Featured Artist Week: Rachel Anderson

It's time for the Artist of the Week at Sweet Pea Stamps! This week we are showcasing stamps from the artist, Rachel Anderson. You can find her digi stamps~HERE and her rubber stamps~ HERE! Be sure to visit the blog so you can see the other designers fabulous creations too!!

I chose to work with the digi stamp, Sunrise, which can be found HERE! and it is also available in rubber form~HERE and on Sheet #2, Plate #111~HERE!

The image is colored with copics and then I cut it out with a nestablities die. While it was still in the die I sponged ink around the edge for a shadow/background effect. I paired her with papers from 7 Gypsies~Avignon and added a few Ornate Hinge diecuts from my SCACD die. Some pearls and stickles finish the card off.

Have a wonderful day!

Featured Artist Week: Rachel Anderson

It is Artist of the Week time over at the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog.  This month the Artist of the Week is Rachel Anderson.  All members of the Design Team use a Rachel Anderson image and make a card/creation with it.

For my Artist of the Week card I have chosen Rachel Anderson’s image called “Sunrise”.  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 2, Plate 111 – Sunrise comes on the multi-image plate with Amanita Muscaria, Pixie Dust and Twilight Shimmer).

I have coloured my image in with Graph'it pens and highlighted areas with my clear Wink of Stella pen.  I have die-cut around the image and used a set of peg pens of flowers and leaves and stamped around the image.  I have used a yellow Pan Pastel to colour around the image.

The backing papers I have used are from my Perfect Companions CD.  I have finished the card off with some lace, ribbon, crochet flowers a friend made, buttons, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and a butterfly made out of air dry clay coloured with two tones on yellow Pan Pastels.

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Here are some other cards I have to show you this week.

 As Christmas will soon be here I decided to make a Christmas card using the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "Holly Fairy".  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 21, Plate 60 - Holly Fairy comes on the multi-image plate with Poinsettia Fairy, Holly Night and Cherish Christmas).

 

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and then inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint distress ink.  I have added Glossy Accents to the holly berries.

The backing paper is a freebie from a magazine last year.  I have mounted the image on a Marianne Designs die-cut frame.  I have finished the card off with some ribbon threaded through the holes, die-cut flower cut from tissue paper and held together with a brad, Marianne Designs die-cut holly, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and some pearls.
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Here is another holly Christmas card but something totally different.  This time I have used a Rebecca Sinz image called "Holly".  She is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 12, Plate 236 - Holly comes on the multi-image plate with Hemlock, Witching Hour and Dragon Angel.

I have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens.  The backing papers I was given.  Due to the expense of posting cards I am trying to keep the height of cards to a minimum so it doesn't cost people a lot to post.  I have therefore embellished with some washi tape, gems,  Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and made a flower out of tissue paper with a brad centre and red Stickles rubbed over it (messy but very effective).  

Weekly cards by Kym

My first card I have to show you this week is a Christmas card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Joanne Schempp called "Kristy".  It is available as a digital stamp and a rubber stamp.  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and highlighted areas with a white gel pen and my clear Wink of Stella pen.  The backing papers are from my stash.

I have finished the card off with some ribbon, die-cut poinsettia, die-cut holly, pearl, wooden heart coloured with a Promarker and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.

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My second card I have made is one suitable for a man.  I have used the Ching-Chou Kuik imaged called “Ladybug”.  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 26, Plate 79 – Ladybug comes on the multi-image plate with Seahorse, Hummingbird and Dragonflies along with sentiment).

I have coloured the image in with my Graph’it pens, highlighted areas with my Wink of Stella clear pen and added pearl drops to the background.  The backing papers are from my Perfect Papercrafting CD.  I have finished the card off with some die-cuts a friend did for me.  The first is Joanna Sheen’s Lace Edger 2 die-cut which I have inked with Time Holtz’s Crushed Olive distress ink.  The second is Joanna Sheen’s Ivy Flourish die-cut which she cut from some metallic card.  I also added some buttons and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.
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For my final card to show you this week I am using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Rachel Anderson called "Sunrise".  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 2, Plate 111 – Sunrise comes on the multi-image plate with Amanita Muscaria, Pixie Dust and Twilight Shimmer). 

 I have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens, highlighted areas including making her have a dotty dress with a white gel pen and highlighted areas with my Wink of Stella clear pen. I have stamped around the image with various peg stamps and Tim Holtz's Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint distress ink.

The backing papers I have used are from my Perfect Companion CD. I have used Victorian Velvet distress ink to colour the doily. I have used a Tim Holtz flower die and made two dimensional flowers out of scraps of the backing papers. I have finished the card off with some pearl brads which I've had for some years now, ribbon, pearls and a gorgeous Prima butterfly I got for my birthday.

Rachel Anderson's Sunrise

This beautiful woman is Rachel Anderson´s rubberstamp Sunrise.
I know lots of you asked about every stuff I put on my cards,
and yes, I have a lot... I looooove to use many embellishments.
You can take a look at my scrapbooking room here.
Just scroll down for more... and more... and... more.

Big hugs, Milo

Customer Submission: Nadia - Dianascarlett

Nadia shares her beautiful creations today.

Rachel Anderson's Mystic:

Rachel Anderson's Sunrise:

ching chou kuik's The Black Swan:

Rachel Anderson's Mystic:

Meredith Dillman sheet 3:

ching chou kuik's The Seahorse:
 

Customer Submission: Gina Lindsay

Gina shares her beautiful cards today.

Rachel Anderson's Sunrise:

ching chou kuik's Poppy, from the mist:

ching-chou kuik's Black Rose Fairy:

A Trio of Cards To Share

I am lovely being on the Sweetpea DT and have been enjoying going through my Sweetpea collection of stamps. I love having so many lovely stamps and can chose the one that inspires me on that particular day.

For my first project I have used a fabulous stamp from Anna Marine called Trick Me Once or available as one of four stamps on Sheet 1, Plate 141.

I chose to kept to the green's and neutral's to reflect the IRISH theme of the stamp but I think she would look good any colour!

For my next project I used Rachel Anderson's Sunrise also available on stamp plate - sheet 2, plate 111

For this card I wanted to try to achieve a watercolour wash effect for the background. Have to admit I found it a lot harder than I thought to achieve. Sometimes the simple effects are the hardest to achieve. I used a blending pen to take out some of the colour giving a more subdued look.

My next project features Renee Biertempfel's Oceania and available on Sheet 1, Plate 144.Check out these stamps - she has created some wonderful backgrounds and I have been playing around with ways to achieve something similar - unfortunately can't find where I put them!

I have to say in this photo she does look as if she has a black eye but this I think is due to the fact you are only seeing a partial eye!

Hope you will enjoy your Sweetpea stamps as much as I do. New stamps are being released all the time so check out Sweetpea stamps and see what's available.

Further details of how these cards were made are available here

Best wishes,

Rachel Anderson, Sunrise

Today I've one card to show you, and this is a card for a "new teenage girl", and I've been told that the card have to be in PINK colours..lol..and here is what she got!:)

The name of this image is "Sunrise" by Rachel Anderson. ( sheet #2/ Plate #111) HERE, and you can purchase her as a single at Sweet Pea Stamps., or together with 3 others !:)

I've been coloured here with my Copics, and the DP are from my "old stæsh":). I think it's from Magnolia!?;)

The Butterfly and swirl are from  Magnolia dies!

Zoomed in to the beautiful "Sunrise" lady!

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Around the edges I've been using Stickles.Tiara (perfect name on the stickles glue, for a pink princess);D.

"The beautiful big butterfly" is from Whimsy Collection of dies!

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Thank you soo much for visiting, and take good care!

Wish you all a beautiful and creative day further!

Hugs, ellen

Enjoy the sunrise

Is there anything more beautiful than watching the sun rise.

It is the promise a new day, a new start, a new beginning.

This Rachel Anderson stamp Sunrise captures that feeling beautifully.

I used Echo Park For the Record papers for this card, and was lucky enough to find a sentiment that I thought fitted perfectly.

This stamp can be purchased on its own, or together with three other images on Rachel Anderson's Sheet #2, Plate #111.

Thank you so much for joining me today.

Hugs 

Renee

Pretty in Purple...featuring Rachel Anderson

I LOVE Rachel Anderson's stamps. LOVE them... like I LOVE ice cream and that is saying something! For my card, I used this image From Rachel Anderson's sheet 2 plate 111. I stamped the image onto watercolor paper with black Stazon ink.Then  I used ink from the top of my ink pads and a water brush to water color her.I embossed the paper she is mounted on and sponged it with a darker purple for contrast. And as far as the shadowbox effect that my image is in? Simple... i used my dies to cut out my finished image. Then i used the next larger size die to cut the red paper and used a smaller die to create a frame I used dimensional tape to life the frame for the shadow box look. EASY... and a really nice look. I had the ribbon in my humongous ribbon stash and I thought it matched pretty good! thanks for stopping in and don't forget to have a look at the Sweet Pea Stamps page for some great deals on some amazing stamps!

A Ton To Share

I hope everyone had a great weekend with your family and friends.  Today I have a ton of cards to share with you that I created last week. For the first one I used ching chou kuiks "Peony" stamp at Sweet Pea Stamps. You can buy her as a single or on sheet #29 Plate #97 with 3 other gorgeous stamps.

I used some K&Company DP along with some K&Company 3D Die cuts.

I used some foam tape under my image to add dimension, Spellbinders Label Die and some green and purple stickles.

After I colored my image with copics the card came together fast.

Here are the copic colors I used.

E01,YR000,YR0000

E17,E15,E33,E31,E50,E51 and E53

V17,V25,V20

E85,E81,W3,W01,W00

For this card I used "Little Daisy" by Karen Middleton at Sweet Pea Stamps.  You can purchase her as a single or on Sheet #3 Plate #114.

I used some My Minds Eye DP and some Martha Stewart Sunflowers.

For this card I used "Dancing Leaf" also by Karen Middleton and she  is one of the other precious little fairies on the same sheet.

I colored her in my little girls favorite Spring colors.  Don't look too close as I forget to color the berries on her leafy plant.

The DP is from K&Company by Amy Butler.  I used a Fiskars and a Martha Stewart Border punch.

  This one is "Sunrise" by Rachel Anderson sheet #2 Plate #111 or you can purchase her as a single at Sweet Pea Stamps.

 I used some Colorbok DP and flower embellishments. The butterfly I got in the craft department at Michaels, ruffle ribbon,  oval Spellbinders and some aqua rhinestones.
Here are the copic colors I used.
Skin:E11,Eoo,Eooo,YRooo   R21
Hair: E50,E51 and E53
Dress: BG49,BG13,BG11,BG000,BG0000
E30,E85,E82,E43,E42,E40
Browns- E35,E31,E29

For this card I used one of Brigid Ashwoods Phunky Pharies "Jinx", you can by her as a single or on Sheet # 1 Plate#74 at Sweet Pea Stamps.

For this card I used some new Colorbok DP , Aqua and black CS, EKSuccess border punches, Quickuts dies, Spellbinders Labels, foam tape, Sizzix corner die, Diamond Rhinestones. MS Glitter and Sakura Clear gel pen.

Here are the copic colors I used for Jinx.

Skin:E11,YR000,YR0000,E01 and R21

Hair and shoes: C9,C8,C7,C5,C3,C1

Dress and background behind her: BG09,BG07,BG72,BG13,BG11

Okay that was a lot to share.  I still have so many that I am working on so next week I may have just as many to share.  I have been having a blast with all the new Sweet Pea Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day and the rest of the week.