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.

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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.

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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.

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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!