Vellum Birthday Shaker

 Hello! Alison Heikkila here.  I wanted to share the vellum shaker card I made during last night's FB Live for Doodles Paper Playground. I had a lot of help from the viewer's and my daughter Rhiannon during the Live and collectively, this is what we came up with. If you would like to watch the replay, you can check it out HERE.

I won't get into too many details here since you can watch the whole process in the FB Live, but here's the info on the products I used.

Flutter By Butterfly Sparkle Blend: Doodles Paper Playground
Mandy's Flowers Stamp Set: Simon Says Stamp (appears to be no longer available)
Vellum with glitter: Paper Company
Birthday Blooms Stamp Set: The Greetery
Birthday Blooms Die Set: The Greetery
Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens: Kuretake
Salvaged Patina Distress Ink: Ranger
Points of Interest Stencil: Picket Fence Studio
VersaFine Clair Ink in Monarch: Imagine
VersaFine Ink in Onyx Black: Imagine
Foam Tape: Pear Blossom Press

How perfect is the Flutter By Butterfly Sparkle Blend with the rest of this card? The colors are absolutely perfect together. And as you shake the card, you can see a few of the butterflies floating around in there. This is such a pretty Blend.

I always enjoy making shaker cards, of course, but it becomes more special when I get to create a card with suggestions from the viewers. They get to help me make decisions and the results are always fabulous! Please be sure to visit the Sparkle Blends Shop on Esty to see the all of the available Sparkle Blends, as well as joining the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook. Use my discount code, “ALISON10” to save 10% off of your purchase, not including Bundles. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Card #6 in the Sparkle Blend/Lawn Fawn Series

 Woo hoo! I did it! I managed to use all of the stamps in the Lawn Fawn Simply Celebrate Winter stamp set with a Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground. I was excited to create this challenge for myself, and I am so thankful that many of you cheered me on and enjoyed the cards I created. If you missed any, you can check them out here: Card #1, Card #2, Card #3, Card #4, Card #5. The last stamp I had to use from this set was the presents. I saved them until the end because I knew they could work at any time of year because they're perfect for any kind of present. Plus, January is happens to be my birthday month, so I thought it was perfect to feature it this month. 

I went through my Sparkle Blends to see what I haven't worked with in a while, and I saw the pretty colors of the Flutter By Butterfly Blend and I knew that was the one. I love the vibrant pinks, Colombian Emerald green, and shades of purple. So I colored my presents according to the Blend, adding in yellow and turquoise.

I found a fun background from Doodlebug for the back of my shaker window, but I wasn't sure what to do with the foreground. So I chose to use the Bitty Rays stencil from A Colorful Life Designs. I took some lavender cardstock and inked the stencil with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Ink. Since it's got some opacity to it, I knew the pink would cover the purple nicely. I also added my sentiment from the Party Animal set from Lawn Fawn in Twilight VersaFine Clair ink. It's my favorite color ink to use when I don't want to use black.

I truly enjoyed this series. It was a no-stress, fun way to use an entire stamp set, as well as some of the gorgeous Sparkle Blends that haven't been used much. I have the original Simply Celebrate set, so I may just do this again. Or perhaps, I may just use a different style of set entirely. What do you think? Is this type of personal challenge something you'd enjoy doing? 

Please be sure to visit the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy. Also, why not join the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook so you can join in on the fun we have there? I look forward to sharing my next project with you. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Ability to Laugh

Hey Divas!  It's EK back with another Sparkle Blend card.  So the holidays are over, and I am feeling a bit of craft fatigue. So many heavy holiday cards and crafts of recent seems to have sucked my creativity. So today I thought I would go with something light hearted and CAS. Can you have CAS with sequins? Well, today I am sure gave it a try.

I stamped a old Penny Black image in grey ink and colored here in with colored pencils, keeping everything simple. I added a light hearted sentiment from Funny Bones that seemed perfect for someone with craft fatigue. Finally I pulled out the Doodles Paper Playground Flutter By Butterfly Sparkle Blend mix.

It may not be CAS, but I sure do love how the Flutter By Butterfly sequins look on this card. What do you create when you are feeling craft fatigue? Let us know in the comments below. Until then, happy crafting.

Oh, and if you want to save 10% on your order feel free to use the code EKGORMAN10. 

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!