Amelia

Helena Reis is one of the newer additions to the fabulous range of artists whose stamps you can buy from Sweet Pea Stamps and I love her cute yet quirky style. This week I chose to work with one of her recent releases, this adorable stamp called Amelia:

 

 

I coloured the image with my Promarkers and added a couple of highlights here and there with a white gel pen. The oval frame of the image makes it perfect to cut out ready for use on a card.

 

 

I decorated my card with patterned papers in pretty pastel colours and added some lengths of ribbon and lace and some die-cut leafy flourishes:

 

 

To finish I dotted a border with a pearl white Perlen Pen.

 

 

All of Helena's lovely stamps are available in red rubber or digi format from the Sweet Pea Stamps store.

 

White + 1

This week's challenge at One Stitch at a Time is one to hopefully make you get creative and think outside the box... the theme is White + 1. So on your project you can use only white and one other colour (and also skin colour - that's allowed). It's harder than you might think! :)

 

For my card I was using this cute and sassy MeowMe digistamp by BBKakes:

 

 

I coloured in the image with my Promarkers using only skin tones and shades of orange and then carefully cut her out:

 

 

I trimmed a panel of white card to fit my card blank and die-cut a decorative aperture in the centre before embossing the entire panel (the pattern reminded me of tiger stripes) and blending a little Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink around the edges.

 

 

I attached the panel to my card front and added some die-cut leafy flourishes and attached my cut-out image over the aperture using foam tape. To finish I dotted some Perlen Pen around the aperture.

 

 

You don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to enter our challenge but if you do, you'll have a chance to win our main prize for this week. Entries not using a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher for the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

 

 

 

 

 

Featured Artist : Charmaine Flannery

Each month at Sweet Pea Stamps we showcase the work of one of our fabulous artists and this month it's the turn of Charmaine Flannery. For my creation this week I chose to work with her Blue Mermaid digi stamp:

 

 

I coloured the image using Prismacolor pencils and added some white Perlen Pen to the bubbles:

 

 

 

I decorated my card with patterned paper and used a gold marker to edge the paper and the image. I attached the image using foam tape and layering it over a decorative doily.

 

 

I finished off the card with lots of pretty blossoms and some flourishes dotted with the Perlen Pen.

 

 

You can find all Charmaine's gorgeous stamps in the Sweet Pea Stamps store, in both red rubber and digi format.

 

Use a Digi

Time for another challenge at One Stitch at a Time and this week we are asking you to Use a Digi. That could be a digi stamp, digi papers, even a computer-printed sentiment. Or heck, your entire creation could be a digi one, if you want! :)

 

For my card this week I've used this sweet Fairy GunGun digistamp by My Heart Pieces:

I coloured this pretty little fairy using my Promarkers...

...and teamed her with some gorgeous floral papers and die-cuts that came free with a crafting magazine:

 

 

 

The challenge runs for a week and, as ever, you don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to enter but those who do will be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries without a Stitchy Bear product will have the chance to win a $3 gift voucher to the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Whoops!

Things have been kerrr-azy busy here lately and consequently I am running a teensy bit late with this post - whoops!

 

Anyhoo, after our epic 4 week long challenge over the holidays, One Stitch At A Time is back with a new challenge for the new year and the theme is - Starting New. :)

 

For my card I used Ike's Art's fabulous New Fairy digi stamp:

 

 

I coloured her in with my Promarkers and carefully cut her out:

 

 

I teamed her with some lovely seasonal Graphic45 paper (a freebie with a magazine) and layered her over a large blossom (I liked the idea of the fairy sitting on a flower) along with a piece of chiffony ribbon. For a final touch I and added some lovely shimmer and sparkle to her wings with some Stickles:

 

 

We are back to our weekly challenge schedule now so you have until Saturday evening (UK time) to submit your entry. Don't forget, you don't need to use a Stitchy Bear product to win but if you do you'll be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries without a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher for the Stitchy Bear store.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes/Feminine
Card Mania - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
Creative Creations - Anything Goes
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Sparkle n Sprinkle - Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Passion for Promarkers - Just a Fairytale

Rebecca Sinz's Wither

It's Variations Week once again at Sweet Pea Stamps, where all the Design Team get to create with the same image. This month we are using Rebecca Sinz's gorgeous Wither:

 

 

I love Rebecca's gothic women and this pretty stamp is no exception. I coloured her with my Promarkers and cut her out using a decorative oval frame:

 

 

I used some vintage style papers for my card and finished things off with some delicate flowers...

 

 

....and some Perlen Pen flourishes:

 

 

This stamp is available in red rubber or digi format from the Sweet Pea Stamps store.

 

Black and White (and Grey is Okay)

That's the January challenge theme at the One Sweet Challenge blog and I thought I'd incorporate this into my creation for Sweet Pea Stamps this week. :)

 

I've been feeling quite arty lately and the black and white theme made me think of the contrast between black ink and white paper so I decided to do a doodled card.

 

 

I used Helena Reis' adorable Joy Is... A Basket Full Of Cats digi stamp and shaded it simply using a HB pencil. I then carefully cut around it.

 

 

I rounded the corners of a 7x7" card blank and cut a panel of card slightly smaller than that and rounded the edges too. And then I just went to town with my Uniball fineliner, doodling a frame over which to place my image, a greeting and some pretty flowers and butterflies. Finally I added a simple border around the cardstock panel.

 

 

To finish the card, I simply adhered my doodled panel to the card front and attached my cut-out image using foam tape. :)

 

This lovely stamp is available in red rubber or digi format from the Sweet Pea Stamps store - and don't forget there's currently a sale on!

The challenge at One Sweet Challenge runs for a month so enter now for a chance to win yourself some Sweet Pea Stamps! :)