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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

SNS Blog Hop Winners-I'm a little late

First, thank you to all who participated in the blog hop and especially to those who left comments. I am sure I speak for all the DT members when I say, we truly enjoy  and appreciate every comment   It encourages and inspires us, more than you know!  

The winners from the Sparkle N Sprinkle "Sparkling Winter  Sensations" Blog Hop have been announced.  Here are the winners in case you haven't seen the news as yet:

The Grand Prize is awarded to Mitzi Vogel!

Secondary winners (extra prizes)
1. From Barbara Bruder’s Blog –  Peg Klitch    YAHOO!!
2. From Eleanor Jenkins’ Blog – April of South Carolina
3. From Julie Zippel’s Blog – NWFlamingo
4. From Marie Berquist’s Blog – Lois (lew1993)
5. From Karin Martin’s Blog – Donna Levine

Congratulations to you all!!!!
More details (including details on what to do if you're a winner) and a special thank you from all of us on the design team are on the "home blog" - Sparkle N Sprinkle blog.

Hope you join us for the next blog hop too!

Sparkle on

Sandy

Monday, July 18, 2011

Busy Weekend Needs 4 Cards

A few weekends ago was really full!  I had intended to post this then, but life got in the way, so I'm just getting to post now.  Well, I attended a baby shower on Saturday for a good friend's daughter.  She is having a boy.  This card was done with a metal stencil (first pounce back of stencil with powder) then lay it on Sparkle and Sprinkle sticker paper.  Next carefully add holeless micro glass beads and rub into the open areas.  Carefully remove stencil and apply glitter to the rest of the sticky paper.  Finally its just a matter of adding the layers of colored paper for the finished A2 card.  The mom-to-be loved it.

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Then on Sunday we had the double celebration:  birthday party for our 3 year old grandson, Brian and a communion party for our 10 year old grandson, Diego.

The birthday card was e-a-s-y.  I used a piece of dp covered with Disney characters.  Cut them up into small squares, then put each onto glitter paper, then black paper and finally the purple metallic card base.  This was a perfect card since they had just gone to Disneyworld a month ago, and we gave him a share of Disney stock for his birthday.  Blogland isn't cooperating, so it wouldn't let me edit these pix ...sorry. Here's how the A2 card turned out:

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[caption id="attachment_503" align="aligncenter" width="150" caption="Inside"][/caption]

Deigo's communion card was figured out months ago....my dear friend, Paula, had told me about a card she was going to case and I knew it would be perfect.  It uses a Spellbinders die of  crosses that she had and I didn't, so she cut a bunch for me before I left Florida.  It also used another die as a frame that I didn't have, so I used a border punch........  Its all done in off whites and I love how it turned out.  Finished size is 5 1/2 X 5 1/2.  P.S. Diego thought it was awesome.


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Lastly, my hubby's great niece graduated from pharmecutical school a few months ago but we were in Florida and missed the party.  We were going to see her at the party so I needed to have her card.  I used SNS stamp set 435-Graduation multiple times and colored it.  Lay SNS super adhesive paper over stamped image, remove paper cover and then cover with holeless clear glass beads.   Use a Spellbinders die to stamp the words onto.  Layer with gold and black paper to make an A2 card.  Full directions for this card will be on the Sparkle and Sprinkle web site in about a week.

[caption id="attachment_400" align="aligncenter" width="238" caption="Andrea's Grad Card"][/caption]

Hope that you found some ideas from these cards that you might use.  See you again soon.

Sandy (Cheesy)

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

SPARKLING WINTRY SENSATIONS BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle "Sparkling Wintry Sensations” blog hop---do you like how I changed my header picture for the occasion?  If you arrived here by way of the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog, then you're in the right place.  All of the rules and info for the hop and how to become eligible for SIX great prizes are back at the SNS blog, so I will not repeat it here.

On to the sparkly stuff!  Here is my design which uses the Winter Swirl stamp set #414:

[caption id="attachment_440" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Winter Swirl Set 414 Diorama Card"][/caption]

When the blog theme was decided, all I could think of was what it looks like outside our windows (up here in Wisconsin) after a snowfall and I knew I wanted to make a diorama card (see the tips and techniques section at SNS for directions to make diorama cards.)  Diorama cards are great because you get all that dimension but it folds up flat, fits into a regular envie and usually doesn't take any extra postage.  The Winter Swirl stamp set has all the stamps needed for this card.   If you have the Grand Caliber die cut machine, you can diecut both pieces of cardstock at the same time--yippee.  Sparkling snow glitter is the perfect tool for snow and winter scenes (or just adding sparkle to any card).  This card does take extra time because of cutting out trees, and the extra layer but it is a wonderful gift for that special someone.  If you have never made a diorama card, I hope you've gotten the inspiration to try one. The directions for this card can be found here.

Oh and by the way, I might be one of "The FIVE" with a secondary prize, so don't forget to leave a comment below to become eligible for the Grand Prize and one of the 5 secondary prizes............then head on over to our Sensational Dawn's blog and continue on your sparkly, wintry way.

Stay cool and glad you came by!

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Sandy

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

PRE-HOP CARDS for SNS Blog Hop

The Sparkle and Sprinkle design team is getting ready for our July Blog Hop which begins on Thursday, July 14.  You can visit the SNS Blog here to get the details.  In the meantime, here are some cards that I designed last year for SNS using their stamp set #420, Nestie Christmas Trees and the Spellbinders Christmas Tree die.

[caption id="attachment_418" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Flip Flop Tree Card"][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_420" align="alignleft" width="106" caption="More views of the flip flop card"][/caption]

Here are some other views of the same card so that you might get the idea of how it opens.  The directions to make this card are on the Sparkle N Sprinkle website here.

This is another card designed with the same stamp set and die which was an easel style card.

[caption id="attachment_425" align="aligncenter" width="247" caption="Nestie Christmas Tree-Easel card"][/caption]

You can see the directions for this easel card here.

Are you ready for more wintery inspirations???  Join the design team for all the fun (and prizes) starting Thursday when the Sparkling Winter Sensations Blog Hop begins (start the blog hop at the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog)!    Hope to see you then...





Sandy