Wednesday, January 22, 2014

MIM #149: Glittered Embellishments + Seize the Birthday

The Make It Monday challenge this week at PTI is from Heather Nichols, who has a great tutorial for making glittering embellishments from die cuts. I need to get a birthday card in the mail for my mother-in-law and thought this would be a great way to add bling to the card without adding bulk.



I followed Heather's technique to glitter the "happy" die cut. The rest of the sentiment is stamped on vellum with white pigment ink and embossed with Ranger Holographic embossing powder to extend the glittery look of the big "happy".




I wanted a little more glitter on the card and had watched Jennifer Rzasa's tutorial after following the link on Ardyth's blog (tell me I am not the only one that can accidently lose an hour or so following links between blogs).




I didn't want the whole card sparkling, so cut my cover plate die cut in half before adding the glitter - my intent was for more of a gradient look, but that didn't happen the way I envisioned.

I am also linking this card to Seize the Birthday where the topping this challenge is to color - does it count it I colored with glitter?



Thanks for stopping by,

Jacquie



19 comments:

  1. WOW! I love how you took the original idea to the next level by cutting it in half to leave space for the sparkly sentiment! Awesome! (and yes, that's how I found Jennifer's tutorial, too! My husband thinks it's hilarious that my 14 year old and I sit side by side watching Youtube all the time (very different content, of course! He's not that interesting in crafting lol!)

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  2. Fabulous card Jacquie, love the sparkle and the colours you've used. I'm off to check your links. TFS, Cathy x

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  3. You talking about me, Jacquie? I followed those same links. Then today I followed a bunch about CHA and all the new products. I think I lost way more than an hour. Oh, back to your card. You did a wonderful job following Jennifer's tutorial and then some. Love this card. Wish I had some glitter. ;)

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  4. Love the gradient of colors..very pretty card

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  5. Love this card!! The sparkle is fabulous and I love how it shimmers through the cover plate you used.

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  6. Oh that glitter is just amazing! And the vellum sentiment on top is great to still be able to see through a little. Wonderful card, Jacquie!

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  7. So Gorgeous Jacquie! Love the pretty glittered background :) Hugs <3

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  8. This is absolutely gorgeous!! And no, you are definitely not the only one to lose an hour (or more!) randomly hopping blogs. :)

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  9. Jacque, goodness, this is sensational! It reminds me of a lush orange and lemon forthy drink, which I don't have a name for, but which I'm sure is delish!! Slurp!! Have a wonderful weekend! Hugs, Darnell

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  10. Wow! I love this card. Great idea and amazing coloring and glittering.
    Thank you for joining us at Seize the Birthday!
    Hugs, Macarena DT

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  11. Oooooh! Love this with the glitter and bright colors! GORGEOUS!

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  12. Really lovely sparkly card!!! So impressed with the glitter!..great idea! Thanks for joining us at Seize the Birthday!

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  13. Wow!! What a beautiful card!! Love all the color and glitter!! Absolutely awesome!!

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  14. Love the happy colours and all of the sparkle! Thanks for playing along at Seize The Birthday :)

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  15. Well your glitter caught the attention of the gals at Seize the Birthday and they gave you birthday honors.

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