On Your Special Day

Hi there, 

Today I'd like to share another card using the Ornate Greeting Set 880 from the January Reveal along with one of Tonic's beautiful dies, Floral Blooms. 

I started with making my base panel using the lovely Tonic die, Floral Blooms. I cut a piece of Rinea Glossy Gold Foil with the die. 

Cutting the die on the Tangerine gave a wonderfully detailed and clean cut.

A piece of Super Adhesive Sheet was then layered on top of Tonic Harvest Gold mirror cardstock.

The protective layer of the Super Adhesive Sheet was removed and then the foil die cut was placed on top of the adhesive and the new Butterscotch Microfine Glitter was burnished in.

The background was layered on to a cream card base. The sentiment from the Ornate Greetings

was applied with Nuvo Clear Mark ink to cream cardstock and then heat embossed with Gold Detail.

After die cutting with the Spellbinder's Mega Ovals, I sponged on some Nuvo Oyster Pearl embellishment mousse.

The bird chipboard piece was applied with an old Versamark ink pad that I keep specifically for chipboard. I gave the bird two coats of the Gold Detail embossing powder and before the second coat cooled I sprinkled on some Magic Speckle. I love the results that the Magic Speckle gives depending which other powder you add it to. This time it gave off a slightly bluish hue to it.

After attaching the bird to the sentiment with a thin strip of mounting tape, I added the sentiment panel

to the background with a little gold brad and gold thread. Three little Honey Gold Nuvo Glitter Drops

were then added to the base of the sentiment. This finished off my card for today.

Thanks for stopping by today. Below you'll find links to most of the products I used to make my card.

Ornate Greetings Set 880

Gold Detail (EP168), Magic Speckle (EP175)

Nuvo Clear Mark, Versamark (Old Pad)

Butterscotch (GM2051)

Super Adhesive Sheet

Tonic Mirror Cardstock Harvest Gold

Nuvo Glitter Drops Honey Gold

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Oyster Pearl

Tonic Floral Blooms Die

Tonic Tangerine

Rinea Glossy Gold Paper Foil

Spellbinders Mega Ovals Large

Recollections Bird Chipboard Piece

Gold Brad

Mounting Tape

Gold Thread

I'd also like to join in the following challenges with this card:

Crafty Creations Challenge #359: Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #158: Anything Goes

Scrapy Land Challenge #83: Anything Goes (use brand of die that they sell)

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #1: Anything Goes

Classic Design Team Open Challenge #22: Anything Goes

Warm Hugs,

Shona

Spot the Cow!

Hi there,

Glad you stopped by today. My post today is "spot the cow"! I incorporated two of the new October Reveal sets and an older Set to make my farm scene today.

I incorporated one of the older sets into this design today - the Farm Sweet Farm Set 652. I love this beautiful barn image which I decided needed a sort of aged look - so I stamped the image in Black StazOn using my Tonic Stamp Platform and would then color with Copics. This would give a look of weathered paneling on the barn, as the StazOn will mix with the Copics. The image was restamped as you can see on the photo below it didn't cover all the image. When you have a big image like this the platform really comes in useful. Rather than throwing out several copies until you get it right, you just need to reink in the same place!

The tractor from Farm Fresh Tractor Set 877 and the milk urns from Farm Fresh Set 878 were stamped in Memento Black ink to be colored with Copics. The tractor and milk urns were colored in Copics and then fussy cut with the Tonic 5" Mini Scissors - could not craft without these anymore!!

The picket fence is Kraft cardstock cut with a Martha Stewart punch. This was sponged with Seaspray Green Embellishment Mousse. 

The barn was then given a background with Memento Summer Sky and Olive Grove inks and the picket fence put in place.

There was a gap on the left side I thought after assembly. So the milk urns were removed from the picture for a bit!

... and a little cow was added! I cut up the group of cows from Farm Fresh Set Cows 877 and masked where it would have to go on the top of the grass. She was stamped with the new Nuvo Acorn Brown ink. 

The sentiment from the Farm Fresh Tractors Set 877 was stamped in the top left hand corner in the Nuvo Clear Mark ink before being heat embossed with Sienna (fine detail embossing powder and rustic).

By placing this on the Tonic Stamp Platform you can use the grid to get it straight the first time and not mess your project up!!!

The cardfront was layered to a piece of burlap and then Kraft cardstock, for a fun rustic look! The tractor and the replaced milk urns were attached with mounting tape to finish off the card.

Hope you've enjoyed your visit to the farm today? Here are the products that were used on my card today, most of which can be found on the SNS website:

Farm Sweet Farm Set 652

Farm Fresh Tractors Set 877

Farm Fresh Cows Set 878

Sienna Embossing Powder (EP413)

Nuvo Clear Mark Embossing Pad

StazOn Black, Memento Tuxedo Black

Nuvo Hybrid Acorn Brown

Tonic 5” Mini Scissors

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Seaspray Green

Tonic Stamp Platform

Memento Summer Sky, Olive Grove

Copics:YR21, YR24, YG11, YG67, G94,

C3, C5, W7, R37

Martha Stewart Picket Fence Punch

Mounting Tape

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:
2 Crafty Critters Crazies Challenge #8: Add a critter
World Wide Open Design Teal Challenge #27: Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge #19: Anything Goes

Thanks again for stopping by!

Shona

Robin Wreath Christmas Greetings

Hi there, 

I'm back today with another card from the SNS July Reveal using the cute Winter Greeting Bird and Wreath Set 855.

I ran the Sizzix Holly embossing folder with green cardstock through my embossing machine. Spring Green Nuvo Embellishment Mousse was then sponged on the piece.

The wreath image was stamped in Versamark on white cardstock and was heat embossed with Christmas Green. I fussy cut with my Tonic Mini Scissors then the holly leaves were colored with a Copic Green marker and then the Spring Green Mouse was sponged around the inner and outer edges.

The berries were colored with the Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops. I did this in stages so the drops would dry between applications, so that they didn't become one large berry! 

The robins were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic markers. I fussy cut them with my Tonic 5" Mini Scissors. I took a strand of 1/4" Tear-ific Tape and rolled it between my hands to make a little rope and then passed it through a "puddle" of Gypsy Red Velvet Glitter to make a sparkly little red rope!

I then took a silver brad and dipped it in the Versamark pad and heat set it with Red Apple. This was wrapped around the little rope bow and attached to the bottom of the wreath.

The wreath was then popped up on the embossed background and with mounting tape and the little birds were attached with tape and foam as shown. This was layered to red cardstock before being layered to a white card base. The sentiment was stamped on glossy white in Versamark and heat set with Christmas Green, was fussy cut and attached with mounting tape.

This finished up my card for today, Below are the products used on this card. Just click on the item to find them in the SNS store.

Winter Greeting Bird & Wreath Set #855

Christmas Green (EP149), Red Apple (EP276)

Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black

Gypsy Red Velvet Glitter (GM2005)

¼” Tear-ific Tape

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Spring Green

Nuvo Crystal Drops Red Berry

Tonic 5" Mini Scissors

I'd like to play along in the following challenges:
Crafty Creations Challenges: Anything Goes
Sunny Day Crafting #46: E is for emboss
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge 24: Anything Goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge #28: Animals

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Shona

SPARKLE N SPRINKLE'S JULY REVEAL

           Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle

 Christmas In July 🎄🎅🤶 New Reveal Blog Hop!
(where apparently, I'm dreaming of a white and gold one!)

We have six new Christmas themed rubber stamp sets plus two huge digi bundles being revealed this month. 

The sets are:

 Winter Greetings Birds and Wreath 855

(Digital Version DIGI855FS) 

Elf Peeker 858

(Digital Version DIGI858BG)

Winter Flamingos Set 1 860

  (Digital Version DIGI860SG)

Winter Flamingos Set 2 861

(Digital Version DIGI861SG)

Spirit of Christmas Poinsettia 862

(Digital Version DIGI862B - huge digi bundle)

Crystal Snowflakes 868

(Digital Version DIGI868FS)

DIGI4005FS - Winter Greetings digi papers

When you purchase the digi versions of any of the SNS rubber sets, you are getting lots of extras that aren't available otherwise.  These extras include additional images not available with the rubber version, digi papers (in some cases), and now a cut file to use with your electronic cutting machines will also be included with all digi images purchased!

You're definitely going to want both the rubber versions as well as the digi versions of all our new releases.

The new sets are 20% off until July 20, 2017.  So once you finish the blog hop, head on over to the New Store and start shopping.

On July 18th, ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be selected from the comments left on the Designers' blogs listed below. 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, which will be announced on the SNS Facebook page and the SNS Blog, will receive ALL of the new rubber stamp sets revealed this month.

The Blog Hop Order this month is:

Eret

Donna

Belinda

Anne

Chris

Shona

Jess

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 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.  

 Wonder who the Mystery Host will be this month????

Have you checked out the SNS YouTube Channel featuring Demo Donna?  If not, then you are in for a real treat.  Subscribe today to get all the latest Demo Donna tips and techniques!

We are very happy to announce the new and improved SNS Creative Challenge is now being held on Facebook. 

 Head on over to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenge group and ask to join today.  This is a closed group, but we want anyone who wants to participate to join (just trying to keep out spammers 😀).  You can join today!

 The new challenge began July 1 and will run from the 1st - 25th of each month.  Be sure to read the Challenge Rules before adding a photo.  A SNS image (either rubber or digi) needs to be used.  If you don't have any yet, no worries, there are some Freebies located on the new website.  They are located on the Home page, just scroll down a bit to see them:

https://sparklensprinkle.net/

The Winner and Top Three will be posted on the last day of each month.  The Winner will receive a $15 Gift Certificate to the new on-line store.  Please review all the Challenge Rules before submitting your photo.

We hope to see you soon in our new Facebook Group!

So, on with my card. First I stamped the sentiment from the new Spirit of Christmas Poinsettias Set 862 in Versamark and then heat embossed with Gold Detail embossing powder. This is a lovely fine powder and it is great for detailed stamps.

Then I stamped the larger image three times in Versamark and heat embossed again with the Gold Detail. 

I then fussy cut the actual Poinsettia flowers with my Tonic 5" Mini snips. These scissors cut beautifully and they don't get gunky with adhesive which is their best attribute!

I cut the sentiment with the Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Circles and then started to arrange the flowers above and below the sentiment, some attaching with 1/4" Tear-ific Tape and others with Mounting Foam, to give it more dimension.

I used a freebie Poinsettia embossing folder that I received with a magazine. After running the white cardstock through the machine, I sponged on some Indian Gold Nuvo Embellishment Mousse, just to give it some gold highlights.

This was then layered on to Gold Mirror Cardstock. This is difficult to photograph, but looks really nice in real life!

I scored around the edge of a white piece of card to which the Gold Mirror Cardstock was layered. Then the white layer was attached to a gold card base. I then added a few different sized Honey Gold Nuvo Glitter Drops around the card to finish it off.

Hope you liked my project and are enjoying seeing the team's creations with this month's fun sets. Next on the hop is our talented Jess.

Here is a shopping list of all the SNS products used in my card today:

Spirit of Christmas Poinsettias Set 862

Gold Detail (EP168)

Versamark

Gold Mirror Cardstock

1/4" Tear-ific Tape

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Indian Gold

Nuvo Glitter Drops Honey Gold

Tonic 5” Mini Scissors

I'd like to join in the following challenges:
Cut it Up Challenge #126: Christmas in July, using a die cut (SB Classic Scalloped Circles)
Pause Dream Enjoy Challenge #181: Emboss it (wet or dry)
Aud Sentiments Challenge 184: Christmas in July + Sentiment
Sweet Stampin' Christmas: July: Anything Christmas Goes
Creative Moments Challenge 122: Anything Goes with a twist Christmas in July
Mod Squad Challenge: Make the sentiment the Focal Point
Classic Design Team Open Challenge Blog: Anything Goes - July

Amazing Mom!

Hi there,

Glad you've stopped by. Today I'd like to share another card from the June Reveal using the Baby, Oh Baby Set 875.

I did a little paper-piecing on this project. First I stamped the image on white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black and then colored everything but the dress with Copics. She was then fussy cut.

Then I stamped the image again on the designer paper in Versamark, and before heat setting. I brushed off the Black Detail powder from the rose. 

I fussy cut the dress after heat setting and then I covered the entire dress with Versamark and heat set with Clear Detail.

 

Using the new Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive 200n, which comes as a fine point applicator, I attached the dress to the colored image.

After die cutting the Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Decorative Elements from white cardstock I daubed Nuvo Embellishment Mousse Peony Pink and Lilac Lavender. 

I ran the colored circle through my machine with the Darice Hearts Embossing Folder. This was attached to the designer paper used for the dress and then layered to a white card base.

I trimmed the girl using the decorative die cut at her legs so that she would match the bottom of the circle. I punched a small hole in front and behind her hand for the rose to go through. She was attached with 1/4" Tear-ific Tape at the legs and then her head was attached with Mounting Tape. The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Mulberry. After cutting out the sentiment, I sponged a little Lulu Lavender around the edges. A white bow was tied around the circle and then the sentiment was attached with Mounting Tape. Nuvo Glitter Drops Sherbert Shimmer were added to the bottom of the sentiment and card base. The same drops were added to the pink of the headband and when this was dried I went in with Nuvo Crystal Drops Ebony Black to add the centers to the flowers. 

Here is a list of the SNS product that was used to make this card:

Stamp Set Baby, Oh Baby #857

Embossing Powders: Black Detail (EP171), Clear Detail (EP280), Mulberry (EP415), 

Inks: Versamark, Memento Tuxedo Black

Nuvo Embellishment Mousse: Peony Pink, Lilac Lavender

Nuvo Crystal Drops Ebony Black

Nuvo Glitter Drops Sherbert Shimmer

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive 200n

1/4" Tear-ific Tape

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #23: Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Creations #37: Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner #129: Anything Goes

Hope you enjoyed my share today?

Thanks for stopping by,

Shona