The Shore

Hi everyone, it's holiday time over here and while quite some people enjoying lying at the beach by themselves I had big fun to play with this fabulous image from the Terra Bidlespacher Art Collection. This sweet mermaid is called 'The Shore' and you can find her HERE. She comes as a single stamp and is available as well on plate # 103 together with three other fabulous images. 

The image is coloured with Distress Inks, and her tail is paper pieced. The papers I used for my card is all scraps I still had in my paper stash.  

Thank you so much for looking. Have a magical day!
Hugs, Karina

Connie-"The Shore"

Winter has hung on too long here so today I am showing you

how I deal with the cold and snow.

I played with an image from Sweet Pea's Plate #103 by Terra Bidlespacher

titled "The Shore."

You can find this image (as well as others just as 

delightful and fun) by going to

Sweet Pea Stamps

I stamped her with Memento black dye ink onto white glossy.

Then I ran a pc. of wax paper through my 

Cuttlebug to emboss.  I sandwiched the wax paper between

2 pcs. of white glossy (one being this stamped one and other

being blank).  

TIP:  Using 2 glossies with gloss facing each other and wax paper between

will yield 2 background pieces!

I added some text paper above and below and ran a hot iron

over it all until wax had melted and transferred to my glossy pcs.

I then inked a brayer with variegated dye ink pad and

rolled across until I was satisfied with the blending of colors.

The ink will resist where the embossed design melted

onto the glossy....perhaps giving my pretty mermaid a case of measles??

I colored it with Copics, added some netting to represent a fishing net,

some small brass charms and some acrylic alphabet

squares by Scrap Essentials.

Papers are by Anchor Paper.

The netting and charms are from my stash.

Thanks for stopping by!

Connie

Terra Bidlespacher's Journey

Hi Everyone,

Today I'll be sharing a card made with Terra Bidlespacher's Journey:

Journey is available as a single stamp or as part of Plate #103. The sentiment is from Plate #24.

She is stamped onto Neenah Super Smooth 80lb Solar White card stock with Tuxedo Memento Ink and colored with Copics.

I added a little Gloss to the wings and some rhinestones.

I've been eying my rickrack ribbon and thought it would work with this image. I have such a hard time with adding embellishments :-(. Although you only see a little of the rick rack strips, it does add a nice touch and is reminisce of waves.

As with all of the stamps at Sweet Pea Stamps, she was a joy to color even if I was a little intimidated. Honestly I am always intimidated when I start out, but the sheer magic of these stamps takes over. I know you know what I mean, right?

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the SALES page at Sweet Pea Stamps!

Precious Flutters

First I wanted to create a black and white card. I had already the papers ready and started to colour up the image. Then I had the inspiration that this adorable fairy called 'Flutters' from the Terra Bidlespachers Art Collection at Sweet Pea Stamps have to wear a bit of pink as well. And so it was. I distressed the vellum paper with white felt flowers on with some pink Distress Inks. And I found those pink edges on my stack as well. And so this card was born. The papers are all from local stores, and so the ribbon as well. The flowers I used are from Wild Orchid.

You can find this fabulous stamp here on plate 103 together with tree more gorgeous images. 'Flutters' is available as single stamp as well.

Thank you for watching. Have a wonderful day. And check out the two other sheets of the great artist Terra Bidlespacher. You won't miss those lovely images of her.

Hugs, Karina

Connie-Flutters by Terra Bidlespacher

Today my card uses an image by Terra Bidlespacher, a new Sweet Pea artist.

Her name is "Flutters" and you can find this stamp on plate #103

by clicking 

HERE

I used 2 different papers by DCWV from the Blossoms & Butterflies stack

and a butterfly border punch by Martha Stewart that I trimmed

to fit.  The green pearls are from Kaiser with Copic markers for color and

ink by PrintWorks "Sage Green" with the textured green base

card by Paper Temptress.

Thanks for looking.

Connie

Images by Terra Bidlespacher's

Today I have 3 cards to share with you using 3 stamps from our New artist at Sweet Pea Stamps Terra . All 3 of these come on the same sheet and there is still one more image... a pirate girl that you will see later this week. These are from sheet #1/ Plate #103.

This first adorable fairy is Flutters. I really love her adorable sweet face.

This one is called Journey.

And the last one is The Shore.

Here is what the whole sheet looks like and the original artwork from Terra Bidlespacher.