SPARKLE N SPRINKLE'S NOVEMBER REVEAL

Hi and Welcome to the November

Sparkle N Sprinkle New Reveal Blog Hop!

For my reveal card this month I chose to work with the Cat's Meow Set 870. I used some white and buff flocking with highlights from Copics and Memento ink to create my three little cats. We were asked to incorporate some new Specialty Papers from Tonic this month so for my card I used the Warm Dahlia paper to make three flowers, two rugs and a cloud!! I know - I'm a little crazy!

We are pleased to reveal the following new stamp sets this month.

The sets are:

Cat's Meow 870
(Digital Version: DIGI870B)

Snowman Couple - Christmas 872
(Digital Version: DIGI872BG)

Botanical Orchid Flowers 874
(Digital Version: DIGI874J)

You are definitely going to want both the digi version as well as the rubber version because when you purchase the digital versions, there are lots of extras that aren't available otherwise.  These extras can include additional images, additional sentiments, digi papers (in some cases), and a cut file.

The new sets are 20% off until the 20th of the month.  Head on over to the SNS store once you've finished the Blog Hop and start shopping.

SNS is always adding new products and new product lines to the store.  So stop by often to see what's new!


One GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be announced on the 17th of the month.  One of the Designers is our Mystery Host and the winner will be selected from comments left on her blog.  You must leave a comment on each of the Designers' blogs in order to be selected as the winner, as you never know who the Mystery Host will be.  This is checked for compliance.

The GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be announced on the SNS Facebook page and on the SNS Blog and will receive all the rubber stamp sets revealed this month.

The Blog Hop order is:
(Tip: if you have difficulty with a particular link, try clicking on the Designer's blog title to be directed to their Home page.)

Chris
Diane
Shona
Belinda
Anne
Donna
Eret
Jess

We hope you enjoy the New Reveal Blog Hop as much as we enjoy creating new projects for it.  Be sure to visit the SNS Blog for even more inspiration.  Something new is posted most every day.

Did you know that SNS has a You-Tube Channel?  If not, then you are in for a real treat.  Subscribe today to get all the latest tips and techniques!

The Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge group is on Facebook.  

This is a closed group (just trying to keep out spammers), but we want anyone who to participate to join.  Click on the link and join in on the fun today!

The Creative Challenges run from the 1st - 25th of each month.  A SNS image (either rubber or digi) is required.  If you don't have any yet - no worries - there are some freebies located on the Home page of the SNS website.  Just scroll down the page a bit to see them.

The Creative Challenge Winner and Top Three will be posted on the last day of each month.  The winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to go shopping at the SNS store.

Please review all the Challenge Rules before submitting your photo 😀.  We can't wait to see what all you create using SNS images.

So now on to my card. I started by making my background, using three Nuvo Embellishment Mousses: Lemon Sorbet, Citrus Green and Aquamarine. 

These were sponged on to white cardstock using the jumbo daubers. 

Next up was the barn. I cut the barn from both beige and red cardstock. The roof of the silo was cut from grey. I stuck a piece of 2 1/2" Tear-ific Tape to a piece of white cardstock and removed the protective backing. The beige border was placed on top of the tape and the little red pieces were inlaid.

The silo was sponged with Indian Gold Embellishment Mousse.

The barn was cut out with my 5" Mini Scissors and the windows and doors were glued in place using the Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

This was set aside while I worked on the cats. A piece of 2 1/2" Tear-ific Tape was stuck down to a piece of beige cardstock. The protective backing was removed and Buff flocking was burnished in to the exposed tape.

In order to make sure that the cat would stamp well on top of the flocking, I decided to use the Stamp Platform, instead of the acrylic block. The image was stamped using the Hybrid ink Acorn Brown. I did restamp the image to get a nice crisp result.

Memento Cantaloupe was sponged on top of the flocking.

Highlights to the ears and nose were shaded with Copics. To color on top of the flocking with Copics, you just gently apply the side of the tip of the marker to the flocking.

I repeated the process for the other two cats using Snow White flocking on white cardstock and then stamping in the platform with Memento Tuxedo Black. Highlights were again added with Copics. The three cats were fussy cut using the 5" Mini Scissors and googly eyes were attached with the Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive.

Here is a close-up to show the fuzziness:

My mats, flowers and the cloud (this embossed paper is white on the back) were fussy cut from a piece of the Warm Dahlia paper.

The stems of the flowers were die cut using the Tonic Woodland Aster die. The sentiment was stamped in Nuvo Clear Mark and then heat embossed with Gold Detail. This was then die cut using the Tonic Layered Clouds die.

I cut out a frame from the Warm Dahlia paper and cut out all my shapes from the middle, so as not to waste any of the cardstock. The frame was layered to white cardstock. The card front was assembled with tape and mounting tape and was layered on to the Warm Dahlia frame. Here is my finished scene:

Here is a list of the products used in my card. Most of the products can be found over on the SNS website.

The Cat's Meow Set 870

Gold Detail (EP168)

Nuvo Clear Mark, Acorn Brown

Memento Tuxedo Black,

Cantaloupe

2 ½” Tear-ific Tape

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Snow White Flocking (FL101)

Buff Flocking (FL109)

Specialty Paper (Warm Dahlia 9812E)

Tonic 5” Mini Scissors

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse: Lemon Sorbet,

Citrus Green, Aquamarine, Indian Gold

Jumbo Daubers

Tonic Stamp Platform

Tonic Layered Clouds Die

Tonic Woodland Aster Die

Impression Obsession Barn Die

Copics R21, E04, E07, YR23

Googly Eyes

Remember to comment on all the Designers' blogs to be in the running to win all three sets. Next on the blog hop is Belinda, she has a cute snowman scene to share with you.

I would like to join in the following challenges with my card today:

Addicted to Stamps Challenge 157: Use more than one stamp

HeARTful Stamping Challenge, Nov 12 to 19th: Anything Goes + stamp

Catch the Bug - November Challenge: Home sweet home

Classic Design Team Challenge Blog: Challenge #19: Anything Goes

Scrapyland Challenge #78: Any dies that Scrapyland sells

Thanks so much for stopping by today,

Hugs,

Shona

Glow in the Dark Graduation Bear and Bulb

Good Morning,

Today I'd like to share my second card of the May Reveal using the fun Final Roll Call Set 849, which is just in time for all those graduation cards you will be needing! I used some Glow in the Dark products, both embossing powder and the new Nuvo Glow Drops on the light bulb and I also colored with Copics on top of Buff Flocking to make my cuddly, fuzzy bear! Here is my little fuzzy bear with his light bulb balloon!

I started with my little bear. Placing a piece of 2 1/2" Tear-ific Tape to white cardstock and removing the protective backing, Buff Flocking was burnished into the sticky surface with my finger, until I had a nice fuzzy covering. I then stamped directly on top of the flocked piece with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

 

I took my Copic B39 and tapped gently with the side of the marker to the areas that I wanted to be blue.

After he was colored, he was then fussy cut. His hat and bow tie were stamped on blue card in Memento Tuxedo Black and were then covered with Versamark and heat set with Clear Detail. I did this process twice in order to make the pieces nice and sturdy.

The background was yellow cardstock run through my machine with the Darice Congrats Collage embossing folder, which I then sponged with some of the Nuvo Cornflower Blue embellishment Mousse.

I stamped the bulb with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. After it was colored I used the Versamarker Pen to apply Versamark to the lit bulb area and then heat embossed with Glow in the Dark.

The cap was stamped, fussy cut and colored with the blue Copic I had used for the bear. It was also given two coats of the Clear Detail Embossing Powder. Then I added 4 little drops of Nuvo Banana Split Glow Drops to the filament of the bulb. Dimensional Glue was used to attach the caps, bow tie and eyes.

Here is a close up of my fuzzy bear:

... and of the light bulb:

Blue and white and yellow and white thread was used as the tie for the balloon and I punched a small hole in the hand of the bear. The sentiment was stamped on Glossy card stock in Versamark and heat embossed with Cerulean Blue. A little drop of the Banana Split dotted the "i" in "bright". The embossed panel was layered to blue and then to a white card base and then everything was attached with Mounting Tape.

Here it is in the dark. Of course, it is difficult to get a great picture in the dark, but it really does look neat in person.

Hope you've enjoyed my share for today. 

Here is a list of the products I've used, click on product and it will take you straight to the store:

Graduation - Final Roll Call Set 849

Embossing Powders: Clear Detail (EP280), Cerulean (EP421), Glow in the Dark (EP392)

Inks: Versamark, Versamarker, Memento Tuxedo Black

Glitters: Flocking: Buff (FL109)

Adhesives: 2 ½” Tear-ific Tape, Dimensional Glue, 

Nuvo Glow Drops: Banana Split

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse: Cornflower Blue

Thanks for joining my here today,

Warm hugs, 

Shona

DOG LOVER'S 70TH!

Well, here we are at the end of 2015! I don't know about you, but this year went by in a blink of an eye for me. The say the older one gets, the faster it continues, I hope not! I had pieces of this card sitting on my desk and decided I should put it together before the end of the year, and I had a dog lover's 70th that I needed a card for, so this is what I came up with.

I had originally stamped the image (Woofie's Birthday Set 758) in Memento Tuxedo Black on top of a piece of Super Adhesive Sheet which had been covered with Snow White Flocking. Then I decided to just highlight Woofie and the wee pup in front of him so I fussy cut them out. I then masked off Woofie's hat and scarf and using a dauber colored him in with Desert Sand. I cut out the wee pup from the mask and daubed it in Cantaloupe, adding the ribbon with a red Copic.

The entire image was stamped on watercolor cardstock in Black StazOn and was colored using crayons and a Dove Blender. Fluffy Woofie was attached with tape.

The balloons were covered in Dimensional Glue and left to dry to give them the shiny look. I had some 70th silver stickers and decided to use those for the sentiment for a change of pace. The card front was layered to black cardstock, then yellow, then to the black card base. A tied a yellow ribbon around the left side to finish the card. E voila - my desk was cleared of yet another pile! The inside which I forgot to take a picture of says "party your tail off!" Appropriate for the recipient,

So that's it for 2015! I'll be back on New Year's Day with our Sparkle N Sprinkle January 1st Reveal. Hope you'll pop back to see what all the designers have to share. By commenting on the Designer's Blogs you will be in for a chance to win the six awesome new sets.

Till then, big hugs and an early Happy New Year!

Shona

A "FLOCK" OF DISTRESSED BIRDS

Hi there, 

Glad you stopped by today, I've got a fun technique which I have played with before, Coloring on Flocking.  This time however, I used Distress Inks and Distress Markers to "color" my Snow White Flocking.  Even the sentiment is stamped on flocking!

I used the other bird set (Wilson) from the October Reveal. Here are the ingredients I used to make my card:

Distress Inks: Dusty Concord, Spiced Marmalade, Aged Mahogany

Distress Ink Markers: Pine Needles, Dusty Concord, Aged Mahogany, Spiced Marmalade, Black Soot

So let's start with the background, shall we?  I cut a piece of 4" x 5 1/4" Super Adhesive sheet and attached it to a piece of white cardstock. I removed the protective backing and covered the entire piece with Snow White Flocking, burnishing it in well with my finger tool.  I opened the Cuttlebug Leafy Branch embossing folder and applied Memento Summer Sky ink to the raised background of the folder. Taking the "fall" colored Distress Markers I then colored in the depressed areas. I "huffed" to remoisten everything as it took a few minutes to color in all the leaves.

The white flocked piece was placed in the folder so that the flocking was face down to the inked side. It was run through the embossing machine to provide this gorgeous result:

So then on to the birds! Since the Distress markers are dye based, I used Black Staz-On as my choice of ink. NB: If you prefer to use alcohol markers then you should stamp with Memento ink. I'm using the dye-based markers as I wanted to use the matching ink pads.

I took a piece of 2 1/2" Tear-ific Tape and attached it to white cardstock. I removed the protective backing and then applied the Snow White Flocking. The stamp was inked  up with the black StazOn and stamped directly on top of the flocking:

Then get coloring!

What I found with the Distress inks, that matched the Markers, is that I could daub the color directly to certain areas. This gives a more even look than using the markers. It's also a much quicker way to color bigger sections. When you use the daubers, just mask out the certain areas that you don't want colored. You can see the difference in the coloring with markers versus the daubers by looking at the tall bird. His belly was daubed, but I used the marker (Aged Mahogany) for his back. The marker produces a darker and more textured look. 

For the birds below. I daubed both of them (except for the masked eyes, beaks, belly and the legs).

Then they were all fussy cut!

On to the sentiment. I thought I'd see if it worked - and guess what? It did!

I placed a scrap of Super Adhesive Sheet on a piece of orange cardstock and removed the protective backing. I then applied Snow White Flocking and burnished it in well with my finger. I then inked up the sentiment stamp with Dusty Concord and stamped directly on top of the flocking. I loved the result. It was very clean and vivid. I hand cut it in to a fish tail banner.

To put the card together, I layered the background on to a piece of purple cardstock and then to an orange card base. It was then just a case of placing the birds and the sentiment with some Dimensional Foam, though I did use 1/8" Tear-ific tape at the feet of the birds so that the heads kind of popped up to give the card a little more dimension. Now looking at the photo it looks like the little guy on the right has bunny ears! 

Hope I've inspired you to get more colors from your flocking! It can be whatever color you want, or at least whatever color of markers and ink pads you own!

Have fun!

Shona

SPARKLE N SPRINKLE'S JUNE 1ST REVEAL

Hi there and welcome to the June 1st Reveal.

We have THREE new stamp sets to share with you today.  These new sets are 20% off until June 3.  So once you finish the blog hop, head on over to the store and start shopping.  All of the new sets are available on cling mounted rubber or as a digital image.  Ballet 709 is the stamp set featured with this month's Technique Video Kit.

The sets are:

Ballet 709   (digi version DIGI709)

Hearts Like Dogs 711   (digi version DIGI711)

Life Is Better 712   (digi version DIGI712)

On June 3, one GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be selected from the comments left on the Designers' blogs.  Please leave a comment with each Designer in order to be eligible for the Grand Prize.  You never know who the Mystery Designer will be that has the winning comment.

The Grand Prize Winner will receive all of the new stamp sets released this month (or the digi version, if preferred) and will be announced on June 3 on the SNS Facebook page, the Designer's blogs, and here on the SNS Blog.

In addition to our regular Designers, two of our 2015 Guest Designers, Diane and Ashley, are with us again this month.

The Blog Hop order this month is:

Anne

Ashley

Marie

Belinda

Shona

Eret

Diane

(*Tip: if you have difficulty with a particular link, try clicking on the Designer's blog title to send you to their Home page.)

We love reading your comments and hope that we have inspired you as well.  If you can not leave a comment for some reason, please email icinganne@yahoo.com with your comment and the name of the blog or the Designer you are commenting about.

The Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge also begins today.  There are lots of prizes and recognition badges.  Come check out how you can become a SNS Featured Artist as well.  The theme is always Anything Goes using Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, and/or Flock.

We hope you enjoy the New Reveal Blog Hop as much as we do.  Thanks for joining us and remember to comment on each of the Designers' blogs to be eligible for the Grand Prize.  

Last month Belinda was the Mystery Designer with the winning comment.  Wonder who it will be this month????

I especially love the two new doggie sets this month, and couldn't resist using some flocking not only on the fluffy pup but went fuzzy with the background too!

I stuck a piece of Super Adhesive Sheet to white cardstock then peeled off the protective backing and applied Snow White Flocking, burnishing it in with my finger. The fluffy pup from the Hearts Like Dogs Set 711 was then stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and fussy cut. I highlighted the white flocking using Copics W7, W5, W1 and R21. Here is the tutorial on how to accomplish this look. I find just using the side of the Copic on top of the flocking gives the best results.  Do not try to color like you would normally blend your Copics - this will result in "rubbing" a hole in the flocking. You can find a complete tutorial here for this technique.

So then, on to the background! I loved the saying in this set - and it just barked out that it needed to have hearts somewhere. Keeping in the warm and fuzzy mood I thought about a flocked embossed background.

I flocked up 3 3/4" x 5" piece of  Super Adhesive Sheet, attached to a piece of white cardstock, with Snow White flocking and then ran it through the embossing machine with the Cuttlebug Heart Blocks embossing folder, which had been inked on the inside with Memento Rose Red Ink. See here for a complete tutorial. The fuzziness of the dog and the background show up quite well in the photo below:

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Belgian Cream. I also heat embossed the two little bone brads with Vintage embossing powder before attaching them to the embossed Spellbinders Mega Oval die cut. 

The ribbon with paw prints was pulled gently through a Memento Angel Pink Ink Pad to give it a little pink hue and was attached to the back of the card front. The sentiment and pup were attached with Dimensional Dots and the little paw brad was attached before layering to a brown cardstock and then to a white card base.

Thanks for stopping by today, hope you've picked up some inspiration from the designers this month. Still two more to come - next up is the very talented Eret!

Till next time - sending warm and fuzzy hugs,

Shona