Monday, April 28, 2014

Sweet Pea’s Artist Week with Mitzi Sato-Wiuff


Hi to all visiting today. It was “Featured Artist Week” at the Sweet Pea Stamps Design Team blog last week. Yes, I am a little late in posting this, but I am giving it a go now. Our featured artist is Mitzi Sato-Wiuff. Sweet Pea Stamps has her images as rubber stamps. If you are an avid rubber stamper, Mitzi’s images will be right up your alley.


For my little project I decided to create with one of Mitzi’s sprites, Whimsical Hydrangea Sprite. I have colored her with Copics and added some highlights with glitter pens and a Sharpie White paint pen. My card base is black. The layered cardstock is Stampin’ Up!’s in Old Olive and Rich Razzelberry. My designer paper is from Heartfelt Creations Aster Collection,

Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, R20
Violets: V01, 04, 06, 09
Blues: B32, 34, 37, 39
Greens: G40, 82, 94, 99

After I fussy cut this darling sprite, I layered her on several die cuts. These die cuts are Spellbinder’s circles and a butterfly circle. All those little butterflies are the waste from the butterfly circle die. To add one more layer I die cut another circle fr.m the Old Olive cardstock and added that as my bottom layer. Finishing the card was completed by adding Cheery Lynn’s Lace Corner Deco A to each corner.


My little sprite would like to join the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create – Anything Goes
Come and Get It – Spring Flowers
Quirky Crafts – Something with an S (my S is Sprite)

I hope you join us at One Sweet Challenge for our monthly challenge. The theme is “Ringing in Spring.” You still have a little more time to enter. Come show us your little pieces of art using a Sweet Pea Stamps image in our Facebook Group. We have a bi-weekly contest and our prize is one Sweet Pea digital image of your choice. I really hope you join us. Would you like to know about sales and new artists? Come visit and like our Sweet Pea StampsPage. Remember to check “get notifications.”

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Aletha Jane




Sunday, April 20, 2014

AuroraWings Second Challenge is Now Live


Hi all and welcome to Monday. Are you ready for AuroraWings’ 2ndchallenge? We have a fun one this time around. We want to see you create a project in “monochromatic” colors.



There are a few rules, so please read carefully.
  • You are welcome to enter any type of craft project you would like to create, made with any company/artist's digi.
  • Your link must point to your entry and NOT your entire blog.* Please link back to our(AuroraWings) blog.
  • We would love for you to follow our blog so you won't miss out on any important announcement and fun.
  • The theme of the challenge must be followed.
  • The work you submit must be your own and new, no back linking.
  • Please feel free to combine your creation with any other challenges.
  • Entry limit is 3 per person, per challenge.
  • To join in on a challenge, please use the link tool at the bottom of the challenge post with your blog post creations, and include a link back to us to let everyone know where to find us to join in on the fun.

 Every challenge will have:   
  •  1 (one) Artist's Choice Award winner to be selected from entries using AuroraWings digi (badge and $20 GC)  
  •  1 (one) random winner ($20 GC)   
  •  Top 3 winners (badge and $10 GC)


This is my first inspiration piece as an AuroraWings designer. I am honored to be a part of this talented team and I hope that I bring justice to Mitzi’s amazing images. For my project I decided on the color purple, which is my favorite color. My Aurora Wings image was easy to decide on also. I commissioned Mitzi Sato-Wiuff to create me an ACEO Whimsical Petunia Sprite, and she is available as a digital image also. Isn’t she the cutest? I love petunias and their bright colors. No garden should be without them, especially in Oklahoma.



My Petunia Sprite was colored with Copics. I fussy cut her and layered her on Stampin’ Up!’s Elegant Eggplant cardstock. Before layering, the cardstock was die cut with Spellbinder’s Lacy Ovals. My designer paper is from a collection by Heartfelt Creations. My lavender metallic paper is Stardream Lavender.


Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, and R20
Blue violets: BV01, 02, 04, 08, 12
Viotes: V01, 06, 09, 20

My embellishments are very limited on this project. My corners are chipboard from Make it Crafty. I mixed some DecoArt dioxazine purple acrylic paint and pearlizing medium to these corners. I am really enjoying DecoArt’s pearllizing medium. I can now turn any color of acrylic paint into a pearlized color. Those tiny flowers are from a new (it’s new to me) Cheery Lynn die, Tiny Flower Kit. I will be getting a lot of use out of this little die. I added some orchid Liquid Pearls to the center of each tiny little flower. 



I hope you join us. When you do, and you use an AuroraWings image, please come join our Facebook group and post your little piece of art.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Aletha Jane

Friday, April 18, 2014

Sweet Pea Stamps Variation Week


This week is Variations Week at Sweet Pea Stamps. Our image is the beautiful “Easter Blessing” and it was designed by Katerina Koukiotis. You can find Easter Blessing in digital format or as a rubber stamp.


Easter Blessing was a joy to color with Copics. I have tried to go with a distressed look, but I still like my image and colors to pop.

Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, and R20
Hair: Y21, 26, YR24, E29, 37, 39, 50
Dress: R81, 83, 85, 89
Wings: R81, 83, and blender
Dove: C0, 3

My layering cardstock is Stampin’ Up!’s Bravo Burgundy and Always Artichoke. The designer paper is from Heartfelt Creations, but I have no idea which collection.

After all the distressing was done, and my layers were assembled, I added some vintage cotton tatting from my stash. The flowers are from Petaloo and Prima. I’ve had the charm lying around for a while and decided it would be perfect for this card.



I would like to enter Easter Blessing in the following challenges:
Craft for the Craic – Something for Easter or spring
Daring Cardmakers – Another Dimension
4 Krafty Girlz – Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door – Anything Goes


I hope that you come join us in our Sweet Pea StampsFacebook group. We have a weekly contest for your chance to win a digi image of your choice from the Sweet Pea Store. Click here to jump to Sweet Pea’sFacebook page. Here you will find all the happenings and sales that go on weekly.

Do you need some more fun? We have a monthly challenge going on right now at One Sweet Challenge. Our theme is “Ringing in Spring.” Sweet Pea’s Designers have created some amazing little pieces of art. I hope you join us.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Aletha Jane

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

One Sweet Challenge Ringing in Spring


It's time for a new monthly challenge at Sweet Pea Stamp's One Sweet Challenge. It’s perfect to get you in the mood for spring. This month’s challenge and theme are “Ringing in Spring.” This might help take away some of the blues for the places that are still getting snow.

For my project I decided to use the rubber stamp Rose Fairy 2. This beautiful stamp was designed by Mitzi Sato-Wuiff for Sweet Pea Stamps. I hope that it speaks the colors of spring. I do want to apologize for my purples not matching. In “real life” all purples are perfect. This is my camera’s fault!


I have colored Rose Fairy with Copics, trimmed, then layered with Stampin’ Up!’s Elegant Eggplant and Old Olive cardstocks. I did get adventurous with this little piece of art. My designer paper is from my stash, I think it might be Kaiser Craft.

Copics used:
Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, and R20
Leaves: G40, 82, 94, 99, and V12
Roses: V09, 12, 15, 17


I decided to use a Sizzix die, 3-D flowers, to make my own roses. I got the inspiration from one of my Sweet Pea teammates, Milo. She has just the right touch with all of her embellishments and her “shabby chic” style. After rolling the roses, I added some DecoArt Gesso to the edges. They still needed some help so I added some flat-backed pearls to the centers. I also seem to collect a lot of laser cut shaped chipboard that I plan on using in some mixed-media work. My Eureka moment was “Why not use them on cards.” These pieces are from Blue Fern and FabScraps from Amazon.com. Before gluing down the pieces I added some Viva Décor Violet 3-D Stamp Paint.  I do like how everything turned out.


I hope that you join us for Sweet Pea’s One Sweet Challenge. If you use a Sweet Pea Stamps image, you will receive a $10 gift card to the online store. If you win, and you do not use a Sweet Pea image, you will receive a $5 gift card to the store. Why wouldn’t you use a Sweet Pea digital image or rubber stamp?

I would like to invite you to join us at our Sweet Pea Stamps Facebook group. We have a weekly contest for your chance to win more beautiful Sweet Pea images. Come “like” our page so you can receive all the updates on Sweet Pea happenings.

Thanks for stopping by. If you have any questions, please contact me.
Aletha Jane

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