Blog Hop Appreciation!

Welcome to the Sweet Pea stamps Blog Hop!

 

This hop is from a loyal group of Sweet Pea stamp fans who want to let Lynette know that we appreciate all her hard work bringing us the wonderful stamps in both rubber and digi format over the years.  Thanks so very much for all the wonderful images we have collected from you!

There are some random prizes along the way, as certain blog owners have decided to include a prize when you visit their blog so please leave some comments along the way as you see everyone's gorgeous Sweet Pea Stamp creations.

Also, the store closes at the end of the day on the 25th, so if you see some wonderful stamps on this blog hop, today is the last day to get them, so please drop by the store!

 

Janna Prosvirina's Hot Chocolate Fairy 

This card was created by Ester Berkhuysen

 

 

This card is using Candy Striper by Concetta Kilmer 

Card and coloring by Holley

 

Here's the Blog Hop order, I know a few people will offer a prize so please leave some comments along the way....

1. Sweet Pea stamps Blog http://sweetpearubberstamps.blogspot.com  (YOU ARE HERE)

2. Holley's Blog http://holleybarnhartsblog.blogspot.com      (GO HERE NEXT)

4. Colleen Dewis http://stressedisjustdessertsbackwards.blogspot.ca/
5. Suzi Baker McKenzie http://suzannebakermckenzie.blogspot.com

7. Cindy van Oorschot http://cmvanoorschot.blogspot.ca
8. Vannessa Hasty http://www.saffiresstamping.blogspot.co.uk/
9. Barb Poole http://www.abarbcardblog.blogspot.ca/
10. Pat Martin http://patacakespages.blogspot.com
11. Debbie Ebat http://debbiesstampingadventures.blogspot.com
12. Olivia Rivera-Marmara http://www.ormcraftynights.blogspot.com
13. Winnie A Ludvigsen http://norwayscrapper.blogspot.no/
14. Tera Thelma Borer- Fujan  http://www.stampqueen.blogspot.com

17. Susan Salyer http://lilyandthelotus.blogspot.com
18. Danni Bindel http://dannisdreamscrafts.blogspot.com/
19. Denise Pustelniak http://thruthelookingglass-glassgraffitix2.blogspot.com/
20. Samantha Aguilera http://designsbysammy.blogspot.com/
21. Angelique Engeldesignsscrap http://engeldesignsscrap.blogspot.nl/
22.  Sharon Rogers http://sharonshowcase.blogspot.com
23. Ann Cutts http://craftworkblog.blogspot.co.uk/
24. Hilde Larsen http://tindaloo.blogspot.com
25.  Jane Bradshaw http://www.craftyanimal.blogspot.com
26.  Jennifer Scull http://justcoffeepleasestampsribbonspaper.blogspot.com/
27. Margaret Ashby http://www.granmargaret.blogspot.com.au/

29. Michele Storms Http://artfromthewell.blogspot.com
30.   Ria ZonneStraaltje http://dragonmagicscrapkaarten.blogspot.nl/
31. Margo Davis http://cardsbymargo.blogspot.com
32. Kathi Rerek http://kathstales.blogspot.com
33. Aletha Jane http://ajsdesigns.blogspot.com

Have fun on the hop!

Sweet Pea Stamps

Jane presents Concetta Kilmer's Teddy Bear Mermaid

There are times when you colour an image and are just not happy with it and this is one of them for me.  I think it is because with the way she has turned out she looks so scared.  However, I tend to go ahead an make a card or something with my poor colouring, maybe I should throw it away and redo it lol but I enjoy the challenge of trying to bring the disaster into something.  In this case I had the perfect sentiment and, for me fitted my coloured image perfectly.

So to make this card I coloured the image with Polychromos.  The background was coloured with Pan Pastels and then I used my embossing folder and hammer so I could emboss only the background and not the image.  For my base mat I embossed a piece of card with a Spellbinders folder of shells and then used a few shades of Brusho and spay water to get lots of texture and movement.  Both the image and the base mat were mounted on orange card to tie in with the underwater plants.  Next I used a tree branch die from Memory Box for more seaweed and the Large Ringlet die also from Memory Box for bubbles.  To finish off I added a few pearl strands, some small bead shells around the sentiment and then some very precious shells collected by my daughter and grandson on a wee outing they had walking along the beach.

Ingredients:-

• Image - Concetta Kilmer's Teddy Bear Mermaid 
• Colouring Medium -  Faber Castell Polychromos, Pan Pastels and Brushos
• Dies - Memory Box Woodland Branch and Large Ringlets
• From my stash - shells, sentiment stamp, pearls, Frantage

Sweet Pea Stamps

Glamorous By Janine

Hello It's me Janine and my turn to show you a project.

I love to work with all kinds of artists and i choose this digi from Concetta Kilmer called Rose.

This time i choose to make a simple card..no paint or sprays or distress the sides of cardstock or paper..

just some diecuts 

I hope you like my glamorous card 

Variations - Concetta Kilmer - 'Hooty so in Love' - Tera's view

 Hallo,
   Using 'Hooty so in Love' today by Concetta Kilmer - I colored them with prismacolor pencils and added a big ol moon behind them. I edged the main image with silver metallic pen and then layered it to a gray card base covered with a gray lace ribbon and a thin pretty red ribbon.
I added red flowers to go with the flowers on the branch and then accented with silver pearl drops using a viva décor pen.
  The phrase is a rub on from deep down in the bottom of my stash draw - it must be at least 6 years old :)
    All for me today - Take Care
           Tera
   

Variation Week Nataliya's View

 Good day my lovely crafters!
It's Variation week at Sweet Pea Stamps, and here is my View. Image call "Hooty So In Love" by Concetta Kilmer. Image colored with distress ink, then layered with oval diecuts. Touch of glitter and glossy Accents.

 This time i made Gift idea in 3Ds. Box i cut out with my Cricut, that i didn't use for a long time.

 Flowers i got from Dollar store, way before i learned how to make my own. And this gorgeous Die cuts by Spellbinders.

 And added Ribbon as my final touch.

Thanks for looking.
Nataliya

Variation Week, Holley's View Hooty So In Love by Concetta Kilmer

 Here's a beautiful image from Sweet Pea artist Concetta Kilmer called Hooty So in Love. What an adorable pair of owls. I am using copic markers on them and some gorgeous fringe lace to decorate the borders of the card.  I added a simple sentiment Owl always love you.  I think another perfect sentiment that you could use with this image is "You'll owl-ways have the key to my heart."

Here's a close up of the image, which is also available as a rubber stamp.

Drop by our Facebook page to keep track of the specials and then check out our Sweet Pea Friends and Fans page where you can participate in our contests and share your creations!

Cheers, Holley

Variations Week Hooty So in Love with Suzi

Good Morning All, It's my turn to share with you my version of Concetta Kilmer's "So In Love Hooty" I have to say Concetta has some of the most adorable Owl images for you to choose from, and "So In Love Hooty" is perfect for Valentines, Weddings or Anniversary Cards.

Full details on my project can be found on my blog.

You can find this image in both Rubber and Digital Format in the Store, along with lots more gorgeous images.

That's all from me for today,
Bye for now
Suzi
xxx

Hooty so in love... Ria's view...

Hello Sweet Pea Fans :) today it is my turn to show you my view on 

Hooty so in love by Concetta Kilmer.

I coloured the stamp with Alcohol markers and enhanced it with pencils and the white dots are added with a Molotow marker.

I totally love owls and this is so cute to use for a wedding card or anniversary.

hugs Ria

Variation Week - Hooty So In Love, Jane's view

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps called Hooty So In Love by Concetta Kilmer.  This image is being used by the whole team for our Variation Week creations.

This image just shouted Valentine to me :) :) :) now that is a celebration I love :)  I just could not resist having a blue and pink owl.

The image was coloured with Spectrum Noir Blendable Crayons.

 Onto making the card.  After having tried several different papers and none giving me the effect I wanted I ended up settling to go with mulberry paper with its beautiful texture.  The papers were only attached in the centre as I wanted the edges to flappy.

 Next I embossed the card blank with the mulberry papers attached.

 To finish off the card I printed my sentiment <g> and mounted it on the same mulberry paper combination.  Spellbinder Grand ovals and Scalloped Ovals were used to mount the image.   Now I know it was not straight, that is deliberate - no relationship is so perfect, it has it's off centre moments but working through them is the 'key' to having strong foundations and 'padlocking' the union <g>. Talking about keys and padlock, the die used for these was Cottage Cuts Lock and Key.

Ingredients

• Image -  Hooty So In Love by Concetta Kilmer available from the Sweet Pea Stamps store
• Spectrum Noir Blendable Crayons
• Dies - Spellbinders Grand Ovals and Scalloped Ovals, Cottage Cuts Lock and Key
• Gold twine and mulberry paper from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a happy crafting day ahead of you :) :)

Serenity by Concetta Kilmer....

Hello Sweet Pea's

today I have this card for you with the beautifull Serenity by Concetta Kilmer...

I coloured Serenity with Stylefile and Copics markers and enhanced it with pencils and sansodor,

I just love the combination of purple green and turquoise together it makes me feel happy and I hope it makes you happy to.

hugs Ria

So In Love Hooty - Sande's view

Sande here with you today showcasing a card using this fabulous image by Concetta Kilmer.

All her images are stunning! This image has called "So In Love Hooty".

What a lovely couple.

 This one can be found at the Sweet Pea Stamps store as a rubber stamp and as a digital.  

There is much more fabulous images at Sweet Pea Stamps so don't forget to pop over!

Hope you'll get some inspiration here and create something great!

Don't forget to come back every day and see other DT's outstanding creations!

Hugs, Sande xx

Dia de los Muertos

Happy Dia de los Muertos or Day of the Dead.  Having grown up in San Antonio, TX, this day is quite popular and very celebrated even with day off from school, parades, events at church and so forth.  The day is meant to honor those who are passed away.  This is often done by creating a small alter in their home with photos, flowers, gifts of the loved one in their memory;  going out to their grave to clean it and decorate it with flowers;  tell stories about and celebrate the life of those deceased through the night.  The often have these beautiful masks, called Sugar Skulls This Sweet Pea stamp is just stunning. It's from artist Concetta Kilmer and it is called Cupcake Beauty.  I did the entire card in Black & Pink. 

 

Many other faiths have a similar observation on Sunday called "All Saints Day."  At my church on the first Sunday of November, we light a candle for each member who passed away that year and observe a moment of silence.

Sweet Pea stamps have several other amazing images for Dia De los Muertos, in Rubber, check HERE, and look among the fall holiday section; for digital stamps, look HERE.

Happy Dia de los Muertos!

Holley

Under Her Wings by Concetta Kilmer

This is just the perfect image for mothers day, or for a card to a mother. And giving the lil' ones various colors, you can have only girls or only boys or a nice mix. Absolutely love this cute one.

I did color the owls with Copics. Unfortunately I misplaced the sheet I had the Copic numbers on, so I can't tell you which ones I used.

I kept the card in very feminine colors and papers, adding a huge bow and matching flowers. I matched it with the mommy owl and the little yellow girl owl. It all came together quite quickly, partly, I think, because the image took up a lot of space.

The image is Concetta Kilmer's Under Her Wings Mothers Day Hootie from the Sweet Pea Stamp store. And it's available in digi and rubber.

Thanks so much for stopping by today
-Lina

Serenity by Concetta Kilmer - Jane's creation

Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello folks, here I am again with another creation for  Sweet Pea Stamps.  This week I am working with the beautiful digi 'Serenity' by Concetta Kilmer

To begin with my first personal challenge was to attach black hair.  I so often get this very wrong by trying to over blend using 5 grey colours plus black.  This time I decided to try something a little different - black, plus ice grey 5, 3, and 1 (Promarkers).  All the colouring was done in the greys and then I used the black with the fine nib to build up the black.

 With that done, time to colour the rest of the digi.

Phew, - eyes need a rest now lol.  OK - better and coffee drunk so back to crafting.  I started on the card base where I plan to use black card, olive green paper and black lace for a rather sexy look hahahaha

 Card put together now for the embellishing. I have mixed together gold and clear embossing powders, I don't want a solid gold but just a sprinkling.  This will be used on the butterfly which I cut with Spellbinders Les Pavilions 2.

Here is the butterfly - black for the base layer and the top layer coloured with olive green Promarker.  Both sections finished off with the gold and clear embossing powder mixture.

 A few more bits and bobs needed, Stickles, peel off sentiment (not sure if I am using gold or colouring a silver one in greens yet), ribbon and of course a tag which I have been making as I go along with the other sections.

 All done.  I finished off the inside of the card with cerise paper cut with Spellbinders Grand Labels 1and a rubber stamped butterfly which I painted with Stickles lol.

 And here we have the finished card :)

Thank you for stopping by :)

Ingredients

• Digi -  'Serenity' by Concetta Kilmer
• Promarkers
• Die - Spellbinders Les Pavilions 2, Grand Scallop Ovals, Spellbinders Grand Labels 1 and Scalloped Circles 
• Promarkers
• Stickles
• Lace, backing paper (wrapping paper), and ribbon from my stash

Thank you for stopping by and hope a happy crafting time is heading your way:

Pins in my Heart

 Here's a striking image from Sweet Pea artist Concetta Kilmer called Pins in my Heart.  Something about this image is just so stunning to me. I had to print it out as soon as I saw it. I colored her up in an assortment of Copic markers and used a reddish brown background with tan and brown embellishments to match.

 

Isn't this image Stunning? I love the horse and the doll.

Be sure you check out all of Concetta's images at the Sweet Pea Stamps store, she also has some really great Owls.

Cheers, Holley

Variations Week: Corinne's View

Corinne here today this is Variations Week so I am here with 

Concetta Kilmer's Rose

 make sure you check out all the fantastic images at Sweet Pea Stamps

Hugs

Variations Week: Shanna's View

It is Variations Week this week and I (Shanna) hope you have been inspired by all the different ways the team has used our special image. 

But first let me say HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!

This week we are using the image called Rose created by the artist Concetta Kilmer. 

I colored her with copics to match my Bo Bunny papers.

I added a little touch to add some crackle to the jewel and then some glossy to the gold part of it. 

I hope you have enjoyed this week of inspiration!

Variations Week: Holley's View

 This week over at Sweet Pea stamp is the variation's week, that means that each designer is using the same stamp to create a card. I think this technique is a wonderful way to see so many different ways to use the same stamp!  This beautiful stamp today is Concetta Kilmer's Rose image.  Stunning!  She is currently available as a digital stamp.  Here's my card using this beautiful stamp.

As soon as this stamp came out, a friend on the DT tells me, "Oh Holley, this looks just like a stamp you would use to make your hubby a card."  Yes, Yes indeed it does.  I added sentiments on the card for him too.  Here's a close up of the image, Rose.

Be sure and check out all of the amazing stamps at Sweet Pea stamps.  I know Rose would make a perfect Valentine card!  So Happy Valentine's Day everyone.  Tell your hubby you want some stamps!

Cheers, Holley

Variations Week: Milo's View

This is an ATC card I´ve made with 

Concetta Kilmer's "Rose"

It´s three ATC cards in this serie.

For close up photos, please visit my blog!

Hugs Milo

Variations Week - Karina's View

Hello everyone, this week we have Variations week again. And this time we had a play with Concetta Kilmer's 'Rose'. She is available as Digital Image.

The coloration is made with Copics. Below you can see a close up of the image...

Thank you so much for looking. Wish you a wonderful day.
Hugs, Karina