A Season of Cheer for Sparkle N Sprinkle

Hello, everyone and happy Saturday!! It's my turn to post on the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog and I have a couple of Christmas cards to share with you today featuring the new Happy Holidays stamp set.

For these cards, I started by adhering Tear-ific Tape ½” to heavyweight cardstock and then heat embossing it with Japanese Lacquer embossing powder.

For my winter-themed card, I used Elizabeth Craft Skis die for the mountains. I applied Super-Adhesive Sheets to cardstock and cut the mountains, and then covered them with Diamond Dust glitter for amazing sparkle.

Here's a close-up of the gorgeous Diamond Dust. The trees are a Tim Holtz Tree Line die, also covered with Super-Adhesive Sheets and then covered with Victorian Christmas glitter. The snowflakes are Impression Obsession dies, and they were brushed with Brushable Glue and then covered with Sparkly Snow glitter. A drop of Nuvo Crystal Drops Red Berry was used in the center of the snowflake.

The gorgeous sentiment was stamped with a Tim Holtz Stamp Platform with Versamark Embossing Ink Pad and then embossed with Winter Berry embossing powder. It was then cut out with a Tonic Mixed Edge Oval die.

The flowers were made with foamiran from Wild Orchid Crafts and shaped with Tonic Floral Crafters Tool. The ribbon is from DL.ART.

To create the red berries, I used beads and hot-glued them to the posts. Once they dried, I snipped off the tops and then dipped them into Brushable Glue.

I then covered them with Gypsy Red glitter and popped them into Styrofoam to dry.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1) Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
2) Jo's Scrap Shack Funday Friday ~ Anything Goes

Products Used:

Stamps: Happy Holidays 897
Glitter: Diamond Dust (GM1116); Victorian Christmas (GM1054); Sparkly Snow (GM1003); Gypsy Red (GM2005)
Embossing Powder: Winter Berry (EP411); Japanese Lacquer (EP274)
Adhesive: Tear-ific Tape ½” (SAT04); Super-Adhesive Sheets (SAS02); Brushable Glue (540)
Dies: Tonic Mixed Edge Oval (1456E); Tim Holtz Tree Line; Impression Obsession Pine Sprigs; Elizabeth Craft Skis; 14 Craft Bar Poinsettia; Impression Obsession Snowflakes
Other: Tim Holtz Stamp Platform (1707E); Nuvo Crystal Drops Red Berry (667N); Tonic Floral Crafters Tool (380); Versamark Embossing Ink Pad (VM001); Anti Static Bag (99512); Tonic Spring-Cut Fine Tip Detail Scissors 6.5” (404); Foamiran; DL.ART Crinkle Ribbon

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Scrapy Land Challenge #62 - Favorite Holiday

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Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! It's time for a new challenge at Scrapy Land and the theme this week is your Favorite Holiday Plus a Brand of Die Scrapy Land carries...there are over 55 to choose from!! You could win a $15 gift certificate to shop at Scrapy Land :)

I have so many favorite holidays, but at the top of the list is Christmas :) So my cards celebrate the Christmas season.

I used Maja Designs paper for my cards. I was really excited to use two of my newest dies, the Frantic Stamper Evergreen Forest Edger die and the Penny Black Moose. I have a weakness for tree dies and Moose dies :)

In the back, I used a Sizzix Tim Holtz Tree Line die. The Frantic Stamper Evergreen Forest Edger die was then layered in front. Impression Obsession Snowflakes were glittered and added to the sky. The Penny Black Moose was popped up with foam tape for dimension.

A Precious Marieke Snowflake Border die was used along the bottom. The My Craft Spot (no longer in business) sentiment was stamped on a La La Land Stitched Elements tag. Tucked beneath the Wild Orchid Crafts Poinsettias are Impression Pine Springs and Impression Obsession Pine Branch dies. The gorgeous crinkle ribbon is from DL.ART.

Scrapy Land Dies Used:

Sizzix Tim Holtz Tree Line
Precious Marieke Snowflake Border
LaLaLand Stitched Elements
Frantic Stamper Evergreen Forest Edger
Penny Black Moose die
Impression Obsession Snowflakes
Impression Pine Springs
Impression Obsession Pine Branch

I'm entering these in the following challenges:

1) Little Scrap Pieces Show It Off Saturday - Anything Goes
2) Jo's Scrap Shack Funday Friday - Anything Goes
3) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Scrapy Land to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your Favorite Holiday project using a brand of die that Scrapy Land carries!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

DL.ART Thankful Thursday #170 - Green & Red or Blue & White

Happy Thursday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! It's time for another Thankful Thursday Challenge at DL.ART. The challenge this week is Green & Red or Blue & White...your choice.

I couldn't decide between green and red or blue and white, so I created one of each. It also gave me the opportunity to use my Tim Holtz Crazy Birds stamps/dies :)

I think the papers are from Recollections' Jolly & Bright paper stack, but I'm not positive. I inked the edges of this one with Broken China Distress Ink. This guy was colored with Broken China and Faded Jeans Distress Markers and a TH Waterbrush. The glasses, candy cane and Santa hat are from the Crazy Things stamps and die sets. I used glossy accents on the glasses and glitter on the hat. The trees are a Die-Namites Winter Trees die. The snowflakes are Impression Obsession Small Snowflake dies. The gorgeous ribbon is Aruba Blue from Diana's Tropical Summer bundle. The tag and sentiment are from My Craft Spot (no longer in business).

This guy was colored with Fired Brick and Barn Door Distress Markers and a TH Waterbrush. The Santa and reindeer die is from Impression Obsession. This beautiful ribbon is Six Fathoms from Diana's The Mermaid's Tale First Edition.

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to DL.ART to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge!! Then link up your green & red or blue & white project!! I can't wait to see what you create :)