The Moth of Many Colors

Stamp: Ching Chou Kuik's "The Moth"

Paper: Crate Paper - "Restoration"

I absolutely LOVE these new circular Ching Chou Kuik images!! Such fun to color and so easy to create with. The shape is just a perfect touch for cards and really turns the image into the focal point.

Lovely Hayden

This is my first love at Sweet Pea Stamps. I originally bought this set. I fell in love with The Gumdrop Gang and especially Hayden. She is sooooooooooo precious! The background for this card is Kaisercraft Tea at Elsie's I made the frame around the image by cutting 1/4 inch strips of matching cardstock and gluing them down. The pearls in the corners and on the edge of the image are also by Kaisercraft.

Right now here on the Sweet Pea Stamps blog there is a super fun contest happening. The DT has baby pictures up and your task is to match the 'before' with the 'after'. It is a BLAST and I have tried to do it without peeking. Not certain I did very well and I have at least ONE I know for sure! LOL!! Give it a shot! You just might win a sheet of images!

BTS Winner!

Congratulations to Dawn (Camelot4101....) who matched up all the dt pics correctly! Please contact Lynette for details on your prize.

The answers were:
1. alex
2. angela
3. connie
4. holley
5. kymkreates
6. jennifer
7. katarina
8. lisa
9. mag
10. micki
11. traci

Thanks to all our wonderful customers who participated in the Back To School Contest!

Connie-Lil' Mermaid-Plate 62

This card began with a scrap of pretty net paper.

I had this paper and wanted to use it and what better way than a Samantha Rawlings Mermaid?

You can see I used the net paper as a fishing net....it was white with tiny white blobs all over.

I began with the Lil' Mermaid image by Samantha Rawlings and you can find it 

HERE

There are some delightful images on this plate!

I stamped the image and colored it with Copic markers, sponging yellow

dye ink around her.

I added several bubble stickers by Momenta for fish bubbles and some

small dots with my Viva Decor pen "Opal" for her necklace.

I layered some glossy behind the image that was brayered in

variegated colors.

I added a seashell atop the netting which I wrapped over the image.

I added some white dots with a gel pen but not sure I like the effect.

I hope you do!

Thanks for looking.

Connie

Hello Sunshine!

This image is Elaine Cox's Thumbelina. She's super adorable. You can get her individually or from sheet 5, plate #46. Though I have been in the midst of many wonderful Halloween cards lately, I came across this image and had to just stop and make a late summery color card with it. The Hello Sunshine saying is just perfect for summer here in Texas!



Please check out my blog as right now there is some great blog candy being sponsored by Sweet Pea stamps! 2 wonderful sheets of stamps will be given away (1 sheet to each winner). All you need to do is leave a comment on the Blog Candy posting. The drawing is Sept 5, so go over and sign up, you guys are so great I hope one of you wins! Holley's Blog (check the top right hand column for a link to the blog candy entry or scroll down to Aug 17th)

Cheers, Holley

$50 Shopping Spree winner is--------

--------Jenny Leung! Congratulations Jenny! I will be sending you out a e-mail with your gift voucher info!

Sweet Pea BTS Contest!

In celebration of the back to school season we are having a contest - with a sheet of Sweet Pea Stamps as the prize! For a chance to win, correctly match the design team members with their baby pictures and email your guesses to sweetpeachallengesu@yahoo.com. On September 2, 2010 all correct entries will be included in a drawing and one lucky person will receive a sheet of our wonderful images!

To participate EMAIL your guesses to sweetpeachallengesu@yahoo.com by midnight CST, September 1, 2010 - Good Luck!

Update! To ease the task of entering just visit our DT blogs for hints!
Alexandra Lundgren
Angela Sowell
Araldo Magali
Connie Piotter
Holley Barnhart
Jennifer Willis
Katarina Maserak
Kym Kreates
Lisa Cook
Micki Harper
Traci Porter

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And the present:

Lisa

Katarina

Angela

Traci

Jennifer

KymKreates

Alex

Holley

Micki

Connie

Mag

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All other countries will be $6.95

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Candy giftbag

I'm back with something different than a card - a blog candy giftbox. The images I have used are spring night (left) and Moonlight siren, both by ching-chou kuik. I masked the images and coloured with my promarkers.

The box is super easy to make: a piece of patterned paper about 12x30cm and then one matching piece about 12x8, folded, for the top flap. The candy is in a see-through bag and attached with tape and staples. After it was all assembled I punched 2 holes for the ribbon and attached some embossed die cuts to the left and right of the girls.

I really wanted to play along with a special challenge because they had a very fun recipe. The only thing I needed extra was 7 buttons and another patterned paper (I cut out the text from a PP). I haven't decided if I like it better with the buttons and the text or not. I think the buttons make it a bit interesting, but they also take away from the images. Maybe it looks too cluttered - what do you think?

Dreamy Mermaid

Hello! I have made a quick card today (well, quick once I figured out what I wanted to do - that part took FOREVER!) that uses one of Elaine Cox's beautiful mermaid images (called Dreamy Sandcastle), one piece of cardstock for the card, one piece of DP and 2 ribbons. I am happy with the final, simple look, but I spent hours putting things on and taking things off! I finally decided to just let the sweet mermaid be the star!

The Details:
Stamps: Elaine Cox's Dreamy Sandcastle (Plate 52), sentiment from ching chou kuik's Plate 20 - both from Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Fancy Pants Designs, Nautical Blue Dark (Prism), White for image (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: Y15,Y17,YR04,YR09, E08
Tail: R24,R29,R39,E08.E18
Sky: B91,BG10
Water: B95,B97,B99
Sand: E30,E31,E33,E35
Misc: Ribbon (brown - SU, Scarlet Jewel - Papertrey Ink)

:-)Traci