Garden

Stephanie released the new club stamp set today with a fun matching set.

This is Garden2stamp and patterns4garden.

This is a cute card I made using both of these sets and the matching dies.

The back circle was made with Wcircle die.

Here is a look at the inside of my card.

Perfect set for the season.

It will get lots of use!

If you are a club member you will have you set soon.

Not a club member?  Why not?

It's so fun to get a new stamp set and dies every month!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Best Wishes

Mother's Day is coming soon and Stampendous has tons or great stamps and dies that are perfect for your Mother's Day cards.

Today I am sharing a card that I made using Best Wishes Ensemble stencil.

I stenciled the sentiment with regular embossing paste and let it dry.

When dry I replaced the stencil and then sponged ink on to it to color the image.

I used May Arts Ribbon.

The Stampendous team will be sharing Mother's Day inspiration all week!

check out the inspiration on the Stampendous Blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Cute Boots

Continuing on with the Stampendous Spring Showers theme this week with this brightly colored image and fun sentiment!

I was so excited when Stampendous sent me this cute Puddle Boots stamp.

Any one of these would make rain more enjoyable!

I created an easel card today and this is how it looks when it's closed up and ready to mail.

I colored the boots with my prisma colored pencils.

The Cute Boots sentiment stamp comes as one big stamp but I only inked up the top portion for the front of the card.

Then I inked up the lower portion of the stamp for the inside of the card.

The flowers are Prima Mktg and I used Recollection mini brads for the center of the flowers.

The Puddle Boots were stamped on a panel die cut out with the Fitted Frames B.

Lots more inspiration can be found on the 

STAMPENDOUS BLOG!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Hangin' With My Peeps

I know that Easter is past but I had this adorable image all colored up so I made it in to a card that I wanted to share with you today.

This image is Egg-Cellent Friend from High Hopes.

I colored the image with Prisma colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The paper is Doodlebug Designs.

The flowers are Prima Mktg.

The sentiment is Hangin' with my peeps.

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If you like to play along using a sketch, this month's sketch is below.

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Some Bunny Loves You

Hello High Hopes Fans!

I am super excited with how this adorable card turned out!

I used a new image from the Think Spring release.

This is Bunny Blossoms.

I used a Sizzix die to create the card base.

This is how it looks when it's closed up and ready to mail.

This adorable image was colored with Prisma colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The flowers are Prima Mktg flowers and I used Recollections mini brads for the centers

I used Fitted Frame dies from Stampendous for the big image panel.

I used a Spellbinder classic circle and classic scallop circle die for the sentiment panel.

The sentiment is Some Bunny Loves You.

A new month = a new challenge! Join us for our Anything Goes challenge. Here's the link and a few details: April Challenge

Join us for your chance to win 2 FREE High Hopes Stamps.  

This month all you have to do is "LEAVE A COMMENT" 

Want to DOUBLE your chances to win?  Leave a comment on this card's Facebook post & you double your chances of winning this month.  

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If you like to play along using a sketch, this month's sketch is below.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Spring is in the Air

Happy Friday!

Are you loving the new April High Hopes Stamps release, Think Spring?

I love it!

Today I am sharing a bright Spring card that I created using some of the new stamps from this release.

This adorable image is called Garden Lamb.

I colored it with Prisma Color pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The clouds were created by sponging light blue ink on the paper using a scallop edge oval die cut as a mask.

The paper is by Doodlebug Desings.

The sentiment is Spring is in the Air.

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on the High Hopes Blog.

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 For some inspiration use the sketch below.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Joy and Celebration

I am sharing a little more Spring today.

This cutie pie came out last year but this cute Bunny Tulip image makes me happy!

I colored the image with Prisma Color pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The ribbon is creative impressions.

I used the Fitted Frame dies from Stampendous.

Check out more spring inspiration on the Stampendous Blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Succulent Truck

Happy Monday!

I'm a little late getting this post done today because the weekend just got away from me.

We are celebrating Spring  over at Stampendous today so I am sharing this card that I made with 

Succulent Truck.

I colored the image with Prisma Colored Pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The sentiment is from the Life Words perfectly clear stamp set.

More inspiration is on the Blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Spring Mouse

Today I am combining two of my favorites!

A fun Flip it die from The Stamps of Life and...stamps by House Mouse Designs from Stampendous.

 This image is from the fun clear set, Friend Wishes.

I colored the image with my Prisma Colored Pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

I used the Oval Flip it card die and Graphic 45 patterned paper.

This how the card looks when it is "flipped" open.

The sentiment is from the   Friend Wishes. stamp set too.

Get more info on the spring inspired House Mouse Design images and links to more inspiration on 

The Stampendous Blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Spring House Mouse

It has been raining non stop here in California and as much as we need it I am ready for Spring!

So today, I am sharing a Spring House Mouse Design card that just makes me happy!

The image is Tag a Long Trio

I colored it with Prisma colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The sentiment is from the Friend Wishes Perfectly Clear stamp set.

I created the he panel of the left side.

I stenciled the Lace Metal Stencil on a white panel of cardstock with regular embossing paste and then when it was dry I sponged yellow ink over the top of the image.

The Dies I used are the Fitted Frames.

I hope your had a great weekend and got to sneak in a little stamping time!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Staged

Have you seen the new pop up stages from Stampendous?

I got them because they were new and they looked cool but honestly I hadn't opened them yet becausee I wasn't exactly sure how to use them.

But this week the Stampendous team is sharing projects made with these dies and the Spring Tweet stamps and dies.

Here is the front of my card.

I colored the images with Prisma colored pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

The best part???

The inside!!

Check it out!

Here is a side view so you can see the stages.

Such a fun way to make a super special card for a super special person!

Still not sure how to use these Pop Up Stages dies?

Watch Fran's video!

Thanks for stopping by!

Kristine

Spring Tweets

We are having a TON of rain here in California the last few days.

As much as we need it, I have to admit that it makes me yearn for spring a little bit.

So, it's a perfect coincidence that the Stampendous team is sharing some of the projects that we made with the new Spring Tweets Stamps set and dies.

I colored this image with Prisma color pencils and blended with gamsol and blending stumps.

I created the patterned paper by stenciling the Big dots stencil with regular embossing paste on teal cardstock.

For the inside I used a cute sentiment from the Tweet Chirps Perfectly Clear Stamp set.

Ger more info about these stamps on the Stampendous Blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Krisitne

Love Blooms Here

I have another fun High Hopes image to share with you today!

This adorable lady is Frangrant Blooms.

The sentiment is Love Blooms.

I use the Sizzix Square Stand up card die for the card base.

The paper is Lawn Fawn patterned paper.

The grass is a sizzix die.

The dies that I used on the sentiment panels are by Stampendous.

This is how the card looks when it is closed up and ready to mail.

I'm not sure if you can see the shimmer on this card but I colored most of it with colored pencils and added some sparkle with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens.

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Thanks for checking out my project!

Kristine