The Quiet Moments: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

What's Up?!

I played along with a Dare to Get Dirty challenge over at Splitcoaststampers yesterday - are you playing, too? I can't share the exact details of this challenge.....if you are a Fan Club member at SCS you should head over and check it out!

I inked up the newly released cling rubber Fluffles Race Car, from Stampendous, and paired him with a sentiment from the clear stamp set Summer Tree Fun. I colored him with my Spectrum Noir markers:

Car: GB11, GB8

Fluffles: BG1, BG2, BG4 (goggles: TN3; gloves: BT4; ears, nose, tongue: CR3)

Wheels: BG10, BG8, BG6, BG4, BG1

Shadow under wheels: BG2, BG1

And now for the announcement everyone has been waiting for...winners from my blog giveaways last week! A HUGE thank you to all of you who commented - so many kind thoughts and nice things to read! I appreciate all you so very much :)

From Monday's Amaryllis post: Renee

From Tuesday's Quoth the Raven post: Mary Dawn Q.

From Thursday's Pumpkins Everywhere post: Cheryl Hutcherson

From Friday's Merry Magical post: christi

From Saturday's Wanted: Halloween Sprite post: Karenladd

Send me an email (use the button in the left-hand sidebar) and tell me which day you won - be sure to include your mailing address. I will get your stamps out to you by the end of the week!

Supplies:
Stamps: Fluffles Race Car, Summer Tree Fun (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Black (Recollections), Ultra Smooth White (Crafter's Companion); Mustard Yellow (Bazzill)
Patterned Paper: Joy Ride (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy (Ranger)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir
Accessories: Ric Rac (May Arts), Button (Cosmo Cricket)
Tools: Circle Punches (SU)

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Wanted: Halloween Sprite

We're wrapping up the New Release Celebration week with Stampendous today - it's been such a fun week showing off the newest goodies! The whole team is coming together today to show off some amazing inspiration...and chances to win three prize packs from Stampendous!

I'm sharing this fun project I made with Halloween Sprite. Isn't she darling? Here's a closer look at how I put the whole thing together:

Paint easel and plaque with acrylic paint; set aside to dry. Once dry, adhere cut piece of cork directly to plaque.
Stamp Halloween Sprite image on card stock; apply distress ink to edges with a sponge. Spritz the top with water, roll into scroll shape (heat set for quicker drying). Apply Aged Ochre enamel to scroll using Versamark pen, heat set from underneath. Adhere to cork panel on a tilt.
Stamp Halloween Sprite image on separate piece of cardstock; color as desired with alcohol markers (see supply list at end of post for complete list of markers used). Fussy cut and adhere using foam tape.

To celebrate my excitement over the new release goodies, I'll be giving away a different Stampendous stamp every day I share a New Release post this week (so comment on each New Release Week post, for even more chances to win)! All you have to do is comment on the post to win - I'll announce the winners for each post on Tuesday, July 31 (so please comment by Monday, July 30 at 6:00 PM EST). Today, I'm giving away a fantastic pack of brand new Christmas sentiments. Included are Glory to God, First Christmas, Scripty Blessings, Seek Him, and Jesus Season: (all shown below, clockwise beginning top left)

Don't forget, most of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous today as well! Not only do some of them have their own blog giveaways, Stampendous will be drawing a winner for THREE great prize packs. Take a look:

How do you win it? It's easy! THREE of the bloggers today will be choosing a random commenter from their blog, and those lucky people will be announced on the Stampendous blog Tuesday, July 31 (please leave comments by Monday, July 30 at 11:59 PM PST). The more places you leave a comment, the better your chances are to win! Below is the list of team members who are sharing inspiration today:

Stampendous Impressions

Lea Kimmel (has an additional blog giveaway)

April Derrick
Krissy Fossmeyer

Supplies:
Stamps: Halloween Sprite (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Cream (Mohawk), Cream; Cork (Unknown)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento); Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen (Ranger); Versamark Pen (Tsukineko)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir (colors used: TN9, TN8, TN7, TN6, TN5, TN3, EB8, EB5, GB10, BG10, BG8, BG6, BG4, GB10, GB9, GB8, GB7, CT2, FS9, FS4, FS2, JG6, DG4, DG2)
Accessories: Acrylic paints (Apple Barrel), Aged Ochre Enamel (Stampendous); Wooden Easel, Plaque (Darice)
Tools: Spray Bottle with water (Stampendous); Heat tool

Live in the Moment

Crafter's Companion released two great new sets designed by Sheena Douglass this week! I used the Silhouette Grasses to make my card today. I think the sentiment is SO gorgeous, and a great thing to be reminded of. I paired with with the lovely flowers....and just in case you thought it wasn't possible to color on silhouette image, I decided to show you that you can!

I often hear people say they can't color, or they are afraid to. I promise - anyone can color! Just start small, like I did on this card. I stamped my image on Ultra Smooth White card stock and added Distress Ink around the edges. I then used my Spectrum Noir markers to outline around the edges of the words (CR4), the stems (DG2), and to color right on top of the flowers (GG1). When I was all finished, I added some Yellow Stickles to the tips of the flowers, for sparkle. I also added three small dots of Cotton Candy Stickles in the left corner of the image.

See, anyone can color - even on solid images! Give it a try today :) And as a reminder - there is still time to play along in this month's Crafter's Companion USA Challenge! The challenge this month is to create a card or project with any Crafter's Companion stamp - and you could win a $30 gift certificate to the store! You should definitely play along!!

Supplies:
Stamps: (Crafter's Companion)
Card Stock: Ultra Smooth White (Crafter's Companion), Yellow (Bazzill), Kraft (Canvas Corp)
Patterned Paper: Tea for Two (Cosmo Cricket)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir
Accessories: Yellow, Cotton Candy Stickles (Ranger), Ribbon (May Arts)

Friday, July 27, 2012

Merry & Magical

How about some holiday fun with the Stampendous team today? I combined the new Angel Kiddo and the cling jumbo Snow stamp with the previously released Merry Magical cling jumbo. Here's a closer look at how I put the card together:

Cut card base from card base; cut brown and pink mats for it.
Stamp large snowflake using Versamark ink in upper right corner of pink mat. Apply Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel, heat set from underneath. Sponge edges of panel with distress ink.
Stamp snowflakes images in various inks on smaller cream panel; stamp sentiment from Merry Magical set across the panel. Sponge inks on as desired. Sprinkle embossing enamel on; heat set from underneath. Adhere to blue card stock mat.
Cut thin strip of brown card stock and cream mat. Apply distress ink to edges with sponge. Randomly sprinkle Shabby Pink Enamel on; heat set from underneath. Using glue pen, apply Rose Color Fragments where desired.
Stamp Angel Kiddo image on separate card stock, color as desired and fussy cut. Using glue pen, add Silver Crushed Glass Glitter to bottom of dress and Steel Blue Crushed Glass Glitter to her crown.. Also apply glue to bear and add Cottonball White fun flock.
Adhere all pieces to card base.

A few of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous as well! Not only do some of them have their own blog candy, Stampendous will be drawing a winner for this great prize pack.

How do you win it? It's easy! One of the featured bloggers today will be choosing a random commenter from her blog, and that lucky person will be announced on the Stampendous blog tomorrow. The more places you leave a comment, the better your chances are to win! Below is the list of team members who are sharing inspiration today:

Stampendous Impressions

Pam Hornschu (has additional blog candy)

Rhea Weigand

Wendy Price

Tenia Nelson
April Derrick

Supplies:
Stamps: Merry Magical, Jumbo Snow, Angel Kiddo
Card Stock: Cascata Coffee (WorldWin Treasures); Cream, White (Mohawk); Pinkini, Mauve Ice, Bermuda Blue (Bazzill)
Ink: Tuxedo Black, Rich Cocoa, London Fog (Memento); Victorian Velvet, Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy (Ranger); Versamark (Tsukineko)
Coloring Medium: alcohol markers
Accessories: Steel Blue, Silver Glass Glitters; Cottonball White Fun Flock; Rose Color Fragments; Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel (Stampendous)
Tools: heat gun

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Everywhere!

Ready to get back to the New Release festivities with Stampendous? I have another fun Halloween project to share today, using three different new images. I colored up the Picket Pumpkin image as a fun backdrop for the adorable Punkin Kitty girl. And the Autumn Words background stamp was the perfect finishing touch! I'm blogging about how to color pumpkins over on the Spectrum Noir blog today, so I encourage you to go take a look at how I colored each one.

Interested in how I put the card together?

Cut card base from card stock, in square shape.
Cut two panels (one from purple card stock, one from orange) and two white panels to fit on them.
Stamp Autumn Words on one white panel using Sepia ink; color over entire panel with alcohol markers as desired. Attach to card base on a tilt; tie ribbon around both pieces. Stamp Picket Pumpkins image on the other white panel, color as desired with alcohol markers.
Attach to card base on a tilt (over top of ribbon).
Stamp Punkin Kitty image on separate white card stock, color as desired; fussy cut.
Attach to card base using foam tape for dimension.

A few of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous as well! Not only do some of them have their own blog candy, Stampendous will be drawing a winner for this great prize pack.

Stampendous Impressions

Supplies:
Stamps: Punkin Kitty, Picket Pumpkins, Autumn Words (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Green, Purple, Orange (Bazzill), White (Mohawk)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento), Sepia (Versafine)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir (color list: TN6, TN4, TN3, TN2, OR2, GB11, GB9, GB6, JG6, DG4, DG3, DG2, LV3, PL5, PL4, PL3, JG7, JG4, JG3, IG8, IG6, IG4, IG2, GG5, GG4, GG3, IG4, IG3, IG2, EB7, EB4)
Accessories: Ribbon (May Arts)

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Hello Hello

It is Design Team Challenge time with the Gourmet Rubber Stamps team! This month we were challenged to find a special piece of home decor and let it inspire our card. Here is the pillow I chose:

By itself, it's just a pillow from Pier 1 with an awesome pattern. But to me it is so much more. It belonged to my grandmother, and I love dearly. When I was wandering around looking for inspiration I spotted these pillows an just knew I had to ink up the bird from Swingin' Spring, a recent Diner's Set.

The pattern on my Stella Rose paper was busy, so I tried to keep everything else fairly simple. I stamped and fussy cut the birds twice (because there are two on the pillow). I added some lace tape, and couldn't resist covering the birds with Cotton Candy and Icicle Stickles. Three small dots of White Opal Liquid Pearls are in the upper corner, as well. You can pick up all of these goodies over at i {heart} papers - including the stamps! More My Mind's Eye paper is on the way!

Check out my teammates' blogs to see how what inspired them for this challenge:

Gourmet Rubber Stamps Blog

Supplies:
Stamps: Swingin' Spring (Gourmet Rubber Stamps)
Card Stock: Candlelight Swiss Dot (Bazzill); Kraft (Canvas Corp)
Patterned Paper: Stella Rose (My Mind's Eye)
Ink: Memento Espresso Truffle (Tsukineko)
Accessories: White Lace Tape (Love My Tapes), Icicle & Cotton Candy Stickles (Ranger)

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Stampendous New Release Week: Quoth the Raven

I'm continuing the fun for this week's Stampendous New Release Celebration with a Halloween candle and coaster today. This project uses several newly released products; the candle it self features the cling rubber Raven background stamp. To create the candle, here is what I did:

Stamp Raven background on tissue paper.
Tear around image, apply ink as desired using sponge.
To apply image to candle: Place image on candle, wrap wax paper around and hold tightly. Heat gently with heat tool until wax melts slightly, adhering tissue paper to candle. Slowly peel off wax paper. (want to see a quick tutorial?)

Here is a better look at the coaster, with the new Trick or Treat Color Fragments and the cling rubber Autumn Words on it. Making the coaster was easy - here's how:

Stamp Autumn Words on coaster.
Add ink directly from ink pad to edges; apply to coaster surface with a sponge.
Spray Goosebumps texture spray onto coaster surface, sprinkle on color fragments and allow to dry.

A few of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous as well! Not only do some of them have their own blog candy, Stampendous will be drawing a winner for this great prize pack.

Stampendous Impressions

Lynn Mercurio

Jan Garber

Jennifer Dove

Janelle Stollfus (has additional blog candy)

Supplies: Stamps: Raven Background, Autumn Words (Stampendous)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento) Wild Honey, Dusty Concord (Ranger)
Accessories: White Tissue paper, White Pillar Candle, Chipboard Coaster (Unknown); Halloween Color Fragments (Stampendous), Goosebumps Texture Spray (Tsukineko)
Tools: Heat Tool

Monday, July 23, 2012

Stampendous New Release Week: Amaryllis

I have SO much fun planned this week...it's New Release Celebration Week with the Stampendous team! Last week at CHA all kinds of amazing new stamps and essentials were released, and the celebrate the Stampendous team will be showing off new goodies on our blogs all week long. Today I'm sharing a card using the new cling jumbo Amaryllis stamp as the focal point of this card (it wil be available on the website any day now, so keep watching!). In the background I added the lovely Calligraphy Script in the background, for some contrast. I colored the flower with my Spectrum Noir markers, and added Bronze Crushed Glass Glitter to the bottom. Oh, and Black Crushed Glass Glitter to the flower centers!

To celebrate my excitement over the new release goodies, I'll be giving away a different Stampendous stamp every day I share a New Release post this week! All you have to do is comment on the post to win - I'll announce the winners for each post on Tuesday, July 31 (so please comment by Monday, July 30 at 6:00 PM EST). Today, I'm giving away this lovely Fall Tendril (it's a great stamp for ALL year, not just fall, in my opinion!):

A few of my teammates are showing off new products from Stampendous as well! Not only do some of them have their own blog candy, Stampendous will be drawing a winner for this great prize pack.

Stampendous Impressions

Cyndi Bundy (has additonal blog candy)

Supplies:
Stamps: Amaryllis, Calligraphy Script (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Kraft (Bazzill); White (Mohawk)
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento); Brushed Corduroy (Ranger)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir
Accessories: Black, Bronze Crushed Glass Glitter (Stampendous)

Saturday, July 21, 2012

Christmas in July With Spectrum Noir!

A few members of the Spectrum Noir team have gotten together to celebrate Christmas in July! We have an inspiration-filled blog hop today, along with a few great prizes! If you have arrived here from Linda Hill's blog, you are in the right place. If not, pop over to the Spectrum Noir blog so you don't miss a thing!

I'm sharing a fun card today with a newly-released stamp called Forest Santa, from Stampendous. I love Santa stamps and figures, so I was particularly excited to color this one up! Here is a breakdown of the markers I used on this card:

Santa's coat: CR8, DR1, CR6, CR7 (edges: IG2, IG1)

Tree & holly: JG7, JG5, JG4

Santa's body/midsection: TN3, TN2, TN1

Toy sack: TB8, TN7, TN6

Gloves and figurine base: IG8, IG6, IG4

Skin: FS9, FS4, FS2, CR3

I attempted to make this be reminiscent of the carved wooden figurines I have, so when I colored the middle part I used went over the darkest parts of the TN3 with extra TN1, in a circular motion. Interested in a bit more detail on how I put the whole card together?

Cut square card stock base, square read panel, large square white panel.
Randomly stamp snowflakes on white card stock in both green ink and Versamark. Pour Aged Scarlet enamel on, heat set from underneath. Apply distress ink to edges as desired. Attach to red panel; adhere both to card base. Tie ribbon around in an off-centered knot.
Die cut long rectangles; stamp Forest Santa image and color as desired. Add distress ink to edges with a sponge. Using glue pen, cover beard, fur edges of coat and hat; apply fun flock. Also using glue pen, cover bottom of die cut panel and apply shaved ice.
Adhere Forest Santa panel using foam tape on a tilt. Attach snowflake die cuts and buttons as desired.

We hope you've been checking out the Spectrum Noir blog - it is full of great tutorials, techniques, and other projects from our design team. If you haven't been over there, go take a look! Before we get to the rest of the hop today, let's have a little fun. How about a prize? Spectrum Noir is going to award one lucky winner two sets of six markers, a pack of Crafter's Companion Ultra Smooth Premium White card stock (perfect for coloring!), and an adorable stamped called All Wrapped Up, from the new Mulberry Wood line.

Entering to win is easy. Leave a comment on the Spectrum Noir Blog Hop Post telling us your favorite Spectrum Noir color combination you saw while hopping with us this week (please comment no later than Friday, July 27 at 6:00 PM GMT). A random winner will be drawn using random.org and posted on the Spectrum Noir blog on Saturday, July 28, 2012, so be sure to check back with us to see if you have won! The lucky winner will have one week to claim their prize or a second winner will be chosen.

Now, hop on over to the next amazing blog and check out what the talented Kristine Reynolds has to share! In case you get lost along the way, here is the entire hop order:

Spectrum Noir Official Blog

Wendy Foster
Leann Chivers

Thank you for joining us today as we celebrate Christmas in July! Have fun hopping around to see all of the inspiration from our team, and good luck winning the prize pack!

Supplies:
Stamps: Forest Santa, Jumbo Snow (Stampendous)
Card Stock: Black, Red (Bazzill); White (Mohawk)
Ink: Forest Green (Stazon); Tuxedo Black (Memento by Tsukineko); Versamark (Tsukineko); Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen (Ranger)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir
Accessories: Cottonball White Fun Flock, Shaved Ice, Aged Scarlet Enamel (Stampendous); Misc Snowflake buttons (Unknown); Die Cut White Snowflakes (Creative Cuts & More); Ribbon (May Arts)
Tools: Classic and Scalloped Long Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Busy Doing Nothing

I have another card using a stamp I got over at Crafter's Companion to share! I made this with one of my favorite Sheena Douglass stamps, Busy Doing Nothing. Isn't that little girl absolutely darling? She reminds me of my daughter (although, mine has honey-blonde hair). The image was stamped onto Ultra Smooth White card stock using Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I colored everything with Spectrum Noir markers. Here's a closer look at what I used:

Yellows: GB5, CT4, CT3, CT2, CT1

Pinks: CR5, CR4, CR3

Browns: DR7, TB8, TN7

Skin: FS9, FS4, FS3

Outline: GG1

Flower/Grass: DG4, DG3, DG2, DG1, GG1

I added in stamps from two of the Flower Fairies stamp sets - the sentiment and butterfly closest to it are from Rose Bay Willow Herb, and the larger butterfly is from the Canterbury Bell set. Both butterflies have Stickles on them. Cotton Candy for the smaller butterfly and Yellow for the larger. I also used the Yellow Stickles to make three small circles in the upper corner of the card.

I had so much fun coloring this card! And as a reminder - there is still time to play along in this month's Crafter's Companion USA Challenge! The challenge this month is to create a card or project with any Crafter's Companion stamp - and you could win a $30 gift certificate to the store! You should definitely play along!!

Supplies:
Stamps: Busy Doing Nothing, Canterbury Bell, RoseBay Willow Herb (Crafter's Comapnion)
Card Stock: Black (Recollections), Ultra Smooth White (Crafter's Companion)
Patterned Paper: Victoria Garden (Echo Park)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir
Accessories: Yellow, Cotton Candy Stickles (Ranger)

Friday, July 20, 2012

A Little Pop of Red

Sometimes just a little bit of color can make a dramatic statement, especially when that color is red! I colored up the lovely Poppies and Daisies recently and loved the way it turned out so much, I decided to make the backdrop for it just black and white, and let the reds really shine.

I began by inking up the stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black, and stamping on Ultra Smooth White card stock. Here is a breakdown of the Spectrum Noir markers I used:

Reds: CR8, DR1, CR6, CR7

Greens: DG4, CG4, DG2, CG2

I really, really love the range of reds in the Spectrum Noir markers. So many possibilities for adding depth to projects! They definitely add some "wow" to things.

Here's my little crafty tip for today: I am an obsessively neat crafter. I cannot stand it when my table is covered in tools, and I am always trying to keep things away from my young kids! I've just started using the Ultimate Crafter's Companion Tool for cutting and scoring, and it works SO well!!! And it all folds back up an stores away quickly, so the little hands that are always roaming around while I craft don't snatch anything they shouldn't. Every crafter should have one of these tools - seriously! I can't wait to use more of the features it offers :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Poppies and Daisies (Crafter's Companion)
Card Stock: Red (Bazzill); Black (Recollections); Ultra Smooth White (Crafter's Companion)
Patterned Paper: Enchanted (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Coloring Medium: Spectrum Noir
Accessories: Ribbon (May Arts)
Tools: Classic and Scalloped Long Rectangles (Spellbinders)

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