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March DT Challenge to Sparkle and Shine!

Our challenge at The Stamping Studio for March was to "Sparkle and Shine"!  I just got some Martha Stewart Crafts glitter that I have been wanting to bust out, so I used it for this challenge.  I am happy to say that brown glitter looks awesome on a grey cat, and mine needs to learn to stay away from sleeping at my feet when I'm using it or she is just going to be sparkly for a few days!  HA

I made a pleated paper ruffle for this card......it has glitter along all the edges of the pleats and looks so sparkly IRL.  The image was cut out once it was colored, and then mounted.

 
 

 

This card is sparkly and glittered around the outside edge of the sentiment and on the dots on the scalloped edge.  The leaves were colored, then cut out and attached to the patterned paper to make the background.

 
Card Recipe:

Autumn Icons, Fabulous Fall, Hidden Path and Pumpkin-Scape stamp sets by
  The Stamping Studio
Rich Cocoa Memento dye ink pad by Tsukineko
Chocolate, Ginger Root, and Pumpkin Orange Prismacolor colored pencils
Delilah Buttons & Bling; Kitchen Spice Flowers and Patterned Paper by Bo Bunny
Coffee Bean twill tape; Brownstone glitter; Fine Tip Applicator Glittering Glue
  by Martha Stewart Crafts
Brown jewels by Zva Creative
Clouds Paper Edgers decorative scissors by Fiskars
Other:  Ivory cardstock
   Odorless mineral spirits
  

A Revelation.......and Milk And Cookies Anyone?

I have come to a conclusion after fighting with the organization in my office......I am so over buying 12 x 12 paper (not to be misconstrued as overbuying 12 x 12 paper, which is something entirely different!!!!).  I have Cropper Hopper paper files that sit on shelves in the closet, but they are cumbersome and heavy.  I dropped one the other day, and nothing about that was remotely related to a "good" scenario.  Paper all over the place, now bent in the corners, a scuff mark on the wall, a bruise on the top of my foot, and a broken fingernail to boot!!  Man!

In a moment of clarity, I realized that I am totally digging the 6 x 6 paper pads that a lot of manufacturers are making now.  So, that is what I am buying from now on.  I mostly make cards, for pete's sake.  I rarely even use a whole 6 x 6 piece of patterned paper.  If I do need something bigger, I have the world's biggest stash of 12 x 12.  And I know that I will occasionally buy pieces of 12 x 12 until manufacturers like Bo Bunny, etc., hop on the 6 x 6 Bus.

I had some Girl Scout Cookies and some support to send our college daughter, and wanted to send a card with them.  This little Two Scoops Rice Designs stamp (cutest stamps in the whole world!)was totally perfect along with some cookie sentiments!

  

A photo of the side dimension of the card......I made the sentiment look like a little banner.

 

I even did something on the inside of the card, which I hardly EVER remember to do.

 
Card Recipe:
Milk and Cookie stamp by Two Scoops Rice Designs
Cookie Jar-gon stamp set by C. C. Designs
Rich Cocoa dye ink pad from Memento by Tsukineko
Garden Variety 6x6 Mini Deck paper pad by Cosmo Cricket
Ladybug and Bon Bon Gingham Ribbon by Doodlebug
Prismacolor colored pencils
100% hemp twine by Ecolutions
Other:
Gold button
Light brown, medium brown and white cardstock
Odorless mineral spirits

Bildy Challenge!

Oh me oh my!!  I found some new stamps to covet and they are ADORABLE!!  Bildmalarna stamps come from Sweden and can be found at a place on the web called Stamping Scrapping.  I totally dare you to go there and look at the stamps and not feel like you want them!!!  HA  There is also a new challenge blog to go along with the Bildy stamps called the Bildmalarna Blog.  This is my card for the challenge, where you had to use bling......I used stickles and beads to achieve my sparkle on the card and the little matching cupcake.

 
Here's some of sparkly details:
 

 
 
   
Project Details:
Mimosa With Cupcake stamp by Bildmalarna stamps
Rich Cocoa dye ink pad from Memento by Tsukineko
6 x 6 Nook & Pantry paper pad by Basic Grey
Do Me A Favor boxes kit by Basic Grey
Lace border punch by Fiskars
Fuchsia MIni Roses by Prima
Prismacolor Colored Pencils (Appkle Green, Beige, Blush Pink,
  Chocolate, Jasmine, Muted Turquoise, Warm Grey 20%,
  and Yellow Ochre)
Other:
Light pink, kraft and white cardstock
Odorless mineral spirits
Small pink beads