Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas

Happy Monday Sparkle Blends Fans! As we impatiently wait for the new September Release I am working on some Christmas cards. It is never too early to get moving on those. So check this out!
I am using Old St. Nick to create this adorable shaker card. I am using a kit from Queen and Company for my project. I adore how this Special Delivery kit makes such a fun scene card. The dies in this set are perfect for making this super cute truck with a shaker spot designed right in. I have also used a stencil from My Favorite Things called, appropriately, Cloud, to mak my cloud background for my holiday truck to drive toward.

Make sure you grab your favorites from the August Release as well as all of the amazing Sparkle Blends. So head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop. And, take a look on the Doodles Paper Playground blog, Facebook page and in the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook to see all the fun things going on!

I do hope you enjoy this project and can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

Party Like A Pineapple

Hey Everyone! Today I am thinking that I really need to relax this weekend and what better way than with pineapples and sparkle! Check this fun project out!
This mix is called Pineapple Garden and look how cute! I have actually used a Stamp Set from Stamps of Life called pineapple2stamp and a matching die set called pineapple2stamp dies and a 6x6 paper pad called Shine that coordinates really well with the mix and the stamp set!
I used acetate to create my shaker window and foam tape to create the sparkle pouch. I did use my Copics to color up my pineapple, and some Sizzix circle dies as well. Now it does appear that I had already used all the actual pineapples from my mix already, but I think all the rest of the pieces are in there!

Make sure you grab your favorites from the August Release as well as all of the amazing Sparkle Blends. So head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop. And, take a look on the Doodles Paper Playground blog, Facebook page and in the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook to see all the fun things going on!

I do hope you enjoy this project and can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

Keep it Weird

Hey Friends! I am back with another guest designer post for Doodle's Paper Playground. Today I am trying to keep it weird while I play withe recently released Sparkles Blend mix, Grown Up Grape Juice.

To create this card, I stamped out an image from a Dylusions stamp set, coloring it in with my copics. Then I hand cut a shaker window and filled it with the Grown Up Grape Juice mix. Finally, using a little Wilted Violet Distress Oxides, I blended ink around the edges of the card and added a sticker sentiment from Tim Holtz.

Do you ever try to keep things weird when you craft? Let me know in the comments below. Until then, happy crafting.

Hope Your Birthday Is Jawsome

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I die cut my base panels and cut waves into the blue panel.

I used some chipped sapphire Distress Ink on the tops of 

my waves and placed them on the base panel.

I stamped my sentiment at the top of the panel. 

I decided I needed birthday hat for my little shark due and I found 

more images that I thought would go great on my card! 

Perfect!!

This card I made a full front shaker card.

I cut my piece of acetate so that there would be 1/4 inch over hang on each side.

I used a bone folder and scored each side.

I used 1/8 inch score tape on each flap.

The card front fits perfectly on the acetate.

I folded three of the sides over, basically creating a open pocket. 

I dumped in a spoon full of my sequin mix and then folded 

over the last open side.

I used score tape to adhere it to the card base.

For this project I used the Baby Shark Sparkle Blend.

It's a great mix of blues and the little sharks in it are super cute!

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There are more great Sparkle Blends over at the 

Doodles Paper Playground Etsy Shop!

You can use my code FAWN10 for 10% off your order.

There is also a Facebook group where you can share 

creations you have made with Sparkle Blends!

Come check it out, share some inspiration!

Sparkle Blends Fan Club

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Now, Get Out There and Create Something Amazing!!

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Flutter By Butterfly

Hi Everyone!  I am playing with more Resin and having so much fun! I can honestly say I have learned a lot so far including some epic fails, as well as some major triumphs. So check this out.
I used Resin to create this super cute necklace using Flutter By Butterfly. This is such a fun blend to create with and I love how you can create layers so that all your sequins are on various levels throughout the resin. I am always so excited with how the Sparkle Blends throw so much light and sparkle. And this lavender leather cord worked perfectly with this blend!

Make sure you grab your favorites from the August Release as well as all of the amazing Sparkle Blends. So head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop. And, take a look on the Doodles Paper Playground blog, Facebook page and in the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook to see all the fun things going on!

I do hope you enjoy this project and can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

Let's Play

Greetings! I've got a new shaker card to share that uses Doodles Paper Playground's "Flutter By Butterfly" Sparkle Blend. The colors are soft and pretty, and although the name suggests butterflies, I didn't use any on my card today.

I colored the pretty girl (from Saturated Canary) with Copics during the last 30 Day Coloring Challenge from The Daily Marker. She has such a sweet face doesn't she?

I wanted to mimic the colors that I used on her clothes, so I inked the Knitted Stencil from Sassy & Crafty with a few colors of Distress Oxides. I used Peacock Feathers, Mustard Seed, and Picked Raspberry. You can see in this photo some of the gorgeous colors in the "Flutter By Butterfly" Sparkle Blend.

My window was created with a heart die from Lawn Fawn, which I backed with a soft houndstooth patterned paper, and my sentiment is from the Furever Friends stamp set from Sassy & Crafty.

I love how playful the card is, with the mix of colors and patterns, plus the girl and her jump rope. This new Sparkle Blend is really beautiful, and although I didn't use them today, it has cute little clay butterflies in it. That’s it for me today. I hope you’ll visit the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy to see all of the currently available sequin mixes. Sparkle Blends are made in small batches, only once, so once they’re gone, they’re gone for good. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

WINNERS of our August Inspiration Hop Giveaway & an Announcement

Hello Hello Sparkle Fans! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our August Inspiration Blog Hop! We hope you were as inspired by the team's projects and the newest Sparkle Blends as we were!

We have drawn Prize winners to announce today, but before that, I would like to make an announcement.

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Sadly, this will be our final monthly Blog Hop. We appreciate everyone who has continued to hop along with us, month after month, but have had to make the difficult decision to focus our inspirational energies on new ideas for the business, as participation has continued to flag, in spite of my best efforts to entice our sparkle family to join in.

Don't be sad though! We have some fun new ideas up our sleeves that might Challenge you 😉 to join in on the fun, yourselves!

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Now, enough of the mushy show of emotion, and let's announce our winners, shall we?

We will only have 5 winners to announce today, as not all participants followed the directions to comment on all hop posts. That's fine though, we'll save that 6th prize for another giveaway on another day! What this means is, our winners will have the option to choose their prize, in the order they contact me to claim, from those that remain--because who doesn't love a fun little game, right?

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Our Giveaway winners are:

ANDRE M

DENISE BRYANT

MADEBYMEGHANK

ALYSON GOLD

SUE D

Please PM Amber L. MacMurtry with your mailing address in order to claim your prize, no later than Wednesday, August 27th, 2020! I will let you know which prizes remain for you to choose from, and will ship them out to you free of charge. Any prizes not claimed by Wednesday will be forfeit.

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Thank you again for your participation in our blog hops. we've had a lot of fun creating projects for you to be inspired by, but we are excited to explore new challenges, going forward!

Crafty Hugs,

Amber

Cheesecake Shaker Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a card that my husband made. If you have been a follower of mine for a while, you know that he enjoys crafting with the kids and I. For the past couple of months, we've been having a crafting afternoon, where we each make cards using new Sparkle Blends from Doodles Paper Playground. He came up with this card (using Ladybird) all on his own, and I didn't do anything on it. I taught him a few techniques, but he did everything himself.

He created a cloudy background and then layered a beautiful tree stencil on top with a brown glitter gel. As it dried, he used a punch to cut his layers of grass, and he die cut his cake (from Stampendous' Birthday Numbers Dies Set) several times to create a shaker. He also stamped out his tree stump (from Lawn Fawn).

This Sparkle Blend is so cute, and I adore those ladybirds (which is what the UK calls ladybugs). I love how Gene has them crawling up to the cheesecake. He made a cheesecake, because at the time, it was only a few days before International Cheesecake Day, and he looooves cheesecake. He even used Nuvo drops to make his cherry topping!

Gene added a lot of texture and dimension with foam tape, the texture paste, the ladybugs, and all of his other little details. And I like that it's not a birthday card.

He worked really hard on this card, and I am so proud of him for trying so many new techniques at once. His design was solid from the beginning, and I had nothing to do with that aspect of the card. He's a fast learner, and he had a really good time playing with all of these things. I can't wait to see what he makes next! I'd love it if you let Gene know what you think of his card. I hope you’ll visit the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy to see all of the currently available sequin mixes. Sparkle Blends are made in small batches, only once, so once they’re gone, they’re gone for good. You can use my code, “ALISON10” to save 10% off of your order (not including Bundles). Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Who Doesn't Love Baby Shark!

Happy Monday Everyone! Let's start out the week with some resin fun! Yes I am still playing with resin and still getting the hang of it. So check out this super fun necklace i came up with using Baby Shark Sparkle Blends Sequin Mix!

I actually wanted the resin to cure with bubbles to make this feel like the sharks were swimming.

I really love how this came out. The Sparkle Blends are so totally perfect for resin projects as the way resin works allows all the color and sparkle to actually be magnified and works with the light that filters through the resin. It also does ot require any extra steps like sealing the sequin blends, so it is fun and fast! And you get the added benefit of being able to see the sparkle blends from different angles catching so much light!

Make sure you check out the new August Release and grab it before it is gone, as well as all of the amazing Sparkle Blends. So head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop. And, take a look on the Doodles Paper Playground blog, Facebook page and in the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook to see all the fun things going on!

I do hope you enjoy this project and can't wait to see what you create!

Hugs!

Judy

August Sparkle Blends Release Inspiration Blog Hop

Its time for our August Sparkle Blends Release Inspiration Blog Hop! We have 12 amazing new Sparkle Blends in this release & our amazing team of talented designers has been hard at work creating some really creative inspiration projects to showcase them!!

Make sure you head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop & check out Pizza Party, Kiss A Lot Of Frogs, Pineapple Garden, Watermelon, Use Your Emoji-nation, Wonderland, Flutter By Butterfly, Grown Up Grape Juice, Bee Creative, Baby Shark, Citrus Tornado, & Ladybird.

If you act quickly, there even a few discounted Release Bundles left for order that include 2 free gifts; PLUS you will receive a pack of Glow In The Dark Bubbles with every order of $10 or more (while supplies last)!

Want a chance to win one of these 6 awesome prize packs?

"Pineapple Garden" Sparkle Blends

Craftin Desert Divas "Be A Pineapple" mini stamp set

Scrapberry's "Grey" Pigment Ink Cube

Approx. $10.00 value

"Bee Creative" Sparkle Blends

Clearly Besotted "Bee My Honey" mini stamp set

Hampton Art "Cornflower Blue" dye ink cube

Approx. $10.00 value

"Flutter By Butterfly" Sparkle Blends

Clearly Besotted "Bye Bye Butterfly" mini stamp set

Scrapberry's "Blue Shimmer" pigment ink cube

Approx. $10.00 value

"Baby Shark" Sparkle Blends

Clearly Besotted "Under The Sea" Mini Stamp Set

Hero Arts "Soft Sky" ink cube

Approx. $12.00 value

"Citrus Tornado" Sparkle Blends

W Plus 9 "Main Squeeze" 4x6 stamp set

Craftsmart "Yellow" dye ink cube

Approx. $20.00 value

"Kiss A Lot Of Frogs" Sparkle Blends

Your Next Stamp "Frogie Love" 4x6 stamp set

Craftsmart "Green" dye ink cube

Approx. $20 value

Make sure you leave comments on all blog hop posts! Comments must be posted no later than 11:59pm Eastern on Sunday, August 16th 2020. You must comment on all blog hop posts linked below to be eligible to win. Winners will be posted here on the blog, as well as on the Doodles Paper Playground & Sparkle Blends Fan Club Facebook pages on Tuesday, August 18th, 2020.

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Use Coupon Code: AUG15OFF to take 15% off your total order.

(Excludes August Release Bundle. Can not be combined with other coupons or offers. Can not be applied to previous Purchases. Offer ends August 22nd, 2020.)

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Check out the Sneak Peeks below and click the links to hop along! Don't forget to leave that comment love!

Alison & Rhiannon Heikkila

Fawn

Annie

EK

Judy 

Roni 

Gina 

Amber 

Doodles Paper Playground

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We hope you enjoyed our Blog Hop today & that you found some inspiration in these fantastic examples!

Stay Crafty,

Amber