Hey Crafty People!

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Sparkle Dance

1. Stamp the images in Copic Friendly ink on Neenah 80lb cardstock.
2. Use a dotting technique to colour your images – this makes it SO EASY!
   Colour the entire area with your lightest colour, then add dots of your darkest colour in the parts that would have more shadow.
   Blend that out by adding dots of the next lightest colour, starting them on the darkest dots and continuing them out a little beyond the darkest.
   Continue this through all of your shades, and into the lighter areas.
   Finish the colouring by quickly blending a layer of that lightest colour all over the area to soften the dots a little.
3. Add white gel pen highlights to various places on each image. (I like to add some black Glaze pen to their noses too for some extra detail!)
4. Fussy cut the images and set aside.
5. Die cut a slimline window panel from Sea Glass Color Crush cardstock, and add some depth by ink blending over the top with a couple of shades of Teal/Turquoise ink.
6. Cut pieces of patterned paper, large enough to cover the circular windows and gently blend purple ink onto them, before gluing to the back of the slimline panel.
7. Pop up your dancing pets on some foam tape, positioning each one in their own little spotlight.
8. Add a mix of sequins across the entire panel – to get a truly random look, try just sprinkling them onto the panel and then glue them where they land! (If there are any you really don’t like the position of that is fine, just leave those ones off!)
9. Stamp a sentiment from the Hello Lovely stamp set, and blend over the same inks to give it a tone on tone look against the panel.

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GIVEAWAY PRIZES | OVER £1000/$1200 IN TOTAL

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away some fantastic prizes; their full September Release and two of their gorgeous Floral Bundle or Critter Bundle to choose from. There are also amazing companies and crafty friends who are celebrating with us. Here’s the complete list of awesome prizes:

* Check the Kickstarter Campaign for more info

That’s a total of 15 prizes for 15 lucky winners! To be in with a chance to win one of these amazing prizes all you have to do is play along with each of the four hops! Alex Syberia Designs will draw winners from those entrants that have played along the hops by 16th October 2022. 

 To enter, leave a comment on this blog post as well as those of all other amazing designers. You can see the full list, with links to each blog, below.  

Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog on the 23rd October 2022.

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Dotted Florals

1. Repeat the same steps to colour this large floral image as used in the previous card, add white gel highlights and fussy cut it.
2. Mask a border around an a2 panel of Neenah 80lb and layer a simple Geometric stencil over the top of it. (One of Alex’s Stencil designs would be PERFECT for this but I don’t have those, so I just used something from my stash.)
3. Ink blend through the stencil with medium pressure, then remove the top stencil and continue lightly ink blending to give a tone on tone finished look.
4. Add the floral image with foam adhesive for added dimension.
5. Again, a stamped and ink blended sentiment strip is the perfect addition to this style.
6. Embellish with some cream heart pieces.

Colours Used:

Affiliate links are used

Copic BG10 Shop at: SBP	Copic BG23 Shop at: SBP	Copic BG49 Shop at: SBP	Copic Y02 Shop at: SBP
Copic Y11 Shop at: SBP	Copic YG17 Shop at: SBP	Copic YG23 Shop at: SBP	Copic G000 Shop at: SBP
Copic E19 Shop at: SBP	Copic Y17 Shop at: SBP	Copic B04 Shop at: SBP	Copic B02 Shop at: SBP
Copic B00 Shop at: SBP	Copic B000 Shop at: SBP	Copic G07 Shop at: SBP	Copic YG00 Shop at: SBP
Copic YG09 Shop at: SBP	Copic YG06 Shop at: SBP	Copic YG63 Shop at: SBP	Copic YG91 Shop at: SBP
Copic YG95 Shop at: SBP	G29 Shop at: SBP	Copic RV17 Shop at: SBP	Copic RV34 Shop at: SBP
Copic RV19 Shop at: SBP	Coipic RV55 Shop at: SBP

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Hop Order

• Alex Syberia Designs 
• Bonnie Crane
• Brenda Noelke
• Carly Tee
• Cheryl Espie
• Colleen Balija
• Elin Venge
• Erica
• Hannelie Bester
• Ilda
• Jessica Frost-Ballas
• Jo Herbert
• Jo Laverty
• Laura Fadora
• LauraJane
• Lien Leysen
• Liz
• Michelle Short
• Mindy
• Natasha Vacca
• Nicoletta
• Raquel Arribas
• Sandhya
• Seeka
• Tasha <- You are here ?
• Tina Wilstrup
• Yasmin Diaz

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Please be aware:

As part of my Design Team and Guest Design work I do often receive free products to use, but I only ever recommend products that I genuinely love.

Also, I know how incredibly lucky I am to have these opportunities, but you don’t always NEED the newest products or the ‘full set’.
So please don’t feel that you need everything.
I like to show a variety of brands and products; this way; this way there will be something for everybody to enjoy.

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— SUPPLIES —

Affiliate links are used

Life Is Good Shop at: S3	Hello Lovely Shop at: S3	Sparkle Dance Shop at: S3	Minted CP Ink Shop at: CPD
Mini Grid Stencil Shop at: PPP	Domed Ink Blending Replacements Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Mini Ink Blending Tool Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Creamy Vanilla Heart Sprinkles Shop at: Trinity
Creamy Vanilla Heart Sprinkles Shop at: Trinity	Pixie Dust Shop at: SBCOM | CPD	Aquatini Shop at: SBCOM | CPD	Vegas, Baby Sequin Mix Shop at: SBCOM | CPD
Finger Blending Brushes Shop at: Amaz UK	Water Garden Artist Markers Shop at: Alt | SBC | Craftstash US | Craftstash UK	Space Garden Marker Set Shop at: Alt | SBC | Craftstash US | Craftstash UK

— My Basic Supplies That I Use On Every Project —

Affiliate links are used

MINI MISTI Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP | Trinity	MISTI – Original Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | SBP	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US	Neenah 80lb Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Alt | Craftstash UK
Neenah 110lb Shop at: Alt	Gemini Jr Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK	Tim Holtz Trimmer 8.5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Trinity	Tim Holtz Scissors 7inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US
Tim Holtz Mini Snips 5inch Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US	Tidy Tray Shop at: Trinity	Pick Up Stick Shop at: Trinity	Reverse Action Tweezers Shop at: Scrapbookcom | SBP
We R Trim & Scoreboard Shop at: Scrapbookcom	Pressure Tool Shop at: Trinity	Mini Trimmer Shop at: Scrapbookcom | Craftstash UK | Craftstash US	9.5 inch Shears Shop at: Craftstash UK | Craftstash US
Bone Folder Shop at: Alt	Self Healing Mat Shop at: Alt | SBC

*Affiliate links are used, where available; this means that I may get a small commission if you purchase using one of these links, at no extra cost at all to yourself. A huge thank you goes to anyone who does purchase using my links, it is so highly appreciated.