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!
Monday, July 04, 2011
Friday, July 01, 2011
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:
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.
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:
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!
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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!
I hope you have enjoyed your stop today, I love seeing your comments!
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
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!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
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.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
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
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
Friday, June 03, 2011
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!
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!
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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
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
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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!
Saturday, May 07, 2011
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.
Thursday, May 05, 2011
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.
The images are from Sweet Pea Stamps Karen Middleton collection.
Sunday, May 01, 2011
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!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop Day 2!
Welcome to the second part of the anniversary hop!
Today I have a gorgeous image by Nikki Burnette to share with you called Vienna.
These are the our newest images from Rebecca Sinz, ching-chou kuik and Nikki Burnette.
These are the hop stops:
If you haven't already visited the Sweet Pea Stamps blog then that is your next stop. We hope you have enjoyed seeing the gorgeous stamps. They can be pre-ordered at a special sale price during the hop in the Sweet Pea Stamps store. Don't forget to leave a comment on each of the 12 stops for the chance to win a $10 gift card! Happy Hopping!
Today I have a gorgeous image by Nikki Burnette to share with you called Vienna.
These are the our newest images from Rebecca Sinz, ching-chou kuik and Nikki Burnette.
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These are the hop stops:
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Two new cards to share
Here is a little appetizer for the hop tomorrow.
This card uses the sketch from Stamp with Fun and an image called Pincushion Fairie from the Sweet Pea Stamps Karen Middleton collection.
This one uses the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp, the image is called Untouchable from the Sweet Pea Stamps Linda Bigg's collection.
Hope you enjoy them and will remember to stop back by tomorrow for the SPS 2nd Anniversary Finale Blog Hop. ttfn!
This card uses the sketch from Stamp with Fun and an image called Pincushion Fairie from the Sweet Pea Stamps Karen Middleton collection.
This one uses the sketch from Sunday Sketch and Stamp, the image is called Untouchable from the Sweet Pea Stamps Linda Bigg's collection.
Hope you enjoy them and will remember to stop back by tomorrow for the SPS 2nd Anniversary Finale Blog Hop. ttfn!
Friday, April 22, 2011
Sweet Pea Stamps 2nd Anniversary Hop!
Welcome! Today begins the first leg of the Sweet Pea Stamps 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop. The design team members will be sharing two of the newest plates of images from Artists Renee Biertempfel and . This hop is circular so where ever you may jump in you will eventually end back up at.
I hope you have enjoyed the hop so far! Today I am delighted to introduce Oceania by Renee Biertempfel, she can be found on plate 134 along with three additionally gorgeous images!
This first card was created with papers from the DCWV Immortal Love stack, copic markers and Wild Orchid flowers.
This second card was created using papers from Prima, copic markers and Wild Orchid flowers.
Thanks for stopping by today! Below is a list of all the stops just in case you missed one. Don't forget to leave a comment at each one along the way to be entered into a drawing for a $10 gift card!
I hope you have enjoyed the hop so far! Today I am delighted to introduce Oceania by Renee Biertempfel, she can be found on plate 134 along with three additionally gorgeous images!
This first card was created with papers from the DCWV Immortal Love stack, copic markers and Wild Orchid flowers.
This second card was created using papers from Prima, copic markers and Wild Orchid flowers.
Thanks for stopping by today! Below is a list of all the stops just in case you missed one. Don't forget to leave a comment at each one along the way to be entered into a drawing for a $10 gift card!
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
It's a Hop!
Sweet Pea Stamps will have a blog hop this Friday and another the following Wednesday - there will be some wonderful new images from new artists debuting these two days! Also, if you post the badge below on your blog linking back to SPS blog and leave your address in the linky, you will be entered into a fantastic drawing!
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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Card Gift Box
Today I would like to share a card gift box, the stamp is from Faerie Song and I am entering it in the Class Act anything but a card challenge.
Card Gift Box
Supplies:
Faerie Song Mer-Mouse with Butterfly
Tuxedo Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
Copic Markers -
Mouse Body: W-7, W-5, W-1
Mouse Tail: B000, B93
Mouse Wings: YR07, E02
Mouse Cheeks, Ears and Nose: R24
Mouse Jewelry: Y28
Butterfly Wings: YG95, B93
Butterfly Body: YG95
Piggy Tales Card Stock - 2 sheets
Adhesive
Prima Flowers
Viva Décor Gold Pearl Pen
Martha Stewart Eyelet Border Punch
Directions:
To create the box, cut two pieces of card stock to 8” x 8”. Working with the
piece of paper that will make the lid, at each corner, cut a line from the
corner diagonally 1”.
Fold the edges of the paper inward using a bone folder to create creases.
Fold the ends of the box sides and nip the corners.
Adhere the two ends of each side together. Tack the box flap corners to the
sides. Use clothes pins to hold corners down while drying.
Repeat with the second piece of paper to make the bottom of the box. The
initial corner cuts should be about 1 1/16” long.
Cut a piece of coordinating paper to 1” x 6” and punch along one edge with
an eyelet punch. Adhere to the box lid.
Color the mermaid image and neatly trim out.
Cut a double mat for the mermaid image and adhere the three layers. Attach
the matted mermaid to the center of the box lid. Embellish with flowers,
adding a dot of pearl paint to the centers.
Card Gift Box
Supplies:
Faerie Song Mer-Mouse with Butterfly
Tuxedo Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
Copic Markers -
Mouse Body: W-7, W-5, W-1
Mouse Tail: B000, B93
Mouse Wings: YR07, E02
Mouse Cheeks, Ears and Nose: R24
Mouse Jewelry: Y28
Butterfly Wings: YG95, B93
Butterfly Body: YG95
Piggy Tales Card Stock - 2 sheets
Adhesive
Prima Flowers
Viva Décor Gold Pearl Pen
Martha Stewart Eyelet Border Punch
Directions:
To create the box, cut two pieces of card stock to 8” x 8”. Working with the
piece of paper that will make the lid, at each corner, cut a line from the
corner diagonally 1”.
Fold the edges of the paper inward using a bone folder to create creases.
Fold the ends of the box sides and nip the corners.
Adhere the two ends of each side together. Tack the box flap corners to the
sides. Use clothes pins to hold corners down while drying.
Repeat with the second piece of paper to make the bottom of the box. The
initial corner cuts should be about 1 1/16” long.
Cut a piece of coordinating paper to 1” x 6” and punch along one edge with
an eyelet punch. Adhere to the box lid.
Color the mermaid image and neatly trim out.
Cut a double mat for the mermaid image and adhere the three layers. Attach
the matted mermaid to the center of the box lid. Embellish with flowers,
adding a dot of pearl paint to the centers.
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Two Sweet Pea Releases!
Today I would like to share two new releases from Sweet Pea Stamps, the first is from the Anna Marine collection and is titled Trick Me Once. The papers are digitals from Crafty Chaos, flowers are Wild Orchid that I painted with ummmm, the name escapes me at the moment but they come in little pots and are real popular...the brads are Queen and Co. She was colored with copics and the sparkle is Sakura glitter pen.
The sketch is this weeks challenge from PriscillaStyles.
This card features an image from Sweet Pea Stamps Joanne Schempp collection titled Luna Fairy. The papers are Bobunny, flowers and branch of bling Wild Orchid, the butterflies are punched. Can't recall who makes the corners. She was colored with copics with a touch of glitter pen.
Also wanted to announce this month's follower contest winners - since I have over a hundred followers I am giving away two stamps! The first goes to Have a Scrap Happy Day, the second to Crazy Creations. Please email me with your mailing info.
The sketch is this weeks challenge from PriscillaStyles.
This card features an image from Sweet Pea Stamps Joanne Schempp collection titled Luna Fairy. The papers are Bobunny, flowers and branch of bling Wild Orchid, the butterflies are punched. Can't recall who makes the corners. She was colored with copics with a touch of glitter pen.
Also wanted to announce this month's follower contest winners - since I have over a hundred followers I am giving away two stamps! The first goes to Have a Scrap Happy Day, the second to Crazy Creations. Please email me with your mailing info.
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