FROGGIE YOGA!

OMG, this stamp set from Stampendous is so adorable.  It just makes me smile and it's the next stamp set to be used on THE STENCIL SPECIALIST'S Monthly Blog Hop Challenge.  In fact, it's owner Julie's last competition for the year.

SSC1269 Frog Yoga Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

To enter THE STENCIL SPECIALIST'S BLOG CHALLENGE you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must include the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome and I would love to hear what you think about this adorable new stamp set.  Aussies have until midnight Friday, EST, to enter this hop and win the stamp!  Please see my Frog Yoga Step Card below and be sure and click on the links to see all samples by Julie's Design Team. Stamping joys,  :-) Donna

https://thestencilspecialist.blogspot.com/2017/11/november-blog-hop-competition.html

https://tracyscraftyadventures.blogspot.com/2017/11/frog-hopping-along-with-stencil.html

http://purplesalt.net/2017/11/20/stampendous-november-blog-hop/

BETTER BE GOOD OR ELF CHALLENGE!

Welcome to another Blog Challenge hosted by owner Julie at the Stencil Specialist.  The focus of this challenge is an adorable Christmas Stamp Set, by Stampendous, entitled "Seated Elf."  There are 5 images and 3 dies included in the set:


To enter this Blog Challenge you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must include the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome and I would love to hear what you think about this adorable new stamp set.  Aussies have until midnight Friday, EST, to enter this hop and win the stamp!  Please see my Gift Tags below and be sure and click on the links to see all samples of "Seated Elf" by Julie's Design Team. Stamping joys,  :-) Donna

Julie

Tracy

Robyn

OWL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS

Welcome to another Blog Challenge hosted by owner Julie at the Stencil Specialist.  The focus of this challenge is a beautiful owl and clock stamp from Stampendous entitled Owl Clock.

To enter this Blog Challenge you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must include the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome and I would love to hear what you think about this beautiful new stamp.  Aussies have until midnight Friday, EST, to enter this hop and win the stamp!  Please see my version below and be sure and click on the links to see all samples of Owl Clock by Julie's Design Team. Stamping joys,  :-) Donna

Julie

Tracy

Robyn

FALL IS IN THE AIR!

Good morning everyone.  i can’t quite believe I am finally saying this but, “Fall is in the air” and OMG it feels soooooo good!  To help celebrate our cooler weather, here are some adorable fall cards from our Design Team at Lasting Impressions.  Enjoy and happy Fall embossing.  🙂  Donna

This card was created by L.I. Design Team Member Barbara using L.I. Temp #L9538:

 This card is also by Barbara using L.I. Temp # L9540:

Another card by Barbara using L.I. Temp #L9538:

Last card by Barbara using L.I. Temps #L9533 and #L9676:

 

Donna's card using L.I. Temp #L9541:

Donna's card using L.I. Temp #L9677:

Donna's card using L.I. Temp #L9416:

Donna's last card using L.I. Temps #L9240 and S571:

Kaye's card using L.I. Temp #L9613:

JUST BECAUSE

Good afternoon everyone.  Kaye at Lasting Impressions had a class last week using L.I. Template #L9372, entitled “Just Because.”  Here is what the brass template looks like and here is what she created for her class:

I love the yellow and grey cardstock she used and the very clever layout. Don’t you just love polka-dots?  Then L.I. Design Team Member Barbara and I decided to add our two cents, “just because,” and came up with these two samples:

Barbara’s Just Because, L.I. Template #L9372.

Don’t you love the pink and orange colors and the clever way she used the sentiment.  Now here’s my version:

Donna’s Just Because, L.I. Template #L9372.

I used the Colored Impressons’ Software to print and emboss the “Just Because” wording and then left just enough space on the bottom of my card for the rest of the sentiment I wanted to add.  I embossed the “orange” image twice … once on orange cardstock and then a second time I cut out sections of the orange for the image done using Peach cardstock and layered the sections on top.  I used L.I. Template #L9790 for the leaves.  I hope you will give this very fun template a try and come up with your own version, just because!
Happy embossing, 🙂  Donna

CRR297 Autumn Points

Welcome to another Blog Challenge hosted by my very good friend Julie at the Stencil Specialist.  The focus of this challenge is a beautiful leaf stamp from Stampendous entitled Autumn Points.  To enter this Blog Challenge you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must include the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome and I would love to hear what you think about this beautiful new stamp.  Aussies have until midnight Friday, EST, to enter this hop and win the stamp!  Please see my version below and be sure and click on the links to see all samples of Autumn Points by Julie's Design Team.  Stamping joys,  :-) Donna

The Stencil Specialist - Julie
Robyn
Tracy

Good afternoon and welcome to another Blog Challenge hosted by my very good friend Julie at the Stencil Specialist.  The focus of this challenge is a beautiful Christmas stamp set from Stampendous called Pine Ornaments.  To enter this Blog Challenge you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must include the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome, however, and I would love to hear what you think about this beautiful new stamp. Aussies have until midnight Friday, EST to enter this hop and win:

•  Two Stampendous stamps
• Two Dreamweaver Die sets
• Two packs of adhesive rhinestones
• Two speciality embossing powders
• One jar of the new 'Twinkle Glitter'

Good luck to all of you Aussies.  Here is my card and please visit the links below.  Stamping joys, :-)  Donna

The Stencil Specialist - Julie

Robyn

Tracy

CHRISTMAS IN JULY AT LASTING IMPRESSIONS

Good morning everyone.  I've been super busy trying to get ready for my next classes and also make time to upload some Christmas ideas to the L.I. Blog.  Lately I have been doing a lot of stamping and when I posted the cards below on the L.I. Blog, the post reminded me just how much I love embossing!  The technique will always be my favorite.  Take a peek:

BUILD A LIGHTHOUSE CHALLENGE

Good morning and welcome to another Blog Challenge hosted by my very good friend Julie at the Stencil Specialist.  The focus of this challenge is a beautiful stamp set from Stampendous called Build a Lighthouse and was designed by Fran Seiford, the owner of Stampendous.  To enter this Blog Challenge you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must leave the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome,however, and I would love to hear what you think about this beautiful new stamp. Aussies have until midnight Friday, EST to enter this hop and win the Lighthouse set!  Good luck, here's my card and please visit the links below.  Stamping joys, :-)  Donna

Julie

Robyn

Dot

A WHALE OF A TIME UNDER THE SEA

Good morning and welcome to another Blog Challenge hosted by my very good friend Julie at the Stencil Specialist.  The focus of this challenge is a beautiful new stamp from Stampendous called "Stylized Whale" and was designed by Fran Seiford, the owner of Stampendous.  To enter this Blog Challenge you must be a resident of Australia and along with your comments, you must leave the town in which you live in.  All comments are welcome,however, and I would love to hear what you think about this beautiful new stamp.  Aussies have until the 28th to enter this hop and win the Stylized Whale stamp!  Good luck and here's my shaker card version, "Under the Sea."   Stamping joys, :-)  Donna

Dot

Robyn

The Stencil Specialist

THANK YOU KAREN!

I love to hear from my crafting friends and when they send me a card they have made either through snail mail or e-mail, I'm delighted to receive a new idea and post it for everyone to see!  Here are two such ideas from my friend Karen.  I love her little bunny plant stick and her card will certainly bring a smile to anyone's face!  Thank you so much Karen!  Embossing joys, :-) Donna

EASTER KIT FROM LASTING IMPRESSIONS

OMG ... have you seen the adorable Easter Kit that Kaye created at Lasting Impressions?  I love the blue and yellow of the chick card and the Carrot Treat Holders are so cute!  And we all need a little "faith" in our lives.  Take a look:

Visit Lasting Impressions today and purchase your kit.  If you live in Utah, you might want to sign up for Kaye's classes.  They are fabulous.  Embossing joys, :-) Donna

STAMPENDOUS BUTTERFLY CHALLENGE

Flutterbye

is one of the new releases from Stampendous

by designer Laurel Burch. 

My friend Julie from The Stencil Specialist 

is hosting another Aussie Blog Hop in Australia

this week featuring this beautiful stamp.  You must live
in Australia in order to win the challenge, but if you live in

the good old USA like I do (or elsewhere!), I would
still love to hear from you!  So please leave
your comments below.

Here is how the challenge works
for those in Australia:

Leave a comment on this blog and the town you

live in to be in the draw to win this stamp.  An extra entry
is given for each of the designer's blogs that you leave
a comment on (listed below).

My blog = 1 entry

4 blogs = 4 entries

You have until the 31st of March to enter this hop.
Here are the links to the Design Team and
below are the additional ways in which I used
this beautiful stamp.

Julie

Robyn

Dot

Before I actually mounted my Butterfly, I tried using it several ways and the last card, I actually photographed the card in black and white.  I am in love with this stamp and I think you will be too.

Fluttering with stamping joys, Donna

A GARDEN HOME

One of my very closest friends just moved from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Scottsdale, Arizona and I thought I would send her a card wishing her good health and happiness in her new home.  I found this adorable Stampendous Stamp, Garden Home, #CRW164, in my ever-growing-stamp-collection, and figured it just might do the trick!

The stamp is 3 1/4" tall and 4" wide so my card base is a 5" square card.  I stamped the image on White Linen Cardstock and used a Cross-Stitched Frame Die Set from Lawn Fawn to cut it out. Next I colored the image with my Copic Sketch Markers, did some faux "stitching" with a black pen, and added White 3-D Scribbles Paint Dots to complete the card.  Then, while on a roll, I made up kits for my next card classes using the Stampendous Stamp Happy Birds, #SSC1255:

  

This card measures 5 1/4" tall x 12" long and folds flat.  I love birds so I just couldn't resist creating this card with little "wing ribbons" stapled at the top of each section.  I'm happy with the way it turned out.  I hope my classmates enjoy putting it together.  Stamping joys, :-)  Donna

EASTER PARADE!

Good morning!  The Easter Parade is well on it's way over at Lasting Impressions.  If you have not had an opportunity to go look and buy some fun oldies but goodies restocked templates, do so while you can because I hear they are going fast.  Here's a look at the latest card samples I just posted on the L.I. Blog from Design Team Member Barbara!  They are an Easter Parade of their own!
Embossing joys, :-)  Donna

HOPPING ALONG

Easter will be here next month and I’ve started my cards … have you?  I have to admit, there are times when I forget how much fun it is to emboss!  Then I pick up a stylus, grab a template, and some of the new Lasting Impressions’ paper, and before ya know it, I am in love with embossing all over agaiin!.  Here are some cards I made this morning.

Donna’s Egg Bunny, L.I. Template #L9186.

Donna’s Carrot Catch, L.I. Template #L9747

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Donna’s Crackin Eggs, L.I. Template #L9744.

  

Donna’s Peek-a-Boo Slider, L.I. Template #L9275, from the front and the inside of card.

Be sure and check out the new cardstock and fun templates at Lasting Impressions.  Embossing joys, :-)  Donna

IT'S A WHOPPER!

Our weather here in San Diego has been so crazy ... crazy enough to turn a simple cold into a whopper ... and I do mean a HUGE WHOPPER.  As I am healing from this miserable cold (and now my hubby has it), here's a quick look at one of my very favorite templates from Lasting Impressions.  I can't begin to tell you how many cards I have made using M19, Sketch Frames.  First I use the Colored Impressions' Software to print the basic layout on white cardstock and then I add an embossed image. Here are two examples of this very easy, and very quick, idea:

  

Let your imagination run wild and see how many L.I. embossed images you can mount on this layout ... and make a few whoppers of your own!

Embossing joys, :-)  Donna
L.I. Templates M19 and L9188