Smarties and Splodges for the Lollipop Ladies

Hi everyone - Challenge 67 for the Lollipop Ladies is based around a photo of a stack of Smarties:

The twist is to use a die cut or a punch somewhere on your creation.

 Now, for some reason we don't get many entries for this Challenge and we need seven of them before any prize to be issued. I don't really understand why we don't get entries, as the challenge photo's are really good and the twists are fun, and the inspiration from my team mates on the DT is out-standing. Why not have a go - or if you know why this one doesn't seem to work, let me know.....' cause I have no idea. 

 My thoughts of Smarties ran along these lines - the lolly where the dye does not run onto your hand when you grab a handful to eat.  Yummy chocolate insides and crunchy sugary outside - do you crunch or do you first suck off the sugar coating and then let the chocolate melt on your tongue? Dye.......splodges of colour......... splodges????? Mmmmmm.........out came the Tim Holtz Distressed Paint bottles, and BANG - three splodges before you know it!

I CASed this of course! Saw it first done in Craft Stamper mag, and had cut it out and kept it for my inspiration book - hurriedly flicked through and found it, and then had to look for a suitable flower. I selected a flower from SU Flower Shop set, and stamped it with TH Distress ink Soot.  This takes a long time to dry - be warned - and I marked the card so I had to quickly grad a black pen and doodle in some specks to cover these up! 

I used the same sentiment, and hand wrote it as well - my Grandaughter Lily told me the other day that my birthday card for her was "Totally Awesome, Nin"!  So, that's me - "Totally flippin' AWESOME" to be exact! The die cut is from Spellbinders - Labels.

I used SU Whisper White and SU Real Red to mount, and faux stitching with a black pen. The base card is a commercial square blank in pearly black. I tried to get in most of the colours of the smarties in the photograph - except for the mauve and orange.  

I will enter this in the following challenges:

4 Krafty Girlz: No 1: Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday: Hip to be square - like the card

Paper Crafting Journey: Flowers