Queen and Co. Foundation Sketch Challenge Card #3

Everything is Queen and Company, except that I used Nuvo Drops for the centers of the flowers.

Queen and Company Sketch Challenge

Yes, I've been doing nothing but Queen and Company lately, but they have had some fun challenges. I'm not affiliated with them in any way. I just love their products, and they have great customer service. Making shaker cards has been my therapy over these last few months.

On Tuesday, July 14th, Ginger Williams did a show and tell video showing their new Foundation die sets #6,7,8, and 9. I pre-ordered them that night, and they shipped on Friday the 17th. I took them out of their packaging last night, but I didn't have time to play with them until this morning. I did make a card a week ago, based on the sketches, but I didn't have them in hand at the time, so I used other dies that I had on hand.

Both cards were made based on sketches for set 8. The first card was made with the dies I had on hand, including the Queen and Co. Love Jar and Bug Jar sets. I used the bug shaker fillers, but I added some pink micro beads that I had on hand, too. I used patterned paper from their Flirty Florals paper pad. The vertical strip and tag were my attempts to duplicate what I'd get with the Foundation dies in set 8, but after the dies came, I realized that I was a little off on the proportions. Still, it was fun to make. I'm not entirely satisfied with the card, but here it is:

This card I made using other dies from Foundation Dies set 8. The sun shape just screamed to be adapted to a sun shaker.  I used the "icing" die from the Travel Shaped Shaker set to make that. I needed the outline die from the Magic set for the window. It worked, anyway. The stamped phrase is from their summer set. The patterned paper was from their Happy Hello paper pad. The heart bling was from a thank you freebie pack in one of my orders. I used buttons and seed beeds that I had on hand.

Queen and Company Birthday Challenge

The Queen and Company challenge this week is to make a birthday related project. I decided to make a box card with the Space shaker set. It's one of my favorite sets. I also used their balloon die from the new Special Delivery summer add-on set, to add to the stamped balloons.

I used clear acetate to make the astronaut and Saturn appear to float.

Queen and Company Outside the Box Challenge 2 Life's A Picnic

For this card, I created a picnic/fast food lunch with a variety of Queen and Company dies. The dies and how I cut them are shown below the card front. I didn't have the outline die for the Happy Holly Days present that was used to make the fry box. It would have been easier and perhaps looked a little better if I did, but it still turned out okay.  First, just the card itself:

Second, the card and detailed info on the items used to create it:

I have no idea who makes the phrase and ant stamp. They were originally one stamp. I cut the phrase apart. The ants are a line of 3, but I only inked one ant and stamped it individually where I wanted it on the red checked background. I have no idea where I got the stamp, but it may have been Tuesday Morning. It was at least a year or two ago, maybe even longer.

Edited on July14th at 12:14 a.m. Tami showed her favorite entries except for two, which she couldn't decide between. Mine was one of the two. She did eeny-meeny-miney-mo to decide, and the other card won. I ordered from Queen and Company the following day. My package came today. The owner apparently really liked and appreciated my card. She included a consolation prize and a very nice note with my order. It made my day.

Queen and Company Outside the Box Challenge 2 Lazy River

On Tuesday, Tami issued another Outside the Box challenge, and that we should try to come up with something that left the viewer wondering, "How did she do that?"

So here is my first card based on that challenge, along with the Queen and Co. dies that I used. I wanted to create a Lazy River scene. I even created my own shaker.

First, just the card itself:

Second, the card, plus the dies used to create it (and yes, I know that I should have done them as a separate image.....sorry):

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.