New Sparkle Blend and Shaker Card...

Hi ya crafty peeps, today it is my turn to share a shaker card make over at

Doodles Paper Playground. Summer is here and it's time to break out the white jeans, shorts ect. so this NEW Sparkle Blend is perfect for those summer cards.

The brand spankin' new blend is Birthstone Collection June:Pearl. This collection is a mix of itty bitty beads, sequins, circles and flowers. Perfect for a neutral project or any project.

I colored up these cute little critters with Copics. They are so sweet, perfect for that summer picnic theme. Don't forget to stop by the Sparkle Blends Fan Club on Facebook to see what other are creating and to keep up with the latest news.  Happy crafting!

Embarassingly Delayed April Blog Hop Winners

Oh my gosh you guys, I am mortified!

Even though it was brought to my attention a couple of times (by more than one person), I realized today that with everything going on around here between my son's hospitalizations and health and packing for the move to our new house--I managed to forget to draw winners from our April Release Blog Hop! 

I sincerely apologize for this oversight! I know you guys will forgive me because Sparkle Blends Fans are absolutely amazing--but I'm still really embarrassed that I forgot!

 Without ANY further delay, here are the winners of our April Sparkle Blends Release Blog Hop:

Kim Klinkovsky: You have won a package of our Springtime Sparkle Blends!

Scrapper69 (Theresa): You are our Grand Prize Winner & will receive a full size set of all 6 blend in the April Release!

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CONGRATULATIONS to our winners! I got lucky and both winners had their emails listed on their Blogger profiles, so I have sent both of you an email asking for your address & I will get your prizes shipped out as soon as I receive them!

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I apologize again for this delay. I swear, if my head weren't attached to my neck, I would have lost it already! Thank you all for your continued patience with me during this tumultuous time! I promise things will settle down after the move (Think late July/August), and I have something special planned to celebrate my new home and new craft room/office!

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I want to extend a HUGE thank you to our guest designers for the April Release Hop! This hop was such a success, and I am honored to have had you four talented artists lend your creativity to the hop!

Lisa Bzibziak

Meghan Kennihan

Katrina Howe

Berina Febin

As always, thank you to my amazing Design Team! You ladies keep this company up and running and most of all, fun! Thank you for all your hard work! I am SO grateful for each of you!

Alison Heikkila

Fawn Kuehne

EK Gorman

Annie Collins

Kelli Sanchez-Green

Carolyn Labille

Give all of these talented ladies some love over on their blogs!!

And thank you most of all to our wonderful fans! Without you, this little company couldn't exist, and I appreciate each of you so much!!

Ruby Shaker

Hello! Alison here! I've got a shaker card to share with you today that has a brand-spankin' new Sparkle Blend from Doodles Paper Playground in it. I am featuring "Ruby" which is part of the Birthstone Collection. July babies rejoice! Your Sparkle Blend has arrived! This card was inspired by a few things. Of course, the Ruby Blend started the process. I also recently watched one of Mary Polanco's latest YouTube videos, where she admits to being stuck in a crafty rut, but she pushed through and made some spectacular cards. Her cards featured the May My Monthly Hero Kit from Hero Arts. I have that kit, and I was really loving her all green card. You can check out Mary's YouTube Video HERE, and the corresponding blog post HERE. She has a ton of wonderful ideas. Also, if I am being totally honest, "The Red" from Chevelle was also an inspiration here. I love that band, and that song, so as soon as I saw this Blend, my mind immediately went there.

I started off by stamping a ton of images from the MMH Kit with VersaFine Clair ink in Nocturne on to Smooth Bristol Cardstock. I used all of the reds in my Zig Clean Color Marker set. I colored everything in and then die cut them all. Then I die cut my window with an Elizabeth Crafts Designs circle die and I started to arrange my bits and pieces around the window.

You can see in the photo above, just how rich the red tones are in this Blend. It's filled with rich, true, ruby tones in different shapes, textures and sizes. There are small beads, mini gems, and tiny flowers inside. It's a stunning mix that will be perfect for holiday cards, patriotic cards, July birthday cards or, just for those who love red, like me! I used the Brutus Monroe Foam Tape to seal my shaker layer. This tape is 1/8" thick, so everything moves freely in the window, except for that one bead that's hanging out...you'll see it in the photo below. I actually like that it's stuck there, since I chose to leave the background all white this time around.

You can see how high my shaker panel is elevated off of the card base, and that's just one layer of the foam tape! I finished the card off with one of the wonderful sentiments in the MMH Kit.

This card was a total blast to make, and I think I may make one for every color of the rainbow. Wouldn't that make a fun gift? And there are certainly enough Sparkle Blends to choose from to make this idea work. And if I keep the arrangement the same, it should be a pretty fast process. I can't wait to show you projects using the rest of the new Sparkle Blends. They aren't available in the White Rose Crafts shop just yet...there are some BIG changes happening right now! But I'll be sure to let you know when they are live and ready to be purchased. But for now, why not head over to the WRC site anyway to see all of the other available Sparkle Blends? Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!