Sparkle- The Flower Challenge

Welcome

A new month means a new theme at 

The Flower Challenge.

This month we are being sponsored by Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps. They are very generously giving our lucky winner an e-gift certificate for $25. Please check out their site as there are some fab crafty things to be seen there.

Our Guest Designer this month is the very talented Nancy Penir from 'artful-notions', our previous winner for March. Do check out her blog if you have a minute as she makes such fabulous cards.

So onto my card details.

If you have read my past blog posts, I have been on a mission to use some of the inked backgrounds I have in my stash.  This bkg was one I created awhile ago using the marble technique.  Basically, you fill a shallow pan with some water, drop some nail polish onto the water and then lay your paper over the water surface.  The paper will pick up the nail polish and you will have an instant background made.

I die cut the Plush Poinsettia Corner from heavy white cardstock and then glued it over the marbled bkg.  I cut a frame using the Hemstitch dies and placed the frame over the background inked piece.

I simply mounted that onto a heavy white card base.

I stamped the sentiment then silver heat embossed it and pop dotted it over my flower bkg.

As a finishing touch, I spread some Crystal Nuvo drops over the flower petals to give it some great sparkle then you can't really see in the pictures.

Thanks so much for coming and taking a look.  I hope you get a chance to come and play along with us.

Supplies

Stamps- Christmas Sentiments (PB)

Inks- Versamark

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Poinsettia Corner die (Memory Box); Hemstitch die (Spellbinders); 

Crystal Nuvo Drops; nail polish, pop dots, silver eb powder; heat tool

Christmas Tag Event

Today, I have the pleasure of being a part of Loll Thompson's 

Twelve Tags of Christmas

So far, the tags have just been amazing and so wonderfully done.

The challenge is to make a Mixed Media tag; any size or style.

For my tag, I began with a piece of paper I made using the
Shaving Cream Stenciling Technique.

I cut out my tag using a tag die from MFT, then cut a circle from the center using dies from Spellbinder as a place to add my snowflake as a focal point.
The 'be jolly' is from Stamplorations.

I hope you get a chance to check out all the inspiration and make some tags to have on hand for the holidays.

Adding my tag to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- OMBRE

Tag You're It!- TAG

Craft Your Passion- ANYTHING GOES

Crafting When We Can- CIRCLES


Thanks so much for the visit!

Supplies:  stencil-SSS/ dies-MFT, Spellbinders, Stamplorations/ Shaving Cream/ blue gem/ Distress Re-inkers