Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We loved seeing your focal point-inspired projects over the past month, thank you so much to all of those who participated in Challenge #57!

We’re a little late this month, but nonetheless it’s time for Sunbird Spark Challenge #58! This month we have a fun sketch for you. Don’t forget to link your projects below for your chance to win a gift card to the shop!

For today’s card, I started by creating my background. I painted simple watercolor lines diagonally across a piece of mixed media paper, stopping at the halfway point. Once the panel was dry, I adhered it down to my top-folding card base.

Next, I used gold foil to press the Flourish Boldly Press Plates onto white cardstock, and cut the floral cluster out with the coordinating die. I cut two additional diecuts from scrap cardstock and adhered them to the back of my florals to create dimension before adhering it down to the center of the card. I gold heat-embossed a birthday sentiment from Enchanting Paris, and finished the card off with some gold embellishments!

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the challenge sketch to create a project. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until March 30^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a gift certificate to sunbirdspark.com from challenge #57 and #58 which will be announced on April 1^st at the beginning of challenge #59!

Don’t forget to link up your project below, and if you’re sharing to social media use the hashtag #sunbirdsparkprojects! We’d also love for you to share your projects in the challenge album in our Sunbird Spark Facebook group!

Happy New Year crafty friends! We hope you’ve had time to rest, craft, and enjoy the holiday season and are ready for another year of creativity.

Unfortunately, we didn’t have quite enough participants to declare a winner, but we really want to thank you so much for participating in Challenges #55 & 56.

Now, onto Sunbird Spark Challenge #57! This month our challenge is to create a “focal point”, we hope this more broad theme will allow your creativity to flow! Don’t forget to link your projects below for your chance to win a gift card to the shop!

I started by creating my background using white shimmery cardstock and the Dynamic Dotted Chevron Cover Die. Once die-cut, I adhered this down to my A2 card base. Next, I used gold foil to press the Timeless Tulips Press Plates onto some white cardstock. Then I used the coordinating stencils and dye-based ink to add some color.

Next, I cut the largest frame from the Bellezza Frames Nested Dies out of gold cardstock to match my foiling and stacked it atop two additional diecuts I cut from white cardstock to add some dimension. Then, I adhered my frame around my tulip image. I cut off the excess cardstock and adhered this down to my card base as the focal point.

I used the same gold foil to press the “Bloom Fiercely” sentiment from the Flourish Boldly Press Plates, and cut it out using the coordinating dies. I adhered my sentiment to the center of my card using foam tape, and finished it off with some gold embellishments!

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the challenge theme to create a project. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until January 30^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a gift certificate to sunbirdspark.com from challenge #57 and #58 which will be announced on March 1^st at the beginning of challenge #59!

Don’t forget to link up your project below, and if you’re sharing to social media use the hashtag #sunbirdsparkprojects! We’d also love for you to share your projects in the challenge album in our Sunbird Spark Facebook group!

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We loved seeing your sketch-inspired projects over the past month, thank you so much to all of those who participated in Challenge #55!

Now, onto Sunbird Spark Challenge #56! This month we have a fun holiday inspired moodboard for our inspiration. Don’t forget to link your projects below for your chance to win a gift card to the shop!

I started by using the Modular Maze 3D Embossing Folder to emboss the front half of my top-folding card base. I also embossed a smaller piece of gold foil cardstock and adhered it to my card base, lining it up at the top to fit directly with the embossed pattern underneath. I added a strip of black glitter cardstock to cover the seam and add some interest.

Next, I stamped and white heat-embossed a sentiment from Magical Christmas Sentiments onto some green cardstock and fussy cut it out. I adhered my sentiment to the card using foam tape, and just like that I have a clean and simple–but very shiny–holiday card to add to my stash!

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the challenge color palette to create a project. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until December 30^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a gift certificate to sunbirdspark.com from challenge #55 and #56 which will be announced on January 1^st at the beginning of challenge #57!

Don’t forget to link up your project below, and if you’re sharing to social media use the hashtag #sunbirdsparkprojects! We’d also love for you to share your projects in the challenge album in our Sunbird Spark Facebook group!

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We loved seeing your spooky-inspired projects over the past month, thank you so much to all of those who participated in Challenge #54!

Unfortunately, we didn’t have quite enough participants to declare a winner, but we really want to thank you so much for participating in Challenges #53 & 54 .

Now, onto Sunbird Spark Challenge #55! This month we have a simple sketch to get your creativity flowing. Don’t forget to link your projects below for your chance to win a gift card to the shop!

For today’s card, I started by blending my background directly onto my card base. I used some post-it tape to mask off the bottom 2/3 of the card base and blended the top portion with Distress Oxide inks in Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass, and Peacock Feathers. Then, I used Barrel A from Flurry Snowflakes Stencils 360°™ to sporadically blend a few snowflakes overtop using Peacock Feathers and Wilted Violet.

Next, I stamped and colored the skier image from Most Wonderful Time and diecut it out with the coordinating dies. I adhered it to my card toward the top right, and finished it off with a sentiment from Greetings from Santa.

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the challenge sketch to create a project. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until November 29^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a gift certificate to sunbirdspark.com from challenge #55 and #56 which will be announced on January 1^st at the beginning of challenge #57!

Don’t forget to link up your project below, and if you’re sharing to social media use the hashtag #sunbirdsparkprojects! We’d also love for you to share your projects in the challenge album in our Sunbird Spark Facebook group!

Hello and welcome back crafty friends!

We loved seeing your sketch-inspired projects over the past month, thank you so much to all of those who participated in Challenge #53!

Now, onto Sunbird Spark Challenge #54! This month we have a fun Halloween inspired color palette for you! Don’t forget to link your projects below for your chance to win a gift card to the shop!

The colors of this palette inspired me to pull out an old medium – gelatos! I used them to blend a background over some cardstock covered in gesso. I knew I wanted to keep the card very clean and simple, so I diecut the new Cheerful YAY stand-alone die from an A2 piece of black cardstock.

I repeated this a couple more times, and stacked my diecuts together to create additional dimension. Then, I glued my stacked diecut onto my background panel and adhered this down to my card base. Finally, I finished the card off with some sparkly embellishments!

We love seeing your creations and would love for you to join us in this month’s challenge! All you have to do to enter is use the challenge [sketch/color palette] to create a project. Full challenge rules can be found here.

This month’s challenge runs until October 30^th at 11:59 PDT. We’ll select a winner to receive a gift certificate to sunbirdspark.com from challenge #53 and #54 which will be announced on November 1^st at the beginning of challenge #55!

Don’t forget to link up your project below, and if you’re sharing to social media use the hashtag #sunbirdsparkprojects! We’d also love for you to share your projects in the challenge album in our Sunbird Spark Facebook group!