Happy Birthday from Olivia

This time I have been working with Molly's younger sister Olivia from the Gumdrop Gang (that is on sale by the way).

I have coloured her with my beloved Promarkers as usual. The text is from plate #9 - the Sweet Pea Pals. I have inked it with a rainbow pad and embossed it with a glittery powder. I inked the edges of the panel with pink ink from the same pad. The patterned papers are mounted on different coloured cardstock as you can see. Olivia is mounted on a lilac bling cardstock.

Simple, yet effective :)

/Katarina

Gum Drop Gang Gift Card

Supplies:
Sweet Pea Plate #14 (Molly and Olivia)
Archival Black Ink Pad (CTMH)
Pink Mica Card Stock (California Paper Goods)
Light and Dark Printed Papers (DCWV)
Markers (Unknown)
Green, Mauve, Yellow, Browns, Pinks
Adhesive (Scotch)
Scissors
Paper Trimmer

Directions:

1. Stamp image on 3" oval cut from cream colored card stock.
2. Stamp sentiment on 3/4" x 2 - 1/2" cream colored card stock.
3. From the light colored printed paper cut an oval that is 3 - 1/4" and a strip that is 1" x 3/4".
4. Mat the stamped images.
5. On the card front attach a 3" x 4 - 1/4" strip along the left hand side and adhere black ribbon along it's inner edge.
6. About 1 - 3/4" from the top on the left hand side, run a piece of black ribbon from the edge of the card butting it up against the existing ribbon.
7. About 1 - 3/4" from the bottom of the card on the right hand side attach black ribbon, butting it against the existing ribbon.
8. Attach the matted stamped image layering it so it covers the points where the ribbons meet.
9. Attach the sentiment in the lower right hand area, centering.
10. Enjoy sharing!

Hello Sunshine, Molly!

Here's one of the great new stamps from the Gumdrop Gang, it's Molly. She's holding a bunch of pretty flowers and I paired her with the Hello Sunshine stamp from Plate 8.

The cardstock for this card is a beautiful shimmery mica cardstock that shines in the light. I layered it multiple times with Bazzill Bling paper in Black and Bazzill crisscross paper in violet. I stamped the saying using Memento ink directly onto the mica cardstock and embellished the card with small size Prima flowers.

The image has been stamped with Memento ink and then water colored using Derwent Inktense pencils and a blending pen. There are three shades of purple, two shades of yellow and two shades of brown blended together to complete the look. The body parts have been colored with Copic marker E00.

Wishing you all a Happy Friday!

Holley

Connie-Birthday Butterflies

Birthday Butterflies from Sweet Pea Stamps plate #2 and a lovely designer paper

go together with a flourish for this card.

Supplies:

Sweet Pea plate #2

"Sepia" Dye ink by Memories

Designer paper by Basic Grey "Bittersweet"

Grey ribbon from Joann's

Copic markers

Grey, Red and kraft cardstock unknown
White cardstock from Walmart

I trimmed the designer paper and the red cardstock each a bit smaller and tied grey ribbon around before adhering them to the kraft base. I stamped the butterflies on white cardstock scrap with Sepia ink and  colored  with Copics and matted on grey scrap and adhered that onto the card.
I think this stamp mimics the DP exactly...what do you think?

There are some luscious images on plate #2 so be sure to check it out!

Connie-Drink Coasters

Using a delightful tiny dragonfly image from Sweet Pea Stamps #5 and a lovely saying from Sweet Pea Stamps plate #2 I have put together a set of coasters as a gift for a friend who has a small winery.

Supplies: blank coasters

Sweet Pea plates #2 and #5

Black Dye ink by Memories

Dye ink by Ranger (New Burgundy)

Dye ink by Ranger (Moss Green)

Clear UTEE by Suze Weinberg

Versamark pad by Tsukineko

Heat Tool by Milwaukee

Copper Leafing pen by Krylon

Clear Stardust glitter pen by Sakura

various sponges

metal clip by USArtQuest

I stamped the saying in the center of the blank coaster with black dye ink and stamped the small dragonfly in each corner with burgundy dye ink. I added glitz to the dragonfly tail with the Stardust Gellyroll pen and sponged green ink all around the edges with more at the very edge. I went around the rim with a copper colored leafing pen to help seal the edge and finish it both.

Then I inked it well with Versamark ink and dipped into UTEE, heating with heat tool until melted. I repeated the Versamark/UTEE step 2 more times until I acheived a glass-like smooth finish.

Hopefully the UTEE will seal the coasters so they will be resistant to spills and my gift will last my friend a long time.

Frame It!!!

Here's a great idea for a gift... or for yourself!
Start with this Magenta frame; they are available right here at Sweet Pea Stamps - go check them out.
It is a square frame and has some depth to it. There is a core of foam between the front and back chipboard pieces.
You could color, paint, or stamp directly onto the frame itself, but here is what I decided to do....




I took an 8 1/2" x 11" sheet of white glossy cardstock and applied alcohol inks (juniper, clover, sailboat blue, and silver) with a felt applicator tool. I applied glue to the frame and laid it down onto the back side of the glossy paper. I trimmed some cardstock from around the outside and using and Xacto knife cut an 'x' on the inside of the frame. I folded the inside edges in, glued them down and then folded the outside edges in gluing them down also.

Now for the fun part...
I stamped a verse and a mermaid image from plate #3 onto white cardstock and colored with H2O's. I cut them out and glued them onto the frame in opposite corners. In the lower left corner I used glossy accents to apply a few small sea shells and micro beads. In the upper right corner I used glossy accents to adhere several pieces of colored sea glass and more micro beads.
Now, I just need to find a picture and frame it!!! Although, I may choose to give this as a gift because I know someone this would be perfect for. Enjoy.... Chrissy

Tuesday with the holidays

When I first saw the Holiday Plate I knew that this image was going to be used for at least some of my holiday cards. THEN there came the Holiday Verticals and this card was in my head begging to be made. I am very pleased with it and it is probably one of the easiest holiday cards I have ever made.

Have you seen all the new releases coming? WOW! I am in heaven!!! What is your favorite new plate?

See your card here!

We are always looking for artwork to feature on the blog and website. Please email submissions to: Jennifer.

While you are perusing our site today, check out all the newest plates of images, there is something for everyone!

All card submissions will be entered at the end of the month in a drawing for $10 in rubber

Plate #17

Pre-Order/ Pre-Pay by October 12th, save $4.50. In stock October 21st
Approx size 5" x 7"!

October Design Team Challenge

Our first challenge will be an easy one - a color scheme. The design team's cards will be uploaded on Monday, October 12 (this is not mandatory for our design team, only those that wish to partake). Visitors have until October 31st, to vote on their favorite card. November 1, we will post the winning card, the creator of the card will win their choice of a sheet of rubber to keep for themselves or give away to a friend (or use as blog candy for their website).