Tuesday Throwdown's Layered Die Cuts Challenge!

Hello!!!
Well...it has been a while hasn't it?  My last blog post was in June last year....I seem to be on a 6 month rotation right now with managing to get a card made and posted!  I tell ya...life with a little one is totally different than what it was before!  Gwen is the most amazing little human I've ever known and my life is so complete with her in it.  But she is such an active little toddler now that I have a hard time finding "me" time anymore.  It's a struggle...but I'm working hard to make a comeback this year and get my crafting and creating back in order!

And that starts with today's new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown!  The challenge theme is to layer die cuts and our awesome sponsor is Newton's Nook!  I adore Newton's Nook so much, so of course I had to pull out my supplies and make something!

I started off by cutting a background using the Flags and Frames dies set.  I thought a white on white background would work really well since the rest of the card was going to have a lot of color to it.  For the rectangle background, I cut a portion of an acrylic poured piece that I had made awhile ago that was finally dry.  It looked a bit like rain and seemed to fit well with the umbrella kitties.

Once that was all adhered together, I die cut and colored up 3 of the Umbrella Pals kitties so they looked like the 3 cats we've had in our family.  Then arranged them so they cascaded up the card.  I used the Essential Alphabet Die to cut out the word Hello twice and layered that along the bottom of the card panel. 

There are a few enamel glitter dots scattered around the umbrellas.  And I coated the letters in glitter pen and a clear gloss after they were stuck onto my card.

The inside is stamped with a birthday message since this card has already been shipped off to my mom for her birthday today!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will join in this fun challenge for your chance to win an awesome prize from Newton's Nook!!! <37