Sparkle Creations' 3rd Birthday!

Happy Thursday!

Today, I'm having the privelege of being part of a bloghop for Sparkle's 3rd anniversary of her company, Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. There'll be so much inspiration, talent, and prizes along the way! I hope you join us!

I am using the new release of Seattle Chloe. I picked her because of my recent trip to Seattle last year. It was a lot of fun, and I loved that city!




Hello and Welcome to the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps 3rd Anniversary Hop! Not only are we here to help Sparkle celebrate 3 years of SCRS, but we are also officially releasing 4 new SCRS images this month -- Paris Lucy, London Charlotte, New York Josh, and Seattle Chloe. They are ALL available in the store NOW!

We have assembled an all-star lineup consisting of our Current Design Team, DT Alumni and Guest Designers. Click on all the links below to participate in our anniversary blog hop!

What's a hop without prizes? We've hidden TEN single stamp prizes along the way and one lucky winner will win the ENTIRE July release! All you need to do is leave some love at every stop along the hop. You have until 11:59 PM EST on Sunday to leave comments for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on the SCRS blog on Monday. Good luck to all and Happy Hopping!

SCRS 2nd Anniversary Hop

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Hello and Welcome to the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps 2nd Anniversary Hop! Not only are we here to help Sparkle celebrate 2 years of SCRS, but we are also officially releasing 4 new SCRS images this month -- Birthday Cake Emily, Festive Rin, Party Time Oliver, and Your Highness Lucy. They are ALL available in the store NOW!

We have assembled an all-star lineup consisting of our Current Design Team, DT Alumni and Guest Designers. If you happened here by chance, you are in the right place...the hop starts HERE -- please see the complete list below.

What's a hop without prizes? We've hidden TEN single stamp prizes along the way and one lucky winner will win the ENTIRE July release! All you need to do is leave some love at every stop along the hop. You have until 11:59 PM EST on Sunday to leave comments for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on the SCRS blog on Monday. Good luck to all and Happy Hopping!

I was so excited to be a part of these new stamps that I made not one, not two, but three cards!

Festive Rin:



I was invited to my first and only (Eastern) Indian party last year, and I was so severely underdressed! So I vowed that I will be getting a sari if I'm ever invited to one again. I love how bright and colorful saris are. How they are both classy and sexy at the same time! Rin looks awfully lovely in this outfit! I wanted the colors to be lively so I chose a lot of pinks and oranges.

Birthday Cake Emily:



So I don't know about your neck of the woods, but it seems like the trend around my side of the country is ombre-colored hair. Y' know, darker on top and it lightens on the way down. I would love to try it out but my hair is already prone to split ends so I don't know if it can tolerate getting blonde (aka bleached) ends. So I thought I'd try it on Emily here. :) I actually like how it came out! I went with a fresh color palette here of pinks and greens.

Your Highness Lucy:



For Miss Vivacious Lucy here, I wanted a card that would grab your attention. I mean, doesn't she look like she'd be the center of attention at any party? I wanted a 'pop-py' DP but also one that was serene as Miss Thang is relaxing here, LOL! I went with a bold color combo of turquoise and purple. And I just love LOVE the sentiment here! It's my favorite!

And if you noticed, I've got felt flowers galore on these cards! They are so beautiful and very intricate. They are such stunning embellishments to any crafting project.







They are from CatShy Crafts, and I'm hosting a giveaway here.

December Karber Preview

Hi everyone! It's my last post as a DT member over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. It was so much fun!! Thanks so much to Sparkle and Stephanie! The SCRS and Karber stamps are so adorable and delightful to work with!!

Today, we are previewing the December Karber Fairy Stamp set over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps. It's a clear acrylic set and it features an angel, a fairy, and a tooth fairy as well as two sentiments, a star, and clouds with a rainbow. Whew! You'll sure get a good deal for your money!

I'm showcasing the Angel, and I've colored her with Copics. I've made a scenic card using fabric papers from KI Memories (Love, Elsie). Pretty much everything here are from my stash including the ribbon and the brad -- feels good to use up my old stuff! :)

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS Karber designers for more peeks of the Karber Fairy Stamp set. Sparkle will be giving away the Fairy set to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Karber Fairy post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Corinne Mercado
Kadie Ensley
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

Also, here's more info on the featured stamp of December:



In other Karber news, how would you like to win a Grand Calibur??



Buy a Karber digital stamp or a clear or rubber stamp from SCRS, and you'll be entered to win one! For more info, go to the Karber blog! Wow, I sure want one of those!

Have a wonderful day!

Rin & Snowman

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Hi, hi, hi!!

It's time for another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge! Challenge # 69 is a sketch!





Remember that you have to use a SCRS image. You have two weeks to play. For more details, visit the blog. And for more inspiration, visit the Design team members for Week A (Week B will be showcasing the sketch next week):

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Corinne Mercado <--You are Here
Jen Shults, November Guest Designer
Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu
Shaela Odd

Supplies Used:
CS- Bazzill. Neenah Solar White.
DP- Echo Park. (obtained from PWCO's November PaperCard Kit).
Stickers- American Crafts (Dear Lizzy).
Misc.- Brads, Viva Pearl Pen.
Stamp- SCRS' Rin and Snowman.

Sorry, it's so short. It's back to work for me. I'll see you later on this week!

Team Oliver vs. Team Josh.

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Hello, hello, hello!

It's time for another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge (#68). Today marks the first week of this challenge, and I'm part of the first group to showcase it.




Since Twilight's Breaking Dawn will be coming out this week in theaters, we thought we'd do our own version of Team Edward versus Team Jacob. That is, it'll be Team Oliver vs. Team Josh.

You can use your imagination to do whatever you wish provided that you use an Oliver or a Josh image.

Please see the SCRS blog for more details! Here's my take:



I had quite a ball doing this challenge as I am a BIG Twilight fan! I chose images that look as close to the characters of Edward and Jacob as possible -- Valentine Oliver and Street Corner Josh. Valentine Oliver is romantic so I thought he'd be a perfect Edward, although Edward would never wear that kind of hat, LOL! And Street Corner Josh is kinda cool, just like Jacob. I tried coloring them like the characters as well.

Lastly, I added these sentiments I got from Unity Stamps. They're perfect, don't ya think?

For more inspiration, please visit the blog and other DTs for Team A (the first group to do the challenge):

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Corinne Mercado
Jen Shults, November Guest Designer
Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu
Shaela Odd

Hope you get to play along!!! And who's watching the movie at midnight on Friday??? I am!! :)

November SCRS Karber Release

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Hello everyone!!

It's Release Day over at Sparkle Creations, and I've got the newest clear stamps set from Karber to show you!!!

Oh, she is my favorite Karber yet!!! I just love Hawaii... it holds such a special place in my heart!

You get all five stamps shown (Karber Millie, sentiment, sun, pineapple, butterfly) plus a hibuscus flower image and another sentiment! Such a great deal!

I went all out and went 'cuteness overboard'!!! I think I may have just made up a term...I'll call it C.O.! :)

And you know what's even cooler? Some of the supplies were even bought in Hawaii!! The DP with the sunset and the rikrak. WoWoWoW! I bought said items three years ago during our honeymoon in Maui. I forgot the name of the scrapbook store though.

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of Karber Hawaii Kawaii Millie. Sparkle will be giving away Karber Hawaii Kawaii Millie to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Karber post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Corinne Mercado
Kadie Ensley
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

Supplies:
CS- Bazzill Kraft. Neenah Solar White.
DP- Imaginisce (penguins). Wubie Prints (sunset). Misc (green).
Buri Tie RikRak- Makana's.
Stickers- Jolee's Boutique.
Sketch Used- The Deconstructed Sketch # 26

And this month's sale:



By the way, if you didn't know, "Mahalo" means "Thank You" in Hawaiian!

Mahalo for visiting :),

SCRSC's White on White

Good morning, everyone!

It's Tuesday, and it's time for another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge! SCRSC # 67 is a White on White Challenge.




My interpretation of that challenge is an image that is not colorful on a card that is purely white. I came up with this:



I colored up Karber Fairy in black and white. I think an all white card would be even more dramatic when the image is mono or dual-toned.

I'm entering this for Some Odd Girl's B&W Colored Image Challenge. And although expired, I followed Card Patterns Sketch 138

Doesn't Karber Fairy look phenomenal in just mode? Because this card is monochromatic in color, I had to create interest with textures. The CS is from Bazzill and Neenah. The butterflies and punch are from Martha Stewart. The curved flap DP is from Love Elsie. The ribbon with clear sentiment and crochet flowers were from a blog candy that I won from Stephanie - I think they were from Gauche Alchemy.

Please stop by the other DTs' blogs for more examples and inspiration. This month, we are switching to bi-monthly challenges - half of the DT members will show you their creations the first week, and the second half will show theirs the next. That also means that you have almost two weeks to play!

For the month of November, let's welcome our Guest DT: the oh-so-talented Jen Shults!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Corinne Mercado <-- You are Here!
Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu
Shaela Odd
Jen Shults (November Guest Designer)

Remember that you must use a Sparkle Creations image to qualify! Please see the blog for more details!

And the November Featured Character is Rin (I just love her name, LOL!). All Rin stamps will be 15% off for a portion of the month. More details to come!

Sparkle will also be having a Black Friday sale (banner and more details coming)!!

Tata!

SCRSC # 66

Hi everyone, and welcome to SCRSC # 66. Our challenge for this week is no coloring!



I did some paper piercing and just stamping with my regular black ink. I also wanted to mix up vintage and cutesy again :). I used Karber's Reading Millie and for the papers, I used Graphic 45. That strip of the plain alpha paper is actually from a real school book. And the memo tag is from Creative Imaginations Project (too bad they went out of business). The twine is from Martha Stewart and the brads are from Making Memories.

Hope you all get to play along! I had to think really hard about what I'd do for this - it's refreshing to challenge yourself once in a while! LOL!

Remember, you have to use a Sparkle Creations image on your project! Please see the blog for more information.

For more inspiration, pls hop on over to each of the DT's blogs!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Amy Tsuruta (October Guest DT)
Corinne Mercado <--You are here!
Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Tootaloo!!

SCRSC 65 and Card Patterns Sketch 137

Hello, hello! And welcome to another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge.

It's SCRSC 65 and it's a photo inspiration:



The first thing that came to mind were the colors. They're sort of monotonous, except for the dark gold/brown/amber. And I decided not to go for the Fall theme as my cards lately have been depicting a lot of Autumn goodness already.

It was a bit of a challenge to do similar colors but have the papers stand out at the same time. So I made a lot of borders. I used Cocktail Emily because of the glass element. The lemon signifies the food entity in the pic, and the sentiment (night) reflects the candlelight.



Doesn't Emily look like she's ready to have some fun? The paper behind her was misted and the hidden design made it look like a dance floor, don't ya think? (more info on technique on this post). And the handwriting on the papers? Well, it's poetic and romantic because you never know who you're gonna meet when you're out with the girls, am I right?? :)

Just remind me to please never mix silver and brown again on a dress....eeeeeks!! LOL!

SCRS is also the current sponsor at Card Patterns, and I wanted to participate. It's my first time, but it won't be my last. They have really great sketches!



Hope y'all get to play along! For more details, pls head over to the SCRS Blog. And for more inspiration, visit the other DT blogs:

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Amy Tsuruta (October Guest DT)
Corinne Mercado <--- You are here! Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Piali Biswas
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Supplies-
Stamp- Cocktail Emily from SCRS.
CS- Bazzill. Neenah.
DP- Hambly (top and bottom border). Prima.
Flower Sticker- Pebbles Inc.
Tag Sticker- October Afternoon.
Pearls- Queen & Co.
Sentiment- cut-out from Maya Road tag.
Ribbon - misc.
Inks- Copics Sketch. Mr. Huey's mist (on DP). Colorbok (edges).

Toodles,

SCRSC # 64 with Farmer Oliver.

Hello peeps!

It is time for another Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge --- # 64. Today's challenge is a sketch:



And here's what I did:



I over-tilted a bit, and so Farmer Oliver looks like he's gonna tip over... LOL! Doesn't it look like a great day at the farm? The sky is blue and there are lots of fluffy clouds. The grass is green and the crop is abundant :). He just has to watch out for those darn crows!!

I hadn't been lucky with the clouds before. Amy had blogged about a tutorial on how to do this, but my clouds never even looked like 1/10th of hers, LOL. I'd used Tim Holtz distressed ink like recommended but I think I have a very heavy hand because they never looked right. I think it's also because I didn't have the correct type of sponge. For this card, I used a metallic rub-on tint and it worked much better. (I also did it with a paper towel).

Hope you all play along! You must use a Sparkle Creations image, and upload to the SCRS Photo Gallery. The deadline is October 16th at 9 pm PST. The winner will be picked randomnly and get a free stamp!

For more inspiration, please visit the DT's blogs:

Alice Wertz
Amy Tsuruta (October Guest DT)
Corinne Mercado <--- You are here!
Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Piali Biswas
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog

Supplies Used:
Stamp- Farmer Oliver
CS- Bazzill. Neenah Solar White.
PP- DCWV (Autumn Splendor).
Stickers- American Crafts.
Misc.- Copics Sketch markers. Memento Ink.

Toot-a-loo!

You Are So Sweet!

Hi everybody! Welcome to the You Are So Sweet Karber preview for Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.

Although starting with this release, the Karber stamps will be clear acrylic. You Are So Sweet also comes with four stamps and two sentiments! How cool is that?

For this card, I chose the main image, Leslie, and the cupcake. I can't get enough of this paper with the electric mixer from Lily Bee's Designs (Domestic Bliss). And then, I was pleasantly surprised to find this embossed KI Memories paper (Love Elsie)...aren't those cupcakes amazing? I enhanced them with metallic rub-on pigments from Craf-T products. The ribbons are from Crate Paper. Miscellaneous items are the pink ink, corner rounder, Copics, and pearls.



And if you look very closely, you'll see that Leslie's glasses are real!! Teehee! They have that reflective film due to Glossy Accents, a trick that the lovely Arabella has graciously taught me. Thanks chickie! (She designs for Karber digi and has been a wonderful inspiration!). My version wasn't quite as good as you can see: There are tiny air bubbles and I've gone past the lines even!

Be sure to visit all rest of the SCRS designers for more peeks of You are So Sweet. Sparkle will be giving away You are So Sweet to one lucky person! For a chance to win, you need to comment on all of the designer's blogs (list below). Then head on over to the SCRS blog and comment on the Leslie post. You have until midnight EST each day to comment. The lucky winner will be announced the following day!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Corinne Mercado
Kadie Ensley
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Peggy Toole, Sponsorship Coordinator
Piali Biswas
Suzanne Bier, Newsletter Coordinator

And don't forget that Lucy is the featured character for October!




Thanks so much for visiting!

SCRSC # 63 - (We Be' Clubbin!)

Hi all! And welcome to my first Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge as a DT member! Today, we have a fun color combination for you - SCRS Challenge # 63.

The first thing that came to my mind was Halloween. But since I didn't have any SCRS stamps with that theme, I decided to go with my first ever stamp from Sparkle's store - Turntable Josh.



He is just groovin' away! I colored him with Copics and stamped him on Neenah Solar White CS. The orange PP is from DCWV's Autumn Harvest. The black with notes is from Graphic 45. The sentiment is a rub-on from Rhonna Farrer (by Autumn Leaves), and the record sticker is from Echo Park. The fun, reflective mesh with stars is from Gauche Alchemy.

For those of you who watched the last Jersey Shore episode where they had a clubbin' party at their place in Italy, this card totally reminds me of Pauly D. He's the DJ, and I heard he's pretty good! I was laughing during that part because there was this one time (not that! LOL!) in Arizona when my sis-in-law and friend had our own party at my SIL's house. We turned up the stereo and made our own flashing lights to simulate a club. So, so fun!!!

For more information on the challenge, please go to the SCRS blog. And don't forget October's featured stamp character:

Here's the list of the other DTs for more inspiration!

Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Store
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog
Alice Wertz
Amy Tsuruta (October Guest DT)
Corinne Mercado <------- You are HERE!
Kadie Ensley
Kim Yu
Margie Cortina
Mary Johnson
Piali Biswas
Shaela Odd
Simonne Clay
Sparkle Smith
Stephanie Kraft

Hope you can play along!

SCRS World Card Making Day Sale

Hi everyone!

Just a quick post to tell you that there is a sale over at Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps for World Card Making Day! One day only, folks, so ya better hurry! :)



Happy shopping and crafting!

Joyful!

Hello, everybody!

Just like Karber for SCRS' Rainbow Leslie here, I am:

1. JoyFUL
2. Elated
3. and so, so EXCITED!!

I am now part of the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Design Team!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!



More specifically, I am to design for mostly the Karber rubber stamps! Aren't they so cute?!

I was very honored when Sparkle asked me to be a part of her team. I was also pleasantly shocked! Uh, me?? I thought to myself, "Are you sure?" while jumping up and down!! My hard work has paid off!!

I LOVE it when the 'popular and talented' peeps in the stamping world give newbies like me a chance. Thank you, Sparkle!! (And many thanks also to the other fab designers who have accepted little ole me in their teams in the past and present-- Amy Young & PWCO).

Watch out, here comes a fresh face .... yippeeeee!!!!

I hope you join me back here and the SCRS challenge blog on Tuesdays! And coming soon, there is the reveal of a new Karber stamp -- she is so adorable!

And one more thing.... did I tell you that I am so very excited?!!

Haha, because I am.

No, really... if you couldn't tell from above, I truly am!!

EXCITED!

And ELATED!

LOL!

Ok, because I'm bordering on being annoying as well and would probably soon lose my audience, I also made this card for the Deconstructed Sketch # 20.

Supplies:
CS- Neenah Solar White. Bazzill.
PP- Bella Blvd.
Stickers- American Crafts.
Scissors- Martha Stewart.

Thanks so much for visiting! :)