Oooooo....Sparkly

Greetings traveller. Welcome to the Guild Hall. Last night Nikki, the Guardian of Glitter, was telling us of an encounter she had with a sparkle nymph. Nikki was in her workshop cleaning up after extracting all the glitter from the bodies she collected after the sparkle strike last week when the nymph appeared. "Salutations, fellow glitter gatherer," the nymph breathed. Nikki's eyes grew large as she gazed upon the shimmering little creature before her. Quickly, using her +200 speed skill, she snatched a jar off her work bench and scooped up the sparkle nymph, trapping her inside. Nikki squealed with delight and brought the nymph to the Guild Hall to show to the Lady Commander of Copics and I. 

I started by stamping Fancy Anya (TGF) on a circle and using only grey tones coloured her with Prismacolors. Her hair was actually paper pieced from a super subtle snowflake patterned paper. I cut a large snowflake-like shape from Accent Essentials and ran it through the Cuttlebug. I then lightly rubbed pumice stone Distress Ink over it so you could see the snowflake embossing a little better. The shimmery white panel was also put through the Cuttlebug using a different snowflake folder. I used some white sheer ribbon from my stash to tie on the end. I seriously need to use this ribbon up more. I have about 5 rolls of it, having bought it to make wedding invitations many many years ago, and never ended up using it. The sentiment was from the My Pink Stamper "Biggie Christmas Sentiments" set.

I added some glitter to the spots where there were snowflakes on her hair. This earned me +39 sparkle exp points, making the Guardian of Glitter extra proud.

The inside was also stamped using a stamp from the Biggie Christmas Sentiments set. Here you can see the paper I used for Fancy Anya's hair. You can't see the snowflakes on her hair anymore, because that was where I added the glitter. I also stamped around the edges using pumice stone Distress Ink and some cheap snowflake stamp from Michaels (Recollections brand).

Also made the envelope match, making everyone happy (but mostly me). 

This sparkly spectacle will be entered into the following challenges:
The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday: It's a WHITE OUT!
Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
Diva's By Design Challenge #50: Let's Celebrate
Creative Card Crew Challenge #18: Christmas
Use it Tuesday Challenge #38: Use That Ribbon
The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #47: Anything Goes with a Sentiment
Penny Black and More September Challenge: Early Christmas Makes

I knew I should tell the Guardian of Glitter to release the poor sparkle nymph, but she was just so pretty to look at. I did make her punch holes in the top of the jar. I wonder what sparkle nymphs eat?

~ Guild Master Crystal ~ 

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