Sparkle and some exciting news to share! 37

Happy December! Today I have some VERY exciting news to share as well as a greeting card! I'm joining along with a talented group of international designers as a design team member on a brand new challenge blog! The new challenge blog is called "More Than Words". The challenges start on the 1st of January but there are also some fun things happening this month so stay tuned.

You can find all the information and details here:
BLOG: http://morethanwordschallenge.blogspot.com.au/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/More-Than-Words-Challenges-14967…/…
PINTEREST: https://www.pinterest.com/mtwchallenge/
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/mtw_challenge/

In case you missed it, Prima is currently celebrating 12 Days of Christmas on the Prima blog. There are many beautiful and inspiring projects for you to check out and a variety of challenges to play along with as well of many prizes to be won! Check it out HERE

Today I made a card to share in celebration of' Prima's 8th Day of Christmas:

I combined the following Prima Color Bloom Sprays to create this card: Glistening Waves, Deep Teal and Soft Teal:

I created lots of texture using Prima's Texture Paste along with Prima's Honeycomb stencil:

The die cut snowflakes were painted with Prima's White Gesso, sprayed with Soft Teal Color Bloom Spray then Crystal Glass Glitter was adhered to each of them:

I'm joining along with the following challenges:
For color inspiration, The Fusion Challenge:

and for sketch inspiration, the retro sketches sketch challenge:

Many thanks for stopping by! I hope you have enjoyed my card and I hope you join along in the fun with Prima! There are great prizes to be had! Also, please be sure to visit the More Than Words blog on December 8th for a grand launch event for all new followers... with amazing prizes! I will be back later this week with more info but in the meantime, I'd love it if you dropped by our blog and Facebook page to see what we're up to! 

Be Sweet ;)

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beautiful 38

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! Today I have a layout to share featuring a photo of the beautiful Trevi fountain.  Scott took this photo while we were vacationing in Rome a few years ago.

I combined a variety of some of my favorite products to create this layout. I started with a piece of pretty paper from the 7 Dots Studio Thoughts Keeper collection then added texture using a MFT stencil along with Prima texture paste:

For color, I combined a variety of Ranger Distress Stains. 

For contrast, I stamped and heat embossed images from Prima Coffee Stains stamp set and embellished with a variety of white die cuts that were made using Spellbinders and Sizzix dies:

For a little more texture and design, I adhered a sprinkle of Prima Rust Glass Beads:

I'm joining along with the following challenges: 
7 Dots Studio Vintage themed challenge:

Stuck?! sketch challenge:

 ColourQ colour challenge:

Thanks so much for stopping by ~ I hope you enjoyed my project!
Be Sweet ;)

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The 7th Day of Christmas Prima style 22

***I have two posts today, please be sure to visit my post for the color throwdown HERE-thank you***

Hi there! In case you missed it, Prima is currently celebrating 12 Days of Christmas on the Prima blog -click HERE. There are many beautiful and inspiring projects for you to check out and a variety of challenges to play along with as well of many prizes to be won! Check it out HERE.

Today it's my turn up on the Prima blog in celebration of the 7th Day of Christmas. 

We were asked to create a Christmas tag featuring Prima's IOD Oil Pastels.

I was going for a cold wintry Christmas theme so I created a tag using a cool color palette by combining the following beautiful Oil Pastels colors: Yellow Green, Sky Blue and Light Blue.

To create this tag, I die cut and layered various pretty papers from the Garden Fable collection, added lots of texture using Light Paste Opaque Matte medium along with the Honeycomb stencil followed with lots of color using oil pastels. I embellished the tag with a trio of die cut snowflakes that were colored using the Yellow Green oil pastel then coated with Pearl Glass Glitter along with a variety of beautiful Prima flowers and a sweet resin owl.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed my tag. Please be sure to visit the Prima blog for loads of inspiration and to join along in one of the challenges! There are many beautiful and inspiring projects for you to check out and a variety of challenges to play along with as well of many prizes to be won! Check it out HERE.

Prima Products:
814328-Iron Orchid Decor-Water Soluble Oil Pastels-Yellow Green, Sky Blue, Light Blue
582661-A Victorian Christmas-Clear Stamps 2
847333-Garden Fable-A4 Paper Pad
574598-Prima Flowers-Luna Limitless
980269-Jamie Dougherty-A4 Watercolor Paper Pad
961442-Finnabair art basics Heavy Gesso White
961404-Finnabair art basics Light Paste Opaque Matte
573942-Color Bloom Spray Mist-Glistening Waves
961633-Finnabair art ingredients-Glass Glitter Pearl
961268-Finnabair Elementals-6.5” x 10.25” Stencil Honeycomb
961428-Finnabair art basics-Soft Matte Gel Transparent
892593-Ingvild Bolme Shabby Chic Treasures-Owls
548858-Prima Flowers-Corine Collection
546700-Prima Flowers-Audrey Rose Col Blue Ice

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Winter wishes 19

***I have two posts today, if you are looking for my Prima post, please click HERE-thank you :)***
Hi! Today I'm so excited and honored to be joining along side the creatively talented design team as the featured stamper at the color throwdown challenge! I'd like to thank the color throwdown team for inviting me to join along!

Here's this week's color inspiration:

I made a rather clean and simple card featuring a fun snowman image from one of my first Stampin' Up stamp sets that dates back to 2004:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge:

Thanks so much for visiting! Please be sure to visit the color throwdown challenge to see all the design team's beautiful samples and to join along in the fun! Please be sure to visit the Prima blog for a lot of Christmas inspiration!
Be Sweet ;)

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merry christmas 32

Hi there! I hope you are having a great weekend! In case you missed it, Prima is currently celebrating 12 Days of Christmas on the Prima blog. There are many beautiful and inspiring projects for you to check out and a variety of challenges to play along with as well of many prizes to be won! Check it out HERE.

Being a Prima DT member myself, I am ineligible to win a prize but I still enjoy joining along regardless :) I created a mixed media style Christmas card for my dear husband which features a variety of Prima products.

Once I embossed the background, I painted it using Prima black gesso followed with Prima Mica Powders: Teal, Rust, Copper. The wooden snowflake came from a local craft store. I painted it using black gesso and Prima Teal Mica Powder:

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
the Mixed Media Place Creative Gym Exercise #14 challenge where we are challenged to create a Christmas themed card, tag or ATC project:

the Merry Monday Christmas Card challenge where we are challenged to create a Christmas card with a reindeer on it:

Many thanks for stopping by~ I hope you enjoyed my card!
Be Sweet ;)

Prima products used:
962531-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder Copper
962487-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder Teal
962548-Finnabair art ingredients Mica Powder Rust
961459-Finnabair art basics-Heavy Black Gesso

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Season's Greetings 22

Hi there! Today I have a rather simple Christmas card to share featuring a fun tree image from a PTI stamp set that I recently purchased along with pretty patterned Tim Holtz papers. 

I stamped and heat embossed the image then applied Distress Ink around the image to make it stand out as it sort of faded into the background:

For sketch inspiration, I joined along with the current Freshly Made Sketches:

and I'm also joining along with the current Card Concept challenge where the theme is Festive Glory. I was inspired by the gingham pattern and vintage vibe of the photo to create this Clean & Graphic Christmas card:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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