Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps OOTB Christmas Hop!

What is OOTB you may ask? Well it's Out of the Box and that is what we are doing today, stepping out of the box and featuring non-Christmas themed stamps for Christmas projects! We thought it would be a wonderful idea to show you just how versatile Sweet Pea Stamps images can be.

The project I have to share with you today is an altered cd tree ornament featuring Joanne Schempp's Wings of Love:

It is a gorgeous angel and just perfect for Valentine's Day! The frame is available, also, separately so it is a versatile set of stamps to begin with. But Valentine's Day is still a couple months away and I want to make something with it now....but no worries it also doubles as a Christmas Angel. Now the idea for using the image in this manner came from a collage sheet I recently acquired and I just knew I had to try my hand at CASEing it.

To create your own-

Supplies:
Sweet Pea Stamps Wings of Love from the Joanne Schempp collection
Compact Disc
Maroon Card Stock - Micheal Strong
Printed Paper - Webster's Pages
Gold Krylon Paint Pen
Ornate Frame Punch - Unknown
Queen and Co. Pearls
1 yard Gold 1/4" Organdy Ribbon
Prima Holly Leaves
Adhesive
Gold Ranger Stickles
Copic Markers:

•  Roses RV69, R59 RV42
• Gown B000, B00, B01
• Skintone E00, E000
• White Areas C0, B000, E0000
• Hair E33, E35, E27

Directions:

1. Stamp and color your image. 
2. Trim it out closely, removing the greenery and bow. 
3. Create a slit in both hands and run aribbon through the slits positioning the image about in the middle of the ribbon and leaving plenty of fullness to drape. Set this aside.
4. Cover a cd with a base paper. 
5. Punch out a frame on black paper and paint with gold paint pen. 
6. Adhere to the cd and cover with printed paper. 
7. Attach holly leaves to the back of the image with glue dots and adhere the image to the center of the frame. 
8. Position the ribbon to flow around the cd, adding glue dots in places not visible. 
9. Trim out the upper corner print (from the same sheet of Webster's Pages paper) and adhere with double sided foam tape (I stacked two pieces for additional height). 
10. Punch a hole in the top of the cd for the ribbon hanger and string through.
11. Embellish with pearls and finish off with stickles. 
12. Allow to dry before hanging.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit today. I love to read your comments! Don't forget to comment for your chance to win a $20 Sweet Pea Stamps Gift Certificate! The next stop along the way is Angela - I am sure she will have something truly gorgeous to share!

In case you happen to get lost here is the list of stops for today:
Sweet Pea Stamps blog
Alexandra Lundgren
Jennifer Willis
Angela Sowell
Connie Piotter
Dawn Knight
Holley Barnhart
Karina Lange
Katarina Maserak
Sharon Harding
Lori Ransom

The 12 Days of Christmas

One of the greatest Christmas images Sweet Pea Stamps offers is this one from the Bill Plank collection titled Santa and His Helpers. Talk about fun! It looks like Santa has his hands full with all those crazy little elves all over the place.

He was colored with copics, the papers are Pink Paislee and Core'dinations.


Here's the good stuff:

BLOG ROLL!

Tori

Lady Brayton

Paula

Kymberly

Ike

Heather

Sugar

Jennifer

Abbie Kay

Kelli

Helen

Donna Cook

Glittery Katie

Black Dragon

Jane

Alison

Kristy

Celina

Lisa

Monique

Fiona

MaryKay

Liz

Dianne

The 12 Days of Christmas

Day two brings another Faerie Song image aren't they so whimsical and cute?

 

Here's the good stuff:

BLOG ROLL!

Tori

Lady Brayton

Paula

Kymberly

Ike

Heather

Sugar

Jennifer

Abbie Kay

Kelli

Helen

Donna Cook

Glittery Katie

Black Dragon

Jane

Alison

Kristy

Celina

Lisa

Monique

Fiona

MaryKay

Liz

Dianne

Christmas is a comin'!

Today I thought I would share an ornament with you. It is fairly simple and turns out beautiful! So far I have made about a half of a dozen and have more in the planning stages. This specific ornament is for the Robin's Nest Design Team application. Robin's Nest is a wonderful small business which offers some wonderful embellishments for paper crafting, including the best little creation of all time - Dew Drops! Check out the Robin's Nest blog for great inspiration too!

http://www.robinsnest-scrap.com/

Supplies:

Focal Image:
Sweet Pea Stamps Rubber Stamp: Valarie Wade's Rose
White Card Stock
Colored Card Stock
3" Circle Punch
3.5" Circle Punch
Copic Markers:

• Y28- Jewelry
• Y17- Flower Centers
• R11 - Cheeks and Lips
• R22, R24, R27 - Clothing and Flowers
• G14, G19, G16 - Ruffles
• G24 - Background
• B000 - Eyes and White Highlights
• E71, E77, E79 - Hair
• E51, E00, YR00 - Skintones

Inkssentials Opaque White Pen
Cocoa Ink Pad
Smooch Illuminate
Ultra Thick Embossing Powder (UTEE)
Embossing Ink Pad
Heat Gun

Base:
Echo Park Merry Christmas Sheet Music Digital Paper
Chipboard
Amazing Goop Adhesive
24" Silver Vintage Tinsel
Plaid ModPodge
Cocoa Ink Pad

Finishing:
Round Dew Drops
Chipboard
Adhesive
Glue Dots
Krylon Silver Paint Pen
Prima Red Flowers and Holly Leaves
1' Ribbon

Directions:
Focal Image:

1. Punch a 3" circle from the white card stock and stamp image, centering.
2. Color the image.
3. Using the white ink pen add highlights to the hair.
4. Smooch is painted over the wings.
5. Distress the edges of the focal image with cocoa colored ink.
6. Tap the embossing ink on top of the image and sprinkle with UTEE, tap off excess and heat to set. While still hot, add more UTEE and heat, repeat several more times until there is is a nice heavy, glassy layer of ep on the image.
7. Cut a piece of colored card stock into a 3.5" circle for a mat and attach the stamped image.

Base: 

1. Print a star at 75% from Coloring Castle and trim out. 
2. Using the star as a pattern cut out a base from chipboard.
3. For the background paper manipulate the music print to black and white, then sepia (Old sheet music can be substituted.) and print out on white card stock. 
4. Cut out a star using the pattern from the music printed paper and distress the edges with the cocoa ink pad.
5. Adhere the sheet music to the chipboard with ModPodge.
6. Fold a piece of tinsel in half, pinch about 1" from the fold and twist. This will be the hanger.
7. Adhere the tinsel to the edges of the star, with the loop at the top point, with Amazing Goop and allow to dry.

Finishing:

1. Paint the dew drops with the silver paint and allow to dry.
2. Adhere a piece of chipboard to the back of the matted image. 
3. Adhere the matted image to the star, centering.
4. Adhere the dew drops to the mat around the focal image, evenly positioning.
5. At the bottom of the focal image, adhere the holly leaves, center with the red flower and add a dew drop to the center.
6. Tie a ribbon at the tip of the top star point.

Here are a few more of the star ornaments I have made using the same techniques, the focal images are collage sheets and vintage ephemera. Add a touch of lace, framing the image and they are just gorgeous!

Enjoy sharing!


I hope you have enjoyed your visit today and will check out all the wonderful offerings Robin's Nest has to offer! ttfn!

It's December!

wow, where has the year gone? This month there are several things happening and it all starts today - if you have come for one of the blog hops please keep scrolling as there are two different posts today.

Otherwise, this is the Mike Strong link and this is the Smeared and Smudged Link. Thanks for stopping by - can't wait to read your comments. ttfn!

The 12 Days of Christmas

On the first day of Christmas I bring to you a card featuring a Faerie Song image...ok so I have a bunch already made up and will be using them for the first half, hopefully I can get the other half done before I run out of posts!

The image was colored with copics, the stitching is white ink pen and the papers are Webster's Pages.

Here's the good stuff:

BLOG ROLL!

Tori

Lady Brayton

Paula

Kymberly

Ike

Heather

Sugar

Jennifer

Abbie Kay

Kelli

Helen

Donna Cook

Glittery Katie

Black Dragon

Jane

Alison

Kristy

Celina

Lisa

Monique

Fiona

MaryKay

Liz

Dianne

Micheal Strong Holiday Tag Blog Hop

Welcome to the hop! I hope you enjoy your visit and take some time to look around at some of the other posts here. I sort of got my days confused with some of the other obligations I have and almost missed today's post. But I got my head on straight and came up with this little ditty. I think it turned out awesome. Now I am just wondering who would guess correctly as to the image I used to create the tree? Well, I'll give you a moment to think about and reveal the image end of this post.

So how do you like it?

Now, if you are participating in the scavenger hunt have A good time! Once you have all the letters make a wish and send it in. Also, while I have you here, take a moment to look around there are lots of posts going live today for several great reasons!

So any ideas as to what image I used to create the tree? Well, would you believe it was this wonderful mini hummingbird from Mike's wonderful collection of images?

I stamped the image out about twelve times, trimmed it up (chopping off it's little head) and piecing it all together, came up with a pretty decent Christmas tree, if I say so myself. To create the tag I used a Bazzil Basics chipboard luggage tag, some of the beautiful paper Mike offered last year, sanded the edges and smudged some gold ink all over it. Then I adhered the tree, painted a black chipboard star from Cosmo Cricket with Gold Krylon paint and attached it also. Then I found this gorgeous green velvet ribbon for the tag hole and tied it off. Next, I used some Ranger White Opal Liquid Pearls for the snow on the tree (just filled in the open area of the birds body) and gold stickles for the ornaments, let it all dry and you have this neat tag! I added a hanger to it and found a spot on my tree.

Thanks for stopping by, I will have some more ornaments posted tomorrow if you would like another idea for trimming your tree. I would love to read your comments. Your next stop is Diana. Oh and in case you have jumped in here - you can visit Hetty's blog for the complete list of stops! ttfn

Wonderful News Today!

I am so pleased to announce I have been added to the Frantic Stamper Design Team for 2012! Have you ever been to the Frantic Stamper store? She carries an enormous selection of Paper Crafting Supplies along with her own line of gorgeous rubber stamps! Stay tuned, I can't wait to share my creations with you!

One Sweet Sale!

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you have a wonderful day! Today I have a card featuring Renee Biertempfel's Falling Leaf and Friend from Sweet Pea Stamps.

ttfn!

Elisabeth Bell Party Pose

This is one of the newest Elisabeth Bell images, isn't she adorable? Right now they are available at a spectacular pre-order special - hurry on over to the website and check them out! Don't forget all the other wonderful specials going on also.

The sketch is N1611 by Repeat Impressions.

ttfn!

New Sweet Pea Releases!

Check out what is happening at Sweet Pea Stamps!

3 new images being released by Elisabeth Bell and now taking pre-orders:

Party Present:

Party Pose:

Party Play:

see website for further details!

Those that order all 3 during our pre-order, will be entered in a drawing for our sheet #31, Presents and Cupcakes sheet. Winner will be posted on Nov 25th and it will be shipped out when the Elisabeth Bell pre-order comes in:

approx. 3.50" x 5"

These three cards come from the Sweet Pea Stamps Conie Fong collection. Conie is the current featured artist, all her lovely images are on sale!

A great offer to share with you!

I would love to tell you about a scrapbooking product that is really fun to use! It is produced by MyMemories and is really easy to learn and use.

MyMemories has been generous enough to give one of my followers a free copy of this awesome digital scrapbooking software. To enter all you need to do is visit the MyMemories webstore look around and then return here to leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite product is. For extra entries visit their blog, twitter and facebook accounts, sign up to follow them and then return and leave a comment for each activity - that is up to 4 entries! The giveaway ends November 30, 2011 at 11:59 pm. Winner will be chosen random.org generator.

Curious how easy the my memories suite is? Well check out my first page, it was finished in about 15 minutes!

The sketch I used was from the Your Scrapbook Stash sketch book, not a generated selection (although they are included in the scrapbook software also. It was a lot of fun, the paper was something I had downloaded sometime ago and the embellishments are included in the software. After sitting down and playing with this digital scrapbooking software I know I will be able to get so many more pages done with great ease!

Can't wait til the giveaway ends? Visit MyMemories today and enter the code STMMMS94681 for a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories.com store ( $20 value!).

New Conie Fong images!

Today I have a card featuring a new Conie Fong image from Sweet Pea Stamps, she is called Tranquility and is so gorgeous! The papers are basic grey out of print, the sketch is from Repeat Impressions What if? challenge.

I will probably be back with a few more challenges before the day is over! Gotta make some brunch and do some scanning.

Scrapping Challenge

This page was created using sketch number 34 dated 6/10/11 in the Your Scrapbook Stash sketchbook. The papers are the 12x12 Cosmo Cricket Odds and Ends line. The flower is a big ol' Prima. The picture is one of those huge things that come in a school pack, gotta love that mug shot, lol.

I am entering it into two challenges by Your Scrapbook Stash - using one of their sketches and using a big picture. thanks for stopping by!

Customer Submission Week & A New Challenge!

Just a reminder that Sweet Pea Stamps Customer Submission Week begins November 6! You can send your creations to jennifer to share next week!

This month's challenge on In A Sweet Pea Dream is a Thankful card in fall colors! Enter for your chance to win!

Sweet Pea Stamps 24 Hour Sale!!!

Hurry over to Sweet Pea Stamps - they are having 35% off orders for the next 24 hours!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 31

Welcome to the final day!! Wow, I can't believe I actually made it. You know 31 projects are a lot, especially when you consider that is probably what I make in a years time, lol. Today I have a super cute project to share, those cool skeletal hands are back, I happened to buy about a dozen of them off Amazon for ten bucks. I think I will CASE those zombie hands in a flower pot with a few next year.

Anyway, I saw these great hair dohickies the other day, I think over at Retro Art Gallery using these hands holding a little cameo. This is my take -

The stamp is from the ching chou kuik collection at Sweet Pea Stamps. I used Amazing Goop Adhesive to hold it all together. To begin with I adhered about six inches of a inexpensive beaded necklace to the hand. I stamped the image on white cardstock, punched it out and also punched another oval from cereal box to adhere it to to sturdy it up. I colored it with copics and then gave it a good coating of Diamond Glaze and allowed it to dry overnight. The next day I attached some ecru, ruffled lace around the oval on the backside and adhered it to the palm of the hand. On the back of the hand I attaced a sturdy rubberband and allowed it all to dry overnight.

this has been a lot of fun, I have really enjoyed all your comments and hope that you will continue to stop by from time to time - good luck trick or treating tonight!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 30

Today I have a card that uses Nikki Burnette's Angelique from Sweet Pea Stamps. It was colored with copics and the papers are Basic Grey. Thanks for stopping by! 

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 29

At the beginning of the hop there were several wonderful coffin projects and I wanted some of them so much. But living out in the middle of nowhere I thought I was doomed to go without. But then I came across the site called instructables and found a coffin pattern. Now I can have them whenever I want!

This one was printed on white card stock. I stamped the Smeared Ink spider webs over the top and then colored the paper with copics (my favorite colors for wood are sepia, chamois and sand). I have a skeleton collage sheet from Retro Art Gallery that worked perfectly. He is a bit bigger than the coffin but I think he looks better than the small one that would fit.

I think he may make a great addition to a Halloween wreath someday. ttfn!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 28

Today I have a Witch's Secret Force Vessel to share with you. This is a very special container forged from the witch's bloodstone, created to hold her special power once she has moved on to the next plane. To create this vessel the very stone from the table which the witch worked til her fingers bled, toiled, and practiced her magic is carved into small slabs and formed into the vessel shortly before her demise. A spell is cast upon it calling the witch's spirit into it and then it seals shut, storing her life force for eternity. This box was found deep within a witch's cave still clutched in her hand, although many have tried no one has been able to separate the two.

Ok, so it is a box made from dominoes but I thought it was a pretty cool idea. It takes eight dominoes and Amazing Goop adhesive to assemble the box. I took henna colored Ancient Page ink and distressed the edges, then using a brown and tan fine point bic marker I did hash marks all around the edges of each domino and then inked over them with the henna.

For the lid I stamped Secret Force in runes from Third Coast RS in henna, colored with the hash marks and distressed over it all.

Next came the heat gun to dry and set the ink, then I took a Versa Dazzle Champagne inkpad and wet aside of the box and sprinkled a bit of UTEE (just a sugaring, it gives it a cool bubbly texture). Heat set the ep and move on to the next side. I did the same thing with the lid. Afterward I hit the whole thing with some Rust-oleum crystal enamel and allowed it to dry.

On the under side of the lid I positioned some sticky flat back pearls to keep it from sliding around too much.

You can pick up the hands from a party supply store, they have them listed on amazon.com. Just attached it with the goop and you have a spooky prop.

Hope you enjoy it, the blog roll is over there, to the right. ttfn!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 27

Today I have a card featuring a Joanne Schempp image titled Dreatha from Sweet Pea Stamps. The papers are Basic Grey eerie. The sketch is from Card Positioning Systems.

thanks for stopping by!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 26

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudged 31 Days of Halloween blog hop!

I wanted to share a great deal, today you can pick up the digi version of Echo Parks Apothecary papers and elements for only a dollar each! Check out Jessica Sprague's One Buck Wednesday. There are several other items for a dollar also, but I have been wanting Apothecary for a while!

Today I would like to share with you a card made with Head Hag from Third Coast RS. 

Thanks for stopping by, if you would like to be entered into a drawing for a rubbery surprise just leave a comment. I will add up all the comments at the beginning of November and draw a lucky winner.

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 25

A couple days ago I was asked about the neat little skull beads on my wall hanging. They came in a little box of Halloween themed beads, it was a kit to make necklaces geared towards kids that found it's way into my stash a year or two ago.

Today my card features Anna Marine's Pumpkin Queen from Sweet Pea Stamps, the papers are Memory Box, it's colored with copics, thanks for stopping by!

the sketch is from the Forever Night Challenges.

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 24

Today I have an altered domino to share. It was inspired by the 365Spiders blog, if you haven't stumbled across this blog I highly recommend it, there is some awesome work there!

and I even have some instructions for you today.

Stamp Credit: Spider Web - Smeared Ink

Supplies:

KrystalKraft Black ink pad

Ranger Eggplant Alcohol Ink

Dore Gold Leafing

Rusto-leum Crystal Clear Spray Enamel

Jewelry Bale

Amazing Goop Adhesive

Chain-like Material

Directions:

Lightly sand the domino and clean.

Stamp the web and briefly dry with heat gun.

Lightly dab the purple alcohol ink over the web.

Edge the domino with double sided tape and apply gold leafing.

Seal the domino with the clear enamel and allow to dry.

Create a beaded spider with directions from http://www.instructables.com/id/Beaded-Spider-Tutorial/

Attach the jewelry bale and spider to the domino with the adhesive.

Hang from a fancy fiber, ribbon, or other preferred chain material to wear.

ttfn!~

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 23

Today I have another Terra Bidlespacher image to share, it is fittingly titled Halloween. You can find it at Sweet Pea Stamps. The papers are Cosmo Cricket (Matilda). Thanks for stopping by!

Challenge Submissions

Today I have  a few cards to share. If you are here for the 31 Days of Halloween it is around here somewhere, try scrolling down a bit please.

The images are from Sweet Pea Stamps Elisabeth Bell collection.

This is titled Posing. The papers are Bobunny, flowers are prima and it was colored with copics. I am entering it into the ICSketches challenge.

 This is Sitting with Teddy, it was also colored with copics, the papers are Cosmo Cricket and flowers are Wild Orchid. I am entering it into the Sweet Sketch challenge.

This is Little Curls, the papers are Cosmo Cricket, it was colored with copics and the flowers are Wild Orchid. It uses the Willow Sketchie Challenge.

Elisabeth Bell's Kiki with Dolly, colored with copics, papers are unknown. The challenge is the deconstructed sketch.

thanks for stopping by!

The 31 Days of Halloween - Day 22

Day 22 already, wow, how time flies. First off I need to apologize to the other bloggers/hoppers, I kind of fell off the boat last weekend with comments. But I hope to get back into the swing of things for a little while at least. I just became overwhelmed with all the things I had to do lately.

Now for today's share, my card features paper from Memory Box, a stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps Terra Bidlespacher collection and the ribbon is like Little Black Dress or something like that. I am entering this into the Repeat Impressions DCC1012 Designer’s Choice Challenge.

Here's wishing you have a great weekend, see you tomorrow!

The 31 Days - Day 21

For today's card I used Pumpkin Light from Sweet Pea Stamps, the papers are Basic Grey's Eerie and it was colored with copics. I loved reading all the comments the past couple days, they were really funny. Thanks for stopping by!

The 31 Days - day 20

3:00 in the morning and no post...yet. What is a girl to do? How about get lucky! Well sort of, I happened to come across this neat witch image in my stash, no name on it, and an bag of old Halloween themed papers and embellies. Put it all together with my go to layout and here we are. It isn't much but hey I made it!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 19

Wow, Day 19 already! Well I am still moping along, today I have an odd little ATC to share. ATCs are a bit hard for me because they usually look like a part of something bigger, like focal image of card. So I always feel like they are unfinished, but I honestly couldn't think putting this on a card or anything else for that matter, lol.

The stamps are all Smeared Ink, the paper is Basic Grey and I used some Tattered Angels Chalkboard Black around the image with a touch of some Emerald mist from some other co. that slips my mind. And the green color is a copic, can't live without using them every day.

The blog roll is over there ----->  have a great day!

A note to Susan, I dug around in my inbox and found the receipt for the digi papers (which by the way I am not a big fan of either) and found they are actually from My Memories and are FREE! I have gotten some from Crafty Chaos too and they are really neat, especially when you need something more along the goth line. hths! You know I always heard Chinese food was made with chihuahuas, lol, or at least the strays out behind the restaurant, so I guess cats wouldn't be immune either. But you know I have heard in other countries it isn't unusual to find people that eat dogs, cats and even rats ;-) ttfn!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 18

Here's another quickie, the image is Smeared Ink and I think the digi papers are from Crafty Chaos....

and here is a little treat for you, it is an oldie but goodie that I had pop into my head last night -

the blog roll is in the sidebar. Have a great day!

31 Days of Halloween - Day 17

Well I made it halfway through the hop before having nothing to post made ahead...sigh. I put together this simple card, it is what the trick or treaters that stop by my house will get, lol. The stops are in the sidebar, have fun!

The stamps are Smeared Ink, papers are Basic Grey's Eerie and it was colored with copics. ttfn!