Stampendous Challenge Time!

Some days you just need to stop and smell the roses!  Dial it down a notch or two and enjoy some crafty time.  That's what I did with this week's Stampendous Monthly Challenge.  I had been wanting to try the new no line stamping technique where you stamp your image in a light color of ink.  When you color the image in with your markers, the lines pretty much disappear and it looks like you've drawn the image yourself.  Pretty cool, huh?  This was my first attempt with the technique and I'm pretty pleased with the results.  Rather than make this into a card I decided to make some wall art for my stamp room.  I've always had a thing for roses so when Stampendous came out with this Jumbo Cling Cottage Rose set, I pretty much swooned and knew I had to have it!  So here's the list of challenge players for today:

Lea Kimmel (That's me!)
Pam Hornshu
Susie Moore
Taylor Usry
Melinda Gleissner
Stephanie Lee
Jennifer Ingle



And we want YOU to play along with us! Simply make a gift, gift set (could be cards, could be an altered item), or a gift card holder of some sort and add the direct link for your project to our collection at the end of this post (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than Thursday, May 31 at 11:59 PM EST . You do not have to use Stampendous products, but we sure love it when you do! As an extra incentive for playing along, one lucky crafter (drawn at random) will receive this fabulous new Cling Jumbo Tropical Garden stamp set:

Due to shipping restrictions, the winner must have a US address. We hope you have a chance to play along with us (you an enter as many times as you'd like!) this month...Happy Crafting!

Hugs,
Lea

Gathering

One of my jobs at Enchanted Cottage is to create samples for the store.  How lucky is that?  I love creating new things and having so many goodies right at my fingertips to use.  Well, I was recently given the task of creating an album using a Bo Bunny Naked Album with the Authentique Gathering paper kit.  I loved putting this book together and hope you will enjoy the pics.  Keep in mind that I'm not allowed to use photos or do any actual journaling.  Personally, I think that makes the task harder.  It's always so much easier for me to create when I have inspiration from a photo I'm using for the page.  At any rate, enjoy!

I added some Bazzill and May Arts ribbon to the gorgeous papers that came in the kit.  We still have some of the kits available at the store as well as a few paper kits of their other lines.  I used a Copic marker to edge each page and the album itself; I think it gives it a more finished look.  So there it is, I do hope you like it.  Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs,

Lea



Bathing Beauties

Here they are!  Two of the cutest bathing beauties you have surely ever seen!  Meet Summer Fun Rio and Victorian Swimsuit Rio from Simply B Stamps.  Can you guess which one is which?  Tee hee!  I love these images and I really love them with this new line of Authentique paper.  It was truly perfect for these cards.  Hope you like them!

Hope you like these beach babes!  Be sure to check out the rest of the design teams creations on the SBS blog.

Hugs,
Lea

Stampendous Challenge Time

Hey all!  Yep, it's Saturday so that means it's time for a weekly challenge at Stampendous.  We've been given the challenge of creating a gift item.  That could be a myriad of items from something as simple as a gift card holder to something far more elaborate.  Today I'm showing you a simple gift item that was fun and easy to create.  I purchased a blank white EK Success canvas frame from my local stamp store and using the Stampendous Ranunculus, I stamped it onto the canvas and colored it with Copic markers.  I love it!  By the way, those are two of my six children.  That's Sarah and Joey when they were 5 and 3; they're now 18 and 16 and still just as cute!

Here's a list if the rest of the Design Team members that are playing along this week.  As you hop along, be sure to leave some love along the way!

 

Stampendous Impressions

Janelle Stollfus
Lea Kimmel (That's me!)

Melinda Gleissner
Pam Hornschu

Taylor Usry

Tenia Nelson

Wendy Price

And we want YOU to play along with us!  Simply make a gift, gift set (could be cards, could be an altered item), or a gift card holder of some sort and add the direct link for your project to our collection at the end of this post (or on the Stampendous blog) no later than Thursday, May 31 at 11:59 PM EST .  You do not have to use Stampendous products, but we sure love it when you do!  As an extra incentive for playing along, one lucky crafter (drawn at random) will receive this fabulous new Cling Jumbo Tropical Garden stamp set:

Due to shipping restrictions, the winner must have a US address.  We hope you have a chance to play along with us (you an enter as many times as you'd like!) this month...Happy Crafting!

Hugs,
Lea

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all.  Here's a card I created for just this day using Cottage Rose from Stampendous.  Hope you like it!

Hope you all have a wonderful day!

Hugs,
Lea

Can you dig it?

It's release day! So that means it's time for a blog hop!!!

This is an extra special hop, because you get to meet the newest little Teen Scene character! This character is close to Betty's heart, but then again, so are all the Teens, right?   However, someone was missing in Betty's little clan of Teens inspired by her and family and friends! It was only natural to add this little person!   Please say hello to Skull Castle Jude!

Now it's time to get hopping! Don't forget to hop on back to the SBS Blog at the end and grab your discount codes!!

SBS Blog

Alison

Barbara

Betty

Lelia

Cyndi

Lea (me!)
Suzi

SBS Blog

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have loved this release as much as I have!

                                                 Hugs,

                                              Lea

Sunglasses, check, sunscreen, check...

...beach towel, check, Summer Fun, you betcha!  Welcome Teen Scene Summer Fun Beach Time Betty!  She's our newest image from Simply B Stamps and she is too cute!  I absolutely love her!

She looks like I feel sometimes, running in so many different directions I leave a trail of items behind!  We have one more image to share with you tomorrow for our blog hop.  I do hope you will come back to look and hop along.  We've really had a fun time with this release and I almost hate to see it end tomorrow.  Of course, that means you will be able to buy all these awesome images so I guess that's a good thing!  Don't forget to check out the other creation on the SBS blog.  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow!

Hugs,

Lea