Freshly Made Sparkle and Shine!

Oh my goodness, where did the weekend go?  I had an amazing time with my friends at the Crafty Souls all day event...and then caught up with a tiny bit of housework before I stole away to play along with a couple of my favorite challenges.

I used sketch 206 from Freshly Made Sketches along with the inspiration photo from the Sparkle and Shine Challenge to create a wonderfully whimsical watercolor card!

I knew I was going to be giving my card a hefty sprinkling of my new sequins from Pretty Pink Posh, so I grabbed an equally sparkly sentiment from the Close to My Heart Diamonds Are Forever My Acrylix stamp set.

I ALSO experimented for the first time with a little bit of watercolor paint splatter on special watercolor paper...

This is my slogan!  I stamped it in Versamark Ink and heat embossed with Ranger Super Fine Silver Powder BEFORE I painted...and then matted the watercolor paper on a piece of White Daisy CS trimmed with Silver Foil Tape after the paper was completely dry.  I used my heating tool to dry it a bit faster.  I adore how the two silver features complement each other!

I love how the yellow splatter ran the blob of color!

It was super fun to get my feet wet again (oh yes, I did!) and play with my new watercolors.  I have to work on my splatter technique and play some more!  Thank for stopping in!  :)

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Tag (You're It!) Tuesday with a NEW Challenge!

I am just coming off the HIGH of a three-day crafty weekend, so don't mind all the exclamations and smilies today, OK?  :)  Thanks!!!

I stumbled upon a new (to me!) challenge that me thinks has my name ALL over it!  It's called the Sparkle and Shine Challenge!  Yes, really!  This week, the challenge is to make tags.  I don't have the sequins suggested to play along, BUT I sure do like the looks of em--so I MUST pick some up for future challenges. 

I happen to be designing some tags for an upcoming class, so here is one of the sets I came up with!

I think they definitely need some sequins!  ;)

I cut all the pieces of these tags using my Cricut Explore machine and the Close to My Heart Artistry Cartridge. 

The patterned papers and stamps are from the White Pines Scrapbook Workshop on the Go.  

My personal fave of the three...

I used my ShinHan Carmine Alcohol Marker to color in the berries.

I adore using this new Fern Thick Twine for tags!

Thanks for popping in to my blog today!  See you again soon!

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