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.