Have you seen...

the wonderful new images at Sweet Pea Stamps? They are now carrying Elisabeth Bell images and compared to other shops offer a much better deal! Also available is a new release from Joanne Schempp, four gorgeous new images!

today I have a card to share featuring Meredith Dillman's Moon Mermaid, such a gorgeous image.

now for some good stuff - this month my follower candy winners are
thehoosierstamper
fairywings
you can both contact me with your mailing address.

Tara is my Sweet Pea for the month - here is a link to the creation I found on her blog.

here's wishing you a wonderful weekend!

Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps Featured Artist Blog Hop!

Today we are featuring images from the Rebecca Sinz Collection. You can find all her gorgeous single images and full sheets discounted at 20% off !

The first image I would like to share with you is titled Fairy Friend. It can be found on plate #147 - Rebecca's debut sheet! I just love the big bullfrog! I always enjoyed watching frogs as a kid and even now will stop and check one out when I come across it. My image was colored with copics, the cardstock is from Co'redinations, printed papers are Webster's Pages (I think Christmas line but hey they work out great!).

 

My second card features the image Foxy from plate #158. You can find three additionally gorgeous images on the same sheet.

 The stops along the way today include:
 Sweet Pea Stamps Blog
Angela Sowell
Connie Piotter
Dawn Knight
Ellen Kristiansen
Jennifer Willis (you are here!)
Karina Lange
Katarina Maserak
Micki Harper
Renee Ludlow

If you leave a comment at all ten stops by Monday, August 1 you will be entered into a giveaway for a $20 gift voucher to the Sweet Pea Stamps store! Thanks for stopping by and good luck!

Challenge Entry

Today I would like to share a card I created using a Prickley Pear image. It is for their sketch challenge this month. I am also entering it in the Chapel Road Christmas themed challenge. Hope you enjoy it! I would like to invite you to stop by tomorrow for the Sweet Pea Stamps blog hop!

Alphastamps is having a contest!

Alphastamps is having a Halloween Giveaway - here is the link to all the details.

Time for a Tea Party...

a Monster Tea Party! This adorable image is from the Lisa Victoria collection at Sweet Pea Stamps. It comes with some four really cute images including a tea cup, pot, cupcake and petite four.

Challenge Submissions

Today I have a couple cards to share with you, they were both created with Sweet Pea Stamps images from the Brigid Ashwood's Phunky Phairies line of stamps.

This first card features the Zam, isn't he wild - he looks like he could really take you for a ride. The detail on these images is great, you can see all sorts of coins and goodies flying from his pockets. This was the inspiration for the embellishments.

 This one was entered into the I{heart} to stamp sketch challenge.

My second card today is Remy, also find on the same plate as Zam. Remy is a bit sweeter, still carries a 'stuffy' as my youngest calls them. He just looks like the kid who picks up stuff of the ground all the time and stuffs it all into his pockets. So why not add embellishments that pick up on the same theme?

This card was entered into the Sketch Saturday challenge. Thanks for stopping by!

Follower Candy Winners and July Sweet Pea Winner

Welcome to July! I hope it has started off with a bang for everyone. I have some winners to announce. First my Sweet Pea for July is Anita, I found her post that features a Lisa Victoria dragon image from Sweet Pea Stamps. There is a badge in my sidebar that can be linked to the Sweet Pea Stamps store and I will send her a rubbery goodie once I hear back from her.

My two follower candy winners for this month are....Vicki (Maw Maw's Thoughts) and Danni (Danni's Dreams) - congratulations and thanks for being followers. Please contact me by 7/31/11 to claim your rubbery Sweet gift!

Welcome to the Karen Middleton Blog Hop

I am so glad you decided to stop by today. I have a couple cards to share using the Sweet Pea Stamps featured artist, Karen Middleton.

I used a sweet sisterly/best friend image from plate 113 for my first card. It was colored with copics and the papers/flowers are prima. I love this image so much. It reminds me of my two little girls (when they are getting along), so I tried to capture their coloring. 

I entered it into the Everybody Art Challenge sketch.


This fun image can be found on Plate 112 - isn't it the most adorable picture?

It was also colored with copics, prima printed papers and a webster's pages embellishment. It was entered into the Flourishes sketch challenge.

Currently, all full and half sheets in the Karen Middleton Collection are discounted 25%! All orders placed by July 4th will also be entered into a drawing for a $44.44 gift certificate to the Sweet Pea Stamps store.
Your stops along the way include:

Alexandra Lundgren

Angela Sowell

Connie Piotter

Dawn Knight

Ellen Kristiansen 

Jennifer Willis

Karina Lange

Lisa Cook

Micki Harper

Renee Ludlow

Sweet Pea Stamps

Leave a comment at each of the stops to be entered into a drawing for a $15 gift card to the Sweet Pea Stamps store! The drawing will take place next Tuesday - Have a wonderful 4th of July!

Class Act going Vintage

This card features an image from their Chapel Road collection titled Picture Poems. Their challenge this round is vintage, always a favorite of mine.

I hope you have enjoyed your stop today, I love seeing your comments!

Wacky Wednesday!

Have you been to Sweet Pea Stamps today? If not make it a must do - Wacky Wednesday is all about blog candy! So far there have been three chances to win!

Class Act Sketch

This card was made using the sketch from Class Act. The stamp comes from their line of beautiful images. Papers are Making Memories.

Red, White and Blue by Karen Middleton

Hi, today I have a card using one of Sweet Pea Stamps - Karen Middleton's new images from Plate #161.  It is a great plate for patriotic cards and scrap pages but it isn't boxed in as you can see below, just change the colors up and this versatile image can work great on just about any type of card.

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! ttfn, jennifer

Wonderful News!

Today I have a few fun things to share - first I was honored with a position on the Third Coast Rubber Stamps Painters Design Team. It is going to be a wonderful spot - all I do is color! How awesome is that? Of course that is why I love to stamp anyway - I get to connect with my inner child. I invite you to check out all the lovely, eclectic and fun images they have to offer!

On another note the first Sweet Pea has been chosen - Gina L gets the badge and a rubbery gift! Congrats!

Finally my two winners for this month's follower candy are....Janie Printz and Mis! Please email me by the end of the month to claim your rubbery gift!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Faux Painted Canvas Tutorial

Welcome to the Smeared and Smudge Member Blog Hop. Today we are featuring techniques - mine is a faux painted canvas. My stamps are from Sweet Pea Stamps. A while back, I saw a class mentioned in a newsletter for a faux canvas, so not being any where near the location I did a quick search and found this version of the technique...to be honest I can't recall where I found it but then if you had to take your head off to sleep at night I would be in a lot of trouble!

Now my technique is a bit hard to capture with a camera but fairly easy to talk you through. For starters, you will need a stamped, colored image, dimensional adhesive such as Diamond Glaze, 3D Crystal Lacquer or Crystal Effects, I think Glossy Accents will work also and a toothbrush.

Working on a protected, clean surface, take your dimensional adhesive and lightly add streaks to the stamped image working from top to bottom. Try not to have an large globs.

Once you have layered streaks all across the image, take your toothbrush and run the bristles in the same direction as the adhesive, working across the image - you will want the texture the bristles are making. The layer of adhesive will be thin and will dry fairly quickly.

Once the first layer is dry, if you wish you can add another layer in the same direction. But if you are happy with the coverage then you will add streaks of dimensional glue from side to side. Once more, spread the glue with the toothbrush also from side to side and allow to dry once more.

After the image is dry, use it to create your own little work of art!

I hope you have enjoyed seeing this technique enough to give it a try, it really gives the image the wonderful brushstrokes you would find on a canvas along with lots of shine. Thanks for stopping by! Here are all the stops along the way and let me tell you - there are some wonderfully creative people out there!
Smudgy Antics http://smudgyantics.blogspot.com
Kelli http://cajunstampingqueen.blogspot.com/
Lady Brayton www.ladybrayton71.blogspot.com
Meredith http://www.papercanteen.com
Black Dragon http://lynsblogger.blogspot.com/
Jane http://jcocraft.blogspot.com/
Judi http://creatingartwithheart.blogspot.com
Jennifer http://www.insanedaze.blogspot.com <<<<
Terra http://www.moresmearedink.blogspot.com
Sugar http://sugscardsnmore.blogspot.com/
Kapree http://kc-consultant.blogspot.com
Donna http://dkspinner.blogspot.com
Paula http://whatspeaks2myheart.wordpress.com

Challenge card for Class Act and CPS

Today I would like to share a challenge entry with you. The stamp is from Class Act - their challenge is to create a masculine card using fabric and stitching (including the faux type). So I picked the wonderful papers from a BoBunny stack that reminds me of the fabric of a vintage man's shirt for the papers and did a little faux stitch around the sentiment. The sketch comes from Card Positioning Systems. Hope you have enjoyed seeing it!

Quick Quotes

Quick Quotes has a blog! If you aren't familiar with the company, they offer wonderful quotes and other supplies for your crafting needs.

Check out the Mother's Day Special

at Sweet Pea Stamps!

Stair Step Card

Today I have a stair step card to share - this is my first 'fancy' fold so I thought I would make it an easy one. This is for the Class Act challenge. If you haven't ever visited their site, you really should, they offer some really wonderful stamps.

The images are from Sweet Pea Stamps Karen Middleton collection.

Get Well Soon...

Today I have a card to share using the Card Positioning System's sketch challenge. The image is from the Sweet Pea Stamps Samantha Rawlings collection titled L'il Angel and the papers are from My Mind's Eye.

April's Follower Candy Winner!

Hey I am actually ahead of the game this month....the winners for April's follower candy Sweet Pea stamp are Larisa and hiscreation2! Please email me with your mailing address by the end of May!