Stained Glass Sympathy

I stampers, I had cut out several of these cards and had several to make and mail out this week.  Unfortuntely I've needed a lot of sympathy cards lately.  The Stained Glass Rounds from Sparkle N Sprinkle is one of the sets I always grab for when I need a sympathy and since it was round it fit the card perfect.  I kept the rest of the card pretty simple. I colored with Copics and then covered it with Versamark and Sparkle Embossing Powder.  They sentiment was embossed with Moss Embossing Powder.
My husband and I are getting ready to go down to Flamingo, in the Everglades this weekend.  I'm looking forward to taking some good nature photos,  so I will share some of those pictures with you next week. 
But until then I went out today to photograph this Kapok tree that is one of my favorite blooming trees because it blooms so early.  

Hope you have a beautiful day:)
Jill

Butterfly Hellos

 Hi Stampers,  Since I was working on so many different cut files for card cuts recently I made this Half Circle Flip Cut File also.  I also made a cut for the bib that goes on the front.  I decided to use my Fancy Butterflies stamp set for this one and stamped one on cardstock and colored it with Copics....then stamped another one on Vellum Cardstock and embossed it with Concord Star EP.
I think this is going to be a fun card fold:)  Thinking of more ways to use it!  Here's a look from another angle.

Happy Stamping,
Jill

Deco Divas – Love is in the Air Blog Hop

Welcome to the Sparkle N Sprinkle Deco Divas – Love is in the Air Blog Hop!  If you hopped here by way of April, then you are in the right place.  If not you might want to hop over to the beginning at Sparkle N Sprinkle to become eligible for one of the four great prizes. 

I chose to do Valentine cards for the hop and I just got done making a Cut File for this Diorama card and had to use it.  It was a lot of fun putting all the layers together.  You can find all the details here.  What a great way to display your cards for months to come!!

I was going to stop at one card, but this idea for the pink Leo had been in my creative mind for a while so I had to try it too:)  But only this time I used the Spellbinders Hearts to cut out the center shapes instead of the octagon.  I love adding the Dimensional Glue to Leo's mane and covering it with Flocking and this time was no exception...I covered it with Cherry Sparkle, Sparkle N Soft!  You can find out all the details herehttp://sparklensprinkle.com/g/view_photo.php?set_albumName=Valentines_Day&id=ahu.

 A close up of this mane:)

Thanks for stopping by and leaving me a comment.....I love reading them all:)  Now hop on over to Brenda's blog to finish up the hop!
Happy Hopping!!
Jill

Speedy Recovery

Hi Stampers,
I just can't get enough of coloring these cute Christian Girls!  This time I cut out the layer piece on Sticker Paper with the Lacey Circle Spellbinders and placed Eve in the middle of it and covered the remaining sticker with Bronze Glitter to add a sparkly border.  I did the same with the sentiment, but emboss it with Sangria EP. 

Having a stamping great day!
Jill

Kitty Birthday

This is the birthday card that I made for my daughters' 22nd birthday.  She has two cats so I thought this fit the bill.  I used the Double Dutch fold again from Splitcoast and I stamped the image of the cats, from Sparkle N Sprinkle, with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with my Copics, E30, E33, E35 & E37 and W1, W3, W5 & W7.  Then I used Brushable Glue and flocked the spots with Dark Chocolate & Elephant Gray.

For the sentiment on the bottom of the card and inside I used the Happy Birthday set and embossed them with Pear Star.  Then stamped and colored another cat from the set on the inside as well.

 Thanks for stopping by:)
Happy Stamping,
Jill

Reveal Day!

Hi Stampers,  Today is reveal day for Sparkle N Sprinkles new Hummingbird stamp sets that I've been giving you peeks at!  Aren't they just gorgeous!!  And with the new Tuscany Embossing Powders they are just stunning. 

 Here is another card that I made the other day.  I only used a portion of the Hummingbird Party stamp.  The hummingbirds are just so much fun to color with the Copics!  It's so easy to get such vibrant and bright colors with them, and with hummingbirds coming in almost all colors you can't go wrong.  Then to make the hummingbirds stand out more I colored with the Penboss and embossed them with Sparkle Embossing Powder.  For the single hummingbird I cut him out and put him on dimensional tape.  The sentiment is embossed with Sangria.

The hummer on the inside in embossed with the Sangria Star that has the sparkle to it.

Now I'm off to see what the other designers have done with the stamps:)
Barbara Bruder
Marie Berquist
Karalee Ingram
April Williams
Donna Ellis

and there are always more on the website if you click on the stamp images above you can see all of them:)
Thanks for stopping by and
Happy Stamping,
Jill

Another Sneak Peek

 Hi Stampers,
Happy Monday....today I want to share another sneak peak at the new sets that will be revealed on Wednesday at Sparkle N Sprinkle!  They are awesome sets as you can tell...I so enjoyed playing again with them.  I have this K&Co paper that is grays and blues with ivory cream base instead of white and I just love the softness that it gave my card.  I also used the Splitcoasts Double Dutch technique for the card.  I stamped with brown Memento and colored with my Copics, but then I also used the Penboss embossing pen and colored just the flower and the bird and embossed them with Sparkle Embossing Powder to give them some more sparkle and pizzazz. 

 Her is the inside of the card with a portion of another stamp in the set.  Wait til you see the whole set!  You are going to love them I tell you:)  And with the Tuscany Mediterranean Embossing Powders....ummmmm beautiful!

Here is a close up with the sparkle.  The bird is cut out and put on dimensional tape.
Come back on Wednesday as we reveal the whole sets and I share another card with you!
Happy Stamping,
Jill