Shaker tags

 These were so fun to make, but definitely take a little extra time to put together.  I've been wanting to get some shaker tags made up for gifts, and had these little penguins from Sugar Pea Designs coloured up and ready to add to my tags.  After die cutting all my pieces, I created the shaker pocket by cutting a rectangle to glue behind, added some foam adhesive strips, and a piece of acetate - then glued it all under the opening in my tag, after adding an assortment of glitter and sprinkles.

Tags are Studio Katia, and the Sentiment is from Art Impressions.

Spring/Summer Coffee Lover's Blog Hop!

It's the start of the first Coffee Lover's Blog Hop of 2019, and it makes me so happy to be playing along!  I haven't missed one yet, so my streak continues...  I am using two stamp sets from Sugar Pea Designs today, along with these Cream & Sugar papers from Doodlebug Designs that I've been hoarding for a little bit.  Here's what I came up with:

 The coffee cup is from the Mugs & Kisses stamp set, and the sentiment is from Parisian Holiday.  I've used the sketch from the May Mix It Up Challenge on the Sugar Pea Designs blog.

 Enjoy the hop!

Sugar Pea Mix-It-Up Challenge

I bought this lovely London Scape die from Sugar Pea Designs a few months ago, and finally pulled it out to use this afternoon!  It's the last day to play along with the March Mix-It-Up Challenge on the Sugar Pea blog, so I did a little ink blending and made birthday card:

I went with just the colours for my card - couldn't resist the pretty spring shades.  I used Squeezed Lemonade, Cracked Pistachio, Broken China and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxides.

 I used a sentiment from Verve's Simply Amazing set, and a sprinkling of Verve sequins to finish it off.  I kept the negative from the die, and will be making another card from it in the near future.

Mugs and Kisses

Today I'm sharing the valentine that I made for my daughter, who is coming home tonight for her reading week!  The Mugs and Kisses stamp set is intended as a wintry/holiday set... but with us expecting over a foot of snow this week, I thought that it would work perfectly as a wintry valentine, especially with the cute sentiment.  I've used the sketch from the current Mix It Up challenge on the Sugar Pea Designs blog:

 My sewing machine was acting up... so don't look too closely at the stitching!  But I love the little bit of texture that the sewing adds.  I popped the mug up with pop dots, and added some gumdrops & a few diecut hearts.

Stamp set is Mugs and Kisses by Sugar Pea Designs; Patterned paper is Down on the Farm by Doodlebug Designs; Versafine Onyx Black ink; Copic Markers; Black matte dumdrops are Your Next Stamp; Heart die is Verve.

Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge - Feb.

I am happy to say that I've finished up my family valentines ahead of time.  No scrambling at the last minute... yay!  I used Laurel's Sketchy Saturday sketch, along with the colours & theme from the February Mix It Up Challenge on the Sugar Pea Designs blog.  Here's what I'm giving my husband:

 Those are actually shiny silver stripes... you can see them a bit better in this photo:

I'm feeling a little rusty with my colouring, so it was great to pull out my Copics and get down to business.  Here was our inspiration:

Stamp set is Better Together by Sugar Pea Designs; Patterned paper is Head Over Heels Collection by Bo Bunny; Copic Markers; Silver Adhesive tape, Close To My Heart.

Dashing Through the Snow

I came across a Christmas card that I haven't blogged, so thought I would sneak it in before the big day.  This is using Eskimo Kisses from Sugar Pea Designs:

The papers are Echo Park, and the snowy tree die is from Dee's Distinctively.  I am also entering this into the December Mix It Up Challenge #50 on the Sugar Pea Designs blog.

Sugar Pea November Challenge

I made a sweet card today that I'm really happy with for the November Sugar Pea Designs Mix-It-Up challenge.

I used the sketch portion of the challenge, and picked the polka dot paper, because it made me think of falling snow.  I added a couple of stitched banner die cuts and snowflakes in the top corner, and secured them with some silver staples.  I rounded two of the corners like the sketch, and mounted the whole panel with 3D adhesive onto a white card base. 

I hope to play along again this month... and will try to incorporate the yarn/colours next time!

Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses by Sugar Pea Designs; Patterned paper is A Perfect Winter by Echo Park; Copic Markers.

Freshly Made Sketches #362

I am YET AGAIN bringing out these Echo Park papers to make some Christmas cards... I still have a whole pile of it, so you'll be seeing it often.  Today I paired up the current Freshly Made Sketch with the Eskimo Kisses stamp set from Sugar Pea Designs:

I added a red and a white snowflake to each of them, and used a sentiment from an older CTMH set.

More Eskimo Kisses

Two more sweet cards are in my stash today... here again is Eskimo Kisses from Sugar Pea Designs, and some I Love Winter paper from Echo Park:

Keeping it brief... Trick or Treaters arriving any minute now.  Happy Halloween!

Mix It Up Challenge #48

I am playing along with the Sugar Pea Designs October Mix It Up Challenge #48 today.  I got this sweet "Eskimo Kisses" stamp set this summer, and already have a whole whack of images stamped and coloured!  So you'll be seeing more than a few of these little penguins over the coming weeks.  I went with the sketch side of the inspiration, and just tweeked the sentiment position a little, as I liked it better centered:

Patterned papers are I Love Winter by Echo Park; Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses by Sugar Pea Design; Stitched Alpine Snowflake dies are Poppy Stamps; Copic Markers.

Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #47

I am a little obsessed with this plaid paper from Doodlebug Design's "On the Farm" pack... so you're about to see it a few times over the next while.  I wanted to play along with the September Mix It Up challenge on the Sugar Pea Designs blog, and was inspired by the cozy plaid blanket, the colours & the mugs in the current Inspired By photo.  I knew my new favourite plaid was going to work.  I am using the Mugs & Kisses stamp set for the first time, so I'm hoping that this works as a holiday/wintery card?  If not, it's bright & fun, which I love:

 I stamped the image in Rich Cocoa ink, and coloured it with Copic markers, then layered it over a tag that I had lightly blended some Wild Honey Distress Ink on to give it a warm glow.  I popped the sentiment up over the tag with some 3D adhesive.  *I am also entering this into the Sugar Pea Designs Stamptember contest on the Simon Says Stamp blog!

Here is the sketch I was working with:

And my plaid/colour/mug inspiration:

Dashing Through the Snow!

I got another Christmas card made last night... using this sweet penguin from Sugar Pea Designs 'Eskimo Kisses'.  You're going to see a lot from this set, as I think I coloured up 16 images this weekend - now they're all ready to be made up into cards.  I've used I Love Winter papers from Echo Park:

Patterned papers are I Love Winter by Echo Park; Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses, by Sugar Pea Designs; Alpine Stitched Snowflake dies, Poppy Stamps; Stitched Circle & Fishtail dies, My Favorit Things;  Coloured with Copic markers.

Sugar Pea Mix It Up challenge

I've had a quiet month so far here on my blog, but I have been doing a lot of creating!  Just making things that I can't share for a few months... I did have a little while this evening to make a card for the August Mix-It-Up challenge on the Sugar Pea Designs blog, though.  It's my first time breaking into the sweet Eskimo Kisses stamp set:

If you know my style at all - this is seriously CAS for me!  Patterned paper is my usual go-to thing... but this sketch really had me thinking differently.  I blended two colours of Distress Oxide ink in the top corner to put under the sentiment, and blended a little soft aqua on the lower left to look like an icy pond.  You can't see it too well in the photo, but I added some swooshes of blue with a Copic marker as skate marks.  A little stitching and some sequins, and that was it.

Stamp set is Eskimo Kisses by Sugar Pea Designs;  Cracked Pistachio, Twisted Citron & Broken China Distress Oxide Inks;  Tuxedo Black Ink by Memento & Onyx Black Versafine ink for the sentiment; Copic Markers.

Sweet Pea Designs & Inspired By

I'm combining a couple of challenges today to make a birthday card for one of my daughter's friends who was recently in France.  I started with the inspiration photo from the Inspired By challenge... going with the plaid & floral from the linens (the flip side of the navy floral paper is large roses which I started out with... but the more subtle navy flowers were a little calmer).  I'm using the sketch from the July Sugar Pea Designs mix it up challenge:

Patterned papers are Beautiful Friendship by Close To My Heart; Stamp set is Parisian Holiday by Sugar Pea Designs; Copic Markers; Artiste Cricut cartridge.

Sugar Pea Designs challenge #43

I am very happy to be playing along with the Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up challenge for May!  I recently got their new release stamp set Parisian Holiday, along with the Paris Cityscape die.  My daughter spent her fall semester in France this year along with a few of her friends, so these were the perfect items to add to my craft room:

I started off by creating my background with several Distress Oxide inks, then I die cut the skyline in masking paper and put the negative down on the paper.  I used the same colours to ink around the diecut, leaving a darker skyline.  The jeune fille & her suitcase are coloured in Copics and mounted with pop dots, and I added a few pale pink sequins for a little sparkle.

I used the challenge sketch, and the photo for my colour inspiration:

P, B & J

I have three co-workers that work with me at the library on Thursday evenings... and their initials are P, B & J.  So when I got this stamp set recently from Sugar Pea Designs, I decided to make them each a card to decorate their work spaces: