All That Glitters

Peggy Timmerman and I are hosting the Mod Squad Challenge Blog this week and we would love for you to join us by using glitter some where on your project.  I am representing Kat Scrapiness.

Here is my sample card for the challenge. Glitter glitter every where. 

I started by cutting out the flower die in white card and backed it with double sided adhesive,
 I sprinkled distress glitter in peacock feathers onto the adhesive and burnished it with my finger,
    

I cut that out using Sue Wilson's Canadian Collection Toranto.

  I used peacock feathers distress ink to create a water colored background and cut the  largest frame from Toranto.  I used the next size to fill in the negative space and backed that with black card then placed my glittered piece in the center.

Then I used some score tape sheets to back my card stock  and cut and covered the fern leaves and bird and flower die cuts with glittter.

I arranged them on the right side and then added a Spellbinder's pansy die. The Just a Note sentiment is a Sue Wilson die. You can't see it but I added a bit of wink of Stella to the white background and to the water colored background so every thing sparkles. I also used a PTI feather in the floral spray. It was looking lonely in my scrap box.

     

Summer Birthday Card

I needed a birthday card for my nephew so I decided to try and combine that with a challenge. The challenge at IO is Summer Fun.HERE  For some of us, shelling is one of the activities that we associate with long walks on the beach that refreshes you body and soul. I was not pleased with how this card came out,but it has kinda grown on me and I don't have time to make another so I will have to send it on its merry way to my nephew.

I started with Gina K powder blue card and stamped it with the cover a card wooden plank then sponged it with distress inks in stormy sky and walnut. I did some layering of papers on the top and a piece that I found left in my scrap box from another project. It was stamped  with versa mark and the cover a card  distressed brick. I used the tim Holtz distressed embossing powder. I love the effect this gives. I sponged a little blue around the shells and shaped them a bit to give them more dimension and placed them around my card and topped it off by stamping the birthday greeting and added the IO Wishes. +

I used the following IO products for this card. 

Stamp Set CL342 (I masked it so only the birthday was stamped)

Cover a card Distressed brick CC0083

Wooden Plank - CC177

Shell Set - DIE077-W

 Wishes  MC657

Code: MC657

Earl's Birthday

This challenge at Double D is all about the men in our lives. Just look at another amazing challenge board and create a special card for one of the special men in your life. 

This card is for a very special man in my life my favorite BIL, Earl.   He has been a great help to my sister as she cared for our aging mother by helping mom and sis through numerous moves as Mom downsized. He hung and rehung pictures, fixed things to make Mom  more comfortable, took her out for dinner and did whatever my sister needed him to do. Knowing Bev, my sister, had him helped me feel less guilty  for living almost 3000 miles away and not helping her at all.  Earl has a lot of hobbies like fishing, hunting and golfing so it is always fun to make cards for him. For this card, I bought three die sets from Our Daily Bread to celebrate another one of his numerous hobbies: carpentry, wood working, and general all round handyman. He has helped my nieces as they moved into their first homes doing various projects, and does remodeling projects for my sister. He also helps Bev with her hobbies. She used to attend craft fairs selling her hand painted pieces and he would help her set up and take down her booth. Bev also loves to decorate her yard with life sized hand painted seasonal themes. In the fall, you will see scarecrows and pumpkins adorning her yard replaced by snowmen for winter and flowers for spring. Earl cuts the wood and Bev paints it.  If she goofs, he sands it down so she can start again.  I made this tool apron just for Earl because he's my favorite BIL and one of my favorite people. 

Now it is time for you to create something special for one of the guys in your life and link it up at Double D for a chance to win this prize.

 Today's prize is this fabulous Cheery Lynn Designs 'ChickDouble Den Wire Frame'

For more inspiration visit the Double D Blog to see what the design team has created for this challenge.

Jenny's Birthday

Double D Blue and Peach Challenge

Are you ready for another amazing challenge board from Double D Challenge Blog. This time we are all about blues and coral/peach colors or weddings. Just look at the amazing inspiration on the board.

I decided to take my inspiration from the colors and the wedding theme and came up with this design.

I kept it very simple with this Spellbinders gazebo and IO fence and a few flowers. I framed it with a Gina Marie scalloped rectangle. The bride and groom silhouette is a free down load that I sized to fit in the gazebo. Head over to the Double D Blog and check out what the design team did with this beautiful Mood Board. I am sure you will want to create something for this challenge.

Swan Lake

The Dies R Us Challenge this time is simple. Use a bird somewhere on your card and, of course, you must use a die. I used to live in Sumter, South Carolina whose claim to fame is an air force base and one of the prettiest lakes I have ever seen called Swan Lake where you can see two different types of gardens. One is a botanical type with Spanish moss and plants that are indigenous to the area and grow naturally. The other garden hosts meticulously manicured lawns and fabulous trees and flowers. My favorite season was the spring when the tulips, daffodils, azaleas, and dog woods burst forth with amazing colors and sweet smells. The park also contains every species of swans hence the name. When I saw the Tattered Lace swan I knew I wanted to make several cards for friends that I grew close to while I lived there. I am going send this one to a friend who lives in New Mexico now as a reminder of all the Sunday afternoons when we strolled the park together. 

Tattered Lace Swans                                    Cat Tails                             Frantic Stamper Bare Ash


                                                       



Sue Wilson                           Nestabilities Royal Circle        
                    

Butterfly Hugs. 2

I don't know about other card makers but when I have supplies out I tend to make more than one of a design. I had the adhesive sheets, the prills, and the die cuts there so I made three different backgrounds using different colors of prills.  

The first card I made was for the Mod Squad Challenge Blog. If you want to see how I did this card came together you can visit this post.Here I use Gina Marie's flower die and fern die for the background. I decided to frame this card and then I added a Heartfelt flower that I colored with Spectrum Noirs. For embellishment I used a Cheery Lynn Butterfly and Hugs word die. Awhile back, I made a card where I put the hugs on top of the butterfly and I liked it  so I decided this card needed a butterfly hug. I will enter this in the Cheery Lynn Lots of Layers Challenge and Simon Says Wednesday Anything Goes

New Die Company

No card today but just a note to tell you there is a new die company that offers some of the prettiest dies I have ever seen. They will be starting their blog on June 1, and I know you will not want to miss the inspiration from the design team. Two of my Double D buddies are on the team and they are both offering a Tutti Designs die to one lucky winner who leaves a comment. So head over to their blogs Darlene and Diane and check out the info. You should also take a look at what Tutti Designs has to offer. You are going to love their products. 

Mod Squad Challenge Blog Use It or Lose It

Challenge

I am hosting the Mod Squad Challenge this week with Peggy Timmerman.  

The challenge this week is Use it or Lose It.  

Challenge 

When I did my spring cleaning this year, I found several products and tools that I bought but never used, and admit it you have some too. So I am challenging you  to go through your tools and supplies and choose something you have not used for a long time, rarely used, or never used, and put it to work.  Be sure to tell us what product or tool “came out of hiding” for your project.  

This Weeks Sponsor is 

Kat Scrappiness

Kat stocks the products that she loves and uses as well as what her customers request.  If you don't see it in her store, feel free to contact her.  She is happy to do special orders for you!

DISCOUNT CODE for The Mod Squad Challenge: MSC10

Prize

$15 Gift Card to Kat Scrappiness

For my project I used two Gina Marie Dies, fern die and flower die that came from Kat's store.



Here is my completed project.

I cut the flower die from Gina K white heavy base weight card. This is easy to remove from the die because there are small holes in the corners to help you release it easily.

                                   

I positioned the die cut on my MISTY. I like to stamp it a couple of times to get a dark image.

Here is the first product that I bought ages ago and have never used, double sided adhesive sheets. I cut a piece slightly smaller than the die cut and adhered it behind my die cut. 

TIP  When adhering the adhesive sheet to the die cut pull the release paper down a little bit then you can align the top corners perfectly. Secure the top and then pull the release paper the rest of the way down and it will align all the way down.

The second product that I am using that I bought but have not used much is PRILLS. I have put them in the centers of a few flowers, but I have 14 different colors and I have only used three. 

TIP 2 Put something under your work that has a lip because these little guys roll around like crazy. Pour them over the adhesive and burnish them with your fingers until the entire design is covered.

Now just add some pretty embellishments and you have a card full of texture and dimension. 

If you don't have Prills you could use micro beads and get a similar effect. I like that these are all different sizes. 

Here's another look at the finished product. 

Other Products used

IO Sentiment

Dies R Us Butterfly

Amy Design Musical Stave

Wild Iris Flowers

Another card made in the same way. I entered this at the Lots of Layers challenge at Scrapy Land. 

Celebrate

I made this card to sent to a special friend and for the Scrapy Land Lots of Layers Challenge.  I used Gina Maries Flower die and Fern die and the Diversions Curly Word dies. I started with black card stock and cut it with the flower die. I backed that with some double sided adhesive then poured white prills on top and burnished it with my finger. I cut the fen dies in white and black and layered them to form a background for my wild Iris flowers. I layered the Celebrate with two layers of withe and one of black to give it more dimension then the front panel was  mounted on white card base.

 Scrapy Land Lots of Layers. 

Sam's Birthday

My great niece is having her eighth birthday next month, I already knew I wanted to use the PTI enclosed cupcake for her card and I always send some money so when Make it With Money Challenge   was introduced at PTI,  I wanted to try to do both.  Of course,  Lexi did an elaborate paper fold and made the cutest card ever, and it has been fun to see all the wonderful designs using paper folds on the blog.

My original intent was to use the money as a candle but that looked strange so I decided to cut two cup cake wrappers and use one on the front of the card and one on the back to form a pocket for the money. I used some foam tape on the sides and bottom of the back wrapper to lift it from the cupcake base and make a pocket for the money. Then I decorated the front of the card. 

She is to going to be eight so I used a five dollar bill and three candles. The delineation between the parts of the cupcake shows up better in real life. There is lots of glitter on this card following a technique my friend Judy Woodland told me about. I used it on the icing and on the background behind the pretty card panel.  I used  two water colored panels that were in my scrap box for the icing and the background. I finished it off with a couple of flowers from Wild Iris. 

Scrap box card

I wanted to make a card for the Cheery Lynn Red, White and Blue Challenge so I went to my scrap box to see what I already had after doing a patriotic card for Double D. I found and A2 frame, some blue wood grained paper I had made but chose to use the red for the Double D, one half of a Cheery Lynn Italian Flourish, a Tim Holtz die cut stenciled with molding paste through a Die-Versions brick die cut, a Cheery Lynn Large flourish with leaves die cut and some white leaves. 

                                             

All I needed to finish the card was the Cheery Lynn Butterfly cut in blue and some red flowers. I had colored these Heartfelt Creations flowers last night so I shaped them for the card and cut my butterfly and assembled the card. I still have two more Tim Holtz die cut panels with the brick molding so you will be seeing one of them in the near future. 

I will enter this in the Cheery Lynn Red, White, Blue Challenge  and 

Scrapy Land Lots of Layers

Double D Patriotic / Support Our Troops Challenge

Are you ready to have fun with another fabulous inspirational board at Double D Challenges?  Here it is just in time for Memorial Day and the Forth of July.

You have a chance to win this fabulous Thank You die just for playing. 

The Prize 

My inspiration came from the colors the flag and the silhouette of the soldier. I started with some white card and used my scoreboard and distress ink to create a wood grained effect.  I embossed a piece of vellum with a star embossing folder,and cut it on the diagonal. The stamp is from Our Daily Bread and I colored it with Prisma pencils and Spectrum Noir markers. The Hello Die is a Die-Versions Curly Word Die available at the Dies R Us store .

Now head to Double D Challenge Blog to see the fabulous inspiration from the team.

Let Your Soul Take Wings

I started with s smooshed water colored panel and stamped the IO sentiment on it, I covered that with a Frantic Stamper oval frame and then a  rectangular frame cut from Spellbinders.  I stamped the Memory Box Bird with  a Stampendous music score stamp and embossed it with gold embossing powder. The gold foiled music stave is from Amy's Design. The pansy is a Spellbinder's die.

I will enter this in the Memory Box For the Birds

Simon Says Monday Challenge   Emboss It

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Flowers

Butterfly Hugs

I started with some pretty paper which I framed and layered with a  Cheery Lynn Italian Flourish Die. Then I added flowers I made from the Cheery Lynn gardenia die and a few leaves from my scrap box and a couple MFT leafy flourish die cuts. 

 I could not decide if I wanted the butterflies from Memory Box Butterfly exhibit in the corner or a circle with the Cheery Lynn Hugs sentiment so  I decided to layer the Hugs on the butterflies so now I have Butterfly Hugs. 

 I added a couple of other butterflies from Butterfly Exhibit and mounted it on some pink card. I hope she likes it. 

I will enter this in  the following challenges

Cheery Lynn Mother's Day Challenge

Scrapy Land Anything Goes