Meet Lilleth

Check out this awesome Sweet Pea stamp from artist Teresa Sherman. This image is Lilleth. Isn't she stunning? I really wanted to highlight the gorgeous woman in this stamp.  I colored her face and hair in assorted color copic markers, then I did the background (the dotted areas) in WARM Greys and did the foreground (i.e. the flowers) in a monotone set of COOL Greys.   

It's hard to see on this image, but the black card stock is a shimmery metallic back, more of a metal glaze and a shiny metal.  The orange is actually a copper metallic (mica) cardstock.  I used all different sort of die cutters from Memory box to surround the image, but kept the all the same color, so even though it's "busy" looking, they blend together. Then I added a simple sentiment with a matching glitter tone "Forever."  I think the look on her face very much fits with that sentiment.

 

Here's a close up of the image:

The shop recently had several new digi stamps from Teresa Sherman.  She has the most beautiful lady stamps as well as some fun Halloween and gothic type images.  The store also sells many of her stamps in rubber stamp format.

I also entered this card in the Left of Center Creative Challenge.

Cheers, Holley

Little Vampire

Have you seen a theme over the last couple days?  well here is one more lady vampire, though this one is a bit younger.... Here's a fun image from Sweet Pea artist Teresa Sherman for this week's variation.  My stamp this week is called Halloweenies-Vamp.  She's so cute. I colored her up with purple hair and made a pink card using gorgeous shimmery mica cardstock.  I know it might not look a lot like Halloween, but I think the image itself gives the Halloween vibe. 

 

Here's a close up of the image herself.  There's also a fun Frankenstein, Mummy, and Witch available in this collection of stamps, both in digital as well as rubber format.

I hope you have fun making all those last minute Halloween cards.  So many great images to choose from!  Enjoy and be sure to check out what's on sale at the store.  Cheers, Holley

Halloween or year round?

Here's another great Sweet Pea card this week from Teresa Sherman called Alad Poor York (plate #213).  This stamp is one that I love to use for Halloween as it is coming up so soon.  I added a long border die from Spellbinders to fill in the background here.

 

Since the border was quite long, I cut it into several pcs and then layered the border using pop dots so there are several layers of borders on the card.  I also used some fun glitter paper to die cut out some bats.  She's wearing skull earrings as well as bats in her hair and snake jewelry which I colored up in purple to go with her bright red outfit.  She's decked out for the night!

This fun image is also available as a digi-stamp.

 

Hope these cards have inspired you today.  Have a very crafty weekend.

Fantasia

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a wonderful crafty week.  Let me show you a couple of gorgeous stamps that are available both in rubber and in digital format from Sweet Pea artist Teresa Sherman that haven't been featured on the blog yet.  This first card is a stunning image called Fan-tasia (Plate #244).  This image is simply stunning.  I also added one of the vertical sentiments on this card.

Here's a close up of the stamp, which is also sold individually as a digi-stamp.  I am using some flocked shimmery Heidi Grace paper as the base of this card.  So beautiful.

 

 Hope you loved this week's card, drop by the Sweet Pea store and be sure to check the digi-stamps to as they have some wonderful goodies.  

 

Cheers, Holley

Mushroom Fairy

 Here's a gorgeous image from Sweet Pea artist Teresa Sherman called Mushroom Fairy.  She's available as a rubber stamp and is sold on Plate #168.  You can also find her as a digital image.  I love this beautiful fairy.  Once I colored her up with copic markers, I had some wonderful Basic Grey paper that went perfect. 

 

Here's a close up of this amazing fairy image:

Be sure and check out all of Teresa Sherman's amazing stamps at the Sweet Pea store.  One of my other favorites from her is this awesome Steampunk image called Steampunk Sally!

 

Have a crafty weekend. 

 

Cheers, Holley

Be Uniquely You!!

Here's a great image from Sweet Pea artist Teresa Sherman (plate #222) called "I'm not Goth."  So very perfect for those teens in your life.  I just love this image.  I dressed her up in hot pinks and black.  I used a card that is folded in half and will stand up, with the image sticking well above the card (fits perfectly into a 5.5" square envelope).

That gorgeous décor on the bottom is actually amazing ribbon.  It's been hand glittered and the beads and sequins are sewn onto it.  It's some that I bought while in Istanbul, Turkiye.  I don't know what the ribbon is typically intended for, but I just see fabulous cards I can make with it!  I will say at all the shops I went to in the ribbon district there, I did take a handful of cards decorated with ribbon and lace to show the shop owners so they would see what I did with type of items they sell.
The sentiment comes from Cosmo Cricket and the butterfly from Petaloo.

Can you believe it's Feb 1st? How about we start off the blog candy today a rubber stamp from Sweet Pea stamps?  Just leave a comment today--winner will be picked sometime next week and will announce it, until the winner gets announced, you are eligible to leave a comment here.  You can always go back and leave a comment to all the games you haven't played in.  I assume we may have multiple winners, so I will be sending out all prizes at the end of the month!

Cheers, Holley

Forest Fairy

Here's a wonderful Sweet Pea stamp from artist Teresa Sherman called Fern the Forest Fairy (Plate #222).  If you check out her image on the Sweet Pea site, you can see how different my image looks due to the coloring.  One major change I can say is when I left the image initially with a white background, then initially contemplated a sky blue or darker (say night time blue) background.  After looking at the image for a while, I actually ended up coloring the background in a Copic Warm Grey.  Turned out great and it really makes a difference in how the final image looks.  I wish I had scanned in the image prior to adding the background color so you could see it.

So, next time you are coloring something up, think about not just your image, but also the background color that will really make your image stand out.  I tend to use cool greys or light blues, but sometimes a warmer colored grey looks so much better.  I added a great sentiment to this card "Yesterday is already a dream and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope." 

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, DCWV);  Rubber Stamps (Sweet Pea);  Ink (Memento);  Flower (Recollections); Brad (BoBunny);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue dots);  Gold ink (Krylon); Color (Copic Markers);

Trick or Treat?

Much as one of the recent cards I posted of a lady was a treat for the men, I am guessing this card would be a treat for most of the ladies.  This awesome image from Sweet Pea stamps artist Teresa Sherman.  He's called Goth Guy (Plate #216).  Isn't he awesome.  I am using him for this Halloween themed card, but like the other stamps on Plate #216, this stamp can be used for many other themes.

He's holding a small skull in his hand, so I used a skull punch to add embellishment to the card.  Yep, I think for most women, he'd be a treat indeed.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill Swiss, Metallic, Neenah);  Image (Sweet Pea Stamps);  Ink (Memento);  Color (Copic Markers);  Bling (Hobby Lobby);  Saying (Sandy Lion);  Punch (Martha Stewart);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue Dots);

Eternity

Here's a wonderful image from Sweet Pea artist Teresa Sherman called Loves Faded Memory (Plate #216).  This wonderful stamp comes on a great sheet of rubber that includes an amazing stamp called Goth Guy, just wait until you see my card with that one!  I added a vellum saying to go with this image "Eternity."

Be sure and check out all of Teresa Sherman's amazing stamps at the Sweet Pea store as well as the recent specials. I think this stamp would be great for both Halloween as well as other occasions.  I hope my love with last an Eternity....

Happy Halloween

As summer comes to a close and September comes, you will be seeing more and more Halloween theme cards.  I do love the Halloween theme.  I just got this awesome punch with skulls on it and I thought it would go perfectly with this amazing stamp from  Sweet Pea Stamps artist Teresa Sherman called Skeletal Candle Holder (Plate #216).

Here's a close up of the stamped image that I colored with Copic Markers.  Sweet Pea just released TWO new sheets of Rubber Stamps by the same artist that put out this image.  Also, they have some wonderful sales, all the was from $1 stamps to $4 stamps, check the site (look on the left hand side of the front page for the sales, don't forget my code too SPSHolley)

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, AC); Rubber Stamps (Sweet Pea Stamps);  Ink (Memento, Colorbox Chalk);  Die Cut Frame (Spellbinders);  Punch (Martha Stewart);  Color (Copic Markers);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All);

Meet Eva

Meet Eva the Witch.  This awesome image is designed by Sweet Pea Stamps artist Teresa Sherman on plate #213.  I love how mysterious she looks.  To enhance that look, I fussy cut her out and layered her on a piece of shimmery gold paper.  I mounted her on a double layer of double stick tape, so she is actually quite high on the card. 

Then I added some major shimmery bling behind her.  It's thick bling covered in glitter and all black, but it gives a wonderful radiance about it and really makes Eva the Witch stand out.  Here's a close up of this wonderful stamp:

Too Cool huh?

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Crafter's Companion, Neenah);  Rubber Stamp (Sweet Pea Stamps); Ink (Memento);  Bling ();  Color (Copic Markers); Adhesives (Glue All, Glue dots, Pop Dots);

Steampunk Sally

Here's an awesome image from Sweet Pea artist Teresa Sherman called Steampunk Sally(plate # 212).  Isn't she just amazing?  I knew I had to get this stamp as soon as I saw it!  What a great image with so much personality all on its own.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Paper Temptress);  Rubber Stamp (Sweet Pea Stamps);  Ink (Memento);  Lace (Hobby Lobby); Flower (Prima);  Brad (K&Co);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue dots, Ribbon Glue, Glue All);  Color (Copic Markers); 

Introducing: Fae

Here's an amazing Sweet Pea stamp from artist Teresa Sherman named Fae from plate #212.  Isn't she stunning?  All the images on this stamp plate are just gorgeous.  Just wait until I make cards out of the others.  I just love the bold line on the drawing.  I added some wonderful butterfly diecuts and a thick scroll diecut for the center of the card.

Here's a close up of the Sweet Pea stamp

The gorgeous punch in the center is from EK Success.  The beautiful butterflies are diecuts from Cheery Lynn in the UK and these flowers are from Prima.  Hope you will drop by the store and check out all the Teresa Sherman Stamps.  Sweet Pea has released several new sheets of her designs that are amazing!

If you haven't signed up for the blog candy this week, be sure to go to WED posting on July 18th and leave a comment!!  AND, stay tunned for tomorrow's posting as there is more blog candy to come!  WOO HOO.

Project Materials:  Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, AC, Mica);  Image (Sweet Pea);  Ink (Memento);  Border Punch (EK Sucess);  Die Cut (Cheery Lynn); Flowers (Prima); Brads (Basic Grey); Bling (Sticko);  Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Glue Dots);  Color (Copic Markers);

You Rock my World!

Here's a wonderful stamp from one of the newest artists at Sweet Pea Stamps, Teresa Sherman. This stamp is called "Sexy Goth" from Plate #177. Isn't she a beauty? I knew I had to get this stamp to make a beautiful card for my husband.I colored her up in a hot red dress and added some stunning ribbon from Turkey that is embroidered and has wonderful sequins sewn into it. Then I added some great felted paisley embellishments that black with red stitching. Finally I added a great saying "You rock my world." from Plate #15. The adorable embossed cutout that I used for the saying is one of the newer Spellbinders Nestabilities. Do you think my husband will get the message from this creation?

Project Materials: Cardstock (Bazzill, Neenah, AC Metallic); Rubber Stamps (Sweet Pea Stamps); Ink (Memento, Colorbox Chalk); Lace (Istanbul, Turkey); Paisley(Hobby Lobby); Die Cuts (Spellbinders Nestabilities); Adhesives (Pop dots, Glue All, Ribbon Glue); Color (Copic Markers);