Sparklers DT: my source of energy

Today is my day, in the true sense of the word. Today is my birthday and I wanted to celebrate what has always accompanied my life: my love for painting and what I always carry with me: a travel set of watercolors and a few brush.

The central composition is created by a series of layers : white doily, shipping tags, glassine bags, patterned paper, some twine); the base is a patterned paper on which I used modeling paste and a stencil diamond pattern and a couple of stamps, washi tape and some die cut. Finally some embellishments: two wonderful sequin mix ( Sunny smiles and Glass slippers), Studio Calico Hearts and Arrows .

Crafty Jen & SpiegelMomScarps blog hop

Hello & we're glad you're skipping along with us today!  You should have arrived here from Sarah's blog: she's a very talented girl and capable to create real little jewels. We are so excited to be creating with Crafty Jen this month and just adore her cut files. 

When I found her cut files I had really spoiled to select only, in fact in the end I chose two : Blah blah blah print and cut file and Floral Swag cut file ... ADORALE!!!  I love her style and certainly in the future I find myself to use them again. 

Here's today's line up!  If you get lost while your skipping along today just come back here and click over to the next blog in the line up.  We hope you enjoy the inspiration!

SpiegelMom Scraps   

Crafty Jen  

Ka 

Laura 

Katty  

Sarah 

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Anna Sigga

Thank you for skipping along with us today!  Enjoy the hop and be sure to leave comments on all the blogs for your chance to WIN!!  There will be two winners for this hop.  One will win a package of new April sequins releases from SpiegelMom Scraps and winners #2 will win a $5.00 shop credit to Jen's shop!  Both awesome prizes!!  

Next, you're heading over to Anna Sigga's blog.

Sparklers DT: Losing @ the horizon layout

Last post this month, which is almost finished, on SpiegelMomscraps blog and I wanted to celebrate the sea.

As I have always enjoyed creating the composition with a series of levels with different patterned paper and other embellishments such as white doily, soft white feathers felties, little cork hearts, a kind of banner made with a wire and related sequins in an irregular manner to create a soft frame around the picture, I finally used the shimmerz paints very diluted and splashed around the composition.