Variations Week - Ali's View

It's Variations Week once again, where all the Design Team get to create with the same image. This month we are using Rebecca Sinz's gorgeous Wither:

 

 

I love Rebecca's gothic women and this pretty stamp is no exception. I coloured her with my Promarkers in pretty pastel shades and cut her out using a decorative oval frame:

 

 

I used some vintage style papers for my card and finished things off with some delicate flowers...

 

 

....and some Perlen Pen flourishes:

 

 

This stamp is available in red rubber or digi format from the Sweet Pea Stamps store.

Kym's Weekly Post - Sunday 12/1/14

It is time for Variations Week over at the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog.  This is whereby all the Design Team use the same image to make their cards/creations.

For the month of January 2014 the Variations Week image is "Wither" by Rebecca Sinz.  This image is available as a digital stamp and rubber stamp.

I have coloured my image in with my Graph'it pens, edged around the image with Tim Holtz's Fired Brick and Aged mahogany distress ink and then finally brushed on some white gesso.

The backing papers I have used are from my stash.  On the checked backing paper I have used a harlequin mask and inked through with the Aged Mahogany distress ink.  On two corners I have painted on white gesso and some glitter.  The border is a heart mask, run through my Grand Caliber to emboss the heart and lightly inked over with the Fired Brick distress ink.  I had drew a heart, covered with white gesso, sprinkled with some glitter and inked with Aged Mahogany distress ink.  The card is finished off with a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment, ribbon from a box of chocolates (long eaten!!) and rose flowers and pearl embellishment.

Make sure you pop on over to the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog during the week to see the variety of cards/creations made with "Wither" by Rebecca Sinz.
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This is a card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Elisabeth Bell called "Little Peppermint Puff".  It is available as a rubber stamp.

I have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens and inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Spiced Marmalade and Peeled Paint distress inks.  The backing papers I was given.  I have put some green card through my new spotty Die'sire embossing folder I got for Christmas.

I have finished the card off with some cream flowers which I have inked with Spiced Marmalade distress ink, ribbon, gems, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and a die-cut butterfly.

Variations week : Viola's view

For variations week we are using Regan Kubecek's image called "Thanksgiving Harvest".  I knew I wanted to use warm colors and I found a zigzag pattern in some nice fall colors and built my copic palette around those colors.  I loved the Polka dot dress so I incorporated the colors into the dots.

I had a lot of fun with the image.  Here is a close up

 I wish to share with all of you one of the things I am thankful for this year, it is this blog.  I have loved Sweet Pea stamps since I found them and I love being on this design team with all of these 

wonderful, creative ladies.  

I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving.  

Variations Week - Ali's View

It's Variations Week again here at Sweet Pea Stamps, where the Design Team all create with the same stamp. I love seeing how different one image can look in all the different projects. This month we are creating with Regan Kubecek's Thanksgiving Harvest:

 

 

I coloured this sweet image with my Promarkers and matted it onto white card:

 

 

I teamed my coloured image with some more of the gorgeous Autumn Song papers from Bo Bunny (these are just fabulous for autumn/fall themed projects) and a scrap of cheesecloth for a touch of texture:

 

 

To finish I cut some autumn leaves with my Cameo, inked them with Distress Inks and coated them with Glossy Accents, and added them around the image, along with a paper flower and a small charm:

 

 

This sweet stamp is available in digi or red rubber format from the Sweet Pea Stamps store and for this week only is available at a discounted price.

Variations Week: Allywhitecat's View

This is a image from one of the wonderfully talented artist at http://sweetpeastamps.com. Her name is Regan Kubecek. This adorable image is called Thanksgiving Harvest.
Regan is so very talented and her images are just beautiful.

Variations Week: Ali's View

This week for Variations Week at the Sweet Pea Stamps blog, the DT are playing with Teresa Sherman's fabulous Halloweenies images. I just love these creepy cute characters! :)

I chose to work with Mummy:

I coloured the image with my Promarkers and cut it out:

I decided to keep my card fairly clean and simple and used my Cameo to cut some halloween-themed images from black card, sizing them to the same size as my main image. I arranged the images in a grid formation, attaching the coloured digi stamp with foam pads to make it pop, and finished up with a spooky sentiment, also cut with my Cameo:

You can find Teresa Sherman's Halloweenies (and her other fab stamps) in both red rubber and digi format at the Sweet Pea Stamps store.

Variations Week: Viola's View

I love Halloween and I decided to do an image called Witchypoo by Teresa Sherman.  It was a lot of fun to color.  I especially like that fierce little cat at the bottom.

Variations Week: Ali's View

It's Variations Week again and this month the Design Team have all been creating with this adorable An Apple A Day stamp by Karen Middleton:

I loved the cute rather vintage style of this image and I decided to try colouring it in sepia tones, with red apples as little touches of colour:

I also added some Glossy Accents to the apples and edged the image with Antique Gold Frantage embossing powder. I used some pretty patterned paper that I got recently and added layered lace and pretty blossoms.

You can buy this adorable image in red rubber or digi format from the Sweet Pea Stamps store. Don't forget to check back during this week to see the rest of the Design Team's fabulous creations using this stamp.

Variations Week: Kym's View

This week is my favourite time on Sweet Pea Stamps.  Before I was on the Design Team I used to long for this week whereby the Design Team would make a card/creation using the same image.  I was always amazed how different the cards were.  Now what amazes me - and I still have to pinch myself at times - is that I am part-and-parcel of this wonderful Design Team so I get to show you my creation I have made.

For our cards/creations this month we had to use the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Karen Middleton called "An apple a day".  It is available as a digital image or as a rubber stamp.  For my card I have used the digital image and made it a little bigger than I normally do.  I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and highlighted areas with my Pan Pastels and some Stampendous Fran-tage in Shabby Blue.  I have inked around the edges with a chalk ink pad.  The backing papers I have used are bright pink and lime green and are freebies from Summertime Designs.

Here is a close-up of the image with the Fran-tage.  I still struggle with this stuff blowing off even though I heat from underneath but at least I am getting more staying on the card!!!  I have coloured a chipboard die-cut petal shape with a Rose Bud Memento ink pad.  I then stamped in black Versafine "Happy Birthday" using a freebie stamp and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then used a peg stamp and the same Rose Bud ink pad and stamped around the edge.  I have finished the card off with a Tim Holtz butterfly border die which I have inked with Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass and Peeled Pain distress ink pads, doilies, gingham ribbon bow, flowers and gems.

Variations Week: Shanna's View

Hello everyone. Shanna here today to share my view on variation week. I really hope you have ben enjoying the views. I certainly love this week and how different everyone creates with this image. This week we are all using the image by Karen Middleton called An Apple a Day.

I colored the image with copics added some glossy accents and stickles. Of course embellished further with with cherry blossom flowers and some regular flowers and pearls. 

Hope you enjoyed my take make sure to check back for more inspiration!

Variations Week: Shanna's View

Good day everyone. Shanna here to share my take on our image for variations week. How exciting is it to see so many different takes on just one image!!!!

I am so thrilled to share my take as I got to use a new 6x6 pad I just got called Lyric by Prima. I thought this image was just as elegant as the papers and I tried it out. 

Isn't this image just precious???

Here you can see the stickles glitter that I added to the trim. 

I love how elegant this card turned out. 

Thanks so much for joining us this week for our variations. 

Variations Week: Shanna's View

Hey Sweet Pea Lovers!!! It is VARIATIONS WEEK!!! 

Now this is a first for me again so I am still crazy excited. For those who don't know Variations Week is where each designer works with the same stamp and we get to share our take on it. We all have different views and styles so we definitely get to show you what we are made of.

This week we are working with Karen Middleton's image Red, White, and Blue.

This was hard for me as I don't do masculine well. Yes I don't. I think I have done maybe 3 or 4 masculine cards in the last 2+ years. 

Well I was lucky and had a paper pad by Fancy pants that was unused and sitting there collecting dust just waiting for this moment.  

Here you can see a close up of my coloring skills. A little harder on this image. Again I think I am just masculine challenged!

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Now don't forget to stop by every day to see a different take on this image. Shall be an extra fun week!

Variations Week: Jennifer's View

Hi, this is my take on Karen Middleton's image, Red, White and Blue from Plate #161.

The image was colored with copics, the yellow paper and flower are prima and the purple just some scraps I found in my stash, flourish comes from bobunny and buttons are BG. I hope you have enjoyed your visit today - I love hearing or at least seeing your comments! Have a great weekend!

Variations Week: Nataliya's View

Hey Crafters!! Welcome to another Variation week with Sweet Pea stamps. This cute image Red, White and Blue, by Karen Middleton you can find at the Sweet Pea Shop in digi or Rubber stamp.
It's always fun to see same image in different view from other DT Girls. So here is my View.

I added some punched out Stars, as they was added by this little Girl.

And i went with red, white and blue embellishments.

I hope you like my vision on this image, and i like to see yours.
Hugs Nataliya

Variations Week: Kym's View

It is time for Variations Week.  All of the Design Team are given the same image to use in their own way and each day on the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog you see different creations.  I obviously love Sweet Pea Stamps but I always looked forward to this week of the month to see the variety of creations - now being part of the Design Team I get to take part.

This month the image that we have been given to use is called "Red, White and Blue" and is by the talented Artist Karen Middleton.  The image is available in a rubber stamp. I decided I wanted to keep the colour scheme to red, white and blue as per the name of the stamp as I love this colour scheme.  I have coloured the image with my Promarkers and highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust pen.

The backing papers I have used were a freebie last year with the DoCrafts Creativity Magazine for our Queen's Diamond Jubilee.  It also included a sheet of little postcards so I have used one of these and torn it in half.  I have finished the card off with some Papermania Glitterations, selection of buttons, red/white and blue/white twine twisted together and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.

Variations Week: Ali's View

Variations Week is upon us again and this time the DT are playing with Karen Middleton's sweet Red, White and Blue image. I love seeing how we all take the same image and do something so different with it. :)

For my card I coloured the stamp in shades of red, white and blue - fittingly - and added some sparkly Stickles to the scattered stars.

I cut out the image with a Nestabilities die and embossed the edges and then decorated my card with gold mirri card and one of the prints I made while playing with my Gelli plate last month (I thought the red, white and blue colours, with touches of gold, in this print were just a perfect match).

I added a couple of lengths of ribbon and then cut some zooming star shapes with my Cameo and layered them under the image, which I matted onto more gold mirri card and attached with foam tape. To finish I added some teeny tiny little star-shaped gemstones here and there.

This image is available in both red rubber and digi format from the Sweet Pea Stamps store.

Variations Week: Jennifer's View

It's Saturday and what a great day to do some stamping! Today is, also, the final day of Variations Week for May and Little Curls by Elisabeth Bell is an absolutely adorable image to work with!

My image was colored with copics and the papers and flowers are from prima. Thanks for stopping by!

Variations Week: Karina's View

Hello everoyne, we have Variations Week again... yay!! I love to see what the team is creating with the same image. This time we played with sweet 'Little Curls' from Elisabeth Bell. And I tried out something totally different this time; I stamped and colored on Linen. Really have to get more exercise in this, as the colors react so different on fabric. This was my first try, but I quite like how it turned out. Love the linen structure. As I wanted to keep the focus on the image I didn't add more embellishments than the die cutted and distressed key and some sweet little buttons.

On the close up below you can see the structure of the fabric much better...

Now I am curious to read what you think about it.
Have a wonderful day!
Hugs, Karina