Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #9

Hi friends!

Doesn't time fly?  It's already the end of the month and my last week guest designing with the Sugar Pea Designs Challenge team.  It's been so much fun!!

So, here's this week's challenge...

And here's my card using the sketch...

I think this is one of my favorites from the month.  I just love this sweet little girl and her kitty from the What's Mew set, don't you?  I stamped the image twice, so I could pop up the kitty and his branch outside the window.  I love the depth it gives! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope to see you over at the Challenge!

Tricia

Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge #8

Hello!

Are you ready for another Mix It Up Challenge at Sugar Pea Designs??  I actually used the sketch this week! :)

I decided to get a jumpstart on my Christmas cards with today's card, so I pulled out the Lost Without You set and colored the little shepherd with Copics.  I added a red paper pieced coat to the little lamb to keep him all warm and toasty.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you'll play along with the challenge!!

Sugar Pea Designs - Mix It Up Challenge #7

Hello Friends!

It's Wednesday, and that means that I get to show you a card for this week's Mix It Up Challenge at Sugar Pea Designs.  Here is our challenge for today...

And here is the card I made with the Everyday is Christmas and What's Mew sets, as well as the Gift Tag and ZigZag Stitched Dies.

Wow!  That is two weeks in a row for me using the inspiration photo!  Next week I am definitely going to have to use the sketch!

Thanks for stopping by!  Be sure to swing by the Sugar Pea Designs blog for more great inspiration!

Tricia

Sugar Pea Designs - Mix It Up Challenge #6

Hi again!

I am so thrilled to be playing along with the Challenge DT at Sugar Pea Designs for this month of Mix It Up Challenges!!

Here is today's challenge...

I couldn't resist the polka dots, bright colors and palm trees for my first card of the month!

I used the Prehistoric Pals set for the images, the What's Mew set for the sentiment, and dies from both the Gift Tag and the Zig Zag Stitched Circles sets.

I hope that you'll play along with us!  

Check out the Sugar Pea Designs Blog for all the challenge info!!

Tricia

Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up #5

I'm playing with Quackers again today and playing along with the Sugar Pea Designs Mix It Up Challenge.  I just love that sweet little face, don't you?  I watercolored my images with Distress Markers and kept it clean and simple.  It's a happy card!!

You Quack Me Up!

Hi everyone!

I'm sharing a card today with the sweet Quackers set by Sugar Pea Designs.  I just love those duckies!!  I followed this week's sketch...

Thanks for looking!!

Tricia

What's Mew?

I needed to make a quick card to put in the mail this morning, so I decided to play along with this week's Sugar Pea Designs sketch.  I was blessed to win the monthly grand prize a month or two ago, and I used a couple of my new goodies on my card... the What's Mew set and the zig zig circle dies.

Here's this week's sketch!

Thanks for dropping by!

Tricia

Punny Dino

Hi everyone!  It seems like its been AGES since I posted a card.  I got hit with a nasty headache this weekend and I'm just starting to function again!

I decided to go to my challenge notebook for inspiration to get crafting again, so I chose the Sugar Pea Designs sketch from a week or so ago and the Cupcake Inspirations challenge to make a "punny" card.

I used the Prehistoric Pals set from Sugar Pea for my image and sentiment and went with this somewhat odd color combination because it matched the first piece of patterned paper I had chosen... but then I decided that I like this one better.  : )

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

Tropical Anniversary

OK, so I'm not exactly sure that there are swans in the tropics, but I liked the idea...   And I'm really hoping that the snowflake paper looks like stars... : )

Here's the Sugar Pea sketch I was inspired by...

I used the Everyday is Christmas set for the swans and an old anniversary sentiment that I picked up from the Michaels $1 bin many years ago.  I googled a tropical sunset to help me with my sponging on the circle. : )

Thanks for stopping by!!

Tricia

An Attempt

I keep seeing shaker cards all over everywhere and I wanted to try one for this week's Sugar Sketch.  I'm not sure that I'm thrilled with the finished project, but I think that is more the balance of colors rather than the shaker part.  Maybe it is just that I need a wider assortment of sequin colors.  Hmmm... that must be it!! : )  I'll work on that and get back to you! : )

I used some patterned paper from my stash and stamps from Everyday is Christmas and Prehistoric Pals.

Edited to add...

Since I couldn't take the sequins out of this particular card, I decided to see if I could balance the colors in another way.  I removed the "waves" from the bottom of the circle, and added some white gel pen stripes to the blue strip at the top.  I think I like it better - what about you??

Thanks for dropping by!

Tricia

Sugar Pea Sugar Sketch

Happy Monday!

Inspiration finally struck today for the lastest Sugar Sketch over at Sugar Pea Designs.  I pulled out my beloved Prehistoric Pals set and went to work.  I think it's pretty self-explanatory, but if you ever have questions, just let me know!

Ingredients:

Stamps:  Sugar Pea Designs Prehistoric Pals, Polka Dot Background stamp (Years old from CC Designs, I think)

Paper:  White, Dusty Rose (GKD), Patterned Paper from stash

Dies:  Stitched Rectangle Dies (YNS), Toppers (TCP)

Other:  Spectrum Noir / Copic Markers, Rhinestones, 3D Foam, White gel pen

TTFN!

Tricia

Sugar Pea Sketches

Hi everyone!  I finally had time to go down and play in my craft room today!  YAY!!

I decided to play catch up with the current sketches over at Sugar Pea Designs.

For my first card I used the SPDSS48 sketch, the Prehistoric Pals and An Ice Day sets, and some paper from the Simple Stories Pumpkin Spice pad.

I used the same paper pad for my second card, but went with brighter accent colors.  The sweet turtle and bird are from the Everyday is Christmas set... you know, a Turtle Dove. : )  This sketch is SPDSS49.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Tricia

Happy Happy Sugar Pea Bear

I had such fun making this card for the Sugar Pea Designs sketch challenge until...

I couldn't find the second half of the Happy Birthday stamp from my Prehistoric Pals set!

I had cut it in half when I first got the set so I could stack it, and I've LOST IT!!

** SIGH**

Sooooo.... since necessity is the mother of invention, I stacked my "Happy" and used the word "birthday" from one of the sentiments in An Ice Day. : )  The image is from Everyday is Christmas. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

Poor in Spirit

I just got one of the beautiful new Scripture sets from The Stamp Simply Ribbon store called  Blessings / Beatitudes I.  Aren't those fonts pretty??  I've seen others that can make gorgeous cards with just a sentiment, but I always seem to want to add a picture of some sort, so, since I was following the Sugar Pea Designs Sketch, I decided to add in this sweet and gentle swan from the Everyday is Christmas set.  She is sooo pretty and I love how she adds to the softness of the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Tricia

You Warm My Heart

I'm taking a break from spring stamping today, because the sketch over at Sugar Pea Designs is perfect for this penguin from the Have an Ice Day set...

My sweet penguin and his fishy friend are watercolored with Distress Markers, cut with dies from Your Next Stamp and MFT and layered on a piece of Christmas-y patterned paper by BoBunny.

Thanks for stopping by!

Tricia

The Triceratops

Sugar Pea Designs is having a special birthday celebration and I'm sneaking in under the wire with this birthday card made with the Prehistoric Pals set, so I can join in, too.  Although I must admit that I'd rather win a gift certificate to Sugar Pea than the Mini Minc.  Strange, I know!  But if YOU want to win a Mini Minc, be sure to play along!  I think you have one more day to make a card!

I used the sketch from The Challenge #63.  It worked perfectly with this CAS design!!

Thanks for dropping by!

Tricia

Possible

Hi again!

I played along with the new sketch over at the Sugar Pea Designs blog today!  It had a circle element which looked like it would be perfect for this swan from Everyday is Christmas.  I paired it with a sentiment from Verve and the patterned paper is just scraps from my stash.

Thanks so much for dropping by!

Tricia

You Warm My Heart

I played with my Prehistoric Pals and Have an Ice Day sets from Sugar Pea Designs this afternoon to make a card with Sugar Sketch 42.  I grabbed some papers that were on my desk (ummm.... there are LOTS of papers on my desk right now!) and put them together... complete with the reverse scallop that looks like the friendly dinosaur chewed on the edge. : )

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tricia 

Hello

It's time for me to play along with another Sugar Sketch over at Sugar Pea Designs!

I pulled out my sweet "Everyday is Christmas" set from Sugar Pea Designs and colored up the "calling bird" for my card today.  I used a typewritten background stamp to help ground my image and dug around until I found this Gina K set with word bubbles and sentiments.  I thought it would make a fun thinking of you card!

Here's the sketch...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Tricia

Loving Lion

Hello again!

I had so much fun today making some bookmarks for the library!  When I was done I decided to make a card with the new Share Joy sketch using the Mane Event stamp set that my daughter got for me. : ) I LOVE that it has the matching die included.  It even cuts out between the tail and the boday and between the head and the flowers.  So fun!  I want to send this to my other daughter and it isn't her birthday, so I'm hoping that I can find the sentiment stamp I have that says, "Until further notice, celebrate everything."  Only I can't remember if it was in a set, or just by itself!  Hmmmm....  

Here's the sketch I followed...

and, just for fun, here are the bookmarks that I made today using Sugar Pea Designs Prehistoric Pals set...

I just love the little one that is waving!