SNS December Sketch

This is my card for this month's sketch challenge over at Sparkle N Sprinkle... I really hope that you will all be inspired to play along with us this month. The sketch is fabulous and leaves for so many awesome ideas...

The sketch challenge can be found here: Sparkle N Sprinkle Sketch Challenge I chose to use one of our newest Digi images from Beccy Muir.  If you haven't checked out her new images, please take the time to stop by and check them out.  You will also notice many new items in the store including embossing folders and Lifestyle Dies...  Check them out. Please check out what the rest of the DT has shared for inspiration and then play along with us. You will have until December 31st to upload your card to the SNS Sketch site. Here are the rules to play along...
 1. Create a new project for the challenge. No back links please. Altered art, ATCs, cards, scrapbook      pages, or any other craft projects are acceptable as long as they adhere to the month’s challenge. You may enter as many projects as you like.
 2. Please use Sparkle N Sprinkle images only.  Rubber images and digi images are all okay to use. IF USING NO STAMPS AT ALL, please use one of our other fine products on your project.
3. Please link to the exact post on your blog - not the home page URL of your blog - using the inlinkz icon at the bottom of the challenge. Be sure to link directly from your blog post back to our Challenge Blog. And that's all there is to it! If using SplitCoastStampers gallery (SCS) please see step 4.
 4. If posting to the SCS gallery - please be sure to include the code that appears on the Challenge page to tag your card to the challenge. Each monthly sketch or challenge will have its own unique code that will appear above the sketch or challenge. Please link the card or project by clicking the inlinkz icon at the bottom of the current challenge page. You’ll be prompted for the next steps. (Remember, please make sure to link directly to your challenge card)
 5. Posting starts at 12:01 a.m. ET on the first day of the month and ends at 8:00 p.m. ET on the last day of the month If you have any questions please email Barbara@sparklensprinkle.com

Blog Hop Winners!!!

Thanks to all the hoppers who participated in our biggest blog hop ever. We hope you enjoyed all the creativity as much as our designers enjoyed creating their beautiful projects.

Below is a list of the winners.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

 Please e-mail me at brenda@sparklensprinkle.com as soon as possible with your full name, address, phone number and prize selections.

 GRAND PRIZE #1 Stamp Set of your choice on cling cushion. TRENA JOHNSON
 GRAND PRIZE #2 Stampette set of your choice on cling cushion ROXIE
 FIRST PLACE TWO Velvet Glitters of your choice CANDY MEYERS
 SECOND PLACE Choice of three small embossing powders or regular glitters (mix and match) TERESA GODINES
 THIRD PLACE Choice of two Glitter TInsels, Flocking or Sparkle N Soft (mix & match) ROSE WILSON
 BONUS WINNER Choice of Three Digital Images CAT 

 Once again, thanks for all your delightful comments! Our next hop will be in January and the theme will be a little different this time around.

 FUN FOLDS!!! 

 Sparkle On! and enjoy the upcoming holidays. The Sparkle Design Team

Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Winter Wonderland Blog Hop! If you hopped here by way of Cheryl Bennett, then you are in the right place. Otherwise, you might like to start from the beginning to become eligible for 6 fabulous prizes (and link back to www.sparklensprinkle.com/blog) Today I am sharing two projects with you. The first one is this great Christmas card which uses our new "Velvet" glitters. They are amazing and you will definitely want to get your hands on them...

I used the quickie glue pen to add glue to my border and then added my glitter. The glitter gives this card such a wonderful sparkling look... I added my row of "candi" to the bottom to finish off my card. I truly hope you enjoy this card as much as I did making it... Second item I would like to share with you today is my Christmas Wreath. I am a big fan of decorating for Christmas. We start the day after Thanksgiving and nothing comes down until the new year.. I wanted to makes something special this year so I tried my hand at a wreath. Can I say I love it...

This was such a fun wreath to make and it looks just adorable hanging on my front door. I wish I could have gotten a better shot of this beauty, but it was so hard.

I hope you have enjoyed my projects for you today. Make sure you leave a comment in the comment box before you head on over to Marie Berquist for your chance to win one of 6 fabulous prizes... Happy Hopping!!!

Shhhh! It's a surprise!

I made a couple cute little treat boxes for a couple fellow Sparkle N Sprinkle DT members. They don't know who they are yet, but soon they will find out... The box is filled with Hershey kisses... I mean who doesn't like some chocolate while crafting... Am I right?

I know it is hard to tell but I used a cute little sunflower template and I added flock to the openings to create this beauty... The sunflower is created entirely from the flocking sold at Sparkle N Sprinkle. It is a great quality and this flower is so soft and fuzzy... I wish you could see the softness and feel the fuzzy via the computer... Unfortunately you can't so please take my word for it... It's soft!!! Thank you so much for stopping by. Please let me know what you think.. Happy Stamping!!!

Lilly Candle

I was making a couple candles the other day and this one came into my head and I went with it. I colored my image with Prisma colored pencils and Gamsol...

I am so happy with the way the coloring turned out and I really like the flower embellishment.. This was so fun and I never think to make candles. I am glad I played around with them again... I hope to make a few more soon... Thank you so much for stopping by today... Stay tuned for this weeks Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog hop starting this Thursday... It's going to be 4 days of wonderful creations from the Design Team so you won't want to miss a single day... Oh and did I mention there would be some fun prizes to win too? :) Happy Stamping!!!

For Fun

My mommy sent me a whole grip of heat and stick rhinestones in various different sizes and I just couldn't wait to play with them so I made a card for fun...

I love how this card came together for me... I chose the DSP and built my card from there... The flowers were made using the Bitty Blossoms dies from Spellbinders. Thank you mom for the awesome package of rhinestones... I am definitely going to need some more of the smallest ones... ;) Thank you so much for stopping by today.. I hope you like my cards today... Happy Stamping!!!

Layered Scallops

This is my card for today's "scallops" challenge... I chose to scallop punch my bottom, scallop layer emboss the punched edge and added a cute ribbon that has some scallops... I hope this counts for the challenge...

I want to say a thank you to a fellow SNS DT member for helping me create this absolutely stunning flower today... Her tutorial is just perfect and you should check it out here at CraftEMarie For my flower, I punched the same flower sizes as Marie and I used white lightweight cardstock. I painted both front and back of each flower with Twinkling H2O's (which I haven't used in YEARS!!!) and let dry. Then I shaped my flowers to give them the dimension I was looking for. Then I crystallized all the flower fronts using the tutorial found at Sparkle N Sprinkle Once they dried again I used my Brushable Glue from Sparkle N Sprinkle to add the new Velvet glitter to the petal edges. Once they dried I put everything together... I LOVE THIS FLOWER!!!!

Day Late and a Dollar Short

It is a true bummer that this card is late and won't be seen by very many people as I think it turned out AMAZING!!! I don't usually feel very good when I finish my cards... It's usually ok, or good enough but today I am super happy with the outcome...

I haven't been playing along in the daily challenges over at splitcoast and I really miss that daily challenge to get my morning started...So I am hoping the get back into it a little better next week... This week is already gotten away from me and it's only Monday... Big weekend coming up... I hope that you will enjoy my card today and that you will come back to see what else I have in my back pocket... Happy Stamping!!!

SNS November Sketch Challenge

This is my card for this month's sketch challenge over at Sparkle N Sprinkle... I really hope that you will all be inspired to play along with us this month. The sketch is fabulous and leaves for so many awesome ideas...

The sketch challenge can be found here: Sparkle N Sprinkle Sketch Challenge I chose to use the "covered with glitter" technique for my card which can be found in the Techniques and Tutorials section as Sparkle N Sprinkle. Please check out what the rest of the DT has shared for inspiration and then play along with us. You will have until November 30th to upload your card to the SNS Sketch site. Here are the rules to play along... 1. Create a new project for the challenge. No back links please. Altered art, ATCs, cards, scrapbook pages, or any other craft projects are acceptable as long as they adhere to the month’s challenge. You may enter as many projects as you like. 2. Please use Sparkle N Sprinkle and Michelle Perkett images only – (rubber or digi is fine). Computer-generated sayings may be used (but no digi-art from other companies please). IF USING NO STAMPS AT ALL, please use one of our other fine products on your project. 3. Please link to the exact post on your blog - not the home page URL of your blog - using the inlinkz icon at the bottom of the challenge. Be sure to link directly from your blog post back to our Challenge Blog. And that's all there is to it! If using SplitCoastStampers gallery (SCS) please see step 4. 4. If posting to the SCS gallery - please be sure to include the code that appears on the Challenge page to tag your card to the challenge. Each monthly sketch or challenge will have its own unique code that will appear above the sketch or challenge. Please link the card or project by clicking the inlinkz icon at the bottom of the current challenge page. You’ll be prompted for the next steps. (Remember, please make sure to link directly to your challenge card) 5. Posting starts at 12:01 a.m. ET on the first day of the month and ends at 8:00 p.m. ET on the last day of the month If you have any questions please email Barbara@sparklensprinkle.com