You're A Ray Of Sunshine!

 Hello friends!  While I've been on the mend from a horrible dog attack, I've had time to play with some new products from a NEW company!  This company is called My Pretty Things by Erin Thompson!  This is part of her very first release and it's filled with fun beach/summer themed stamps, dies, and stencils.

The first thing I did is have fun making the background with the Making Waves Stencil set!  I added Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink through the first stencil onto a panel of A2 sized white cardstock.  I positioned the next stencil over the panel and spritzed on Shiny Bauble Distress Mica Stain.  Before I removed the stencil, I pressed another piece of white cardstock onto the stencil to pick up the mica stain that was on the stencil!  This will make a great piece for another card (coming soon)!

When the Mica Stain was dry, I spread some Iridescent Glitter gel through the third stencil.  I set the piece aside to dry.

Next I die cut the Sweet Sunshine Layered Dies twice from two different shades of yellow cardstock.  I used a mini blending brush to add shading with two inks.

I glued the bottom two layers together, slightly offsetting the layers.  Then I glued the two pieces of the next layer, again offset.  I added foam tape to the back to adhere it to the bottom layer of the sun.  After I added the smiley face die to the inner circle, I glued on a small piece of pink cardstock behind the cheeks. I popped it up with foam tape to adhere.

I trimmed the Making Waves stenciled piece to 4" x 5-¼".  Then I placed it into a shaker pocket and adhered all sides except the top.  I poured in a pretty sequin mix that coordinates with the stenciled colors and sealed the top of the shaker pocket.  I added double-sided adhesive to the back of the shaker to adhere it to an A2 card base.

The sentiment is from the Hey There Sunshine stamp set.  I used the Hey There Sunshine dies to create the layered sentiment with a shadow die.

This is the first of three cards I will be sharing where I used other products from My Pretty Things!  I hope you enjoyed this one!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

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