Queen and Company Summer Card Challenge 2nd Card

For this one, I started with a Silhouette cutting file from their Design Store. The die cut sand dollar and star are old Cuttlebug dies. The cut outs were from old imaginisce paper.

I made the flip flops using the Queen and Company Summer Shaker kit.

The stamped sentiment inside is from Rubber Cottage and says:

"Flip Flops: the glass slippers of the South."

Although I made the card for the Summer Challenge, I never submitted it. Maybe I'll use it for a future one.

Queen and Company Summer Card Challenge 1st Card

Last Tuesday's "Tuesday Tami" for Queen and Company had Ginger Williams substituting with a "Share and Tell" regarding the soon to be released summer kit to go with their Special Delivery kit. Many of the items are summer themed, so the challenge that Ginger gave is to make a summer card.

We used to go to the beach at the Outer Banks, and we would go crab "hunting" at night, when the sand colored crabs would come out. We called them "ghost crabs" because they looked like little crab ghosts scuttling across the sand. They seemed almost transparent.  We would gather them into a bucket, see how many we could catch, and then let them all go before leaving the beach. I wanted to make a crab shaker that looked like the ghost crabs.

I filled the Queen and Co. crab shaker with sand from Mudd Puddles. I also used the curved border die from Queen and Company to create the sandy floor of the ocean. I used the Mudd Puddles sand over glue that was spread over the card stock.

The bling is from a sequins tin that I found at Tuesday Morning. I'm not sure what you call them. They are kind of like rounded, smooth gemstones, except they are (of course) plastic or acrylic. They changed color based on the background, but they were actually kind of a pale sea blue.

Queen and Company Foundation Dies

I have tons of dies, but after seeing the Queen and Company Foundation dies, I decided to buy them. Currently I only have sets 2, 4, and 5, but yesterday I ordered sets 1 and 3.  I used sets 2 and 4 to make this card.

Tuesday Tami's challenge was to make a Buttons, Borders, and Bling. I didn't have Q&Co. bling or buttons in the right colors, so I raided my stash for those. The paper I used was from the 6x8 BoBunny Celebrating Freedom paper pad that I found at Tuesday Morning last year or before.

I normally post my images at a lower resolution, however the above image was posted at a higher one for posting on a Facebook page. I also need a lower resolution image, so yes, here is the same card, same image, just a lower resolution. I'll delete one of them later.

Orange Slice Shaker

I bought a lemon die cut set off Amazon that I finally got around to using, and turned it into a shaker. The Queen and Company Mickey Head shaker happened to be the right size circle for the orange slice foam and back. I also had bought a couple of lemon stamp sets that would coordinate. I used the Sweetest Wishes stamp from one of the sets. It was mounted on a Q&Co Foundation die. I hand cut the background mat for it.  The orange slice fillers were from nail art slices from Amazon. I used bronze microbeads to add a bit more movement.

I only used one layer of fun foam, so it doesn't shake as well, but it still works.

The paper was by Imaginisce, which I probably found at Tuesday Morning ages ago.