Happy Birthday!

I needed some birthday cards and am very happy with how this one turned out. It uses Plate #9 from Sweet Pea Stamps and I know some little girls as well as some that are not so little girls that would LOVE this! This plate is just perfect for all kinds of birthday items and certainly a great 'go to' for birthday cards. Show us what you come up with!!!

Blog Candy continues...

The current BoGo sale ends today, don't wait!

Guidelines to be entered in our September Blog Candy:
Simply post our website (http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/) to your blog or bulletin board explaining either:

our current sale which runs thru Labor Day (09/07/09) Buy one Get one FREE!

or
any of our new designs

You will need to send us by e-mail only (sweetpearubberstamps@gmail.com), a link to your blog or bulletin board to show the posting. Posting deadline is Sept 7th
We will draw a name and post the winner on Sept 10th, 2009

Your name will be entered as following:

Post Thursday: your name goes in 5 times

Post Friday: your name goes in 4 times

Post Saturday: your name goes in 3 times

Post Sunday: your name goes in 2 times

Post monday: your name goes in 1 time.

Winner will receive Plate #13 Holiday Verticals & Plate #12 our Mini Holiday Plate (plates shown above)

We will assign each person who partakes a number(s), on Sept 9th, we will draw a number through the 'True Random Number Generator' on Sept 10.

Winner will receive prize when they come in stock around Sept 23rd.

Quick yet elegant

Quick doesn't have to mean a card isn't made properly. Here I've made a quick card that would be perfect as little thank you notes or wedding invitations. All you need is some good quality paper, black ink, a stamp of course, some crystal stones for decoration and a Nestabilities die (or if you don't have any you could leave the card a square). I've also put some crackling medium on the egg. Stamping is for everyone and it doesn't have to be hard or expensive!
I've used the small frame stamp from plate #6. I think it's a very beautiful and elegant stamp.


Hope you've enjoyed this week's card.
/Katarina

Don't forget to enter our blog candy contest!

Guidelines to be entered in our September Blog Candy:
Simply post our website (http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/) to your blog or bulletin board explaining either:

our current sale which runs thru Labor Day (09/07/09) Buy one Get one FREE!

or
any of our new designs

You will need to send us by e-mail only (sweetpearubberstamps@gmail.com), a link to your blog or bulletin board to show the posting. Posting deadline is Sept 7th
We will draw a name and post the winner on Sept 10th, 2009

Your name will be entered as following:

Post Thursday: your name goes in 5 times

Post Friday: your name goes in 4 times

Post Saturday: your name goes in 3 times

Post Sunday: your name goes in 2 times

Post monday: your name goes in 1 time.

Winner will receive Plate #13 Holiday Verticals & Plate #12 our Mini Holiday Plate (plates shown above)

We will assign each person who partakes a number(s), on Sept 9th, we will draw a number through the 'True Random Number Generator' on Sept 10.

Winner will receive prize when they come in stock around Sept 23rd.

All the flowers...

Supplies:

Gum Drop Gang Plate #8 (Sweet Pea Stamps)
Brilliance Lightening Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
Hot Pink Card Stock (Stampin' Up)
Patterned Pink Paper (Stampin' Up)
White, Medium and Light Pink Card Stocks (Unknown)
Ribbon (Unknown)
Mulberry Paper Flowers (Prima Mktg)
Adhesive (Adtech)
Gloo (Ki Memories)
Beads (Unknown)
3" Flower Paper Punch (Unknown)
Paper Trimmer (Purple Cows)

Directions:

1. Cut the hot pink card stock to 8.25" x 5.5" and fold to 4.25" x 5.5".
2. Cut out five flowers with the punch from the two additional pink card stocks and adhere to the card front.
3. Cut a 1.5" strip of the pink patterned paper and adhere across the bottom of the card front.
4. Adhere the ribbon to the patterned paper about .5" from the bottom.
5. Adhere the mulberry paper flowers to the paper above the ribbon, add a drop of Gloo to the centers and add some beads for bling.
6. Cut the remaining papers to these dimensions:

• medium pink paper to 2.5" x 3.5"
• light pink paper to 2.25" x 3.25"
• white card stock to 2" x 3"

7. Stamp the "All the flowers..." image on the white card stock and adhere to the light pink paper.
8. Mat the stamped image onto the medium pink paper and adhere the matted image to the card front, centering in the open space above the printed paper.
9. Enjoy sharing!

Meet me on the Corner

Here's an adorable new way to make cute little bookmarks! These bookmarks use clever folding and then allow the user to insert the page they are working on for quick access later. This example uses one of the Sweet Pea Pals from Plate #9.

Here's the folding pattern:

I use patterned paper to create the bookmarks because it is easy to fold. Take a square piece of patterned paper (in my sample it was 5 inches); Lay it out flat, patterned side DOWN as in picture 1. Take corner D and fold the paper diagonally so that corners A and D are together as shown in picture 2; Now add adhesive to half the triangle (the area shown in grey) and fold corner C on top of corner B. You should now have a triangle that is glued in the center but still has an opening allowing the page to slip inside.
I then took the patterned bookmark and layered on some cardstock (to give it a little thickness). I embellished the piece with a cute Sweet Pea Pal. She is stamped with Versafine Ink and water colored using Derwent Inktense pencils. I also added some very flat style bling from Momenta. Keep in mind that the bookmark is meant to be inside a book, so embellishment should be kept flat.
Happy Bookmarking!
Holley

Thinking of You

Here's a great black and white card featuring a lady stamp from Plate #7 and a sentiment from Plate #4. That's perfect for the BOGO sale going on at the site right now. You can buy one set of stamps and get the other set free. See Sweet Pea's website for details.


To make this cute card you will need: black A2 size card, 6x6" pattern paper, Plate's 7 - lady stamp and Plate's 4 - "Thinking of you" stamp, Versafine Ink, Flower embellishment, Fiskar's border punch, black and white cardstock.

1. Stamp the lady image 3 times, once on white cardstock, once on the patterned paper, and once on black cardstock. The image on white cardstock will be your final image. Trim the pants from the stamped image on the patterned paper and glue them to the final image; then, trim out the shirt from the lady stamped on black cardstock and glue it to the final image.

2. Neatly trim the final image and mount it on black paper. I used Copic E00 to color in the skin of the woman.

3. Take the black and white patterned paper (sample uses DCWV); Cut a strip that is 3.5" wide and use a Fiskar's border punch to trim one side. If you don't have a Fiskar's punch, how about some cute decorative scissors? Once trimmed, adhere the patterned paper to the black card.

4. Adhere the final lady image to the card. Beneath the lady I added a black flower and matching brad (Prima and Making Memories).

5. Trim the edge of the card off at about 1" deep. Cut a strip of white cardstock 1.5" wide and stamp the "Thinking of You" sentiment from Plate #4. Adhere the sentiment to the card.

Happy Friday!

Holley

SEPTEMBER BLOG CANDY!!!!!!

Guidelines to be entered in our September Blog Candy:
Simply post our website (http://www.sweetpeastamps.com/) to your blog or bulletin board explaining either:

our current sale which runs thru Labor Day (09/07/09) Buy one Get one FREE!

or
any of our new designs

You will need to send us by e-mail only (sweetpearubberstamps@gmail.com), a link to your blog or bulletin board to show the posting. Posting deadline is Sept 7th
We will draw a name and post the winner on Sept 10th, 2009

Your name will be entered as following:

Post Thursday: your name goes in 5 times

Post Friday: your name goes in 4 times

Post Saturday: your name goes in 3 times

Post Sunday: your name goes in 2 times

Post monday: your name goes in 1 time.

Winner will receive Plate #13 Holiday Verticals & Plate #12 our Mini Holiday Plate (plates shown above)

We will assign each person who partakes a number(s), on Sept 9th, we will draw a number through the 'True Random Number Generator' on Sept 10.

Winner will receive prize when they come in stock around Sept 23rd.

Connie-Sweet Pea Pals

This is just a totally FUN card today!

Supplies:

Sweet Pea Stamps Plate #9
Sweet Pea Stamps Plate #5

Coordinating background papers

sewing machine

button

fibers & ribbons

pop dots

scissors

markers

small hole punch

Directions:

1) Sew piece of background paper onto another background paper

2) Punch small holes along left side and thread pcs. of ribbon through

3) Punch small holes over flower center and tie button with fibers

4) Layer over pink cardstock base (A2 size)

5) Stamp your "Pal," color and trim it out, popping on BG paper

6) Stamp word in lower right corner *TIP: Tape over unwanted portions before inking and remove tape before stamping (you can "pick & choose" your words this way!)

Put this all together and it spells F*U*N!!

Connie-All-In-One Card

This project does Double Duty. It can be used as a card and an envelope both!

Supplies:

One piece cardstock 12" by 12"

2 smaller white pcs. cardstock for insides

1 pc. of clear acetate to cover pc. of white cardstock

Scor Pal (or other scoring tool)

Ruler

Paper cutter
Sweet Pea Plate #10

Cuttlebug embossing folder "Leafy Branch"

Copic markers

small brads, circle punch, glitter pen

Directions:

1) Cut paper to 12" by 5.5"

2) Score at 4 1/4" and 8 1/2" to make an A2 size card with end flap

3) Emboss end flap in Cuttlebug by placing only the small part in folder. Lightly run an ink pad over embossed design to bring it out.

4) Stamp the bug and "Heard" verse on one white panel, color and adhere to inside

5) Stamp "get well" verse on other white panel, set aside

6) Stamp bug on pc. of clear acetate (this turns image into opposite direction) and color with Copics on back side, allow to dry fully

7) Punch small holes in 4 corners and layered over white panel and attach to other side of base

8) Cut end flap with shape cutter if desired, I rounded the flap

9) If using as envy, place envelope glue along flap & address the back

This could be a card & envy together or an invitation or whatever you want!