Kim O'Connell Designs: January 2016

Friday, January 15, 2016

SugarPea Designs Winter Release Sweet Sneak - Day 5

The day we have all been waiting for is finally here! The SugarPea Designs January release will launch tonight! Do you have your shopping list ready? Tonight at 6PM EST will be your chance to be one of the FIRST to get to play with all of the amazing paper crafting goodness that we are offering up this month!!! But while we wait for those hours to tick by we have a little more to share with you today.

If you happened to have missed any of our Sweet Peek Week Introductions click here.

We've made creating beautiful Easter projects a snap. The products we're showcasing today will be perfect for cards, tags and dressing up Easter Baskets.

Today we are introducing Egg-a-licious, the SugarCuts - Egg-a-licious & Funky Wreath - Spring!

I started by die cutting a a blu circle and 2 green circles with our SugarCuts-Zig Zag Stitched Circles. I cut the green circle and layered them over the blue circleto create my foreground and background.

I die cut 6 eggs using the SugarCuts-Eggalicious and stamped 3 with the patterns from the Egg-a-licious stamp set. I thencut thepatterned agges and layered them over the white egg.

My next card features the new Funky Wreath - Spring!

Now, here's what you need to know! This card is the new Sweet Incentive Stamp set!

The only way to get your hands on this stamp set now is to place and order of $60 (before tax and shipping) and you get it for FREE! Otherwise, you have to wait until it is officially launched in the store inMarch.

You can most certainly pair this with our Funky Wreath - All Seasons or you canuse it all on its own like I did.

I used a die from our new SugarCuts - Stitched Flags to create the sentiment panel.

Egg-a-licious

SugarCuts - Egg-a-licious

Sweet Incentive - Funky Wreath Spring Addition

Place an order* of $60 or more (excluding discounts and shipping) and you will receive Funky Wreath - Spring Addition FREE! Please not that this stamp set will not be available for purchase in the store until our next bi-monthly release in March! That’s right! You will receive a this FREE stamp set a full 2 months in advance of its release in the SugarPea Designs Store!

Would you like to win the Egg-a-licious stamp set? All you need to do is leave a comment on the SugarPea Designs Blog post telling us what your favourite set in the release was this week!

Our team has come up with amazing inspiration for you! So grab a cuppa and join us! Visit each of our designers blogs to leave a comment for another entry to win!

Wendy McDonald-McGaffey

Dana Joy will be doing a LIVE Periscope broadcasts today! She will offer a $20 GC to SPD for followers on her and the SPD Periscope account! Winners will be announced the next scope. Just watch (live or rebroadcast) and follow to be eligible to win!

Thursday, January 14, 2016

SugarPea Designs Winter Release Sweet Peek - Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of the SugarPea Designs Sweet Peeks of the January Release!
Today we are introducing Key to My Heart & SugarCuts - Key to My Heart coordinating die.

My brother and sister-in-law bought a new townhouse at Nordic Village, a vacation resort in Bartlett, NH in the White Mountains. I created this card to congratulate them on their new vacation home! I wanted it to have a warm, rustic feel. I chose some patterned papers from the Carta Bella Cozy & Warm 6x6 paper pad and sponged some Tim Holtz teaddye and walnut stain distress inks around the edges of the panels.

I inked up the key stamp from the Key to my Heart stamp set with VersaMark ink first before inking u up with Tim Holtz walnut stain distress ink. I find that the VersaMark helps the distress ink stamp better. I then went over the stamped key with a clear Wink of Stella glitter marker to give the key some shimmer. I die the key and the little tag using the new SugarCuts - Key to my Heart. I attached the key and tag with twine. and wrapped the heart like package.

SugarCuts - Key To My Heart Coordinating die

Would you like to win the Key to My Heart stamp set? All you need to do is leave a comment on the SugarPea Designs Blog post telling us about the key to YOUR heart! What makes you "swoon"? Chocolates and dinner out? Or is it when someone folds the laundry? We can't wait to hear!

Our team has come up with amazing inspiration for you! So grab a cuppa and join us! Visit each of our designers blogs to leave a comment for another entry to win!

Wendy McDonald-McGaffey

Dana Joy will be doing a LIVE Periscope broadcasts tomorrow! She will offer a $20 GC to SPD for followers on her and the SPD Periscope account! Winners will be announced the next scope. Just watch (live or rebroadcast) and follow to be eligible to win!

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

SugarPea Designs Winter Release Sneek Peek - Day 3

Welcome to Day 3 of our 2016 January Product Release! If you are just joining us, CLICK HERE to start at Day 1 of our Sweet Peek Week. Today we are fast forwarding to Spring and an Easter themed stamp set to show you as well as a versatile new SugarCuts die set!

Introducing

Easter Blessings& SugarCuts - Stitched Flags.

ACK! Don't you love her sweet little face?! I found some gingham paper in my stash for the main panel. I die cut my stamped image and die cut it with the largest die from our SugarCuts - Stitched Flags. I stamped a sentiment from the Easter Blessings stamp set onto a flag that I die cut with the SugarCuts - Stitched Flags die set.

Here's a close up of his sweet little girl and her lamb.

Easter Blessings

SugarCuts - Stitched Flags

Would you like to win the Easter Blessings stamp set? All you need to do is leave a comment on the SugarPea Designs Blog post telling us about an Easter tradition! Do you decorate eggs with your children or celebrate with family? We would love to hear all about your Easter traditions.

Our team has come up with amazing inspiration for you! So grab a cuppa and join us! Visit each of our designers blogs to leave a comment for another entry to win!

Wendy McDonald-McGaffey

Dana Joy will be doing LIVE Periscope broadcasts each day during our SPD Sweet Peeks Release Week! She will offer a $20 GC to SPD for followers on her and the SPD Periscope account! Winners will be announced the next scope. Just watch (live or rebroadcast) and follow to be eligible to win!

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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

SugarPea Designs Winter Release Sneek Peek - Day 2

Welome to Day 2 of the SugarPea Designs Sweet Peeks of the Winter Release! If you are just joining us, CLICK HERE to start at Day 1 of our Sweet Peek Week. As someone who loves spending time up in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, I LOVE the new stamp set and SugarCuts that we are showing off today!

Today we are introducing Timber & Log Cabin Mountainscape.

I chose some patterned papers from the Carta Bella Warm & Cozy 6x6 paper pad. I die cut the rectangular panel using our SugarCuts - Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles and then used a stippling brush and some white pigment ink to create the snowfall,

I used the new SugarCuts - Log Cabin Mountainscape to create the background. I stamped the lumberjack from the new Timber stamp set. I colored him with copics and used a white gel pento to create his plaid shift. I fussy cut him and layered him over the scene. I stamped the sentiment from the Timber stamp set in both red and brown inks.

Would you like to win the Timber stamp set? All you need to is a leave a comment on the SugarPea Designs Blog telling us about your favorite "fella!" It could be your husband, son,

father, uncle, or even a friend! Is he a bit of a "Mountain Man?"

Our team has come up with amazing inspiration for you! So grab a cuppa and join us! Visit each of our designers blogs to leave a comment for another entry to win!

Wendy McDonald-McGaffey

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Monday, January 11, 2016

SugarPea Designs Winter Release Sweet Peek - Day 1

Welcome to Day 1 of the SugarPea Designs Sweet Peeks of the January Product Release! We are going ALL OUT to kick off 2016 with 6 new stamp sets, 6 new SugarCuts die sets AND one new Incentive stamp set!

We're kicking off our sneak peeks with something MANY crafters love......coffee themed stamp sets and dies!

Introducing Ca ffeine Addict, Espresso Yourself, Coffee To Go Cup and Coffee Words.

I had a lot of fun making this card! I started by die cutting the rectangular panel with the SugarCuts - Zig Zag Stitched Rectangles. I stamped it with some script and then sponged on some kraft ink and some Tim Holtz Walnuit stain distress ink. I used our SugarCuts - Zig Zag Stitches Circles to create the fun base for the coffee cup. I die cut the coffe cup using our new SugarCuts - Coffee to Go Cup and stamped the straw and lebel with stamps fromour Caffeine Addict stamp set. I die cut the label with a die from our SugarCuts - Layered Treat Label. The coffee beans were die cut using out SugarCuts - Coffee Words.

I stamped a sentiment from the Espresso Yourself stamp set and die cut the word with the new SugarCuts - Coffee Words.

Would you like to win the Caffeine Addict stamp set? All you need to do is on the SugarPea Designs Blog telling us about your favourite "warm" beverage! It's THAT easy!

Are you feeling a little "Perky?" We hope these new coffee sets will rev you up with fresh and new ideas! Our team has some amazing creative inspiration for you using the products featured here today. So grab a cuppa and join us!

Leave a comment here and on my fellow designers' blogs below for an extra entry to win!