Silent Cry

This stamp is by ching-chou kuik for 

Sweet Pea Stamps

and is titled "Silent Cry"

I colored her with Distress markers

(love how blendable these are!!)

I diecut a wreath by memory box

"Catalina Wreath" and sorta tucked it

around just one corner of the image 

for some added POP.

Tiny gems were added and the background paper was embossed

with "Forest Branches" by Provo Craft.

CFC98

I'm playing over at

And this week it is CFC98:  Use glitter, stickles, glitter ribbon, etc on your CAS project to make it sparkle.
I have used an image by  Sweet Pea Stamps "Glimmer" as well as Stickles, a glitter rub on by DCWV, some gold mirror paper along with a big round brad and flower by Hero Arts.
Thanks for stopping by! Connie

Dreaming of.....

This lovely image is called

"Dreaming Of Aquamarine Tides"

and it is available at

Sweet Pea Stamps

I layered this onto some embossed papers and

added some dimensional stickers by Jolee's.

one of which is a teeny tiny shaker box:

Thanks for stopping by!

Connie

CTS21

Here is another challenge:

This is for CTS21 over at

and here is my rendition:

The cute girl stamp is titled

"Little Blossom 2" and can be found over at

Sweet Pea Stamps

I colored her with Derwent watercolor pencils

and fussy-cut her out, added some cute rick-rack

from my stash.  The dp strip is from

making memories "Abby".

A gem in her hair and a corner punch

and it is finished!

Thanks for stopping by.

Connie

A Sweet Pea Stamps SALE!!!

Guess who is having a SALE???

While supplies are high, once they run low

they will be taken off sale

Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop!!

This lovely image by 

Rebecca Sinz "Rose" 

may be found over at 

 Sweet Pea Stamps

I colored with Copic markers, trimmed

and rounded corners before mounting

on a diecut by SB called

"Fleur De Lis"

I diecut the pink word (by Papertrey Ink)

and used rub-ons for the rest.

Added a small ribbon rose to top it off.

The ribbon and embossed paper are from my stash.

Be sure to check out the rest of the Design Team's

offerings today!

Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop! Today the design team is featuring the stunning new images in the Rebecca Sinz collection.

Here is a list of the stops today, as you visit each one remember to leave a comment at every stop. On Monday, March 18, 2013 we will pick one winner to receive a $10 gift certificate to the Sweet Pea Stamps store!

Sweet Pea Stamps Store

Nataliya

Ali

Sharon

Holley

Karina

Connie

Kate

Gry

Milo

Jennifer

Sweet Pea Stamps Store

Tummy Time

I thought perhaps by playing with some spring stamps

that I could hurry winter out of here.

I am having fun trying!

This cute stamp is titled

"Tummy Time" by Elisabeth Bell for

 Sweet Pea Stamps

Also used were:

SB die "Big Scallop Ovals"

embossing folder by Crafts-Too "Daisy & Swirl"

Copics/airbrushing

flower by Hero Arts

button by Dress It Up

Enamel Accents by Ranger

Thanks for stopping by!

Connie

Sweet Pea Blog Candy!!

Sweet Pea Stamps has a blog candy contest going on today until SUNDAY!!   Here's a link to their blog.   You have 3 days to sign up for it and they will pick winners, so click this link and win some blog candy from them:

http://sweetpearubberstamps.blogspot.com/2013/02/wednesday-thursday-only.html

A Round Koi!

This card was inspired....of all things!...

by a seed corn advertisement!!

The background paper is from the 

junk mail received.  I thought it

was pretty so kept it.  

Am I the only one who does these things?

This pretty image by

Sweet Pea Stamps

was stamped onto vellum and colored on the back side with

Copic markers.

I used some dies by SB to cut a white mat behind

the image and then more dies to cut

a scallop frame which I made

to fit slightly OVER the edge of the image to hide

my adhesive.  I did this by placing 2 dies

together so it cut one as a frame!

I swiped some Versamark over and embossed

with clear EP after airbrushing

the frame to match my papers.

I added some gel stickers by

EK Success for bling, but

kept it pretty simple so the

paper shows.

Hope you like it!

Connie

Sweet Pea Birthday

This sweet image is
"Little Wishes" by
Elisabeth Bell.

I embossed with a folder by
Crafts-Too "Blossom"
and sanded very lightly
to bring out the white core.
I trimmed her with a SB die
and added a sheer ribbon.

You'll find many more delightful images
by this artist and many more over at

Sweet Pea Stamps

Thanks for stopping!
Connie

Standing Pretty Valentine

Isn't this stamp by 

 Sweet Pea Stamps

"Standing Pretty" by Elisabeth Bell 

uber cute??

I layered some pretty papers by 

making memories

"Cheeky Collection"

together with a border punch

by Martha

and a die by SB

"Lacy Ovals"

A snippet of lace and an odd heart-shaped

button from my stash 

and this could be my 

valentine!!

Tim Holtz Tinned

This CAS card uses some aluminum foil tape that I ran thru my Cuttlebug with an embossing folder by Tim Holtz. I layered this over a panel embossed with "Spots & Dots".

I used only a saying by Sweet Pea Stamps, no other stamps.

I colored some generic pearls with my silver leafing pen and they turned out swell!

A "Burst" of Sweet Pea!!

This gorgeous image is done by Sweet Pea Stamps
I've had this colored for some time but couldn't 
decide what to do with it when I spied this
pretty paper on a CD case I was
"repurposing" for stamp storage.
A small rub-on verse was all 
that I added. Hope you like it!
Connie

Sweet Pea CAS(E) This Sketch

I am playing at

again.

I used some stamps by 

 Sweet Pea Stamps

and an embossing folder by Cuttlebug

for this CAS card.

Connie

SP Peppermint

Here is another gorgeous image by 

artist Elisabeth Bell for

 Sweet Pea Stamps

titled 

"Lil Peppermint Releasing Stars"

Isn't he just adorable?

This image could be used for many different 

occasions in my opinion.

I kept it simple, embossing

the white background with a folder by 

Creative Expressions "Lattice"

and tying a ribbon across.

I hope you like it!

Connie

SweetPeaSale!!!!

Through Dec 31st!!!

All rubber stamps are 50% off

(digi's excluded)

34 NEW DIGI's added this week:

NEW DIGIS

Sweet Sweetpea

Sweet Sweetpea

This gorgeous image made by ching-chou kuik for

 Sweet Pea Stamps

is titled simply "Butterfly"

You will find her by clicking 

 Sweet Pea Stamps

and viewing Plate #211.  There are more just 

as beautiful as this on that plate!

I colored with Distress markers, trimmed the image and 

went around it with black to touch up any spots of white I missed.

The only bling I added was some diecuts by 

memorybox

"Corner Bow"

as this image speaks for itself!!

Thanks for stopping by today.

Connie

Annual Sweet Pea Christmas Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps annual Christmas Blog Hop!!

Each year the Sweet Pea Stamps design team loves to create a hop for Lynette, owner of Sweet Pea Stamps as our gift to her for Christmas. We are all in awe of the lovely stamps she offers and want to show our appreciation for her kindness and generosity. Below is my rendition of the beautiful "Face #1" by Karen Middleton.  This SP artist makes the most lovely stamps!  I used Cryogen papers, Provo emb folder, punches, Copic and Distress markers and set some punched snowflakes on the  paper before airbrushing color for a subtle background. I may have overdone the "picket fence" highlights? So.....  What would a blog hop be without some candy? Only one lucky person will win these gorgeous rubber stamps. Just leave comments along the way - each time you do you will earn another chance at winning!  The more comments you leave, the more chances you receive! This year the hop stops are: Karina Alex Ali Connie     <you are here!! Jennifer Holley  Randi Nataliya Lori Sweet Pea Stamps  Thank you for stopping by and good luck!

A "Cold" Sweet Pea Christmas!

I used a   Sweet Pea Stamps             image for this                         cool beauty....along with an embossing folder by Sizzix,                       MS circle cutter and outline stickers by Anita.                             A CAS if ever there was one!        Connie

Distressed Dragon?

This adorable seahorse image is by

Jennifer Nilsson for  

Sweet Pea Stamps

and is titled "Sea Dragon"

I began with a distressed

water background on which I stamped the dragon.

Colored him in with Copic markers, added Stickles on his wings?

and put some small bubble gems for air bubbles.

"Macarena Corner" die by memory box and

layers cut with SB "Matting Basics" dies.