Woofie Under the Tree

Sparkle N Sprinkle now has a new line of Digi images by Michelle Perkett! This one is called "Woofie under Tree in Box" and is perfect for all those dog lovers out there! The sentiments come with it and are just so unique!  I punched "Season's Slobbers" out with an ornament punch and used an internet clip art bone to trace over the "Wags and Wiggles" sentiment and cut out. You can find complete directions for this card here, but please check out all the other Michelle Perkett stamps and digis on the SNS online store.






Here's a little better view of the sentiment:

Hope you enjoyed!  Stay tuned for another digi by Michelle Perkett soon!
Gerlinde

Sparkle N Sprinkle Christmas in July Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Christmas in July blog hop!  If you've arrived here by way of Angie's fabulous creations, you're in the right spot! If not, you may want to start at the beginning (the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog) so that you can become eligible to win one of five - yes, FIVE - great prizes from Sparkle N Sprinkle.

My first card is a Double Z fold card using Stampette set #443 Snow Family.  It is stamped on Vanilla cardstock and colored with Copics, then cut out with Spellbinders Beaded Ovals.  The glitter oval behind it is cut out with my Silhouette and Sticker paper, then glittered with Green Nugget.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The Snow at the bottom of the oval is from Mudd Puddles and can also be purchased at Sparkle N Sprinkle.








The sentiment inside the card is embossed in Red Apple.  Complete directions for this card can be found here.

My second card is a Spring Card (like in jumpy, not the season!) using another Stampette set, #442 Christmas Basket.  It is also colored with Copics and the basket is touched up with Fall Leaves glitter.  The card folds flat for mailing and then "springs" up when taken out of the envelope.  I also like that it stands up like an easel card. Very unique!

Here is a view of the back:

Complete directions for this card can be found here.


Thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment so that you will be eligible to win one of the five fab prizes!  Then hop on over to Brenda's blog to see what our Divine Design Team Coordinator has in store for you!

Don't forget, all of the Christmas and Winter, Jewish and Christian stamps, as well as a selection of complimentary embossing powders, glitters, glitter tinsels, and flocking,  are on sale this month at Sparkle N Sprinkle!  Happy Hopping!
Gerlinde

Special Anniversary

I'm so glad Sparkle N Sprinkle is having us give Scrapbook pages a try!  Don't worry, I'm going back to cards next post, but this occasion is just perfect for a scrapbook page.  I may even frame it and give it to my parents as a present.  I can't believe they have been married 65 years and still both doing so well!

Most of the elements on the page have been cut with my Silhouette and embossed with embossing powders, Cappuccino Star, Silver Bells, and Hit the Beach.  It gives the page much more dimension than a pre-glittered scrapbook page.




Here are some closeups.  The tiny hearts and butterflies were punched out of sticker paper glittered with Golden Silver glitter (as was the lettering that was cut with the Silhouette).















The larger butterflies (Stamp set 437 - Fancy Butterflies) were embossed with Gold Detail and glittered with Silver Dreams. Yes, I have glitter EVERYWHERE  in my craft area, but it was well worth it.

Of course, it sparkles much better in real life.  Glitters are hard to capture in photos, especially the golds and silvers!


You can find complete directions on the Sparkle and Sprinkle website here!

The Midnight Hour of Spring

Since summer officially begins in two days, I wanted to squeeze in one more Spring themed project. I came home one day to find this Mama Duck and her little troupe of ducklings swimming in my pond.  My pond is not very large, mind you, so maybe this was training ground for the troupe.  It's only about 5 feet long and 2 feet deep and between the fountain and the lilies, there was barely room for them all.  It was the only day I saw them, but I later found the nest and eggshells at the back end of my yard.  I just had to create a scrapbook page in their honor (my very first, by the way!).  The wisteria that covers my deck seemed to be the perfect companion, as was the Sparkle N Sprinkle stamp set "Spring Swirl".  I touched up the photos with Raspberry Soda, Lacy Lilac, Lemonade, and Starfire glitters from SNS - these pics might show them better:

  The sentiment strip, umbrella, and snail were embossed with Sparkle N Sprinkle's Mulberry Star and Moss Star.  



And THEN, I just had to make a matching card!

It's a 6 x 6 card - Oh! the wonders of digital photography!  I was able to shrink the image down to 2 x 3".  I added a few punched flowers to the card that were punched out of sticky paper and covered with Starfire glitter.  The background paper was touched up with the same glitter using a glue pen.  

You can find the complete instructions for the Scrapbook page here and the card here on the Sparkle N Sprinkle website!  Thanks for looking!

Gerlinde

Gift Bags

We celebrated three birthdays today - my sister, my son, and my son-in-law - and since I didn't want to just stick their gift cards in the card envelopes, I got a brilliant last minute idea to make gift bags for them.  I found this easy tutorial at Jan's Stamping Creations here.  For the price of two 12 x 12 sheets of designer paper and some ribbon I had on hand, I ended up spending much less on them than store bought gift bags.  Plus, they were much more personalized!  Next time I will make some much earlier so I can embellish them more!  The only problem I had was working the Crop-O-dile again after a few years of non-use - otherwise they were a cinch to make!
TFL!
Gerlinde

Sparkle N Sprinkle's Celebrating Summer Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Celebrating Summer blog hop!  If you got here from Jill's fabulous blog, then you are in the right place!  Otherwise, you may want to go back to the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog and start from the beginning.  In order to be eligible for one of FIVE great prizes, you'll need to leave a comment at each stop on the blog hop!


My first card uses the 123 Martini Floor stamp from the Cocktails II (417) stamp set.  It is embossed in Moss Star and colored with Copics.  The background is done with the Hibiscus flower from the Hummingbirds and Flowers  (451) stamp set and is Batik embossed (See Tips and Techniques) with more of the new Tuscany Star colors.  You may remember I used these in the last blog hop on the punched flowers - obviously they're my favorites! The cardstock is also from Sparkle N Sprinkle - Grape Slushie and Guacamole.   You can find complete directions here on the SNS website!

The second card also uses the Cocktails II stamp set - Hurricane Glass and Cocktail Garnish.  They are colored using glitters and Copics (See instructions here for complete list of colors).  The scene is done with Memento Inks and sponge daubers (also a long list of colors).  I used Waterfall glitter to make the ocean shimmer and Florida Beach glitter on the sand.  Doesn't it just make you wish you were there already?

Hope you enjoyed!  And now hop on over to Creative, Crafty Charlene and see what she has in store for you!





Don't forget to leave a comment on everyone's blog to be eligible for the prizes and check out all the Water, Food & Beverage, and Rosiland Solomon's stamps because they're on sale this month!


Should you get lost, here is the complete list of participating designers:

Sparkle N Sprinkle home

April

Marie

Shona

Julie

Shanna

Barbara

Angie

Karalee

Jill

Gerlinde (me)

Charlene

Karin

Brenda

Thanks for stopping by!

Gerlinde

Stay tuned.......

Hi!  I can't believe it's been a month already since I've last posted!  Life gets away from you sometimes.  I don't have a card to show yet, but I finally had some time to craft again and wanted to tell you to stay tuned this week..........There's a Sparkle N Sprinkle blog hop coming on Thursday that you've GOT to check out!  You'll be starting the blog hop at the Sparkle N Sprinkle blog  here, so don't forget - Thursday May 17 and Friday, May 18!
Gerlinde




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