Happy Chick, Weekly Inspiration With Nataliya

 This card was created for Sweet Pea Stamps Blog, as my DT project. As Easter just around the corner, it's good to be ready for it. And you still have one more week to make some lovely cards for your loved ones. This super adorable image by Karen Middleton Happy Chick that you can perches HERE. 

 Here is picks on some embellishments

I wish you all to have wonderful day.
Nataliya

Shikoba by Charmaine Flannery

Sweet Pea Stamps

Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps and I have opted to use the digi Shikoba by Charmaine Flannery.  I love American Indian themes and dream catchers too so in this card I was in my element, what a stunningly beautiful digi to work with :) :)

I make a lot of my own digital backing papers for my cards, although the paper quality of most bought backing papers is far superior to my 120gms weight I print on I find I buy packs of papers and many don't get used. Last week I could not find a spotty paper in the colour I wanted so tried something I had seen a few folks do - use ink in an embossing folder to create a textured background with two or more colours.  For this card I have done the same thing but tried with three different colours.

Here is the finished paper where I have gone over it again with the same three colours to shade the embossed bits too.

Next I printed two copies of the digi and fussy cut one to use as a mask.  I then used the same ink pads as were used for the backing paper and blotched them around.

Now to start colouring the digi with Promarkers

And here she is completed.  I then cut the digi with Spellbinders Grand Scallop Ovals

The dreamcatcher die is by Cherry Lyn.  I planned to use one completed die and only the circular section of the others.  They were all cut using copper metallic card and then airbrushed with two colours of Promarkers.

Oh I do love lace on cards so here I have just applied white lace to one corner, trying not to make it to obvious but just adding a different texture.

Now the dies are dry, time to put the main one together.  A gem brad was added to the centre and a few drops of Cinnamon Stickles which I also added to the coloured digi.

And here is the completed card.

Ingredients

• Digi - Shikoba by Charmaine Flannery
• Promarkers
• Die -  Cherry Lyn - Dreamcatcher, Spellbinders Grand Scallop Ovals
• Embossing Folder - Embossilicious
• Stickles, lace and brads

Thank you for stopping by today and happy crafting hours ahead :) x

Spring is here

Hello everyone!
It's Sande's turn to showcase my DT card. 

I have used this fabulous image called "Dark Lilies" by Ching Chou kuik and colored her with my Copics. You can find her at the Sweet Pea Stamps with rubber and digi.

I wanted to use bright and soft colors at the same time so it does rememd me about Spring!!

I wish you all happy crafting!

Hugs, Sande xx

Mitzi Sato-Wiuff Snapdragons Sprite with Baby Dragon, Milos view

This sweet rubberstamp is 

Mitzi Sato-Wiuff´s Snapdragon Sprite with Baby Dragon

Allywhitecat and Sweet Peas Rachael Anderson Sunrise Rubberstamp

Hi I want to share a beautiful rubber stamp from http://sweetpeastamps.com
This is gorgeous! Rachael Andersons "Sunrise" rubberstamp
sheet 2 Plate 111
I colored her with Prisma pencils and water colors. ..she is a pure image of beauty.
I hope you like her.
susan

Meet Minerva

 Here's a great image from a brand new artist at Sweet Pea stamps.  I was so excited to see her images!  This one is one of my favorites, she's called Minerva by Enys Guerrero.  Drop by the store and check out all her images, I also really love the Sad Valentine image from her.

 

Here's a close up of the colored image that I made, be sure and check out the artist's coloring, so you can see how very different it looks with my color combo here:

 

I hope you are all having a great week!  Can you believe we are already in April? I know I can't!  Did you all know we have a contest going? I hope you will all join in. I know I have created a fun card for you to see (click here). I do so love those cute little bunnies and duckies!!  Join in the fun, it ends on the 15th, so get your cards ready to share!

 

Cheers, Holley

Steam Angel

I have an awesome image to share with you today
Steam Angel illustrated by the fabulous Marlon Teunissen
You can buy her at Sweet Pea Stamps in both rubber and digi format.

This image was a joy to colour as are all the images available at SPS.

I have used a combination of Copics and Faber Castel Pencils.
Gear die from Spellbinders and the Steampunk butterfly die from Cheery Lynne


Also used a gears embossing folder, Treasure Brass and Treasure Pewter along with roses and pearls from my stash.


Hope I have given you some inspiration, thanks for stopping by,


Hugs Suzanne

Could be an Easter card

I've colored in Karen Middleton's totally cute Easter Daffodil. It's such a wonderful image, perfect for Easter. So I turned it into an Easter card. Almost. Cause I left out a greeting. This way I can use it as a spring greeting card as well.

I decided to make a different type of card, instead of my useall easel card. I'm not sure what this fold is called, but I really like it. It's perfect for adding flowers to the 'inside' of the card as well, without an extremely thick card.

As always I've used Copics to color, and the following are the specific ones I used:
Duckling: Y0000, Y11, Y15, Y17, E33
Beak & Feet: YR21, YR24, YR27
Greens: G40, G43, G46
Ladybug: R14, R24, R27, R59, T5, T7

I kept the patterend paper and embellishment fairly simple, so the little duckling could really shine on the card. It's such a happy little fellow, and I didn't want it to get lost on the card.

This image is available at the Sweet Pea Stamps store as a digi image.

Thanks so much for stopping by today
- Lina

(©ching chou kuik's Restless thoughts. Colored in by design team member Lina)

Inspiration with Nataliya

 Hello. It's my day to post at Sweet Pea Stamps. I like to show you today card i made with gorgeous stamp by Mitzi Sato Miuff "Hydrangea Sprit". This image you can find only in rubber stamp, and lots more.
I used Aqua Color pencils for coloring. I really like this pencils and have only pack of 12. So i better go shopping for more.

 Here is some of my embellishments.

 I added sentiment on the inside, and this card will go to my good friend.

Thanks for looking.
Nataliya