Sparkle N Sprinkle January Reveal

Welcome to Sparkle N Sprinkle's 

January 1, 2015 Reveal.



This month FOUR new stamp sets are being introduced.   These sets are 20% off their regular price, until Jan. 3rd.  All the new reveal sets are available on Cling Mounted Rubber and as a digital image.  The Collector #682 is the stamp set featured in  This Month's Technique Video.


The sets are:

Big Wet Kisses #678   (digi version DIGI678)

Ellie Retail Therapy #679   (digi version DIGI679)

Itty Bitty Robots #681  (digi version DIGI681)

The Collector #682   (digi version DIGI682)

On Jan 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 new SNS Creative Challenges also begins today, with lots of prizes and recognition badges. 


The winner of the blog hop will be announced on Jan 3 on Facebook, the SNS blog, and on our blogs.  This month's Blog Hop order is:

Marie Berquist

Belinda Shupe

Anita Scroggins

April Williams

Shona Erlenborn

Eret Pank

Anne Temple

(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.)


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.

We hope you enjoy the New Reveals as much as we do!

Last month the winner came from Marie's blog.  Wonder which Designer contains the Grand Prize winner this month?

Here is a look at my project for this month

This photo has a pearl finish and it is impossible to take a good photo of it!  My papers are from American Crafts, Hambly Studios, and Studio Calico. The die cut stickers are from Bo Bunny.

My sentiment is from the Ellie Retail Therapy #679 and I heat embossed with Black Detail EP171. In order to change the wording to what I wanted, I masked the word "we're" with washi tape before I inked the stamp. Remove the washi tape before stamping and the word is gone! I then added some very small alpha stickers to add the word "she's".

This sentiment is from the Camera Life #620 set and I heat embossed with Raspberry Tart EP451. I wanted to add a little more texture to my layout, so I used Faber-Castell® Whipped Spackle and a stencil to create the heart. When it is was dry I inked it with Galaxy Gold VersaMagic. I used foam tape to give the sentiment a little pop.

To see all the details on the products I used from Sparkle N Sprinkle

please check out My Gallery.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and have a 

Happy New Year!!

The Deconstructed Layout #16- Tower of Terror

In today's Deconstructed Layout we are all about the background!Today my project is about making your own background. I have used a plain piece of solid cardstock and altered it using stencils, Gelatos®, PITT® Pastel Pencils, ArtGRIP® Aquarelle Watercolor Pencils, stamps, spray inks, and molding paste.

To see the whole series of Deconstructed Layouts click on the logo.

For the base layer I used a 12x12 stencil and filled in the circles using watercolor pencils, Gelatos, and pastel pencils. I then outlined all the circles with a fine tip black pen - one that won't run when sprayed with water! I moved the stencil and sprayed lightly with water so make the watercolors run in a few places. I also added a few sprays of ink here and there. 

The next layer is some simple stamping. I used an old background stamp that I bought years go - it's a basic shape that works well on pretty much everything. Next up is a layer with stencils and modeling paste. When the paste was dry I used a damp sponge and Gelatos to color it. This method also deposits a bit of color in other random places so beware. 

Here's a close up of the colored paste. You can see how the color is uneven and leaves some areas of the paste white. The very last layer on the background was to add some shimmer spray. It's hard to see in the photo but it's just visible at the top of the beige circle. 

Here are a few close ups of the layout. 

I used lots of layers under my photo for added visual texture. 

Lots of layers here too - eight layers total at the corner of the photo. Because they are all flat layers it doesn't add any really bulk to the layout so it will still slip easily into my albums. 

Yeah,,, that's Steven Tyler in the back row. 

I always add journaling to my layouts in my own hand writing.  I started scrapbooking to tell stories and I just can't do a layout with out telling the story! If you want to know why you should use your own hand writing, rather than a printout, on your layouts, see my post here on why it is so important.

Way back in the day, when I was a Band Mom, we went to Walt Disney World one year for competition. As a group of us were standing right at the front of the line to get on the Tower of Terror, who should walk right up to the front of the line but Steven Tyler of Aerosmith!

If you would like to see more of The Deconstructed Layouts

the entire series is shown HERE.

Deconstructed Layout #14 A Perfect Moment

 For today's Deconstructed Layout - A Perfect Moment-  we are going to talk about background texture. I love working with stencils and molding paste, but there are times when I want to add a little something more to it.

 I hope you are enjoying these tutorials as much as I am!

For this layout, I wanted to really play up the color of the We R Memory Keepers paper, which was a beautiful  orange. So I grabbed a stencil, my Molding Paste and knife, some DISTRESS GLITTER and a jar of LINDY'S STAMP GANG FLAT SHOT  in Mango Mania.

I mixed some Distress Glitter (Clear Rock Candy) and My Mango Mania Flat Shot together in a small cup and set it aside. Once I had spread a THICK coat of molding paste and removed the stencil, I poured the mixture over the paste, letting the excess run off onto a scrap of paper. 

This is what you end up with. Now, the background will be PLAIN. The reason mine is orange, is because I sprayed it with Dylusions White Linen- the residual Flat Shot that was on the paper will turn colors when the spray hits it. If you don't want the paper to be colored, just don't spray it!

Set this aside to dry, like over night. Seriously. Then you will need to seal it. REALLY. 

You will need to seal it, or it will get all over your hands every time you touch it. 

Trust me on this. 

I use Helmar's Crystal Coat Matte Varnish, but any spray sealer will work.

I added Glitz 77 stickers, flowers, and resin accents from the Summer's End Kit, some lace and a chipboard from Blue Fern Studios. To color the chippie, I used plain old pan watercolors then misted with iridescent ink. 

I used Midnight Copper Embossing Powder from Lindy's Stamp Gang for my title.

Thank so much for stopping by today!

Pretty Baby- ColourQ

Hi everyone- hope you are having a great week so far!

Today there is a new palette up over on ColourQ

Here is a look at my project

I used my Cameo to cut the background mat from white Bazzill. 

I used a variety of crocheted flowers, brads, buttons, ribbon and a stick pin to accent the corner of my photo. I matted the photo in the two shades of blue- adding faux stitching on the mat. 

These two little hearts are from Blue Fern Studios- I used a paint pen on them and added white details. The alphas are Thickers. 

I used  stencil and modeling paste to add a little texture on the white cardstock- you know I can't take white space!

I am linking up at the following challenges:

Use Your Stuff- Texture

Southern Girls Challenge- Die cuts/ Punches