Live Laugh and Love!

We had a blast with this card! I don't know where to start telling you about this card because there was so many new toys and techniques we got to try. I'll start out with the easy stuff first. The butterfly is from Garden Whimsy, it is stamped in Blue Bayou on Whisper White Card stock and cut out. We used the new Big Shot to cut out the scallop circle in Whisper White Card stock. This scallop is the larger of the two scallops on the Scallop circle #2 die. The sentiment is from the new birthday stamp set On Your Birthday. To be honest I was really disappointed when Stampin Up! decided to retire It's Your Birthday stamp set. I loved it and it was good for all ages; but this set has some great sentiments and I had nothing to be worried about:) To add colour around the outside of the scallop we used the sponge daubers, daubed on the Blue Bayou ink pad and gently sponged around the edges.

I'm not sure if you can see it in the photo but the Certainly Celery Card stock is textured. One of the benefits of the Big Shot is it's versatility. I have an embossing plate from Cuttlebug, it's Swiss Dots (I could be mistaken on the name....but I think it's something like that). Sure enough it was easy to select the tabs to use with the embossing plate. I have so many dies from different companies and I love that I'm going to be able to use them with my Big Shot!

Now for that letter L! The letter is from Stampin' Up!'s On Board Simon Upper chipboard set. Everyone chose which letter or shape they would like to use for this project. It was great because every one's project was unique. The letter L was a safe bet for me...a funny thing about my friends...half of their names start with the letter L. Lisa, Lisa, Lori, Lorrie, Linda and Linda..lol. Oh and my daughter Lauren! I'm not sure if I need to get out more or if it's just one of those coincidences in life that make you laugh! With that said I gave the card to my mom to use for my Aunt Lois's birthday....hahahaha! I'm surrounded by L's.....not losers.....lovely ladies whose names begin with L!

Supplies for the L are: versamark ink, heat & stick powder, heat tool, Stampin' Glitter, powder pals (tray and brush).

1. Generously apply versamark to the chipboard. The chipboard will look dark where it's stamped, you want it covered so the heat & stick powder will have something to stick to.
2. Put the chipboard in one of the powder pals trays and pour heat & stick powder all over the chipboard. Don't sprinkle it...it won't be enough pour lots of it on. Tap off the excess.
3. Using the heat tool, melt the heat & stick powder. The powder will change from a powder to a glassy texture.
4. Put the chipboard in the other powder pals tray. Pour Stampin' glitter all over the chipboard. Again don't be stingy...lol. You want to cover the chipboard.
5. Using the heat tool heat the chipboard once again. This will set the glitter.
6. Remove the plug on the neck of the powder pals tray and pour the left over heat & stick powder back into the container. You can use the brush to help make sure you get as much as possible back in the container. Do the same for the glitter.

Voila! You are done! I absolutely cannot believe how much the Stampin' Glitter sparkles! I think everyone loved this project the best of all the ones we've done together.