Friday, July 19, 2013

Sparkle Creations 3rd Anniversary Blog Hop

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!


I know my card isn't as festive, but I really wanted to use the newest London Charlotte for my card.  With all the hoop-la going on with the Princess and Prince expecting their first child and all of London anticipating the birth I thought this was a perfect image to use.  My card is pretty CAS with lots of texture in the background thanks to one of my trusty embossing folders.  I wanted to do something fun so I cut out an oval and masked it over part of the image to give it a nice and fun silhouette, then I went in with my trusty sponge and Distress ink and that's how I got the image to look like that.  (hahaha)  I used Copics to color up the image and had to go online to actually see what colors were used for the clock tower and buildings.  Chose to give Charlotte a little bit of red which makes her outfit pop and then kept the rest of it neutral.

Congratulations Sparkle!! 3 years and still going strong!!  Thanks so much for inviting me to be part of the celebration.  Cheers to many many more my friend!!


Enjoy the rest of the hop everyone and don't forget to leave me a comment, remember there are prizes up for grabs, plus I love reading them, hahaha!!

Hugs,
Leanne







24 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow, Leanne! This is absolutely gorgeous! Great effect! I need to try this! This is too cool!

Sparkplug17 said...

Such a gorgeous card!!

Suman Pandit said...

wonderful!! great effect with bg embossing!!
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RiNNE said...

So very pretty, Leanne! Your coloring and embossing are wonderful!

~amy~ said...

How beautiful! Love your coloring!

Danni said...

Oh my word!! What a COOL card!! Love how you did this!!

Jenn said...

Very pretty card, I love the oval in the background, great idea!

Lisa T said...

Your card is beautiful! I love the oval around the image.

Sue D said...

Lovely card. I like the textured background and the oval masking.

Emily Lauritzen said...

Love the way the shading around the outside really makes the image pop! Fabulous card!
<3 Emily L.

Kelly said...

She's so beautiful!!

croppinmama said...

Aloha from one island girl(a kotonk)...beautiful coloring and color coordinating with your papers, too. Mahalo for sharing...

Denice said...

oooooh, I want to travel....to London (and Hawaii!) Another great card!
:Dxx

Unknown said...

Splendid card!

Olivia said...

The way you framed the image with the distressing is fabulous. It really make the stamp stand out. Great job.

Unknown said...

So beautiful...love the layers!

Iris said...

Great job coloring.

CarlavdM said...

What a wonderfull card.
Like your colour combination and whole look of it.

PoJo said...

Love your card! Thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

Beautiful card!

postalorphan said...

Absolutely beautiful - I love the masked oval, really sets off the image. And the coloring is just perfect!

kanatanewf said...

ooh...I think this is my favourite from the new release. Kind of reminds me of the Parliament buildings here in Ottawa.

yyam said...

This is beautiful! Love your colouring! :)

Stephanie said...

So beautiful! Love the embossing!