Weekly cards by Kym

My first card I have to show you this week is a Christmas card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Joanne Schempp called "Kristy".  It is available as a digital stamp and a rubber stamp.  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers and highlighted areas with a white gel pen and my clear Wink of Stella pen.  The backing papers are from my stash.

I have finished the card off with some ribbon, die-cut poinsettia, die-cut holly, pearl, wooden heart coloured with a Promarker and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.

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My second card I have made is one suitable for a man.  I have used the Ching-Chou Kuik imaged called “Ladybug”.  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 26, Plate 79 – Ladybug comes on the multi-image plate with Seahorse, Hummingbird and Dragonflies along with sentiment).

I have coloured the image in with my Graph’it pens, highlighted areas with my Wink of Stella clear pen and added pearl drops to the background.  The backing papers are from my Perfect Papercrafting CD.  I have finished the card off with some die-cuts a friend did for me.  The first is Joanna Sheen’s Lace Edger 2 die-cut which I have inked with Time Holtz’s Crushed Olive distress ink.  The second is Joanna Sheen’s Ivy Flourish die-cut which she cut from some metallic card.  I also added some buttons and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.
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For my final card to show you this week I am using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Rachel Anderson called "Sunrise".  It is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 2, Plate 111 – Sunrise comes on the multi-image plate with Amanita Muscaria, Pixie Dust and Twilight Shimmer). 

 I have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens, highlighted areas including making her have a dotty dress with a white gel pen and highlighted areas with my Wink of Stella clear pen. I have stamped around the image with various peg stamps and Tim Holtz's Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar, Crushed Olive and Peeled Paint distress ink.

The backing papers I have used are from my Perfect Companion CD. I have used Victorian Velvet distress ink to colour the doily. I have used a Tim Holtz flower die and made two dimensional flowers out of scraps of the backing papers. I have finished the card off with some pearl brads which I've had for some years now, ribbon, pearls and a gorgeous Prima butterfly I got for my birthday.

Spring is here!

I think spring may have finally arrived! My card, today, features ching chou kuik's Ladybug image - perfect for the season.

It was colored with copics, the shine you see is Diamond Glaze that has been brushed on both horizontally and vertically, allow to dry in between coats, it gives this wonderful painted canvas effect. The papers are Basic Grey.

I hope you are enjoying some gorgeous weather this weekend also! Thanks for stopping by!

Customer Submission: Philippa from Limetart

Philippa from Limetart.com shares some recent published cards today. You can find these in Cardmaking, Stamping & Papercraft magazine issue 18-3.


ching chou kuik's Ladybug:

ching chou kuik's One and Only Heart, Seeing Through, and Flowing in Blue:

 

 Lime Tart Design Team Member, Colleen Boshoff created these cards. Elaine Cox's Miranda, Maggie, Katie and Bess:

Ladybug

Hi dear Sweet Pea Stamps friends, today I want to show you something totally different as I usual do. I tried out a new technique. I stamped and coloured on acetate. Those beautiful images from ching-chou kuik's are perfect for this. I used 'Ladybug' here, which is available on Plate # 79 together with three other fabulous images. Ladybug is available as a single stamp as well. 

I stamped the image with a black Staz'On ink pad on a sheet of acetate. Then I coloured the image on the backside with Copics! On the front side I added some little accents with a white gel pen. The background I used here is the card which was in a package of Prima flowers. I thought it would fit perfect as the background for my image, which is shining through the acetate. I abstained adding embellishments as they would take off the focus from this gorgeous image which I didn't want.

Have a magical day!

Hugs, Karina

Ladybug, Ladybug....

One of the newer sheets at Sweet Pea Stamps by ching chou kuiks is very quickly becoming my favorite sheet yet! It is Plate #79 and has these fabulous images on it of a seahorse, dragonfly, hummingbird and

LADYBUG!

This image was fun to color and is just perfect to be the entire focus of the card. I kept trying to add ribbon to the card and had about six different ones out. I asked my son which and he said "Mom, I think you should just leave the ribbon off". He was right. I like it better just like this!!!