stickles.

Next is Prezzies for Lola! She is such a little doll, complete with her bat friends (check the present!!) She's colored to match papers from a cute little pad I picked up that was imported from England. A bit of black tulle and shimmery turquoise organdy for a bow and she's perfect!

To Lola I added some hints of sparkle with my Spica markers AND Gelly Roll Glaze pens!

Next is my FAV of the bunch, elfinmiller. He just inspired me to have so much fun creating this card! My colors are a bit non-traditional, but oh-so SBS! I added some Aged silver EP from Stampendous! around the edges of some of the panels and on the top of the ornament.

Here's a closeup of Miller:

The ornament is cut with a Tim Holtz Ornament die from Sizzix, then I embossed it with Spot & Dots Cuttlebug folder, inked the raised parts with Spiced Marmalade TH Distress ink then embossed that with Clear EP from Stampendous! The bottom border is from the Border It Kit from Lifestyle Crafts.

And finally, this is the page that I submitted earlier this year for Betty's Design Team call. I love it as much now as then! I used Candy Cane London for my tag. Papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle and Love, Elsie (KI Memories). The ornaments are the same Tim Holtz die embossed with the Spiderweb CB folder. Skull was from the dollar bin at Michael's.

So don't forget when you hop over to the SBS store to check out some of the older stamps too...just as fun! The projects today use the 4 of the 6 Emos that are still available in clear stamp form :) Thanks for joining me today for From the Crypt!

Happy Birthday Laura!

2011-12-13T17:21:00.000-05:00

I am a bit late in the day with this, sorry...but I have a birthday wish for our Stampendous! Graphics Manager, Laura Weed! Happy birthday my sweet friend! I hope its been full of fun and friends (and catalog crunch time)

Laura, like I, has a bunch of kitties...I can't remember their names (sorry) but they are dear to her heart and I know she loves to read when she finds the time, so I ma guessing she loves this new image as much as I do!

I'm a total cat freak if you don't really know me, so when this new stamp, Cattus Librum came in my box of October catalog goodies from Stampendous! it was the first one I had to ink! My kitty is stamped in Vintage Sepia Versafine ink on Kraft cardstock then layered on some Authentique paper. The background is stamped in the same ink with Stampendous! Cling Dream Text. A very CAS card for me, the only adornment that I couldn't resist was the stick pin from Webster's Pages tucked into my ribbon at the top of the card.

And I of course HAD to share pictures of my fur babies...here they are in alphabetical order...

Apollo

Bitsy

Roxie

Starbuck

Happy birthday again to Laura!! Here's links to more of our fabby DT who crated birthday cards for Laura:

Melinda http://mynoteworthycards.blogspot.com/

Janelle http://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com/

Taylor http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/

Wendy P http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/

Trudee http://trudee.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/

Jennie http://jenniebstampin.blogspot.com/

Pam http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com/

Lynn http://www.stamperosity.com/

Krissy http://www.paperinkspirations.blogspot.com/

Stephanie http://blog.artycarty.com/

Kristine http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/

Wendy J http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com/

Jingle http://www.justjingle.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Dove http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com/

Rachel http://gingerbreadgallery.blogspot.com/

Cyndi http://www.scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/

Stampendous! Saturday with BLOG CANDY

2011-12-10T08:37:00.001-05:00

Its time for the Saturday Stampendous! challenge again and we are still doing our color challenge all month of cream, gold, pink, and brown. This week I have a card from the 2011 October catalog.

The main panel was stamped with the heart from Amore Frame using Detail Gold Embossing Powder then I encrusted the edges using Aged Gold Embossing Enamel and Tea Stained Mica Fragments. The sentiment is from Cherub Wishes.

The ivory panel is a piece of Canvas Corp handmade paper which I distressed with some Time Holtz ink across the top of the embossed parts using a sponge dauber. At the bottom of the card, the border is made with Wild Rose Class-a-Peel stickers.

Here's the other DT peeps playing along this week:

Stampendous Impressions -http://stampendousblog.wordpress.com
Taylor Usry - http://taylorusry.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Pam Hornschu - http://1pamperedstamper.blogspot.com (blog candy)
WendyJordan - http://www.papertherapy-wendy.blogspot.com
Jenn Dove - http://just4funcrafts.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Melinda Gleissner - http://mynoteworthycards.blogspot.com/
Suzanne Czosek - http://www.suzzstampingspot.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Lynn Mercurio - http://www.stamperosity.com/ (blog candy)
Cyndi Bundy -- http://www.scrappychickcyndi.blogspot.com/ (blog candy)
Kristine Reynolds -- http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.com/
Janelle Stollfus -- http://rainpuddlesdesign.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Ingle--http://www.justjingle.blogspot.com/

Be sure to go leave some love for everyone and theres lots of blog candy to be had today, including mine! I have up for grabs Cling Bottled Gifts set (US winners only). Just leave me a comment! Blog candy will be chosen Friday December 16th at 9pm EST.

If you'd like to play along with us this month, you have until January 5th to participate, and here's the linky tool:

Wreck the Halls...

2011-12-07T23:00:00.000-05:00

Its time to deck the halls in Halloween spirit with the 4th Day of Scary Christmas Challenge from Simply Betty Stamps! I used Merry Betty Christmas Emo for my main image and then placed her below a garland decked with spiders (Class-a-peel stickers from Stampendous!) Main panel is also stamped with the Spiderweb stamp from Stampendous!

The sentiment is a combo of 2 Stampendous! stamps that have been masked.

Be sure to play along with us this month for the 12 Scary Days of Christmas! Now, sing along...

Wreck the Halls

“Wreck the Halls with bones and spiders

Fa la la la la la la la la

‘Tis the season for Ghost Riders

Fa la la la la la la la la

Don we now scary apparel

Fa la la la la la la la la

Dress up like Lock, Shock and Barrel

Fa la la la la la la la la

Join the chaos strike the harp

Fa la la la la la la la la

Ouch the wreaths are really sharp

Fa la la la la la la la la

If they eat you it’s their pleasure

Fa la la la la la la la la

You’ll become their Yule tide treasure

Fa la la la la la la la la

Wreck the halls with rats and roches

Fa la la la la la la la la

Hurry Christmas eve approaches!

Fa la la la la la la la la

Drape them all be dark and thrilling

Fa la la la la la la la la

Look their lovely ooze is dripping

Fa la la la la la la la la

Try a taste of poison toddy

Fa la la la la la la la la

Leave a gift, leave us your body

Fa la la la la la la la la

Dig a grave then dig it deeper

Fa la la la la la la la la

Leave a present for the reaper

Fa la la la la la la la la….la la la la!!!”

Quick card

2011-12-07T09:49:00.000-05:00

It's time for me to get back to blogging more often! So here's a pretty CAS card for me today...this is one from my last Stamp-a-Stack in Charlotte using a cupcake from Impression Obsession and sentiment from Stamping Bella. Paper is by MME.

The circles are cut with Nesting Scallop circles from Lifestyle Crafts, and I added just a touch of sparkle with Stampendous! Clear Multi UF Glitter.

That's it this morning, but more fun coming tonight!

-Cyndi

Stampendous! Color Challenge

2011-12-03T08:00:00.001-05:00

It's the first Saturday of the month again, and that means that the

Stampendous team is playing along with a NEW monthly challenge again! This

month we are playing with a color challenge…to use pink, cream, gold,

and/or brown in a card or project. The colors can be by way of papers,

coloring implements, inks, and/or any of the fabulous Stampendous

Essentials. Please joinus in our challenge this month, and link your creation(s) to the InLinkz

located on the Stampendous Impressions' blog (or any team member's blog

post that has the collection at the bottom). You don't have to use

Stampendous images and/or products on your designs…but we sure love it when

you do! You have until January 5, 2012 at 11:59 PM EST to enter your

creation, for the opportunity to be the one lucky random winner to receive this fabulous Stampendous prize, the Amore Frames Perfectly Clear set:

For my card today I picked a sample that I created for the October 2011 catalog using the new Floral Bonnet Baby. She's colored with copics and cut with Spellbinders labels and circle dies then layered on piece thats been embossed with Shabby Pink enamel using Jumbo Romantic border.

Find more great ideas using our color theme this month check out these DT blogs:

Stampendous Impressions

Taylor Usry

Jennie Lin Eiger Black

Jennifer Ingle

Simply Betty Stamps Release Day!

2011-12-02T09:44:00.000-05:00

Meet "Kiss the Cook Miller" from the Teen Scene Kitchen Fun collection! He's the last peek for the week of these 6 adorable images! All of these can now be found in the Simply B Stamps store! (yes, its a new name but same great quirky cute stamps!)

everyone else went with a more masculine or even summer theme with Miller, so I kept hm in the colors from the same Little Yellow Bicycle line that I used for yesterdays card, adding some retired die cuts from Lifestyle Crafts (QuicKutz)

Grab all six new Rubber Kitchen Fun Teen scene stamps for $38.00 used code YummyTeens38
Grab any three new Rubber Kitchen Fun Teen Scene stamps for $19.00 used code YummyTeens19

Before you go we do have a prize for you if you purchase all six Kitchen Fun Teen Scene Stamps!

Meet Valentine Betty! This cutie is available in digi form for those that purchase the complete six Kitchen Fun Teens! However, she and the rest of the Bettys are now available in Clear Stamp form in our shop, the digis to the Bettys are no longer available. Isn't she the cutest! Just look at that bat!

Thanks for popping in today! Have a joyous weekend! -Cyndi

Desert Island Crafters Betty style

2011-12-01T11:20:00.000-05:00

Its the first of the month (can you believe its December already??) and that means its time for a new challenge at Desert Island Crafters Challenge Blog! Today we are using Beth's Itinerary:

Beth Ranney-Thomas' Itinerary

1) Aluminum Foil
2) Glue Used in a non-traditional way
3) Paint {Acrylic or Watercolors}
4) Embossing
5) Beads
6) Use Green & Blue
7) Christmas Theme
8) More the 5 layers{ base = 1 layer}
9) Not A Card
10) Glitter

I used #6,8,10 along with a sneak peek of Pan Slinging London from Simply Betty Stamps. She will be released along with the rest of the new Teen Scene Kitchen Fun line tomorrow! For more peeks of London, Rio, Christian, Lola, and Betty head to the SBS blog!

I used some older gorgeous papers from the Little Yellow Bicycle cooking line to make my center step card. This will be one of 4 cards for a class at The Stamping and Scrapbooking Room in Greensboro next Sunday! If you are local, come join the fun :)

Cooking Fun with Simply Betty Stamps

2011-11-28T10:27:00.000-05:00

2011 is drawing to a close and this will be the last release from Simply Betty Stamps for this year. But don't despair! We have a tremendously fun 12 challenges lined up for December and awesome new releases already scheduled for January!

This is Cupcake Lola, one of the new Teen Scene Cooking Fun images. I couldn't resist pairing her with this cupcake paper from My Mind's Eye. The card is actually a gatefold, but I didn't get a hot of it that way, sorry! The sentiment is from Stamping Bella.

Here's Lola up close, I just love the way her hair turned out with her low lights!

And this is Baking Betty, mixing up some holiday yumminess! This sentiment is by Hero Arts. Both of these cards are part of a stamp-a-stack that I'm doing at Family Memories in Charlotte on Monday.

Now, be sure to head to the Simply Betty Stamps blog to see more eye candy from the rest of the DT and to leave a comment for a chance to win some TS images!!

Challenges:

Pile It On: Sugar & Spice

Fresh Brewed: anything Goes

Sweet Stamping:punches or dies

Make it Monday: linky party

Thanks for popping in! -Cyndi

Is that MY tail???

2011-11-20T07:59:00.000-05:00

Oh where oh where does the time go??? I have been super busy with samples for the NEW Stampendous! January 2012 catalog, trunk shows, classes, and of course my unexpected surgery a couple of weeks back. I am soooo sorry I haven't been blogging as much :(

I have a card for you that I forgot to share last week! This is Levi from the Teen Zombies Christmas line, NOW available from Simply Betty Stamps!!

Is he a cutie or what?? I kept him normal skin colored, even though he's a zombie, so he looks to me like a normal boy...full of cuts and scratches! Well, maybe except for the worm inching out of his ear which I cleverly colored to look like a candy cane! I crack myself up sometimes!

I'm also pleased with the shading on my copic coloring for a change! He was actually even planned with a sketch challenge, but since I forgot him its a bit late, oops!

Be sure to head over to the store and pick up some undead fun and stop by the Simply Betty Stamps blog while you are at it for more inspiration! Our next release, that of course you don't wanna miss, is next week, followed by The 12 Days of Scary Christmas!! Can't wait!!

Peppermint Brooke

2011-11-14T10:35:00.000-05:00

I actually have a scrapbook page for you all today, gasp! I know, its been forever. And this is actually a really old pic of my girlies from many years ago. I used Peppermint Brooke from the Teen Zombies Christmas collection from Simply Betty Stamps on this one. For more great ideas with this little honey head to the SBS blog!

Brooke is colored to match one of my absolute favorite Christmas paper collections ever, Merry Mint from American Crafts. I added just a touch of sparkle to Brooke with a Gelly Roll pen, but added lots more sparkle to some of my borders using Shabby White embossing enamel from Stampendous! Borders were punched first with n EK Success border punch.

Is she a doll or what? And here's the title, cut with Metro and Chocolate dies from Lifestyle Crafts.

OK< so don't forget to hop over to the Simply Betty Stamps blog today and the rest of the week for a chance to win one of these cuites in clear stamp form!!

In the snow, zombies playing....

2011-11-13T13:31:00.000-05:00

(to the tune of Winter Wonderland....now you're going to be singing it wrong all day! LOL)

Its a week of Christmas Zombies from Simply Betty Stamps! We have a whole week of adorable walking dead people for you leading up to the release next weekend! First up today is Holly Jolly Ginger. She is colored in true zombie spirit with BV's and C's to get that just dead look, LOL.

For me card I used Jen's Deconstructed Sketch for this week and some Bo Bunny paper from last season. Here's a closeup of Ginger in all her cute deadness:

I added some sparkly embossing powder to the holly after it was colored with a Versamarker and Vintage Plum and Vintage Olive Embossing Tinsels from Stampendous!

And at the bottom of the card I encrusted the edge to look like sparkly snow (who wouldn't like sparkly fluff???) with Shabby White Embossing Enamel, Crushed Gold Glass Glitter and Shaved Ice, all from Stampendous!

And here is Fa la la Lexi, my favorite of the group :) I decided to make her into a circle card using my Nesting Scallop circles from Lifestyle Crafts (formerly QuicKutz) This is a fabulous value, only $24.99 for 15 dies!! My pretty papers I got from The Stamping and Scrapbooking Room!

And here's Lexi, up close. Isn't she adorable?!!!

For more Zombie cuteness from the rest of the DT , be sure to visit The Simply Betty Stamps blog every day this week (and for chances to win freebies!! woohoo!)

Challenge List:

Deconstructing Jen: sketch

2 Sisters: anything Goes

Papertake Weekly: First Christmas

Make it Monday: anything Linky party

Speedy the Cat: favorite technique (jewel encrusting)

Crafty Sprouts: anything Goes