Inspiration With Nataliya. Project #3 of 4.

 Hello. I'm back with Project #3 of 4 as a DT member at Sweet Pea Stamps. You can see my Project #1 HERE, and Project #2 HERE.
Collection continue with Ching  Chou Kuik "The Dragonfly". You can have this image as a Rubber stamp, or Digital image HERE.
Image i colored with Distress Ink, by adding lot's of sparkles to it.

 For the Sentiment "Love" i used clear stamp and die cut Tag by inking edges.

 To continue with my "Love" theme i added Gem Heart.

 For the Dragonfly i used punch. I punched two Dragonflies, and used purple and green glitter on one, and micro beads on the other one. Then i used hot glue gun to put them together.

 also some colorful gems on the top. For the swirl Die cut i used micro beads and glitter too, but inked first.

 Some of my hand made flowers and double bow.

She is gorgeous and i know you like to perches her. So hurry shopping!!!!

Thank you all for looking, and see you soon with my last project #4.
Hugs Nataliya

Ching Chou Kuik's Silent Cry

I've recently been taken with the idea of shading images in with pencil, rather than colouring them, and I decided to try out this idea on some of my Sweet Pea Stamps images. I decided to start with Ching Chou Kuik's gorgeous Silent Cry:

I used the digi version of this stamp and printed it and coloured it in with just a simple HB pencil. I think it works really well on this atmospheric image - the grayscale colouring seems to fit with the melancholy of the image. :)

I teamed the finished image with a hand-made inky background using muted shades of Distress Inks and added some delicate die-cuts:

To finish things off, I also added some dots of black Stickles and a few highlights of Stickles on the leaves.

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

It's time for the November challenge! "It's a Feast"

It's time for a new challenge!

One Sweet Challenge at Sweet Pea Stampers,

and this time the theme is:

"It's a Feast!"

I took one of the Ching-Chou Kuik's Rubber Stamp called:

"One and Only Heart". 

This gorgeous stamp is availble as a single rubber stamp,

but also availble as a sheet # 24, plate 68

with 2 lovely sentiments stamps:

"Happy Valentines Day

and

"If I had a single flower for everytime I think about you

I could walk forever in my garden"

Sweet Pea Rubber stamp 

This stamp is also availble as a digi:

Sweet Pea Digi Stamp 

I colored her in with distresspads.

And added some sparkles with some glitters.

Than I embossed the image with Clear embossingspowder.

I added 3 layers for a smooth look.

I decided to give it a little vintage look.

So I put the image in the freezer for about 10 minutes.

After I took it out of the freezer I cracked it.

I distressed the cracks with distresspad Walnut Stain.

It looks old right now.

The base of the card is Kraft cardstock.

I used several layers of designpaper from Prima "Fairy Rhymes".

I also added a cakedoily in between.

The flowers I made from dies of Memory box.

For the centers I used wooden buttons.

The leaves are from Magnolia Doohicky's.

For the final touch, I added a chipboard sentiment

"Happy Birthday

It's Feast, afterall! 

I hope you like the card.

Don't forget to check out the other DT-members.

Sylvia

xxx

Waiting for You by Helena Reis

Welcome to another wonderful week here at Sweet Pea Stamps (SPS)! This is one of my favorite places to be on a Monday! What about you?

Today I have a winter themed card for you using “Waiting for You” by Helena Reis. Ms. Reis is one of the many new artists that Lynette has attracted to her little shop. Helena Reis’s Paper Dreams images are available in digital format and rubber, whichever medium you prefer.

I colored “Waiting for you” with Copics and added Gelly Roll Clear Star to her wings. She so needed sparkles. I have cut several dies in snowflakes, vines, and circles. All the silver areas was achieved using 3-D stamp paint in silver. All the details will be on my blog, AJ's Designs.

We have a new monthly challenge for you at One Sweet Challenge. The theme is “It’s a Feast.” We want to see you focus on one color, a particular embellishment, and many images of the same theme. After you have entered using an SPS image, or you create any project with an SPS image, please come share it with us on our SPS Facebookgroup.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you visit every day for some Sweet Pea inspiration.

Aletha Jane

Regan Kubeck's Angel Wing

Hello everyone. I know I am so excited about the new images from Regan Kubecek. I  love them all but chose to make one for a friend of mine from sweetpeastamps.com and their new artist Regan Kubecek called Angel Wing.
This is a simple piece my friend does not like a lot of embellishments fortunately when you have known someone for a few years you learn their likes and dis likes..she loves and adores sweet Pea images. This was colored with Prisma pencils.
Thank you for looking.
susan s.

One Sweet Challenge - November 2013

It is the first day of the month and therefore time for another challenge over at One Sweet Challenge.  This month the topic is "it's a feast".  This means you have to have lots of one item eg lots of different colours, lots of images, lots of papers or lots of embellishments.

 For my card I have used the Sweet Pea Stamps image by Ching-Chou Kuik called "Coral Immersion". It's available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 12, Plate 41 - Coral Immersion is on the multi-image sheet with Enchanting Gold, Mad Tea Party and Cheshire Illusion).

I have coloured the image in with my new Graph'it pens.  I haven't got many but of course had to start with my favourite colour purple!!  The backing papers are from my Perfect Papercrafting CD.  For my feast part of the challenge I went overboard with embellishments - cheesecloth, raffia ribbon, die-cut scroll, die-cut flower button, Prima butterfly, gems and pearls.
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Today starts a new system for me at Sweet Pea Stamps.  All of the Design Team have been given a specific day to show you their creations.  I am teamed up with Susan and we will show you our creations on a Sunday.

The first of my weekly cards is "Holly Fairy" by Ching-Chou Kuik

I have kept the height and embellishments to a minimum as we are all concerned about the cost of posting items these days.  For my card I have used the Sweet Pea Stamps Ching-Chou Kuik image called "Holly Fairy".  She was one of my first Sweet Pea Stamps rubber stamps and she is still one of my favourite Christmas images.  She is now available as a digital image, single rubber stamp and as a plate of 4 images (Sheet 21, Plate 60 - Holly Fairy comes with the images Poinsettia Fairy, Holly Night and Cherish Christmas).  

The image I have coloured in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and highlighted areas with a white gel pen.  I added Glossy Accents to the holly berries.  For the large piece of backing paper I made this myself with various Christmas stamps and edged with a green chalk ink pad. 

The other backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs Christmas Traditions.  I have finished the card off with some Marianne Designs holly die-cuts, card candi, ribbon and a stamped sentiment.

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The second of my weekly cards/creations uses Norma J Burnell's "Firefly Friends Owl".

I have used one of the stunning images by Norma J Burnell called "Firefly Friends Owl".  It is available as a digital stamp and a single rubber stamp.  I have coloured the image in with Promarkers/Flexmarkers, highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pen and inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Tumbled Glass and Chipped Sapphire distress inks.

The backing papers are from my beloved Tim Holtz paper pad which my son bought me two years ago.  I have mounted the image on a Marianne Designs die-cut which I have inked with Tim Holtz's Chipped Sapphire distress ink.  I have finished the calendar off with some raffia ribbon, satin ribbon, washi tape, calendar tab and some decorative pearls.

Weekly Cards/Creations by Kym

It is my turn to show you some of my cards/creations using Sweet Pea Stamps.

Here is a card I have used using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Concetta Kilmer.  It is called "Mr and Mrs Christmas Sweets" and is available as a digital stamp or a single rubber stamp.

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers, highlighted areas with my Sakura Stardust clear pens, inked around the edges with Tim Holtz's Peeled Paint and Pine Needles distress ink and decided that both owls needed googly eyes.  The backing papers I have given.  I have used a square Marianne Designs die and cut this out and inked with Peeled Paint and Pine Needles distress ink.  I have made two flowers using a patterned tissue paper and dies and held the layers together with some large brads.  I have finished the card off with some Marianne Designs die-cut holly, the berries for the holly I used a Sizzix die as I wanted to 3D the berries and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.

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My second card uses an image by Joanne Schempp called "Guardian".  It is an available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 11, Plate 228 - Guardian comes on the multi-image sheet with Excalibur, Kazimira and Wild Thing).

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers.  I then inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Gathered Twigs distress ink (thanks to a fellow Design Team member Aletha using this distress ink I thought I'd give it a go - I love it!!!).  I then got a paint brush and wet around just over two sides of the card and then put on a bronze/gold effect Perfect Pearl powder to make it shine.  The backing papers are from my beloved Tim Holtz paper pad my son bought me some years ago - the papers are disappearing at quite a fast rate now!!!  I have finished the card off with my X-cut distressing tool pulling out strands of my cheesecloth material, spotty organza ribbon, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment, gems. feathers and some wooden hearts I have distressed with Tim Holtz's Gathered Twigs distress ink.

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My final card for this week uses an image by Elaine Cox called "Midnight Rose".  This image is available as a digital stamp, single rubber stamp and as part of a multi-image plate (Sheet 17, Plate 106 - the image Midnight Rose comes on the multi-image plate with Stormy Moon, Celestia and Mariana).

I have coloured the image in with my Promarkers/Flexmarkers and added some sparkle with my clear Wink of Stella pen. The backing papers are from my Perfect Papercrafting Companions CD-Rom from Creative Crafting World and I have gone for a dusky pink and arctic blue colour scheme.  

I have finished the card off with some raffia ribbon, gathered lace underneath the image, flowers die-cut from felt, pearl brads, Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment and some flat back pearls.

Dia De Los Muertos

So Dia De Los Muertos, Day of the Dead, is Friday, Nov 1st often also celebrated through to Saturday Nov 2nd. It is a holiday of celebration of those who have passed away.  It is widely celebrated in Mexico and in areas of South TX where I grew up.  It is not a somber occasion but a happy occasion to have memories and people set up shrines for their loved ones or take items to the graves of their loved ones.   We have a brand new artist at Sweet Pea Stamps, Helena Reis, here's one of the brand new stamps, Dia De Los Muertos.

Here's a close up of the image I used for this card. I layered it on some black polka dot paper with some Turkish lace, stitched ribbon and a cute skull brad.

Hope you have a Happy Dia De Los Muertos or All Saints Day!

Cheers, Holley

Exotic Halloween

Hey everyone. Shanna here with a perfect card to share as this particular image was meant for Halloween. I love how this turned out and seeing my teamies create with this image previously made me even more excited to share her.

Items Used:

Sweet Pea Stamps - Ching Chou Kuik's Exotic Halloween

Pink Paislee Papers

Copics

Distress Ink

Stickles

Black Lace

Bat Trim

Rhinestones

Happy Halloween with Ching Chou Kuik's Pumpkin Light

Wishing all those who Celebrate it a Happy Halloween!  I thought I'd get into the spirit of the season and colour this gorgeous stamp from Ching Chou Kuik - Pumpkin Light with Watercolour pencils for something a little different.  This super cute image is available in red rubber or as a digi stamp (which is what I;ve used here).

In this clip I will show you some helpful tips for getting the best out of your watercolour pencils and some hints for layering colours.


Hoping you all have a wonderful week,
Kate