Jane presents Peace Fairie by Karen Middleton

Hello everybody, hope you are having a good day :)  Time for me to share my Sweet Pea Stamps creation with you.  This card is for my youngest daughter, Nicole so fingers crossed she likes it :) I have used the image Peace Fairie by Karen Middleton which is available as a digi. Isn't she just beautiful and so very peaceful.

This is a pretty straight forward card, I wanted something more classy than funky this year for Nicole.  To begin with I cut and folded my card and then backed it with some Papermania paper from one of their Christmas packs.  The image was coloured with a mixture of Faber Castell Polychromos and Promarkers.  Once the image was coloured I then shaded the background with several shades of green chalks and mounted the image on plain dark green paper.  Next I mounted this on the holly paper which I have also used for the writing area inside the card and a bit more on the front. Finally I distressed the edges of the image mount.

Embellishing this card was hard, it seemed no matter what I did nothing was working so in the end I went down a simple path allowing the beauty of the image and some rather gorgeous trim I have to shine through.  

I have so old brads in my Christmas box and know I am never going to use them as I don't like the pictures on them so thought I would try something - can I recycle them hahaha.  A sharp pair of scissors quickly removed the image and plastic covering and miraculously the smallest of my Spellbinder circle dies was just the right size to use to make a new insert.  Using the same paper as I backed my card I then added my daughters name with peel off letter stickers along with a wee star as I often use the term 'you are a super star' :)  Next I glued this to the brad and added some dimensional Glossy Accents to re-create the plastic covering. Once died I had exactly what I wanted and this is something I think I will be doing a lot more as it is rather cool to have the large brads totally match the creation. 

 The inside of the card was finished off with an off-set writing area using the holly paper I also used on the front. The shape was cut using Spellbinders Labels 20. Finially I added a small spray of crystals and pearls plus a Christmas themed bow.

Ingredients:-

• Image - Peace Fairie by Karen Middleton
• Colouring Medium - Faber Castell Polychromos and Promarkers
• Papers - Papermania
• Dies - Spellbinders Labels 20 and Circles
• From my Stash - ribbon, brad, peel off stickers, gold pen, pearls, crystals sprays, ribbon.

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Tera presents 'Real in Dreams' by Karen Middleton

          Hallo,
            I am back with an altered journal for you today. I used an image from Karen Middleton called 'Real in Dreams" and colored her with prismacolor and polychrome pencils. Such a pretty image and fun to color!!
           I altered this journal with glimmer mists and edged all the panels with gold metallic pen. I used the glimmer mist on the paper flowers too and added some corner pieces and some little bead circles to the butterflies.
          All for today - Happy Coloring/Crafting!!!
              Tera

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Tera presents 'Blue Star Angel' by Karen Middleton

        Hallo,
             Just popping in to show you this cute box I made using Karen Middleton's 'Blue Star Angel'
     I colored her with prismacolor and polychrome pencils and edged the panel with copper metallic
     pen.
             I covered the box in pretty papers that matched my image and then started collecting pretties from my stash to decorate her with. First an old drawer pull for the handle (drilled a little hole with my small electric hand drill that I keep in my craft room so I could use a screw to hold it on - much more sturdy than glue.)
             Then I started decorating with flowers and rhinestones and stickers - almost got a bit carried away....
               The inside of the box has more pretty paper on the inside lid and the bottom is lined with felt. Last but not least the little feet are little wood pieces that I colored with the copper metallic pen and glued on.
   All for today - off to my day job :)
      Take Care
         Tera

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Jane presents Christmas Fairy by Karen Middleton

To begin with I coloured the gorgeous image Christmas Fairie by Karen Middleton available in ruber or as a dige, with Promarkers Faber Castell Polychromos.

Next I created my Swivel Easel card base and covered it with some wonderfully textured thick Mulberry Paper.  The top right side was embossed with a Christmas tree design, I wanted something that was not noticeable on the card until you really looked :)  The image was fussy cut which meant I cut off some of the star lines and also the lines around the feet so to replace these I used gold wire for the stars and dismantled a gold pipe cleaners as the small bits of tinsel were perfect for the feet area.

Recently I have used up brads that I have which I don't like by dismantling them and then using the smallest Spellbinder Circle die to cut the circle shape and Glossy accents to recreate the plastic covering.  For this die I used the holly ribbon for my circle inside the brad. To finish off a couple of strips of the holly ribbon and a big bow to bring everything together.

 To create the writing area for the card I used Spellbinders Ovals and Scalloped Ovals to form three layers.  A simple Christmas peel off sticker was perfect for the sentiment and some gold Stickles for a bit more bling.

Ingredients:-

• Image - Christmas Fairie by Karen Middleton
• Colouring Medium - Promarkers Faber Castell Polychromos
• Dies - Spellbinders Circles, Ovals and Scalloped Ovals
• From my Stash -  Mulberry paper, ribbon, brads, Stickles, pipe cleaner, gold wire and glitter.

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Tera presents 'Blue Star Angel' by Karen Middleton

Hallo,
  Making decorative boxes is one of my very favorite things and I have another one to show you today. I used Karen Middleton's 'Blue Star Angel' and colored her with prismacolor and polychrome pencils.
  I used matching pretty papers to decorate the box and then added all kinds of pretties. I used an old drawer pull for the lid handle, wooden pieces painted metallic gold for the feet and some pretty flowers and corner pieces too.
  The inside bottom of the box is lined with felt.
  I just love this sweet image - so fun to color!!!
     All for today - Take Care
           Tera

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Jane presents Rosarna Christmas by Karen Middleton

Today I am sharing a Christmas card I have made for my sister using the stunning image Rosarna Christmas by Karen Middleton available from the store both in rubber and as a digi.  I made this card a wee while ago, well actually back in May lol as I took it to the UK with me and left it there for posting at the right time (save me trying to get cards sent from Saudi and ensuring they arrive safe and sound).  I have just mentioned that because I see one of the poinsettia flowers on the image is squiff and I can't take another picture to correct that - sorry folks).

To begin with I coloured the image with Polychromos and Promarkers.

I then made a couple of simple mounts and a sentiment mount layering up in greens, golds and some gold holly embossed vellum.  The image is so gorgeous I really did not want to overly embellish this card or add to much as everything I tried just made it look cluttered and distracted from the image.

Ingredients:-

• Image - Rosarna Christmas by Karen Middleton available from Sweet Pea Stamps in rubber and as a digi
• Colouring Medium - Polychromos and Promarkers
• Dies - Spellbinders Grand Ovals and Grand Scalloped Ovals
• From my Stash - Christmas sentiment peel off sticker, poinsettia flowers and brad

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Angelique Presents Rosarna by Karen Middleton

Good morning,

Angelique here with todays inspirational post.

I should start workin on my christmas cards, but instead I made another shabby/vintage one

Like last week, I have picked another stamp by Karen Middleton called Rosarna.
It is such a beautiful image and I think she fits the theme of the card perfectly

Rosarna can be found in the Sweet Pea Stamps shop HERE and for more images by Karen Middleton you can visit HERE

Sweet Pea Stamps also sells rubber stamps designed by Karen Middleton and can be found HERE

and if you like to have Rosarna as rubber stamp, she is HERE

Some detailed photo's

 

 ROSARNA

 colored with distress stains and watercolor pencils

Do not forget to check out the Sweet Pea Stamps shop for more gorgeous images and rubber stamps by various talented artists

http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/

We have a very nice and friendly group on facebook and we would love to see your make with any of the Sweet Pea Stamps.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Sweetpeastampsfriendsandfans/

I hope you enjoyed my project

See you again next week

Huggsss, Angelique

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Angelique Presents Art Nouveau One by Karen Middleton

Good morning, 

I hope everyone is enjoyin their weekend.

For todays inspirational post I've made a card.

I will continue workin on the junk journal, but for now it's in the drawer.

I have used the gorgeous digi stamp Art Nouveau One by Karen Middleton, which you can find in the store HERE

Please have a look at her other digital stamps HERE and Sweet Pea Stamps also has some gorgeous rubber stamps by her, you can find those  HERE

Some close-ups

KAREN MIDDLETON'S ART NOUVEAU ONE

I have placed some pearl flatbacks on her arm bracelet

 

Butterflies

Little notes/ postcards

We have a very nice and friendly group on facebook and we would love to see your make with any of the Sweet Pea Stamps.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/Sweetpeastampsfriendsandfans/

I hope you enjoyed my project

See you again next week

Huggsss, Angelique

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Holley presents Karen Middleton's Kitten and Skull

 Here's a wonderful Sweet Pea stamps image from artist Karen Middleton called Kitten and Skull.  Isn't this image just too cute?  You all knew I would love it!  I added some paper with skulls on it as well as this fun die cut of a skeleton.

 

Here's an adorable closeup of this image, it is currently available as a digi stamp

Be sure to check out all of Karen Middleton's designs. She has several other wonderful Halloween theme images, but her main stamp line is filled with adorable kids, beautiful women, lovely portraits and sweet animals.  Check out our Sweet Pea Stamps Friends and Fans page over on Facebook, we have regular contests, great coupons, and daily card sharing.  We can't wait to meet you.

Cheers, Holley

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Tera presents 'Real in Dreams' by Karen Middleton

       Hallo,
          I am popping in today with an altered journal that I made using this great image from Karen Middleton called 'Real in Dreams'.
         I colored the image with prismacolor and polychrome pencils. I used a journal that had some great textures on the covers and sprayed them with a color mist with shimmery stuff in it (not sure of the brand as the label has worn off :)
        I then edged the image layer and the covers edges with gold metallic pen and added some great stickers to match. This journal is 8 and 1/4 inches square for the covers and the nice heavy cardstock inside is 8 by 8 inches square.
    All for today - Take Care
         Tera

                 

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