Thanks Lynette!

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.


For my card I used one of ching chou kuik's Christmas images called Holly Night. Sweet Pea has so many wonderful artists, but ching-chou kuik was the first artist from Sweet Pea that I saw, and I fell in love with her beautiful work. I especially love her witch images and her images with cats and since I am still in a Christmas card making mood I went with this lovely stamp!

The Details:
Stamps: ching chou kuik's holly Night (sheet 21, Plate 60) - from Sweet Pea Stamps, Musical background (Prima)
Paper: Fancy Pants Designs, Early Esspresso, Garden Green (SU), Scarlet Jewel (PTI), White for image (Copic XPress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: E000,E00,E11,E13,R00,R20
Hiar: E53,E55,E57,E29
Clothes:R43,R46,R59 over E18 and E19, G24,G29
Cat: YR21,YR23,YR24,E57,W1,W3
Misc: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Cuttlebug Die, Flower Punch (SU), Gems (Darice)


As our gift to you, our wonderful followers, visitors 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!

Sweet Pea Stamps
Alexandra Lundgren
Angela Sowell
Christine Riley
Connie Piotter
Holley Barnhart
Jennifer Willis
Katarina Maserak
Kym Kreates
Randi Wall
Traci Porter


Have Fun!
:-)Traci

ATS Challenge - Gift Ideas

Hello! It is time for another challenge at the All That Scraps Challenge Blog and this week we would love to see gift ideas! I made tissue covers for the two secretaries at our school. You can find the tutorial HERE.



I used a couple of Tickled Pink stamps (they are available at All That Scraps, too!) and some sentiments from Amy R and basically followed the tutorial. I only added a few more layers.


The Details:
Stamp: Christmas Ivy (Tickled Pink ), AmyR Holiday Greetings - both from All That Scraps
Paper: Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler More Mustard, Very Vanilla (All Stampin Up), White for image (Copic XPress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Antique Linen, Old Photo, Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: E000,E00,E11,R00,R20
Hair: E50,E53
Clothes: YR21,YR23,YR24,R35,R37,R39,E50,E30
Misc: Sizzix Embossing Folder, Offray Ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies, Prima flowers, Martha Stewart Pine Leaf Punch



The Details:
Stamp: Christmas Evie (Tickled Pink ), AmyR Winter Sentiments - both from All That Scraps
Paper: Soft Suede, Pacific Point, Tempting Turquoise, Green Galore (All Stampin Up), White for image (Copic XPress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: E000,E00,E11,R00,R20
Hair: C5,C7,C9,110
Clothes: YG06,G14,YG09,B01,B02,B04,B06,B18,E44
Misc: Sizzix Embossing Folder, Offray Ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities Dies, Darice Gems, Martha Stewart Holly Punch

I hope you will get a chance to play with us this week! There is always a prize up for grabs - all you need to do to be eligible to win is to use one of the MANY stamps available at All That Scraps and link your creation to the ATS Challenge Blog by next Tuesday at 10 PM EST! Good luck and have fun!!

:-)Traci

Masculine Christmas Card

Hello! This card has NO coloring which is unheard of for me! I wanted to make a quick card and this image is just perfect for that. My husband thinks my card is too dark for a Christmas card - I was going for masculine but maybe I overdid it? Anyway, I think the image is beautiful, so I am definitely going to have to try again!


The Details:
Stamp: Holiday Collage Sheet Plate 56 - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Basic Grey, Kraft and Very Vanilla (SU), Pure Black (PTI)
Ink: Black Soot, Walnut Stain, Old Photo, Antique Linen Distress Inks
Misc: Offray Ribbon, Scallop Punch (SU)

:-)Traci

Snowflake Fairies are Here!!

Hiya! It is WAY past my bedtime as I am typing this, I just wanted to quickly remind you that all of the new Sweet November Snowflake Fairies are available at All That Scraps now!!


I wanted to show the girls all together this time so I stamped them and cut out the big square with them in it. I had to nip off a few edges of snowflakes and Eira's toes, poor thing! I colored the background a light blue and stamped some darker blue snowflakes, then added a small amount of Stickles in the centers.


Card Details:
Stamps: Neva, Eira and Nixie - Sweet November Stamps , Snowflakes from AmyR Snowflakes (both from All That Scraps)
Paper: My Minds Eye, Blue Bayou (SU), White (Copic XPress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky Distress Ink
Copics:
Skin: E000,E00,E00,R00,R20
Neva Hair: E50,E53,E35
Neva Clothes: R81,R83,R85
Eira Hair: E13,E15,E17
Eira CLothes:YG03,YG25,YG17
Nixie Hair:YR14,E08,E19
Nixie Clothes: YR15mYR16,YR18
Background: BG000 w/T0 over it

:-)Traci


Misc: Stardust Stickles

New Nikki Burnette - Talia

Hello! I have a card to show you today using Talia, who is a new Nikki Burnette image that is available for pre-order right now at Sweet Pea Stamps!


I have colored her with Copics, adding lots of Stardust Stickles on her tail for sparkle. I also colored the background with Twinkling H2o watercolors. I edged the image piece with more Stickles, cut some purple waves with a border punch and sprinkled on some purple pearls.


The Details:
Stamp: Talia - Nikki Burnette (Plate 92) - From Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Bo Bunny, Prism Teal, White for image (Copic XPress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: E000,E00,E11,R00,R20
Hair: V04,V05,V06,V17
Tail: BG10,BG11,BG15,BG49,T3
Cat: YG21,YG23,YG25,W1,W3,W5
Misc: Twinkling H2O Watercolors, Stickles - Stardust, Magenta, and Purple(?), Fiskars Border Punch, Recollections Pearls

:-)Traci

Poinsettia Fairy

Hi! I have another Christmas Card to show you today using a gorgeous image from chin-chou kuik's plate 60. This one is called Poinsettia Fairy. All four of the images on this sheet are stunning and I intend to make Christmas cards with all of them (although they can be purchased individually, too).


I almost always get my color palette from the paper I choose, and this was no exception. I colored the image with Copics and then added some sparkle with both Stickles and a Sakura Clear Stardust glitter pen. The background is one sheet of paper - I cut a slit in the paper that is covered up with the image panel and cut along the edge of the ornament so I could slide the image slightly underneath it. The sentiment is cut from another piece of paper in the same line, then I went over the letters with the glitter pen.


The Details:
Stamp: Poinsettia Fairy - chin-chou kuik (Plate 60) - Sweet Pea Stamps
Paper: Bo Bunny, Prism Purple, White for image (Copic XPress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Skin: E000,E00,E11,R00,R20
Hair: FV2 (Lightened with a Copic Blender), V000
Flowers: BG000,BG02 both w/T0 over them,E47,FV2
Clothes and Wings: YG21,YG23,YG25,E47,E49,V12,V15,V17,FV2
Background: G20 w/E40 over, BG000, FV2
Misc: Recollections Pearls, Stardust Stickles, Sakura Clear Stardust Pen

:-)Traci

ATS Challenge - Snowflakes!

If you are here for the Greeting Farm Hop, please scroll down!

Hello! It is time for another fabulous All That Scraps Challenge and this week it is Snowflakes!! How fun!! And so easy to incorporate into any Holiday cards that you might want to make!! This is also the final day of Sweet November previews, and last but not least is the oh so elegant Neva!! All of the new Sweet November Snowflake fairies will be available at All That Scraps on Monday December 6th!


I always love sparkle, and I really went overboard with it on this card!! The silver panels are silver cardstock that I embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. They were not nearly sparkly enough for me so I rubbed Stardust Stickles all over them! Her entire outfit is covered in Silver and Stardust Stickles, I embossed the sentiment in silver and then threw in lots of gems, too!

The Details:
Stamp: Neva - Sweet November, AmyR Holiday Greetings - both from All That Scraps
Paper: Bo Bunny (purple), Silver and White Cardstock (SU), White (Copic XPress)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark
Copics:
Skin: E000,E00,E11,R00,R20
Hair: E47,E49,C9,110
Clothes: C1,C3,C5
Misc: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, Stardust and Silver Stickles. Sizzix Snowflake die, Martha Stewart Snowflake border punch (I used the small snowflakes that come out when you punch the border), Silver Embossing Powder, Taylors Tiny Twinkles

I hope you will get a chance to play with us this week! There is always a prize up for grabs - all you need to do to be eligible to win is to use one of the MANY stamps available at All That Scraps and link your creation to the ATS Challenge Blog by next Tuesday at 10 PM EST! Good luck and have fun!!

:-)Traci