Muddy Paws & Inky Fingers: Turquoise Stickles

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Saturday, June 1, 2013

Turquoise -- some words are hard to spell!

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Happy Saturday All That Stickles fans! We're in the middle of the turquoise linky party and it's my day to share a little inspiration over on the All That Stickles blog. I had so much fun making this card featuring turquoise Stickles.

I used turquoise Stickles on the big flower and on the ribbon, there's Star Dust Stickles on the smaller flower. The silk ribbon started out white and so did the largest flower. I dyed them to match with Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers distress ink and turquoise Stickles. Pretty cool, hunh?!? Love how they match the one girl's dress.

And, speaking of girls, they are a Unity/Phyllis Harris stamp, "The Heart of a BFF". The sentiment is from Mama Elephant Stamps. I stamped the girls on Cryogen paper with Memento black ink and colored them with Copic markers. I used some Creative Inspirations paints in Fairy Dust on the girls' dresses to make them shimmer.

The card is 6 1/2 x 5 inches. I used Fancy Pants Park Bench 12x12 papers. The flowers are Close To My Heart. The brad is a My Mind's Eye Indie Chic.

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge -- Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations Paints -- Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp -- Anything Goes

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Wishing You Sunshine -- and a prize winner

Happy Tuesday everyone! I hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend. It was cool, cloudy, and off and on rainy here. I worked yesterday, so the holiday was short, but it was still enjoyable.

I have a tutorial today on All That Stickles, showing how to make your own glitter domes. To showcase the technique, I made this card:

She seemed like the perfect image for a cool, rainy weekend! I used Kaisercraft Fine & Sunny 6 1/2 inch papers, Sparkle Creations Rainy Day Ruby stamp, Copic Markers, Cryogen paper, Spellbinders dies, Turquoise Stickles (so I can enter this in the current All That Stickles Linky party), and a free sample of ribbon from Ellen Hutson. The "wishing your sunshine" sentiment is from Joy's Life Pun in the Sun stamp set -- lots of great sentiments on this one!!

I promised you a prize winner. If you commented on my blog during the Joy's Life Super and Everyday Hero hop this weekend and follow my blog, you are eligible. I used random.org to pick the winner. Comment #4 was chosen: Crafty_ma_am. Congratulations, Crafty_ma_am! Please let me know where to send your goodies. You can leave an email address with a comment here and I'll be in touch.

I also want to let my followers know about some challenges that I am a part in. I know some of you love challenges and I'm helping with some new, fun ones. There's the All That Stickles linky party that I mentioned earlier in this post. The current Stickles color is Turquoise. If you can spell it, you can use it, LOL! Do you like digital stamps? Get Inky! Stamps Challenge blog has a new challenge every two weeks. The current theme is glitter. Embrace it, enter, and you might win digis of your choice. Do you have a Silhouette? There's a new challenge blog on the block. Take a look at Silhouette Challenges. The current challenge is "Anything Goes", but you have to be quick, because it ends May 31. A new challenge starts June 1. And, speaking of June 1, a brand new challenge blog launches on June 1! The Craft Lovin' Challenge Blog! We're going to work hard to make it one of the best challenge blogs out there. This new blog is sponsored by Tabitha's Designs ( you will find her new shop here -- digi papers and BRAND NEW digi stamps -- really fun stuff that can be won in the challenges!) and My Crafting Channel.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge -- anything goes

D.L. Art Thankful Thursday -- anything goes

Sunday, April 21, 2013

All That Stickles Baby Blog Hop! Let's hop to it!!

Welcome to the Baby Blog Hop brought to you by the All that Stickles design team!

Bring on the bouncing babies! It's time for a Baby Blog Hop filled with all sorts of cute, fun, and of course, sparkly, baby themed projects!

If you've come from Chaz's blog, you're in the right place! If you've just come across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit the All That Stickles blog.

I've got a couple different projects to share with you for this hop. First, I have to tell you that, being too old for babies, and having no grandchildren, I don't often need baby gifts. When I do, it's usually for a baby shower, or I need a gift bag for a gift certificate. This first project is a bag I made to hold a gift card. Every new mom needs $ to buy baby supplies, right?

This bag is from the 3 Girl Jam Store. It is one of the State Line bags. I dyed it a pastel, baby pink, then stamped it with a Unity stamp, "Could I Be Any Cuter?". I used Baby Blue Stickles and Spun Sugar Distress Stickles on this side of the bag. And now for the other side:

Again, I used the same stamp set by Unity. Stickle colors used on the rainbow were: Spun Sugar Distress Stickles, Tumbled Glass Distress Stickles, Milled Lavender Distress Stickles, and Crushed Olive Distress Stickles. Both images were stamped with Stazon Black ink.

And, here's a close up of the stamped and Stickled images:

And, for baby showers, I like to make favor boxes. Here's several I made using the my Silhouette.

This first one, a baby buggy, features Yellow Stickles. I cut it out using Echo Park card stock.

This second box, a onesie, uses Turquoise Stickles and Echo Park card stock. And, the last project I have to show you, a teddy bear favor box, uses Spun Sugar Distress Stickles on the ears and feet, and again, Echo Park cardstock.

There are TWO chances for you to win blog candy! I have some blog candy to give away. To win my blog candy, please follow my blog and leave a comment on this post. I will announce the winner Wednesday, April 24th. There is also blog candy to be won for those who are a follower of All that Stickles blog and leave a comment on every stop of the hop! Winners will be announced Wednesday April 24th at All that Stickles.