Bling It On!

Hi peeps!

Sadly, it's the end of a long weekend for me- I'm back to work tomorrow on Memorial Day. It's been a great holiday weekend so far though. Hope you're having fun as well!

For the Christmas Card Challenge this week (#26), it's to BLING up that card! :)

You can't really tell from my picture, but those dots do sparkle!

For more info, please visit the CCC blog! Come play along...this challenge is open till Saturday night. Although remember that the challenge portion is optional..you just gotta turn in a new Holiday or Winter-themed card.

I used Sledding Chloe from Sparkle Creations' Rubber Stamps! Have fun out there!

2 Challenges.

Ugggh...This is really frustrating.
This is actually my second time writing here. I wrote up a post about this pic already, but somehow when I published it, the picture was the only one that showed up. I also linked it up to two challenges so I hope people didn't get too mad when they saw that the post was empty :(.
Made this lovely card for the Deconstructed Sketch 51 and the Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Challenge 79 Week 1 (Use flowers).
For the card, I used up lots of Amy Tangerine's first line and Karber- breakfast Leslie for the stamp.
Sorry to be so short. I am actually doing more stuff for work and just happened to see this blank post on my blog. Have a good rest of your weekend!
Rinne.

Feeling Uplifted.

Hello, hello, hello!

Sorry for the somber-sounding post last week. It had been terrible with some personal stuff going on. I didn't make it to a Design Team I've been working my butt off for :(. Add on a dear friend losing her sister to cancer and a much loved patient losing his life...well, I wasn't very good at hiding my mood here. It affected my mojo, too, as I didn't get to craft much last week at all.

But this is a new week, and I'm determined to turn this around! I'm behind on your blogs, but when I visited some today, my mojo has been rejuvinated. Am itching to craft but I'm going to have to wait till I have a cluster of days off to start "working it," ha ha! I am very grateful for all of you and your stories and inspiration. I am also very thankful for my own blessings in life.

My card today is for Stephanie Kraft. Sparkle has asked past and present Design Team Members of SCRS to contribute to a scrapbook for Stephanie as she has done such a fabu job of being Coordinator. Stephanie has been super welcoming and organized so I was so glad to do it! There is a written message at the back of this card. I used one of the fairies in the Karber Fairy set. The Design Paper is from My Little Shoebox, and is super shiny (although you can't tell from the pic). The lace, flower and buttons are from a scrapbooking kit I got at my LSS).

Hope you are doing well! I'll see you back here soon!

Hugs,

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!

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 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 # 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!