DIE-VERSIONS / SPARKLE N SPRINKLE blog hop‏

hello crafty friends!

and WELCOME to the DIE-VERSIONS and SPARKE N SPRINKLE blog hop! 

the joint blog hop with DIE-VERSIONS and SPARKE N SPRINKLE begins today, august 15th {7am EST} and goes until august 17th {5pm EST}, so there will be plenty of time to check out all the great projects created by both teams.

the theme is CHRISTMAS, so you'll get lots of great inspiration for your upcoming HOLIDAY SEASON!!!

DIE-VERSIONS manufactures low profile dies made right here in the UNITED STATES and SPARKE N SPRINKLE manufactures rubber stamps, glitters, embossing powders, and flocking, also made in the US. this is like a match made in heaven - low profile dies combined with lots of bling!
doesn't get much better than that!

one winner will receive a GRAND PRIZE consisting of a $50 gift certificate from DIE-VERSIONS and a $50 gift certificate from SPARKE N SPRINKLE, for a total of $100. the WINNER will be announced on august 17th on both the DV blog and the SNS blog as well as their FACEBOOK pages.

 in order to be eligible for the GRAND PRIZE, please:
* leave a comment on each designer's blog
* follow both companies on FACEBOOK {DV facebook page; SNS facebook page) if you haven't already ,so you can keep up to date on all the latest goings on. {I'm sure that all of the designers would love for you to Follow them too, but that isn't a requirement to win this prize.}

if you followed the right path, you should have arrived here from MAYRA's blog and you next stop is STEFF's blog.

if not, then you should begin at the DIE-VERSIONS blog and end at the SPARKLE N SPRINKLE blog. if you get lost along the way, you can go to either the DV blog or the SNS blog to see the complete list of participants.

we'd love it if you'd like to leave a comment at either the DV blog or the SNS blog telling us which projects were your favorites. :-)

here is what i've prepared for you today -

to create my card i used pattern paper, SPARKLE N SPRINKLE winter essentials collection embossing powders, silver dreams glitter [G1002], cloud nine velvet glitter [GM2000], SNS pine forest stamp and DIE-VERSIONS whispers delicate snowflake die, whispers SANTA's reindeers die and sweet wordlets season's greetings die.

and here are some close ups of my project:

i stamped the pine trees with  SNS pine forest stamp and versamark ink two times on pattern paper. then i heat embossed the sets using EP406 frosted juniper from the SNS winter essentials collection embossing powders. after the embossing powder has cooled down, i fussy cut some of the pine trees from the second image to create the 3d effect on my card.

for the large snowflake i used white cardstock, which i covered with 2 1/2"double sided tear-ific tape, and DIE-VERSIONS whispers delicate snowflake die. after i die cut the snowflake, i peeled off the protective layer and sprinkled SNS cloud nine velvet glitter [GM2000] on top of it. then i divided the glittery die cut in two parts and adhered it on my card.

for the SANTA sleigh embellishment i used reddish pattern paper and DIE-VERSIONS whispers SANTA's reindeers die. to create the vintage effect, i rubbed my die cut with VERSAMARK ink and heat embossed it with EP409 winter white from the winter essentials collection embossing powders.

for my sentiment i fussy cut the banners and then i used DIE-VERSIONS sweet wordlets season's greetings die and SNS cloud nine velvet glitter [GM2000] for the words.

we hope you enjoy this blog hop and it gives you lots of inspiration!
don't forget to leave each of us a comment and follow both DIE-VERSIONS and SPARKE N SPRINKLE on facebook!

have fun hopping!

hugs 'n smiles,