Diamonds are a Bear’s Best Friend by Lynn McAuley

Today Lynn crafted a refrigerator magnet from a 4 x 4" chipboard coaster. She covered the coaster with a sheet of Porcelain designer paper by Basic Grey. The Mae West quote was computer generated and cut out with Labels 2 Nestabilities. The bear is Chubby-Cubby from Angels Landing’s Mini Bears & Birds. She was printed on white Georgia Pacific card stock, cut out, colored with Prismacolor Pencils and odorless mineral spirits, and popped up with dimensionals over the tatted lace after Lynn had added all her bling.

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Birthday Sparkle Train by Broni Holcombe

What child wouldn’t be thrilled to receive a sparkly birthday card using the Alphabet Train and Pierced Tags images? The DCWV paper already had glittery diamonds on it. The images were colored using Copic markers and shaded with Prismacolor pencils. Stardust Stickles were added to the edge of the purple patterned paper which was cut using a Dahlia Nestabilities die. Stickles were also added to the trim of each of the train cars and an additional set of wheels with silver brad centers were popped up using foam tape. The train cars were tied together and the sentiment tag was added using DMC floss.

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Cutie Pie Sparkle by Cheryl Walker

On this card Cheryl used Copics to color the pair of birds from the Mini Bears & Birds set. She cut them out and popped them off of the scallop circle frame. Cheryl used a Nesties stamp and added stickles for sparkle on the flowers, butterfly, and the birds. The tag with the sentiment "Cutie Pie" is a sticker tag. She used some design paper that was a RAK sent to her by her friend Valerie. She also did sewing on this and added some flowers and ribbon. She says she loved coloring these birds, since she thinks they are "tooo sweet."

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Baby Animals with Sparkle by Lisa Cook

Lisa colored four images from the Toys on Wheels set with Copic markers. The little lamb is fuzzy from “Polar White” Flower Soft. It’s even a sparkly. The bunny’s tail is just a little pompom. She used a shimmer paper circle in a soft yellow, almost ivory, to mount the animals on. The scalloped circles they are on are a textured shimmer paper in ivory. The circles are mounted on the base paper with dimensional adhesive to give them more height. The gorgeous base paper is by K&Company, "Florence Glitter Paper." The photograph just doesn’t do the sparkle justice. Lisa says the actual card is very stunning.

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Glittery Riddle Scratch Off Cards by Lauri Ingram

Everyone loves the surprise of a scratch off card, and Lauri has made her own glittery riddle scratch off cards for this week’s focus on glitter. Each card highlights an image from the Cats and Kittens set of images, along with a riddle. Scratch off the glitter to reveal the answer. Lauri has instructions (and the answers to her riddles) on her blog.

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Glitzy Koala by Donna Smith

For her first DT card, Donna chose the cute koala from the Aussie Animals set. The koala was colored using a combination of Copics and Promarkers, and she has added some sparkly glitter to his feet. The paper used behind is from the Pierced Backgrounds set, which she has resized onto a couple of pink and grey papers. The sentiment is from the Pierced Tags set. She has also combined a piece of her own backing paper and a piece of grey cardstock, and she used the arch lattice punch on it to create a nice edging. The leaves under the koala are eucalyptus leaves as well as some Primas and roses. Donna also added some pearl floss, sparkly gems and ash branch leaves to complete the flower arrangement. A photo anchor with a pearl holds the pink paper in place. The inserts on the inside are from her own disk Designer Extreme Vol. III.

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