Norma J Burnell - Be Mine

Here is a card I have made using a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Norma J Burnell called "Be Mine".  It is available as a digital stamp and a rubber stamp.  Isn't she a stunning image?  

I have coloured in with my Graph'it pens and stuck to a colour scheme of green, orange, yellow and brown.  I have inked around the edge of the image with Tim Holtz's Mustard Seed and Crushed Olive distress ink.  The backing papers I printed off ages ago and can't remember where they are from.  I have punched out lots of leaves from scraps of paper left over from other projects and used these around the image.  I have finished the card off with pearl dots, satin ribbon and a sentiment off the computer.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Inklings and Yarns - Inky Linky Party No 44 - Anything goes

Milk Coffee Challenge - Girly
Brown Sugar - Use a die-cut or punch
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with an optional twist of National RAK Day
Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes
Sentimental Sunday - Pack a punch
Quirky Crafts - Pile it high!  Layer it up

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge - Saturday 15 February 2014

This week over at the Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge the topic is "Christmas love". For my card I have used an image and backing papers from a Debbi Moore magazine and I have gone around the image with a gold Pentouch pen.  I have kept the card clean and simple and just finished it off with some pearls.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - KISS

Creative Moments - Anything goes/love

CRAFT - Christmas

4 Crafty Chicks - Pearls

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Christmas love

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge Extra - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with an optional twist of National RAK Day

Elaine Cox - Christmas Bird

Here is a Christmas card I have made. I have used a Sweet Pea Stamps image called "Christmas Bird" by Elaine Cox. It is available as a digital stamp and as a rubber stamp set (the stamp set comes with the larger image and a smaller image to use on inserts/envelopes/tags etc).

I have used the digital stamp and have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens and highlighted areas with Pan Pastels, white gel pen and Stickles glitter glue.  I have inked around the edge with Tim Holtz's Chipped Sapphire distress ink.

The backing papers are from Bearly Mine Designs Winter Swirls.  I have finished the card off with some die-cut snowflakes and trees with Stickles added for sparkle and shine, tissue paper die-cut flowers with square brad centres and a sentiment from my Perfect Companions Christmas CD.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

CRAFT - Christmas
Milk Coffee Challenge - Girly
Brown Sugar - Use a die-cut or punch
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Allsorts - Brads
One Stitch at a Time - Use a digi
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes with an optional twist of National RAK Day
Scribble and Scrap - Anything goes

Gruffies and Guests Challenge - February 2014 - Love is in the Air

 On 1 February 2014 a new challenge started over at the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog.  The topic was "love is in the air".  Team A showed you their creations and now it is time for Team B to show you their creations.  You still have two weeks to enter so please pop on over to the Gruffies and Guests Challenge Blog and have a look.

For those of you that enter you have the chance of winning a wonderful prize of £10 voucher to be spent at the Dawn till Dusk Craft Supplies Store.

For my "love is in the air" card I have used some Joanna Sheen Happy Hoppers decoupage from a set called "Hoppy Days".

The backing papers I have used are from Bearly Mine Designs "Love Dreams" and Summertime Designs.  I have kept the colour scheme quite dramatic with red, pink, white and black.  I have finished the card off with some gingham ribbon, flowers (these were cream but I inked them with Tim Holtz's Fired Brick distress ink and my Inkylicious brush), punched out hearts edged with Stickles glitter glue, pearls and a sentiment that came off the decoupage sheet.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspiration - Love
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes or create your own challenge
The Squirrel and the Fox - Love
Robyn's Fetish - Animals or birds
The Pink Elephant - Happy Valentine's Day
Love to Create - Red and/or pink
Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/Valentine's Day
Card Mania - Love is all around
Bunny Zoe's - Hearts/love
Kaboodle Doodle - To my sweetheart
Craftin' Desert Diva - Colour challenge - red, pink or white
Scrap-Creations - Valentine's
Papertake Weekly - With a heart
Deep Ocean - Love is all around
Rhedd and Rosie - Love is in the air
The Paper Shelter - Be my Valentine
Divas by Design - With love
Fab n Funky - Love/Valentine theme
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Creative Moments - Anything goes/love
Crafting by Designs - Anything for love
The Crafter's Cafe - Must have hearts
Delightful Sketches - Love notes
Papercrafting Journey - Love is in the air
4 Crafty Chicks - Use pearls
Cute Card Thursday - Clever cutting (decoupaged image)
Brown Sugar - Use a die-cut or punch
A Creative Romance - Let's get sentimental
Alphabet Challenge - "A" for always and forever
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Polkadoodles - Love/romance
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Be my Valentine
Sparkles Monthly - Ribbon/lace, hearts and pearls

Sweet Pea Stamps

Don't forget Sweet Pea Stamps can be bought from the Sweet Pea Stamps Shop.

Sweet Pea Stamps also has a:

Sweet Pea Stamps Design Team Blog - where there is daily inspiration for everyone to see

monthly challenge over at the "One Sweet Challenge"

Facebook page called "Sweet Pea Stamps" where you will see cards posted on the Design Team Blog and find out about new releases/sales

Facebook Group called "Sweet Pea Stamps Friends and Fans" and you can join the Group and look at wonderful creations, gain tips/ideas and to have a natter.

I am on the Design Team for the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge.  This fortnightly challenge blog is run independently from Sweet Pea Stamps but Lynette kindly offers:

• Prize No 1 is a $6 voucher to spend at Sweet Pea Stamps and this is picked by Random.org.
• Prize No 2 is a $6 voucher to spend at Sweet Pea Stamps.  The winner of this prize is picked by the Design Team from entrants that use a Sweet Pea Stamps image on their card/creation.

Over in the Sweet Pea Stamps Shop there is a "Random Act of Kindness".  You can "send a friend a gift" for no specific reason ie just because, as a thank you or just to cheer someone up.  It means that you can send a gift voucher and the recipient can pick out a digital stamp of their own choice. It is a simple and an inexpensive way to show a "Random Act of Kindness".

Please enter:  "gift" in the coupon section at checkout. This will take off the shipping charge. We will then send them the voucher that they can use to pick out their digi. 

The "Random Act of Kindness" MUST be ordered separately if ordering rubber stamps, as the shipping will need to be adjusted.

Come and join in the Sweet Pea Stamps fun!!!

Here are some new designs out this week:

"In my Garden" by Norma J Burnell.  Available as a digital stamp.

"Be Mine 2" by Norma J Burnell.  Available as a digital stamp.

Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge - Friday 14 February 2014 - Vintage

 Time for another challenge over at the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Blog.  This fortnight the topic is "vintage".

 For my card I have used a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Meredith Dillman called "Airships".  It is available as a digital stamp and a rubber stamp.  I have kept the colour scheme of this card to blue, burgundy and a little grey.  I have coloured in the image with my Graph'it pens.  I got a voucher for Christmas and with it bought some grey Graph'it pens so they worked perfectly on this image.

The backing papers I have used are from the Debbi Moore Shabby Chic Time Flies CD.  The sentiments, clocks and wings are all from a Visible Image stamp sheet called "Time after Time" and I have inked with a blue Versafine ink pad and cut them out.  I have used a Tim Holtz clock die and clock embossing folder and edged with Tim Holtz's Aged Mahogony distress ink.  I have finished the card off with a brad and some card candi.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

SanDee and Amelie's Steampunk Challenge - Time machine
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes or create your own challenge
Whoopsi Daisy - Include a sentiment
Love to Create - Red and/or pink
Allsorts - Colours beginning with "b" - burgundy and blue
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Tuesday Throwdown - Roses are red, violets are blue (I have gone for the colour scheme of red and blue - hope that is OK)
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Inklings and Yarns - Inky Linky Party No 44 - Anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - Clever cutting
Milk Coffee Challenge - Girly
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
A Creative Romance - Let's get sentimental

Bearly Mine Challenge - February 2014 - Reminder

Just a quick reminder to say that you have two weeks left to enter the current Bearly Mine Challenge.

You will no doubt be aware that the Bearly Mine Challenge has moved from a fortnightly challenge to a monthly challenge.  

From this month every two days you will get an inspiration card/project from one of the Design Team members.  

You'll have to wait until the 23rd of every month to see my creation.

If you fancy taking part in this months' challenge the topic is "vintage romance".   Here is the card that I made for the current challenge:

Pop on over to the Challenge Blog to have a look at the other Design Team creations.

Here is the card that I made for the current challenge:

I have used the Bearly Mine Bearly Mine Design sets, Love's Dream and Plain and Simple.  I have also used the Bearly Mine Design freebie flowers.

  

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Friday 14 February 2014 - Ribbon and Bling

 Another Friday has whizzed around and it is time for another challenge over at the Delicious Doodles Challenge Blog.  This week the topic is "ribbon and bling".

For my card I have used the Delicious Doodles images called "Daisies and Butterfly".  Teri designed a whole series of this framed images so why not pop on over and have a look at them.

I have printed off two image so I could decoupage the butterfly.  I have coloured the image in with my Graph'it pens and then brushed Spiced Marmalade Distress Stickles over the flowers for some added sparkle.  The backing papers I was given.  I have finished the card off with some ribbon, gems, stamped sentiment and a Prima butterfly a friend got me for my birthday last year.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes or create your own challenge
Whoopsi Daisy - Include a sentiment
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything goes
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Inklings and Yarns - Inky Linky Party No 44 - Anything goes
Robyn's Fetish - Animals or birds
Pile it On - Stripes and/or dots
Aud Sentiments - BINGO board (Middle column of two word sentiment (happy birthday), 3D item (Prima butterfly and second butterfly in digital image printed out and coloured to decoupage) and use something shiny (gems and Stickles glitter glue)
Simply Create Too - St Patrick's Day or use green
Graph'it - Floral/love
Stampin' for the Week-end - Flower power 
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge - Saturday 8 February 2014

Over at the Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge this week the topic is "use a die-cut or a punched shape".  For my card I have used a backing paper, image and sentiment from a Debbi Moore magazine.  I have finished the card off with some die-cut holly and some gem peel-offs.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes

Winter Wonderland - No stamping required

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas - Use a die-cut or a punched shape

Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Extra Challenge - Anything goes

Creative Card Crew - KISS

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

Sparkles Christmas - Anything goes

CRAFT - Christmas

New Delicious Doodles Image - Lilleth

Here is a new image by Teri over at Delicious Doodles.  She's called "Lilleth".  Isn't she amazing?

She'll be available in the Delicious Doodles Store come Saturday.

Conie Fong - Bella

Valentine's Day will soon be upon us but I think this card could be used anytime to show someone some love.  I have used a Sweet Pea Stamps image by Conie Fong called "Bella".  It is available as a digital stamp and a rubber stamp.

I have coloured the digital stamp image in with my Graph'it pens.  The backing papers I was given.  I have used my new large dots embossing folder that I got from my son for Christmas.  You'll see this folder a lot as I love it.

I have finished the card off with some ribbon, paper flowers which I have coloured with Graph'it pens, blingy gem brads and a Craftwork Cards die-cut sentiment.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
The Crazy Challenge - Love is in the air
Paper Pretties - Valentine/love
Simon Says - Have a heart
Nutcrafters Challenge - A little bit of love
Crafting for all Seasons - Show us some romance
Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes
Inklings and Yarns - Inky Linky Party No 43 - Anything goes
Crafty Little Fairies - Love
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything goes
Cute Card Thursday - Lots of love
Southern Girls - Bling, bling, bling
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Totally Papercrafts - Hey cutie!
Crafts 4 Eternity - With love
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Be my Valentine
Craftitude - Anything goes or Valentine's/love
Digi Haven - Happy Valentine's Day
Brown Sugar - Valentine's
QKR Stampede - Hearts and kisses
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Graph'it Challenge - Lovey dovey
Crafty Catz - Love is in the air
Polkadoodles - Love is in the air
LEJ Designs - Valentine's/love
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything goes
Ali-Craft Monthly Challenge - Valentines
Cupcake Inspiration - Love
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes or create your own challenge
The Squirrel and the Fox - Love
One Stitch at a Time - Love
Pile it On - Stripes and/or dots

Sweet Pea Stamps Variation Week - "Rose" by Concetta Kilmer

 It is time for Variations Week over at the Sweet Pea Stamps.  This is the week in the month when the whole Design Team have the same image and make cards/creations to share with you all.  

This month the image we are using is "Rose" by Concetta Kilmer.  It is available as a digital stamp.

I have coloured the digital stamp image in with my Graph'it pens.  The backing papers I was given.  I have used my heart border mask and used a black Pan Pastel through it and then sprayed the card with Crafter's Companion Spray and Shine.  I love the effect this gives a project but even spraying outside and leaving in the garage overnight it still smells and makes me cough.  I have finished the card off with a sentiment, Tim Holtz die-cut flowers, pearl brads and a flower/ribbon embellishment that I must have had for 3-4 years!!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything goes/hearts
The Crazy Challenge - Love is in the air
Crafty Sentiments - Love is in the air
Oldie but a Goodie - Valentine (the something 6 months + old is the flower embellishment which I must have had for 3-4 years!!)
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes and optional extra to make a shaped card
Crafting by Designs - Anything goes
Paper Pretties - Valentine/love
Simon Says - Have a heart
Divas by Design - Die-cuts
Crafting for all Seasons - Show us some romance
Crafty Little Fairies - Love
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything goes
In the Pink - Valentine's
Cute Card Thursday - Lots of love
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - With love
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Be my Valentine
Craftitude - Anything goes or Valentine's/love
Digi Haven - Happy Valentine's Day

Brown Sugar - Valentine's
QKR Stampede - Hearts and kisses
Creative Fingers - Anything goes
Graph'it Challenge - Lovey dovey
Crafty Catz - Love is in the air
Polkadoodles - Love is in the air
LEJ Designs - Valentine's/love
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything goes
Floral Fantasies 5th Anniversary Blog Candy - Brenda is celebrating her 5th year of blogging.  That is a wonderful achievement.  She has some wonderful creations on her blog and if you ever get the chance to go and see Brenda at a crafting event she is well worth visiting.  I've seen her a couple of times now at Stamp Addicts and have picked up lots of tips.  To enter Brenda's Blog Candy you have to put a link on your blog (which I have done in my sidebar) and mention what your favourite craft item is.  I LOVE my dies.  I make my cards solely to sell to raise funds for different charities and therefore my funds are very limited so my love are flower dies so I can make my own flowers instead of buying them all the time.
Allsorts - Colours beginning with "b" - black
Ali-Craft Monthly Challenge - Valentines
Cupcake Inspiration - Love
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes or create your own challenge
The Squirrel and the Fox - Love
One Stitch at a Time - Love

Sweet Pea Stamps

Don't forget Sweet Pea Stamps can be bought from the Sweet Pea Stamps Shop.

Sweet Pea Stamps also has a:

Sweet Pea Stamps Design Team Blog - where there is daily inspiration for everyone to see

monthly challenge over at the "One Sweet Challenge"

Facebook page called "Sweet Pea Stamps" where you will see cards posted on the Design Team Blog and find out about new releases/sales

Facebook Group called "Sweet Pea Stamps Friends and Fans" and you can join the Group and look at wonderful creations, gain tips/ideas and to have a natter.

I am on the Design Team for the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge.  This fortnightly challenge blog is run independently from Sweet Pea Stamps but Lynette kindly offers:

• Prize No 1 is a $6 voucher to spend at Sweet Pea Stamps and this is picked by Random.org.
• Prize No 2 is a $6 voucher to spend at Sweet Pea Stamps.  The winner of this prize is picked by the Design Team from entrants that use a Sweet Pea Stamps image on their card/creation.

Over in the Sweet Pea Stamps Shop there is a "Random Act of Kindness".  You can "send a friend a gift" for no specific reason ie just because, as a thank you or just to cheer someone up.  It means that you can send a gift voucher and the recipient can pick out a digital stamp of their own choice. It is a simple and an inexpensive way to show a "Random Act of Kindness".

Please enter:  "gift" in the coupon section at checkout. This will take off the shipping charge. We will then send them the voucher that they can use to pick out their digi. 

The "Random Act of Kindness" MUST be ordered separately if ordering rubber stamps, as the shipping will need to be adjusted.

Come and join in the Sweet Pea Stamps fun!!!

Here are some new designs out this week:

"Neferata" by Charmaine Flannery.  Available as a digital stamp

"Soft Wind Blows" by Ching-Chou Kuik.  This is already available as a digital stamp.  It is soon to be made into a rubber stamp and is available to pre-order

"Night Dreamer" by Ching-Chou Kuik.  This is already available as a digital stamp.  It is soon to be made into a rubber stamp and is available to pre-order

"Titania" by Regan Kubecek.  This is already available as a digital stamp.  It is soon to be made into a rubber stamp and is available to pre-order

"Pink Star Angel" by Karen Middleton.  This is already available as a digital stamp.  It is soon to be made into a rubber stamp and is available to pre-order

"Blue Star Angel" by Karen Middleton.  This is already available as a digital stamp.  It is soon to be made into a rubber stamp and is available to pre-order

"A Glimmer of Hope" by Rebecca Sinz.  This is already available as a digital stamp.  It is soon to be made into a rubber stamp and is available to pre-order

"The Protector" by Rebecca Sinz.  This is already available as a digital stamp.  It is soon to be made into a rubber stamp and is available to pre-order

"Indian Princess" by Regan Kubecek.  Available as a digital stamp

"Easter Fairy" by Regan Kubecek.  Available as a digital stamp

"Hearts and Whiskers" by Regan Kubecek.  Available as a digital stamp

Sweet Pea Stamps Sale

I will be having my weekly Sweet Pea Stamps post go live on my blog tomorrow but just thought I'd tell you now about some VERY good news.  

There is a sale on at the moment.

There is 25% off all rubber stamps as long as you use the coupon code:  save25

There is 20% off all digital stamps as long as you use the coupon code:  save 20

HURRY.  This offer ends 9 February 2014

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Just in case you didn't see the other news over at Sweet Pea Stamps I am mentioning it here as well.

All Sweet Pea Stamps rubber stamps will now be made-to-order meaning there will be no overstock on them. Once your order is received by Sweet Pea Stamps via their online website your rubber stamps will be pressed.  What does this mean to you as Sweet Pea Stamps customers????  It means that many stamps have been lowered in price from .70¢ and upwards.  Quantities are very limited on each, anywhere from 1-10 of each.  If we run out of something we will Paypal you back what is out of stock (if paying by Paypal).

This means that there won't be anymore overstock sales so hurry on over to the Sweet Pea Stamps Shop to grab some bargains (overstock sale and discontinued lines) ....................