Fabulous Diamonds, Glitter & Bling Card

Well let's just start out by wishing you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! I hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and enjoyed the holidays......I know that I did, maybe a little too much.....I know I had my share of sweets, okay maybe more than my share.......lol....Well it's that time again, and guess what I have to share with you all today............a card of course.....I will give you a short tutorial on how to make it at the end of the post.

Products Used

Die Cuts With A View-Street Lace Cardstock 12"x12" Pad

Die Cuts With A View-Street Lace 8"x8" Pad

Penny Black Wood Stamp-Letter Background

C.C.Designs-Sassy Sentiments

Versamark Ink Pad

Momento-Tuxedo Black

Spellbinders Classic Diamond Dies

In The Making Glitter-Gunmetal

Kaiser Organza Ribbon-Natural

Scor-Pal Adhesive-5" Scor-Tape

Prima Say It in Crystals-Swirls Black

Queen & Co.-Nightfall Rhinestones

Tusukineko-Black Embossing Powder



So here's how I made this card.......Stamp the cardstock with the letter background stamp and cut with the diamond die, you will need approx. 17 of the diamonds. Apply scor-tape to a piece of cardstock and adhere the stamped diamonds, leaving spaces between them. Apply the glitter and burnish into all the lines......creating a tiled effect. I love this technique, you can do this with lots of different shapes. You could also use embossing powder instead of the glitter to create a totally different look. The possibilities are endless!!!

So, after that was all done I used the scor-tape and glitter on one of the diamonds and then layered it with 2 more diamonds, on the last one I stamped my saying and embossed it with the black EP. You really have to check out the Sassy Sentiment set, it's awesome, I just had to buy it!!! Then I added my ribbon and of course it just had to have some bling....and that's pretty much it for this card.........I hope you all try this technique.......if you do post a link to it in the comments section, I would love to see it!!!

So I guess that's it...........until next time..........

It's Time for another, Playing in Paradise Sketch Challenge #3

Well are you ready to play along with us? For this one Becky Fleck created a sketch for us and is suppling us with a sample. Also, we will be giving away her new Page Maps book ........isn't that awesome!!! So here's the sketch's for this one:

Card

Scrapbook Page

So here's my take on the sketch and yes I did a card.......lol

Products Used

Die Cuts With A View-Street Lace 12"x12"Solid Cardstock Pack

Die Cuts With A View-Street Lace 8"x8" Paper Pack

We R Memory Keepers-Sew Easy Grey Floss

We R Memory Keepers-Needles

Flourishes Clear Stamp Set-Kids at Play

Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Set-Cherish

Versamark Ink

Stampendous Embossing Powder-Midnight Black

We r Memory Keepers-Crop-O-Dile Corner Chomper

Momento Ink-Tuxedo Black

American Crafts Ribbon-Black Velvet Scalloped

Spellbinder's Die-Big Scalloped Ovals Large

Now a little bit of the deets......the main thing I did with this card is I used my new cherish punch and on the Butterfly embossed cardstock and then I stitched it with the black floss. I really love this punch!!! It gives you evenly spaced holes, so you could leave it as is or do what I did and stitch it! I was actually surprised that the stitching didn't take as long as I thought it would and it just adds so much to the card.

Then I stamped the Kids at Play set and embossed it with the Black EP. I used the Spellbinders die and cut 2 of them, this die has always reminded me of clouds, so I hope that you think so too!! I hope you all enjoyed my version of the sketch, thanks for stopping by and checking it out!!!

Now go and check out what everyone else has done:

Becky
Hannah

Laura
Nancy

Sara

Head on over to the Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog to check out all the photos and new products.........and don't forget that Scrapbooker's Paradise Online Store is offering FREE SHIPPING on orders shipped before Dec. 31st!!

Don't forget to if you would like to win some blog candy head over to the Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog and leave a comment on the post for the Feature Product.......a winner will be randomly chosen on Monday Dec, 20th!!!

Playing in Paradise Sketch Challenge

So who's up for a challenge???

Card Layout 

Scrapbook Layout

So here's my take on the Card Layout.................more details below.....



Products Used:

Spellbinders Die - Butterflies 2 Shapeablility

Spellbinders Die - Labels One Nestabilities

Sizzix Die - Decorative Flourishes

Die Cuts with A View Black Currant 12”x12” Pad

EK Success Punch - Edger Medallion Chain

Sizzix Die - Decorative Label 4

Prima Flowers - 5 & 6 Petal Mix Craftable Flowers

Prima Flowers - Medium Mix Craftable Flowers

Flourishes Stamp - Life Lines Clear Set

Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Copic Markers in the following colors: W3, W5, W7, W9, 110, RV 10, RV11, RV17, RV19 & RV34

Copic Tool - Copic ABS-1 Kit

Cardstock in the following colours: Black & 2 colours of Pink

Imaginisce Tool - I-Rock

Imaginisce Embellishment - I-Rock Hot Rocks Compact Crystal

Okay so now on to the details of how I made my card..............

I cut my card so it's a 6"x6" card and rounded all the corners. The next part is to use paper from the DCWV paper pad with the Edger medallion chain punch,  the Decorative Flourishes die, Butterflies 2 and the 2nd largest die from Labels one. Oh and I also cut a strip for glueing on the dark pink cardstock.  I then die cut the largest die from Labels One with the dark pink cardstock and die cut the lighter pink cardstock with Decorative Label 4. Now you can stamp the saying from the Life Lines set with the black ink onto the lighter pink cardstock.

Okay I just have to say this...............I just love my copics.......what a great way to make matching embellies!!! So now you can play with your airbrush and copics........I used the prima flowers and airbrushed them with my copics..........what no airbrush???.......no worries, you can colour the flowers with your copics too.......but, I just have to use my airbrush, it's sooo much fun........but I think I over did it and I made too many flowers, but that's fine, I'm sure I can use them on another card.........lol......

Now just use your pop dots and adhesive and adhere everything! Lastly use your I-Rock tool and attach all those gorgeous rhinestones. That's it!!!

Well I hope you enjoyed my attempt at a short tutorial..........please feel free to leave me comments, I greatly appreciate them!! Thanks for looking!!!

Don't forget to check out what all of the Scrapbooker's Paradise Design Team has done with these sketches!!! Here's the link back to the Scrapbooker's Paradise Blog