Happy Wednesday Stampers!!

I have a class designed for you to make this beautiful gift trio for a special someone in your life.  You will leave with a hand decorated vase, a coordinated gift box to fill and a card.   You will be one of the first to use a new stamp set named Thoughtful Frames. This class is full of different techniques one of which is learning to dye your own ribbon with Copic Various Inks.

The class will be at the Sparkle N Sprinkle Shoppe on Thursday, June 30, at 1:30 and 6:30, the cost is $15.00.  Reserve your seat today by calling 1-888-901-9173 or email margaret@sparklensprinkle.com

Look forward to seeing you in class:)

Jill

Hi Scrappers and Stampers,

We finally have the Spellbinders Rose Creations Dies in the store!!!

And as you can see from the cards that I have created I love the new Crystallized Sugar Technique with the dies (you can view a video here).  After I cut out the petals and  covered them with the glitter and let them dry I used a bone folder to shape the leaves before I glued the individual layers together.  The glue and glitter gives a nice stiffness to the petals and they hold there shape very well and don’t flatten out over time.

You can view the directions to this card here.

You can view the directions to my second card here.

On this last card you can see that I didn’t use all the sizes of petals only 3 of the sizes.  The directions to this card are here.

Day 4 of our reveal was hinted at yesterday…did you figure out the other two products included on the card??  Well, one of them is our new Design Adhesives!  They are TOTALLY AWESOME!!!!  The work with Glitter, Embossing Powder, Flocking and Sparkle N Soft!  They are strips of designed double adhesive, you just peel off the back, lay it down on your cardstock and rub with your finger, then lift if off and cover with your choice of powders!  You can do all one color, or add some different colors.  Take a look at what Brenda did here, she used embossing powders.

And take a look at DeeDee’s card with glitters.

We have 5 designs now, but hope to add more…so go check them out here.  They are even on sale!!!

Classes:

Have you checked out the classes online here.  We have a great class coming up next week on Medallions.   Sandy will be teaching this class and the cards are just beautiful…take a peek.

Make sure you sign up soon so you don’t miss this opportunity.

Leave us some sugar in the comments to be in the basket for the Blog Candy Drawing on January 15!!  Stay tuned for more great products tomorrow!!!

Happy Stamping,

Jill

I had fun playing with Mandy and Becca today!!  That’s what these girls got named by you, and I just love them!  They are so cute and fun to play with.  I made a set of 3 cards.  I stamped them all with Memento Ink and colored with Copics.  Used Nestibilities to cut them out, and used a stack of pattern paper to coordinate them all.  They are all different, but go together nice for a gift set of cards.

Thanks for stopping by today:)

Happy Stamping,

Jill

I hope that you all have played with your glitter this week…I know it’s messy, but it’s soooo fun and sparkly!!  And if you need a quick cleanup just remember to use a Swiffer cloth and it cleans up your work space real quick.

For my last focus on glitter this week I wanted to share with you a card I made with a metal stencil.  When we were at CHA this summer Dreamweaver was gracious enough to give us a couple of their stencils and they are beautiful!!  I used these sunflowers and placed the stencil on a piece of Sticker Paper cut slightly larger than the stencil, then using the Sprinkle Spoons started in the centers of the flowers with Bronze Splendor glitter, gently tapping the glitter in just the center.  Then leaving the Bronze Splendor where it is adding to it Autumn Medley Glitter around the center, then finishing off the flower with Sunset Glitter.  Then I gently and carefully used my finger and pressed all the glitter in and filled the gaps.  Then leaving the glitter on the stencil I moved on to the leaves, I first put down some Parisan Mist, then Meadow Spark and gently used my finger to press that glitter in.  Then when you are done, dump off the glitter and use a Chubby Brush to brush all the excess off.  The next step is to take the Sticker Paper off the stencil (Not the Stencil off the Sticker Paper).  After you removed the paper I covered the entire piece with Interference Green glitter, then just trim and mount on a piece of cardstock.  I just love the way it came out…it is soooo stunning!  The sentiment was then embossed with Bullfrog Embossing Powder.

Now it’s your turn….why not incorporate glitter into a card this weekend for a special someone…and make their day sparkle!

Happy Stamping,

Jill

WOW!!  We’ve had sooo many wonderful names, it is going to be so difficult to pick just two!!  If you haven’t put in your suggestions for names make sure to do it today!!  Saturday is you last day to enter!  We will post a winner on Monday, so be sure to watch for the winning names:)

Here is a card that Brenda made with the cutie’s.  You can find all the directions here.

Happy Stamping,

Jill

Congratulations to Susan Shaw!! She is the winner for Day 1, she gets her choice of the 5 stamp sets being featured.  Susan, please contact us for your stamps:)

For day 2 we are featuring the Floating Fairy and her Fairy Dust.  I just adore the fairy images and Kathy,  did an excellent job embellishing this card with lots of glitter (the fairy dust)!  And that little bottle of Fairy Dust!!  How cute is that!?

Make sure to leave a comment here and on the other blogs to be entered in the drawing:)

Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog – you’re here!

Jill – Stampinhands

Julie – Just Write Designs

Eleanor – Stamping in Virginia

Barbara – art & soul creations

Happy Stamping and Good Luck:)

This drop jaw, gorgeous card using My Rose Garden from Julie W.  is amazing to say the least!  She always amazes me with her talent!  Here is what she says about her card.

I stamped and white embossed the rose image multiple times on water color paper, masking where needed. I wet the entire background and floated in reinker colors.

I used darker colors on the two extra roses I embossed on a separate piece of watercolor paper, and cut these two out. I partially cut some of the petals and layered this on top of the other image with foam tape for a little lift.

The greeting was stamped w/ the pine ink and the lower edge punched. I added a trimmed off strip as the horizontal band and a faux brad.

This card and it’s stunning directions can be found here.

Happy Stamping,

Wow, look what Julie Z. has to share with us today a flower pot card!  What a beautiful way to send your friend a bouquet of spring flowers!  I think the way she used the Squiggles stamp on the leaves is very creative! And look at the pearls in the center of the flowers…so sweet! She used the beautiful shimmery Cosmic Embossing Powders on those flowers and I’m sure in person they really shimmer.  The colors she picked are semi-transparent so they allow for the color of the card stock to show through, and it just deepens the look of the flower.  You can find all the details of how to make this card here.
Make a bouquet of flowers to send to a friend today, to let them know you are thinking of them!

Happy Stamping,