Happy Birthday

Hi Everyone! Who doesn't like birthday's? I just celebrated mine with wonderful friends. It is always fun to share your special day with others. I have made a birthday card using the Penny Black Critter Party stamp set. These are such cute images. I used one of my 6 x 6 pads of paper that had plaids and stripes in it. I thought is was perfect for a fun birthday card. I used Spellbinders Labels 9 dies for the image and border around it and a Spellbinders border from the Butterfly die. Bubblegum glitter from Sparkle N Sprinkle was used on the rose. My Tip for Top Tip Tuesday is this: Layering adds a lot of interest to a card. I certainly did a lot of layering on this one!

Here is the inside of the card.  At Simon Says Stamp they are celebrating their 5th birthday! I hope you all will have many more years to come.

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

Challenges entered:

Joan's Touch:  Plaids, stripes or checks

Penny Black:  Cats & Dogs

Simon Says Stamp: Happy Birthday

Top Tip Tuesday: Cute

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