Sunday 18 May 2014

Champagne Time?

I hope you have been enjoying all our Birthday Bash challenges and inspiration so far! I carry it on today with a drop of champagne - well sparkly stuff anyway!
Today my challenge is to use some glitter on your layout BUT in a way you have not done it before! You can glitter-up your layout as much as you like as long as there is one technique you have not tried before!

Of course I challenged myself too and found it more difficult that I imagined! But looking through my stash of all things glittery I came across some 3D glitter glue and that got things moving!
First I painted some white circles onto some background paper.

Then I started squirting the glitter glue on the paint - but as it came out of the tube it curled up and I ended up with squiggly lines instead of the straight ones that I anticipated!
Quite messy and not what I was after, so I now had the dilemma of leaving it like this or going over with a brush and flattening it all out. I took the plunge and went out of my comfort zone! I now have glittery spaghetti on my page!
Here is the layout all finished and as usual when being creative on the background most of it got covered up by photo's and papers!
I just had to have a glittery title and this Sizzix die worked beautifully for what I wanted.
These fussy cut flowers have also had the sparkle treatment with some trusty Stickles!



Now if you would like to play along with my Glitter challenge or my Tic Tac Toe challenge from the 4th May there is a prize up for grabs for a randomly picked participant from both challenges combined. It is a surprise package that contains some yummy scrappy goodness.

TO THE RULES (there are always rules!)
Only layouts created for this challenge will be accepted (no back linking).
You must become a follower of my blog and Sketch N Scrap's blog.
You may combine this with another challenge either on the Sketch N Scrap blog or on another challenge site. 
There MUST be a link back to my blog in your post.
Leave a link to your post in the comments of this post.
If you don't have a blog you may email a picture of your created layout for an entry into the prize draw to me at - kerry.bruce@btinternet.com
The dead line for all entries in this challenge is the 31st May. 

OK, now that's all sorted it's time to create!
Can't wait to pop along to see what your glitter technique will be , just leave a link to your page in the comments and I will be over to take a peak.
Have fun!  


23 comments:

  1. How adorable is this! I love your squiggly lines, your fussy cut flowers and your little bits of sparkle everywhere! Adorable layout!

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  2. you did a great job! hmmm....glitter like I have never used before, this will be tough!

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  3. I lol'd at your saying "glittery spaghetti" but it's sure a cute effect for your pink page!

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    1. ....and heres my entry:
      http://sweetscrapsbykarrie.blogspot.ca/2014/05/pretty-poison-daisy-scrapbook-steals.html
      Thanks it was fun!

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  4. So lovely! That is awesome how you did the circle frames. Beautiful job Kerry!

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  5. Beautiful and so adorable Kerry. Love the techniques, colors and cute pics. Fantastic job. WTG!!!!

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  6. Great idea!!! Gorgeous layout! Surama

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  7. So wonderful!! Fabulous idea!! TFS :-)

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  8. Super cute layout :) Here is my entry:
    http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com/2014/05/always-wanted-to-be-layout.html

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  9. I love what you did! It is always fun to go outside of your comfort zone and learn new things! I can't wait to give this challenge a try! I have a new idea! Sincerely, Your Royal Highness! (insert giggles - I'm such dork sometimes)

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  10. Love the design of your layout ! These wo glittered circles look really great on your background... So pretty !

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  11. So pretty!! Love this challenge!

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  12. http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com/2014/05/glitter-and-bling-at-sketchnscrap.html
    Here's mine. I haven't used glitter since I was 12 so it is a new technique for me.

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  13. Ha, ha, it is so often an unexpected turn that later becomes a favorite page! :) Your glitter spaghetti actually blends very well with the rest of the page! Fun idea!

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  14. Kerry...what an awesome technique to try out...it frames your photos beautifully.

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  15. I just nominated your blog for the Liebster award on my blog. Just wanted to let you know, and no worries if you can't find the time to play along. Just wanted to give your blog a shout out more than anything & pay back the person who nominated my blog.
    http://dpiercey.blogspot.com/

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  16. Love this challenge-I don't use glitter all that often so that took me out of my comfort zone. Here is a link to my Flickr gallery and my LO: https://www.flickr.com/photos/96626536@N08/14053489328/
    It's hard to see in the photo but I used glitter glue on my flowers, except the yellow ones. I've never done this before but love how it turned out so I will definitely do this again! Thanks for the inspiration!

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    1. forgot to mention...my title is also glittered Thickers, but those were already like that, but thought they went nicely with the glittered flowers.

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  17. And I love your glittery spaghetti!!! It really adds such a fun texture to an adorable layout! What fun it is to discover new ways to play with paper by complete accident! :)

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  18. Great sparkly challenge! Here's my layout:
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/100243454@N04/14262417715/

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  19. Kerry! I am so excited to present this to you! My idea happened! I have always wanted to make these glitter pillows and you finally gave me a reason to JUST DO IT! Thank you!!!! Here is my entry: http://w2spot.blogspot.com/2014/05/always-fun-to-try-something-new.html

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  20. Here is my LO. http://donnabroussard.blogspot.com/ I stamped the roses with paint and the sprinkled the glitter on top. I've never used paint as the adhesive before. This was a fun challenge.

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  21. another fantastic challenge thank you, here is my page (the first one on the blog post)
    http://chattycraftyartypig.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/scrap-happy.html

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