Merry Christmas from Elena

Here's a stunning image from Sweet Pea artist Nikki Burnette called Elena (Plate #73).  This stamp is just stunning.  It's a great image for making a heart warming Christmas card for the one you hold close.  It has incredible detail, but to highlight the sexy lady on the card, I colored in the background images using five different shades of warm grey copic markers.

Here's a close up of the colored image.  I colored the girl in warm colors to go with the warm greys in the background.  Isn't she beautiful? I just love those holly socks.  I would so wear those!

I added one of the vertical sentiment from the Sweet Pea vertical sentiments plate, Holiday Veritcals (Plate #13).  Then I added some gorgeous bling to finish off the card.  This paper is also some of the beautiful Bazzill embossed paper that already has a layer of shimmery decor on it (that's the dark red coloration in the background).  What a perfect Oooo La La card for the Hubby.

Check out this stamp when thinking about what you want to make your dearest for the holidays.

Cheers, Holley

Customer Submission: Nataliya

Nataliya shares her lovely creations today.

Nikki Burnette's Arden:

ching chou kuik's Masked Fairy in Green:

Today's card features the lovely image Telsa from the Nikki Burnette collection.

Thanks for stopping by!

Nikki Burnette's Telsa

Nikki Burnette's Telsa

Beautiful Women

Here's two very different cards in very differnt styles using two amazing artist's stamps.  The first card uses a stamp named Summer from Sweet Pea artist Karen Middleton.  Isn't she gorgeous?  She looks so deep in thought. I love her.  Karen also makes adorable kids and cute fairy stamps, but this image here just drew me in and made me create this card. 

The card below is a more whimsical treat with a very sexy woman from artist Nikki Burnette called Stella.  I just love those over the knee socks (or stockings).  Those just look like something I would wear.  I added a wonderful saying to the card "Butterfly Kisses."

Hope these cards make you want to go and create some cards today.  Be sure and check out these artists stamps at the store as well as the wonderful SALE that is happening.

Customer Submission: Melisa Marie

Melisa Marie shares her beautiful creation today.


Nikki Burnette's Neva:

Customer Submission: Nataliya Simpson

Nataliya shares her beautiful creations today.

Elaine Cox's Miranda:

Nikki Burnette's Neva:

Karen Middleton' s Pixie Mush:

ching-chou kuik- Pick a Pumpkin:

Melissa Dawn's Velvet Spring:

ching-chou kuiks Fly Butterfly:

Giving some older stamps some love

Hi everyone. Today I have 2 cards to share with you.  The first one is by our artist ching-chou kuiks and her name is "Serenity" and you can purchase her as a single or on sheet #29, Plate #97.

  I colored this image a long ......long time ago and can't remember the exact colors I used. I know I used these blues to color her B000,B91,B93,B95,B97 and B99.

I used some Glitz papers, Wild Orchid Crafts Rose, Dark blue self adhesive rhinestones, Spellbinder Fancy Labels 3 (I think) and some Distressing ink in faded blue jeans.

This image is by our artist "Nikki Burnette" called "Karmina" and you can purchase her as a single or on sheet #4, Plate #100.

  I used some PinkPaislee paper from the Spring Jubillee collection.

I added a dollie, some Wild Orchid Crafts Roses, Spellbinder's Fancy labels die, Maya Road leaf pins and some aqua self adhesive rhinestones.

The image was colored with copics

Skin: YR000,YR0000,E000,E21 and E11

Cheeks-R20 

Hair: E50,E51,E53 and E55

Aqua/Teal colors- BG49,BG18,BG15,BG13,BG11 and BG10

Pinks- RV19,RV09,RV06,RV04 and RV02

Shadow around image- C2 and C1

I wanted to pull out some of my older images and give them some love.  I still have so many that I have not created with yet.  It's so hard to pick witch one I want to stamp out and create with.

I hope this encourages you to play with some of your images that you haven't created with yet.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day and week.

Hugs:)

Angela

Customer Submission: Ali Johnson

Ali shares her beautiful creations today.

ching chou kuik's Purple Comfort:

Teresa Sherman's Sexy Goth:

Nikki Burnette's Telsa:

ching chou kuik's Fox Allure:

ching-chou kuik's Kimono Butterfly Mermaid:

ching chou kuik's Red Hearts:

ching chou kuik's Midnight Waiting:

 Anna marine's Keep My Secret Well...:

ching-chou kuik's September Rhythm:

 ching-chou kuik's Poppy Love:

ching-chou kuik's Dance of Butterfly:

ching-chou kuik's Soft Goth Night:

Customer Submission: Kasey Crabb

Kasey shares her lovely creations today.

Nikki Burnette's Arden:

Karen Middleton' s Little Daisy:

Conie Fong's Buttercup:

Elaine Cox's Katie:

ching chou kuik's Red Hearts:

ching chou kuik's Radiant Butterfly:

Customer Submission: Rachel

Rachel shares her wonderful artwork today.

Nikki Burnette's Telsa:

Zoe and Adrianna say "Happy Halloween"

Here's two wonderful images from Sweet Pea artist Nikki Burnette. This stamp is "Zoe" (Plate #120) and she's stunning. I added a wonderful Happy Halloween sentiment from the Halloween Sheet #1. I colored the image in beautiful copic markers and added some lace from Istanbul, Turkey and some adorable felted crows. Doesn't this put you in the Halloween mood?
As if you are not ready for Halloween yet, here's the amazing image that I spoke of last week, Adrianna from Plate #189. Isn't she beautiful? I fell in love with this image as soon as I saw it. It was the first stamp in the package that I had to make a card with. I think she will also be useful for Thanksgiving and given the right coloring, even christmas...when do we all want pumpkin pies? I know I want them all fall and winter season long! YUM.

I added a great saying to the card "When witched go riding and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween." I had to add the perfect little black cat to the card and some tiny black buttons to give it a little highlight. What a fun holiday card.

Happy Halloween everyone!

Holley

Constance

Here's a great image from artist Nikki Burnette named Constance (Plate #149). Isn't she a beauty? I just love her expression. I had this wonderful fall color paper that was warm browns on the outside and oranges inside, so I colored her up with gorgeous reds and deep oranges. Then I highlighted the card with some luxurious embroidered paisley that I bought in Turkey. It's a rich orange with luscious brown sequins inside. YUM!I cut the outside edge of the card to match the shape of the paisley and let the inside coloring of the cardstock show. I added a wonderful sentiment "The eyes indicate the antiquity of the soul." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) and used a couple of great flower embellishments from All My Memories to add one extra touch. The die cut used on this card is a new shape that Sizzix is selling. Be sure to check out all of Nikki's stamps (click here). I just love this image, and her new sheet that just came out, OH, I can't WAIT to get my hands on those. That little witch (Adrianna)--you are SO gonna see a card with her soon!!

Cheers All, Holley

Two Simple Cards to Share

Today I would like to share two cards with you, the first is from the Rebecca Sinz collection. It is titled Predatory and can be found on Plate #156. It was colored with copics and the papers are 7gypsies.

This image is Nikki Burnette's Astrina, found on Plate #100. It was colored with copics, the papers are from pink paislee.

I hope you have enjoyed your stop today and will visit the store now - there are many gorgeous images on sale and I just love a good sale!

Customer Gallery Submission: Sandy Golding

Sandy shares her beautiful cards today.

ching chou kuik's Poppy Love:

Elaine Cox's Bess:

Caron Vinson's Blushing Rose Fairy:

Nikki Burnette's Arden:

Fairy iphone Cover

Ooo this was so much fun! I found this clear iphone cover at the dollar store...I had been thinking it would be fun to make an insert that I could change out for my phone! This little case was just perfect. The background paper isn't easy to photograph...it's a metallic purple and super cool.

Supply List
Images-"Karmina" by Nikki Burnette for Sweet Pea Stamps

Stamp Ink
Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper
Neenah Smooth white card stock
All card stocks unknown from stash

Copic Markers
Skin tones-yr0000, e000, e30
Hair-e41, e42, e31
Eyes-w1, w3, w5, bg01
Lips-r01
Wings-bg01, bg05, bg07, bv04, bv08
Clothing-w5, w7, bv08

Misc. Supplies
Smooch "Gold"
Black lace trim
Chalks
Scotch ATG gun and adhesive