SPS - Enchanted Christmas

Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello folks, here I am again with another creation for  Sweet Pea Stamps.  For this creation I am using Enchanted Christmas by Joanne Schempp.

To begin with I placed the digi onto a photo I have taken in a forest down under and printed this.

 Next I coloured the digi with Promarkers and added Stickles to some of the areas.

 Using green glitter card I cut out a mini tag using a Sizzix - Square Scallops and added a Merry Christmas sentiment and my daughters name in peel off stickers.

 Out with the Christmas box to find some suitable ribbon for my bow which I finished off with a red sequin and a pearl.

 Promarkers used to colour the digi

Now for the die cutting.  The green glitter card, gold mirror card and digi were cut usingSpellbinders Grand Circles and Grand Scallop Circles

With all my sections prepared it was time to assemble

 And here is the finished card for my daughter.

Ingredients

• Enchanted Christmas by Joanne Schempp
• Dies - Spellbinders Grand Circles and Grand Scallop Circles; Sizzix - Square Scallops
• Green Glitter card and Gold Mirror Card
• Stickles
• Ribbon, pearl, peel-offs, green/gold mesh from my stash

Challenges entered

• Fan-Tastic Tuesday - W, E4, Must Be Square or Rectangular #41 Anything Goes
• Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge 2W, 2E, C10, Must be Christmas- Lot's Of Sparkle
• Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - M, 2E, must be Winter Holiday - Christmas Fairies(ends Jul09)
• Crafty Creations - 2W - #266 Things with wings
• Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - #222 Christmas
• Scrapbooker PhD -M, E3, C10 (W2 of 4) Add Texture
• Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - W, E1, Must be Christmas-  No.18 - o TBA
• Jingle Belles - 2W - must be Christmas - (W2 of 2) - A Christmas Story
• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - W,must be Christmas #183 Use a Sentiment
• My Time to Craft - W - #252 Christmas in June

SPS - Arrival of Spring

Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello folks, here I am again with another creation for  Sweet Pea Stamps.  Today I am sharing with you my DT creation for Artist Week  using the digi Arrival of Spring by Conie Fong.

I have a friends birthday coming up and bless her, last year I forgot.  So to make up for my thoughtlessness this year I have made her an extra special card.  My friend loves pearls and roses and I think she is going to love this one :) :) :)

I started by colouring the digi - oops forgot to take a pic of just the digi.  Here you see the coloured digi which I have fussy cut on the right hand side.  I have also used a mauve pearlised paper to line the inside of the card.

 Promarkers used.

 OK - so you know I fussy cut the right hand side, here you can see that better.

Now to complete the simple bow using a pieces of lovely purple ribbon that came in a scrap bundle that was in a sale lol.

 To make the charm section I used a rose metal charm and then added beads to the fishing line. Normally I use stranded cotton to attach charms but thought I would try the fishing line today.  Big bother as it had retained its coil.  To try to remove this I attached the metal charm first for a bit of weight and then held it up and used the heat gun to heat up the plastic and hopefully reshape it lol.  Worked but hot on the fingers and it did not help that my head forgot to compute that metal gets hot so big ouch when I touched the metal charm !!!!

 I am adding flowers to the bow area where the charm will also be hanging.  After trimming off the metal stems of the flowers I took a toothpick to make spiral bits - hey waste not want not.

 Here you see the flowers, spirals and charm attached to the bow on the card.

 Now the reason I fussy cut the right edge is so that I could use acetate or in this case a clear overhead projector sheet so I could give the pearls and my friends name a floating effect.

Finished card side view

 Finished card

Thank you for stopping by :)

Ingredients

• Digi Holly Arrival of Spring by Conie Fong available from Sweet Pea Stamps
• Promarkers
• Flowers, charm, beads, ribbon from my from my stash

Challenges entered

• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - W, 5E - A product or technique you wish you used more often - TECHNIQUE, USING ACETATE
• Crafty Bloggers Network - M, SIO - (June) BINGO* - PEARLS, FLOWERS, CHARM
• 613 Avenue Create - W - #77 Anything + Option : Pink
• Dragonfly Dreams - M – June – Things with Wings
• Crafty Calendar - M, 1E -  Petals and Pearls
• Sugar Creek Hollow  - 2W, 3E, SIO (W2 of 2) #89 Floral
• Craftitude -2W, 3E -  No. 67 - (W2 of 2) - Use Flowers and/or Lace
• Fussy and Fancy - 2W - No.116 - (W2 of 2) - Things with Wings
• In the Pink - 2W, 3E, lots of pink –  (W2 of 2) #46 Flower Garden
• Digistamps 4 Joy - 2W, SIO  - #94 Flowers (2nd week)
• Crafty Creations - 2W - #265 Tic Tac Toe* (2nd week) - FLOWERS, RIBBON, DIGITAL IMAGE
• Whimsy Inspiration -M, 3E, SIO - #72 Tic Tac Toe - PEARLS, BIRTHDAY, SENTIMENT

Treasure Map

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #218

Theme 'Anything Goes' 

The sponsor is StitchyBear Digital Outlet with a 7 image June prize pack. To win main prize you MUST use an Image from our store. Runner up prize for person using none store image is $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digital Outlet. So everyone can win something ;O).

This week I am working with the digi - Treasure Map by Delicious Doodles available in the Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.

I do feel a bit bad with this image, not having really done it justice.  When making this I was just about to start travelling and time was short.  Anyway, I came up with a plan to leave a pressie for my hubby - a box of chocolates hidden in our bed and the treasure map in a bottle on his pillow <g>.

 

To begin with I had a coffee hahahaha - well not true really, I made a double expresso to use as a dye to age the map which I had printed.

Then I attacked it with a Tim Holtz distressing ink pad.

 I made up a poem for my hubby which I printed and then stuck to the back of the map. I am far from a poet but it is the thought that counts :)  This was then aged the same way as the front.

 Now for some more fun, scrunch it up and make it look really old.

 Finally off to the kitchen to set fire to it over the kitchen sink - I rather enjoyed this bit hahahahaha

 To finish off I put the scrunched up map in a jar, added a label and some raffia.

Now unfortunately I have a confession to make, for the life of me I can find the box of chocolates I bought to go with this map.  I have a sneaky feeling hubby has discovered my hiding place in his sleep and devoured them without his conscious mind in action.  However, as I mentioned above, it is the thought that counts!!!!!!

Ingredients:-

• Digi - Treasure Map by Delicious Doodles available in the Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.
• Coffee
• Distressing ink
• Jam jar, raffia etc. from my stash

I am entering the following challenges

• Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge 2W, 1E, SIO - For Him (Week 2)
• Oldie But A Goodie Challenge 2W, must use something at least 6mts old  & state what is-Fathers Day/Masculinee (Week 2) - RAFIA 2 YEARS OLD, JAM JAR ABOUT 6 MONTHS OLD, PAPER FOR TAG ABOUT 7 YEARS OLD
• Crafter's Cafe - F, 3E - #68 distress
• Crafting for all Seasons - 2W, 3E - #79 Don't be square (2nd week)
• Love to Create - W, 3E - Anything Goes

Monochromatic Shoe

Time for another challenge over at

IKEsWORLD

Monochromatic

Morning folks, hope you are having a good day today :)   It is week two of the IKEsWORLD challenge, Monochromatic, and still plenty of time for you to enter.  Just remember, you must use and IKEsART image to be eligible for the prize.  Why not pop on over to the store, Ike produces the most amazing stamps, everything from off the wall to cute and fluffy :) :) :)

Oh how I love shoes (I am not in the least girly or a lover of shopping but mention shoes and ooooooo, I get girly in relation to my feet and will even go shopping).  Can you imagine my glee when I saw the wonderful shoe digs Ike had drawn - all goosebumps and could not wait to find a reason to use at least one of them.  The shoe I used is part of a set of 4 'Shoe Set of 4' and this one is called Blossom Shoe.

So here we are, my shoe card for the Monochromatic Challenge :) :) :) :)

Now pretty shoes are expensive so the first thing needed for my card is a piggy bank for that saving fund <g>.  I designed and then cut on my Cougar a wee piggy bank to hang on the card.  Once cut and the text in place I air brushed with Magenta Promarker.

 Next was to mix some embossing power for the shoe using Hot Pink and Silver.

 OOps, I missed showing here I also used ultra fine shocking pink glitter which was used on the heart.  For the roses, I coloured with Promarkers and then glitter embossed the shoe, added Glossy Accents tot he roses and went over the leaves with Pink Liquid Pearls.  What fun I had doing all this :) :) :)  I finished of die cutting the shoe and adding more Liquid Pearls.

 Close up of the shoe.

 Promarkers used.

Next was to sort the other bits needed. I printed the text and cut for two of the mounts, then added pink sparkly mesh behind the digi.  Pink ribbon, pink bow and some pink roses were also raked out the box of yummy embellishments.  The card was covered with rose paper but I have no idea where I got it, think it might have been the Range.

And here is the finished card which also includes a penny in the piggy back - after all every penny counts :)

Ingredients:-

• Digi - Shoe Set of 4' I used Blossom Shoe.
• Promarkers
• DP, mesh, Liquid Pearls, glitter, embossing powders, flowers, ribbon, bow from my stash

I am entering this project into the following challenges:-

• Sparkle N Sprinkle - M, E3, all crafts - (June) Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
• Sweet Stampin - W, 2E, must Stamp Say it with Flowers
• Craftitude -2W, 3E -  No. 67 - (W1 of 2) - Use Flowers and/or Lace
• The Stamping Boutique - W, SIO - No.21 - Flower Embellishment
• Delightful Challenges - W, 1E, SIO - Tickled Pink
• Creative Moments - 2W, 3E - #44 Anything goes/monochromatic (2nd week)
• Digistamps 4 Joy - 2W, SIO  - #94 Flowers
• Inky Impressions - SIO - #163 For a girl
• Crafty Creations - 2W - #265 Tic Tac Toe* - FLOWERS, RIBBON, DIGITAL IMAGE
• Craft Your Passion - W, E3 - 3 or more Embellishments

SPS - Scarlett Holly

Sweet Pea Stamps

Hello folks, here I am again with another creation for  Sweet Pea Stamps.  Today I am sharing with you a Christmas card made using the digi Scarlett Holly by Ching Chou Kuik.  I am trying to get all my Christmas cards done before I return to the UK in June so I can take them with me and leave them with my daughter so she can forward them on at the appropriate time :) :) Last year I got caught out, DHL wanted 50 pounds to send a card from Saudi, where I am, to the UK.  Alas it was for my lovely sister but I refused to pay and the local post is not that reliable so needless to say she did not get a real card, only a photo of it via e-mail.

Anyway, back to today and here is the card.

To make the card I had planned on using my die cutter for the top lacy section but the card I wanted to use is not very tight and after two attempts I gave up and tried an experiment instead.  Using the largest circle from Spellbinders Scalloped Grand Circles I positioned the die to cut just the top off the card.

Next I used a couple of bits of dies, a holly leaf from Lea'bilities Wreath For All Seasons and another leaf from Marianne Design Craftables Flower to create the cut out lacy top.

Next I coloured the digi with Promarkers

Promarkers used

To finish off I used some Ice Stickles on the leaves for a bit of bling and a touch in the eyes too.

While that was drying it was back to the card base.  I used a rectangle of Papermania Christmas vellum and finished off with some red and green organza.

 Using Gold stamping ink I sponged the top area lightly on both the card front and the top of the inside of the card.

Time to play with a new toy.  This week my mini Bowdabra arrived and what a joy to make bows with.  If you are not a great bow maker it is worth trying this piece of equipment.  To finish off I used some gold leaves a friend gave me from a box of chocolates (she ate the chocolates first!!!!!) and then used a couple of the holly leaves cut out from the top of the card and some wee red beads.

Time to put everything together.  I did add the rest of the holly leaves to the card, 4 on the digi and 2 on the inside of the card, it seemed a shame to waste them.

Thank you for stopping by :)

Ingredients

• Digi 'Scarlett Holly' by Ching Chou Kuik available from Sweet Pea Stamps
• Dies -  Spellbinders Grand Scallop Circles, Lea'bilities Wreath For All Seasons and  Marianne Design Craftables Flower
• Promarkers
• Papermania vellum
• Ribbon, beads, peel off stickers and gold leaves from my stash

Challenges entered

• Di's Digis Designs 3E 2W SIO - (W2 of 2) Ribbons and Bows 
• We Do Doobadoo Challenge-  2W, E2 - (W1 of 2)  #8 Ribbon
• Crafty Catz - W, 3E – No.235 - Use 2 Different Dies
• Jingle Belles - 2W - must be Christmas - (W2 of 2) - Red & Green
• That's Crafty! Challenge Blog - 2W, E3, Must be a UK resident - (W1 of 2) Birds
• C.R.A.F.T. - W, 5E -#263 Christmas
• Crimbo Crackers 2W, Must be Christmas -(W2 of 2) Anything Goes (Christmas)
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Steampunk Mermaid

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.

Challenge #215

Theme 'Button It' 

The sponsor is StitchyBear Digital Outlet with a 7 image June prize pack. To win main prize you MUST use an Image from our store. Runner up prize for person using none store image is $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digital Outlet. So everyone can win something :)

This week I am working with the wonderful Delicious Doodles image Steampunk Mermaid available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet.  I found in our local shop the other day these rather cool spiral bound index card booklets, the cards inside are all lined and have perforated edges at the top, perfect for writing notes on and then tearing out when done and dusted or to pass onto a friend if you have written something on it for them. Yep, I do like these hahahaha

To begin with I used a photo of a sunset I took in Australia, on the West Coast up near Carnarvon, Western Australia a couple of years ago.  The uncoloured image was super imposed onto the photo and a quote added "It is impossible to watch a sunset and not dream' by Tattboy, then I printed.  Next I coloured the image with Promarkers.

Promarkers used

With that done I took apart the spiral bound book.

Then I place my image on the front cover and remade the holes ready to assemble later.  During a tag swap I was playing along with earlier this week named 'Use a New Technique' I decided to play with texture paste.  Now paste is not available in Saudi so I had to make my own.  After a bit of hunting on the net  I found what looked like a simple recipe on Gabrielle Pollacco site Such a Pretty Mess.  I knew I had white acrylic paint and PVA glue and assumed I had baking soda so this would work for me to try.  Alas I didn't have any baking soda so explored my cupboard and found cornflower instead - it seems to have worked fine :) :) :)   Once mixed I spread the texture paste on the water area of the photo.

 While that was drying I made some copper buttons using copper metal sheet and a die from the Sewing Set by X-Cut.

With the texture paste now dry I airbrushed with Promarkers - I love the way this has really captured the motion of water and waves.  The copper buttons along with another metal button I had in my box with the word - Any Time Any Where written on it were placed in the bottom right corner.

Now to decorate my mini pencil.  I used a shell bead, fishing line and other beads to make the charm and attached this to the pencil with strong adhesive and some copper sheet.  The pencil was coloured with Promarkers and then finished off with Gold Extreme Glitter.

 And here we have the finished project.

 This one shows how the pencil is held in place within the spiral area, a nice snug fit.

Ingredients:-

• digi -  Steampunk Mermaid by Delicious Doodles and available in the Stitchy Bear Digital Outlet.
• Sewing Kit X-Cut die
• Homemade texture paste
• Book, buttons, pencil, charm, beads etc. from my stash

I am entering the following challenges

• ABC Challenge - P1/15 N is for Nautical
• Card and Scrap - 2W, P1/15 # 78 buttons
• Craft and Smash - M, P1 Buttons
• Our Creative Corner - M, P1, 3E Photo* Must use orange
• SanDee & Amelie's Steampunk Challenges - M, P1, E3 Shades of Grey, Blue and Rust
• Crafting for all Seasons - 2W, 3E - #79 Don't be square
• Creative Card Crew 2W - #63 Nautical (Week 2)