Happy Heart Handmade: Sparkle and Bling challenge

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Simon Says Stamp Challenge

I'm so happy to be the Guest Designer for the month of October for my favorite online store:

I've been working in secret on some fun projects for their Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog; make sure to check out all the fabulous work by the Design Team.

The theme for this week is Sparkle and Bling!

Here's my card using some of my favorite Lawn Fawn stamps:

I started off by clear embossing the snowflakes on white cardstock and blending Tumbled Glass Distress ink over to cover. To get the sparkle, I spritzed it with a home made pearly mix of 1/4 teaspoon Perfect Pearl powder in a Mini Mister filled 3/4 up with water.
For the top of the card, I stamped more snowflakes from the "Frosties" set with more Tumbled Glass Distress ink, the silvery sparkle is added with a Sakura Gelly Roll pen in Clear Star.
I die cut a small label using Spellbinder's Labels 8 and using a Hero Arts stamp called Screen Shadow I inked it with Tumbled Glass and spritzed more of my perfect pearl mist before stamping on the label. After I let it dry I inked the edges for definition.
The sweet Winter Fox was stamped twice using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, once on the inked label panel and once on a white cs scrap. The sentiment was also stamped on the label. I used a variety of Copic markers to color the image then I cut it out and pieced it onto the label. I highlighted the image and sentiment with the Clear Star Gelly Roll pen.

All that was left to do was layer all the stamped elements on 5.5 x 4.25 top folded card with a punched piece of Echo Park patterned paper. The label was added with dimensional foam adhesive. The final step is to add the embellishment for a bit more Sparkle and Bling! I layered 2 Hero Arts felt snowflakes with some silver twine and a Hero Hues gem.

So now, make sure you join in on the challenge because Heidi will be giving one lucky entrant a $50 voucher to her FANTASTIC Simon Says Stamp Superstore !!