Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge - Sparkle and Shine (use something sparkly)

Happy Tuesday Crafters

Hope everyone is ready for the new Scrappy Moms Stamps Terrific Tuesday Challenge. 

Who doesn't love to add a little sparkle on your craft projects? 

For this challenge all you need to do is add something sparkle or shiny to your project and share it over at the Scrappy Moms Stamps blog. 

For my sparkle I embossed a butterfly and dragonfly stamp with silver embossing powder and I embossed the sentiment with black embossing powder.  

I also added some pearls to the dragonfly and black gemstones to my butterfly.  

For my sentiment I chose the beautiful Happy Birthday from 

the "From the Inside Out" stamp set. 

Here are my cards...

This one is the dragonfly.  

I love the how the silver embossing powder makes them all shiny and they just pop on the card.    Added a few silver pearls down their back to give them a little more dimension.  Also added dots using my silver gelly roll pen. 

Here is a close up of the dragonfly

Now to show you the card with the butterfly.

Similar design just slightly different. 

Close up of the beautiful shiny butterfly with it's black gemstones.

    

Card Recipe:

• Happy Birthday from the "From the Inside Out" stamp set. 

• Dragonfly & Butterfly from Inkadinkado Gemstone Insects stamp set that I had in my stamp stash. 
• Silver embossing powder is Ranger Silver Super Fine Detail Embossing Powder
• Black embossing powder from Sprinkle and Sparkle

• Snowman face is from Peachy Keen Stamps PD-445 Happy Snow Couples Face Assortment.
• Leaf vines are a sizzix die. 
• Pearls and black gem stones are from my stash
• Standard A2 card base.
• Card inspired by a Gina K on StampTV YouTube video.

I hope you have some time go get some crafting in and  join us in this challenge.

If you can, please link up your project HERE  for a chance to win a set of Scrappy Mom's Stamps.  While visiting the Scrappy Moms Stamps blog be sure to check out the wonderful projects my Design Team sisters created for this challenge.   

Can't wait to see what your take on this challenge is. 

Thanks for stopping by.   

All comments are welcomed and cherished.

TTFN,

Debby

Sympathy Cards

Hello Crafters,

Today I'm sharing some cards that are my least favorite to make as I'm sure it is with you.  I had a co-worker who's mother-in-law that passed away Monday and last night I got a call from my dad that my stepmom's second son passed away suddenly.  This news broke my heart for her because she lost a son unexpectedly four months ago and I can on imagine the pain and the void she is feeling.

I always struggle when it comes to creating sympathy cards so I went to Pinterest to get inspiration.  So these cards are not my own ideas and I am so appreciative of getting inspiration and ideas from other crafters.  

This first card is for my co-worker.  I used one of the embossing folders from Cuttlebug Paper Lace II set and the Darice embossing frames to keep it from embossing the oval portion.   I used my markers to color the stems and flowers on a Hero Art stamp and stamped it in the oval.   The sentiment is from Scrappy Moms Stamps "From the Inside Out" stamp set.   Added a bow and a few gems.

The second card I made for my stepmom.   I found the saying on Pinterest and retyped it and put it front of the card.  Once again I used the "With Sympathy" stamp from the Scrappy Moms Stamps "From the Inside Out" stamp set.  The fern stamp on the mat is from my stash, not sure where I got it from.

Thanks for stopping by.

TTFN

Debby