Clearsnap and Stampendous Fun!

This week the Stampendous Design Team is collaborating with Clearsnap to share some great products and ideas with you.  

All of the sudden I realized this afternoon that Christmas is 2 weeks away.  I am NOT ready!  Tomorrow I'm going out to try to finish most of my shopping and I'm hoping to get the rest of our decorations out.  Next week I'll worry about getting started on my baking. 

In the meantime, I thought I would make my gift tags.  I have always loved the look of red on kraft, and this Cling Sweater Square stamp by Stampendous was begging to be made into a gift tag!  This was so fast and easy to make - I had a pile of them ready to go in no time!  The Color Box Petal Point Fluid Chalk Ink has a beautiful palette, has great coverage on kraft card stock and is easy to use.

To finish the tag, I added a length of red grosgrain ribbon  that is tied off with a piece of hemp cord.  Quick and easy!  My kind of project!

Stop by the Stampendous blog to see who else has inspiration to share with you today and be sure to visit again tomorrow when I'll have another project to share with you.

Take time to get inky today!

It's Time to HOP!!!

Today the Stampendous and Dreamweaver Stencils design teams have gotten together for a summer fun blog hop.  Dreamweavers Stencils and Stampendous Essentials are a winning combination!  Add a Stampendous stamp or two and you have perfection!

Today I'm sharing a tag that I made for my mother-in-law.  She loves lighthouses, so this Lighthouse stencil was my first choice.  The lighthouse and the sailboat are actually on the same stencil, but I inked them up on 2 pieces of card stock so look like two separate images.  The tag itself was inked with distress inks and the Petals Background stencils and then I added Crystal Embossing Powder over the whole tag and heat set it.  I thought it looked like water droplets.  

Stampendous has a wonderful line of Essentials that pair perfectly with Dreamweavers stencils.  On my tag I used Lemonade Yellow Fun Flock for the sun, Multi Ultra Fine Crystal Glitter, Champagne PearLustre Embossing Powder, Clear Bark EP, Detail Black EP, Ruby Red EP, and Blue Ultra Fine Pastel Glitter.

The Stampendous Soaring Sentiments stamp set has some really great messages and I thought this one was perfect!  I added some ribbon and a shell charm from Blue Moon Beads and VOILA!  

We hope you’ve been following along all week so that you can have the opportunity to win one of three terrific prize packages!

Just be sure you leave comments on each of the blogs below to be entered as many times as possible to win.

Dream It Up!

Stampendous

Louise Healy 

Jamie Martin

Janelle Stollfus 

Jennifer Dove 

Lyn Bernatovich  

Krissy Fossmeyer ---that's me!

Terrece Siddoway

Laura Drahozal  

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu  

Lea Kimmel

Cherylynn Moser

Cyndi Bundi   

Suzanne Czosek

Jessica Griffin

Stacey Rumsby  

Tenia Nelson

Heidi Erickson

Rhea Weigand

Tobi Crawford
Asia King

Thanks so much for joining us today! Hope all is well in your corner of the world.

Take time to get inky today!

Cup of Cheer Gift Tag

This was another tag included in Rachael's Christmas gift last year. The great thing about this tag is that it could be used at any time of the year. Pair it with some gourmet tea, chocolate covered espresso beans or a coffee mug to celebrate any occasion. This Hero Arts stamp set is one of my favorites...you'll probably see it making another appearance soon. I added Diamond Glaze to the "tea" inside the cup, to make it look wet. Some Crystal Stickles on the steam is the perfect finishing touch!

recipe: paper: The Paper Co.; stamps: Hero Arts Sparkle Clear Tea, Hero Arts Holiday Tags; oval template: Creative Memories; ink: Tsukineko Graphite Black; Crystal Stickles; Diamond Glaze; ProArt Watercolor Pencils

Snowman Gift Tag

Last year one of my favorite gifts that I gave anyone was a set of gift tags for my college roommate. This was one that I included in her collection. I like the was the snowflake flourish looks behind Mr. Snowman. Gift tags are a quick and easy project and a great way to use up scraps of paper and ribbon.

recipe: paper: The Paper Co,; stamps: snowman: Studio, flourish: Hero Arts Winter's Butterfly; to/from: Hero Arts Holiday Tags; sentiment: Studio G; ink: Tsukineko Graphite Black, Tsukineko Moonlight White; ribbon: Target $1 Spot; Crystal Stickles (buttons); Orange Prismacolor Pencil (nose)

Shake Your Tail Feather...it's almost Christmas!

This was a quick and easy gift tag to make and a great way to use up some ribbon scraps. I can't bring myself to throw away a piece of ribbon that I may be able to use later, so I have a cute little box I keep my scraps in for future use. The ribbons on this gift tag make me smile because they remind me of little tail feathers. I added red Stickles to the holly berries.

recipe: Paper: The Paper Co.; stamps: Hero Arts Christmas Wishes (Archiver's Exclusive), Hero Arts Holiday Tags; Christmas Red Stickles; ribbon: JoAnn's; decorative edge scissors: Provo Craft

Paper-Pieced Snowman Gift Tag

This was a fun gift tag to make last Christmas for my oldest son's Preschool classmates. I made ornaments for each kid, and placed them in red lunchbags. These tags looked so cute attached to the top of the bags with green ribbon. I CASE'd these from a magazine I had kept from a few years ago. Always trying to be frugal, I used old manila folders for the tag itself.