Hopping with Imagine Crafts & Stampendous

Today is the final day of the blog hop between Stampendous and Imagine Craft!

I decided to continue on with the background I started earlier this week but created a tag.

I stamped the different mixed media stamps using the neon inks.  To make the images pop I stamped them using StazOn Jet Black ink and embossed them using Stampendous black embossing powder.

I then added a touch of hot pink color fragments and hot orange color fragments and a few sequins.

After all that mixed media I decided a clean and layered card was in order.

I stamped the image using StazOn black ink. I then painted the flower using the neon inks and a waterbrush.  I added a hint of shading with watercolor pencils.  I stamped the sentiment on vellum and attached it over the image.


Products: Stampendous - Studio NK - Grunge Cling,  Mixed Media Cling,  Mixed Media - Musical Motif,  Wild Roses,  Say it Today Clear Stamp Set,   Jumbo Cling Butterfly Trio, Live Creatively, Radiant Neon Inks, StazOn - Jet Black, Stampendous Black Embossing Powder, Neon Fragments - Stampendous

Remember to comment on as many posts as you can. You can comment until the end of Sunday, May 25, 2014. We'll draw three random blog posts from all the posts this week, then choose a winner from each post. You must have a US Mailing address to win, although we sure hope all of you will comment! You can find the Official Rules for all our contests HERE. We'll announce winners here on Monday or Tuesday next week, so be sure to check back with us. (or subscribe to our blog by email at the top of this page!) If you missed the earlier posts this week, it's not too late to comment on those. You can find them here: MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. Check out this inspiration today - remember to leave a comment!

Stampendous Blog

Imagine Crafts Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Darsie Bruno

Janelle Stollfus

Nancy Hawes

Jamie Martin

John Creighton Petersen

Krissy Fossmeyer

Tobi Crawford

Tenia Nelson

Wendy Price

Rhea Weigand

Lea Kimmel

Suzanne Czosek

  ***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, "Sorry this page cannot be found," just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog's name), and it will take you to that blog's most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

Thanks for hopping along!

Suzz

Bright & Happy Colors

Stampendous and Imagine Crafts are hopping this week!

We are showcasing the bright and bold neon colors.  This gave me a chance to create some fun and funky birthday cards that my kids can use for their friends birthdays.

First up I was playing with he pink and yellow inks:

I actually put this piece aside and restarted it and mixed up the stamps to create this card:

After getting a thumbs up from my teenager on this card I went back and finished the first one so I had two of them.  Both very much liked by my daughters.

I wanted to try a different idea that was running around in my head and I came up with my masculine version using neon colors:

My college aged son looked at both and said cards for girls and boys so I think it will fly for a teen boy.

For this card I wanted a black background but showcasing the neon colors so I used the neon inks on stamps and randomly stamped the entire surface.  After I finished I heat embossed the entire surface using clear embossing powder.

After that was complete I sponged black dye ink over the surface.  After I finished covering it in black ink I wiped off the excess black ink on the embossed areas.

Products: Stampendous - Studio NK - Grunge Cling,  Mixed Media Cling,  Studio NK - Mish Mesh, 
Mixed Media - Dress Form,  Grunge Birthday Stamp, Stack Art - Regal Bird Stamps,   Radiant Neon Inks, Memento - Black, Stampendous Clear Embossing Powder, Neon Fragments - Stampendous

Look at the fabulous prize packages up for grabs.



You can win 3 of the brand new Radiant Neon™ ink pads and 3 jars of our Color Fragments! We'll give away three prize packages (color is our choice) to U.S. Mailing addresses. You have until the end of Sunday, May 25 to comment on as many of the Design Team Blog Posts from this week as possible. Monday we'll draw three random blog posts and one comment from each of those posts will win a prize package! If you're just joining us, here are the links for MONDAY and TUESDAY's posts.

So let's get hoppin'!! Here are the designers with inspiration for you today, please go leave them some appreciation.

Stampendous Blog 

Imagine Crafts Blog

Allie Gower

Ellen Taylor

Rhea Weigand

Savannah O'Gwynn

Suzanne Czosek

Debbie Gaetz

***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, "Sorry this page cannot be found," just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog's name), and it will take you to that blog's most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz