Life is Beautiful

Here's a stunning image from artist Karen Middleton called Butterfly Love .  This gorgeous image is available in digi as well as rubber stamp format. I colored her up and used some gorgeous papers from DCWV and Bazzill to match along with some gorgeous lace from Istanbul.  She just looks so lost in thought.  What a delightful image.

Here's a closeup of the actual stamped image, this artist has lots of beautiful head shots of ladies.

Be sure and drop by the Sweet Pea store to see her lovely stamps and check out the amazing sale that is going on while you are there.  Also, all digis are on sale 25% off until Christmas!

Cheers, Holley

Quick and cute gifts to share!

Here's a bunch of sweet and simple gifts that were easy to make and are perfect for handing out to friends and family.  They measure three and half inches across.  They are magnets that will stick on the fridge, office cube, cabinets, desk drawers, workshop or anywhere else you may want to put a little piece of handmade art with the current calendar.  It's a little year round piece of your work to share.  All the goodies here are using gorgeous paper from Paper Temptress.

Papers used (Left) Eclipse Black Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Stamp: I Brake for Stamps

(right) Black Licorice Glossy, Hambly Studio Screen Print Mini Graph, Neenah Solar White; Stamp: Stamping Bella

 

 Papers Used:  Solar Yellow Pearlescent, Eclipse Black, Heavenly White; Stamp Whipper Snapper

 

 

Papers Used (Left):  Flame, Neenah Solar White, Ruche Cocoa Crepe; Stamps: TAC

(Right):  Flame, Heavenly White, Emerald; Stamps: I Brake for Stamps

Papers Used: Brown Bag Cardstock, Heavenly White; Stamps: Stampendous, Starving Artistamps

 

I have lots more of these fun little calendars to share, I won't show all of them that I made, but will share some more as the year comes to an end. 

Cheers, Holley

Hope your Holidays are a BANG!

Here's a great stamp from Simply Betty stamps, she's hot hot hot and just got some Dynamite!  It comes with a fun sentiment,"Hope your Holidays are a BANG!"  Too cute.  Love the stamps from that artist, be sure and check out the store, she has tons of great images.

There's a fun contest using one of Betty Stamps, including this one, so I am sharing the link HERE.  This is my card for the contest using Betty Boom!  Love this image.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (MAMBI, Neenah, AC);  Image (Simply Betty Stamps); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Flower (Prima); Brad (Recollections); Ink (Colorbok Chalk); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue Lines); Color (Copic markers);

Surprise!

Here's a cute image from artist Sherri Baldy, she's popping out of a cupcake, but I colored this image up to make it a little more Christmas-y.  Thought it would be perfect for the challenge, which is anything goes, Christmas style.  I added a fun banner across the bottom to which I added some gorgeous buttons.

Be sure and drop by the SSS Challenge blog and share your fun cards this week too!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah); Images (Addicted to Stamps--Scrapbook Stamp Society); Ink(Colorbox Chalk); Banner (); Buttons (Grandma's Button Bag); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots);  Color (Copic markers);

Steampunk Snowman

Happy Monday everyone!  It's time for this week's Squigglefly Challenge.  This week the challenge is to have RED on your card.  It doesn't have to be a holiday card, but holiday cards sure are welcome!  Here's my card this week using a brand new stamp this month called Steampunk Snowman from artist Carmen Gamble.  I colored up this snowman in greys like he was real metal with some highlights in red and then finished off the card in white and black with red accents.

Join in the fun this week over at the Squigglefly Challenge blog and share your RED cards with us.  Check out what all the Holley Hobbyists have created and then link up your card.  You can even use a FREEBIE image from Squigglefly to play and be eligible to win our prize.  This contest is our last contest this year, but don't worry...we'll be back in January with more brand new exciting images.

Project materials:  Cardstock (Neenah, Bazzill, Making Memories);  Image (Squigglefly); Die Cut (Spellbinders Nestabilities);  Corner Cutter (Creative Memories); Bling (Michaels); Color (Copic markers); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Adhesives (pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots, Ribbon Glue); Ribbon (Michaels

Falling for YOU

Here's a great Sweet Pea stamp from artist Karen Middleton.  This wonderful image  is called Love Mouse and you can get him as a rubber stamp or a Digi Image.  I created this pink monotone theme card.  Such and adorable cutie. 

Karen Middleton also makes stamps that are gorgeous ladies, lots of beautiful headshots of women, as well as whimsical children and fairies.  All her wonderful stuff is sold at Sweet Pea stamps.  There's a coupon code link on my sidebar that you can use!

 

Project materials:  (Pebbles, Bazzill, Neenah);  Image (Sweet Pea Stamps);  Flowers (Prima); Buttons (Grandma's Button Bag, DoCrafts);  Twine (Doodlebug); Sentiment (Hobby Lobby); Color (Copic Markers); Die Cuts (Spellbinders nestabilities); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue dots, Glue all); 

Just be You

Here's a great stamp I got from Tiddly Inks some time ago, "You are enough, just as you are."  In the end everything you have and everything you do needs to matter to you and those close to you.  Don't care what others think.  Do what's good for you and what makes you happy, because YOU are the one that has to live with yourself :)

Thanks to everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes.  Thanks to Ms Arlene for the fabulous lunch and trip to the scrapbook store.  Thanks to Ms Dene for the awesome time we spent together.  you are the Gma I always wished for and my very dear friend.  Hugs to the hubby for the bday goodies.  Hope all my other bday pals (aka people I share the 14th with, at least three come to mind immediately!) have a special day too!

Cheers, Holley

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Bazzill Swiss, Neenah); Image (Tiddly Inks); Die CUts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Adhesives (Pop dots, GLue all); Ink (Copic Markers);

Meet Valentia

 Here's a gorgeous Sweet Pea image from artist Joanne Schempp called Valentia.  Be sure and check out the artist's original, and then you can see how very different she looks here in my color scheme.  I wanted to keep green as the primary color and then add in some fall tones.

 

Here's a close up of Valentia

Check out all of Joanne Schempp's images, she has both digital as well as rubber stamps for sale at Sweet Pea Stamps.  Also, be sure and check the Sale Items to see what's there!

Cheers, Holley

Sledding

Here's a great winter card using a wonderful winter image from Queen Kat  artist Kathy Cyr.  This fun duo is Francis Mary and Cornelius and is called Sledding.  I decided to change it up and color it pinks today and so a monotone card with pinks and black.  Isn't she adorable in that color?

Drop by the Queen Kat store and check out all of Kathy Cyr's images.  She has a whole bunch of adorable Francis Mary and Cornelius images as well as several other fun images!

Project Materials: Cardstock (Neenah, Making Memories, My Mind's Eye, Pebbles);  Buttons (JoAnns);  Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilties);  Twill (Doodlebug); Colors (Copic markers); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots); 

Happy Birthday!

Sharing a Happy Birthday today with a family member.  I guess this card is a little lovey-dovey so everyone assumes that I made this one for my hubby.  Well, I probably would make a birthday card for him like this too....hmmm. Guess it all depends on the way you look at it huh?  She's my younger cousins, so Hugs and Kisses!!  Hope you have a very special day.  I created a fun and sassy birthday card just for you!

Cheers, Holley

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Neenah);  Diecuts (Spellbinders); Image (Sassy Studio); DieCuts (K & Co);  Brads (Queen and Co);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots); Buttons (JoAnns);  Color (Copic Markers);

Live for Today

Check out this new stamp from artist Sherri Baldy!  Isn't this image great!  She has a bunch of new images at her shop Scrapbook Stamp Society.  There's a challenge this week at the blog, it's anything goes, and they are also looking for Christmas theme too.  The winner will get a wonderful prize of stamps from them!

Drop by the challenge blog and join in the fun this week. I hope you are all having a blessed December.

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah); Images (Addicted to Stamps--Scrapbook Stamp Society); Color (COpic Markers); Flowers (Prima); Bling (Recollections); Vellum (Sentiment DCWV);  Adhesives (Pop dots, GLue all, Glue dots);

Squigglefly Challenge

Happy Monday everyone!  Are you ready for the Squigglefly Challenge?  Well I am!  This week it's Rhonda's team and they are making cards for Christmas!  They want to see your Christmas spirit.  Here's my fun card this week using two brand new images from Squigglefly, the image is from artist Pamela Lehto and is called Checkered Bow Bag and the sentiment is from artist Elizabeta Kushner called Merry & Bright.

I hope you will join in by sharing your own Christmas card creation this week.  Drop by the Squigglefly challenge blog and show your cards.

Project materials:  Cardstock (MAMBI, AC Metallic, Neenah); Diecuts (Spellbinders); Ink (Colorbox Chalk); Images (Squigglefly); Ribbon (Unknown); Snowflakes (Jesse Jane);  Adhesives (Ribbon Glue, Glue all, Glue dots);  Color (Copic markers);

Angel

Sharing this fun image from artist Elisabeth Bell today, she's a beautiful Angel, which is perfect for a December Sunday. Hope you are all having a wonderful week and a happy December. If it's anything like it is here, stay warm!! I added a round vellum sentiment today, "Inspire everyone around you!"

Go out and Inspire the world today, give them Angel hugs.

Project Materials:  cardstock (Bazzill bling, Neenah, Fiskars Heidi Grace); Image (Elisabeth Bell whiff of Joy); Sentiment (Vellum); Butterfly (Recollections); Brad (Bazzill); Button ();  Die Cut (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Ink (Memento); Corner rounds (Creative memories); Adhesive (pop dots, Glue all); 

I put a spell on you

Here's a great stamp from Sweet Pea artist Helena Reis called I put a Spell on you.  I just LOVE this stamp, both it's shape and it's design.  I made this card with some stunning papers from Paper Temptress.

The base of the card is a shimmery mica cardstock called Kunzite.  I am using a Hambly Screenprint on top of it that has a purple Japanese printing as well as a golden shimmer to it.  This sheet is sold individual as Japanese Print.  You can also get a wonderful assortment of these papers in a precut 6"
x 6" assortment, perfect for card making.  I punched a border on the right hand side.  To give the card a little extra depth and texture, I added a simple strip of Black Grandee Feltweave, dusted with some white ink.  It's a simple addition to the card that really adds to the flow across the image as well as the depth.

Angel of Love

 Aren't you just loving the new stamps over at Sweet Pea Stamps?  This image comes from one of the newest artists, Helena Reis and is called Angel of Love.  Her images are simply adorable!  I fell in love with so many of them including this one.  I am using some fun buttons, a die cut from Spellbinders and some link chain from Michaels.  I added a wonderful sentiment from Adorn it "Moments Like This Fill My Heart with Joy." 

Here's a closeup of the image itself. It's currently available as a digi-stamp.  This artist has images at the Sweet Pea Store in both digi as well as rubber stamps.

Did you know there is also a fun place for you to share all your Sweet Pea creations on facebook?  We have a friends and fans page there that is very active!  Click here.

Happy Holidays!

Here's a gorgeous new image from Queen Kat Stamps. This stamp is called Dream a little Dream from artist Maigan Lynn.  I colored her up using copic markers and did her hat in red and white like a Christmas theme hat.  I added a Happy Holidays sentiment from Cosmo Cricket.  I think this stamp works perfect as a little holiday image.  I topped off this card with a couple of buttons and extra thick twine.

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, DCWV, Pebbles);  Stamp (Queen Kat); Sentiment (Cosmo Crickett);  Color (Copic Markers); Buttons (Grandma's Button Bag); Punch (Martha Stewart); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue Dots, Glue All); Twine (Target);

I Dare You 2 SPARKLE

Here's a fun image from The Greeting Farm.  I colored her up in Pink with Pink hair and then added Pink embellishments to the card.  Isn't she adorable?  I added all kinds of pink die cuts in the background too.  Love their adorable little girls.

Glad the temperature if finally getting back to what we consider normal again. Cool in the mornings around 50 up to the mid 70s in the daytime.  Sunny mostly.  Makes for a lovely day.  Hope everyone is have a great week.  Go out there an show your sparkle to everyone, even if that just means breaking out your smile for that person who looks like they are having a long day!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Neenah, Bazzill);  Image (The Greeting Farm);  Ink (memento, colorbox Chalk); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities, Sizzix); Lace (Unknown);  Buttons (JoAnns);  Adhesives(Pop dots, Glue All, Ribbon Glue, Glue Dots); Color (Copic markers);

Penguin Love

Here's a wonderful stamp from Scrapbook Stamp Society artist Kim Gwin of two penguins.  How delightful. I made this card for the SSS Challenge blog this week. The challenge is to include some glitter, so I have black glitter coated paper as well as some yellow glitter coated bling!

Drop by the challenge blog this week to see all the other's designers work and then create your own glittery card to join in the fun.  You could win a prize from Scrapbook Stamp Society!

Project materials:  Specialty Papers (Hobby Lobby); Image (Addicted to Stamps-Scrapbook Stamp Society);  Die Cut (Spellbinders Nestabilities);  Bling (Michaels);  Color (Copic Markers);  Ink (Colorbox chalk);

Hot Coco Anyone?

Happy Monday everyone!  Yep, it's time for this week's Squigglefly Challenge!  This week the challenge is to include some sparkle on your card.  I am using a fun image from artist Cheryl Alger called That's Hot Max. This image will be release this weekend at the Squigglefly store, so keep an eye out for it! I added sparkle on my card by using some glitter glue on the tips of my snowflake diecuts as well as some bling in the corners of the card.

Are you ready to play?  Well drop by the Squigglefly Challenge blog and check out what the Holley Hobbyists have created to inspire you.  Then make your own card to share with us!  We'd love to see it.  If you use a Squigglefly image, you are eligible to win the prize this week, so Best of Luck!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Mambi, Neenah, Bazzill);  Image (Squigglefly); DieCuts(Lifestyles, MemoryBox);  Bling (Hobby Lobby, Jesse Jane, Stickles); Color (Copic markers); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots);

Wanna Chill out?

Here's a fun card from Unity stamps.  As you know, I do like those funny sayings and Unity always has those!  I guess given the weather we have been having here in TX for the last week or so, it's definitely been a Chill out there.  I am very ready for the 70 degree winter weather to come back! 

Have a great Sunday everyone, December is now here!

Project materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Neenah, DCWV);  Ribbon (Michaels); Buttons (unknown); DieCuts (Spellbinders, Nellie Snellen);  Color (Copic Markers); Ink (Colorbox Chalk, Memento);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all, Glue dots, Ribbon Glue); 

Embace Each and Every Moment

Here's a great image from Simply Betty Stamps.  I just love how she took this image of a teen and she's holding that doll (by the neck even).  But deep down, you know she's just snuggling that dolly.  (Also LOVE that hairband, I will say the last time I went to a convention, I actually bought myself a hairband that has a SKULL on it!!, it's flat like the one in the photo with silver studs all over it. TOO CUTE). 

Hope your post Thanksgiving Weekend is going well.  I must say I haven't been out of the house at all those crazy sales.  Yeah, not me....at best I might look at the paper or go online, but that's about as inspired as I get.

Project Materials: Cardstock(Bazzill, Neenah); Image (Simply Betty); Sentiment (Cosmo Crickett); Diecut (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Punch (Martha Stewart); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue all);  Color (Copic Markers);

Queen of hearts

Hi everyone! I am sharing a card today from Sweet Pea artist Rachel Anderson.  I am using a beautiful image she created named Queen Of Hearts.  This image is available as a digi-stamp or as a rubber stamp (plate #201).  I am using a red card here, that is quite large, I ran the front of the card through my machine to emboss it and then added a sheet behind it to give it a double layer. 

Here's a close-up of the stamped image, it's so very delicate and detailed, like all of Rachel Anderson's images

I hope you have been enjoying all the wonderful cards this week using this artist's images, be sure and check them all out at the Sweet Pea store.

Cheers, Holley

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I know this doesn't seem like a thanksgiving card, but now that it's here, I figure I will go ahead with the Christmas cards.  I have already shown some Christmas cards, but I have also be showing lots of wonderful fall and thanksgiving cards too.  This fun image comes from Kathy Cyr and is called Sledding.  So adorable. I decided to color her up in blue and make a blue card to match.

The card is meant to stand up on the desk and will fit perfectly in a 5.5 in envelope.  Can't you just imagine this pair out and about handing out Christmas cheer to everyone?

Project  materials:  Cardstock (DCWV, Neenah, Paper Connection); Stamp (Queen Kat); Ink (Memento, Colorbox Chalk); Diecuts (Lifestyles, Memory Box); Bling (Michaels, Sticko); Adhesives (pop dot, glue all); Color (Copic Markers);

You're gonna shine!

Here's a great image from Kenny K today.  I am loving this fun image.  You're gonna shine.  I wish it was a bit warmer here and I could dress up just like her...well, perhaps not in a skirt that short!  Though, I would wear socks that long...maybe even longer, I like them a bit above my knee to keep my knees warm too!

Hope everyone is getting ready for a wonderful thanksgiving holiday.  Have a great time!

Cheers, Holley

Flip Its card

 So, have you seen those cards that flip open to show you an additional image when you open the card?  They are called Flip-Its and there are several die cutters from Sizzix that cut these cards out for you (also in conjunction with a company owned by Stephanie Barnard whose class I took at the last Scrapbook Convention).  You don't have to have the matching stamps or die cutters from the Stamps of Life Company by Stephanie Barnard, but I did adore making some Flip Its cards.  So when I saw a die cut machine go on sale, I had to get one, primarily so I could make these cards as well as use several other dies that are wider than 5".

Here's the card I did from the front, flat view.  It will fit perfect in those 5.5" envelopes.

Then when you pop it open, here's the "inside of the card"

You could also write you sentiment here, but for this card, I chose to write the sentiment on the backside of the card.

 

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Paper Temptress Flame Mica, Bazzill); Stamp (CC Designs);  Die Cuts (Flip Its Square Sizzix Bigz;  Spellbinders Nestabilities;  Border Sizzix);  Color (Copic markers); Stickers (Adorn It); Buttons (JoAnns); Twine (Doodlebug); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots);