Saturday, July 10, 2010

Sparkle Creations Grand Opening Blog Hop!



Welcome to the Grand Opening blog hop for
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps!  

When Sparkle asked me if I would like to join in
on this amazing blog hop I just couldn't say no! Have you
enjoyed seeing all the wonderful images that we have to share
with you all today? Aren't they just gorgeous?!! 

If you have just arrived from the fabulous 
you are definitely on the right track!

To start at the beginning of the blog hop, please go to the

Today is an exciting day as we're releasing 8 new darling stamps,
  and we're giving away a ton of prizes!  
One lucky person will win the grand prize of all 8 images.
  There are also 5 single stamp prizes hidden, so make sure
you comment on everyone's blogs!  
You will have until midnight Eastern time to comment and
the winners will be announced on the
Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps Blog.

I really couldn't chose which gorgeous image I wanted to colour
and put in the blog hop, so I ended up colouring about 5 of them
and so I couldn't help myself , I made two cards for today!

This is the first
Lantern Rin...


 

 I decided to go green and purple for this beautiful image and it just
so happened that my Basic Grey "Kioshi" papers matched perfectly.
I used Water Lily and Rebun. I pulled out one of my very first border
punches that I had from Fiskas.


 

And of course, as usual, all my colouring is done
with Prisma pencils.
My second card is the very cute (and possibly my favouirte)
Scooter Chole...


 

For this card I used some very gorgeous paper from Echo Park,
from the "Sweet Summertime" collection called Citrus Circle.
I kept this card fairly simple and sort of liked the idea of Chloe
driving off the card.


 

Just a close up of my colouring!


Now, Sparkle will be offering free standard shipping for all
orders over $25 for the weekend (til midnight EST Sunday),
and the code is FREESHIP.  
Thank you for stopping by and now it's time to go to and visit
the very talented and gorgeous



74 comments :

Anonymous said...

Both cards are just darling! love the BG with Lantern Rin, a perfect match!

joni h said...

Love your coloring! Great cards!

LeAnne said...

Great cards. Love your coloring skills!

Margaret said...

Oh my I love the gasha girl she is so cute. You did a fab job on the cards

Laura Evans (llevans on SCS) said...

I love your color choices and layouts! Thanks for sharing!

Laurel said...

Beautiful cards!

Sparkplug17 said...

These are just precious!

Unknown said...

Two wonderful cards! Very cute!

Cori said...

Love the colors you used for Rin and Chloe! Great job on both cards!!

Shaela said...

these are GORGEOUS!! love your cards and LOVE these stamps!! :)

Unknown said...

Both are very cute, I love what you did with the ribbon on the first one.

Danielle Daws said...

They're both gorgeous, but I just ADORE the first one!

Donna C said...

Wow , beautiful ! TFS !

Maylee said...

Soooo cute!

Novell said...

Love Lantern Rin! It's almost time for the Bon Odori festival in Seattle and this image is perfect for it!

Jen Shults said...

So cute! I love these new little guys... they are just fabulous and your cards make everything look just amazing. And um... nice new pic of Rob on the side bar there... I was momentarily distracted... okay not momentarily, sort of permanently. LY!!!!

Unknown said...

thumbs ups for both your designs. Ive always likes Aki Art, great seeing her stuff being available to people as stamps!

Jenny V. said...

Donna both great cards esp. love Lantern Ria she on my list.

Kyoko said...

I just LOVE Lantern Rin ... gotta get it!! I love your colors & layout!

Nancy Ball said...

Wow, another great pair of cards using Sparkle's new stamps!

Margreet said...

love your cards........fab colouring of both images!
xxx Margreet

Marjorie said...

Love seeing another Rin card with the Kioshi paper, it's just so pretty with her! And your Chloe is so bright and fun, love her!

Meow said...

Love the dp to the Rin card. Love how you change the look of the tradition lantern to look like a pumpkin lantern.

Sarah said...

wow! I'm really loving these images! Love both cards! Great coloring job!

Aki Art said...

Love your choices of papers and colours! So inpirational seeing my images turn into something so adorable thanks to creative people like you!

wendyp said...

cute, cute, CUTE!!! Love that scooter!

JoAnn V. (http://joboogie.typepad.com) said...

Too adorable! :)

terriavidreader (IN-USA) said...

Cute cards. Thanks for sharing.

Mel & AJ said...

Great cards! Chloe is darling!

Tami said...

Love the asian stamp and the bow on that one just pops ove the colors on scooter girl;)

Random Acts of Krafting said...

Sigh, these are so pretty, and I just love the new stamp line.
Hugs
Tanya

Randi WS said...

Wow, two gorgeous cards! I really love your colorcombos in both of them! And Ria is really beautiful!!!
Hugs, Randi WS ;)

Kristie W. said...

Lantern Rin is so beautiful! Chloe is just super fun, wonderful cards!

Ellie said...

OH That coloring is awesome on those cards. I love the expressions on the faces very cute.

Pamela said...

Great cards! Love your colors.

Paula (PEP) said...

Love the way you've used the colours of the striped paper for the image too in the first, the second is delightful with those colours & the circle motif echoing the sense of wheels.
Paula (PEP)
http://pepcraftchallexp.blogspot.com/

KanataNewf said...

Both cards are just lovely - the papers you selected complement each image just perfectly.

A-M said...

Very cute cards!!!

lynneatw said...

I love your cards.

karen said...

These are lovely!

Jane H said...

Beautiful cards love the little girl with the lantern.

Jacqueline said...

GORGEOUS and GORGEOUS! :D You lucky lucky girl, I would of LOVED to be able to work with Sparks' new stamps! You have done absolutely AMAZING work with them {of course}! Love you!!

Unknown said...

These are both fabulous, Donna! Love your coloring!!

Mary J said...

You've matched the perfect papers with each stamp - super job!

Unknown said...

Lantern Rin is my favorite image...Love how you colored!
Both cards are so pretty, Donna!!

Kim said...

WOW these are both so adorable! Love the color combos and papers you have used on each card! Gorgeous work! Happy Blog Hop Day!
Hugs~ Kim

Donna said...

Great cards! Love all the layering on the Lantern Lin card.

Helen said...

Your cards are awesome! The colors are perfect for the images!

loyaz said...

Oh wow - love how it looks like she is roaring right off the paper - too cute. Great job.
DianeL
loyaz1@wbhsi.net

Robin McK said...

Donna, I love both of your creations, but that Geisha has definitely caught my eye! I always love your layouts!

Elena said...

Both of the cards are amazing! Your coloring is so beautiful! Really like the paper choice!

Thanh Vo said...

Two cards! Love em both, especially the Rin. The BG line of papers is jusssst perfect.

Stamp4hobby said...

Great coloring! I love Chloe driving off the card too!

Echo said...

Both cards are beautiful. Love the colors and the coloring on both! your right the dp for the 1st card matches well with the image!

Sharon

Liway said...

I love the little lantern image!! Can't wait to play! :)

Missy said...

Oh Rin is darling. Great card.

SemSee said...

Such darling cards, Donna! Gorgeous! Hugs, Sem x

Margo said...

The stamp details are adorable - and I love your rich coloring!!

Jacilynn said...

2 great cards! love them both

arlene said...

Both cards are terrific. Love your color choices.

Crafty Jenn said...

Yay Donna! I'm glad someone else "had" to make two cards, I know I couldn't help myself either! Lol!

Rin and Chloe look great! Your coloring is terrific!

<3 Jenn

Jess Willison said...

So cute!

Beth aka BR-T said...

Wow these cards are so fantastic I can see why Sparkle made you a part of the team Congrats! Beth aka BR-T

Kate said...

The coloring are just amazing. So realistic.

Kerri said...

ACK! These are both fabulous!!! Beautiful colors and coloring, and of course those images are so sweet!

Operation Write Home said...

Stunning - love your coloring on both of these!!

~amy~ said...

sweet cards...I super adore the chloe card!!!

Davi said...

Wonderful coloring of the images and Love the dps you used with them!!

Betty said...

Oh my...LOVE the coloring and the images too cute :)

Jessie/knightrone said...

OMGosh!! I LOVE them both!! Amazing images!!

Playing with Paper said...

Both cards are so cute!! Love the coloring!!

~Paola~ said...

These cards are TDF!!
Totally LOVE both of them...
wouldn't be able to pick one over the other...perfectly colored and
FABULISCIOUSLY done!!!

Paola
SCS:Sama

Anonymous said...

Both of your cards are gorgeous! You did a great job coloring and finishing off both cards. TFS!

Bev E said...

Really love your cards. Great coloring & wonderful stamps.