Some of my latest cards

I was recently given the opportunity to create some samples for Auntie Amy's Rubber Stamps. These are what I made.

The first two cards were made with 861-HH Dogwood. 

 

  

These next two cards were made with Irises 492-J:

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed them. I will add more tomorrow! j

Sunflowers and Dragonflies Card Sketch #28

This is my second card created with the S&D Sketch. This image is the Fly Butterfly image from ching chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. It is currently on sale for only $4!

Sunflowers and Dragonflies Card Sketch #28

 

This is the Midnight Waiting image from the Sweet Pea Stamps ching chou kuik Fantasy Art Collection, the "mist" behind the image is a piece of dryer sheet that was sprayed with a pink Glimmer Mist and torn, the background papers are Club Scrap and DCWV. The flower is several Primas stacked and held together with a rhinestone brad. The sketch is a challenge by Sunflowers and Dragonflies - Hope you enjoy it.

Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop!

Welcome to day two of the Sweet Pea Stamps DT blog hop! If you would like to start at the beginning of the blog hop, please start here at the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.
Today is the last day of the hop and the DT will be featuring more images from Sweet Pea Stamps newest releases, available for purchase today!
Please, be sure to visit all the blogs on today's hop, because you need to leave a comment at EACH DT member's blog to be entered to win a $10 gift card from Sweet Pea Stamps! One winner will be picked from Tuesday's posts, and one winner will be picked from Thursday's post. So be sure to leave a comment on each blog, each day for a chance to win. Comments must be posted by 12am EST. Friday, January 30th. Winners will be announced on the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.

Today's card was made using the newest image Spring Luna from the ching chou kuik Fantasy Art Collection:

Would you like to win this card? If so check out the One World One Heart event.

Complete list of today's blog hop participants:
Randi
Traci
Micki
Jennifer
Holley
Mag
Alex
NEXT STOP ON THE BLOG HOP: Holley




 Also, please check out the beautiful Haiti relief stamp available here. Lynette, the owner of Sweet Pea Stamps is graciously donating 50% of the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.

UHU January Project

This month UHU sponsored an adorable project featuring their Disposable Glue Roller. This dispenser was easy to handle and the glue worked pretty good. UHU sent this kit out to those who requested it for free in exchange for their honest opinion about the product.

The dispenser worked smoothly when in use, applying a nice consistent line of adhesive. The adhesive sticks well. I used the tape runner several times and what I tacked down is still attached. 

I did find that if you had to reposition an item, another application was necessary. There was a time that the dispensing was off allowing for about a half an inch of tape protruding away from the dispenser itself. There is a screw that I am assuming is how to correct the problem but the tape would resume over dispensing. After using it the dispenser a few more times it finally corrected itself.

I found this dispenser to be of better quality than a lot of others I have used. Most of the time my tape dispensers allow the tape to stick to itself about halfway through a cartridge. This one has behaved so far.

The project itself is a candy box and the supplies included the preformed box, papers and bling. Using the glue roller, I covered the box with some of the papers included in the sample. Next I stamped some adorable cupcake and presents images from Sweet Pea Stamps on white paper and colored them with Copic markers. I then used some Ranger Stickles to add some sparkle to the images before trimming the images out.

I attached the stamped images to the sides of the box and added bling to the ends to finish them up. I think they turned out really fun and can't wait to fill the box with some little candies for my sweetheart.

Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop!

Welcome to the very first Sweet Pea Stamps DT blog hop! If you would like to start at the beginning of the blog hop, please start here at the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.

Today and Thursday, the DT will be featuring images from Sweet Pea Stamps newest releases, available for purchase today!

Please be sure to visit all the blogs on today's hop, because you need to leave a comment at EACH DT member's blog to be entered to win a $10 gift card from Sweet Pea Stamps! One winner will be picked from Tuesday's posts, and one winner will be picked from Thursday's post. So be sure to leave a comment on each blog, each day for a chance to win. Comments must be posted by 12am EST. Friday, January 30th. Winners will be announced on the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.

Today's card was created using Midnight Waiting from ching chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. 

Here is a complete list of today's blog participants:
Mag
Connie
Chrissy
Jennifer
Alexandra
Micki
Jennifer
Randi

NEXT STOP ON THE BLOG HOP: Alex



Also, please check out the beautiful Haiti relief stamp available here. Lynette, the owner of Sweet Pea Stamps is graciously donating 50% of the proceeds to Doctors Without Borders.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to visit the Sweet Pea Stamps blog on Thursday, 29th, for the last half of the Sweet Pea DT blog hop!

Join the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop next week!

While you are traveling the cyber-highway this beautiful day check out this gorgeous stamp from Sweet Pea Stamps, it is the Haiti Relief Stamp – 50% of the profits from the sale of this stamp go to Doctor’s Without Borders.

Join me for the Blog Hop!

Auntie Amy's CHA 2010 Reveal

Recently, I was honored with the task of creating these four samples for Auntie Amy’s CHA 2010 booth. I hope you enjoy seeing them and will stop by her booth or website and check out all the great items she offers. Don’t forget to sign up for her newsletter also, she has some great sales throughout the year.

These are a couple cards made with Sweet Pea Stamps, mica cardstock, prima flowers and assorted bling.

 

Sweet Pea Stamps Fantasy Art Sheet 2

These images are from the ching chou kuik Fantasy Art Collection sheet 2 - Plate #21. The images were stamped with black VersaColor ink, colored in with pencils and Copic Markers. The bases are mica card stock and the background papers are various pieces from my stash. Add a touch of bling with a Sakura Stardust pen, Queen and Co. rhinestones, ribbons, and Prima flowers finish them off.

 

 

Have you tried UHU Twist and Glue?

if not you really should get a bottle. Recently UHU generously supplied a kit of goodies including the Twist and Glue adhesive in exchange for my opinion. Twist and Glue is really a great product that is easy to use. The top pops off to reveal a small dispensing tip, this tip is perfect when you need just a drop. But what if you need to smear glue all over a surface for better coverage? Well Twist and Glue has it covered, with just a quick twist of the area surrounding the dispensing tip a flat surface appears, just squeeze out some glue and get to smearing.

The glue works really well too. I was a bit worried since my bottle arrived during a deep freeze, with daily temps hovering at a balmy -20 degrees, but it doesn't seem to have affected it's performance.

I have had the product now about two weeks and there is maybe a 1/4 of the bottle left, so it has become my 'go to' glue. Things have really stuck, I haven't found anything that has come undone since using it, but the one drawback I have found is, like most liquid glues, papers warp or curl when applying full coverage.

This is a project I completed with the goodies UHU generously supplied with my sample bottle:

There were these neat little glass pebbles, the kind you would put in the bottom of a vase and some magnets. I attached collage sheet images from Vintage Twisted Papers (Charming Young Winged Beauties) to the back of each pebble with UHU Twist and Glue and allowed to dry. Afterwards I attached the magnet to the back of the image. After the adhesive had time to dry I popped these cuties up on the fridge. They are perfect for all the artwork the comes home each afternoon!

Check out the Sweet Pea Blog

These cards are made from Sweet Pea Stamps, more examples of the beautiful images available can be found on the design team gallery.

They were made using ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Sheet plate #20. Each one was colored with pencils (Derwent and PrismaColor). The ink is CTMH Archival Black, the first three bases use mica cardstock while the third is Club Scrap. The Winterberry prints are Basic Grey while the remaining cards use assorted fancy papers including printed mulberry and embossed. Embellish with dew drops, rhinestones, stickles and Prima flowers, add sentiments and you are done! I hope you enjoy them!

 

 

 

Prickley Pear Sketch Challenge

This is my Prickley Pear Stamps sketch challenge, check out their blog for details! The stamp is a Prickley Pear design, the bling is stickles, paper and ribbon unknown.

Seasonal Cards

Today's cards use the newest Seasons of Fantasy sheet #23.

These beautiful images are so easy to work with. All images are colored with pencils (Derwent and PrismaColor), while the color is still fresh I used a gummy eraser to smudge away the lines and blend. Each one was then trimmed out. A touch of clear glitter from a Sakura pen creates highlights on their hair.

This card uses DCWV Once Upon a Time papers for the base and backgrounds, the solid blue is a mica cardstock. The sentiment is a rub-on.

The image is matted on sheer pink mica paper and Club Scrap pink printed paper. The background paers are MM and Daisy D's, on a base of pink mica.

The Halloween themed card was created using printed papers, black cardstock, an Opaque White StazOn ink pad, orange brads and a white gel pen. After preparing the stamped image I matted it on black and doodled around her in a dot-dash pattern. I continued to doodle on the patterned paper for continuity. The phrase (from plate #20) was stamped using the white ink pad.

This card uses Daisy D's printed papers, red cardstock for mats and the base. The sentiment is a rub-on.

This card is made with DCWV Once Upon a Time papers, bronze mica cardstock, and wide bronze ribbon.

Mojo Monday 111 Entry

Sweet Pea Stamps Angel Plate #17
Club Scrap Papers
Prima Flowers (stamped with same Angel plate)

how would you like to win a sheet of the newest stamp line from Sweet Pea Stamps? For a limited time all you need to do is post this button and link to your blog and drop a line with all the juicy information. More details can be found on the DT blog.

Another serving of blog candy!

Check out this great offer for a new Cricut cartridge or a grab bag of stamps:
Holly's Blog.

check out this blog candy

from Inky Hugz, it is an awesome giveaway!

• Clear Stamp Set from Inkadinkado
• Wood Mounted Stamp from Inkadinkado - I've fallen in love w/these kid's saying stamps. :)
  
• Package of KandCompany Florals and Swooshes Chipboard Shapes
• We R Memory Keepers Flocked Lace
• Natures Collage Butterfly Ribbon
• Creative Imaginations Bare-Elements Daisy Mini Book
• Flora Doodles Handmade Jeweled Flowers
• KandCompany Butterflies
• Clear Mini Stamps Admit One
• 3 Packages of Basic Grey Bling It

Two of my most recent cards, instructions can be found on the Sweet Pea Stamps Gallery Blog.

Ever need the perfect phrase for your card or page?

Create your own rub on using wax paper and your printer. Most computers come with the program Paint. Open it up, create a text box and type in the word or phrase you want. Scroll to the top of the window and under "image" choose "flip/rotate" and click on flip horizontal, this will flip your text where it reads backwords. Using a piece of wax paper cut to the size of a standard piece of printer paper (you may need to attach it to the printer paper), print the image you have created onto the wax paper and quickly place the printed image down onto your paper and rub the ink onto your card or page. It may take a little practice but you will get the image you want to complete your project.

My tip has been printed in Vamp Stamp News October 2007. You can also find it somewhere in the archives of the yahoo group MidWest Stampers. Enjoy!

Some of my work

I have opened a new store!

It is full of the hard to find Mostly Animals stamp line in wood and unmounted forms. I am, also, offering various embellishments, inks and more. Most items are one of a kind, very few duplicates are available. If you see something you like lay claim quickly because when it is gone I will have no more to offer.
http://insanedaze.ecrater.com/

Uhu!!!!

Uhu has graciously sent me a new product to test and tell everyone about! It is their own version of a tape runner. It is a handy item that fits in the hand well, is study and easy to use. Check out Maria' s blog and read all about the great new products coming out! http://www.mariafilosa.com/

Do you have too much stuff?

Never, but if you enjoy paper art and creating beautiful things, then you probably have tons of supplies that you will not use or need other supplies that are hard to come by in your area. Why not trade your goodies? I belong to several groups that are strictly for swapping art, rubberstamping and scrapping supplies. Check this one out!




Click to join Swapping_Stampers

Did a little creating lately...

I have actually made the time and had the urge to create some artwork. Most of the items were for swaps but I was very happy with how they turned out. The cat tarot card image is from Frantic Stamper and the ink is a burnt sienna, the text is stamped in dark brown is an Alluring Impressions creation, the wax seal is a 7gypsies item. I distressed the cardstock with ColorBox inks - burnt sienna and alabaster.

A great new site to get rid of unwanted items!

Have you jumped on the posh points bandwagon yet?? It is a great alternative to those high listing and selling fees that auction site has - posh points is free!!! And if you join right now they will give you 15 points to get started. That is enough for several items.