Challenge #112 More Than One Stamped Image

Hello again from the road. We had a great time at Stampin by the Sea in Ocean City, Maryland and we're ready to move onto our next challenge. This week's theme is...

More Than One Stamped Image

We'd love to see your creation using more than one stamp, so come and join the fun! You can win FREE stamps by playing along in our challenge. Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

Check out the gorgeous designs our DT Sweeties have created:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Jacqueline Hill

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Liz Butzke

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

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Remember, our Monthly Technique Challenge (Wax Paper Resist) runs through April 14th. Check out the monthly challenge here.  

Next week's challenge theme will be A Rainbow of Color. Hope you'll join us for your chance to win some Sweet Stamps!

Happy Stamping! Have a super sweet week!
 




P.S. Don't forget we're looking for a few good crafters to join our team...apply today to become a Design Team Sweetie!  Applications will be accepted through this Thursday, April 11th.

Spring Pastels Challenge Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Challenge #111 Spring Pastels is...

Juliet

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree at shop.SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a NEW technique challenge every month, along with a weekly challenge each Tuesday!

Greetings to Someone Special

Hello! Steph here with a card today. I love to make cards. I love to see what I can create in such a small area. Using the G&P bookboard elements makes card making so easy and fun. There are so many products in a variety of sizes that can be used in so many different ways.

Supplies:

• Vintage Teddy Flourish
• Mardi Gras Embossing Powder
• Titanium White 3D Enamel Gel
• Metallic Copper 3D Enamel Gel
• Glastique
• Piccolo Embossing Adhesive

I began by separating the pieces from the Vintage Teddy Flourish as I wanted to use the frame for this card. The Teddy will be used for another project I have in mind.

Use the Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive to hold the embossing powder on by dabbing it on the top side of the bookboard frame. Sprinkle the moist frame with G&P Mardi Gras Embossing Powder, tip off excess and heat set; repeat for a total of three layers.

Cut cardstock to fit behind the frame and use Glastique as an adhesive to attach it to the back of the embossed frame. Temporarily clamp the pieces together with binder clips or clip clothespin till the Glastique adhesive sets up.

To create the background of the card, I used a floral embossing folder and added Titanium White and Metallic Copper 3D Enamel Gels in open areas around the background. Use Glastique to adhere the frame to the background. 

I stamped my image and then with Copic Markers. Fussy cut the image and adhere it to the card using dimensional foam dots. The sentiment is also inserted in the frame.

To see what I've done with the Teddy, head over to my blog. 

Tips for creating crafty doilies

Good morning, Steph here today with a fun tip to share.

Do you have lots of doilies around the house? Those lovely delicate pieces of tissue that Grandma always used as decorative elements for her cakes? Well, if you do, here's a fun tip to decorate them - use Globecraft & Piccolo Embossing Powders. You can take plain old white doilies and make them fabulous in any color you want.


Supplies:

• Girls Night Out Embossing Powder
• Poodle Skirt Embossing Powder
• Mossy Glen Embossing Powder
• Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive

On these doilies, I  used Piccolo Adhesive and added liberal mounts of  Poodle Skirt Embossing Powder to the doily in the upper left; Girls Night Out Embossing Powder to the doily in the upper right and Mossy Glen Embossing Powder to the bottom one. 

  

You do need a delicate touch, though. Pressing the adhesive too hard on the doily will tear it as you can see here. These doilies may not look like much now, but wait until you see the projects I have planned for them on Monday's post. Be sure to come back for more!

Flower Drop Charms warming up to Spring

Hi, Kristie here and I am going to show you how I made this lovely Flower charm earrings and pendant using the Piccolo Enamel Gels.

Here is what you will need:

• G&P Flower Drops Charm Set
• Napthol Red 3D Enamel Gel
• Cobalt Turquoise 3D Enamel Gel      
• Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter
• Piccolo Instant UV resin

Step one: choose one flower in each charm and apply Cobalt Turquoise 3D Enamel Gel to it.

Use a slow movement to avoid air bubbles.

Step two: Apply Napthol Red 3D Enamel Gel to the rest of the charm, and repeat for each one.

Add a small dot to the center of the Turquoise flowers with the  Napthol Red 3D Enamel Gel 

Step three: Sprinkle on a little  Pure Sparkle Silver Glitter.

Step three: After the enamel gel dries, turn over each piece and repeat the process on the opposite side. 

 Step four: After this side dries, apply a layer of Instant UV Resin.

Just look at how lovely they turned out! I love how the gels stay "domed" and shiny!

See how easy it is to create beautiful jewelry with just a few supplies from Globecraft and Piccolo!

Kristie Taylor
The Scrapinater

Stop over on my personal blog to take a look at a steampunk dragonfly I've been working on.

Challenge #111 Spring Pastels

Hello from the road...We're in South Carolina now, next stop: Ocean City, Maryland for Stamping by the Sea! We've seen spring blooming all around in our travels...lots of buds on the trees, the birds and squirrels are out and the weather is getting warmer! Hope you all had a great Easter, we're ready to move right into Spring with our challenge theme this week...

Spring Pastels

We'd love to see your creation, so come and join the fun! You can win FREE stamps by playing along in our challenge. Click here for our complete Challenge Rules.

Check out these lovely spring pastel designs our DT Sweeties have created:

Bonnie Brown

Calypso Bastian

Dawn Bennett

Jacki Randolph

Jacqueline Hill

Joni Mastronardi

Kendra Sand

Linda Jover

Liz Butzke

Shelly Schmidt

Tamara Morton

 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Our Monthly Technique Challenge (Wax Paper Resist) runs through April 14th. Check out the monthly challenge here. Next week's challenge theme will be More Than One Stamped Image. Hope you'll join us for your chance to win some Sweet Stamps!

Happy Stamping! Have a super sweet week!
 




P.S. Don't forget we're looking for a few good crafters to join our team...apply today to become a Design Team Sweetie! 

Easter Challenge Winner

The winner of SweetStamps.com's Challenge #110 Easter is...

Anita

Congratulations!

Please contact me for your winning prize of a $20 shopping spree for rubber stamps at SweetStamps.com.

Thank you to everyone who joined in on the challenge, we hope you had fun and will join us again — we have a NEW technique challenge every month, along with a weekly challenge each Tuesday!

More DIY Ornaments!

 

And, YES! It's yet another DIY Ornament from me - Linda! I can't seem to get enough of these. This one is for my aunt who hasn't been feeling well lately. The photo inset is her, her sister (my Mom) and their brother. I think she'll like it.

I started with our Globecraft & Piccolo Portrait DIY Ornament Kit, which by the way, includes two complete ornaments. I coated the outer rings with our Piccolo Embossing Powder Adhesive in the dabber bottle then sprinkled on G&P Vintage Copper Embossing Powder and heat set it. I layered two coats of embossing powder to create that lovely texture and color on the rings.

I printed out two small identical photos and distressed the edges then applied a bit of Ranger's Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

When all was ready I glued a piece of thin wire between the photos so I could support them between the globes once the ornament is assembled.

I created a charm from our Butterfly Charm Set using our 3D Enamel Gels and our new Piccolo UV Resin. Jump on over to my blog for a quick tutorial on the charm.