I'm Not Goth!

Here's a great image from Sweet Pea artist Teresa Sherman (plate #222) called "I'm not Goth."  So very perfect for those teens in your life.  I just love this image.  I dressed her up in hot pinks and black.  I used a card that is folded in half and will stand up, with the image sticking well above the card (fits perfectly into a 5.5" square envelope).

That gorgeous décor on the bottom is actually amazing ribbon.  It's been hand glittered and the beads and sequins are sewn onto it.  It's some that I bought while in Istanbul, Turkiye.  I don't know what the ribbon is typically intended for, but I just see fabulous cards I can make with it!  I will say at all the shops I went to in the ribbon district there, I did take a handful of cards decorated with ribbon and lace to show the shop owners so they would see what I did with type of items they sell.
The sentiment comes from Cosmo Cricket and the butterfly from Petaloo.

Have a great weekend everyone. I hope you will get some crafting done to have some fun.  Drop by Holley's Blog to see some wonderful blog candy including some amazing goodies from Sweet Pea stamps.  It's in celebration of two wonderful brain surgeries that saved my life three years ago.  All my stamping friends, including those on the design team here at Sweet Pea stamps were just wonderful and so supportive.  Hugs everyone!!

Cheers, Holley

Connie-Thorne

This beauty is by Teresa Sherman for

Sweet Pea Stamps

and her name is "Thorne"

You will find her on plate #222

or by clicking

Sweet Pea Stamps

I colored her with Copics and Distress markers,

cut some scallops with SB 

"Classic Scallops" die, layered with

pretty papers by Basic Grey from their "indian summer"

series.  A little glitz from

some Distress Stickles "Worn Lipstick"

by Ranger & some die cut vines by

poppystamps dies and

that is all she needs IMO.

What is your opinion??

Connie

Fern the Forest Fairy

Here's a wonderful Sweet Pea stamp from artist Teresa Sherman called Fern the Forest Fairy (Plate #222).  If you check out her image on the Sweet Pea site, you can see how different my image looks due to the coloring.  Once I colored this image,  I initially left it with a white background, then  contemplated a sky blue or darker (say night time blue) background.  After looking at the image for a while, I actually ended up coloring the background in a Copic Warm Grey as shown in the card.  Turned out great and it really makes a difference in how the final image looks.  I wish I had scanned in the image prior to adding the background color so you could see it.

So, next time you are coloring something up, think about not just your image, but also the background color that will really make your image stand out.  I tend to use cool greys or light blues, but sometimes a warmer colored grey looks so much better.  I added a great sentiment to this card "Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope."

Have a stamp happy day everyone!

Cheers, Holley

Emo Valentine Fairy

This lovely image titled Emo Valentine Fairy is part of the newly released Plate #222 drawn by Teresa Sherman.  I love all four images on this plate, LOVE them!!!!  This is going to be a fabulous image not only for Valentine's Day, but other times I want to send someone a card that I am thinking of them too.

Get Inky!

Alex