A Reverse Silhouette {Sparkle N Sprinkle}

You're here - I'm so glad!

As Guest Designer, I'd like to invite you to the SNS Blog Hop.
Check out my talented Teamies' beautiful creations,
AND
earn a chance to win the grand prize!

Welcome to the ALL NEW Sparkle N Sprinkle March Reveal Blog Hop!

NEW STORE - NEW BLOG - NEW PRODUCT LINES!

IT IS ALL ABOUT FUN AS YOU HAVE NEVER ENJOYED IT!

It's Demo Donna on the SNS YouTube Channel!

Subscribe today to REVEL IN all the latest Demo Donna tips and techniques - AND - great entertainment! Each week a new technique is shared, and each month, a new video kit is revealed!

The new sets are 20% off until March 3, 2017, so after the blog hop, hop on over to the NEW STORE and have fun shopping! Be sure to check out the OTHER amazing new products as well! With names like TONIC and NUVO and STAMPENDOUS and HOUSE MOUSE, you're sure to fill that cart up quickly!

There are FOUR new rubber stamp sets being released this month with their digital counterparts, plus a new Digi Papers set, and a gorgeous Digi Only Bundle set full of lots of extras.   

The new SNS sets are:

• Flower Silhouettes - 824  
•      (digi version - DIGI824BG)
• Patriotic Girlfriends - 827  
•      (digi version - DIGI827J)
• Irish Blessings - St. Patrick's Day - 834  
•      (digi version  DIGI834B - includes additional images)
• Bonnet Bouquet - 838  
•      (digi version - DIGI838J)
• DIGI3130FS - Blue Pansies Digi Bundle Pack   (includes lots of images, decoupage sheets, sentiments, and 11 coordinating papers)
• DIGI4002FS - Digi Watercolor Papers Only: Blue 

When you purchase the digital versions of any of the SNS rubber sets, you will receive extras that are not available otherwise.  These extras can include additional images, sentiments, digi papers, and/or decoupage sheets that not available with the rubber version.  

Every new digi set purchased lists exactly what is in the bundle including:

 ~ black and white images

~ colored images

  ~ .jpeg format (white background) 

~ .png format (transparent background) 

 ~ a cut file to use with your electronic cutting machines!

To expand your crafting capabilities and project types, you're going to want both the rubber versions AND the digital versions of all our new releases, especially while they are 20% off.

On March 3, ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be selected from the comments left on all the Designers' blogs listed below.  Please leave a comment with each designer to be eligible for the Grand Prize (checked for compliance).  The Grand Prize Winner will be announced on the SNS Facebook page and the SNS New Blog.  

The Blog Hop Order this month is:

Anne

Jess

Eret

Donna

Shona

Diane

Chris

Belinda

We hope you enjoy the New Reveal Blog Hop as much as we do.  Thanks for joining us and remember to comment on each of the Designers' blogs to be eligible for the Grand Prize.   Wonder who the Mystery Host will be this month?

Today, I attempted some CAS cards. So difficult for me!
I wanted to show one technique, used four ways.
Each card was stamped with VersaMark Ink and White Detail Embossing Powder.
Two cards on black cardstock, two on a lavender-blue cardstock.
Three of the stamped images were then painted with bleach:

After the bleach had dried, each of the cards was painted with Tombow Markers in the bleached areas:

Before putting this card together, I ran the melon color through an embossing folder, and then inked the edges with VersaMark Ink and heat set Clear Detail Embossing Powder to deepen the embossed shapes and bring a little more desired vibrancy to the color of the cardstock:

This lavender-blue card is a lesson on covering up mistakes that occur when dropping things all over the card as you create (giggle):

Use your border punches or border dies repetitively on the the same project to create cohesive, visual interest. I love using my old punches. In this case, I covered up a multitude of boo-boos you hopefully cannot see. Another technique I employed was to apply glitter unsymmetrically (the tinsel across the bottom of the card and in the flowers. It helps when I make a cutting mistake in layers, and also provides a little sparkle without being overwhelming:

Sparkle N Sprinkle is retiring many of the "colors". Among them are this gorgeous semi-transparent Cherry Lemonade G1118. I love this soft "orange" color which allows the color of the card stock to show through. It reminds me of creamsicle ice cream (yummy!). This glitter is half price!

ENABLER ALERT: Check out all the SPECIALS and Close-outs here. The Close-Outs are on the "old" Sparkle N Sprinkle website.

The bleach on this card was colored with a variety of Tombow Marker colors:

APOLOGIES THAT LOOSE GLITTER HAS REFLECTED ALL OVER THE CARDS. The cameras these days pick up every tiny speck!

Another Black background - this one was not colored with any markers. The bleach did all the work.

It was fun using an old butterfly punch, coating it with Beach Ultrafine Glitter:

The second lavender-blue card is colored with blue Tombow markers:

The white frame is actually three Sue Wilson pierced rectangle dies - two were put through and cut, and then the middle die was added and passed through the machine again in embossing sandwich:

Doing The Unexpected-But-Simple things can often bring sweet rewards in our card making.

Next on the hop is the incredibly artistic Shona Erlenborn! 

She always has meticulously photographed techniques featured in her blog posts.

Sparkle N Sprinkle Products:

• Flower Silhouettes Rubber Stamp Set
• Brushable Glue (perfect for adhering glitter)
• White Detail Embossing Powder
• Clear Detail Embossing Powder
• Starfire Ultrafine Glitter
• Beach Ultrafine Glitter G1111
• Cherry Lemonade G1118 Glitter  ***SALE*** 1/2 price while quantities last
• Glitter Tinsel - Tinsel with LOTS of Sparkle and long-skinny texture.
• VersaMark Ink

I would like to enter these cards into the Mod Squad Bleaching with Color Challenge!  3-6

Thanks for visiting, my friends!

hugs,