Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Stampendous New Release Week


It's Release Week at Stampendous! The Stampendous Design Team has been super busy creating fantastic projects using the new Stampendous images and essentials. Every day this week, a few of us will be showcasing our projects. This is day 3 of the inspiration so if you missed anything earlier in the week, you can catch up here.

My card uses two of my newest favorite Stampendous stamps: Cling Holly Basket and Cling Jumbo Cardinals. By the way, you can find these as well as all of the new releases at the Stampendous online store.

To create my card, I started with a 5-1/2" x 5-1/2" dark green Bazzill card base. I then cut several panels and mats using the Echo Park Season's Greetings paper pack. On the green patterned panel, I stamped the holly and ivy image from the Cling Jumbo Cardinals set using Tsukineko's Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the Holly Basket image using Tuxedo Black ink onto Copic X-Press It Blending Card. Both images were colored with Copic markers. Before adhering and attaching all the panels, I added a few more touches: I masked the Holly Basket and over-stamped it with the Stampendous Cling Calligraphy Sampler stamp. I also stamped this image onto the red piece of patterned paper. I added an Offray gold organdy ribbon and for a final touch, I sprinkled the main image with Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel. You don't need adhesive to use this enamel, just heat from the underside. Isn't it luscious? Stampendous has just released several new colors of this must-have product. Here is a close-up of my card:


Please take a moment to visit my teammates blogs. Some of them have blog candy to give away. This is in addition to this great prize pack that Stampendous is giving away.





How do you win it? It's easy! One of the featured bloggers today will be choosing a random commenter from her blog, and that lucky person will be announced on the Stampendous blog tomorrow. The more places you leave a comment, the better your chances are to win! Below is the list of team members who are sharing inspiration today:



Stampendous Impressions

Lynn Mercurio 

Cyndi Bundy

Susie Moore

Lea Kimmel

Wendy Price

Suzanne Czosek

Pam Hornschu

Melinda Gleissner

Wendy Jordan

Thanks for visiting! Remember to stop back on Saturday for our big blog hop to wrap up Release Week.

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26 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! I love the papers, they compliment the images perfectly. Great color choices :)

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  2. LOVE this! Absolutely stunning coloring on this, Melinda! I just noticed the Calligraphy background...loving how you used it!

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  3. Lovely card and great coloring.

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  4. This is beautiful! Love the basket. Thank you for sharing!

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  5. Beautiful coloring love the stamp and need i say the fragments

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  6. EJ says I love the vintage feel to this card

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  7. You did a wonderful job coloring that basket. So pretty!

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  8. I really like your use of these two gorgeous Stampendous stamps!! I love them both and your card! Thank you for sharing!

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  9. Beautiful traditional Christmas card with a vintage touch. Love your coloring on this...just beautiful, Melinda!

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  10. This is such a pretty and elegant Christmas card. The coloring is wonderful!

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  11. What a lovely card. You did a wonderful job an the embossing is a great add to it.

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  12. This is absolutely beautiful. So beautiful. I love it. Hugs, Robin

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  13. This is just gorgeous, Melinda! What a lovely card!! Thanks so much for sharing it with us today!

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  14. Such a pretty card ! I like that you have the focal point and then a bit of the ivy on the background too !

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  15. Beautiful card. Love this stamp.

    craftymom205 at yahoo dot com

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  16. This is gorgeous--so elegant, love your coloring! Thanks for sharing.

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  17. I love this card. The coloring is beautiful. Thanks,

    Martha C

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  18. Very beautiful card! That holly is gorgeous.

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  19. Beautiful. The coloring is awesome and the card charming!

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  20. You made a beautiful card! Thanks for sharing!

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  21. What a beautiful card! I love that image and you used it very well here!

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  22. this card is gorgeous. i just love the colors. it doesn't scream Christmas it's subley spoken.

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  23. Beautiful card. Gives me the Christmas spirit! Thanks for sharing.

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