Happy 13th Birthday SNS

SparkleNSprinkle are celebrating their 13th birthday!  They are having a super birthday party at http://sparklensprinkle.com/blog/, giving away many nice prizes during the month of October.  Each of the wonderful design team members have made "out of the box" autumn themed cards to start off the birthday celebration.  My butterfly has seven different colored glitters on it.  I used the Sakura glue pen and allowed about 15 minutes drying time between each color.  I cut out the butterfly design and layered it on black cardstock using Spellbinders dies to frame the butterflies.  Visit http://sparklensprinkle.com/blog/ every day to see the beautiful cards and register for prizes. 

Find the Cure

Since we are fast approaching Breast Cancer Awareness month I thought I would show a few cards to honor October.  The stamps, tape, and all of the sparkly thingys ae from http://www.sparklensprinkle/.  I stamped the image on watercolor paper and embossed.  I then used Range distress inks to blend in my colors using the blending tool.  I then misted with water mixed with perfect pearls.  The pink embossing powder really makes the ribbon flourishe sparkle.  Enjoy!

Frames

I  haven't been on my blog lately because I'm spending all of my spare time in my "crafty"  room!  Fall is here and I have three craft shows in October.  I love this time of year!  I got an order for a couple of name frames.  Aren't these adorable?  It is a happy time when you make things for those little cuddly babies!!

Enjoy the beautiful weekend!

Wow!  I am so lucky winning prizes on blogs!!  I did a blog hop and saw so many gorgeous cards that are published in this magazine - "Coloring Techniques for card making".  You can view the book on Kathy's blog at http://www.thecreataholic.blogspot.com/.  She has four cards published in the book and it covers water coloring, pencil coloring, and Copic markers.  I love coloring and this book will probably be one of my most prized possessions!  I'll have more cards over the weekend!  In the meantime have a safe fun filled holiday weekend!

Hero Arts Leaf

I stamped this card a couple of months ago with white ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  I then used one of the green Ranger inks for the background.  I used a sparkly spray over the front of the card but it doesn't show up in this photo.  In real life it is very sparkly!  I am presently working on fall cards in this technique.  It is such a fast technique and I found it on either the Hero Arts blog or Jennifer McGuires blog. 

Fall wreath

I'm in the mood for fall and have made a couple of these cards.  I bought this stamp set at the Hampton rubber stamp show in October of 2009 and thought it was time it saw ink.  The stamp set is really neat, by Darcie's, and has many different images so you can make it into an Easter, Christmas, fall, etc. card.  I stamped the wreath and colored the leaves in with Prismacolor pencils and blended with Gamsol.  I used glitter on the berries.  I cut out the pumpkin and popped it up with pop dots.   I also used a MS border punch.  Think fall and cooler temperatures!!

Hero Arts

Here are two cards made from a rubber cling set from Hero Arts.  The set has the flower and two birds.  I stamped the background using Pearlescent Coral ink from Brillance (most of their inks have a pearly shine to them).  I cut the flower border using a Martha Stewart punch.  I colored my images with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol.  I used a sentiment from Papertrey Ink punched out with SU punches.  I used Tear-rific tape from http://www.sparklensprinkle.com/ to tape on the ribbon.  I applied areas of Tear-rific tape to the ribbon and then twisted so you can see both sides.  The Tear-rific tape comes in several widths and has a super hold.  Now that I am back to working about two days a week you will see more cards!  Enjoy!