happy day wishes

Hello!
Donna K here with you sharing my take on the PINK challenge.

I wasn't quite ready to pack up my Easter goodies so I took 

my collection of Piccolo Eggs and turned them upside down

to create party balloons. 

I wish my photography was better so you could see how sparkly and pretty
each egg balloon is but hopefully you'll get the idea. 

Don't forget you have all week to play along.

Show us your PINK creations!!

Be sure to check out all of the  Sweet Stamps /Globecraft & Piccolo  links listed below:

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The following Sweet Stamps products were used in this design:

Glastique Gloss Finishing Glaze	Enamel EP SIAM SILVER	Simple Greetings Clear Stamp Set	Art Stencil CIRCLE PAVERS	Easter Eggs Little Accents
Easter Eggs Mini Accents	Easter Eggs Small Accents

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Wedding Card

This card from Roxie is for the Wedding challenge.  Join in the challenge and post your card here to the company blog to be entered into a drawing for a gift certificate to the online store.

This is a quick and easy card to create using shimmer cardstock, gems and embossing powder with a touch of glitter.

Supplies:
Images: SweetStamps
Paper: Recollections - pink shimmer, unknown silver and white shimmer
Accessories: Forever in Time - tiny gems, Hero Arts - flower gem, Globecraft & Piccolo - Siam Silver embossing powder, VersaMark ink. foam tape
Tools: Spellbinder - scallop die, Perfect Layers Mini from Perfect Paper Crafting for borders

The following items can be found in the SweetStamps store:

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Great Birthday Bling Challenge #181

Hello Sweeties!

You have a few more days to join our weekly challenge.

This weeks theme is 

BLING

You can have a little or a LOT ...

but you can't win if you don't join us.

I thought this particular card deserved RED and lots of bling...

Don't you just love this stamp from the Bra Words set?!

Thanks for letting me share.

You can join the Sweet Stamps challenge HERE

You can shop at Sweet Stamps HERE

You can find Sweet Stamps on Facebook HERE

~Donna K / Created by Donna K

Cats Love Birds Piccolo Accent

Bra Words Clear Stamp Set

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

Copic Sketch Markers

Silver Rhinestones

Enamel EP SIAM SILVER

Enamel Embossing Powder Adhesive

1/8" Scor-Tape

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Too early for holiday ornaments?

I say NEVER! For this Globecraft & Piccolo post I decided to beat the heat by making a holiday ornament.  Using one of the Ornament Kits (in addition to the kits found on the linked page, there is the DIY Portrait Ornament and the DIY Landscape Ornament) make it SO easy and really fun, but my favorite is using one of the 2 DIY kits, like I did here.  I wanted an icy feel to my ornament, hoping that keeping cool could be a bit of mind over matter!

The final ornament - pretty, but I'm still hot!

What I Used to Make My Project

ORNP, DIY Portrait OrnamentKit

LA100, BejeweledSnowflakes

Embossing Enamel in Siam Silver, Mermaid Tears and Aged White

Embossing Fluid

Fishing Line or Craft Filament (I used jewelry cord, clear)

E6000

Crafters Pick Glue

The kit with the piece from Bejeweled Snowflakes

First thing I did was cut my long snowflake border from the Bejeweled Snowflake Set in half – there are 8 little snowflakes on each strip, so I just snipped it into 4.  Then I applied the Embossing Fluid and embossed the strip with Aged White Embossing Enamel, both front and back.

Then I embossed the inner circle of the ornament – the inner piece is the

Inner bezel with snowflake piece

piece in the kit that has the loop on the top to hang the ornament.  I just pounced my Embossing Fluid along the outside of the ring (super easy since the Embossing Fluid uses a dauber on the top of it – you never get too much or too little! Just don’t squeeze your bottle as it will explode – or so I hear - hehehe) since I knew once the ornament is assembled you can only see a small bit of the ring; I embossed the inner ring on both sides.  Then, I threaded the cord through the very top of the snowflake strip that I had cut so that the ends of the cord could be glued to the inner ring and the strip would hang correctly.  For that I used E6000 and I did one piece of string at a time (for me that was easier than trying to line the filament up on both sides, ensure the strip was even, then try to glue both ends of the cord – it became like a game, with me fighting against everything.  So, I surrendered and did each end separately).

All the pieces embossed, attached & ready to assemble (except the globes)

While my hanging piece was drying, I embossed the 2 outer rings with Mermaid Tears, being sure to roll the Embossing Enamel to shake up the enamel.  The Globecraft & Piccolo Embossing Enamel is hand blended in the USA and each color is so unique – the Mermaid Tears is such a pretty mixture of colors!  I did one side of each of the outer rings, but I did emboss each side twice.  Then I glued the globes and the rings to the inner ring, lining it up and clamping them together with bulldog clips.  I let it dry overnight and I was done!

Another look at the final product (hard to get those bubbles to photograph!)

Also, another great use for the bubbles is to use them as "shields" - when you have items drying, perhaps with Glastique Gloss, you can place a bubble over the item and that helps to keep the cat hair, human hair, Embossing Enamel and all the other floaties out of your finish.  Thanks so much for stopping by – I appreciate your comments and sharing of my posts so much! Hope you have a fantastic weekend! Christi