Painted Winter Flowers

Hello everyone! I hope you are keeping warm and away from the rain. After such a mild autumn so far, this sudden change of weather was quite a shock to the system! Brrr... I hope it is so much nicer where you are! :). The positive side of this cold weather (if there can ever be one) is the fact that the proximity of Christmas feels much more real now lol. And with this in mind, I have a seasonally themed offering today.

I made a seasonal greetings card with a little twist :). Not everyone celebrates Christmas in cold, frosty surroundings (oh I would swap with them any day!) so I added some flowers to my frosty design :). Yep, that's topsy-turvy radical in my book! :)

To find out all the details about this card, hop over to the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog :).

Supplies:
3D Foam Squares Regular – White. 3D Foam Snowflakes, Adhesive Sheets 6×12″, DODZ™ – 3D, Home & Hobby Extreme Double-Sided Tape – 1/2″ Permanent, E-Z Dots® Permanent Refillable Dispenser

Other supplies:
Stamps – Altenew Painted Flowers; Penny Black Beauty of The Season
Stampendous – Crystal Micro Glitter, Black Micro Glitter, kaleidoscope Embossing Powder
DecoArt Americana Dimensional Writer – White
Inks – Donna Salazar Mix’d Media Inx: Chiffon & Black; Evergreen Bough Distress Ink (Ranger); Faber-Castell PITT pens: Magenta, Pale Geranium Lake, Chromium Green, May Green
Sakura Clear Star pen
Paper: Fancy Pants Winterland

This was certainly an unusual (for me) take on the ‘winter’ theme but I hope you approve :). Thank you so much for stopping by today and for any warm thoughts you’d like to share :).

Have a wonderful weekend, my friends!

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Challenges for this card:
Our Creative Corner November - Topsy-Turvy
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
That Craft Place Ltd - Anything Goes Mixed Media

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What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish? Happy World Card Making Day!

Hello Friends! Thank you so much for the lovely comments on my previous post with this Grungy Birthday Card.

Today I am back to say "Happy World Card Making Day to all my paper crafting buddies"!

Can you imagine what the world would be like without handmade cards? I certainly can't! But if anything, it would be a very sad place, I think. So if we can have a special day to celebrate card making - I'm all for it!

To join the celebrations the Stampendous HQ have prepared a collection of the DT's fave cards that they've made & shared this year so far. The card I chose as my favourite of the year was this Sunflower Wedding Card. I adoooore sunflowers so this card kind of fell into the faves bag by default lol. Oh well!

Be sure to check out my DT Sisters' picks - you will be amazed to see what a wonderful and talented bunch they are!

But today I also have another card to share :). The theme for this card was inspired by the old Russian fairy tale The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish. 

The tale is about a fisherman who manages to catch a "Golden Fish" which promises to fulfill any wish of his in exchange for its freedom. I was quite surprised to find out that my British friends weren't familiar with this tale - as it's certainly a well known 'classic' in Poland :). 

With this card I decided to give my Golden Fish a nice fishbowl to live in. The fishbowl is actually a shaker made with 3D Foam Creative Sheets and acetate. Inside the bowl I have some lovely textured bubbles, corals and shells, mica fragments and sequins.

Supplies I used:

Stampendous:
Cling Goldfish Pair
Cling Coral Tree
Cling Jumbo Spider Mum (retired)
Cling Build a Bouquet Set
Stack Art Cling Angel Wings Kit
Teal Mica Fragments
Jumbo Perfectly Clear™ Acrylic Handle

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®:
3D Pennants, DODZ™ – 3D, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, 3D Foam Creative Sheets, Adhesive Sheets 4×6″, 3D Thin Foam Squares – White

Plus:
Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®; Paper: Prima Romance (Annalee Collection)
acetate, ribbon flowers, burlap, buttons chipboard alphas; ARMOUR Over’n’Over Sparkle Borders stencil, Spellbinders Labels Eighteen

Media:
Evergreen Bough & Wild Honey Distress Inks;
DecoArt: Snowtex, Americana Bright Yellow & Light Buttermilk paints;
Faber – Castell Whipped Spackle
Spectrum Noir alcohol markers: GT2, IB2, CG2, DG1, DG2, BG2, BG5, GB8, GB11, CT2, CT4, OR2, TB1, IG1, Blender pen
Liquid Pearls

I hope you enjoyed my today's offering - I would love to know what you think! If you'd like to make/share a wish, too, please do so - you never know, it may come true! :)

Have a wonderful 'cardmakingilicious' weekend!

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Challenges I'm entering with this card:
The Craft Barn #27 - Ocean/Fish
Country View Challenges #32 - Add some texture
Mixed Media Place Exercise #12 - Proverbs and Sayings
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #103 - Words
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

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It's All About Numbers And A Sunflower Wedding Card

Hello lovely peeps! I hope you are all doing well.

I am slowly getting back into the blogging routine so hopefully you will hear from me much more often, now :).

And so I'm back today with a really exciting (for me) offering :). I have been invited to 'guest' over at Country View Challenges blog to play along with their September challenge which is Numbers.

This lovely invitation and privilege came to me after my Cherish Yesterday card received their DT's special mention from the June's challenge. Yaaaay! Thank you so much to Chris and the Team xx.

My project today is a wedding card I made a special couple who celebrated their Big Day in a beautiful setting of Château de Javarzay in Chef-Boutonne in France. As it happened it was also my birthday on the same day - what a way to celebrate! :)



The main focus of my card is this fab vintage wedding certificate from the BazzillBasicsPaper Heritage collection. I hand-written the details & the wedding date to personalise the card for the happy couple :).

The area near Chef-Boutonne is known for its sunflower fields so there was no surprise that these gorgeous blooms were chosen as the flowers of the wedding. And no surprise that they also sneaked into my design, too :). I stamped the flowers, coloured them with watercolour pencils and set them in a layer of Glossy Accents to make them stand out more.

I also added some white rub-ons to reinforce the 'Numbers' theme of the CVC challenge.

Supplies:
Stampendous cling Sunflower Ladybug and Vintage Contract stamps
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: Crafty Power Tape, Thin 3D Foam Squares Mix - White
Faber-Castell Aquarelle pencils
Maya Road Calendar white Rub-Ons
Papers: BazzillBasicsPaper (Heritage), Echo Park
Sepia Archival Ink, Tea Dye Distress Ink, Glossy Accents
Sakura Clear Star pen
May Arts ribbon

If you love sunflowers as much as I do, keep your eyes peeled! On Monday I will be sharing a tutorial for a scrapbook layout I made as a keepsake from the weeding. And a whole 'field' of sunflowers will be guaranteed!

Thank you again Chris and the Team for the invitation to play along! xx

I hope I have inspired you all to play in the Numbers challenge - be sure to also check out the fabulous inspiration pieces from the super talented DT which are sure to get your creative juices flowing!

Thank you so much for visiting today and for all your lovely comments! If this is your first time here, make yourself at home and have a look around my blog :).

Big crafty hugs and have a wonderful weekend!




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Challenges and Link-Ups for this card:
Vintage Stamping Challenges #36 - Tic Tac Toe (vintage tones, flowers, lace)
Stephanie's Roses of Inspiration Link Up #36 - Always Anything Goes

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Colour Burst With Stampendous And Faber-Castell - Big Blog Hop Finale

Hello and welcome to our big blog hop finale featuring two amazing companies - Stampendous and Faber-Castell!
If you missed all the amazing and colourful projects shared earlier this week, be sure to check them out!

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday

Of course we also have prizes! Three Lucky Winners this week will get three sets of the PITT Pastel Pencils (red/yellow, blue/green, neutrals), a jar of Faber-Castell Chalkboard Paint, and $20 http://www.stampendous.com reward card to choose their favorite images to color! WOW… these winners must have a U.S. mailing address (official rules here!)… BUT WAIT - Aussie Fans – The Stencil Specialist has you covered again this time! One Australian Hopper will win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil (LJ size customer choice), and one Dreamweaver Stencils Regular Embossing Paste.

My offering today is this little shabby chic number, sporting this gorgeous Peony Spray stamp in a velvety pink attire :). I absolutely ADORE this stamp - and you might remember it from my Mother's Day card I shared recently.

Shabby vintage card with Stampendous peonies - water coloured with ART GRIP AQUARELLE pencils

After stamping the peony onto the Mixed Media White Paper I coloured the image using Watercolour ART GRIP AQUARELLE pencils (102- cream, 119-light magenta, 130-dark flesh, 133-magenta, 156-cobalt green, 163-emerald green, 166-grass green, 168-earth green yellowish, 250-gold) and also added some tinting on the leaves with the PITT Big Brush pen in Chromium Green.

For ma a shabby chic card cannot do without a touch Fran-tage so I also sprinkled some Shabby Pink and Aged Rose Embossing Enamels, too!

Other supplies:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: 3D Foam Squares - White Mix, DODZ™ - 3D, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips Refillable Dispenser
Papers - Authentique Harmony collection
Ribbon - May Arts

That's all from me for today! Now it's time for you to indulge in fabulous inspiration from the talented DT taking part today. Make sure to leave some love while visiting to be in with a chance of winning some fabulous crafty goodies!

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Nathalie Kalbach

Louise Healy

Janelle Stollfus

Lyn Bernatovich

Pam Bray

Asia King (you're here)

Pam Hornschu

Tenia Nelson

Laura Drahozal

Lea Kimmel

Alison Keikkila

Wendy Price

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog*

For a shabby chic look on your card add a touch Fran-tage

Thank you for stopping by and your lovely comments! 

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Drawing Inspiration From Stampendous and Faber-Castell - Blog Hop Day 2

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the arrival of warm weather! :)

This week our fabulous Stampendous team is playing with the talented peeps over at the Faber-Castell! We're showcasing the Art Grip Aquarelles Watercolor Pencils, the PITT Pastel Pencils, and our very special guest Nathalie Kalbach will be featuring the Gelatos! There will be guest-starring roles by the PITT Artist Pens for doodling and drawing! Wait until you see all the colorful inspiration we have for you this week. We’ll be Blogging in Color!

Three Lucky Winners this week will get three sets of the PITT Pastel Pencils (red/yellow, blue/green, neutrals), a jar of Faber-Castell Chalkboard Paint, and $20 http://www.stampendous.com reward card to choose their favorite images to color! WOW… these winners must have a U.S. mailing address (official rules here!)… BUT WAIT - Aussie Fans – The Stencil Specialist has you covered again this time! One Australian Hopper will win a Stampendous Stamp, a Dreamweaver Stencil (LJ size customer choice), and one Dreamweaver Stencils Regular Embossing Paste. Amazing or what? :)

And here is my today's offering :). I created a happy butterfly journal page to write down my happy future (planned) endeavours :).

Supplies I used:

Stampendous: PenPattern Flutter, Journal Lines Perfectly Clear™ Stamps, Cling Marks Set, Creative Palette Rectangles, White Mixed Media Paper

Faber-Castell PITT Artist Big Brush pens: Pink Madder Lake, Dark Chrome Yellow, May Green, Cobalt Green; PITT Pastel Pencils NEUTRALS

Other media: DecoArt acrylic paints or similar (white, gold, black, light yellow, citron green, bubblegum pink); Tsukineko/Imagine Crafts ink refils: Electric Coral, Electric Yellow, Electric Green, Electric Orange, StazOn Mini Emerald City and Cactus Green inks

Plus: Mini Cubist stencil, brayer, water brush, plastic bottle caps (varying sizes), building mega blocks (toys), 

Instructions:
1. Trim the white card to A5 size. Create a background using Creative Palette Rectangles and a brayer, paints, ink refils, building blocks and the stencil.
2. Using Cactus Green ink stamp the square pattern using the stamp included with your Creative Palette.
Stamp PenPattern Flutter butterflies with Emerald City ink.
3. Colour in using PITT pens and a water brush, leaving a large block of 'white' space. Add shading with the PITT pastel pencils.
4. Using paints and bottle caps stamps several circles in white, black and gold as shown and add shading with a chalk pencil.
5. Using Tuxedo Black ink stamp Journal Lines Perfectly Clear™ Stamps in the 'white' space. Add finishing touches to the edges with Cling Marks Set.

Playing today:

Stampendous Impressions Blog

Louise Healy

Asia King

Wendy Price
Amy Hurley-Purdie

Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft Blog

Enjoy all the fantastic inspiration on the participating blogs and don't forget to share some commenting love to be in with a chance of winning some amazing crafty goodies! Thank you for stopping by today!

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Dreaming Of Spring With A Sparkly Butterfly Wreath

Happy New Year everyone! Welcome to my first post of 2015 and thank you for stopping by today.

This week at Stampendous HQ we are starting to dream about Spring. Since Christmas and the New Year's celebrations are now behind us, we are officially 'allowed' to look forward to the arrival of this wonderful season.

And what a better way to celebrate Spring than with a spray of early flowers and a delicate flutter of butterfly wings in fresh bright colours.

So today I'm sharing a lovely butterfly wreath. First, the list of supplies.

Stampendous supplies:
Cling PenPattern Butterflies stamps, Butterfly Die Set, Pearl Ultra Fine Glitter (Melon, Yellow Neon, Pastel Pink, Sunflower, Tigerlily)

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L:
DODZ™ - 3D, Adhesive Sheets 

Other supplies:
Flat ring wreath, Liquid Pearls (Rouge, Buttercup, Petal Pink, White Opal), white and natural raffia, artificial flowers and moss, Faber-Castell PITT pens (Light Flesh, May Green, Chromium Green, Pale Geranium Lake, Magenta, Dark Chrome Yellow), Ranger Black Archival ink, ribbon (May Arts).

And here are the steps:

1. Wrap raffia and flower sprays all around the ring base. Tie a ribbon for hanging.

2. Stamp multiple PenPattern Butterflies onto white cardstock and colour in with PITT pens.

3. Die cut all butterflies with the coordinating die set (see supply list above)

4. Cover each butterfly with adhesive using Adhesive Sheets.

5. Sprinkle the butterflies with matching glitters. Embellish with Liquid Pearls.

6. Arrange the butterflies around the wreath base and adhere with DODZ 3D.

7. Fill in any gaps with artificial moss.

Thank you for stopping by and for any kind words letting me know you've been :).

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You're Amazing Mixed Media Dry Decoupage Box & Video Tutorial

Happy May Day everyone!

Oh my goodness! I haven't been this excited about my project since errr... the Geisha fan in my last post lol :). No, but honestly - I am super excited about this one!

This is my newest DT offering for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L and I am sharing a full tutorial on my 'dry decoupage' technique. But wait - it's not just any tutorial - it's a video tutorial!

Yes, you heard me correctly - I've finally made my second crafty movie! It was a bit of a bumpy ride this time but I hope it will get easier in the future :).

So.... You are all cordially invited to view my newest video when you have a moment to spare. Or two moments, perhaps :).

To see the video, hop over here.

Supplies:

Adhesive Sheets 6x12",Dodz™ Small, Medium and 3D, Creative Photo Corners - White;

Stampendous Ice Blue Micro Glitter and Stamps Angel Wings Stack Art & Quotes; Americana DecoArt acrylic paints (Pink Chiffon, Spa Blue, Tropical Blue, White) and Medieval Iron Accent Stencil; Faber-Castell Whipped Spackle; Tsukineko Blue Hawaii StazOn;

wooden vanity box, decorative napkins, flowers and embellishments.

Big crafty excited hugs!

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Challenges for this project: 
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Country View Crafts #15 - Nature's Glories

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Summer On My Mind - with Stampendous and Dreamweaver

Hello everyone and welcome to the Stampendous and Dreamweaver Blog Play - Day 4. Tomorrow is the big finale so do make sure to pop back! This week we've been dreaming of stencils and stamps - a fabulous combination, if you ask me!

My biggest highlight of the week is the set we chose to play with - the Blossom Beauty stamps and the matching Cutting Die set. I absolutely love this new collection and the matching dies, they make crafting so much quicker and so much more enjoyable! We also have some fun free hair templates for your Blossom Beauty that you can download here. Both teams have really rocked this set so do check out all the amazing projects shared this week.

Oh and of course - there are prizes, too! There will be three bundles for grabs - and the teaser picture is below. All you have to do is to comment on the posts shared this week as part of the Dream-pendous play. The more you comment, the bigger chance you have of winning!

For my inspiration today I am sharing a calendar journal page. Now, before you ask why it's an August one... 

At the beginning of the year I made a resolution (one of many!) to finish all projects I started in the past and never completed. Many moons ago I began creating a calendar where I could keep track of all the birthdays and anniversaries I need to remember about. The inspiration behind it was the 'challenge' started by Kate Crane from The Kathryn Wheel. So far I've done April, June, July and October so I only have a few months left to do...LOL. I chose to make the August page - I suppose I already have summer on my mind!

The background for my page was created with the DecoArt Americana acrylic paints smooshed around on the Creative Palette Monoprinting Plate. To add depth I layered lots of stamping with Mish Mesh, Grunge and Wired stamp plates - these are perfect for mixed media backgrounds.

I also fussy cut some lovely images from a napkin and added them to the page. To add texture the images were covered with Translucent Embossing Paste through sequin waste and sprinkled with a touch of Crystal Micro Glitter.

Next I sponged lovely neon inks all over the page through the Summer stencil. Then I was ready to stamp my Blossom Beauty. I coloured her with PITT pens  and aquarell pencils. I also gave her a little hat which I made using the Hydrangea Garden stamp and the Cutting Die set.

For the August banner I used some old paint swatch cards stamped with the Vintage Lowercase stamps and pins from the Smash Notes clear set.

The days were punched from Crafty Individual papers.

Additional supplies I used:
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L - Mounting Squares, MyStik® Permanent Strips, Adhesive Sheets
Tsukineko (Imagine Crafts) - Jet Black and Blue Hawaii StazOn Minis, Memento Grape Jelly, Radiant Neons - Electric Blue, Purple and Pink
Staedtler - ergosoft aquarell pencils
Faber- Castell - India Ink PITT Artist Pens

I hope you enjoyed my offering today. There is still more inspiration today for your viewing pleasure so make sure to check out the following:

Stampendous blog

Dreamweaver blog

Asia King (that's me!)

Rhea Weigand

Laura Drahozal

Janelle Stollfus

Louise Healy

Lea Kimmel

Pam Hornschu

Cyndi Bundy

Suzanne Czosek

Thank you for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. See you again tomorrow!

Witam wszystkich bardzo serdecznie i zapraszam na blogowy hop z udzialem firm Stampendous i Dreamweaver. Na uczestnikow czekaja niesamowite inspiracje a jesli posiadasz adres kontaktowy w USA, masz szanse zdobyc jedna z 3 nagrod przeznaczonych dla komentujacych.

Jako inspiracje przygotowalam strone do kalendarza w stylu art journaling. Powyzej znajduje sie lista uzytych materialow. Dziekuje za wizyte i za pozostawione komentarze :).

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Challenges for this project:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Big Stamp
Craftowy Ogrodek - Wyzwanie z UHK

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Life Is Art Tag

Hello everyone! Today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog I'm sharing a tutorial for this mixed media wooden tag:

If you have a spare moment, I'd love it if you visited the blog to see my tutorial :).

To tempt you a bit more, here the list of the yummy supplies I used:
Thin 3D Foam Squares - Mix Black

DODZ™ - Small

DODZ™ - 3D

Other supplies:

Stamps (all Stampendous) - Life Is Art, Jumbo Moray Dahlia, Asian Umbrella, Jumbo Spider Mum
Micro Glitters (Stampendous) - Black, Ice Blue, Pink
Inks (Tsukineko Imagine Crafts) - Radiant Neon Electric Pink, Timber Black StazOn
Other media: Gelatos® (Design Memory Craft), Pearl Paint Dabber and Liquid Pearls (Ranger Ink)
Ribbon - May Arts
Creative Canvas Tag - Cosmo Cricket

A short post from me today but I hope you'll enjoy this little offering.

Have a wonderful weekend!

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Challenges for this tag:
Rhedd and Rosie's Challenge Blog #29 - Trees/Wood

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