Magic

Hi everyone :) For my card today, I just had to ink up one of my new images from Sweet Pea Stamps. This particular image is called Autumn Falls and I think she's gorgeous! I colored the image with copics (pinks: R81, R83, R85, RV21, RV23, RV25; blues: B000, B02, BG72, BG75; skin: E00, E11, E13; hair: E33, E35, E37) and then I inked around the image lightly with SU's Bashful Blue ink. I added some Stardust Stickles to the waterfall to give it a bit of sparkle. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock (Rose Red and Not Quite Navy). The design paper is from K&Co. For some finishing touches, I added a bow, corner cut outs from my cuttlebug die, pearls, and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. What do you think?

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Hugs, Christine

Feathery Beauty

This little beauty is for a friend of my daughter's that celebrated her 14th birthday this weekend. Her favorite colors are blue and green. I had to throw in some raspberry to work with the DP I chose. I love how the feathers work with this image.

Supplies used on this project:
Image-Come Softly, Sweet Pea Stamps Ching Chou Kuik
Papers-white Couture card stock, DP Daisy D's Paper "Scroll bouquet, ocean multi", Stampin Up rich razzleberry and basic black
Copics-
Skintones-yr0000, e000, e21
Eyes-g21, g24, b21, b34
Hair-y21, y26, yr23
Dress-n7, n9
Butterfly-b04, v06, bg05, bg07, bg49
Lips-rv34, r85
Background-n7, n9, 100
Misc-Smooch in "pool and tuxedo", feathers, black organdy ribbon, tab punch, Sakura glaze pen, sticky gems in black, Crystal Effects or equivalent product, chalks for cheeks

~Lisa

Today We Introduce KymKreates!

KymKreates joins the Sweet Pea Stamps Design Team. If you keep up with our customer challenge week then you have seen the gorgeous work she creates!

Hello! My name is Kym and "Life's Beauty Inspires Me To Kreate" hence my name KYMKREATES!

When Lynette asked me to be a part of this wondrous DT I was tickled pink, purple, green, yellow, blue....... well you get the idea!!!!! I have fallen in lust with the designs of Sweet Pea and feel a great honor to have been asked and to be a part of this amazingly talented group!

A bit about me....

I live in a small village in the State of Wisconsin in the United States a bit north of Milwaukee called Belgium and have been married for 7 years to my husband Michael, am a mother of 5 and grandmother of 13 beautiful babies! I enjoy working in many types of medium and have had my hand in just about all types of crafting as far back as I can remember and that is pretty far back!!! My favorite thing to do is color. I guess I just never outgrew my so call box of colors, they just cost more now! Give me some copics and I am in heaven!!!!!!  I fancy searching the web looking for new and exciting techniques and then taking my little scraps and creating a piece of art! Another fave of mine is spending a bit of time each day checking out what everyone is doing on their blogs, getting inspiration and leaving comments. You may just find me one day on yours! 

Here are a couple of my latest cards to share with you today......

©ching-chou kuik's Enchanting Gold

©ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection sheet 14

Remember,

"Life's Beauty Inspires Me To Kreate"

Mag - Coral Immersion

Hello everyone,

Here is a card with Coral Immersion.

I never use bright and vibrant colors but
for this card I've used my most
vibrant and fluorescent Copics !!!

And I liked it !!!

Ching-Chou Kuik's Coral Immersion from plate 41
Papers are Bazzill and Basic Grey "Euphoria"
Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and Magnolia
Kaiser pearls
Ice Stickles Cristal
Border punch EK Success "Swirl"

Have a wonderful day !!!

Hugs

Magali :)

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Seahorses and mermaids down under

Today I would like to take the opportunity to show you a card made for a friend using my latest DT loot from sweetpea. This is the first time I've chosen to get some stamps drawn by Elaine Cox. This one is called little seahorses mermaid and I really love the cute little seahorses and the fresh zesty colours of the patterned papers that give the image a different feel. Wouldn't expect the sea to be all orange and flowery although it looks quite amazing in it's own way. Trust me, I've seen some amazing things "down under" and I'm not talking about Australia.

I coloured the image with my promarkers and coloured a white satin ribbon with lime green. It's one of my favourite tips of all time: purchase white ribbons and colour them in so you'll always have a perfectly matched ribbon. You'll save a lot and will always have a perfect colour match.

Two From Elaine Cox

Hello! Today I have two cards to share with you, both using images from Elaine Cox (Plate 34). The first one uses Celestial Garden Fairy. I cut the main image and the butterflies out after stamping them and then mounted them on a piece of embossed white card stock.

The Details:
Stamp: Celestial Garden Fairy - Elaine Cox (Plate 34) - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: My Little Shoebox, Dark Chocolate, White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,R20
Hair: E21,E25,E27,E29
Clothes: Y15,Y08,Y17,Y21,YG21,YG23,YG25 W/W1 and W3 over,R24,R29,R39,R81,R83
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Sizzix Tim Holtz Embossing Folder, Ribbon (Offray)

The second card uses Little River Mermaid, also from Plate 34. I gave her lots of sparkle with stickles on her tail and tiny stick on gems in her hair. The background embossed pieces were sprayed with Glimmer Mist and then had a little Stickles added after that dried.

The Details:
Stamp: Little River Mermaid - Elaine Cox (Plate 34) - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Cosmo Cricket, Basic Black, Whisper White (SU), White for image (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: R00,E00,E11,RV21,RV23
Hair: E50.E53.E55
Clothes, Tail and Scene: BG11,BG13,BG15,YG21,YG23,YG25,YG17,RV21,RV23,RV25,E53,E55,E57
Misc: Fiskars corner and edge punch, Sizzix Tim Holtz Embossing Folder, Glimmer Mist, Stardust Stickles, Mermaid Stickles, Taylor's Tiny Twinkles

I hope your day is magical!
:-)Traci

A Very Sparkly Mad Tea Party

Stamp: Ching-Chou Kuik's "Mad Tea Party"

Ching-Chou Kuik's FAC images are so beautifully detailed and you can use them with so many mediums. Here, I simply stamped the image and then sprayed it with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in: Sweet Clover, Patina, Peach Delight, and Pink Bubblegum. To get those heavy blobs of color, I spray close to the paper, about an inch or two away from the paper. Once the image was dry, I edged it with Versamagic in Jumbo Java. The background is embossed with one of the new Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folders. And, wow, are black roses difficult to photograph!

Bad Hair Day?

I love this wonderful stamp from Lisa Victoria called "Bad Hair Day". Haven't we all had that? Now perhaps I never had a tree branch in my hair but post brain surgery (esp when they shaved only parts of my head, lol!) I can remember some funny looking days. I just love this little girl and I had to use this stamp as soon as I got the sheet!

I did my card on the Bazzill dotted Swiss paper with iridescent ribbons and felt flowers, colored in my image with wonderful shades of Copic markers and used the Hello Sunshine saying from plate #8. I punched the bottom of saying with a border punch and added some ink to the saying with a colorbox chalk inkpad.

Cream and Black (Red) Hearts

This card was created using ching chou kuik's Red Hearts image, DCWV papers, Queen & Co. Pearls and I believe Prima flowers. The image was embossed with Rangers Ultrafine black EP and colored with Copics - I hit my stash of Cool Grey's and Blacks, along with Eggshell and Floral White. The button and velvet ribbon are from the massive stash of goodies I have accumulated.