Sweet Pea Pals - Plate #9

Here's a very simple birthday card. It would be perfect for a young girl. I'm thinking of making several of these with different papers and layouts. Then I'll tie them with a ribbon or place them in a decorated bag to give as a gift to my granddaughter. She can then give them to her girlfriends as they have birthdays!


I started with a 5 1/2 x 4 1/4" piece of blue cardstock and folded in half.
I had some embossed cardstock from Paper Adventure that I cut to 5 1/4 x 4" and then trimmed with a decorative scissors around all 4 sides. Before adhering the embossed cardstock to the base I attached the blue star shaped ribbon brad that I had inserted a silver metallic ribbon in. I stamped the verse "It's your birthday!" in black ink onto the upper right corner.
I had stamped both Sweet Pea Pal stamps onto watercolor paper and painted with Twinkling H2O's and then mounted them onto black glossy cardstock. I attached one of the Sweet Pea Pals to the front of the card, and......


I attached the other Sweet Pea Pal to the inside of the card. I also stamped 2 more of the verse stamps that come with this set (plate #9) - "Let's celebrate with presents!" and " Happy Birthday!"
Cute card..... Perfect for one young girl to give to another.... don't you think?

Please welcome Alex!

Today we welcome Alex to our design team. For her first submission she has created an awesome shutter card from the new Gumdrop Gang sheet, a cute set of red rubber stamps that is a must have for your stash. For a limited time you can steal this set for only $4.50 plus shipping.

A bit about Alex:



I was first introduced to stamping at a D.O.T.S. home party in the early 90s. I enjoyed myself and began what is now a very extensive inventory of stamps and stamp sets. I put my stamping aside for a period of time when I was first introduced to scrap booking. I had the mistaken idea that the two were not compatible. I began scrap booking in 1998 while on bed rest prior to the birth of my son. I have been passionate about it ever since and have really returned to stamping with the same passion about 2 years ago. I enjoy making cards with stamps immensely.
I am most inspired by colors and their combinations in nature. I love that no matter what colors they are, a flower bed is gorgeous and seems to all go together. I also enjoy cruising galleries of different made items, regardless of the craft, for inspiration. Etsy and I spend hours together at times.

I live in Idaho with my husband and our 2 sons. I work part-time in the financial industry and in addition to paper crafts, I also crochet, knit and dabble in some tatting and sewing. I have chosen to not even try several other hobbies as I usually enjoy them and begin a rapid buying spree of supplies.

Do you enjoy seeing Alex's work? Please come back on any given Tuesday when we will feature more!

Hayden - from The Gumdrop Gang

I fell in love with Sweet Pea Stamps the moment I saw Hayden. She begged to come live at my house and I am so glad I listened to her :).
For my first post as a part of the design team, I wanted to use Hayden and decided to create a tri-shutter card. I have been seeing this card design every where and love the versatility. I found the directions here. Be warned that some of the measurements when I accessed it were a bit off, so double check them before using in case they haven't been corrected.

I made a couple of different versions just to show how different the card can look with identical supplies just by moving some things around or using a co-coordinating solid color with the print. Since it doesn't photograph clearly, the sentiment reads "All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. Indian Proverb". Enjoy!- Alex

Ingredients:
stamps - Sweet Pea
ink -Momento
paper- Bazzill, My Minds Eye
flowers - Bazzill
coloring - Prismacolor markers
from my stash - buttons, clip

Monday Madness!

Each and every Monday we will be featuring Sweet Pea Stamp sales and customer submissions. Would you like to see your creations here? Just click here to drop us a line!

This week Sweet Pea Stamps is proud to shine the spotlight on the newest sheet of images, an adorable Halloween set that is sure to add panache to your creations. With the beginning of the holiday season why not pick up a new set of stamps for those invitations and other projects? For a limited time you can steal this set for only $6 plus shipping!

Blog Results Today!!!

The winner for our first Blog Candy contest is...... #4

Kim Ross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please e-mail me with your order, when you are ready to place one.

Would you like to share your Sweet Pea artwork?

Each Monday we will feature artwork sent to us from our favorite people, our customers! If you would like to share your creations with the world please email them to us. No directions needed unless it is a technique you have created and would like to share. The only other requirement is that the project uses Sweet Pea rubber stamp images as the focus. To email or for more information please contact Jennifer.

A summery farewell

My time as a designer at SweetPea ends tomorrow but I just had to show you these 3 cards that I made with the newest plate.

My new favorite tool is a dry preferably scratchy old washcloth to add that touch of beach sand to a summer card. Sweet!

No special trick here, but I have taken to using punchies instead of brads to keep the post office from charging me for fat envies!

Girls just wanna have fun ... and stampin with Sweet Pea has been a blast! Thanks for looking at my cards - I have enjoyed sharing.

Cat

Blog Candy

We are giving away to one lucky winner, $15 in rubber dollars!!!!

This will run through Aug 7th

What you need to do for your chance to win:

• Post our website (http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/) to your blog or
• Post our sale to a bulletin board or
• If you like any of our new designs, post it to a bulletin board

You will need to send us by e-mail (sweetpearubberstamps@gmail.com), a link to your blog or bulletin board to show the posting.

We will draw a name and post the winner on Aug 8th, 2009

The $15 can be used on any stamps on our website through 2009

We will assign each person who partakes a number, on Aug 7th, and draw a number through the 'True Random Number Generator'

Summer Fun ATC

Supplies:

Pool Party Plate #5 Stamps (Sweet Pea Stamps)
Embossing Ink (Stewart Superior)
Sea Foam Mica Card Stock (Cal. Paper Goods)
White Card Stock (Unknown)
Super Fine Black Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Sea Spray Embossing Powder (Paper Odyssey)
Markers (Unknown)
Scissors (EK Success)
Heat Gun (Marvy)

Instructions:

1. Stamp the girl's head image on white card stock with black ink, color with markers and trim out neatly.
2. Cut the green card stock to a 2.5" x 3.5" card.
   
3. On the green card stock, stamp the flip flop image with embossing ink, starting at the lower left hand side about .25" from the edge. Repeat two additional times one above the other.
4. Coat with Sea Spray embossing powder, tap off excess and heat to set.
5. Stamp the relax image at an angle on the lower right hand corner, cover with black embossing powder and remove the excess. Heat to set.
6. Attach the colored head image with Mod Podge in the center of the card.
7. Sign and title the card on the back.
8. Enjoy sharing.

I Dream of Paris Bracelet

Supplies:

Paris Plate #6 - the small collage image (Sweet Pea Stamps)
Black Staz-On Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
White Cardstock (Unknown)
18 Gauge Copper Wire (Unknown)
2 Large Holed Glass Beads (Unknown)
UTEE (Suze Weinberg)
Copper Tape (Ranger)
Goop Adhesive (Eclectic Products)
Melting Pot (Ranger)
Pendant Mold (Castin' Craft)
Wire Snips (Craftsman)
Round Nose Pliers (Craftsman)
Scissors (EK Success)

Instructions:
Heat the melting pot to the UTEE setting.
Stamp the image in black ink on the white cardstock and trim out to fit the large rectangular pendant mold.


Once the heat pot has fully heated, pour in the UTEE and allow to melt.
Dip the stamped image into the heat pot to coat with a thin layer of melted UTEE and then quickly position it in the bottom of the rectangular mold.


Pour UTEE into the rectangular mold covering the stamped image and filling the mold about half full, allow to cool.
Cut a 10" piece of copper wire, fold in half leaving a loop - this is one of the bracelet legs.


Cut a piece of copper wire about 4" long, holding the bracelet leg wrap this piece around it about 1" from the end making several turns and cut off excess.


String one of the beads onto the bracelet leg, pushing it against the wrapped wire.
Wrap the remaining small piece of wire around the bracelet leg once more, next to the bead, making sure it is snug.


Repeat steps 6 - 10 to create the second bracelet leg.
Remove the UTEE charm from the mold and frame with copper tape around the edges. *Tip: Tear the copper tape instead of cutting, the torn end of the tape will blend onto itself making it harder to see the edge and creating a smoother appearance.


Cut a 4" piece of copper wire and create a loop at one end.
Holding the loop at the back of the charm, wrap the loose end of the wire around and over the front of the charm from top to bottom.
Thread the loose end of the wire through the loop in the back of the charm and wrap it from side to side and around to the back once more.
Holding the loop from one of the bracelet legs, wrap the wire that is connected to the charm through the loop to attach, repeat with the other bracelet leg.
Continue to wrap the wire several additional times through both bracelet legs to create a study attachment.
Add a drop of Goop to the ends of the wire whereever a connection was wrapped and to the beads to create a secure fit and allow to dry.
Enjoy Sharing!