Connie-Pink or Blue?

Today I played with a Sweet Pea Stamps

image by Caron Vinson

titled "Blue Fairy"

also found on plate #77.

As you see, I opted to color her in pink hues.

Color by Copic and

dies used by Cheery Lynn Designs.

A sweet 'n simple card!

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Connie

Customer Submission: Robyn Pitcher

Robyn shares her beautiful creations today.

Conie Fong's Puppy Love:

Meredith Dillman's Blue Fairy:

Customer Submission: Randi Strimp

Randi shares her beautiful artwork today.

Caron Vinson's Blue Fairy:

July Guest Designer: Bettina

Bettina, our Guest Designer, shares a beautiful card with us today. The image is titled Blue Fairy and can be found on plate #77 of the Caron Vinson collection.

Phonebook

I hope you are enjoying the summer and playing with your sweetpea stamps. I still have a lot I've never used and this is one of them. It's by the very talented Meredith Dillman and is called blue fairy from plate 76. Isn't she gorgeous?

I've been in desperate need for a new address book the last couple of months. I have everything written in a simple notebook with no order and it's been driving me crazy having to flip through the whole thing to find what I need. So during my last flipping I got really annoyed and decided to make this book I've been planning for ages. You can use it for anything you might need to find fast: your kid's friends numbers, people on your Christmaslist or why not a page per month writing down how much you've exercised or your measurements.

I started by cutting out 6 pages in cardstock and 2 in patterned paper for the front and back. I used a qk die so the holes were already there for the brads, but it's easy to make yourself. You will need to score on each page to make it possible for it to open. I also cut out 6 qk tabs in the same cardstock. The pages and tabs are inked on the edges with distress ink to give a neater look. The image is coloured with promarkers and the background with distress inks. The fairy has some sparkle on her wings made by a sakura gelly roll. I also used one of the corners from Holiday (plate 12) to add some interest which I'm very happy with. I inked one corner in a purple distress ink and stamped on all 4 corners of the image. Finally I attached the tabs, image and brads. Finally I'll be able to find what I need quickly!

Customer Gallery Submission: Sarah-Louise Mitchell

Sarah-Louise shares her beautiful cards today.

Meredith Dillman's Blue Fairy:

ching chou kuik's Love is Gone:

Customer Gallery Submission: Robyn Pitcher

Robyn shares her beautiful cards today.

Meredith Dillman's Blue Fairy:

ching chou kuik's Fairy of the Night:

It's never to early...

It's never too early to start making Christmas card right?  I am one of those people that always have the good intention of making Christmas cards for my family, but come December I am rushing out to the shops to buy some.  So this year I am starting early.

I decided to make a set of Christmas cards using the gorgeous fairy images from Meredith Dillmans Sheet #1, Plate #76.

Japanese Fairy

Blue Fairy

Fairy Lights

As well as being available on a Sheet #1, Plate #76, these images can also be purchased separately. I am so glad I have made an early start. Who knows come December, it may not be a mad rush to buy Christmas cards.

Thank you for joining me today.  

Renee

Customer Gallery Submission: Carolyn Gibson

Carolyn shares her beautiful artwork today.

Elaine Cox's  Dreamy Sand Castle:

 Meredith Dillman's Fairy Lights:

ching-chou kuik's Dance of the Butterfly:

Elaine Cox's Playing with Stars:

Meredith Dillman's Blue Fairy:

Meredith Dillman's Japanese Fairy:

ching-chou kuik's Pick a Pumpkin:

Hello Spring…….

First off I would like to apologize for the pic of my card.  

I forgot my camera at our cabin and had to scan instead!!!

Welcome Spring or so I thought until we got hit with snow again yesterday.  Every time it just about melts we get a snowstorm again.  Hopefully this will be our last and we will see butterflies floating by soon.

My card today is another beauty Caron Vinsons Art Collection called the blue Fairy!!!  This beauty can be purchased alone or with 3 others at non other than SWEET PEA STAMPS!!!!!  I adore the sweet innocence this artist portrays in her work.  They are such a joy to work with.

Colored with copics and some stickles here and there she is framed and bowed along with a few pearls.  A simple way to say Hello Spring!!!!

"Life's Beauty Inspires Me To Kreate"

Customer Gallery Submission: Sarah-Louise Mitchell

Sarah-Louise shares her beautiful cards today.

Brigid Ashwood's Zam:

Jennifer Nilsson's Sea Dragon:

Meredith Dillman's Blue Fairy:

ching chou kuik's The Dragonfly:

Got Butterflies?

I love all of Plate #76 drawn by Meredith Dillman for Sweet Pea Stamps. Each one of the faries are stunning and have fabulous details. This image is one called Blue Fairy.

  Fairies and butterflies, so perfect together.

Get Inky!

Alex

Fluttering Fairy Christmas

I have 2 Sweet Pea cards to share with you today. Both of my cards I used 2 of Meredith Dillman's images/stamps at Sweet Pea Stamps. This first one is called Fairy Lights and you can purchase her by herself or on a sheet of 3 other GORGEOUS stamps, sheet #1/ Plate #76.

For my second card I used Blue fairy by Meredith Dillman and she is also on the same sheet.

This one I made months ago. It was when this set first came out in the summer and I forgot to share it with you.

The image is from Sweet Pea Stamps called Holly Fairy and she can be purchased as a single or on a sheet with 3 other beautiful Christmas images on it(Sheet #21/ Plate # 60 by ching chou kuiks)

I used some DCWV older Christmas DP. I added some lace and some American Crafts Holly Leaves and flower that I added glitter glue to then some MS fine glitter. I also added some ribbon from my blogging friend Rellz. I colored the image with copics and added some more glitter glue and fine glitter to the leaves.

Have a wonderful day and a Happy and safe Christmas!!

Make Believe

Hi everyone! :) For my card today, I'm so excited to share with you another new artist for Sweet Pea Stamps. This beautiful fairy image was illustrated by Meredith Dillman and is called Blue Fairy. Isn't she pretty? She was so fun to color. I colored the image with copics and then lightly sponged around the image with SU's Bashful Blue ink using my Tim Holtz blending tool. Next I added some Stardust Stickles to her wings. I then created my card base out of SU cardstock (Perfect Plum and Not Quite Navy). My DP is from K&Co. For some finishing touches, I added a bow (tied with my Bow Easy), dew drops, Primas, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, and swirls made from an EK Success punch. What do you think?

I hope you enjoyed my card for today. Make sure to head over to Sweet Pea Stamps and check out all the new artists. Thanks so much as always for stopping by.

Hugs, Christine

Caron Vinson's Blue Fairy

Hi everyone :) I'm so excited to share my card with you today. Lynette, the owner of Sweet Pea Stamps has added some incredible new artists to her stamp designs. This particular image is illustrated by the amazing Caron Vinson. I LOVE her illustrations, they are absolutely gorgeous! This particular image is called Blue Fairy (of course, I didn't color mine blue :) ). I colored my image with copics. I then sponged around my image lightly with purple ink using my Tim Holtz blending tool. Next I added some Stardust Stickles to her wings and some purple glitter from my purple glitter Sakura gel pen to her bracelets. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock. The yummy DP is from DCWV (love this paper!). For some finishing touches, I added pearls, Primas, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, and a butterfly, which was made by Prima (I got it at Michael's). What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. Thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs, Christine

A Trio of Fairy Muses

Stamps: Meredith Dillman's "Japanese Fairy", "Peacock Fairy", & "Blue Fairy" Plate #76

For today's card I used the beautiful fairy images from one of the new Sweet Pea artists, Meredith Dillman. I love the anime feel to these, so I decided to use some vivid colors combined with the Copic Fluorescents. I then cut them into 1.5 x 3.5 inch panels. They are outlined with my favorite Platinum Stickles. The background paper is the Fairy Flora line from Prima.

Fairy in Olive

I was so anxious to ink up one of the new Meredith Dillman fairy stamps for this project. I love fairies in earthy tones! There are so many beautiful new images. Click here to check them out!

Supply List
Image
Blue Fairy, Meredith Dillman for Sweet Pea Stamps Plate 76

Ink
Memento, Tuxedo Black
Papers
Neenah Smooth white card stock
Solid color card stocks-black, old olive and gray from Stampin Up
Multi color designer paper-Basic Grey "Eerie"
Purple designer paper-Stampin Up

Copic Markers
Skin tones-yr0000, e00, e21
Hair-e50, e51, e13
Dress-yg91, yg93, yg95, 0
Wings-w1, w3, ww5, e00, e01, yg91, yg93
Butterflies-bv11, bv13, bv17

Misc. Supplies
Martha Stewart Ribbon Loop Corner and Border Punches
Chalks for cheeks
EK Success corner punch
Sticky gems, purple and black
Smooch "Illuminate" for wings
Inkssentials, Ranger Glossy Accents for wings
Black organdy ribbon
dimensional adhesive
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive