Friday, February 1, 2019

It's A Girl Thing - Turner Syndrome Awareness Inaugural Blog Hop!


Hello Blogging Friends!!


Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a female is born with only one X chromosome, instead of two, leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities. This condition occurs one in 2,500 female births worldwide, but is more common among pregnancies that do not survive to full term. That is why Turner Syndrome Females are considered MIRACLES!




Nineteen caring Sponsors and eleven DT Members have partnered with us to bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public. For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page. Thanks for learning About Turner Syndrome



My TS related project uses a few colors from the TS official color board:


I am so glad to be a part of the Turner Syndrome awareness Blog Hop. I had not even heard of this condition let alone the possible life changing medical issues it can cause. The butterfly has become the symbol for "Turner Girls". Just like a butterfly, they are considered fragile and beautiful miracles.  So I chose to highlight the fragile butterfly on my card.


I cut the butterfly die once from white cardstock and once from vellum.The vellum butterflies were colored with Copics and then turned over to show their paler sides before being slotted in their spaces.


I backed this with a piece of Super Adhesive Sheet to keep the vellum butterflies from fluttering away!

One of the sentiments from Sparkle N Sprinkle Set 933: Ribbons of Love was stamped on to a piece of vellum with Versamark and was heat embossed with Cerulean. I tore the vellum and wrapped it around the back of the butterfly panel. 


Next I attached another piece of Super Adhesive Sheet to white cardstock and ran the butterfly die through the machine again. Six of the butterfly confetti were "colored" with three glitters - Mountain Mint, Daisy and Blue Haze. I took the butterfly and removed the protective layer then burnished the glitters into the sticky surface.


A piece of light blue cardstock was edged with 1/2" Tear-ific Tape and after removing the protective layer the butterfly panel was adhered to the center of the sticky edged cardstock. Blue Haze glitter was then applied to the remaining adhesive.


The butterflies were attached to the butterfly panel with little strips of 1/8" Tear-ific Tape. I curled up their wings to make them more dimensional.


The card front was then adhered to a white cardbase, which finished off my card. 


Below is a list of the products I used in my card today. Use my code, ShonaDT10, to get an extra 10% off any linked items on the Sparkle N Sprinkle website.



Cerulean (EP421) Blue Ribbon (EP279) could have been used!
Copics
Recollections butterfly die


Thanks for joining me and hopefully learning a little about Turner Syndrome today. Please remember to visit the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness Inaugural Blog Hop page to become eligible for the many prizes up for grabs. 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:
Scrapy Land Challenge #106: Use a die cut 
Craft Stamper Take It Make It - February Challenge
World Wide Open Design Team Challenge #1: Anything Goes
Classic Design Team Challenge Blog #2: Anything Goes

Bye for now,

Shona






73 comments:

  1. Wow, this is so stunning, Shona!! The butterfly background looks amazing!! I love how you added the sparkly ones fluttering about on top!! Gorgeous card!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  2. The fluttering glittery butterflies give a beautiful look of movement to the card !! Loved the card.

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  3. Gorgeous card, the butterflies are stunning, like how some of them are fluttering!

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  4. What a fabulous way of using both the positive and negative dies in a creation, Shona! Brilliant! And the colors are gorgeous, of course, as always. Shona, it's a wonderful "layered" effect, just as this genetic condition is layered, one thing leading to another. And thanks for showing Recollections butterflies - I didn't know if their dies were quality or not, and now I know! Leaving you with wishes for a wonderful day.
    Smiles,
    Donna
    {Creative Smiles - my little crafting world}

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  5. Shona ~ Thank you for being a part of this Blog Hop! Your card is absolutely stunning! I love all the glittery butterflies and that glittery background!

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  6. AMAZING!!! I am in love with your card and thank you so so very much for the detailed card recipe. I have bookmarked it to be able to come back and try this technique. Thank you for the inspiration and beautiful card to admire

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  7. So many gorgeous butterflies - love your card! Thanks for the instructions too - awesome!

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  8. Nice to see your beautiful card also on the blog hop for turner Syndrome!!
    Bye Ine

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  9. I love your beautiful sparkly card. [Bunny]

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  10. Ooooo...I love all the sparkle and glitter! So pretty!

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  11. Wonderful project for a worthy cause! Thanks for sharing the information and your creativity with all of us! kReN@afourthlife

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  12. Beautiful cards! Wonderful use of negative space too! 😍

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  13. Gorgeous thanks for the tutorial on the butterflies and thanks for the info.

    DL.ART
    DIANA L.

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  14. Gorgeous card Shona...very creative and of course LOVE all that sparkle!! Have a great day my friend!!
    Diane {Nellies Nest}

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  15. Amazing, love the fluttering of the butterflies. The sparkle brings the butterfly to life.
    Hugs
    Berni
    chasingthedream.

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  16. super card - love the spring butterflies:)

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  17. Such a gorgeous card Shona with beautiful butterflies..

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  18. Your card is gorgeous Shona! Love how you've used both the positive and negative portions of your dies. Great to combine it with vellum too.

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  19. Stunning card, Shona I love your beautiful design. xx

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  20. Beautiful card filled with butterflies and lovely colors. I love that you used both the positive and negative butterflies too.

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  21. Love all the yummy sparkle going on, especially love the
    Mountain Mint color. Very pretty, Shona.

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  22. Gorgeous - love the sparkle! So happy to be part of this blog hop with you :)

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  23. Shona! This is utterly delish hun!! I LOVE the way you've created the vellum butterflies and then added the glittery butterflies flying free over them. So so beautiful hunny. Hugs, Wends xoxo

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  24. Gorgeous card! Thanks for sharing and for participating in this great blog hop!

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    1. Please try and say something unique on each persons hard work... you have been copying and pasting the SAME comment on every blog... it's pretty rude considering all the hard work that went into this hop

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  25. I love your butterflies! The glitter!! and the way you popped them from the card! Thank you for bringing awareness to this syndrome and being a part of this hop!

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  26. Simply beautiful with all those pretty butterflies Shona. Love the bling the sentiment and the vellum.

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  27. Super cute! And that is a lot of love!

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  28. I just love the combination of negative and positive butterfly die cuts and the vellum sentiment strip

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  29. lovely card with the butterflies! nice to see how you made it, fun the combining of vellum, sprakling powder...
    TS was new for me. Good idea this bloghop to learn something about it!
    Thank you.
    nancy

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  30. a lot of butterflies... love the idea to your card... Thanks for sharing. Hugs Ute

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  31. So pretty Shona. Thank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Wendy DT Member for https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/


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  32. What a beautiful and clever design! Love the dimension you've achieved! Thanks so much for helping spread the word about TS!

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  33. I adore the sparkly butterflies! So very pretty. Thank you for sharing about TS!

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  34. Thanks for being part of this TS hop. I have never heard of this syndrome. I love your creation! The inserted vellum butterflies are wonderful!

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  35. Wonderful card, love all the butterflies. Thanks for bring awareness to Turner Syndrome.

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  36. Your card is gorgeous, delicate but strong like all these miracle women. Thank you for caring so much.

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  37. Butterflies and glitter...what's not to love?

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  38. Wow!! I love your final product and I'm so glad you shared your process!! Beautiful, beautiful results!! Thanks for sharing the love & promoting TS awareness, making our planet a better place to be :)

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  39. Your card is so beautiful! I like ve how you used the butterfly image, but aldo theys you did them, vellum, glitter, etc. super great job!

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  40. Such a lovely card! This hop is filled with inspiration and information!

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  41. Your card is beautiful with all it pretty sparkle! Love it! Thanks for sharing about this syndrome that i have never heard of either.

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  42. Great job with this butterfly project, it turned out really beautiful. Thank you for sharing with us over here at World Wide Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Annette DT / Admin / Registered Owner for https://worldwideopendesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com/


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  43. Beautiful card with all those pretty butterflies! Thanks for taking part in the hop to raise awareness of Turner Syndrome!

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  44. Wow, wow, wow! Love all the detail and sparkle!

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  45. Amazing card! I love your use of the vellum butterflies and all those beautiful glitters. Your card is perfect for Turner Syndrome awareness! Thanks for taking part in this inaugural blog hop.

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  46. Oooh how beautiful this is Shona....the colors are so soothing and beautiful
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  47. Your little cloud of butterflies is lovely and perfect for this special hop!

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  48. Love your card. Thanks for sharing.

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  49. SO pretty Shona! I love your sparkly butterflies!!!! Thanks for joining us at Scrapy Land this month! Good luck!

    Jess - DT
    www.freshbyjess.ca

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  50. I have never heard of this condition either, but your card with the butterflies certainly do the condition justice. A Beautiful card with beautiful colours and another great tutorial. Congratulations on a job well done Shona.
    Faith
    Daffodil Cards {My Blog}

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  51. Wow!! This is absolutely gorgeous Shona! I really love how your sparkly butterflies are all over in different depths in your design! So beautiful!! Thank you so much for everything you've done to help with this cause!! BIGGEST HUGS

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  52. What a wonderful card! Such a fabulous and dynamic design, love the addition of the sparkle.

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  53. Thanks for raising awareness about this Syndrome!!! This is a great hop!!!
    What a gorgeous card!!! Amazing colouring!!!

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  54. What a pretty card. I love all the sparkle and love the dimension of some of the butterflies.

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  55. you are right, life - like your card - is a beautiful thing. Thank you for helping Lori in this endeavor

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  56. Ooooooh....I LOVE the sparkle!! What a pretty card. Love the torn vellum sentiment strip, too!!
    Thank you for your part in this important hop.
    <3 J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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  57. Your butterfly card is so beautiful! I love the how you colored the vellum butterflies and made the butterflies look like they are flying.

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  58. Thanks for teaching me a new way to apply glitter. Adhesive sheets are a lot easier than glue & can be used in more ways.

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  59. This is a great combination with the butterflies and the glitter! It is so shiny and fresh! Thanks so much for being a part of this important hop today!
    Take Care!
    Michele
    crimsonowl@comcast.net

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  60. so pretty with all of the colorful butterflies and the sparkle.
    slrdowney at hotmail dot com

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  61. wow, I love all these sparkling butterflies, so special!

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  62. Every butterfly is different, All life is precious, your participation in this Hop is very noble . Thank you ☺️.

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  63. So pretty with the vellum and glitter!!

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  64. Dear Your card is really elegant. Thank you for taking part in the Inaugural Turner Syndrome Awareness Blog Hop to make us aware that such a condition exists among girls. Thank you for encouraging these butterflies to fly. May you be blessed with gd health and happiness always. Hugs and loads of love from Sri Lanka.

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  65. I get a light an airy feel looking at your card. Maybe the fluttering butterflies. It's beautiful!

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  66. Beautiful card! Love the colors...You are an Angel for being part of this hop!

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  67. Very pretty card. I like the way you did the vellum to add the sentiment.

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  68. Gorgeous card. I like the way you did vellum to add the sentiment. Love the colors. Thank you for sharing with us over here today at the Classic Open Design Team Challenge and best of luck with your entry.

    Maritza DT for http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/...

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Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share in part of your day. I would love to hear what you think about my latest creation!