Friday, August 15, 2014

DIE-VERSIONS/SPARKLE N SPRINKLE BLOG HOP




Welcome to the Die-Versions and Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog Hop!










I hope you have ventured here via our SNS talented Anita? If not, in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize, you do need to comment on all the Designers, so you should go back! Here are my two sneak peaks!





The joint blog hop with Die-Versions and Sparkle N Sprinkle begins today (7am EST) and goes until Aug 17th (5pm EST), so there will be plenty of time to check out all the great projects created by both teams.  The theme is Christmas, so you'll get lots of great inspiration for your upcoming Holiday cards.

Die-Versions manufactures low profile dies made right here in the United States and Sparkle N Sprinkle manufactures rubber stamps, glitters, embossing powders, and flocking, also made in the US.  This is like a match made in heaven - low profile dies combined with lots of bling!  Doesn't get much better than that.

One winner will receive a Grand Prize consisting of a $50 gift certificate from Die-Versions and a $50 gift certificate from Sparkle N Sprinkle, for a total of $100.  The winner will be announced on Aug 17th on both the DV Blog and the SNS Blog as well as their Facebook pages.


In order to be eligible for the Grand Prize, please: 
  • Leave a comment on each Designer's blog
  • Follow both companies on Facebook (DV Facebook pageSNS Facebook page) if you haven't already so you can keep up to date on all the latest goings on.   (I'm sure that all of the Designers would love for you to Follow them too, but that isn't a requirement to win this prize.)  

You should begin at the Die-Versions Blog and end at the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog.  We'd love it if you'd like to leave a comment at either the DV Blog or the SNS Blog telling us which projects were your favorites.  :-)

Enjoy this sneak peek of some of the projects you'll be seeing during the hop.


We hope you enjoy this blog hop and it gives you lots of inspiration!  Don't forget to leave each of us a comment and follow both Die-Versions and Sparkle N Sprinkle on Facebook.

So, here we go ... on with the show ....


I received three die cuts to play with from Die-Versions. I cut them all out and took a while figuring out what I wanted to do with them. So who out there, is like me and needs a lot of Christmas cards? Last year I sent out 152, and by the time I finished it was already (year) 2014!! I am thinking that I'm going to start much earlier this year (seem to remember saying the exact same thing last year. But I really am this year!) This Die cut from Die Versions is great for multiples. It pretty much covers the whole of a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" page, with a little border. (So for a CAS idea - try this!)

I cut out the Merry Christmas from white glossy cardstock and layered it on to a piece of SNS Super Adhesive Sheet, then applied Cherry Sparkle Sparkle N Soft to the remaining exposed tape.

Three bronze Christmas Tree brads were heat embossed with Belgian Cream (which covers everything - as it is opaque)  and then again with Sparkle to provide the glitz!

I centered that on white cardstock edged with 1/2" Tear-ific Tape and then burnished Black Suede Velvet Glitter on the the remaining exposed tape. I was going for Santa colors, but of course, the sky is the limit - metallic cardstock for the sentiment with other flocking colors? Use the die as a stencil? I know a good few of my 152 this year will be using this die. Full directions for this card are here in the Gallery

Another die I received was this cute Mistletoe branch....


 Last month you saw that we had this cute little Penguin fellow as one of our new releases over at Sparkle N Sprinkle! Match made in Heaven I thought. As you can see, I'm still using these glass beads - only this time I didn't color them. These dies really do cut out well - without wax paper! 

After coloring in the Black StazOn image with watercolor crayons and a waterbrush, I stamped the sentiments from the set in Versamark and heat set with Black Detail


In order to make him fit with the mistletoe above him, I decided to go with a letter size card, so I cut the rectangular frame from a piece of 3 1/4" x 6 3/4" green cardstock before layering it to the red 3 1/2" x 7" card base. (I thought it worked well with the vertical greeting too!)


I cut the die from watercolor paper too, and colored it with crayons and the water brush, just like the penguin. Then I added Dimensional Glue to the ribbon and little blobs were placed here and there on the Mistletoe for the glass beaded Mistletoe berries. Complete instructions for this card can be found here.


... and that's all there is to it!  You've completed the Blog Hop. Hope you've been inspired today by all the Designers on both teams - Die Versions and Sparkle N Sprinkle. To be eligible for the Grand Prize of $100 worth of product, you only need to leave a comment on each of the Designer's Blogs. 

... so what are you waiting for ....?

Stop by and leave a comment at the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog too, let us know what your favorite project was. 

Thanks for joining us, 

Till next time,

Shona

51 comments:

  1. Both of your cards are gorgeous!! The Merry Christmas is so elegant ad the the penguin card is so adorable!! Love them both!!

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  2. Beautiful and fun Christmas creations with wonderful touches of sparkle.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

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  3. I love both of your cards! The Merry Christmas one is so elegant and the Penguin is so much fun with the Mistletoe hanging above him!

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  4. The mistletoe branch is stunning...Especially love the sparkle you added to it
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia
    Cards Crafts Kids Projects

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  5. Two beautiful cards, love the Merry Christmas, and the fabulous penguin and mistletoe. TFS

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  6. Both of these look fabulous. Love the shimmery red background for the first one and the blinged out brads are a perfect embellishment. Your penguin and mistletoe together look adorable. Love the white berries on the mistletoe.

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  7. Shona, these are both wonderful! I totally LOVE that Christmas Script card - your red just makes the words pop off the page. And, oh my - that second card? ADORABLE! What a great card to show off that mistletoe die! Lovin' all of the bling details on that sweet card! Thanks for sharing - so happy we could all hop together today!

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  8. Hi, Shona! I am in love (LOL) - your cards look amazing! LOVE the pretty Merry Christmas word die for sure! and I especially like the dimension and colors in your mistletoe card! It's so happy and cute, isn't it? Great job. I am partial to business size cards. hugs, de

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  9. Both the cards are lovely !! Mistletoe is Fabulous .

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  10. Both your cards are great! I really love the Mistletoe one. Wonderful job! xo

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  11. Both your cards are great! I really love the Mistletoe one. Wonderful job! xo

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  12. Beautiful and cute!!! I love the penguin card as I love penguins and the mistletoe is just too cute and the first card is beautiful.

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  13. Shona these are so beautiful !!! I love the design of each one of your lovely projects !!! Hope you have a wonderful weekend !!!
    Hugs,
    Mayra

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  14. Shona, I know what you mean about lots of Christmas cards. This one is really great for replicating. The mistletoe card is a cute one but looks harder to make in multiples. Great card ideas as always.

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  15. Great projects. I love the Merry Christmas die. I do a lot of cards too and that makes a quick and elegant card. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  16. aww that penguin is so cute - brilliant make -0 love the merry christmas too - fab xx

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  17. I am loving the "Merry Christmas" die, it adds so much to a card, with or without sparkle. Ingenious use of the holly, such a cute card!

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  18. Love that Merry Christmas die. You showed it off very well and that mistletoe card is so cute. Well done on both cards.

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  19. I love both of your cards. So wonderfully created.

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  20. The penquin card makes me smile. The red merry Christmas card is very nice, traditional. Great work on both cards.

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  21. Your cards are wonderful! I love the penguin card! So adorable!!

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  22. Beautiful projects!
    Thanks for sharing!
    Kim S

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  23. Just saw the news about the combined blog hop over at Lisa's, and thought what a great idea these 2 super companies joined up. Love the fantastic dies, and of course the wonderful SnS powders. The black on your mistletoe sentiment just gleams like metal. Love both of these cards - lots - and thanks for the tip on using the Belgian Cream to emboss the trees. I have some green ones, so that's a wonderful idea. Happy wkend and hope you're rested from your trip. Hugs & TFS

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  24. Great cards. Love that die-versions merry Christmas and the cute SNS penguin.

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  25. Fantastic cards! Love how you used the dies and sparkle on each one!

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  26. Oh my gosh, both of your cards are amazing! Awesome designs! I LOVE the penguin....anyone would love opening a card like this at Christmas! Super cute and so fun!
    Sherrie K
    http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com

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  27. AWESOME work. LOVE them both,the first one is simple elegance, the other so cute.

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  28. Wow these are gorgeous, bet the sparkle off your first one is amazing!

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  29. Love both these cards - mistletoe is great.

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  30. Love both cards but the penguin is my favorite, so cute and love how the mistletoe sticks out

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  31. The penguin is so cute, makes me smile

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  32. Beautiful Christmas card. Simple but elegant. The penguin is so adorable. I love how the embossed sentiments are so clear. Thanks for sharing both of your wonderful projects.
    Cindy Lou

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  33. Fabulous cards. Love the glittery Christmas card.

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  34. Both the cards are wonderful. Looks stunning.

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  35. love the beard on the pengiun that is glittered. what a cute stamp. and fun card.

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  36. Wonderful cards! Love the Santa Penguin under the elevated mistletoe. Really cute!

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  37. That mistletoe penguin is too cute.

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  38. Great cards! Love that darling penguin with the mistletoe!

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  39. I loved both cards. I love the simplicity of the first card (and the fact that I could make it quickly), but I love the penguin. I have the stamp and now have a new idea of how to use him.

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  40. I LOVE penguins, so your card is a winner for me :) but your first card is just prefect... LOVE it!

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  41. I like the simplicity of the Merry Christmas card because the die is so large. The penguin card though is just so adorable and fun that it draws you right in.

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  42. I really like the classic simple ness of the red card. Great job.

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  43. Two great cards, but the mistletoe card is just so cute.
    Thanks for the inspiration.

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  44. Love both cards, but the mistletoe card is just so cute. thanks for the inspiration.

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  45. Great cards. Love the elegant simplicity of the stunning Merry Christmas card and the mistletoe die was perfect with the sweet little penguin. Adorable.

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  46. wow Shona what an amazing picture, I love your pinguin , I really want to kiss him like he stands under his mistletoe!!! And I really love the sparkle that you have used!!!Super!!!

    Greetings
    Maria

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  47. Beautiful cards, Shona! Love the dies, love the sparkle! I always look forward to your cards, but this time I'm a little late!

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  48. Both your projects are stunning. Specially the first one. I absolutely love the red sparkly background on it.
    Hugs,
    Eret

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