Joy to the World full of Sparkle

I am off to my parents for a couple of days and was pushing out some cards so I can post them soon.

This one I had the idea for and my order from Winnie and Walter Arrived - yayyyyyy.

I die cut the joy at the same time that I used the rectangle stitches die. I cut a base just under the size of the die cut rectangle. I then added double sided tape to this small piece of cardstock in strips that touched. This is the really strong double sided tape with the red waxy top that you remove to end up with clear tape. I must have had it a while because I found I had a few lines of very faint red on the tape that I took no notice of and have shown up in a couple of photos.

Anyway once the tape was attached I added the negative of the joy die cut on top and the circle from the 'o'. I then added these gems in lines, using two different sizes and as many of my bluing green that I had in these sizes. I had other blues and greens but only had the bigger sizes so they didn't work.

I loved how it turned out .

I then used the Misti to add my sentiment 'to the World' which had a bit of minor surgery first to remove the 'joy' part.

IRL this card is just stunning, a real sparkler. The photo will never do it justice, so you will have to trust me on it.

I would like to enter this:

Less is More: Week 254 Colour Green and Blue

I'm not sure if this is CAS enough but it truly was a simple card 

and has lots of white space so I hope it fits the bill ladies.

Happy Little Stampers December CAS Challenge - Your favourite technique

Using gems is definitely in my collection of Favourite techniques.

Love sparkle and bling and shine.

Addicted to CAS Challenge #78 : Joy

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Celebrate

To my regular followers I am sorry I do these posts one at a time but there were a couple I wanted to add to the same challenge and I could not do that in the one post.  Hope I don't annoy you too much. XX

I have outblinged myself. Go on, you know you want to click on the image to enlarge it even more to see it in its true glory. While working on this masterpiece safety goggles were needed. Jake was ducking and diving, sneezing and shaking himself over and over due to flying particles filling the air and drifting down to him.

This was achieved with translucent embossing paste +

the stencil at the bottom left and lots of gold toned glitter.

Placed the embossing paste on, removed said stencil which was placed straight in water.

Then I got a pile of coffee filters and put them to the side and selected the gold colours I wanted to use. A couple of sheets of scrap paper under the stencilled card stock then I would pour a colour here and there on each flower, flip the cardstock carefully (after the first time I wore all the glitter from the first flick) and then used scrap paper to pour the colour into the coffee filter, each labelled with the name of the glitter to a)make sure I put back in the correct one and b) for future use so I don't have to throw out used ones. I even found a green/gold colour for the leaves.

Once finished my glittering I put the card aside to dry and left till the morning to be totally sure. I did go back in the room at one stage before bed and gave a very gentle push on top to flat of hand to help glitter stay put. In the morning I used a soft haired paint brush to brush off excess (more glitter for Jakes coat and a sneeze or two. then some serious trying to clean off glitter.

Check out the sparkle the camera has managed to catch. Anyway cut panel down and still have a piece for a more CAS card. I added a mirrored gunmetal grey card to the back then onto a black cardbase and finished off with a silver 'congrats' sentiment. Was originally trying for a small sentiment on white then on vellum and they just didn't work.

I cant image who will get this card but it worked and thats what I wanted to try so another technique tried and ticked off.

CAS(E) this Sketch #151

I did try for that curved sentiment but with all the bling it didn't work.

Virginia's View Challenge #21 It's All About the Glitter

Entry number 2.

Just Add Ink: Challenge #291: Just add C

I do believe my 'Celebrate' makes the C

If you are interested this is my way of keeping track of my glitters

These are just A5 size white cardstock. I added strips of double sided tape, used the red tape as its stronger and added a line of the colour. On the right hand sheet each 1/2 is a colour of Martha Stewart   glitter, beautiful colours and very fine and love to use it. Each time I just pulled the cover back on 1/2 the tape to add the colour, rubbed it in, brushed off before moving onto the next colour. Great way to see what you have a what will work with particular colours you are using.

One the left the colours are WOW glitters same colour each line, just one is fine and one side chunky.

If you are ever using for heat setting with SU Heat and set the Martha Stewart works better. The WOW has something added that prevents the same perfect finish.

These sheets have some additional WOW colours, random glitters, pearl dots and Kindy Glitz.

Each of these I keep in a folder sleeve and in with the glitters foresee of checking.

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Make a Wish

Have you ever made a card and as your going its ohh this is good, this is good then bugger its not working.

This is it for me. I did the gold embossing of the gems and loved the look on the back card stock. Decided it would be good for the Colour Throwdown Challenge and just needed to add some white. 

First I added a 'Celebrate' sentiment and it looked great. Then for some unknown brain spasm moment I decided it needed more so hunted through my sentiments and decided on 'make a wish' in white. Yep liked it, glued it on then bang I woke up. No no no this is not what I wanted. Should have stayed with the Celebrate, it was understated and worked perfect. The white is too much, it over powers.Here you see an idea and it just ended up wrong. Thought I'd share my moment of 'twit' cause I even tried adding 'wink of Stella' to the white.

hoohum

Okay back with the fixed as best I can card without cutting it up.

The only white now is the sequins. Glued a gold version of the  sentiment over the white.

Took off the white sparkle dot for the 'i' in wish and replaced with a gold sparkle one and now it works.

Would like to enter this in:

Color Throwdown #371

only a wee drop of white but plenty of gold and black.

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #9 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #99

I couldn't see what the challenge was this week so entered. 

Please delete if not correct and my apologies.

Okay thats it for today. thanks for your patience and I hope you come to visit again soon.

Love You with Embossing paste and Gold

Yesterday was an interesting day of playing around with different styles of black/gold and white.This is probably the fastest and easiest of the four I made. The black card stock is really a lovely leather look but its lot showing up here.

This is a one layer card, I used a stencil from Simon Says and used translucent embossing paste that I have added gold from my 'Silks' paints. Unbelievable look IRL.

I decided to finish it off with a simple 'Love you' sentiment from Technique Tuesday. Added a couple of gems, took them off. Added some sequins, took them off. Left as is -Perfect to me.

I would like to enter this at:

The Color Throwdown #371

I just realised they mentioned Holiday colours 

so I hope it doesn't matter that this card is a 'love you' card.

Glitter "N" Sparkle Blog: Challenge #166 Anything Goes

Paperback Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks for coming to have a look, I hope you visit again soon.

Peace on Earth

I got this stamp set amongst quite a few others when I heard Alley Way Stamps was closing down. I had been wanting a number of stamps for a while and was holding off waiting for the dollar to improve over here but realised I couldn't wait any longer.

They are soon cute. I decided to just go rainbow in colours. Added some glossy accents to the berries. Stamped Peace on Earth sentiment from Paper Smooches. All finished.

Was a very quick card, even the colouring was a five minute thing with copics main colour and one other a bit darker for a bit of shadow on each bird.

Would like to enter this in:

Muse: Muse Challenge #144

 Inspiration card

This card fits the

Naughty or Nice Challenge: #22 -Show us Some Wings

Though I have put birds their wings aren't showing

 so I understand if its removed from the Challenge.

AAA Cards: Game #53 Anything Goes

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #182 (Birds)

Okay thats it for today but got more for tomorrow. I have been on a rolllllll

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Birthday Sparkle

Today was special, it was my granddaughters 3rd birthday. She is a girl that loves sparkle, glitter, frills etc so it was easy to make a card.

Todays party theme was 'Frozen' of course, but I don't have anything that meets that expectation so I decided to use this image. It was a free download and lives in my folder of Digi images name unknown until I can find out where she is from to put her in her own folder.

Coloured her in with copics then went to town with the glitter. First I used the pink gel pen to add sparkle to her shoes and dress and headband. With the dressing headband I added little dots everywhere in the three cluster which I think works really well. This was a suggestion I have read somewhere in my travels and it works perfectly to give a really lovely look.

 I got a glue pen and drew along the lines of the bottom of the ballet dress and then I added some pretty pink glitter. I have a wonderful glitter collection (as do many of us I think. Mine is mostly Martha Stewart which is the finest most amazing colours and a WOW collection of super fine and chunky which is also a great colour collection.

then I decided to add a little butterfly handcrafted especially by me..... ohhh okay it was the left over from a butterfly border die. Added glue to this and used a different pink glitter. Bent the wings and placed at her hand so it looks like its taking off or landing.

Cut the card strip down, Added an inch each side of glitter paper to the card base. Added craft foam to the back of the ballet image to give a little lift. Then of course I did the sentiment dance as I still haven't learnt to add the sentiment first or plan it out.

I decided to die cut in gold card stock the birthday and sparkle and add those so it looks like she has stepped on the 'r' of the birthday and the words have been pushed out of place. I like the look.

Now because it was a granddaughter I also decorated her envelope. I don't make envelopes so it was just a standard one but......

Check this out!!!!

I have a new toy - the Mini Minc and I decided to see if I could work it without wrecking it.

I used some rainbow shinny stuff- had to hold the envelope so you could see the colours. Found a font I liked, wrote 'Happy birthday Sophie' put it through and Bingo there it is. Cut for the front of the envelope and added to sweet little die cut hearts on bows.

Now I could go into why I used it here rather than on the card (which was the original plan) but then you would need to get another cup of coffee blah blah blah. Needless to say this was a save of some wasted cardstock and some lessons learnt.

I am heading over to Virginia's View to link this up:

Virginia's View Challenge #21 Glitter

If you haven't been there before CHECK IT OUT

Its wonderful and there are so many wonderful guest designers who come to Virginia's blog and lots of cards enter so lots of inspiration. I sadly have to say this is to be Virginia's last Challenge, unless we tie her up and refuse to let her leave the house till she does one each month. Virginia has done an unbelievable job with this blog picking Challenges each month that really get people thinking. The past challenges will still be there so you could check them out for inspiration. I cant believe the numbers who would enter these challenges and the fact that she did it all on her own with the running of the Challenge and her families help with the picking of winners. Will miss this Challenge.

My goodness I love a good gab. 

Next challenge

Seize the Birthday : Use A Holiday Stamp

I have chosen not to go with the topping and have just made a Birthday card, though I plan to be back there with a Holiday stamps to make a birthday card if I can.

Crafty Gals Corner: Challenge #48 Anything Goes

Okay thats it for this post. Thank you for coming to visit and I hope you come again soon.

Merry Christmas (full of sparkle and sunglasses suggested)

This is one extra blingy card. First I used a 'Creat a Smile' stencil and blended all those lovely blue Distress inks together. Once I had finished I of course sprayed with something that added extra glitter to the look (the name eludes me at this time)

I wanted to enter this in the Fusion Card Challenge: Blue Christmas

Isn't this beautiful. This is where you can go with the Sketch or the Photo or both so I went both.

I used colours and white white white from the photo and the sketch. I used a line die to cut first one side then the other to get the lovely top piece with the curves and stitched look. I layered a piece of white glitter paper first then added thud cut piece.

Love when the photo picks up the twinkle and sparkle of it all.

I die cut the Merry Christmas and was going to layer it but found that I can only get a good clean cut when using this very thin shiny metallic paper. Tried all different card stocks and even paper and was just no good.

Anyway the metallic paper cut perfectly so glued down the words and finished off with a couple of gems that worked perfectly with the colour scheme. If you look at the die cut on the full card shot you will see it has a dot for the 'i' in Christmas/ Its one of the gems in miniature.

Okay so will go enter in the Fusion Challenge.

Also would like to enter at 

Bastel-Dream #35 Glitter

Paperback Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes

Okay you can take your sunnies off now. Thanks for coming to visit and I hope you come again soon.

Copics On line Colouring Class Day 7

This is Day 7 class working with shadows and colours. In this instance I have only coloured one robot. Isn't this robot and the vampire bat cute. I don't have any greys other than the C1,3 & 5 so I struggled a bit for the darker shadow. I think I used up half the copic just doing the shadows. Really need/want to invest in the W greys as well as I hadn't realised till doing this online class what a difference there is in the three different types of greys mentioned. Very well worth purchasing.

So I also used the black for the real death in the shadow but had to do a lot of blending for my C5 and C3 to work. Was quite happy with the result. This image is so cute.

In this instance I just did the two colours again I didn't have the warm grey for the white flower so I made my shadow with the cool greys. Will wait till my warms come to do more. I love the blue/green leaf and stem. I knows not real but it looks so cool here I will be doing this again for one of my imaginary flowers in my imaginary garden. The red I love, love. Sandy is brilliant with her hints and tips. Love it. I didn't have the greens suggested for either flower so just used ones  I had, same with the centre for the red flower.

okay thats it for he Online Class Day 7. If you haven't yet nick over and say high to Ruth at

 Crafting While the Baby Naps. Ruth been better than me in her adventures trying different colours and trying out her warm greys and a night sky. We will be back soon just need to put on hold while we finish off Christmas cards and all the parties and exciting things that happen at Christmas (babysitting; parent sitting; cooking gifts and catching up with the relo's). 

  I just want to share a couple of family photos

This is my youngest son, Aaron (home from work), who is twin to Elyhsa and standing next to him is my eldest grandson who is 13 and 6 foot tall.

My daughter posted this yesterday :Soooo sooo soooo proud of my beautiful son Keegan  making the ACT under 15's squad for Basketball!!! Very, very well done Keegs!!! Especially after you just got your cast off from your broken thumb. When he tried out after the first day he decided not to go back for second day trials as they were all older and he felt better than him. Then he got the call telling him he is in. So proud of him.

And this one:

Middle son who loves dressing up for any occasion. This was a fancy dress housewarming. He and Mason are going as clark Kent and Sophie and Mel as Wonder Woman. Gotta love em.

Okay thanks for coming to visit. Hope you come again soon.