Thanks a melon Watermelon Card

Thanks a melon, Foodie, Watermelon, card has the following: embossing, flowers, Distress Ink on embossing, stamped sentiment & Retiform Technique (composed of crossing & interstices by placing paper down like post-it-notes & sponging ink on different sections of cardstock moving paper as you go to create colorful little sections).

Prepping for Retiform Technique: 

Card:
 

Supplies List

adhesive: foam, Scotch ATG
embossing: Cuttlebug Simply Charmed emb folder - cut/trimmed 
   to have only watermelon
glitter: pink - center of stamped flowers 
ink: Memento LadyBug
machine: Sizzix 
paper:  misc - post-it-notes   scrapbook - the Paper Studio red gingham
cardstock - green, white, white w/ pink/red core,  
   Darice Pink Flower - pattern paper
stamp:  Hero Arts Fun Stuff - used in Retiform Technique - bees, bird, flowers, snail
   Yummy Puns Stamps - sentiment
Tim Holtz: Distress Ink - candied apple, mowed lawn
tool: MISTI

Entering this into the following challenges:  

5/13  HIMCR05NSD Thankful  3E(#2)  5/7 

5/14  Come and Get it Ch117 Card For a Woman  3E(#3)  5/8  woman - glitter

5/14  Pile It On Ch107 Garden Creatures  UE  5/1

5/15  Glitter and Sparkle Ch 187 One for the Ladies  3E(#3)  5/8   Ladies - glitter
5/15  Simon Says Stamp Mon Emboss It      5E(#4)  5/9

5/17  Mod Squad Ch Retiform Technique    3E(#2)  5/11
5/17  Simon Says Stamp Wed Flowers    5E(#2)  5/11





5/22   Craftin Desert Divas Craft It Up Link It Up Linky Party Foodie   UE  5/9








5/23  Cuttlebug Mania Ch May Flowers   3E(#3)  5/10
 
5/25  DLART Thankful Thurs Ch180 Flowers and/or Grad alt TY  3E(#1)  5/12
   has Flowers and is a TY

5/31  Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper May 2016 Ch  UE  5/1  
5/31  DLART May Linky   nostack 1Eperday  5/1