Not Quite Cinderella's Magic Pumpkin Carriage!

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Stampendous' new Scary Carriage image is not quite as charming as Cinderella's carriage. They're both pumpkins that have been transformed into carriages, but that's where the similarity ends.

See for yourself!

Stampendous!® Products Used:
Scary Carriage Rubber Stamp
6x6 Cling Crackle Stamp
Mixed Media White Paper
Aged Bronze Frantage Embossing Enamel
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
VersaMark™ Ink Pad by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:
Copic® Markers Used:
   Carriage: YR12, YR14, YR16, YR18, E44, E47, E49
   Curtains, Groom's Robes, and Harness: V93, V95, V97
   Sconces and Brasswork: Y000, Y21,  Y23, Y26, Y28
   Wheels, Carriage Seat, Yoke: E23, E25 E27
   Lady Passenger: YG21, FYG2,  YR31, FY1, FYG2, FBG2
   Horse: T1, T2, T4, T5
Chipped Sapphire, Blueprint Sketch, Black Soot, and Pumice Stone Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Removable ID Labels by Avery®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Stamping Platform.

Instructions:

1. Stamp image onto white paper and onto label paper.
2. Fussy-cut the label paper version and place it onto its counterpart to mask the image.
3. Place the image panel onto the STAY-tion and secure with magnets.
4. Place the magnetic ruler over the base of the image (under the carriage and the horse) and sponge Chipped Sapphire and Blueprint Sketch Distress ink over the image.
5. Move the ruler to cover the top of the image and sponge Pumice Stone and Distress inks over the base of the image.
6. Remove the image panel from the STAY-tion. Lift the masks and reserve for another use.
7. Color the image with Copic markers.
8. Touch up any areas of the background with B63, B66, and N markers.
9. Trim image panel and mat with black cardstock cut slightly larger than the image panel.
10. Cut mixed media to 6" and secure to the stamping platform with magnets
11. Position the Cling Crackle stamp as desired, press the cover of the stamp platform onto the cling, and lift.
12. Ink the stamp with black ink and stamp.
13. Remove the image panel from the platform and secure it to the STAY-tion with magnets.
14. Place the matted image panel over the stamped panel, determine where the horizon falls, and place the magnetic ruler there.
15. Sponge Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks over the top section.
16. Move the ruler and sponge Black Soot Distress ink over the bottom section. 
17. Randomly drip Black Soot re-inker to mimic blotches on the stamp.
18. Trim this panel to 6" square and edge the entire piece with Black Soot Distress ink.
19. Thoroughtly heat set.
20. Drag the VersaMark ink pad along the edges of the panel and add Aged Bronze Frantage Embossing Enamel. Dump off excess, and heat set. Repeat if necessary.
21. Adhere this panel to a 6" square card.
22. Align the horizon of the matted image panel to the horizon of the card front and adhere.

Witches Wobble But They Don't Fall Down!

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Stampendous Products Used:
Wobbly Witch Rubber Stamp
Faboolous Perfectly Clear Stamps
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Mixed Media White Paper
Picasso Metal Shield/Stencil

Other Products Used:
Copic® Markers
   Skin: G20, G21, G24
   Mouth: E04
   Hair: E08, E18, YR16, YR27
   Dress, Shoes, and Hat: V22, V25, V28, YR16, YR18
   Bicycle: C6, C7, C8, YR16, YR18,
   Cat: C5, C6, C7, C8, G20, G24, FYG2,  YR16, YR18
Black Soot and Milled Lavender Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Lulu Lavender and Summer Sky Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Eerie 6x6 Patterned Paper Pad by Basic Grey®
Silver Ingot Metallic™ Spectrum Noir™ Pen by Crafter's Companion
Removable ID Labels by Avery®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Washi Tape Source Unknown

Purple cardstock

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5" x 11" cardstock in half. 
2. Score one piece at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the image onto white cardstock and onto label paper.
4. Fussy-cut label paper to create a mask and place over its counterpart on the image panel.
5. Secure image panel to the STAY-tion using magnets
6. Sponge Summer Sky, Lulu Lavender, and Milled Lavender inks over the Picasso Shield to create a cloudy sky behind the witch.
7. Remove the mask from the image panel and reserve.  
8. Remove the image panel from the STAY-tion.
9. Color the image with Copic markers.
10. Adhere road-patterned Washi tape at the base of the image panel and secure on the reverse of the image panel.
11. Cut purple solid-ish paper to 4" x 5.25" wide to create the card front. 
12. Cut dotted purple paper to 3" x 5.25" and edge with Black Soot Distress ink.
13. Adhere the dotted purple paper to the card front.
14. Stamp the sentiment onto green solid-ish paper from the pad and edge with Black Soot Distress ink.
15. Adhere the sentiment and the image panel to the card front as shown.
16. Tatter the edges of the card front with a paper distressor or a scissor blade.
17. Adhere the card front to the purple card.

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Leaves Falling Card

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Stampendous!® Used:
Leaves Falling Rubber Stamp
Décor Cling Leaves Rubber Stamp
Build a Wreath Die Set
Fitted Frames A Cutting Dies Set
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Mixed Media White Paper

Other Products Used:
Barn Door, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge, Twisted Citron, Crushed Olive, and Mowed Lawn Distress® Oxide Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Soot Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Cardstock
Red Cardstock
Raffia
Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of red cardstock in half.
2. Score the card at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Cut black cardstock to 4" x 5.25". Set aside.
4. Randomly sponge Distress Oxide inks onto a whole sheet of Mixed Media paper. 
5. Spritz with water, heat set.
6. Repeat steps #4 and #5 until happy with the results.
7. Heat set until bone dry, then heat set some more.
8. Using temporary adhesive, adhere the sheet to scrap paper, then secure to a stamping platform with magnets.
9. Place the 8" square Décor Cling stamp, face down onto the inked paper and press the stamp platform's cover onto the foam.
10. Lift foam, ink with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. Repeat if necessary to ensure a good impression. Heat set.
11. Remove the stamped sheet from the platform and remove from the scrap paper.
12. Trim the unstamped area  (~3" x 8.5") from the inked sheet of Mixed Media paper.
13. Use Nocturne VersaFine Clair ink to stamp the sentiment onto the 3" strip and heat set.
14. Using one of the dies from the Fitted Frames A Cutting Dies set, cut the sentiment, then edge with Black Soot Distress ink.
15. Use the next largest die to cut red cardstock.
16. Adhere the edged die-cut sentiment to the red die-cut.
17. Use the tri-leaf die from the Build a Wreath Die Cut set to cut the unstamped but inked strip two times..
18. Trim the leaf stamped image panel to 5 1/8" x 3 7/8".
19. Edge with Black Soot Distress ink then mat with the reserved black cardstock.
20. Add raffia horizontally across the card front, securing on the back with tape.
21. Adhere the sentiment die-cut.
22. Tuck the two tri-leaf die-cuts under the sentiment as shown.
23. Adhere the image panel to the card.

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Happy Fall Shaker Card

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Here's a Happy Fall Shaker card!

Stampendous!® Used:
Décor Cling Leaves Rubber Stamp
Truck Load Die Set
Build a Wreath Die Set
Nocturne VersaFine Clair™ Ink by Tsukineko®
Mixed Media White Paper

Other Products Used:
Barn Door, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Rusty Hinge, Twisted Citron Distress® Oxide Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Black Soot Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Red Cardstock
Shaker contents by Doodles Paper Playground
Black Crafty Foam Tape by Scrapbook Adhesives® by 3L
Acetate
Stamping Platform
Anti-Static Pouch

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of red cardstock in half.
2. Score the card at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Randomly sponge Distress Oxide inks onto a whole sheet of Mixed Media paper. 
4. Spritz with water, heat set.
5. Repeat steps #4 and #5 until happy with the results.
6. Heat set until bone dry, then heat set some more.
7. Using temporary adhesive, adhere the sheet to scrap paper, then secure to a stamping platform with magnets.
8. Place the 8" square Décor Cling stamp, face down onto the inked paper and press the stamp platform's cover onto the foam.
9. Lift foam, ink with Nocturne VersaFine Clair Ink, and stamp. Repeat if necessary to ensure a good impression. Heat set.
10. Trim this panel to 5.25" x 4" to form the card front.
11. Using one of the circle  dies from the Build a Wreath die set, cut a circle from the center of the card front, then edge the circle window and the card front's edges with Black Soot Distress ink.
12. Flip the card front over and adhere clear acetate over the window.
13. Adhere foam tape around the window and around the edges of the card front. Do NOT pull off the covering to reveal the sticky tape part. 
14. Rub the acetate window and the edges of the foam tape with Anti-Static pouch to prevent the shaker goodies from sticking. Maybe that will work for you. Or not.
15. Add the shaker goodies to the well formed by the foam tape.
16. Lift the foam tape covering and press the card front into the tape to seal the window.
17. Use the word dies from the Truck Load Die set to cut red cardstock.
18. Adhere the sentiment as shown.
19. Adhere the shaker card front to the red card.

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Happy Haunting!

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Here's my card using the new Seated Skelly Rubber Stamp!

Stampendous!® Products Used:
Seated Skelly Rubber Stamp
Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear Stamp Set
Metal Stencil
Mixed Media White Paper
Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:
Copic® Markers:
   Bones: T0, T1, T2, E40
   Cape: V93, V95, V99
   Pumpkin: YR04, Y416, Y17, R17, R89, E44, E47
   Raven: N5, N6, N7
Purple and Orange Cardstock
Milled Lavender and Black Soot Distress® Inks by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries
Jet Black Archival™ Ink by Ranger Industries
An Eerie Tale 8x8 and 6x6 Patterned Paper Pads by Graphic 45®
Nameplate Die by Spellbinders®
A2 Layers  Die Set by The Stamp Doctor
Gemstones by Kaisercraft
STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries
Removable ID Labels by Avery®

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5" x 11" purple cardstock in half. 
2. Score at 4.25" and fold to form an A2 card.
3. Cut pumpkin patterned paper to 4" x 5.25", edge with Black Soot Distress Ink, and adhere to the card.
4. Using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, stamp the image onto mixed media cardstock and onto label paper.
5. Fussy-cut the label paper version to form a mask. Place mask over the image on the cardstock.
6. Secure the image panel to the STAY-tion using magnets.
7. Sponge or brush Milled Lavender Distress ink over the stencil onto the image panel.
8. Place the magnetic ruler horizontally across the image panel.
9. Sponge or brush Milled Lavender Distress ink over the bottom of the image panel.
10. Remove the image panel from the STAY-tion.
11. Remove mask and reserve for another use.
12. Color the image with Copic markers.
13. Use one of the dies from the A2 set to cut the image panel.
14. Use a larger die from the set to cut orange cardstock.
15. Using Archival ink, stamp the sentiment onto orange cardstock, then cut with the nameplate die. 
16. Edge both the orange rectangle and the sentiment nameplate with Black Soot Distress ink.
17. Adhere the image panel onto the edged orange rectangle.
18. Adhere the matted image panel and the sentiment to the card.
19. Adhere gemstones to either side of the nameplate to finish the card.

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Happy Birthday from a Posh Bird

It's Tuesday, which means that it's my day to share a project created for Topflight Stamps. I've been on a bit of a bird kick so I decided to use my new Poshtrich Clear Stamp Set by Pink Ink Designs®. There are ten stamps included in the set. There's the posh and fabulous ostrich below, an ostrich with his head buried in the sand, a flower, a feather, two crowns, a butterfly, and three sentiments -- all of which make this set very versatile and fun!

Here's the card.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Poshtrich Clear Stamp Set by Pink Ink Designs®

Classic Sentiments Clear Stamp Set by Heffy Doodle

Onyx Black VersaFine™ ink by Tsukineko®

PSA: There are lots of fantastic new products at Topflight Stamps, so you should definitely click on over there after reading my instructions! BTW, if you'd like to get 12% off your order at Topflight Stamps use THIS LINK!

Other Products Used:

Solar White Classic Crest® Cardstock by Neenah Papers

Avalanche White Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Mixed Media White Cardstock by Stampendous!®

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Blueprint Sketch, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries

Crea-Nestlies XL Tag Die Set 6 by Crealies

5 x 7 Card Creator Nestabilities Die Set by Spellbinders®

Bubbles Elemental Stencils by Finnabair for Prima Marketing®

Copic® Markers: B60 B64, B66, B69, RV29, RV52, RV55, V12, V15 V17, BV20, BV23, BV25, YG41, YG45, C0, C1, N8

Purple Stardust® Glitter Pen by Sakura

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Instructions:

1. Use Tuxedo Black Memento ink to stamp the posh ostrich onto white cardstock.
2. Color the image with Copic markers.
3. Use the glitter pen to add a touch of glitter to the three dots over the flowers on her neck. Sadly, you can't see this lovely glittery touch. Bummer.
4. Use one of the tag dies to cut the image panel.
5. Keep the image panel inside the die and lightly sponge or brush Blueprint Sketch Distress ink over the die and onto the panel.
6. Remove the image panel die-cut from the die and set aside.
7. Cut a piece of 8.5" x 11" Mixed Media paper in half.
8. Sponge or brush Blueprint Sketch Distress ink over one half of the paper.
9. Place the inked paper onto the STAY-tion, position the Bubbles stencil as desired on the paper, and secure the stencil and the paper with the magnets.
10. Sponge or brush Blueprint Sketch, Picked Raspberry, and Wilted Violet Distress inks over the stencil onto the paper until you're happy with the coverage.
11. Lift the stencil and clean it and the STAY-tion. Or not. Whatever floats your particular boat.
12. Use the largest die from the 5 x 7 Card Creator set to cut the stenciled mixed media paper to create the card front.
13. Adhere the image panel die-cut onto the card front as shown.
14. Edge the card front with Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink.
15. Adhere the card front onto a white 5 x 7 card.
16. Using Onyx Black VersaFine ink, stamp the sentiment from the Classic Sentiments Clear Set by Heffy Doodle onto the strip of unstenciled blue-sponged paper.
17. Use a flag die to cut the sentiment.
18. Edge the sentiment with Wilted Violet Distress ink.
19. Adhere the sentiment as shown to finish the card.

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Freedom!

The lovely Uncaged Raven is free just in time to celebrate Halloween which is his favorite holiday!

Stampendous!® Products Used:

Uncaged Raven (W216) Rubber Stamp

Spooky Wishes Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

6x6 Cling Crackle Rubber Stamp

Mixed Media Paper

Tuxedo Black Memento™ Ink by Tsukineko®

Other Products Used:

Pumice Stone and Blueprint Sketch Distress® Inks by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Industries

Ruby Red Delicata® Ink by Tsukineko®

Copic® Markers: N4, N5, N6, Y23, Y26, Y28

Red Stardust® Glitter Gel Pen by Sakura

Red and Grey Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Industries

Stamping Platform

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of 8.5" grey cardstock in half.
2. Score and fold one piece to form an A2 card.
3. Cut a piece of red cardstock to 4" x 5.25" and adhere to the grey card.
4. Cut a piece of Mixed Media in half. Secure one half to the STAY-tion using magnets.
5. Place ruler horizontally across the paper.
6. Sponge Distress inks over top portion of the paper.
7. Move the ruler and sponge Distress inks over the bottom part of the paper. 
8. Heat set the ink.
9. Mask the bottom part of the image. 
10. Secure the image panel to a stamping platform with magnets. 
11. Position the 6x6 Crackle Stamp on the image panel as desired. Press the lid of the stamping platform onto cling back of the stamp. Lift the platform lid.
12. Ink the stamp using Pumice Stone Distress ink and stamp the image panel.
13. Remove the backgrounder from the platform.
14. Lift the mask covering the base of the image panel.
15. Position the Uncaged Raven stamp as desired. Press the lid of the platform onto the cling back of the stamp. 
16. Ink with Memento ink and stamp. 
17. Remove the stamp from the platform
18. Position the sentiment on the image panel as shown. Press the lid of the platform onto the back of the stamp, and lift.
19. Ink the stamp with Ruby Red Delicata ink and stamp the image panel. Heat set.
20. Color the raven with Copic markers.
21. Use Red glitter pen to color the Raven's eye.
22. Position 
23. Edge the entire image panel with Pumice Stone Distress ink.
24. Adhere the image panel to the card.

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