Die Versions Sparkle And Sprinkle Blog Hop

Welcome to the
Die-Versions and Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog Hop!

The joint blog hop
with Die-Versions and Sparkle N Sprinkle begins today (7am EST)
and goes until Aug 17th (5pm EST), so there will be plenty of time to check out
all the great projects created by both teams.  The theme is Christmas, so
you'll get lots of great inspiration for your upcoming Holiday cards.

Die-Versions
manufactures low profile dies made right here in the United States and Sparkle
N Sprinkle manufactures rubber stamps, glitters, embossing powders, and
flocking, also made in the US.  This is like a match made in heaven - low
profile dies combined with lots of bling!  Doesn't get much better than that.

One winner will receive
a Grand
Prize consisting
of a $50 gift certificate from Die-Versions and a $50 gift
certificate from Sparkle N Sprinkle, for a total of $100.  The winner will
be announced on Aug 17th on both the DV Blog and
the SNS
Blog as well as their Facebook pages.

In order to be eligible
for the Grand Prize, please: 

• Leave
  a comment on each Designer's blog

• Follow both
  companies on Facebook (DV Facebook page; SNS Facebook page) if you haven't
  already so you can keep up to date on all the latest goings on.
    (I'm sure that all of the Designers would love for you to Follow
  them too, but that isn't a requirement to win this prize.)  

You should have arrived here from  
Steff  blog.  If not, then you should begin at the Die-Versions Blog and end at the Sparkle N Sprinkle Blog.  If you get lost
along the way, you can go to either the DV Blog or the SNS Blog to see the
complete list of participants.

We'd love it if you'd
like to leave a comment at either the DV Blog or the SNS Blog telling us which
projects were your favorites.  :-)

Here is a look at my project,,,.

I was so lucky to receive three great dies from Die-Versions and I loved them all! The Christmas Tree was my fave I think though! I started with Bo Bunny Silver and Gold papers to make my layout. I cut the top paper by hand in a random shape, inked it and then distressed the edge. I adhered it to the bottom layer of paper using 1/2" Tear-ific Tape.

My stars are Technique Tuesday; I heat embossed them using Halo EP, then stamped with Crackle Background Stamp. The blue die-cut under my photo is from EONS ago, from a K&Co set- I just wanted a little bit of blue to match the ornaments on my tree in the photo!

I had big fun with the Delicate Tree die! I cut it from white textured CS, sprayed it with two colors of Dylusions ink, then used my Sakura Glue Pen and Luau Green GL to add some accents to it. Love how it turned out!

I cut the edges off a couple of doilys, sprayed them with Memories Mist Bright Gold, then when dry I ruffled them and glued them under the edge of the top layer of paper.

To accent my photo, I cut the Scrolly Bow die from Sticker Paper, removed the backing paper and burnished with Gypsy Red GL. My title is the Deck The Halls Sweek Wordlets- these are so tiny, but so cute!


 I used the Scrolly Bow die a second time, this time using red sparkle CS.

This photo also shows the coat of Iridescent Memories Mist that I sprayed over pretty much the entire layout- including the edges of the photo as a finishing touch. I love how this looks, esp on holiday layouts!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Anita

Your next stop on the
blog hop is Shona

We hope you enjoy this
blog hop and it gives you lots of inspiration!  Don't forget to leave each
of us a comment and follow both Die-Versions and Sparkle N Sprinkle on
Facebook.