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FUN......

2011-04-21T06:09:00.000-05:00

I hope all is well with everyone. I have been the worst blogger of late. Just never seems to be time since I am working on getting a new job where I work so I am studying all the extra time I have.

When I first saw Jinx by Brigid Ashwood all I could think of was the word FUN!!! I think she would be perfection for a teenagers card. You can find this Phunky Fairy at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Colored with copics, cut out and popped up!!! The big X behind her is glossed with glossy accents. 3 safety pins hold the framing behind her together. The word fun was stamped with some giant alphabet stamps!!! She was so much FUN to work with. What are you waiting for? Grab her and a few others for yourself!

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A Splash of Red.....

2011-03-29T06:22:00.000-05:00

Well we have not had anymore snow since the storm last week. Cross my fingers it is done!!!!!

I am sharing a monochromatic beauty with you today with a SPLASH of RED. This is Telsa by Nikki Burnette. You can purchase her and he other wonderful artwork at SWEET PEA STAMPS.

I colored her with all cool tone grays in Copics and then added just a splash of red. Matted her with some swirls and added a feather in her hat and 3 more as accents. She was a pleasure to color and Kreate with.

Check out all the great sales going on at Sweet Pea Stamps and do not forget to enter the In A Sweet Pea Dream challenge.

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Hello Spring…….

2011-03-23T06:05:00.000-05:00

First off I would like to apologize for my pic of my card. I forgot my camera at our cabin and had to scan instead!!!

Welcome Spring or so I thought until we got hit with snow again yesterday. Every time it just about melts we get a snowstorm again. Hopefully this will be our last and we will see tulips popping up through the ground soon.

My card today is another beauty Caron Vinsons Art Collection called the blue Fairy!!! This beauty can be purchased alone or with 3 others at non other than SWEET PEA STAMPS!!!!! I adore the sweet innocence this artist portrays in her work. They are such a joy to work with.

Colored with copics and some stickles here and there she is framed and bowed along with a few pearls. A simple way to say Hello Spring!!!!

I have soooooo many images colored I just have to get to my studio and get them on cards. Never enough time!!!!!!

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Congrats on my new Grandson!!!

2011-03-11T06:21:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone. I have been so busy since my vacation. Work has been going crazy. Snow up to my chest to deal with and a sick hubby.

I am so very excited to show you this card I made for my Son and Daughter In Law. On Saturday they graced me with my newest Grandchild Jaxson! He was 6 weeks early and weighs 5 pounds but is healthy!!!

This wonderful image is from SWEET PEA STAMPS and is by Jennifer Nilssons Art Collection called My Sister and Me. It can be purchased as a single stamp or with 3 others and a sentiment. Of coarse I used it as Mommy and Me!!

Colored with copics and a dash of stickles. I cut the seashells on my Cricut and popped them up for depth. A computer generated sentiment and ready for the mail!

I apologize for not commenting lately but hope to start again real soon!

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In The Pink......

2011-02-24T06:00:00.000-06:00

This post was scheduled before I left on vacation!!! I should be walking the beach as you read this!!!

Today I share with you this sweet kitty from Karen Middleton. She or he is just darling and a dream to work with. I decided to use her for a Birthday card for my 5 year old Granddaughter. She comes with another image and a sentiment and is available at SWEET PEA Stamps.

Colored with copics and chalk on the background. I used tons of stickles in the lace of the little blanket my kitty is hanging in. I added the tiny clothespins over the ones the artist drew and slipped in a little paper with celebrate on it!!! Lace and some pearls with a heart button and bow finish the look.

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Masquerade Anyone????

2011-02-17T06:07:00.000-06:00

I leave tomorrow for a 10 day vacation to Hilton Head Island. I am totally counting the minutes maybe even seconds. I can not wait to get into warmer weather!!

Today I show another Caron Vinson's stamps called Fall Masquerade Fairy. I decided to do her in bright colors and was thinking of Mardi Gras in New Orleans!!! I adore the innocence of this artist. You can purchase this beauty at Sweet Pea Stamps. She can be bought as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 others and a sentiment.

She is colored with copics and a bit of chalking as a background. A thick layer of glitter on her wings and some stickles on her dress. I spritz some glimmer mist on the corners and on the bow and feathers. Do not know how it shows in the picture. Gem stones finish the glitz and glam!!! I hope you enjoy!

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Flower Fairy......

2011-02-10T06:12:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone. Has anyone noticed that my

GREEN BAY PACKERS

won the Super Bowl. Everyone here in Wisconsin is so very proud of them.

Today I want to share with you a new stamp from SWEET PEA STAMPS called Flower Fairy. She is part of the magical collection by Meredith Dillman. She is a part of a 4 stamp set. They are available for pre-order shipping on Feb. 14th.

I tried with all my might to use and color with a soft touch on this one. I tend to go heavier on my colors. Of course she was done with copics and chalk in the background. Her marvelous wings got a heavy dose of glitter and stickles were added to various parts to give her that glorious sparkle. Double matted and popped up for depth. The flowers are almost see through and an addition of some pearls and a sheer bow finished the look. I hope you all enjoy!!!

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Winners of Sweet Pea Blog Candy...

2011-02-08T06:13:00.000-06:00

I am so very happy to announce the 3 winners.

Pitsiame from PITSIKSEN KORTIT JA MUUT ASKAREET

Karin form Karins Art Scrap

and

Sharon T from Cards n Greetings

Congrats to you all and please e-mail me with you mailing address so I can get your prize out to you!!!

Thanks to all who participated. Until next time!!!

GO PACKERS!!!!!

Lady In Green....

2011-02-03T06:17:00.000-06:00

I hope all is well wherever you are. It took us 2 hours just to get rid of the snow behind our 4 wheel drive truck to move yesterday. It was up to my waist and I am 5ft 9 inches tall. What a trip. The snow blower could not even get through it. Anyway back to work today. Hopefully all the roads I need to take have been cleared.

Today I show another Caron Vinson's stamps called Glam Goth Fairy. Mine is not that Goth looking though!!! I adore the innocence of this artist. You can purchase this beauty at Sweet Pea Stamps. She can be bought as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 others and a sentiment.

She is colored with copics and a bit of chalking as a background. A thick layer of glitter on her wings and some stickles on her dress. Swirls, gems, a bow and flowers finish the look.

Just a reminder I will be giving 3 grab bags of Sweet Pea stamps this week. Just follow this LINK.

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Wall Hangings....

2011-02-01T05:57:00.001-06:00

Good Day to everyone. I hope all is well. I am dreading driving the next couple of days to work since we are going through a blizzard. I hate snow. I really need to be on a warm sunny beach somewhere.

Today I am going to show you a project I did for my Granddaughters bedroom. I hope you like it!!!

I used the Portrait stamps from Elaine Cox that can be purchased at Sweet Pea Stamps. These luscious beauties can be purchased as a single stamp or on a page of 4.

I colored both with my copics and then added tons of glitter to their wings.

I added a lace flower topped with a rosette button. Added a bow and a few dew drops and placed them on a block frame for hanging.

I thought these were the most enchanting faces I have ever colored and will be perfect for her bedroom wall.

I hope you like them too.

Just a reminder I will be giving 3 grab bags of Sweet Pea stamps this week. Just follow this LINK.

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Sweet Pea Blog Candy...

2011-01-31T19:32:00.000-06:00

To Celebrate Lynette's Birthday and the Green Bay Packers trip to the Super Bowl I will be giving away 3 different grab bags of Sweet Pea Stamps on my blog. All you have to do is put your blog name on the link below. I will pick the names on Monday the 7th.

Happy Birthday Lynette....Sweet Pea Blog Candy

2011-01-26T06:09:00.002-06:00

To celebrate Luscious Lynette's birthday, everyday through Jan. 28th, she will be raffeling off 5 count grab bags, to celebrate. She will pick the winner the following day for the previous days candy. What a way to increase your Sweet Pea collection. So hop on over to the SWEET PEA Design Team Gallery and you too can be in the running.

Right here on my blog I will be offering a blog candy too starting next week. As many of you know I am from Wisconsin and the Green Bay Packers are going to the Super Bowl so I want to celebrate with them with some great Sweet Pea stamps.

Go Pack Go!!!!

Moonlight Fairy....

2011-01-21T05:15:00.000-06:00

I told you I would have a couple of cards up this week. We are going up north for the weekend and I have no internet so I will color, color, color so I can continue to present the magnificent stamps from none other than SWEET PEA STAMPS. I am so lucky to be part of the Sweet Pea family and be able to Kreate with such wonderful artists images.

Today I show another Caron Vinson's stamps called Moonlight Fairy. I adore the innocence of this artist. You can purchase this beauty at Sweet Pea Stamps. She can be bought as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 others and a sentiment.

She once again was colored with copics and given a dusting of some spica pen glitter on her clothes, hair and the mushroom. Her wings were glittered with some Art Institute Glitter. I love how very fine their glitter is. Double matted and popped up I then added 3 lovely flowers and leaves with yellow centers. 3 dew drops finished her look. I enjoyed so Kreating with this stamp. I hope you like it also.

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Summer Fun....

2011-01-20T06:14:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone. I want to thank you all for hanging with me while I had my eye problems. I have no idea where that came from but I am glad that it is clearing up and my work was sympathetic to it!!! Let's just say I never want to have it again!!!!

Today I am getting in the mood for some sunny weather and showing you a new stamp from Caron Vinson called Summer Fun!!! You can purchase this beauty at Sweet Pea Stamps. She can be bought as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 others and a sentiment.

I colored her with copics and added a bit of gloss and stickles to her dress and the sand. Her wings were given a good dose of glitter!! She is double matted and popped up. I added ribbon and a bow with a palm tree charm to continue the theme. If you like me are shoveling snow or facing bitter cold I hope she brought a bit of sunshine into your life.

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Attitude.....

2011-01-19T06:21:00.001-06:00

One of my dearest friends on this crazy network has given me this amazing award.

I want to first of all thank Sandra for the award.

Next I am to tell three things that make me different. Well we are all different so I will just tell three things about myself!

1. I hate cold weather!!! (Funny I live in the north.)

2. I sleep with a pillow I call squishy. Goes with me wherever I go.

3. I am a shoeaholic - I have about 300 pairs.

Now I need to send this to 5 others.

1.) Alison at Free Digital Stamps

2. Paulette at Create With TLC

3. Ginger from Gingers House

4. Karina from Creawitch

5. AnnMaree from Emu Creations

Thanks again my lovely Sandra!!!

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Sorry......

2011-01-19T06:07:00.001-06:00

I want to apologize for my blog being empty!!! I have been down with an eye infection and am having a problem with my vision. It is clearing up and have some beauties all set to plug in here. Thanks for hanging with me!!!

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Blushing.....

2011-01-06T06:13:00.001-06:00

I hope you are all staying warm wherever you are and 20011 is treating you well. My card today is by Sweet Pea Stamps and is Elaine Cox's "Katie" from her portrait collection. You can purchase her alone of with 3 other amazing stamps. You will see the others in the upcoming future. I just love the ethereal beauty these portraits have. They are truly a joy to KREATE with.

I didn't want to take away from her radiance so I kept my layout and details to a minimum. Colored with copics and a hint of glossy accents on her eyes and mouth. Her lavish wings were covered with glitter and a touch on her bodice. Double matting and a sheer organza bow finish everything off. I hope you too appreciate her beauty!!!

Challenges:

Sweet Pea Stampers

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A True Beauty....

2011-01-04T06:23:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a marvelous New Year!!! I am going to show you a true BEAUTY today. Royal Flower by Caron Vinson. You can purchase this beauty at Sweet Pea Stamps. She can be bought as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 others and a sentiment.

I colored her with my copics in shades of red to accent her beauty with another royal flower the rose. Double matted a ribbon, some flowers with gemstone centers and lots of glitter finish off my KREATION. Perfect as a Valentine!!!

Challenges:

Sweet Pea Stampers

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Well Wishes...

2010-12-31T10:07:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone. Boy these past few days have been HELL on me. I have not had a moment to KREATE!!!! Thank goodness they are almost over! Please forgive me if I have not visited your blogs. I will start again this next few days and will try to make up for it!!!

A friend of mine at work has had a knee replacement and I made this card for her!

I used a Lilly of the Valley stamp and colored it with copics. Added some stickles of course and a bit of glossy accents. Some ribbon to create a bow and some lace finished it off. The ticket was a freebie and have no idea who created it!!! I hope you like.....

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In Appreciation - Lynette, You Are Loved.....

2010-12-13T05:00:00.001-06:00

As a Christmas gift to Lynette, owner of Sweet Pea Stamps we are throwing this blog hop! We are so glad you have decided to join in the fun - today you will find many beautiful creations made by the Sweet Pea Stamps design team.

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As our gift to you, our wonderful followers, visiters and Sweet Pea Stamps customers, one lucky person will win the ching chou kuik Fantasy Art collection Red Riding Hood sheet of stamps (Plate #65). Just leave comments along the way.

Each comment you leave will earn you an entry - so the more comments the better the chances! The drawing will take place on 12/20/2010. Below you will find the list of stops - if you joined us somewhere along the way don't worry as it is a circular hop. Thanks again and Happy Holidays!

As I stated on my title I wanted to show Lynette how very much she is LOVED. I used ChingChou Kuiks "One and Only Love" to convey that message. You can get this beauty as a single stamp or with 3 others and 2 sentiments at SWEET PEA STAMPS!! I thought it was the perfect stamp to show someone just how much you care about them.

I colored her with copics and my signature background with pastel chalks. A dusting of stickles, an embossed background, a ribbon, pearls and flowers complete the look.

Lynette I hope you feel how treasured you are with my card to say Thank you and we love you!!!

Now your next stop in the hop is my Dear friend and the reason I started my lust of the Sweet Pea Stamps, The Dazzling Dark Mermaid Randi.

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Birthday Blessings....

2010-12-09T05:40:00.000-06:00

I hope everyone is doing well and keeping up with all the hustle and bustle that comes with the Season. I have a Birthday card to share today!!! I have made a resolution to try to make a card for everyones special day and this is for my hubby's Uncle who has a birthday next week.

The image was a freebie that I found at Beccy's Place. I thought it still gave us a hint of the season but not a complete Christmas look so I used it. Colored with copics and sprinkled with stickles and just a hint of glossy accents. The blue was done with distress ink and a sponge. I kept this one pretty simple with just a piece of twine as my final accent!!! It is for a man and I am not so into manly cards. I guess I love all the frills.

I hope you like it!! Oh and I guess his Uncle too!

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Water and Fire.....

2010-12-08T05:38:00.000-06:00

Hello everyone! I hope all are staying warm. Today I am showcasing a new artist at SWEET PEA STAMPS. Her name is Terrell Dorfeo. I love the comic nature of her stamps. This beauty comes with another stamp and two sentiments.

When I saw this sweet mermaid her hair just kept screaming fire to me so I colored it to look like a great flame flowing from her head. I know it seems weird to have fire in water but that is the beauty of Fantasy stamps, you can create whatever you want with them. I wanted to keep this a cheerful card so I used mostly primary colors and just kept adding shapes and more color. I hope you like!!!

Don't forget to check out the current challenge at "In A Sweet Pea Dream". It is a great way to win some of these new stamps!!

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What A Wonderful Life....

2010-12-07T06:05:00.000-06:00

I am so very blessed to have friends on this wonderful medium. Thanks to Sharon and Georgia for bestowing upon me this marvelous award.

By accepting this Award I have to:

1). Thank and link back to the person who awarded me

2). Share 8 things about myself

3). Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that I have recently discovered

4). Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards

8 things about my self:

1) I love cappuccino

2) My favorite TV show is CSI

3) I have a nervous tick ( shake my leg when sitting)

4) I am a big Wisconsin Badger Football fan

5) I love string cheese

6) I do not like to cook

7) I hate seeing wrinkles

8) If I walk past a picture on the wall that isn't straight I fix it. At all times.

Now I am passing this on to my wonderful family at Sweet Pea Design Team. They are all the sweetest people around.

Thanks a bunch!!!

Winter Storm.....

2010-12-06T06:00:00.000-06:00

Last but not least of my Magnolia cards is this one I call Winter Storm. I hope you have enjoyed my Tilda themed Christmas cards. Each one has a special someone that it will be sent to, and I am on time. I like to get my cards out in the beginning of December!!! That way they can be enjoyed more than a day or two.

On this one Tilda colored with copics gets her self caught in a Winter swirl. I added stickles to her wings and the trim of her clothes. Her boots and the bottle in her basket got a coating of glossy accents. She was placed in the middle of double matted circles and two DP's. Flowers adorn the upper corner and a bow of yarn in the lower. I wasn't certain about using brown as an accent on this one but once finished she is one of my favorites. I hope you agree.

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Anyone For A Ride....

2010-12-05T06:00:00.000-06:00

Only one more after this one. I hope I didn't bore you to death with all these Magnolia cards.

Tilda was once again colored with copics and then glistened with some stickles, her fur had all been given a coating of fun flock and her boots are glossed with glossy accents. Double matted and then placed under a double punched border that I laced my ribbon through. At first I was certain about the aqua and peach but I really like the brightness of the two together! What about you?

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Guiding Light......

2010-12-04T06:00:00.000-06:00

Only 3 more Magnolia Cards to showcase. I hope you are not tired of them yet!!!

I colored my girl again with copics and cut her out and placed her on a double matted label Nestie.The green was also embossed. A criss cross of ribbon and a couple of snowflakes and some evergreens finished her off. She is the guiding light through life's forest!!!

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Not So Traditional Colors.....

2010-12-03T06:01:00.000-06:00

I really liked this DP I had found at Hobby Lobby and wanted to use it again so here is a not so traditional colored Christmas Card!

My Tilda was colored with copics and then cut out. She got a bit of stickles added to her for sparkle and her boots got shine from some glossy accents. I placed her on a double cut scalloped Nestie and backed her with a couple different DP's. I added a seam binding and ribbon flower that I made in the corner and once again used that freebie ticket as a sentiment. Although not your traditional colored card, I like the final outcome! What do you think?

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Sing His Praise........

2010-12-02T06:00:00.000-06:00

My next card is another Magnolia Christmas card. I did warn you that I have quite a few to show.

This is one of those cards that grew on me as I put it together. At first I wasn't a big fan of this stamp but colored her anyway. I cut her out and then started with my distress inks, first layer was Antique Linen but that just wasn't enough so I added Tea Dye on top of that. I was so very pleased with the look. I decided to go with the vintage look and pulled out some old looking DP and a page of music from an old hymnal. The sheet music got the same inking treatment. Layered on my card, some holly and a couple of gold bows finished it off. I hope you think it turned out well too!

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Santa Tilda...

2010-12-01T05:56:00.004-06:00

My Brother in law has small children so his family will get this Santa Tilda!!!

As usual she was colored with copics, fun flock was put on her fur. Glossy accents on her boots and the sleigh. Stickles gives her the sparkle! I distressed the edges of my card stock on this one and used my DP as a sentiment. Candy canes finished the corners. I hope the kids like it!

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Warmth and Love....

2010-11-30T06:00:00.000-06:00

I have a friend that is always baking some kind of treasures so this Magnolia was perfect for her.

Tilda was colored with copics and then cut onto an oval. I glossy accented her pan and shoes. Stickles were added to her trim, hair-band and wings. She was then double matted and put on top of two different DP's. I punched some swirls and added some dew drops for depth. Las but not least a bow in the corner. The sentiment inside states " Sending you .....warmth and love this Christmas."

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Snow.....balls.....

2010-11-29T06:00:00.000-06:00

Here is my 3rd card with my friend Tilda!!! One of my favorite past times in the snow. Throwing snowballs!!!

Tilda was colored with copics cut out and then placed on a holographic snowball!!! I wanted it to look like the glisten of fresh snow. I flocked her snowball and Glossy accented her boots, a bit of stickles also was added to give her sparkle. The sentiment was a freebie I got at Create With TLC. Inside I also used one of her sentiments. It says "Enjoy the season, take it slow, make some time to play in the snow." I thought it was fitting!!! What do you think?

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Ice Skating Anyone.....

2010-11-28T06:00:00.002-06:00

It is a happy day in our household. Our fantastic Wisconsin Badger Football team won big time and are now Conference Champs and most likely on there way to the Rose Bowl on New Years Day!!! If you are interested in a creative video go to U-tube or Google and just type in Teach Me How To Buckey!!! A few UW students made this video and even the band director and the Chancellor of the University make an appearance. We even hear this song on the radio up here!

Here is number 2 in my Magnolia crunch of making my Christmas cards. I wish I could skate, it is just so beautiful to see them gliding on the ice! I know I would fall and break my . . .

Tilda was colored with copics and placed in the center of two ovals. I glossy accented her boots and the ice below her. Stickles were added to make her sparkle. A bit of lace and some ribbon finished the look. The ticket was a freebie I found. I do not know the artist! I really liked the way this not so traditional colored card turned out! I hope you do to!

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Warm Holiday Wishes...

2010-11-27T09:09:00.000-06:00

I have been feverishly working on finishing my Christmas cards. I forgot that I had all of these darling Magnolia images from a swap I did so while I was down with the flu I colored. The next few days I will show you all of the cards I made with my colored images. I think I only have 2 more cards to make and I am done.

I colored Tilda with copics and put fun flock on all her fur. Glossy accents on her boots and Stickles gave her trim and wings sparkle. I then cut her out and placed her on a double matted Nestie. Ribbon and some snowflake buttons finished her off. The sentiment was computer generated. I hope you like!

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Christmas Beauty....

2010-11-24T06:00:00.000-06:00

I wanted to make most of my Christmas cards this year with Sweet Pea stamps so I have been trying to see my stamps in a different view. This gorgeous beauty is called Purple Hearts and is one of Ching-chou Kuiks Fantasy Art Collection. She can be purchased alone or with 3 others and a sentiment.

I colored her with my copics and added stickles to give her sparkle. My background was done with chalk and I covered the hearts with red gemstones to look more like ornaments. Double matted and placed on Holiday DP and adorned with a large poinsettia, she turned out pretty Chritmaslike! What do you think?

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Gem of The Ocean.....

2010-11-23T06:00:00.000-06:00

One of my favorite places on the earth is the OCEAN so when I got the chance to showcase this magnificent creature I was so very pleased!!! You can get this fascinating stamp at non other than Sweet Pea Stamps. It is one of our new artists' Jennifer Nilsson's "Sea Dragon". You can purchase her as a single stamp or with 3 others and a sentiment.

I colored the stamp with copics and added stickles to give it some sparkle. I took some photo paper and brayer-ed it to give an ocean like feel. The sea weed was made with punchanella ( what is left over after punching out sequins). I cut a few sea shells on my Cricut and added a crinkle seam binding bow and a computer generated tag. Last but not least a few gem stones were added for additional sparkle. Working on this wonder makes me miss my opulent ocean and has me counting the days till I visit it again!!! I hope you enjoy!

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Winter Watcher.......

2010-11-22T05:51:00.001-06:00

I fell in love with this stamp as soon as I saw it many moons ago, I finally got the chance to get her inked up and onto a card. Her name is Winter Watcher and is by Chingchou Kuiks Fantasy Art Collection found at Sweet Pea Stamps. She can be purchase as a single stamp or with 3 others and a sentiment.

I colored her with copics and then added stickles here and there. I wanted my DP to look like the night sky and then I remembered I had this piece of iridescent paper for ages and thought it was perfect. I hung some jewels from one corner of my framed stamp and a few snowflakes and to finish it off some fringed ribbon. I hope you like!

Don't forget to try your hand at the current challenge at "In A Sweet Pea Dream" challenge blog!

Challenges:

2 Sisters

Our Daily Bread

Die Cuts and Dreams

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The Lord is My Rock.......

2010-11-21T06:00:00.000-06:00

As in every family some times we suffer a loss and that happened in ours this past week. My hubby's Aunt had loss her Mother. I adore this Aunt and wanted to make certain she knew that we are here for her. So I made this sympathy card to send to her. I had the image in my file, it was one of my freebies and I am sorry but I do not know the artist but I thought it was like I was sending her a flower arrangement that will never die and thought it was fitting.

I wanted the card to be very simple and not toooooo glitzed up. I found the wonderful circle sentiment at Create With TLC as a freebie and thought it was perfection for my use. I colored my image with copics and then added just a touch of stickles on the flowers. The red berries were created with liquid pearls. A ribbon and my sentiment and I was finished. These kinds of cards are so personal and really hard to make. I hope it brings some comfort to our Aunt and her loss.

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Fairy Lights.......

2010-11-20T06:56:00.000-06:00

Hello and thanks a bunch for all the well wishes while I was under the weather. I have finally made my way down to my studio to put a couple of cards together. I have about 12 images now colored, since that could be done while sitting on the couch and all that I now need to do is put them on a card. So I will be a busy girl in the next few days!!!!

My wonderful MIL's birthday is Monday and I chose to use Fairy Lights by Meredith Dillman. This is one of the new artists from Sweet Pea Stamps. She can be purchased as a single stamp or with 3 others and a sentiment! Lynette has brought some talented new artist's on board at Sweet Pea. It is well worth a venture over!

I colored my lovely with my Copics and then used chalks to create the background. Onto a label nestie she went. I also added 3 floral eyelets, a corner bow and flowers. Stickles were added to her wings, the lantern and butterflies. I had a verse that I added in the card about my MIL being the light to whom we gather and love so it was a fitting image. I popped it in the mail and it is on it's way. I hope she likes it at much as I loved making it for her!

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A Great Pick Me Up........

2010-11-13T10:13:00.000-06:00

What a wonderful surprise I had waiting for me in my in box from one of my dearest friends Sandra aka Rose Petal. I am suppose to tell you 3 things about myself and send this to 5 others. I want to leave this for all the lovely friends who wished me well last week when I was down with the flu! It is people like you that make this world a beautiful place to live in!!!!!

1) I hate being late. I always try to get to where I am going at least 10 - 15 minutes ahead of time and it drives me nuts when others are not that considerate and are constantly late for everything!

2) I can not stand when a picture or something hanging on the wall is crooked. I will literally go and fix them wherever I am.

3.) When I am writing something I hate scratching something out!!! I have to white it out. Just drives me nuts!!!!

Ok now you have learned some crazy things about me!!!! Thanks again for all the well wishes when I was ill.

Just A Reminder........

2010-11-10T05:49:00.000-06:00

First of all I want to apologize to everyone for not commenting on their lovely art like I would normally be doing!! I have been hit like a lead balloon with the flu and it has taken over my body!!!

I also have not had an once of energy left to do any KREATING!! I promise I will make up for all of this!

I do want to remind you that today starts a NEW challenge at Sweet Pea Stamps Challenge Blog.

"In A Sweet Pea Dream"

Make sure you head over and check it out!!!

Expecting.....

2010-11-01T18:13:00.001-05:00

Good day to all of you. Well it definitely has turned cold here. I even had to wear a jacket today!!! Brrrr...... I am hearing snow in the forecast and am not liking it at all. Today I am happy to show you a card I made for my DIL birthday!!! She is expecting and I thought this beautiful image from Sweet Pea Stamps called Expecting was perfect!!! I love the way the artist ching chou kuik gives her lovlies just the most beautiful faces.

I colored my image with copic and then matched her with some Autumn colored DP. I distressed and glittered the matting around her to give some extra sparkle along with many parts of the image. Got to have that bling!!!. I made a flower out of ribbon and placed it in the center of a Prima flower and that sat on some seam binding ribbon tied together into a bow. I hope she will enjoy her as much as I did making my card!

Challenges:

Digi Doodle Shop's Best

Aly's Sunday

Cowgirl's Sunday

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A Child......

2010-10-31T07:40:00.001-05:00

I have some very progressive friends so when I saw this image I thought this would make a perfect Christmas card for them. The image is ching chou kuik's Growing Love and can be found at Sweet Pea Stamps. She is only offered as a single stamp.

I colored her with my copics and then added a bit of stickles to various parts. I think the flowers are Gardenia's but with my red copics they became Poinsettia's. I added a couple of different Christmas DP's a gold braided ribbon and some red flowers with gold brad centers. I hope you like.

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DT Call...

2010-10-30T18:32:00.000-05:00

A very good friend of mine Heather from Fresh Brewed Stamps is having a DT call and I thought all of you may be interested so I thought I would post the info to help her get the word out!!! Check it out here or HERE!

Fresh Brewed Designs FULL DT CALL

Fresh Brewed Designs is having a FULL DT CALL. I am looking for people who love to create and are excited to be a part of getting a new business on it's feet and walk around out there. I a looking for someone who wants to meet new people and fellowship Fresh Brewed Designs style!

If you are interested, here is how you can apply for the team and what we require:

Fresh Brewed Designs is having a DT call starting today, October 27th and running through Wednesday, November 10th at 9:00pm EST. Details are listed below.

DT terms will be for 6 months starting November 17, 2010 and running through April 13, 2011. The 10+ new DT spots will be announced on the Freshly Brewed Challenges blog on November 13th. You can reapply again after your 6 month term is over if you are interested in staying.
Please email two cards to me ( freshbreweddesigns AT yahoo DOT com ) with your application. I would love for you to use a Fresh Brewed Designs image on one of your cards, however it is not required for your application.
If you are interested in being a DT coordinator to help with blog hops and challenge posts, please let me know in your application.
Please send a list of all design teams you are currently on and a link to your blog. You will be required to have a blog to apply.
As a Fresh Brewed Design Team member You will be responsible for participating in our weekly Wednesday challenges.
You will be asked to participate in the challenges of blogs Fresh Brewed Designs is sponsoring for that week when you can. This is not a requirement.
You are required to be a part of all monthly blog hops and new images releases.
You will be given 5 images of your choice to start on the team, 2 images from every new release and a 40% discount to the shop on all digi images.
You will be required to join the Fresh Brewed Crew blog for challenge updates and all the FBD news in one place. Emails will be sent as well, but I know they tend to get lost, so this will be a place for us to stay organized.

**when emailing me please include FBD DT Call and your name in the subject line**

Fresh Brewed Designs is in the process of creating a

new website
new groups
a facebook page
lots more fun!

Thank you for taking the time to read the post.

Magical Christmas.....

2010-10-26T06:04:00.005-05:00

I have the most beautiful stamp to show you all today!!! Her name is Miranda by Elaine Cox and will be available at Sweet Pea Stamps. Check the blog for the date she will be released. She is so versatile and an be used for any season just by changing your color scheme. I needed to catch up on my Christmas cards so she became a Magical Christmas waif to me.

I decided to make this one an easel card and this way it fits into my good friend Pascale's challenge over at Sweet Pea Stamper's and also the new challenge blog The Crafty Purple Frog anything goes.

I used a sketch from another of my friends Arlana at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. Arlana is a goddess when it comes to sketches.

I colored my image with copics and I wanted to keep a soft feel to her and just let her beauty show through! When I saw her she said red head to me so Auburn hair it was. The little pom poms in her hair were filled with fun flock and the dusted with stickles. I also added liquid pearls in red on the leaves as holly berries and opal in and around her hair. The green mat of card stock behind her was embossed with the perfectly paisley cuttlebug folder. Last but not least I softened the look with a bit of lace and topped that off with some holly and gem stones. I hope you like.

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Anyone for Some Candy Corn.......

2010-10-22T06:06:00.000-05:00

TGIF!!!! Here is another little cutie I have made for another co-worker. I have 2 women teaching me my job and my new boss so I have 3 cards that I want to finish by next week. I really want to thank them for all their efforts. I used another stamp from Stampin' Up. Like I have said before I have had these for gosh at least 7 or 8 years and really think they are adorable.

I colored my image and the cut it out in the shape of my candy corn and matted it. I cut out the top of the pumpkin and the candy itself twice and pop dotted them to give it dimension. I sewed around the perimeter and added a piece of ribbon to separate my two DP's. I stamped the sentiment and then added a tiny button of candy corn on top. I hope you like!!

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Challenges:

Stampin' For The Weekend

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Sarah Hurley

Card of The Week

wee Memories

Creative Craft Challenge

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Picking Something Fun........

2010-10-20T06:06:00.008-05:00

Happy Wednesday everyone or hump-day as we call it in my neck of the woods. I am writing this before I get ready for work so I have to keep it short! By the way so far I am loving my job!!!

My brother in law's birthday is in about a week and he is a farmer so I wanted to find an image that kinda reflected that for his card. I came up with this one from Mo's Digital Pencil.

I didn't want to go to overboard with the design since it is for a guy so I colored him in and then glossed the tomatoes, his shoes and the hankie hanging out of his pocket for dimension. Some twine and a trio of buttons basically finished off the front. My sentiment was stamped with an old Stampin' Up stamp. I have so many of those that I have had for ages and thought maybe I should start using them a bit.

Inside the card I put this verse:

"I hope you pick something

fun to do today!

You deserve it!!"

Kinda corny but I thought it fit with the image. Well I hope he likes it anyway cuz it comes from my heart!!

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Challenges:

Crafty Ann's - copics

Stamping Vacation

Wee Memories

The Wild Flower Patch

Craftalicious

Stamping Vacation - What A Guy

Party Time Tuesdays

Lexi's Creation

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Flowing in Silver.....

2010-10-19T06:09:00.004-05:00

Hello everyone. One of my dear friends Pascale has a challenge blog called Sweet Pea Stampers and of course I had to make a card to place into her challenge.The criteria was bows and brads so I decided to use ©ching-chou kuik's Flowing in Blue available at Sweet Pea Stamps. This beauty can be bought as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 others. I can not believe all the new artists that Lynette is bringing in at Sweet Pea. If you are a Fantasy lover you will be certain to find something that touches your heart!!!

As you see in my title I have decided to be flowing in silver....... I colored my new stamp with all pinks except her eyes and then colored the background with grays to make her look silvery! I also added some pink stickles and some Opal liquid pearls for dimension. To keep in the pink and silver I used tones of those colors in my DP- scraps I have had forever, card stock, brads and bow. I hope you like her as much as I loved making this one!!!

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Challenges:

Don't forget to check out the current challenge at the Sweet Pea challenge blog "In A Sweet Pea Dream". It is a perfect way to increase your collection.

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Just A Little........

2010-10-18T06:04:00.002-05:00

Good day all. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. It was a great one here in our house The Wisconsin Badgers, our college football team beat the number1 team in the country the Ohio Buckeyes! It was quite a celebration!!!! I have little time to post since I am doing this before I go to work, so I better get to it.

I chose this little guy to make to give to one of my new co-workers for Halloween. It is a Stampin' Up stamp from a set of Teddies. I really have a soft spot for Teddy Bears and just thought he was too cute. I colored him and then cut and doubled up some of the pumpkins with pop dots to give dimension. I added some stickles, a trio of buttons tied with some raffia to match the raffia bow. I stitched around the perimeter and added the sentiment that also came in the set!!! I hope you like.

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Challenges:

Creative Cottage

Moving Along With The Times

If The Shoe Fits...Scrap It

Integrity

Pear Tree Designs

Stampin' For The Weekend

Really Reasonable Ribbon

Papertake - 3 buttons

Creative Craft Challenges

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Award .......

2010-10-14T06:19:00.001-05:00

I am so proud to have received this amazing award from my dearest friend from across the pond Doreen!!! Now you are suppose to send this off to 15 people but I have decided to leave this on my blog for my followers to pick up. I want you to take it if you visit me . You deserve it!!!

Thanks again for thinking of me Doreen!!!

So Much Going On At Sweet Pea.....

2010-10-12T06:02:00.001-05:00

Do Not Miss All The Happenings!!!!!

We have brought on various new artists.

The newest is Caron Vinson.....

Caron Vinson sheet #1 (plate #77)

pre-order by 10/15/10

will NOT begin shipping until 10/22/10

You could win a $25 shopping spree
we will be picking 3 winners
simply place an order by Oct 15th
and your name will be entered in our drawing!

Another new artist Meridith Dillman!!!

Our newest sheet, plate #76 is artwork by Meredith Dillman

you can view here website at:

The Art of Meredith Dillman

Her first sheet is available for pre-order.

10 ct Grab Bag

10 count grab bag, no duplicates. One per order. This will be an a variety of designs from our artists. Limited time only. All for $20.00

See what I mean? So much so quick get over to Sweet Pea Stamps and see what is going on!!!

Boo.....

2010-10-10T08:01:00.005-05:00

Happy Sunday To All! I finally had a bit of time to spend playing and pulled out a set of mine that I have had for probably now 10 years at least! So I blew all the dust off and decided to use it. LOL!!! It is a Stampin' Up Set and has all these cute little Halloween critters.

I colored my image and then added a bit of stickles I wanted a dimensional card so I stamped parts again and double layered the mouses cape and the large pumpkin. I used one of my decorative scissors to cut the image out and then attached it to my black card stock with some silver brads. To keep with our spooky feel I tore the paper at the bottom and used a star DP at top to match the Trick or Treaters hat. My final touches were my spider hanging from a spider web and my sentiment in scrabble tiles. I hope you like!

Challenges:

S2G

OLLCB

Elephantastic

Other Lovelies: F = Festive

Etsy Inspired - inspiration

Simon Says Stamp

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Let's Read...

2010-10-07T06:19:00.001-05:00

Today I wanted to share with you some goodies I made for my older Grandkids!!! I think one of the most important things is the love of reading and I have always bought and have book readily available for my babies when they come over. This fall I decided for the ones that are at least old enough to understand what it would be used for I would make special book marks. Here is just a sampling of the one's I have made.

Now I know that some of you have wondered how my first days on my new job are going!!!!! I just do not know how some of you do all you do. First off the place and the people I am working with are magnificent!!! They have welcomed me with open arms. There are even a couple that are interested in card making. My problem is by the time I get home, get dinner done, clean up the kitchen I am whipped. All I want to do is crawl into bed!!! I am hoping this will all change once I get into a routine and I have learned my job a bit more. Maybe I am just concentrating soooooooooooooo hard that I tire myself out!!! You know how it is when you are getting older. LOL!!!!!

For my older granddaughters I used one of Samantha Rawlings Little Sweethearts called "The Butterfly Fairy". She can be purchased as a single stamp or with 3 other adorable sweeties at Sweet Pea Stamps.

The boys got a book mark with this cute as pie dragon from Lisa Victoria's Fantasy Collection called "First Day of School" available as a single stamp or with 3 others, one I will show you next from Sweet Pea Stamps.

And last but not least the little girls got this bouncing ballerina also from Lisa Victoria's Fantasy Collection called "Dragon Ballerina" also available as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 other wonderful stamps at Sweet Pea Stamps.

Well I better get ready for work. Thanks for letting me share with you today. Don't forget to check out our challenge blog - "In A Sweet Pea Dream" and try your hand at the current challenge!

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Little Black Unicorn .....

2010-10-04T06:00:00.003-05:00

Hello and Welcome to my blog!!! Today I am off starting my new job but wanted to make certain that I had something new to show you all. I made this for my Sweet Darlin' Kerry's 7th Birthday. She likes unicorns and pony's so I thought she would like this one. I have given it to her and she loved it!

I used one of the stamps from Elaine Cox's Art Collection called "Little Black Unicorn". I think she is just adorable. Her face is so very sweet and innocent! Perfect for a young girls card! You can get her as a single stamp or with three others and a sentiment at Sweet Pea Stamps.

I decided to make this one a gate fold card. I need to start shakin' things up a bit!

Since my angel lives in Baltimore, the best thing to get her is a gift card. She wanted to get her Brownie uniform and all the goodies that went with it!!! I added a simple pocket to fit it in.

My stamp was colored in with copics and then stickles were added to give it sparkle. Now that wasn't enough so I added some tiny little gems to give it some more!!!! He wings, the star and the sun were also frosted with a healthy dose of glitter. After all what little girl doesn't like glitter????? I matted her with a punched mat and then a sentiment from Sweet Pea. The final elements were the bright pink bow and the tri colored flower with a big brad that I have had in my stash forever!!

Thanks for letting me share with you today. Remember I will get around to your blogs when I get home from work tonight!!!

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Challenges:

Stamp Scrap & Doodle

Sew Many Cards

Paper Sundaes

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en

Catch The Bug

Digi Doodle Shop's Best

No Time To Stamp - 3 embellishments - ribbon, brad, flower

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Ice Skating ........

2010-09-30T06:22:00.008-05:00

I am so syked right now and bursting my buttons and it is not from overeating!!! LOL!!! I finally after many months of searching will be starting back to work on Monday!!!! My hubby is thrilled, let me say this has been a contention between us lately!!!

Today I want to share with you a sweet little gal that is out shopping via her ice skates! What a cute idea!!! If I were a better skater I might try this myself!!! My luck the dog would take off and be dragging me on the ice behind him!!!!!

I colored my Lili of The Valley stamp named "Skating Along" with my copics. I wanted the ice to look like ice so I gave it 3 layers of clear embossing powder and hit it with my heat gun. The fur on her hat and coat is coated with Fun Flock and a bit of stickles on the edges to look like snow. The snowflakes were cut 4 times on my cricut, doubled up and then got their own dose of stickles as well as the frame around my image. You know how much I love my sparkle!!!!! Lace to soften and a few gem stones finished my Kreation!!!!

Challenges:

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Exotic Halloween.....

2010-09-29T06:53:00.015-05:00

Hello all. I am so excited with all the people that are visiting for the Sweet Pea blog hop!!! Aren't the new artist just great???? This is one of the very first Sweet Pea stamps that I ever got and have been waiting to showcase her. Her name is "Exotic Halloween by ©ching-chou kuik". I think she is a sumptuous way to celebrate Halloween. She can be purchased as a single stamp or on a sheet with 3 others.

The challenge this next two weeks at "In A Sweet Pea Dream" is to use the colors

in your project somewhere. It does not have to be a Halloween card and when you visit the challenge blog you will see that some of the DT have created projects with these colors that have nothing to do with the holiday! A $7.00 gift card will be given to the winner.

As most often I have colored my lovely with copics and then added stickles to parts of the image, got to have the sparkle!! The glow of her candles got a nice thick coating of Glossy Accents. My background was done with a Versa Mark pad and chalk. I used a technique for highlighting her that I saw on one of my blogging buddies posts. I loved the look and want to give her full credit for the idea, Mustavcoffee of Crafty Musings. I took a double sided piece of DP and decided where I wanted my picture to pop out and started cutting down to the center. After, I took each cut and an eyelet and adhered them to each other. I left a bit of a loop on each one to give depth! I also took some crinkly seam binding ribbon that I made and whipped up the green and purple flower.

I think it kept the softness of this exquisite beauty!!!

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Challenges

Tuesday Taggers sponsored this week by The Craft Barn

If The Shoe Fits

Delightful Challenges

Paper Romance

Copic Creations

Haunted House Designs

Creative Card Crew

Color Throwdown

Flutter By Wednesday's

Little Red Wagon

Simon Says Stamp

Etsy Inspired Challenges - inspiration

Practical Scrappers

Moving Along With The Times

Karber

S2G - she is a bat fairy (critter)

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Sweet Pea Blog Hop....

2010-09-28T06:58:00.002-05:00

Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sweet Pea Stamps New Artist Release Blog Hop! If you would like to start at the beginning of the blog hop, please return to the Sweet Pea Stamps blog.

Sweet Pea Stamps is excited to announce its newest artist:

Brigid Ashwood

Brigid creates wonderful art ranging from steampunk , clockwork, dolls, fairytales & beautiful, whimsical fantasy images such as her Phunky Phairies.

Today, the Sweet Pea Stamps DT have previews of each of the amazing new images. Including a new sheet of her Phunky Pharies images. This sheet is a first in a series of Brigid Ashwoods Phunky Phairies that will be released by Sweet Pea Stamps. In addition, a companion Alice sentiment sheet is also being released today!

Also being released today is another new artist of ours:

Nikki Burnette

Nikki has a large selection of fairies, mermaids, witches, etc., something for everyone. She is one talented artist.

To recap, there are two new plates being released today:

Plate #73 Nikki Burnette's Fantasy Series
&

Plate #74 Brigid Ashwood's Phunky Phairie Series

Here is a complete list of today's DT blog hop links, organized by each stamp set:

Plate #73 Nikki Burnettes sheet #1:

Jennifer

Micki

Alex

Lisa

Plate #74 Brigid Ashwoods sheet #1:

Kym - YOU ARE HERE

Christine

Angela

Mag

I am proud to introduce you to Remy from Brigid Ashwood's Phunky Phairie Series Plate #74!!! I think he is the quintessential young boy!!!! Don't you just love his dreads and see the hacky sack by his feet. He does have a soft side, with the Sweet teddy bear in his bag.

I colored him with copics and then added just a touch of glitter on the teddy bears wings, the bubbles and a spec on his wings. Even on a boy I had to add some sparkle, after all he is a fairy!!! To finish my project off I added a duo of buttons and a ticket with the sentiment "DREAM" on it!!! He was a pleasure to work with and I am thrilled to add this magnificent stamp and artist to the Sweet Pea family!

Now for the blog candy!!!!

We will pick one winner for one free sheet of stamps. You must post a comment on each blog posting to be entered in the drawing. We will announce the winner on Thursday , Sept. 30th.

These sheets will begin shipping on Oct 12th.

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy the rest of the hop!

YOUR NEXT STOP ON THE HOP:

Ever After Papercrafts by Christine

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Sweet Pea Blog Hop Badge Contest...

2010-09-27T14:58:00.004-05:00

We have two badges above, if you would like to help us promote our blog hop, we will enter you in a drawing for a free 10 count grab bag. See all the details on the Sweet Pea Blog . The winner will be posted on Thursday.

Check out these new artists??? Aren't they just electrifying!!!

Our Little Angel

2010-09-26T11:07:00.034-05:00

Hello Everyone! Well it is a happy house here in Wisconsin. Our University of Wisconsin Badgers have won their 4th game and are now at 4 and 0. Now we start conference play. If only my Formula One driver (Jenson Button) would have done better but you can not have everything!

Today I am featuring another one of the many artists of Sweet Pea Stamps. This is Samantha Rawling's Lil' Angel! This is my first time creating with one of her Little sweethearts and I adored it!!! My sweet little Angel Gracie will be having her 3rd birthday soon and I made this one for her. With as many Grandkids as I have I have to stay ahead!

I colored my sweet thing with my copics and then glossy accents were applied to those big eyes of hers. Her wings were covered with Glitter Institutes transparent glitter and yellow stickles were added to her hairpiece. I then added the little white dots to give some more dimension with my Opal Liquid Pearls. I followed the layout from Arlana's sketch at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. She always has the best sketches to work with. I added a bit of lace to keep the softness I wanted and a homemade flower from ribbon with a tiny bow behind. To finish it off I made the sentiment on my PC, added it to a tag and tied on our heart with a little charm!

Do Not Forget to enter your Sweet Pea creations at the brand new challenge blog!

"In A Sweet Pea Dream"

You still have until Tuesday night for the first challenge, but do not worry another will start again on Wednesday!

Challenges:

Tuesday Taggers sponsored by:

http://www.ribbonoasis.co.uk/

Flourishes

Wild Orchid

Practical Scrappers

Delightful Challenges

Elephantastic

Anything Goes

Cooking It Up With Katie

Paper Romance

Sisterhood of Crafters

Cute Daisy May - Whoopsi Daisy

Etsy Inspired Challenges - inspiration

Flutterby Wednesday

One Stitch At A Time

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Christmas Shopping.....

2010-09-24T06:38:00.007-05:00

Good Day to all! Well I finished painting my master bathroom yesterday and will be picking up the paint this weekend to tackle our bedroom. It is a little bit daunting since it has nine foot walls plus another 4 feet of trey ceiling. I am not quite certain how to paint that portion???????? Any suggestions? I would love to hear if you have any......

My little sweetie today is Lili of The Valley, James Bear With A Pile of Presents! I have a soft spot for Teddies, I just lust over them.....Isn't he just the cutest????? Hope he is on his way to bring me that load of presents!

I colored James with my copics and then gave the fur on his hat and the snow at his feet a nice thick coat of Fun Flock! After that dried I also gave it a bit of stickles, to look like a dusting of snow had been falling and it is glistening all around him. The ribbons on his load of pressie's also got some stickles. I do love sparkle. Again I used my copics to shade around him, this time B0000, B00 and 0. I kinda like the way it turned out. He is matted on a couple different DP's that I have had in my stash forever along with some fiber that is probably about 7 years old. It was frilly and soft and thought it worked. I also remembered those eyelet snowflakes I had bought about mmmmm 5 years ago and dug 3 of those out. All and all I was happy with the end result. What do you think??? Wouldn't you like him to be visiting your house?

Challenges:

Etsy Inspired Challenge - Inspiration

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Embossing Old School and Farewell........

2010-09-23T06:48:00.004-05:00

Hello all my blogging friends!!!!! This week at Digi Doodle Shop's Best we are challenging you to do some embossing! Heat or dry, whichever way you like! We just need to see embossing somewhere on your card!

With a heavy heart I am also announcing that this will be my last post for Digi Doodle Shop's Best. After this challenge I will be stepping down from my post as DT Coordinator. I have truly enjoyed working with the TEAM and Judy and Joy are wonderful to design for! Be on the lookout for a brand new design team and two new coordinators to keep things fresh and exciting!

My hubby's Uncle has a Birthday coming up in the next few weeks and when I saw this glorious image that Joy drew I just knew that I had to Kreate with it and make his card. The stamp is called "Old Man Fishing" I hope he is not offended by the title!!! He does love to fish and I thought it would be magical.

I colored him with my copics and then started playing with my embossing powders! It has been ages since I have used them and I have so many! First his hat, pants and the edges of the dog got a coat of clear powder. That wasn't enough!!!!! I wanted the pond to really look like glass so first of all I took some glassy accents and made some squiggles in it. After that dried I took my versa mark pen and colored the entire pond and laid a thick layer of clear powder on it and once again to the heat gun I went. I did this two more times until it had a nice thick glass like appearance. Stickles were added to the grasses to give that sparkle and I added the background and foreground with my chalks. As the last bit, I took a part of a fishing lure and tied some bright aqua feathers on it and put a brad through it to fasten onto my fish DP. It was kinda fun to go back to OLD SCHOOL and play again with my embossing powders and heat gun!!!

I printed a sentiment for the inside that reads

" Fishing is much more than casting and retrieving and playing your catch. It's the wind in your face,and the sound of wakening birds as the sun peeks over the horizon. It's discovering the magic in each new place and unlocking the mysteries that lurk there."

Enjoy!!!

Have A Happy Birthday!

So won't you pop on over and join us and try your hand at the challenge. Don't forget to check out the Digi Doodle Shop. You will not beleive all the new stamps that have been added. If you do not keep checking back you will miss sooooooo much!!! The winner of the challenge will get a $10.00 gift certificate to use at the shop!

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The Crafty Pad
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Papertake Weekly
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The Sisterhood of Crafters
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