Playtime at Crafters Workshop booth

Soooo, I never really did a CHA recap.  I had a blast seeing some old friends and of course meeting new ones.  The Stampendous DT had an awesome dinner and playtime at the Stampendous office one night.  And the Dreamweaver Stencils DT had a fabby Mexican dinner and drinks out one night.

I got to meet all the peeps from Crafters Companion UK and US :)  I took an incredibly inspiring class with Dyan Reavely the day after CHA (which I will share that project later)

AND I was able to explore lots of the booths that I wanted to see.  I seemed to gravitate towards the mixed media this year...Crafters Workshop stencils, Splash of Color (the newly redesigned Creative Imaginations and now US distributor of Viva Decor), Faber Castell, Ranger, Tsulineko, etc etc.

My favorite part was that the Crafters Workshop booth had a Playtime table every day with different designers.  I got to play with Ronda Palazzari, Natalie Karbach, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer, and Dina Wakely.  Each designer had tags available for us to work on but I just happened to bring along my art journal, so BONUS for me!  Here are the 2 pages that I did while hanging out with Dina Wakely.

These have got to be 2 of my all time pages I've ever created!  I worked with new Dylusions spray ink colors, Liquitex paints, a new fun paste from Viva Decor, and of course new Crafters Workshop stencils!

Too fun!  Thanks ladies for all the fabulous inspiration last week!

New Beginnings with New Stencils

Greetings from sunny California!  Lea and I should have arrived in Anaheim last night and this post (along with others this week) is pre-scheduled :)  Its Thursday and time for another round of this month's Dreamweaver Stencils challenge: New Beginnings!

What says new beginnings more than a wedding?  This new Bride Stencil is perfect for Wedding, shower, or thank you cards.   I chose to emboss the stencil with Pearlescent Embossing Paste.  After that was dry I placed the clean stencil back over the image and then added Versamark ink with a large sponge dauber.    I removed the stencil and then rubbed on Metallic FX powders in Moonstone and Pink Poppy.

The card was completed with a new sentiment from Stampendous (available soon) and a ribbon knot through a pin from Webster's pages.  Papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle.

I hope you'll join our challenge this month!  And be sure to visit the team's blogs today for more inspiration!

Pam Hornschu   

Laura Drahozal  

Louise Healy  

Wendy Jordan  

Terrece Siddoway 

Kristi Van Doren 

Georgia Sommers 

Lee Kellogg 

Liz Martin

 Cyndi Bundy 

Cherylynn Moser 

CHA!!

OK, 2 days of CHA down and I still haven't walked the floor at all! I've been busy working in the 3L booth, helping with the Dreamweaver Stencils class, and mostly working in the Globecraft Memories booth.  I have a bunch of pics I took in the Globecraft booth yesterday.

All 3 of these are jewelry made with the chipboard pieces from new Card Piccolo kits.  Below are shots of the some of the new Wall decor Piccolo kits...also ALL chipboard!  These pieces are simply embossed with their new line of powders.

The card kits...

My absolute FAVORITE the new Steampunk airship in the classic size...

Laura Weed and Lisa Hinsley from Stampendous! stopped in to see us...

Here's my friend Lea during the Dreamweaver class, sporting her new hat from Prima...

And here's me with Suzi Blu who also popped by the booth!  Oh my she's a nut and totally adorable!

CHA January 2001 Part 1

Sorry for no posts for the last couple of days. I came back from LA to mass confusion in my house, but thats another story for another day.

Today, since I haven't had any stamping time for a few days I am going to share some photos from CHA. These are the first of many. The ones today are all from the Stampendous! booth.

Stampendous! proudly introduced its newest line of stamps: Jumbo Cling Rubber! These babies are simply fantastic! Below are some shots of one corner of the booth. In house designer Tammie created some fabulous home decor on canvas!

Here's a shot of all the new Jumbos available through your local store! Don't have one? Click HERE to go to the store finder on the Stampendous! website!

Here are some pillows that Tammie stamped with acrylic paints!

And of course a view of the whole couch!

Totally cool right? I will post more pics another day! Thanks for stopping in :)

-Cyndi

My Guy

I have a layout to share with you today. This was an 8x8 page that I created for Stampendous! last year. It was so much fun to create because I made my own background paper (Similar to some I had seen by Rusty Pickle) to color with my Copic markers. I pulled out random background pieces from many larger sets to make a collage effect.

I waited to long to post this, because it looks as if all these sets have since been retired. BUT the good news is...there are sooooo many new and exciting sets on the way from Stampendous! which will be released at CHA later this month. Check the Stampendous! blog for some fun sneak peeks!!

(Also, many of the basic sets are still available at some major retailers such as Michael's and Archiver's.)

Be sure to come by to see the Stampendous! booth if you are going to CHA. Be sure to follow along on Twitter HERE to get all the details! I am not officially working this year but will be hanging out a bit! Leave me a comment here if you are going and I would love to meet my cyber friends!!

-Cyndi

Pixie Dust Challenge!

I haven't played along in many other challenges lately that aren't using images from companies that I design for...and I really miss using a lot of my other stamps and digis! Here's a card I started weeks ago using Zeeba the Zebra from Pixie Dust Studio. He is just the cutest thing!

I had started coloring him with this fun pattern paper in mind by Crate Paper but never finished him. Well, this weeks challenge at the Pixie Dust Studio Challenge Blog is to incorporate Kraft into your design. Well, well. Kraft made a PERFECT background for this card! I also added a bunch of Primas...one of which is actually Kraft colored too!

I hope to start playing along with more challenges again and with my other images. That is one of my personal goals for my stamping time this year :) Thanks for hanging with me today! Be sure to scroll down for the latest challenge from InStyle Stamps today :)

-Cyndi

CHA Part 2

I'm back. I had to work all day so I am just now getting on the computer. I have a few more pics of me with my cyber friends :) It was so great getting to meet all these people that I chat with! First up is me with Virginia, the owner of InSTyle Stamps. She is fun and bubbly and I wish I had had more time to get to know her!
This is Carolyn Hurst, a buddy from Enchanted Cottage. She was demoing at the Craf-T Products booth. Her sister Ellen bought the company last year and they have had lots of fun with it! Carolyn is one of the most incredibly talented women that I have ever met.
And here is my awesome roomie, Debbie Vaughn. we didn't know each other from Adam on Friday afternoon but hit it off from the start! Debbie is a total hoot! Here we are modeling our ridiculous chef's hats from the Cricut Cake booth.
This was Debbie and Laura on the Toy story Mania ride. We hit Disneyland one night for a few hours of rides, fireworks and dinner.
And finally for the last of the people shots, here is me with Meredith Ethington and Tricia Ulberg, the owners of and artists for Lizzie Anne Designs. These are 2 of the sweetest and most adorable gals ever! I'm so glad I finally met them! I also got to meet Jeni Allen, one of the LAD DT members who is equally a doll! She came to see me the next day when I was working and gave me a huge hug and made me smile :) Just wish I had gotten a pic with her too.

OK, tomorrow is the InStyle Stamps blog hop and then I will share other new CHA stuff sometime this weekend. Have a great night! Looks like we will be seeing more snow here in NC so stay safe to my local friends!

-Cyndi

CHA Part 1: Stampendous!

Hey guys! sorry I have been away all week. As many of you know I got to go to CHA this week! It was totally awesome! Stampendous! asked if I wanted to come and do make-n-takes in their booth and of course I said Yes, duh!

I will share some photos and info this week. Tonight I am hangin' with my new bud Laura, the Graphics Manager for Stampendous! She has been the most awesome hostess for the last few days! She is totally full of energy, spunk, wit, and creativity and she and her whole family are the absolute coolest :) Above is a pic from the booth today of me & Laura.
Here's Fran Seiford, the Founder and President ( and stamp artist) of getting ready to show us her new Painting with Powder technique at our Stampendous! Design Team Event. Fran is the sweetest and most adorable woman! She is also fabulously creative!
Here is Fran with 3 of the Design Team, me, Debbie ( my ultra-fab fun and hilarious roommate) and Rachel (whom I barely met, but she is so adorable!)
Here's the 3 of us with Laura.
These are two of the demo boards from the Stampendous! booth this week. They show the new Painting with Powder and Sticker background techniques. These were both so fun to play with and I can't wait to have a free moment to get creative with these ideas and my new toys!
I worked one whole day at the booth doing Make-n-Takes. It was so fun and I felt totally in my element, you all know I love to teach. It is its own addiction. I didn't get a pic of the make-n-takes but will do that and show you later. You can view 2 of the make-n-take projects at the Stampendous blog in the meantime. OK, I am done rambling for the night, more tomorrow I hope :)

-Cyndi