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Friday 1 November 2013

Glitter and Sparkle at Imagination Crafts

Good morning lovelies - this is a scheduled post as I am still away - the first of two today.
Over at the imagination-craftschallenges blog a new challenge is starting today and the theme is Glitter and Sparkle. This has to be the perfect excuse to get that sparkle medium out and show us what you've made. You don't have to use Imagination Crafts products to enter the challenge but only those who do will be eligible for the £40 to send on Imagination Crafts products!

Here's what I did:










I started by brayering some jade sparkle medium onto paper and allowing it to dry. Then I used red berries sparkle medium and the poinsettia Imagination crafts mask and created the main background. On another piece of card I did a further three complete poinsettias and once dry cut them out and formed the focal 'flower' with them. I matted the background onto the brayered sparkle medium and then made the card up. No need for glitter card any more! The poinsettia in this card was partly inspired by the tag from week 4 of the funkie Junkie 12 tags of Christmas - follow the link below to see Linda's gorgeous tag - its fabulous xx

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
CHN challenge 2craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge2: November - anything goes
twisted Tuesdaytwistedtuesdaychallenges: AG
LEJLEJ Designs: AG
Craft room challengescraft-roomchallenge: Stencil/mask
Funkie junkie 12 tags of Christmas week 4thefunkiejunkie as sponsored by thefunkiejunkie boutique : Inspired by the poinsettia.
simon says stampwedssimonsaysstampblog: AG
Penny'spennyschallenges: Add black/bling
MAWTTmovingalongwiththetimes: NO dp
Crafty ribboncraftyribbonschallenge: AG with ribbon
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albcpaulaholifieldcrafts: sparkle and shine


Thanks for visiting today - back again at 3pm with my challenge card for CCAYR. Hope to see you then!
Big Hugs

Rachel xx

27 comments:

  1. Gorgeous Rachel, love all the gorgeous sparkle and the poinsettia looks brilliant.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  2. Ohh Rachel this is lush xx the red looks amazing xx

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  3. WOW Rachel this is a stunner

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  4. Wow, this is a truly sparkly card Rachel :) Well done!
    Dawn x

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  5. A lovely sparkly card with a beautiful Poinsetia
    Hazel x

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  6. This is stunning Rachel, such rich colours abd wonderful stamping, hugs Kate X

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  7. Fabulous card Rachel, plenty of sparkle for Christmas !! Hugs Jennifer xx

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  8. WOW!! This is stunning Rachel. such a gorgeous design and the sparkle looks amazing.
    hugs Sue xx

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  9. Full of such richness but with a lovely contemporary feel to it - very beautiful.
    Wishes
    Lynne

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  10. Fabulous Christmas card. Love that sparkle medium you use.

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  11. Gorgeous card, love all the sparkle! Great rich color too!

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  12. Absolutely beautiful Rachel. I would never have thought to use the sparkle medium to make a background paper or the poinsettia - gorgeous and so inspired. Hope you and the girls arae having fun xx

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  13. Gorgeous card Rachel.
    Mags
    x

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  14. This is fabulous Rachel, I love all of your gorgeous sparkle.
    Pauline
    x

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  15. Oh wow! this is gorgeous Rachel! what a fab sparkly poinsettia background you have created… it looks absolutely stunning! and I love the gorgeous flower too! :-)
    Thanks for joining us at Moving Along With the Times this week!
    Hugs Sue xx

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  16. Gorgeous card Rachel. Very sparkly xx

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  17. Rachel, this is gorgeous and very sparkly hun, thank you for sharing with us at LEJ Designs, this week, good luck xxx

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  18. Hi Rachel :-) What a wonderful sparkly Christmas make. I love the stencil you have used and the glitter gel medium is wonderful. It will dance in the lights creating a wonderful effect. Thank You for joining in with us at Craft Room Challenge this fortnight

    Hugs

    Annie x

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  19. love how you created the background and love all the sparkle
    Carol x

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  20. Gorgeous card, thanks so much for sharing with us at CRAFTY RIBBONS x carol

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  21. This is very pretty! I just love the glitter! Thanks so much for playing along with us over on the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog!

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  22. A beautiful hand made glitter card and so sparkly. thank you for joining in Crafty Hazelnuts extra this month. Hugs Mrs a. (GDT)

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  23. Love all the glitter and sparkle (you could add this for my CHNC 149: bling it up as well). Thanks for entering this lovely card for my CHNC challenge extra for November - hope to see you again soon. x

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  24. Really gorgeous and elegant, love the flower detail
    Lindsay xx

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  25. This is amazing - beautiful colours and a really gorgeous sparkle.

    Thanks for joining us at Penny's.

    Helen x

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  26. A lovely creation. Thanks for sharing with us at Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges and good luck.
    Mags
    x

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  27. I love your sparkly Christmas card, it's beautiful, Thank you for joining us at Craft-Room Challenge.
    xxx Hazel.

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