Oldies Technique #16 -- Gold Leaf

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am sharing another Oldies technique today. I have not used this product in ages but it is so pretty! I need to use it more! Gold Leaf is gold that has been pounded into a very thin sheet. You can purchase gold leaf flakes from various stamp companies. I have also seen it at Hobby Lobby and Michael's. I will be using these flakes on my cards today. I will be showing 2 different ways to use gold leaf on your cards.

For the first method you will need these supplies:

gold leaf flakes

double sided sticky paper

die ( I used Spellbinder's Fantastic Flourish 2 )

stiff brush

card stock ( I used cream)

paper to catch left over flakes

Use the die to cut from the double sided sticky paper. Peel off the back layer and adhere it to your card.

Peel off the top layer and start adding on the gold leaf flakes.

Pat down the gold leaf flakes and burnish with your fingers until all the flakes are flat.

Now take the stiff brush and brush over the image to get any other small gold leaf pieces off.

Here is the finished piece! I love the variegated  colors and shine.

I cut a small piece of double sided sticky paper and added more gold leaf flakes to it and added this piece behind a die cut window to look like stained glass.

Here is the second method. 

Supplies you will need:

gold leaf flakes

glue stamp pad ( I used the glue pad from Tsukineko )

stamp

card stock ( I used dark brown )

stiff brush

Gold leaf shows up so nicely on dark card stock, so on this card I used dark brown. Stamp your image using the glue ink pad and stamp onto the dark card stock. Make sure you wash off your stamp quickly.

Sprinkle the gold leaf flakes over the image pat, burnish and brush as was shown above!

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful and blessed day!

  Dies used:  

First card:

Fantastic Flourish -- Spellbinders

Stained Glass Vitrail -- Spellbinders

Bird die from Sizzix I Love You Stamp set

Second card:

Beaded Oval -- Spellbinders

Challenges entered:

Artistic Stamper:  Things With Wings

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards:  Fancy and Feminine

Crafting From the Heart:  Anything Goes #75

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes/ die

We Love 2 Create:  Anything Goes #18

Still Thinking of Spring

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good day. Awhile back I showed a card that had the title "Thinking of Spring", well I am still thinking of Spring! I want to show you a card I made with Sparkle N Sprinkle's new stamp set Iris Garden 687. When I taught school some of my children would bring me irises in the Spring. They smelled so good sitting on my desk.

I used the Die-Versions Gents Background die on a Super Adhesive sheet and then added Lacy Lilac glitter G1033 to it for the background. I loved using the Spellbinders Gold Majesty Circle die that I pop dotted in the center. I colored the irises using colored pencils and Gamsol and added Sparkling Snow glitter G1003 to them for dew drops. 

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

April

Challenges entered:

Scrapy Land:  Anything Goes
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: All Things bright and Beautiful

Isn't She Lovely

Hi! I hope you are having a good day. I want to share a card I made using a new released Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp set called Sparkle Silhouette 621. Isn't she lovely?

I glittered her up using Cerulean Star embossing powder EP433 and I also used the same embossing powder in the die cut out areas and around the edges of the card. I just love this color!

I also sponged green ink on the raised embossed areas on the patterned paper. The flowers had yellow centers, so I used transparent Waterscape glitter G1108 to sparkle them up a bit.  For full instructions on how to make this card, please click here.

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

April

Walking in the Rain

Hi Everyone!  I trust you had a wonderful Mother's Day either with your mother or having a nice time with your own family.  It is still Spring and we are seeing those thunderstorms popping up here and there. We were traveling this weekend and came through some very heavy downpours. I want to share a card I made with a recent Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp set called April Showers 555. This is an appropriate stamp set for this time of year. These two are having a fun time walking in the rain.

  

Cloud Nine Velvet glitter GM2000 was used on the white frame. I cut the frame from a Super Adhesive sheet, peeled off the top layer and added the glitter. I colored the puddle and raindrops,  used Brushable glue and added the glitter to them also.   

                                    For full instructions on how to make this card please click here.

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

                                                                                                   April

April Showers

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's April 1 Reveal

    

April Fools! Have you tricked anyone yet today? And can you believe it is my birthday? I am not fooling! I have always asked my mom "why did you have to choose that day?" LOL!  Anyway I chose to use the new April Showers set to make my card. This set is perfect to use for the month of April of course! I love the look of paper piecing, so I paper pieced the umbrellas.

I used Gypsy red velvet glitter GM2005 on the frame, coats and bottom border and Blue Jewel glitter G1113 was used on the raindrops.

Here is the card opened. For the full instructions how to make this card you can click here.

This month 5 new stamp sets are being introduced. Until April 3, the sets are 20% off their regular price. The April Showers stamp set is available on Cling Mounted Rubber, as a digital image, and is also included in Jazzy Jill's Technique Video for the month.

April Showers #555P7
*NEW* also available as digital image here.

Ellie the Elephant #553P7

Diamond Medallion #530P7
*NEW* also available as digital image here.

Flamingo Bay #512P6
*NEW* also available as digital image here.

Crackle Background #609P5

On April 3 five winners will be selected from the comments left on the designers' blogs listed below. Each winner will receive a new stamp set, and the choice of one embossing powder and glitter to go with their new set. 

The new SNS Creative Challenges also begins today, with lots of prizes and recognition badges. This month, if you use a Sparkle N Sprinkle image in your Challenge project, not only will you become a Featured Artist, but your name will be entered in a separate drawing for 3 Ultra Fine Glitters and/or Embossing Powders.

The winners of the blog hop will be announced on April 3 on Facebook, the SNS blog, and on our blogs:


Anne Temple
Anita Scroggins
Steff Munnings - new designer!
Donna Ellis

Shona Erlenborn
Eret Pank
Mayra Hernandez
Emmy van den Heuvel
Belinda Shupe
Marie Berquist
April Williams  (ME)
Jazzy Jill

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day AND watch out for all those tricksters today!

Holiday Wishes

Hi Everyone and welcome to my blog. I know you are gearing up for Christmas. I hope you will take some time to relax and enjoy the many wonders of this blessed season.

Here is a tag I made for Tim Holt's 12 Tags of 2013 ( Dec.) challenge. I love the frosted film that he used. You can see Tim's demo here. I do not have any of frosted film, but it is certainly on my wish list! I made a version of this of my own. .

I laid acetate on top of a Super Adhesive sheet from Sparkle N Sprinkle that had one side peeled off. I then cut out the flower shapes using the Tattered Flowers sizzix die. Transparent Sparkle glitter form Sparkle N Sprinkle was used on the back side after the protective sheet was removed. This gave the acetate a frosted look. I then sponged on permanent ink colors to the front of the flowers and leaves.

I used a stipple brush to pounce Versa Mark ink over the flower and tag and then added Sparkle N Sprinkle Belgian Cream embossing powder over it to look like snow.

On the swirl I used the new Green Marbled Christmas embossing powder also from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

Once again, thanks for stopping by. I hope your day is great!

Challenges entered:

12 tags of 2013 -- December

ALBC -- Christmas Cheer

Craft My Life -- Anything But a Card

Craftin Desert Divas -- Tags

Creative Creations -- #24 Make Your own Flowers

Dream Valley -- Anything But a Card

Feeling Crafty -- Christmas

Simon Says -- With a Flourish

Beautiful Geraniums

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's December 1 Reveal.

This month we are bringing you a pretty new stamp set by artist Beccy Muir with FIVE chances to win

the first chance is in our "Beautiful Geraniums" Release Contest
 and
four more chances with the SNS monthly challenge where the monthly theme is always "Anything Goes with Glitter, Embossing Powder and/or Flocking."

The Geranium stamp set is available on line or is included in Jazzy Jill's Technique Video for the month.

I thought our new marbled embossing powder, Bahama Mama EP439 would look great on these geraniums. I love how the embossing powder gave a variegated effect to the flowers.

I used Cloud Nine glitter GM2000 around the edges behind the frame.

For instructions on how I made my card, please click here.

The Geraniums stamp set, one glitter and one EP will be awarded to one commenter.
To win, just come to our Mystery Designer Party!

How the Mystery Party works:

On one of the participating blogs below, a Commenter will be selected to receive the prize. 

No one knows who the Mystery Designer is, so you may wish to visit each blog to leave a comment.

The winner will be announced on December 3 on Facebook, the SNS blog, and on our blogs:

Shona Erlenborn

Eret Pank

Marie Berquist

April Williams   ( ME )

Anne Temple

Belinda Shupe

Emmy van den Heuvel

Mayra Duran-Hernandez

Donna Ellis
Jazzy Jill's Video Technique Kit

The beautiful Geraniums set is available at 20% off 

as part of our December specials. 

Just use the code DEC20 in the COMMENTS SECTION 

when checking out in the SNS on-line store 

to receive this brand new set at 20% off.

Promotion valid through December 3.(sorry, credit card customers only. Total will be manually adjusted. Or phone the SNS shoppe and ask them to manually adjust the charge on the phone for you).

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful day and good luck in the draw!

Technique Tuesday -- Glitter Puzzle

Hello and welcome once again to Technique Tuesday at Sparkle N Sprinkle. I hope you are finally able to enjoy some springtime weather. We have had some lovely days here. I just had to use the new Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp set - Bird Song - on my card today. All the birds remind me of  Spring and birds are my favorite! I hope you enjoy my glittery technique this week.

Supplies needed:

1. Sticky Paper
2. die shape ( I used Spellbinders Labels 18 )
3. acetate
4. various colors of glitter ( I used Fascination, Blue Jewel, Shamrock and Autumn Medley )
5. exacto knife
6. cutting pad
7. Staz On Jet Black ink pad

Cut your shape out of sticky paper using the die.

Place the shape on a cutting pad.  I used a lid from a small ink pad for the sun. With an exacto knife cut around the lid a little firmly, but not too hard to cut all the way through the sticky paper.

Next, cut wavy lines from the sun out to the edge of the shape.

Start to peel off layers one at a time to glitter. I started with the top layer.

Now that the shape is glittered, cut the shape again from a piece of acetate.

Stamp the birds onto the acetate using the Staz On ink.

If you have some areas that do not stamp well, you can use a black Sharpie pen to color them in.

It doesn't really matter, but I turned my acetate over to attach it to the glittered shape. I wanted the 2 birds in front of the sun instead of the 3. For some reason it looked better to me. LOL!

If you want you can click here to see a similar method of this technique.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you will give this technique a try. Have a great day!

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle -- My Favorite Technique Blog Hop

Hi Everyone! Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle "My Favorite Technique" Blog Hop. If you have come by way of creative Shanna, then you are in the right place. If not, you might want to start at the beginning at the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog so that you will be eligible for some fun prizes! I just love techniques and when I saw this technique that our very talented designer, Marie, came up with, I knew I had to try it! You can see her instructions here. Basically I poured glitter on a Super Adhesive sheet and then pounced a few light colors of alcohol inks all over the glitter for a shimmery background. Since Easter is right around the corner, I thought I would use this cute little stamp set -- Easter Chicks. These stamps just make me smile. You can click here to see the card instructions.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Please make sure that you leave a comment on each designer's blog. Prizes are hidden in some of the designer's blogs, so don't miss out! Now hop on over to Brigita's blog to see her wonderful creation!