Celebrating Summer Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Celebrating Summer blog hop! If you hopped here by way of the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog then you are in the right place. If not, you might want to start at the beginning to be eligible for FIVE great prizes! The hop runs from Thursday, May 17 through Friday, May 18. Winners will be announced on the SNS blog on Saturday, May 19.

Summer is just around the corner. What fun to relax by the sea and enjoy a good book like Dani here.  She looks so comfortable in her hammock.  Life sure is sweet!

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

1. Dani Reading 3112-393H
2. Palm Hammock 3594-456H
3. Flip Flops 3591-456A
4. Life is Sweet 3107-392A
5. Florida Beach Glitter G1111

What more could one ask for than to have a yummy strawberry swirl ice cream cone after a warm day at the
beach? What a great end to a beautiful day!

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

1. Ice Cream Cone 2051-374C
2. Treat Yourself 2052-374A
3. Waterscape Glitter G1108

Please make sure you leave a comment on each blog to be eligible for the prizes. Thanks for stopping by.
Now hop on over to the talented Marie's blog for some wonderful eye candy!

Sparkle N Sprinkle New Releases

Sparkle N Sprinkle has just released some wonderful new stamp sets! You can see them by clicking here. I had fun making cards with two of the sets. On the first two cards I used stamps from the Sew Fabulous set.  For you sewers out there, you will love this set for sure!

For this card I also followed the sketch challenge for this month. It is not too late to join the challenge to be able to win a stamp set of your choice!

                                                       

I used the Zendoodle  Rainbow Stampet set on my last card.

I hope you have enjoyed seeing these new sets. Thanks for stopping by. Enjoy your day!

Technique Tuesday -- Hand Sanitizer

Today for the Sparkle N Sprinkle technique Tuesday I am showing how to use hand sanitizer to make a fun "water" scene on a card.  These type of cards are fun for all ages!  I hope you have fun with this today.

Supplies:

1. hand sanitizer or hair gel
2. small zip lock bag
3. glitter or mica chips
4. aqua or light blue alcohol ink or re-inker
5. die cut for window -- I used an oval Nestibilities die
6. white cardstock
7. patterned paper
8. contrasting cardstock

Take the small bag and squirt about a third of a travel size bottle of hand sanitizer into it and seal. You can also use hair gel.

Some hand sanitizers and hair gels come in colors, but I only had clear so I added a few drops of aqua alcohol ink. I wanted the color to be light so that my image would show up better.  I also added some blue/purple mica chips to it . Glitter would work well too.

On white cardstock stamp your image in the middle and color. Then adhere the bag over the image using Tear-ific Tape.

Adhere patterned paper onto white cardstock and cut window using the die.

Using the oval dies, cut a frame from the contrasting color cardstock to place around the window.

Pop dot this layer over the image and embellish. Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed the technique today. Please stop by next week for a glittery technique!

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle supplies used:

1. Elwood stamp
2. Tear-ific Tape
3. Blue Jewel glitter
4. Waterscape glitter

Happy Mother's Day

I want to wish all you mothers a very Happy and blessed Mother's Day! Enjoy your day.

Technique Tuesday -- Crayon Resist and More

Welcome back to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Technique Tuesday again! I have a stamping friend who uses crayons quite a bit to color stamp images. I am amazed at how well the images look.  After seeing these images I decided I would try some myself and I actually like the look. So today we are going back to our childhood and color with crayons!

I started coloring the image first with a white crayon to give it a soft palette  so that the colors would blend a little better.  Then I started with my lighter colors first on top of the white.

I then went over the lighter colors with my darker colors to shade some areas.

After I was finished shading with the darker crayons, I went over all of it again with the white crayon to blend it some more.  Here is the finished image.

I think it turned out quite well!  Now on to the crayon resist.

Supplies:

1. brayer
2. multi-colored ink pad
3. any color of crayon
4. dragonfly stamp
5. white glossy cardstock
6. permanent black ink pad

Stamp dragonfly several times on the glossy cardstock using permanent black ink.

Take any color crayon and color in and outline some areas of the dragonflies.

Brayer over the piece of glossy cardstock using a multi-colored ink pad.  I used a pad that had variations of blues and purples.

Now wipe off any wax left from the crayon.

So, break out those crayons or borrow from your kids or grand kids and give this a try! LOL! Have fun!

April

Sparkle N Sprinkle Supplies used:

1. Bird of Paradise stamp
2. Dragonfly stamp

Joan's Gardens Challenge

I made this card for the Joan's Garden challenge. The theme is vintage using tan and olive with a pop of color and feathers. I haven't used this vintage lady in a long time, so it was nice using this stamp again. Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend.

Kaleidoscope of Color

I really enjoyed making this card for the Simon Says challenge -- Kaleidoscope of Color. I had forgotten about this technique until reminded about it last week. What a fun way to have a color splash on your card. I dropped a few drops of alcohol inks on glossy cardstock and used the compressed air in a can and gave it a few squirts to move the colors around. You can see where the colors have fanned out. This is such an easy technique that gives a pop to your card! Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!