Happy Easter Sweet Pea Style

Hi everyone and Happy Wednesday! Can you believe that Easter is Sunday and I'm just now sharing my first Easter card?!?! Several people on my card list are going to be getting "Happy Belated Easter" cards :) March just sped by for me, I can't believe tomorrow is April 1st. Not that I'm complaining, it's warm again here after a chilly spell at the end of last week. The birds are out chirping, the grass is green, the trees are budding . . . I love spring :) Anyway, onto my card for today.





For my card today, I used another gorgeous stamp from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection, available at Sweet Pea Stamps. This particular image is called Fantasy Easter Ocean and I think it's gorgeous. I colored my image with copics and then I sponged around the image with SU's Pretty in Pink ink. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock (Certainly Celery and Rose Red). The design paper is from The Paper Company (I got it at Michael's). I used my SU ticket corner punch on all the corners and added pearls. I added a ribbon and a bow (tied with my bow easy). For a finishing touch, I added Primas and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. I am submitting this card to the Sweet Pea Stampers Challenge Blog. This is a new blog created to host challenges using Sweet Pea Stamps. They are looking for a design team and I figured, as much as I love these images, I might as well give it a try :) Wish me luck :)

Well, that's it from me today. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you back here tomorrow with a Magnolia project.

Hugs, Christine :)

Fluttering Butterflies

Hi everyone :) I hope you are all having a wonderful day and a wonderful week. Blogger did not want to cooperate this morning but I was finally able to load my photos. For my card today, I decided to ink up another beautiful image from Sweet Pea Stamps. This image is from ching chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection and is titled Fluttering Butterflies. I think this is one of my absolute favorite images (although I tend to say that about every single image from this collection) :):):) I colored the image with copics (dress: B32, B34, B37, R83, R85, R89; hair: E35, E37, E39; skin: E00, E01, E11; wings: R81, R83, R85, R89; sun: Y21, R23). Next, I created my card base out of SU cardstock (Red Rose and Brocade Blue). All design paper is from Basic Grey (Lemonade collection). I used my SU ticket corner punch on the corners and added pearls. Finally, for a finishing touch, I added Primas and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. What do you think?

Thank you all so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow :)

Hugs, Christine

Fly

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! :) I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. It was chilly here, I sure wish those nice warm temperatures would come back soon :) Hubby and I got to see Alice in Wonderland on Saturday. It was SO good, I highly recommend it. I spent most of the day Sunday organizing and cleaning my craft room. I let too many things pile up and it just needed a good cleaning and reorganizing. I had planned to make several cards this weekend, but my mojo is still missing :( I was able to get one card done and I'll share that one with you today.




For my card today, I decided to ink up another gorgeous image from ching-chou kuik's fantasy art collection, available at Sweet Pea Stamps. This particular image is called Purple Woods. I inked the image with Memento black ink, stamped it onto PTI cardstock, and colored it with copics (Hair: E35, E37; Skin: E00, E01, E11; Dress: R85, R83; Trees: E55, E57; Cat: W6, W8). Next, I created my card base out of SU cardstock (Rose Red and Basic Black). The design paper is also from Stampin Up. I used my SU ticket corner punch on all corners and added pearls. I added a bow, which I tied with my awesome Bow Easy. For a finishing touch, I added Primas and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts. The sentiment is also from Sweet Pea Stamps. What do you think?

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day and a wonderful week. Here's hoping my mojo returns :) I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Big Hugs, Christine

Spring Wishes

Hi everyone and Happy Friday! I'm so excited that the weekend is almost here. Do you have any big plans for the weekend? I think hubby and I are going to go see Alice in Wonderland this weekend (I've heard it's really good). Other than that, I think we'll do some chores around the house and hopefully be able to veg out some too :)



For my card today, I decided to use fun spring colors in hopes that spring will be here to stay soon. We have had really nice weather here lately, but today it's raining and it's only going to be in the low 40s. Brrrr! :) For my card, I decided to ink up one of the adorable Swiss Pixies from CC Designs. This particular image is called Swiss Pixies Heidi. I colored the image with copics (Hair: E35, E55; Skin: E00, E01, E11, R20; Shirt: Y21, Y23; Skirt and shoes: R81, R83, R85, R89). I added Diamond Stickles to her wings and then cut her out using my Labels 1 Nestabilities die. I then inked around the top of the image with SU's Bashful Blue ink. I added grass to the bottom of the image with my copics. Next I created my card base using SU cardstock. The design paper is from K&Co's Wild Raspberry stack. For a finishing touch, I added some Primas to the top left corner. What do you think?

Well, that's it from me today. Thank you all so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful Friday and a wonderful weekend!

Hugs, Christine :)

Lavender Beauty

Hi everyone and Happy Thursday :) Just gotta get through today and tomorrow and then the weekend is here, yay! :) I've got a crazy busy day at work today so I'll make my post short and sweet. I was able to get into the craft room last night and was able to create a card I didn't hate. Hopefully this is a sign that my mojo is returning :)




For my card today, I inked up one of my new images from the ching-chou kuik Fantasy Art Collection, available at Sweet Pea Stamps. This particular image is called Misty Reflections and I think she's just gorgeous. I inked the image with Memento black ink and stamped it onto PTI white cardstock. Next I colored the image with copics (Dress: V12, V14; Hair: E35, E37; Moon: Y21; Hat and Gloves: W6, W8; Cats: E13, E14, E17) and I added some lavender glitter from my Sakura glitter pen to her hat and gloves. I then cut out the image with my circle nestabilities and while the image was still in the nestabilities die, I inked around the image with Memento lavender ink. Next I created my card base out of SU cardstock (Perfect Plum and Basic Black). My design paper is from Basic Grey's Wisteria collection. I used my Martha Stewart edge punch on the top panel of design paper. I used my SU ticket corner punch on all corners and added lavender pearls (from Michael's). For some finishing touches, I added Primas and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, a bow (the double looped bow was tied using my Bow Easy), and a hat pin which I made myself. What do you think?

Thank you all so much for stopping by. I hope you are having a wonderful day and I'll see you back here tomorrow :)

Big Hugs, Christine

Tilda with Kitten

Hi everyone and Happy Wednesday! I'm so sorry I haven't posted anything since last Friday. I seem to have lost my creative mojo and I wasn't happy with anything I was making in the craft room. I still had a few pictures saved of some cards I made for a craft show I did this past winter so I thought I'd share one of those with you today and I hope and pray my mojo returns :)

For this card I used this adorable Magnolia image. I just love the cat's expression, it reminds me of my furbaby Charley. So cute! :) I colored the image with copics and then cut it out. I next created my card base using SU cardstock. My design paper is from My Mind's Eye (Bloom and Grow collection). I then layered two rectangles cut out with my nestabilities and then adhered Tilda with dimensionals. For a finishing touch, I added an orange ribbon and bow (I made the two looped bow with my awesome Bow Easy). What do you think?

Thank you all so much for stopping by. I'm hopeful that I'll have something new to share with you very soon (and if anyone has found my mojo, please return it) :)

Big Hugs, Christine

New Sweet Pea card

Hi everyone and Happy Friday!! TGIF! :) I'm so glad the weekend is almost here. It's been a crazy week and I'm looking forward to relaxing a bit. Do any of you have any exciting weekend plans?

For my card today, I decided to ink up this gorgeous Sweet Pea image from ching-chou kuik's Fantasy Art Collection. This particular image is called Blue Eye Fairy. She was so much fun to color. I inked the image with Memento black ink, stamped it onto PTI white cardstock, and colored it with copics. For the hair, I used E53, E55, and E57. For her dress, I used R85 and R83. Her eyes are B32 and B34. I inked around the image with SU's Bashful Blue ink. Next, I created my card base out of SU cardstock. All design paper is by My Mind's Eye (love this paper company!) :) I added a ribbon and a bow (I was able to tie the double bow using my awesome Bow Easy. I used my SU ticket corner punch on the corners and added pink rhinestones. I also added a pink rhinestone to the center of her necklace. I added a heart charm (from Michael's) and some roses from Wild Orchid Crafts for a finishing touch. What do you think?

Thank you all so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day and a wonderful weekend.

Big Hugs, Christine :)