Jane presents Lil Zeba's Floral Parasol by Heather Valentin

 Morning folks and my turn to share with you a creation for this week.  Continuing with my journals for my kids I have designed this page using Lil Zeba's Floral Parasol by Heather Valentin available in both rubber and as a digi.

To begin with I coloured the image using polychromos.

Next I prepeared my journal pages with white Gesso.  Now all the time I was colouring the image the chorus from the song 'Oh What A Beautiful Morning' kept repeating in my head.  I guess that was a subtle hint that I should include the words on my journal page hahahaha.  With the chorus in mind I decided to create a background of zebra stripes and use different textures for each of the black stripes then write the text in some of the white areas.  For my textures I used black acrylic paint applied thickly (that is the shiny bit, alas could not get a good pic as the light kept reflecting off it), black velvet patterned paper, black ribbon, black lace and black beads.

 I also used black glitter.

 As the image had a button for one eye I decided to use a real button.

To link in with the button on the image I then covered the bottom left black stripe with lots more pink buttons.
A pretty simple page but at this point I felt adding anything else would just not work so walked away before I started playing and adding more items lol.

Ingredients:-

• Image - Lil Zeba's Floral Parasol by Heather Valentin
• Colouring medium - Polychromos and acrylic paint
• From my stash - buttons, lace, velvet paper, acrylic paint, glitter, beads, ribbon

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Lil Zepa - Sande's view

Hello all you lovely crafters!

Sande here with you today showing a card 

I have made by using this new and so cute image from

  Heather Valentin called "Lil Zeba's Floral Parasol".

 You can find this Beauty at the Sweet Pea Stamps store 

as a rubber stamp and a digital.  

There is much more fabulous images at Sweet Pea Stamps so don't forget to pop over!

Hope you'll get some inspiration here and create something great!

Don't forget to come back every day and see other DT's outstanding creations!

Hugs, Sande xx

Milos view: Heather Valentin's Petals

I have used Heather Valentin's Petals.

Big big Hugs Milo

Heather Valentin’s Petals

Aletha here with a little inspiration piece featuring Heather Valentin’s Petals. Isn’t she a little charmer? A Petals card would be perfect for a little flower girl. I know that she would appreciate the cuteness. Petals can be found as a digital image or as a rubber stamp, whichever you prefer.

I am in love with Heather’s art work. Did you know that the Heather’s images available at Sweet Pea Stamps are designed exclusively for Sweet Peas? I think that is pretty cool!

Petals was first colored with Copics and then trimmed with a die. I then layered her on three layers of purple and light purple cardstock. Before layering I did add some Smooch Illuminate ink to the embossed edges.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, and R20

Hair and Basket: E25, 29, 31, 50

Eyes and Leaves: G40, 43, 46, 29

Pinafore and some flowers: V000, 01, 04, 06, 09

Other flowers: RV34, 52, 69

Dress: V000, RV34, 52, and C0, 2, 4

Dress sleeves: C4, 6, 8

Background: W00, 0, 01, 2, 4, and RV52

Other elements for my Petals project:

• Cardstock: Pretty Pansy and Pretty Amethyst
• Designer Paper: Heartfelt Creations
• Dies: Spellbinder’s Matting Basics A, and
• Memory Box Fabulous Phlox
• Paints: Viva Décor 3D Rose Metallic Stamp Paint
• Inks: Dusty Concord Distress Ink and Smooch
• Pearls: Light purple from KC Company
• Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon

I wanted to remind you all that we have a monthly challenge at One Sweet Challenge. There are fantastic prizes there. Over at our Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook group, we have a bi-weekly art contest. That prize is one digi stamp from the Sweet Pea Stamps store. You must use a Sweet Pea image, the theme is always “Anything Goes,” and you can enter as many times as you want. Each entry MUST be a new project. How easy is that? For all the upcoming events and sales visit our Sweet Pea Facebook page.

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you visit every day for more Sweet Pea inspiration.

Aletha Jane

Sweet Pea Designer

With love

This is one of the cutest stamps. Heather Valentins Amy Boo. And it's such a joy to color to.

As always I colored her with my Copics, and these are the colors I used:
Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11
Hair: E50, Y21, YR31, YR24
Pinks: R81, R83, R85, R59
Purple: BV0000, BV000, V20, V22, V25, V28, BV25, BV29
Shoes: C1, C3, C5, C7
Eyes: E70, E71, E74, E77, E79

I recently cleaned up and purged my card ad scrapbook supplies. And in that process I found some really old chipboard pieces and a beautiful pearl vine, I had forgotten I had. So instead of using the flowers I normally use for cards, I decided to go with these 'new' old products.

The chipboard got a little white and purple ink, and then it matched the project perfectly. I also used some older Martha Stewart punches, to edge the card. I wanted it to have a real girly look.

The stamp I used is Heather Valentin's Amy Boo, available at the Sweet Pea Stamp store in both rubber and digi.

Thank you so much for stopping by today
-Lina

Summer Dasies Flower Pot Pretties

Here I am again with another creation, this time using Summer Dasies Flower Pot Pretties by Heather Valentin available from the Sweet Pea Stamps store.

To begin with I printed two copies of the digi, the second copy was used to mask the first while I airbrushed the background with my Promarker.  The wee daisies at the top were a problem, I had cut them out but really they were to small so I tried using masking fluid instead, a fluid used in watercolour painting to stop the spread of the paint.  I worked a treat thankfully.  To apply it I used a toothpick :)

Onto the colouring with my Promarkers and once completed Spellbinders Grand Scallop Ovals was used to create the mount.

Promarkers used.

Lots of layering for the background picking up the colours I used in the digi.

Now for the decision, make my own flowers or use shop bought ones lol.  I opted to make my own, for the daisies I used the die Sizzix Mini Daisies and for the wee yellow ones I used Impression Obsession Layered Floral Set.  After colouring and assembling I set to with the flower centres where I used pearls airbrushed with the same Promarker colours I used in the image.  To hold the pearls in place while airbrushing I find a bit of blue-tack works a treat.

The sentiment was printed digitally and then airbrushed.  To cut it out I used Nellie's Multi Frame Round Doily

The image looked like it needed just something else added to it so I printed another copy, coloured two of the large flowers, the tiny daises and the snail again. These were then cut out and added as a second layer to the digi.  Alas it does not really show in the photo but in real life you can see the 3D effect.  Each of the flowers were shaped with a ball tool to dimension to the flowers and the underneath petals were trimmed away. The snail was finished off with Glossy Accents.

One more thing to get ready, a wee butterfly so I can carry the purple colour to the upper left of the card, for this I used Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies.  Oooops - sorry about the blurry pic <g>.  I find it easier to grab pics as I am going along as I hate writing and know some of you who read are interested in the process but sometimes I am just a little to quick to capture the moment and I guess this is one of those times :)

To finish off the card I added a doily, string of pearl beads and some skeleton leaves.

Ingredients:-

• Digi -  Summer Dasies Flower Pot Pretties by Heather Valentin
• Promarkers
• Dies - Spellbinders Grand Scallop Ovals, Nellie's Multi Frame Round Doily, Sizzix mini daisies, Impression Obsession Layered Floral Set and Cherry Lyn Designs Mimi Butterflies 
• Liquid Pearls and Purple Stickles
• DP- Papermania

Thank you for stopping by and hope you have a happy crafting day ahead :) :)

Variation Week: Holley's View

Here's an image from one of the newest artists at Sweet Pea stamps Heather Valentin. She sells only Rubber stamps at the store and this image is called Molly - What a catch.  Have you been enjoying all the amazing creations with this stamp all week? Well, here's my creation using this fun image.  This image is just darling, I gave her pink hair an turquoise clothes that match the embellishments I put on the card.

Here's an enlargement of the image itself.  Don't you love the cute fish button I added to the center of the flower?  how about those adorable flower brads? don't they match that funky ribbon just perfectly?

Hope you have had a wonderful week.  I have a lot of friends and family who love to go fishing so I know this card will be a big hit with them.  Hope you are all having a wonderful summer.  Have some card making fun too!  When you do make one, share it with us at our Facebook Friends group-Click here.

Cheers, Holley

Variations Week: Tera's View

 Hallo,
    This week we are all working with Molly - What a catch by Heather Valentin and today is my turn :)
  Isn't she adorable!!!! She looks like she is having a good day fishing !!
    I colored her with copics and cut her out with a Spellbinders die.
  I added some bright fun paper to match her shirt and hair bows and an orange ribbon too. I also found this cute little fish charm in my stash too :)
  All for today - Take Care
       Tera

Variations Week: Lina's View

Heather Valentin is a fairly new artist in the store, but I'm so happy she joined the artist team. Cause I absolutely love and adore her images. I think they're so full of personality and mood.

She's colored with Copics, off course. It is my favorite medium after all. I used:
Skin E0000, E000, E00, E21, E13
Hair E31, E53, E23, E25, E27
Pants B91, B93, B95, B97
Purple RV91, RV93, RV95
Water B0000, B000, B00, B02
Wood E31, E33, E34, E35
Grass YG61, YG63, YG67
Fish YR21, YR12, YR15, YR16, YR18, Y32, Y35, Y38
Eyes B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

I kept this card fairly simpel, with just a single sheet of patterned paper. I really love all that's going on in the image, and didn't want it to get lost in to many papers and embellishments. So a bright sunray paper was really all I wanted, together with a few embellishments..

The image is available in the Sweet Pea Stamp store as rubber.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.
-Lina

Variations Week: Aletha’s View

It’s that time of the month at Sweet Pea Stamps. The image that Sweet Pea’s Designers were given is Molly Gone Fishin’. Molly was designed by Heather Valentin exclusively for Sweet Pea. She will be available in red rubber. I must add that this rubber is of the best quality.

Molly was a dream to color. I colored with Copics and did some highlighting with a white gel pen. She was then trimmed and layered on blue and yellow cardstock.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, and R20

Hair, stump, and pole:

E25, 29, 31, 50

Shirt and bows: Y11, 14, 15, 18, 19, 32

Fish: B12, 14, 16, 18, and

YR21, 24, 27

Grass: YG61, 63, 67, and G29

Water: B12, 16, 18

Background: W00, 0, 1, 2, and B12, Y18

I layered some designer paper on blue and yellow cardstock and then adhered that to a white card base. The embellishments are ribbon in two corners, a layered butterfly, and spikey flowers.

Have you checked out our One Sweet Challenge? I hope you join us. If you do, and you used a Sweet Pea image, head over to our Facebook’s Group art contest.  The one going on right now lasts until July 7. That gives you plenty of time to make some Sweet Pea goodness.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope that you stop by every day and check out what Sweet Pea’s Design Team has in store for you. If you have any questions, you can always contact me.

Aletha Jane

Sweet Pea Designer

Variation Week: Jane's View

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Today is my day to showcase an image from Sweet Pea Stamps for our Variation Week.  This week all the DT are creating an item using the cute image 'Molly- What A Catch' by Heather Valentin. This image is only available in rubber.

To begin with I coloured the background of the image wit blendable pencils.  Not sure why the are called blendable as I can't get a nice smooth finish with these but never mind, they serve the purpose for now.

 Once that was done I coloured the image with Promarkers.

Promarkers used.

 For this project I am altering a note book so to start off I removed the spiral hold.

Next, and I have forgotten to take picture lol, I covered the front cover with navy hand made paper then added some blue mesh.  The digi was cut with X-Cut Scalloped Circles. Using another paper I have which has a snake skin texture I then embossed it with an embossing folder that looks a bit like fish scales.  This too was cut with the same die as the digi.  To finish off the edges I used pearls and Ice Stickles.

 The fish were cut using Joy Craft fish die.

Now I don't have any Frantage but I am playing at making something similar.  Here I have some Mica which I picked up from and onld (1940's) disused mine hubby and I found when on holiday down under.  It is such fun stuff lol.  I have flaked off a few pieces and chopped them up with scissors.

Using thick embossing powder which I applied to the cover I then sprinkled my mica fragments on top and heated from underneath to melt.

 Onto making a charm for the pencil using fishing line, pearl beads and a shell charm.

 I coloured a small pencil with Rock Pool Promarker and then finished off with some Extreme Glitter paint.

 And here we have the finished wee pencil

I love the way these pencils fit perfectly into the spring coil <g>

 And here is the finished creation.

Ingredients

• Digi -  'Molly- What A Catch' by Heather Valentin
• Promarkers
• Dies - Joy Crafts fish and X-Cut Scalloped Circles
• Ice Stickles
• Embossing folder
• Book, pearls, charm, pencil, mica, thick embossing powder from my stash

Thank you for stopping by today and hope you have lots of crafting fun ahead of you :) :) xxx