Do You Stack Up Challenge #12 Shine On!

Do you see the shine and sparkle in this little snippet picture?  I went all out with the glitzy stuff on this card.  But more about that later.

It is time for another challenge over at Do You Stack Up!  And we want to see SHINE!  You know, glitz, bling, sparkle, shimmer, and I think you get the idea.

One of our sponsors for this week is Digi Doodle. They have got all kinds of images and even freebies at their shop.  They are offering a $10 Gift Certificate to their store.

Our other sponsor for this challenge is Digi Stamp Characters by Heather Ellis.  Heather has a shop on Etsy full of sweet characters of her imagination.
Heather is offering the winner three images of their choice from her shop.

Finally, I get to show my card!  I used the Whale from Digi Doodles.  I flipped the image once and made it smaller so the bigger whale would have a buddy.  Gosh, I'm so thoughtful....Ha!

The whales are paper pieced and look a bit grayish or greenish in the photo, but that's not the case.  I painted iridescent medium on top of the pattern paper to give the whales lots of shine.

The water background was painted using several different shades of blue acrylic paint.  One was a metallic blue.  I put some seaweed and coral in my seascape with two different green shades of Stickles.  The challenge is for Shine and everything I used on this card shines!  Even the 'bubbles'!

Lots of you love the glitter, so we are really hoping to see lots of entries this week.  I hope you have looked at the Design Team's work for inspiration as they have worked hard on this challenge.  Please give the challenge a try because we have some great prizes and you can't win if you don't enter!

PeggySue

The Eyes are on You

 

Love is in the eye(s) of the beholder.  And I do I love this guy!  He's adorable with his little heart!  He was emailed to my by Hambo Stamps for participating in their challenge last week.

This week entrants were to use Eye Monster, a sentiment and an additional heart.  My extra heart is a luscious purple.

The background paper was made using a technique called Acrylic Emboss from the Technique Junkies newsletter.  I figured a weird little monster called for a weird artsy background! 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Hambo Hoedown - use Eye Monster image

Charisma Cardz - mythical, fantasy

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Valentine/love

Stamp Something - Something for you Valentine

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Sat. - love is in the air

2 Sisters - hearts

The Crafty Pad - hearts
Pear Tree -  Valentine/love
Stamps R Us -  Valentine/love
Bee Crafty - Hearts

f PeggySue

DYSU First Challenge

How exciting!  The new challenge blog Do You Stack Up? (DYSU) opens today with their first challenge.  You need to scoot right on over there because 13 companies are sponsoring this first challenge.  That means lots of fabulous prizes are going to be given away. WOW!  You know you want to get in on that.
The company that gave the Design Team images to work with is Di's Digi Designs.

I have been so impressed with the quality and CUTEness of all the images on Di's site.  Every one of them is a delight!  Wait until you see what everyone has created with her images.  You don't need to wait, just get over to DYSU to see them all.

The first challenge is Cute as a BUTTON.  Make some new project with one or more buttons on it and enter it on DYSU.  So easy, right?
The challenge particulars are on the right side of the DYSU blog.
You will have a high chance on winning a prize with so many sponsors.  AND, you can't win if you don't enter!
All skill levels are welcomed.  In fact we WANT all of you timid crafters and newbies. Participating in challenges is the fastest way to bump up your skill level.
Okay, this is finally the time I get to show the card I made for this challenge.

I chose Penguins Playtime from Di's Digi Designs.  It is so cute!  Don't you think so?

I am very happy with the way this card f i n a l l y turned out.  My creative process is usually a slow one. Sometimes I just don't have the patience.  It took several days to get to this point. That's just the way it is sometimes.

The sentiment is by Raindrop Echo Designs.  Its a beautiful quote and there are many more at Raindrop Echo.

The design paper I used was from a glitter stack of DCWV.  To coordinate with that, I painted a piece of chipboard with silver metallic paint and topped it with silver glitter paint.  Then I cut the border piece out of it and the snowflake.  This small picture gives a better view of all the sparkle.
I hope you will join in the fun at DYSU.  If you like my card, please leave me a comment.  I'd love to hear from you!

PeggySue