Sparkle N Sprinkle's April 1st Reveal

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's 

April 1, 2015 Reveal.

We have FOUR new stamp sets to share with you this month and these sets are 20% off their regular price, until April 3rd.  All the new reveal sets are available on Cling Mounted Rubber and as a digital image.  Friendship Flowers #702 is the stamp set featured in  This Month's Technique Video.

The sets are:

Get Well Friends #701   (digi version DIGI701)

Friendship Flowers #702   (digi version DIGI702)

Old Well #703  (digi version DIGI703)

Spring Window #704   (digi version DIGI704)

On April 3rd,  one Grand Prize Winner will be selected from the comments left on the designers' blogs listed below.  The Grand Prize Winner will receive

all FOUR of the new rubber stamp sets (or digi sets, if you prefer)

The winner of the blog hop will be announced on April 3 on Facebook, the SNS blog, and on our blogs.  In addition to our regular designers, we are happy to introduce you to two of our new Guest Designers.  Diane and Ashley will be the Guest Designers for the months of April, May, and June.  This month's Blog Hop order is:

Shona 

Diane 

Eret

Anne

Ashley

Marie

Belinda

April

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

I just love all of the beautiful stamp sets this month, and have had so much fun designing with them.  The Old Well was my choice for the reveal, but if you read to the end there will be a sneak peek of the Friendship Flowers and Spring Window!!

I stamped the image using black ink and colored with copic markers.  It was then fussy cut out and glittered using a glue pen,  Orchid and Bronze Splendor glitter.  I also stamped the bucket twice fussy cut and placed on top of the 1st image using pop dots.  That sweet little butterfly is a SU die.

The sentiment was stamped with brown ink and fussy cut around.  Pop dots were used to adhere to the card.

For the bottom brushes and grass I applied green Liquid Applique heat set and was so surprise how it turned out!!  I had never used Liquid Applique before, but I like how it puffs up while heating.  

 To create the background I first laid my brick wall stencil on top of the cardstock and cover it with embossing paste.  Removed the stencil and while the paste was still wet I lightly dusted with Sparkling Snow glitter.  The sparkle is just so pretty!!

Next it was time to create that pretty braided side!  You can find a tutorial as well as the template Here.

I just love how pretty this braid looks on the side of my card.  I finished it off with ribbon.  This is a must try, you will love the look!!

I finished off the inside of the card with those cute little bunnies and a scalloped punch from Fiskers.

A little sneak peek at projects to come using the new stamps!!  Hope you will check back to see the reveals!!

Don't forget to leave a comment with each Designer to be eligible for the Grand Prize.  We love reading your comments and hope we have inspired you as well.  If you absolutely can not leave a comment for some reason, please email icinganne@yahoo.com with your comment and the name of the blog or Designer you are commenting about.

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The new SNS Creative Challenges also begins today, with lots of prizes and recognition badges.  The theme is always Anything Goes using Loose Glitter, Embossing Powder, and or Flock.

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We hope you enjoy the New Reveals as much as we do!  Last month the winner came from Shona's blog.  Wonder which Designer contains the Grand Prize winner this month?

Enjoy the blog hop your next stop is April!!  

Thanks so much for stopping by, good luck to everyone!!

Road Trip

Good morning all, hope you have had a wonderful week and ready for the weekend!!!  We had a special week as we celebrated our 2nd born grandson's 10th birthday.  Can't believe he is 10 already man time just flies when you are having FUN!!  

I would like to share a layout with you today that I made using the new Sparkle N Sprinkle Travel Mixed Media stamp set. We had taken a road trip to Gruene Texas and I thought these stamps would work perfect with this layout.

Along the trip we saw the most beautiful blue bonnets and painted desert wildflowers.  They were so bright in colors.  Really pretty!!  I stamped the map with black ink and misted.  The stars are chipboard that I glittered using brushable glue, Fire Engine Red, Reflection and Blue Lightning glitter.  The small wood embellishment were ink with brown and black ink.  A small amount of liquid glass was placed on the car lights and camera.  While it was still wet I added Sparkling Snow.

On each side of the page a dolly stencil was used and inked with green ink.  On the left side embossing paste was applied over the ink and glitter was applied while paste was still wet.

For the corner accents I used a stencil and grey ink and inked the stencil.  I removed the stencil and offset it slightly and applied embossing paste.  While the paste was still wet I covered it with Bubblegum glitter.  The offset of the stencil and embossing paste made a really pretty look! 

The postage stamp was stamped with black ink, and the title was computer generated.

What a beautiful view of the historic water tower!!  The tag was cut and embossed using Anne Griffin's embossing folders.  If you have never visited this area of Texas you should so much fun!!

Thanks so much for stopping by.  If you would like more details on how to create this layout, please visit my SNS Gallery.  All of the wonderful "SPARKLE" on this page is found in the Sparkle N Sprinkle Online Store.  

Have a wonderful weekend and remember.....Keep Stamping!!

Belinda

All You Need Is Love

Hope you all are having a great week!!!  Here is my 3rd layout from my sneak peek reveal.  

This is my first try at a layout like this, but I really had a lot of fun, using so many different mixed media on this page!!

There are several different stencils used on this page with inks and embossing paste.  The stamps used are all from Sparkle N Sprinkle!!  

There is different strips of DP used and distressed.  Burlap and cardboard was also used.  On the cardboard around the picture I used versamark and Hit The Beach EP, I just love that little bit of sparkle.  On the edges of the cardboard, a small brush of embossing paste was added.  The new debuting Crystal Medallion was used on this page behind the photo.

Once the embossing paste is dry (overnight) I lightly inked them using sponge daubers.  The page was misted  for that vintage look.  All the edges were distressed.

I added faux stitching with a black pen.  I really loved how this turned out and can't wait to try this technique again.  If you would like more details on this layout please visit my SNS Gallery!!

Check back I have one more reveal from the sneak peek for you.

Have a wonderful day and remember.....Keep Stamping

Belinda

My Sweet Mother

Good morning all, hope you are all having a wonderful day!!  Well it seems winter is back in Houston again, the temps this morning are below freezing and raining.  Perfect day for paper crafting.  I hope you all were able to caught Sparkle N Sprinkle's March 1st Reveal.  5 new stamp sets were released and they are all just so pretty!  I gave you a sneak peek of layouts to come, so I would like to share one with you today!!

This layout is of my mother at 3 years old, taken in 1940.  This picture was a black and white picture, my grandmother hand painted it with oil paints.  She really had a beautiful talent.  Most picture taken back in 1940 were all black and white and she painted most all of them, they were just as beautiful as was my mother!!

On this layout  I used the Crystal Medallion stamp set, it was one of the new stamps released on March 1st.  

I stamped the image 3 times and cut out 2 of them.  They were all colored using copic markers.  Green Iris and Sparkling Snow were used to add all that pretty "sparkle".  These really made a beautiful embellishment for my layout.

Tim Holtz's Tattered Flower Die was used for the flowers.  I used several different stencil along with embossing paste on this layout.
I added glitter to the picture on the collar using SNS Tutorial for using glitter on your photos.

You can see the stencils and embossing paste really makes a pretty background design.  The beautiful butterflies are from Brocade Background stamp set.  

Here is a look at a 2nd layout using the same picture, but completely different look!

The stamp sets used on this layout are all by Sparkle N Sprinkle, Crystal Medallion and Brocade Background.  The background paper was stamped with Brocade Background with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.  

The Brocade Background stamps were used for the banners.

A 12x12 stencil was laid on top the DP and inked with versamark, remove the stencil and apply Silver Blue EP.  The corners were inked with versamark then apply clear embossing powder, apply Pixie Violet on top and heat from underneath.  

I hope you enjoyed my layouts as much as I did making it!!  It brought back sweet memories of my mother, who I miss dearly.  

If you would like more details on how to make this layout, please visit my SNS Gallery.

Thanks for stopping by, have a great day and remember.....Keep Stamping!

Belinda

Surf's Up!!

Good morning everyone, I would like to share a beach layout with you today.  Hope you all have managed to stay warm during this long cold winter.  This layout just made me look forward to all the summer fun, I can't wait!!  Here is a look at my layout.

 

 

This was our summer trip to Oceanside, CA and the boys first time on the bogie boards.  They had so much fun!!

 

I used a stencil and embossing paste for the flowers, while the paste was wet I dusted lightly with Sparkling Snow glitter. 

The stamp set used for this layout is Surf's Up

 

 

 

The surf boards were colored using copic markers and glittered with

Sparkling Snow, Lady Luck and Pixie Violet.  At the bottom of the surf boards, I used Surf Beach Glass Mudd Puddles.

 

 

 

 

If you would like more details on this layout please visit my Sparkle N Sprinkle Gallery.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a wonderful day....Belinda

My Little Football Star!!

I hope you all are have a wonderful day!! A quick hello to all my newest followers, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!!  I would like to share a football layout today.  I gave you a sneak peek of my layout a few weeks ago and here it is!!  This layout was created using Sparkle N Sprinkle Football Stamp Set.

To create my background paper I used the Mini Harlequin Stencil and molding paste.  I added blue acrylic paint to a small amount of molding paste and mixed.  Apply molding paste with spatula to stencil alternating the blue paste and white paste.  Remove the stencil and apply Sparkling Snow glitter while paste is wet.

Using the football, helmet and wording from the stamp set, I created a banner.  The images were colored using copic markers.  I applied glitter to the footballs and helmet, using a glue pen, Sparkling Snow and Gypsy Red glitter.  

I used 1/2 Tear-ific tape, along each side of the background paper.  Remove the backing and burnish Gypsy Red glitter with your finger.  The player was colored using copic markers.

A closer look at the background paper made using molding paste and stencil.  I used a black ink pen to mark my plays along the top and bottom of my page.

The letters were cut using Cricut Classic Font.

If you would like more details on how to make this page, please visit my Sparkle N Sprinkle Gallery.

Enjoy your day, and remember.....Keep Stamping!!

Belinda