Wish Big!

Hi and welcome to my blog . I want to show you a winter birthday card that will be great for the guys!

I made the background by dropping a few drops of white and green acrylic paint onto some blue card stock. I then laid another piece of blue card stock over the first one, pulled them apart and I got the look of mountains! I stamped the Just For Fun Polar Bear Sketch stamp, added white sparkle flocking, fussy cut him and adhered him to the card. Lastly I stamped Wish Big on the background. The saying is from the Sentiments 1 unmounted sheet.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope that you will join in our challenge here. We would love to see your wonderful creations! The theme for the challenge is to use blue and silver.

Have a wonderful day!

Challenges entered: 2 Crafty Critter Crazies #22

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes #368 - #369

Warming Up!

Hi and welcome to my blog. I hope that you are enjoying the Christmas season. It has been unusually cold here in the South for this time of year. I made a card with this cute little mousie warming IN a cup of cocoa! LOL! I have been enjoying my cups of cocoa lately.

I used the Gina Marie dotted die for the background and cut it using metallic blue card stock. I stamped the image, colored it with alcohol markers and fussy cut it. I used the stem of a flower die for the "steam" in the cup. The white bottom portion of the card was run through a snowflake die. The greenery is a Gina Marie die cut from green card stock. I splattered white acrylic paint over the greenery and cup for snow. I made "marshmallows" using 4 pop dots and adding white sparkle flocking to them. You can see one marshmallow in the cup and 3 on the greenery.

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

Challenges entered:

House Mouse and Friends:  Anything Goes - Option Something Warm

                         2 crafty Critter Crazies:  Anything Goes #21
                         Tuesday Throwndown: Anything Goes #420

Feel Better Soon

Hi! I hope you are doing well and haven't caught the flu bug. I made a get well card because it seems like the flu is really bad this year. I followed the challenge theme at Just For Fun for this month and used one of their many silhouette stamps. This one is called Favorite Spot. Speaking of a favorite spot, my three cats love looking out the window too. Sometimes all three are in the same window IF they are feeling tolerant of each other at the time! LOL! I have several bird feeders they like to watch.

I stamped the image on blue inked card stock, fussy cut it and added it to patterned paper. I used some lighter brown flocking on the cat. The saying is from the Sentiments 1 unmounted sheet.

I hope you will join the Just For Fun challenge this month. We would love to see your wonderful creations. You might even win a gift certificate to the store.

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

Altered Dies #8

Hi Everyone! I hope you are enjoying your day. I am back with another altered die card. I altered two dies for this card to make a boat, clouds and waves.

For the boat I started with the Spellbinders labels 9 die and cut from wood grain patterned paper.

I cut the die in half to make my boat.

Next I used the Spellbinders Labels 20 die and cut from navy polka dot patterned paper.

I also cut these in half to make the waves. As I layered these on the card, some hung over the edges. I cut off the edges and used the left overs for clouds.

To make the waves and clouds stand out more, I inked the edges with Distress Faded Jeans ink. I also used Memento Rich Cocoa ink on the edges of the boat. These cute cats from Sparkle N Sprinkle fit perfectly in my boat! I used Elephant Gray and Amber Wheat flocking on the cats' spots. Sparkle N Sprinkle Brown Fizz embossing powder was used on the decorative border on the boat.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed the altered die card today. I trust your day will be a wonderful one!

Challenge entered:

Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything Goes With Embossing Powder/Loose Glitter/Flocking

Sparkle N Sprinkle Sketch Challenge

Hi Everyone! Another month has flown by and it is time for a new sketch challenge at Sparkle N Sprinkle! The sketch is actually a picture inspiration. Aren't these warm, beautiful colors?



 Color swatch courtesy of Design Seeds®.

For my card for the challenge I used these cute cats from the Cats stamp set 231.  I have had my two cats for about a year and a half now and they keep me entertained with their lively antics. I never knew cats could be such fun. I used Sparkling Sands Sparkle N Soft for the cats' fur. At least they won't be shedding like my cats are here at home! LOL! You can click here to see instructions on how I made this card.

 I have been enjoying seeing all the wonderful creations that everyone has been making for the challenges so far! Join us to have a chance of winning a stamp set of your choice. Also if you use a Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp or digi, you will receive a free digital stamp!

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

Technique Tuesday -- Glue Stick Resist

Hi Everyone! Happy Easter! I hope you will have a nice one. It is Technique Tuesday at Sparkle N Sprinkle again! I want to show you an easy background technique today.

Supplies needed:

1. glue stick -- purple
2. background stamp ( I used Spring Branch Background 3162-399R )
3. white card stock
4. tissue or paper towel
5. heat tool
6. 2-3 colors of ink that go together -- I used a dark and light blue
7. sponges

Take the glue stick and rub it lightly over the background stamp several times. I found that the glue sticks that are purple and then turn white when they dry are the best. They seem oilier and glide over the stamp better without leaving a lot of clumps. There is an added plus that you can see that you have covered the whole stamp too!

Now stamp the glued background onto your white card stock.

Next use a heat tool to dry the glue. This is important or you will end up with a goopy mess!

After the purple color has disappeared showing that the glue is dry, start sponging on color over the background. I started with light blue.

I then went with a darker blue for contrast in my "sky".

Take your tissue or paper towel and rub over the inked card stock and the glue will rub off leaving the pretty white image of the background.

Here is another background I made using kraft colored card stock and various brown inks.

I hope you enjoyed today's technique. Thanks so much for stopping by.  Have a wonderful day and Easter!

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

1. Spring Branch Background 3162-399R
2. 3 Peeps 3439-426C
3. Peepin' Chick 3438-426B
4. Got Carrots 3440-426K
5. Easter Borders 3434-426G
6. Sun Dazzle Sparkle N Soft SS112
7. Twinkling Clouds Sparkle N Soft  SS107

Technique Tuesday -- Diamond Pop Out Fold

Hi Everyone! Welcome back to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Technique Tuesday! I hope you are having a good day. I have had a wonderful weekend! I went on a stamping retreat for four days with Marie ( one of our SNS designers ) and other stamping pals! We stamped, played games, ate and had a great time. We even had a surprise snowstorm for a couple of hours. It was beautiful seeing the snow come down.

Today I am showing how to make a diamond pop out card. This card is fun for all ages. I decided to make mine a male card.

Supplies:

1. patterned paper or plain to stamp or decorate
2. score pad
3. embellishments ( optional )
4. saying stamp

I made a 5 "x 5"  card base. If you are making a card this size then cut your patterned paper 6" x 6".

You will need to score down the middle of this at 3 inches. Turn and score down the middle again at 3 inches and then score one diagonal as shown.

Next fold it up like this. This is hard to explain, but hopefully you can see the idea by the picture.

Adhere the top and bottom flaps inside the card like this.  Stamp saying and embellish.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day!

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

1. 1914 Chevy Royal Mail Roadster 1335-285E
2. Classic Birthday 1353-285B
3. Amber Wheat Flocking FL116
4. Black embossing powder EP170