Forever in Time

Another week another challenge and this week at Sweet Pea Stampers the theme is Forever in Time. I love this stamp - "The Dragon". I stamped her with Vintage Photo Distress and lightly tinted the image using a water brush and highlighted the centre of the flowers with Copper Brads. The dragonflies have a coating of distressed stickles, which is hard to see here.

I then cut her out with a scalloped die cut and matted behind a piece of gold card using the same die for a subtle highlight. The background is an embossing folder of watch cogs using coredinations card and then sanded to bring out the detail.

Some Game Spinners by Tim Holtz, a couple of brown flowers in the corner and a tassle I bought from Joanna Sheen and this is the simple but timely and distressed end result.

I am also entering this into:

One Sweet Challenge - Monochrome
Everybody Art - Monochrome
Fresh Brewed - Date or Time
Robyn's Fettish - People
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - Land of Fantasy

Happy New Year!

Wow - it has been a while. This is the first card I have been able to make since my beautiful Chi Chi passed away. The theme this week with Sweet Pea Stampers is Black Tie New Year! So come and join us and create something new for 2012 xx

Emboss It

This week at Sweet Pea Stampers, the theme is Emboss it... So I bought the Cuttle Bug Forest Branches Embossing folder to go with this lovely image. I used Tim Holtz Core-dinations card and sanded it to show the core of the card. I then distressed the edges of the card and the image and used Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to edge the image.. The corners are made from a Spellbinder die I cut into 4 and used a Die Cuts with a View Faux metal tag - "Dream". Added 2 gem brads to that and this is the result :) Simple but lovely.

I mounted it on silver card and used pewter corners to compliment her hair.

I am also including this for In a Sweet Pea Dream - because ANYTHING GOES :)

Monochromatic

So the theme this time at Sweet Pea Stampers is "Monochromatic", so here is my contribution to the design team.

Recipe:
SPS - Sparkling Moon coloured with copics
Black A5 Card
Spellbinders Mega Labels 10
Mirri Card - gunmetal
Paper and Border - Basic Grey Ambrosia
Flowers by Bee Crafty
Gems and Pearls by Papermania.

Thanks for stopping by and look forward to your creations!

Pearls and Lace

Well hello everyone - has it been two weeks already since the last challenge at Sweet Pea Stampers? The theme this week is lace and pearls so here is what I came up with.

The Recipe:
Night Rose Pyramage by Crafty Purple Frog
Lace background stamp by Inkadinkado
Bazill cardstock
Paper flowers and pearls - the flowers were stamped with lace background
Black Pearls & gems and paper tape lace.

I am also entering this into:
Mono Moments - Crafty Purple Frog
Bling it Up - In a Sweet Pea Dream
Gems and Pearls - Crafts and Me Challenges

Showers of Flowers

The challenge this time at Sweet Pea Stampers is Showers of Flowers. This time I used a frame "I think" i bought from Paper Artsy and painted it with Claudine Helmuth Paints... The flowers and bow are by Klever Konstruction and the flower border stamp is by Dawn Bibby Designs.

I am also entering this into:

In A Sweet Pea Dream - Anything Goes

Recycle!

Hi everyone! The theme this week at Sweet Pea Stampers is "Recycle". So what I did was take some shiney silver foil wrapping paper that one of my birthday presents was wrapped in - emboss it through the cuttlebug and use some alcohol ink on the top to give it even more depth to match the main focal image.


And here is the foil wrapping paper before I cut it up.

Don't forget to join in at Sweet Pea Stampers for a chance to win a prize.

I am also entering this into the following challenges:

In a Sweet Pea Dream - Favourite Colour Sweet Pea

Simon Says Stamp and Show - A Lord Tim of Holtz Technique

Something for your mum / hero

Yep that is the theme this week at Sweet Pea Stampers and here is my contribution. I was lucky to have my mum stay with me Sunday through Thursday this week and we had a great time.

Pack a Punch!

So I have to say I am honoured for this to be my first Design Team contibution to Sweet Pea Stampers. The theme this week is pack a punch. So get out yuor die cuts and get out your punches and create something magical.

I have used Papermania and K & Co Papers, Nestabilities and two Martha Stewart punches, along with a few prima flowers and some gems.

Sweet Pea Design Team Call

The Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Blog is having a Design Team Call, so I thought why not try out for it!

Ever since I was introduced to the amazing Sweet Pea stamps by a friend, I have been addicted! There is nothing better than getting out my copics and losing myself in this magical world whilst bringing the stamped images to life.

I have an A4 plastic box full of these stamps and am now working on box number 2! I love seeing what others create with these stamps as the possibilities are endless. I am always inspired by the challenges and love to go exploring other creative blogs of people who have the same passion for these stamps as I do.

And the best thing, even if I am not successfull in making it onto the DT, there is still a challenge every two weeks where I get to play and create - win win :)

Here are two samples that I love the most.

Talk to Me

This week, on In a Sweet Pea Dream, the theme is Talk to Me. You simply have to use a sentiment on the front of your card. This was the very first card I made in 2011.

Stamp - Sweet Pea Stamps - One and Only
Distress Ink - Stormy Sky
Marianne Design Die
Bazzil Basics Card
Bazzil Bitty Blossoms
Prima Flowers
Grosgrain Ribbon

All White?

The theme this week for Sweet Pea Stampers is "All white apart from the image", so here is my creation. Not a great picture due to bad lighting :( I have used:

Sweet Pea Stamp - Fly Dandelion
Distress Crackle paint - Rock Candy
Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch
Marianne Creatables Ribbon Border
Grosgrain ribbon
Marabou Feather
Prima Flowers - Pearl Penache Ice Castle
Crystal Stickles
Pearl Paper
Card Candy

Under the Sea

Here is my creation for In a Sweet Pea Dream. Photo is not that great as I took it at night but hey ho.

So here is what I used:

Distress Ink - Black Soot, Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood.
A post it note to mask the moon
Gems
Lavinia Stamps - the water shrubs, animals, birds and dots around the moon.
Tim Holtz stamp - quote
Inkylicious colour dusters
Sweet Pea Stamp - Soft Goth Night

A Sweet Pea Anything

So the latest theme is anything. And my contribution works for two challenges this time. I made this for a good friend of mine who went back to Australia a couple of weeks ago and have been waiting for the perfect opportunity to blog it. I decoupatched the "naked" book and added one of my favourite Sweet Pea Designs and some fibres and a beautiful quote.

I only found Sweet Pea Stamps this year and they always inspire me to make something so I am so glad I found them!

This works for:

Sweet Pea Stampers

In a Sweet Pea Dream

Back

And this is the "naked" journal :)

Sketch Challenge

Well with my sisters birthday coming up I decided to make this card to fit the Sweet Pea Stampers Sketch challenge. I seem to still be addicted to these stamps and the challenge - which is fine by me :)

Brads and Bows

Been feeling under the weather - hideous head cold and now an annoying cough is plaguing me. But decided to make this card today for the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge - bows and brads. Thought I could cope with that in between coughing like a mad thing.

Being the month of October I decided to do something a little spooky, but only a little. The background paper is edged with the top of a tree stamp and gives it a great effect. The wording is from Tim Holtz, some flowers, ribbons, brads and beads and job done.

Charmed I'm Sure

This week, the theme at Sweet Pea Stampers is "Charmed I'm Sure" whereby you had to use charns on your work. I hadn't intended on making anything this morning as may plan was to tidy my craft room ready to go to the Artisan show tomorrow. But tidying vs crafting - guess what won.

I used a white chipboard tag and painted it with Ranger Paint Dabbers. Once dry I stamped the swirls in black then added the white specs with another paint dabber. Added a couple of Tim Holtz grunge shapes painted with black crackle paint, some flowers and naturally a gorgeous sweet pea image. Then finished the tag off with the gem and enamelled butterfly charms at the bottom.

Swirls and Flourishes

The theme this week for Sweet Pea Stampers is Swirls and Flourishes. So i decided to use one of my new SP stamps for this week.

The flourish stamp I used is by Autumn Leaves ( and then I used stickles over the top) The figure 8 border is by Martha Stewart. A little card candy, some prima flowers and nestabilities and the card is complete.

Anything Goes!

This week the theme at Sweet Pea Stampers is Anything Goes. So I decided to use my favourite colour. I also added a little flower to her forehead which I think looks sweet. Thanks for stopping by.

Black White and Blue

Hello, boy it's been a while eh? I've been busy working on a non-craft related project. Anyhow, the theme this week at Sweet Pea Stampers is Black, White and one other colour. I had not planned on entering this week but I needed a break so made this card. Luckily I already had the image coloured with copics.

I put the white card through the cuttlebug embossing folder, then blended weathered wood and stormy sky distress inks over the top. I added some blue gem brads, black grosgrain ribbon, a butterfly and a button and hey presto!

I love this image - it is so peaceful.