Lindy's Stamp Gang

Sunday, July 14, 2013

We moved!

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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Clean & Simple Cards Using Magicals & Versamark

Hi - just dropping by to share 3 super clean and simple cards, all based on the one layout and all using the same products - though in different colours and with slightly different techniques. Now I'm warning you all these are way more simple than my usual stuff and once you get started making these it's difficult to stop since they are so much darn fun! All 3 cards use Versamark Watermark ink and Lindy's Stamp Gang products - Magicals and Starbursts to be exact. I'm starting with the easiest of the 3 cards....

Card 1 - Blue Flower

Lindy's Stamp Gang Products

Starbursts: Tibetan Poppy Teal, Tiffany Lou Blue

Other Products:

Prima Flower: Regency - White II
White Velvet Ribbon
Heidi Grace Epoxy Words: So Sweet
Spellbinders Corner Die: Fantastic Flourish Two
Kraft card stock
Black Eclipse 100 Cardstock
Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

This cards' background was created by inking a text stamp with the Versamark ink and stamping directly onto 1/2 the background. I sprayed the flower with 2 colours of Starburst Spray and left it to dry overnight and I used the same colours of spray to colour the velvet ribbon - though a little trick, if you want to add the colour but no sparkle, flip the ribbon over and spray the back. This works particularly well with thicker ribbon like velvet, then when dry flip it back over and you have colour but no shimmer.

The colours on the flower seem to glow!

I think the black really makes the colours pop.

Card 2 - Purple Flower

Lindy's Stamp Gang Products

Magicals: French Lilac
Starbursts: Winter Jasmine Gold, Wisteria Purple Blue, Mountain Lavender Gold

Other Products:

Prima Flowers - Recency White I and Candy Gems (Melon)
Stamp: Hero Arts - Antique Background
Distress Stickles - Crushed Olive
Kraft card stock
Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

This cards' background was created by inking a background stamp with the Versamark ink and stamping directly onto 1/2 the background, then while ink is still damp brush Magicals powder over the top, gently tap off any excess powder. Spray flower with multiple colours of Starburst Spray and leave to dry. Ribbon then coloured with Magicals and Magicals added to flower in certain sections, in differing strengths to create multi-tonal effect.

Adding Magicals to the flower really made it special.

The Magicals are so crisp over the Versamark.

Card 3 - Red flower

Lindy's Stamp Gang Products

Magicals: Tiger Lily Orange, Autumn Maple Crimson
Starbursts: Autumn Maple Crimson, Red Hot Poker Orange

Other Products:

Prima Flower: Regency - White II
Stamp: Hero Arts - Classic Fabric Design
White Ribbon
White Lace
Gala Glitz: Gold
Kraft card stock
Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad

This cards' background was created by inking a background stamp with the Versamark ink and stamping directly onto 1/2 the background. Then while ink is still damp brush Magicals powder over the top, gently tap off any excess powder and spritz lightly with water to create a slightly shabby aged appearance. You will notice that the water activates the dye in the Magicals and this then bleeds onto the surrounding card - a little water = a little colour bleeding, a lot of water = a lot of colour bleeding. Spray flower with multiple colours of Starburst Spray and leave to dry. Ribbon and lace coloured with same Starburst Sprays as flower, but due to the higher polyester content in the ribbon and lace, the colours are much more muted.

Didn't these 2 colours go well together!

You can see the soft edges on the spritzed Magical pattern.

Basically the formula is as follows:

Stamp with Versamark = subtle
The next step-up is to brush over Magicals = bling
Then the next step-up is to spritz with water = shabby or vintage

So simple - but with just these small changes you will be able to get 3 very different effects. I hope that you may have learned a new technique here today and don't forget you can use this idea for cards, pages or layouts - the only limit is your imagination! And don't forget to check out the LSG YouTube channel tomorrow as I'll be posting a video clip showing you how I made these backgrounds.

May your day sparkle,

Kate

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Mixed Media Doll Tag with Bona

Hi Everyone! Summer is one of my favorite seasons of the year. I just love all the bright colors and I wanted to share with you a large mixed media doll tag I created with the new Prima Doll Stamp. Riley is so adorable and I just love her pair of wings. I first adhered design paper from the Prima Ledger pad onto a 6" x 10" piece of light weight chipboard. I tore small pieces from one 6x6 deign paper from the Prima Sunny Days paper pad and place it onto the ledger sheet to create a collage background. I removed the caps from the Flat Fabio Spray Mango Mania, Summer Lovin' Sun, and Aloha Avocado to create a splatter effect throughout the tag. Then, I sprayed the Flat Fabio Caribbean Blue on the center of the tag. I cut two strips of Drywall Joint tape to give some texture to my tag. Its ones of my favorites to add when creating mixed media projects. Of course I had to add my number favorite which is Modeling Paste using the Prima Sunrise Sunset Stencil #960162 from the Finnabair collection. After creating my background, I added the Prima Doll Riley on the center as my main focal point. I paper pieced her outfit with some white lace and added a pair of wings which I added Frosted Lace Stickles for some texture. To finish off the tag, I placed some beautiful Prima flowers and wooden leaf venners that I sprayed with the Flat Fabio Aloha Avocado. IT so fun creating mixed media projects and I just love how all the Lindy's sprays coordinate so well with all my favorite paper collections.

Here's a list of the fun Flat Fabio Sprays I used on my tag. Aloha Avocado Caribbean Blue Mango Mania Summer Lovin' Sun

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Retiring Colors!

For the first time ever, Lindy's is revamping and retiring colors!!!

All of this so we can streamline what we've got and come up with new dazzling colors!

Retiring colors are available through August 1, 2013 in Lindy's Vault

Here is a list of colors we giving a fond farewell to:
Starbursts: Starburst Sets
Amaryllis Burgundy French Country
Breakfast Club Blue Holiday Wreath
Canna Lily Burnt Orange Icicle Creek
Carpathian Bluebells Jamaican Jungle
Cranberry Mist Burgundy Japanese Garden
Don't Eat Golden Snow Mardi Gras Mania
Freaky FrankenLime May Day Meadow
Frolic in the Forest Prairie Wildflowers
Frostbitten Fuchsia Victorian Bouquet
Frosted Forget Me Nots Haunted Halloween
Frosted Purple Iris Sweet Treats
Frosty Forest Green Jingle Bells
Gator Gumbo Olive Tickle Me Fancy
Ghostly Gargoyle White Naughty & Nice
Golden Lump o'Coal Summer of '89
Gregarious Grey
Heliotrope Purple Plum
Icy Primrose Yellow
Jazzy Jivin' Purple
Love at First Sight Lavendar Flat Fabios:
Mountain Lavendar Gold Tears on My Pillow Tangerine
Open Arms Amethyst Flying Monkey Midnight
Passionate Plum Oz's Emerald City
Peony Scarlet Red Ruby Red Slippers
Ponderosa Pines Olive Wicked Witch Purple
Red Hot Poker Orange
Rhododendron Red Rose
Saxifrage Olive Copper Flat Fabio Set:
Teeth Chattering Teal Wizards of Oz
Tiger Lily Red Orange
Twinkling Tinsel
VaVaVaVoom Violet Blue Embossing Powder Sets (all colors available as individuals)
Winter Jasmine Gold Autumn Leaves
Wisteria Purple Blue Cool Yule
Daybreak
Glitz Spritz: Desert Dreams
Kiss Me Kiwi Floral Bouquet
Ravishing Ruby Imperial Treasure
Royal Amber Jolly Jacks
Royal Amethyst Rich Royals
Royal Crimson Snow Drift
Royal Emerald Summer
Royal Lapis Lazuli Twilight
Vivaceous Violet Winter

Little Lindy kits:
Christmas
Gold
Purple
Silver
Yellow

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Sunday, May 26, 2013

Memorial Day sale 2013

Lindy's Stamp Gang is having a Memorial Day sale! Receive 25% off your entire purchase with the coupon code: memorial

Colors used can be found here: on FaceBook.

For our faithful blog readers and followers, the coupon code is valid starting TODAY Sunday, May 26th, 2013 and will expire Monday, May 27th, 2013 at midnight PST.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Mixed Media Canvas by Sharon

Hi everybody!
It's Sharon here today, and I wanted to
share with you a canvas I created using Prima Products, as well as Lindy's Stamp Gang Products. For those of you who love tutorials, I'll be uploading a complete, step by step tutorial video on how I created it, this Friday, May 24th, so stay tuned for that.
I used Prima's Lyric Collection, as well as some of their stencils, flowers, trim, and more. For color, I used tons of Lindy's Stamp Gang products. Please see the list and links to all of them at the end of this post, and remember, stay tuned for the video coming up in a few days! I hope you like it.

Lindy's Stamp Gang products used:

Starburst Stain in Golden Sleigh Bells

Flat Fabio in South Shore Sand

Flat Fabio in Aloha Avocado

Flat Fabio in Kissin Kenickie Coral

Glitz Spritz in Blazing Sun

Embossing Powders in Magic Moon Pearls and Byzantine Bronze

Friday, May 10, 2013

Lindy's Stamp Gang's Birthday Blog Hop Winners!

We hope you enjoyed our Birthday inspired hop and sale! We had so much fun creating and using our fabulous Lindy's Stamp Gang products. We hope that we've inspired you to use your Lindy's Stamp Gang products in creative ways.
There were so many wonderful comments. Thank you to everyone who participated.
Now it's time to announce the winners.

Beauty School Dropout Flat Fabio set goes to Totally Twisted Cards

Jamaican Jungle Color shot set goes to Luvnrich40

Moon Shadow Label Yellow set goes to Tracy McNicoll

May Day Meadows Starburst set goes to Laraeh

Congratulations to all the winners. Please email Lindysgang@yahoo.com with your mailing address to claim your prize. Thank you to all who participated.

Saturday, April 27, 2013

Lindy's Stamp Gang's Birthday Blog Hop

Welcome to Lindy's Birthday Blog Hop!!!

We are so excited you joined us. April 27th is Lindy's Birthday and to celebrate we're giving away Birthday presents. The design team has been busy creating some birthday inspired projects for you.

Hop and sale start now through May 4th @ midnight.

Lets get down to it, you want to know what the prizes are don't you?

The Birthday presents will be hidden in the design teams blog posts so make sure to comment on each blog post. There is a list (with links) at the bottom of this post so keep this page open in case you get lost.

Here are presents!

Beauty School Dropout Flat Fabio's set

Moon Shadow Mist Yellow Label

May Day Meadows Starburst Sprays

and

Jamaican Jungle Starburst Color Shots

First up is our designer Cynthialoowho with her Birthday Princess Crown!

These are so fun and easy to make.

I used some beautiful Venice lace. I mixed 2 parts school glue to 1 part water and dipped the lace in till it was completely saturated. I then went over the lace with a paint brush to clean out any spaces. I used my heat gun to dry. Once it was dry and kind of stiff I used Versamark and Angel Wings Mauve 2 toned embossing powder and heat set.

I then added embellishments and formed the crown.

Here are some others I made.

I colored the lace with Dark Chocolate Truffle Starburst, then I went over it with Versamark and Twilight Bronze Slate 2 toned embossing powder and heat set.

I hope you like my project and try it. There are so many possibilities with Lindy's Stamp Gang 2 toned embossing powders.

We are also having a sale all week!

20% off everything!!!

Coupon code is "lindysbday"

Next up is Jessica

click here

In case you get lost along the way here is the blog hop list.

Lindy's Stamp Gang http://lindystampgang.blogspot.com/

Jessica- http://canyoupixelthis.com/

Yvonne- http://scrappingisbliss.blogspot.com/

Ivett- http://ivettcarrillo.blogspot.com/

Arlene- http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/

Sharon- http://smscrapperdesigns.blogspot.com/

Bona- http://keeponscrappin.blogspot.com/

Kate- http://www.sparkletart.com/rsr/

Jo- http://paperdrama.blogspot.com/

Have fun and goodluck.

Cynthialoowho

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Lindy's Stamp Gang blog hop and sale info.

We are celebrating Lindy's birthday April 27th-May 4th! To celebrate we're having a birthday themed blog hop AND a sale! The hop starts here April 27th at 6:00am PST. You don't want to miss the fun, birthday presents will be hidden along the hop! All the details will be available April 27th right here on the Lindy's Stamp Gang blog! Hope to see you here!