Just Beachy

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. I have made several projects with a beach theme lately. I must have the beach on my brain! I went to the beach in June and I guess I need some more time at the seashore. I made a beach themed tag this time using 2 techniques that Tim Holtz showed on his blog.

I stamped several seashells and fish on the background with Faded Jeans Distress ink. The die is Cattails from Spellbinders. The die cut from tag board is a Cheery Lynn die. I added centers to the tag board using the same die and cut from shimmer sheets, cream handmade paper and brown mulberry paper. At the bottom I added Mudd Puddles mini shells  and Champagne glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2016 - August

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Summer Fun

Joy Faith Hope

Hi and welcome to my blog! I hope you are having a wonderful day. I want to show you a tag I made following a few of Tim Holtz's techniques. You can see them by clicking here. For the tree I used an embossing folder, brayered flesh colored acrylic ink over the raised areas, and applied Tim Holtz Walnut stain over the top. I wiped off the excess stain and the paint acted as a resist. I tore around the knot in the tree and added it to the tag.

I used one of the butterfly dies from Tim Holtz's Butterfly Duo dies. I did not have the grout so I used some white matte embossing paste on the butterfly. I then glued on the paper mosaic pieces and used Diamond Glaze over them so that they would look like tiles. I then sponged Gathered Twigs Distress ink in the "grout" spaces. Here is a close up of the butterfly.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Butterfly Beauty

Tim Holtz:  Tags of 2016 - April

Thanks Tag

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are having a good day. I can't believe it is already November. It doesn't even feel like November here. It has been feeling a lot like Spring along with the rain too! I want to show you a Fall tag I made using some fun techniques. For the background I stamped a basket weave background stamp using tan acrylic paint. After it dried I applied Walnut Distress stain over it. Next I spritzed some water over it to lighten the center to give it a more distressed look. I also did a little stamping on the edges of the tag.

I wanted to use gold foil around the edges of my tag, but among ALL the colors of foil I had I did not have gold! LOL! So I used a glue stick on the edges and applied some gold leaf instead.

The pumpkins were stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress markers and a water brush. I fussy cut them to add to the tag. I swiped colors of  Distress inks on my craft pad, spritzed with water and swiped my card stock through the inks and let it dry. I then punched out the leaves to add to the tag. I used a thick cream color embossing powder on the fancy label and stamped Thanks on it.

Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Love to Create Challenge #23:  Anything Mixed Media/Creative

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Thanks/Thanksgiving

Tim Holtz :  12 Tags of 2015 -- November

Boo to You!

Hi Everyone! It is a beautiful, cool Fall day here today. A perfect day to show you the Halloween tag I made for Tim Holt's October tag challenge!  I bought these cute little birds awhile back and had not found the perfect time to use them until now. I had so much fun making this tag. You can view Tim's demo here.

For the background I used Tim Holtz's spider web mask and spread white matte paste over it to give dimension. I then sprayed over it using yellow, orange and purple colors. 

The letters were aqua glittered so I altered them by using an orange Sharpie marker to color over them.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Challenges entered:

Crafting With Dragonflies: Anything Goes

Divas By Designs:  Spooky Creations

Scrapper's Delights:  Anything Goes

Tim Holtz:  12 Tags of 2014 -  October

Planting Season

Hi Everyone! It is a beautiful day here. I made this card with Impression Obsession stamps (listed below) that remind me that I need to go buy plants for my pots real soon! My pansies are still looking great, but I know they won't last too long as it heats up here. This is also a Mother's Day card for my MIL. For many years we would go to her house on Mother's Day and help her plant flowers in her big flower box on the patio and by the side of her house. She is now in the hospital and will be going to a nursing home soon. We will have good memories of all the beautiful flowers that were blooming at her house each year.

I went outside my box and made this card using a large die to create a different shape.  I fussy cut the flowers, added Flower Soft to the leaves, added glitter to the flowers and pop dotted one of the flower bunches over the others. The background was made by using two large background stamps, paisley and crackle, than stamping the large flourish in the corner. The butterfly is from Cheery Lynn.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful day.

Impression Obsession stamps used:

Garden Pots  090913

Petit Tussie  090913

Flourish 1  F5549

Cover  A Card Crackle  CC048

Cover A Card Lg. Paisley  CC039

Challenges entered:

Cheery Lynn:  Mother's Day

Carft-Dee Bowz:  Anything Goes With a Handmade Bow

Impression Obsession:  Outside of the Box

Simon Says Monday Challenge:  Big Stamp

Through the Craft Room Door:  Anything Goes

Tags of 2014 -- January

Hi Everyone! Happy New Year! I hope your year is filled with good things. I want to share with you the New Year's tag I made for Tim Holtz's January 2014 Tag challenge. I had a lot of fun with this. I did not have a pocket watch die, so I used several Spellbinders dies to create my own. I have been hoarding these Idea-ology gear embellishments for awhile, I must have about 5 packs of these, so I was glad to be able to use them on this tag. LOL! The stencil I used is Tim Holtz's Clock Works.You can see Tim's demo here.

Here is a closer view.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you have a wonderful and blessed day!

Challenges entered

Tim Holtz -- 12 Tags of 2014 -- January
7 Kids College Fund -- Anything Goes
Art Impressions -- Use Something From Your Stash
Crafty Calendar Challenge -- Let's Celebrate
Our Creative Corner -- No More Shopping Sins
Pumpkin Spice -- 2014
Mark's Finest Paper -- Use a Stencil
Suzy Bee's -- Anything Goes
Sweet Pea Stampers -- Anything Goes

Falling Leaves

Hi Everyone! If you have been following my blog this week you have seen that I have been on a Fall streak lately. Here is another card that I made using some new "toys" that I bought at a stamp convention this past weekend. I used Distress stains on the cut out leaves, Distress markers on the houses and Diamond Glaze on the windows.

Here is a close up of the windows. You can see some shine on the three windows at the bottom.

Thanks for stopping by again. I hope you have a great day!

Challenges entered:  

Joan's Gardens:  fall colors, birds, leaves

Funky N Fab : Leaves

Technique Tuesday -- White Wash

Hi Everyone! Welcome again to Sparkle N Sprinkle's Technique Tuesday. Thanks for all of you who joined in the Hoot of a Prize Contest. It was a lot of fun and congratulations to Karen who won! Today I will be showing a technique called White Wash. It really looks good on kraft card stock.

Supplies needed:

1. kraft card stock
2. Belgian Cream embossing powder  EP436
3. Blossoms stamp set 429
4. Distress inks
5. water brush
6. white ink stain
7. heat tool
8. Versa Mark ink pad
9. craft sheet

Stamp blossoms randomly on kraft card stock using Versa Mark ink.

Add embossing powder and heat set.

Take white ink stain and pat on a craft sheet. Use a water brush to paint in the blossoms. Let dry.

Swipe Distress ink colors on craft sheet, pick up color with water brush and paint over the white flowers.

Now you have color to show up on the kraft card stock. I hope you have fun playing with this technique this month. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great day!

April

Other Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

Pretty Princess glitter G1109