Warm And Cozy Wishes

Happy Thanksgiving to all those who are celebrating! These cuties are celebrating too! With a mix of Eggnog With Nutmeg Sparkle Blends and Mulled Wine Sparkle Blends! This mix of blends is perfect for this cozy scene!

I have used Coffee Friends Stamp and Die Sets and Cozy Christmas Eve Stamp and Die Sets, along with Cozy Burrow Scene Builder Die Set, all from Hello Bluebird Stamps, to create this super cute and festive shaker card. I used both Catherine Pooler Inks as well as Copics to color this up. I have also used Scor Tape as well as some thin foam tape to create my shaker.

I really do love everything about how well these blends go together and work wonderfully for this scene and personally may need to grab some more before they are gone!

So head over to the Sparkle Blends Shop. Grab your favorites from the November release while they are still available! And as always, 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

Good Vibes

Hello! Alison here. My card today features the rich, beautiful new "Mulled Wine" Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground. I opted to not make a shaker today, but to instead just scatter the pretty sequins around my card.

I, like I'm sure many of you, have plenty of stamp sets that haven't been used in a while because of "new" things. So I decided to pull out a stamp set that I've had for a while, that I don't get to use as often as I'd like. It's the Gina K Designs "Something Good" stamp set. It's got such a fun combination of images that lend themselves well to my style.

I played with the arrangement of the stamps and applied a few directly on to Kraft cardstock. For my flower, I stamped it on cream, fussy cut it, and sprinkled some of Stampendous' "Seasonings" embossing powder in the middle. I also gold heat embossed the dots from the stamp set directly on to the Kraft cardstock. I tore the top and bottom of the cardstock and inked it with a deep brown ink. I then inked a brick-colored ink on to my cream card base and adhered the stamped layer. I adhered the flower to the card with foam dots for dimension. And last, I added the beautiful sequins from the Mulled Wine Sparkle Blend. Look at all of those unique colors! Aren't they beautiful?

I love the colors and the various textures on this card. And it shines so nicely in real life! This was a fast card to create, and it can easily be made in in an assembly line-style if you needed to mass produce it. Plus, by changing the colors of the inks and Sparkle Blends, you can get a totally different look. There are lots of stunning new Blends to choose from! Have you seen the release in it’s entirety? You can visit the Sparkle Blends Shop on Etsy to check it out, and get an even closer look in the FB Live I did last week in the Sparkle Blends Fan Club. I can’t wait to see what you make! Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!

Vintage Christmas Wreath

Hey Friends! I am doing a little Guest Designing today for Doodle Paper Playground today. They just released a brand new collection of Sparkle Blends Sequins, and they are a really fun assortment of winter blends. However, I am not quite ready to move away from Christmas Projects, so I pulled out the new Mulled Wine Sparkle Blend to create a vintage holiday card.

I started by die cutting some Kraft paper with a Christmas Wreath die.

Using both Crushed Olive and Pine Needles Distress Oxides, I blended ink onto the die cut.

I build up a card frame with Kraft Paper and printed holiday paper. I adhered the paper wreath onto the card frame. Then using the the Mulled Wine Sparkle Blends, I had glued each sequin onto the wreath as if they were christmas baubles.

I die cut a banner with some more kraft paper and stamped a sentiment onto it. I adhered some red glitter washi tape onto the card, and layered the banner onto it. I added a few more sequins to the banner.

What do you think? Did the Mulled Wine Sparkle Blend seqins look vintage? Let me know in the comments below. Until then, happy crafting.

And make sure you pop over and check out the whole new collection of Sparkle Blends. And if you want to save 10% on your order feel free to use the code EKGORMAN10.