Sunday 3 September 2017

A sparkly sunset

Hi there. Happy Sunday to all. I hope you are having a lovely day, doing whatever you like to do on a Sunday!

I decided to spend a few minutes doing a blog post as, apart from my scheduled DT posts, I haven't actually posted anything for ages.

Here is a card that I made a while back, having watched a Sheena Douglas show where she showed how to make a background with sparkle pens. So I decided to experiment a bit myself and made about 4 backgrounds using this technique.

Here is the result of one of them which I finished iff using a variety of Lavinia and Inkylicious stamps.

This version was on water colour card, which made the spreading of the sparkle pen a bit easier, but the down side was that the fairy stamp did not come out quite as solid as I would have liked. Also,  the water colour paper curled and no amount of flattening under books etc would get it perfectly flat again, so it took a bit of effort to get it stuck down on the card!

None the less, it was a very fun and creative few hours for me, and I will definitely be doing this again.

Thanks for visiting today!

Sharon x

Challenges:
http://addicted-to-stamps-challenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/back-after-our-summer-break-with.html
http://eclecticellapu.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/september-challenge.html
http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/break-over-challenge-382.html
http://crafting-with-friends.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/challenge-49.html
https://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/1st-april-2017-classic-design-team-open.html

8 comments:

  1. It is a beautiful card but at the challengeblog Addicted To Stamps we want to see a Christmascard. Maybe you have time to make another one?
    Greetings Miranda (dt-ATSC)

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  2. It is very pretty. Your hard work and efforts paid off in the end. Thank you for sharing your card with us. Good luck in the challenge from Eclectic Ellapu.

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  3. Beautiful card Sharon and love the design. Hugs, Carol S.xx

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  4. I really love this it looks fantastic Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Michelle DT Co-Owner/Admin for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/...

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  5. This is gorgeous and trust me you will love Winnie xx

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  6. Beautiful Sharon..
    Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Chrissy DT   http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/...


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  7. ooh lovely creation, thanks so much for joining our challenge this week at CRAFTY CATZ, please play again soon x Carol C

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I love to receive your comments, so thanks so much for taking the time to visit me and tell me what you think. Happy crafting! Sharon