I have that sense of time is running out, days slipping by, a sad but sweet farewell is in the air...
Just reminding you that at the end of this month we say good bye to all the gorgous products in the Stampin' up Spring mini ....
Just reminding you that at the end of this month we say good bye to all the gorgous products in the Stampin' up Spring mini ....Did you love the oval scallop punch? and Flower brads?
The white stazon ink?
The too die for Parisian breeze textured cover weight papers that ooh, la la french tole pattern?
Forest friends with Bambi, thumper, wise old owl and the tree?
The real red, Old Olive, baja breeze and chocolate chip of Ski slope papers?
Great friend butterflies flitting across a field of grass... perhaps never to be seen again?
I will be placing an order at the end of the week... is there anything you've forgotten or wished for?
Phone through (4329 2999) or email me (nerida_carter@hotmail.com) if you have to have anything from the Spring mini before Summer arrives.
The white stazon ink?The too die for Parisian breeze textured cover weight papers that ooh, la la french tole pattern?Forest friends with Bambi, thumper, wise old owl and the tree?The real red, Old Olive, baja breeze and chocolate chip of Ski slope papers? Great friend butterflies flitting across a field of grass... perhaps never to be seen again?I will be placing an order at the end of the week... is there anything you've forgotten or wished for?Phone through (4329 2999) or email me (nerida_carter@hotmail.com) if you have to have anything from the Spring mini before Summer arrives.
The answer is Stampin' up's heat and stick powder!!! 
Step 1. Stamp your image with Versamark ink. Hint: It is stickiest when just stamped, so don't let it dry out before putting the heat and stick powder on it.
Step 2. Cover the image in heat and stick powder. Then shake it off and return the excess powder to the container.
Step 3. Heat the powdered image with a heat tool until it looks wet and sticky.
Step 4. Cover the now sticky image with Dazzling Diamonds glitter. Then pour the excess back into the container.
Step 5. Heat it again gently, (very quickly this time) just to set it. Your glitter will be firmly in place it won't fall off now when your recipient touches it ... 
Here is another image I have covered in glitter with the heat and stick powder: I tried all the gallery stamps and then one of my favourites from the Great friends stampset ... I particularly like this butterfly especially this one with leaves and vines through it, so it deserves a pink super fine gletter that stays where it's put.
Here it is combined with the dazzling diamonds gallery frame and a raised circle to give it all another layer of dimension. Wish I could show you how it glitters in the light.
The finished project is on a whisper white cardstock base, basic black and pink passion cardstock. Now to sweep up the mysteriously scattered glitter from the carpet, chair and clothes...
And finally, my daughter (6) has used one of the butterflies on a card for her friend. It also uses forest friends, with the great friends for you stamp in the top right corner. I love how the reindeer says hello and the sun that shines down on it all.
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial! There are instructions that come with the product but if you are like me you like a few pictures to illustrate the finer details. Enjoy!
The sentiment is from Best yet. The Best yet stampset is a hostess gift, you can only get it if you, and your friends host a workshop - either at your home or a virtual workshop (where you place orders to the value of $300). I love this little set it has words for nearly every occasion. I have used it constantly on my cards.
I like to use the circle punch and mat it with a darker coloured cardstock. To give some depth I have overstamped the sentiment with a pale pink pirouette damask stamp. The same one I have stamped in the background. The ribbon is Riding hood Red striped grosgrain. I chose these colours because they match with the Bella Rose designer series patterned papers.
My second card is made from the same stampsets and Ski slope paper ... 
with a base of kiwi kiss this time and some paper piercing in the corners around the Forest friend tree. This tree in silver just shines ... 
Did I say that I love embossing? And I love this colour combination : baja breeze, chocolate chip, real red and old olive ... and I added kiwi kiss because it is much brighter and lighter than old olive but goes well with it. The sentiment : Seasons Greetings is from from the Snow swirled stampset and I have used the two ink pads for a two tone effect. 
A bit of blue a bit of green, a few holes in the corner, silver brads - It's another Christmas card: the layout could suit many different card occasions by just changing the sentiment. 
The little dear is embossed in silver. And mounted on two coloured ovals.
I am loving little bambi and Thumper. Children's book characters make me smile... I am thinking now I will have to make a scrap book page for some baby photos... or a page on reading our favourite story books before bed. 
Not to mention wise owl in her tree. She is stamped in bravo burgundy. At the moment I am scrapbooking bush walking photos - might get an owl in a tree or a rabbit on a rock. 
I like this layout because it is so simple. Kiwi kiss goes beautifully with chocolate chip and kraft in my opinion. The tree is inked in kiwi kiss, then with a marker I coloured the rubber in close to cocoa. After I stamped the tree I used the marker again to blend in the branchesfor a more tree bark effect. Then swiped the kiwi kiss ink pad around the edges of the cardstock, more at the base to simulate grassy hills behind the tree.
You can see how I have simply stamped and cut out the tree and animals in white cardstock and arranged them on the front of the card.
The animals are raised with dimensional adhesive to give them more shadow and I used some crystal effects on their tails and eyes before sprinkling some Dazzling diamond glitter over the top for sparkle.
