Wednesday 30 January 2019

Thyroid Awareness Month Blog Hop

Hi friends!
Welcome to the Thyroid Awareness Month Blog Hop
Preeti Datta (aka Dutt Preety) here. Thanks a lot for visiting my blog :)
 I'm very thankful for being part of this special event organized by the amazing Milka Gubo :)  

(Image Source: http://www.asbmb.org/asbmbtoday/201501/Disease/)

January is Thyroid Awareness Month. The aim of this blog hop is to support Thyroid Awareness Month and to raise public awareness of the importance of a Thyroid Gland and problems it can cause when not working properly.

The extremely talented, Milka Gubo, is our host for this event. There are 26 designers from all over the world in this blog hop, which was from January 5th until January 30th. Each day one designer shared a handmade project on her blog. Today, 30th January, is my turn to share a project. You can find all the info. about the hop on Milka's Blog. (There are some giveaways on some of the blogs, so please do visit, comment on & follow the blogs in the blog hop list, to encourage & support the designers & the event.)

The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped endocrine gland that is located in the lower front of the neck. The thyroid’s job is to make thyroid hormones, which are secreted into the blood and then carried to every tissue in the body. Thyroid hormone helps the body use energy, stay warm and keep the brain, heart, muscles, and other organs working as they should. When this gland doesn't function properly, it can cause various symptoms and diseases, please click HERE to find more information about the same. If this gland isn't working properly, some symptoms one can experience are: fatigue, weight gain, depression, sentitivity to cold, muscle or joint aches, brain fog (including poor memory and poor concentration), non-refreshing sleep, brittle hair and nails, constipation, shortness of breath, thinning hair, PMS, significantly calloused heels, low libido and infertility. Thus, it is important to get regular medical check-ups done to ascertain if there are any issues present & be properly treated for the same

The theme of our blog hop is Thyroid. We will be sharing our handmade projects featuring butterfly, butterflies and/or blue paisley pattern. Thyroid looks like butterfly and blue paisley patterned ribbon is a new symbol of Thyroid Awareness month, so it was our choice to incorporate these elements in our handmade projects. I chose to feature a butterfly on my card. 

Butterfly Card




Process:

1. Die cut the watercolour paper panel using a Winnie & Walter die 
2. Created a loose watercolor background using Lindy's Gang Magical Shakers
3. Did background stamping to create some texture using a Visible Image Stamp & distress oxide
4. Die cut the butterfly and word using Cutplorations dies & white cardstock, adhered these die cuts to the panel using Tombow Multi glue
5. Embellished the card with a half pearl 
6. In the end, foam mounted the panel on an A2 sized white card base. 

Visible Image Stamp- Imagine Dream Inspire 
Distress Oxide Inkpad- Broken China
Winnie & Walter's Essentials Lana Cutaways
Cutplorations Dies- Flutter Zen 1 Layering dies and Hugs word die 

BLOG HOP LIST

The hop will last 26 days. Each day one designer will share her handmade project on her blog at 9:00 PM CET (UTC +1).

Milka Gubo (January 5th)
Imke Ludwig (January 6th)
Jane Taylor (January 7th)
Kaja Vezenšek (January 8th)
Samantha Mann (January 9th)
Andreja Lampe (January 10th)
Анна Коссаковская (Anna Kossakovskaya) (January 11th)
Ksenija Rizova (January 12th)
ValentinaBizjak (January 13th)
Alexandra (aka Ale) Suta (January 14th)
Kristina Pavlović (January 15th)
Tanja Kabel (January 16th)
Željka Jurkovic-Grizic (January 17th)
Donna Mikasa (January 18th)
Sabrina Lamarina (January 19th) SKIP COMMENTING
Darnell Knauss (January 20th)
Nonni Niskanen (January 21st)
Larissa Walgemoed (January 22nd)
Dunja Trautmann (January 23rd)
Neha Bhatt (January 24th)
Beverley Brown (January 25th)
Ishani (January 26th)
Maja Macura Sakač (January 27th)
Naz Sasayakiglitter (January 28th)
Sue Hastead (January 29th)
Preeti Datta (aka Dutt Preety) (January 30th)

I am linking my card to the following challenges:

CUTplorations January Challenge (I was inspired by the blues and greens in the photo and I have used 2 cutploration dies here)



Stamplorations Anything Goes Challenge


Thanks a lot for your precious time :)
Stay Blessed!
Preeti

20 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card! I love all the beautiful detail on the butterfly! Pretty colors and dimension on your card!

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  2. WOW!!! Preeti, your card is GORGEOUS!!! LOVE it!! :o) Thank you so much for joining this blog hop and your support. :o) Big hugs!! xx

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  3. A gorgeous card, love the background and the butterfly.
    Valerija xx

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  4. Love the background you created for this beautiful butterfly.

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  5. Such a great card, thanks for the inspiration!

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  6. Beautiful creation! Love the way you've designed the background the script is fab. Lovely ink work too. Really beautiful card design. Hugs, Wends xoxo

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  7. Fantastic card Preeti!! Love the design, the awesome background, and beautiful butterfly :)

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  8. So pretty Preeti, love the blue magical background with your delicate white butterfly :)

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  9. Gorgeous scripted Ombre BG Preeti! Love the intricate white butterfly! Love it! 😍😍😍

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  10. Beautiful card with soothing BG !

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  11. Thanks for raising awareness about thyroid problems!!! This is a great hop!!!
    Love your beautiful butterfly card!!! Colors are amazing!!!

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  12. Oh swoon! Just love your fabulous background inking with the script text. And the exquisitely delicate butterfly die cut is the perfect finishing touch. What a way to end this blog hop!!!

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  13. Fabulous make,love your awesome background,great design xx...Željka

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  14. Stunning card, I love the water colour background and the die cut butterfly is beautiful.

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  15. L O V E your card ! Fabulous background and layout.

    I’m looking forward to supporting Milka’s blog Hop and I’m proud to be one of the designers involved in the team. Also great, that I get to know new people and so also your creative work ! Greetings from Germany,

    Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

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  16. Such a lovely card Preeti ..Love it totally..Hugsxx

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  17. Echoing the others: your card is gorgeous! A beautiful background for your oh-so-pretty butterfly! Love this! Thank you for sharing your creativity in the CUTplorations gallery!
    ~carol

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