Flowers & Butterflies

Hi everyone,

 

Hope that your week is going fine and that you are all well.

 

I have posted before that at times I take my inspiration from the colour choices in Design Series Papers and I must say one of my favourite papers at the moment is the Attic Boutique DSP in the Autumn-Winter Mini Catalogue.

 

The paper has colours: Poppy Parade, Pool Party, Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Very Vanilla and Whisper White.

 

I wanted to use some yellow and I knew I had some Daffodil Delight ribbon, so used a section of the DSP with some Daffodil Delight on it.

 

So my colour choices are Daffodil Delight, Pool Party and Soft Suede and Very Vanilla. 

 

I have used my ribbon, ‘bling’ of course and something that I rarely use - some pearls, so I have gone very girly!  I am collecting a number of cards Mum would like, so my choice for Mother’s Day will be interesting :)

 

The sketch for my card is from Sketchy Colors and you can see it here.

 

I have used the Just Believe stamp set and my Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.  If you haven’t used this die, it embosses the butterflies and cuts them out in one go!  I keep the extra butterflies that I do not use in a container and they always come in handy.

 

The image was stamped in Daffodil Delight and sort of wiped with the Soft Suede inkpad before I stamped it on Very Vanilla card stock.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Just Believe

Card: Soft Suede, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Very Vanilla
Ink: Daffodil Delight, Soft Suede

Accessories:  Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die, 1/4” (6.4 mm) Daffodil Delight Grosgrain Ribbon, Daffodil Delight Satin Ribbon (Retired), Basic Rhinestones, Pearls, Attic Boutique DSP,  Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I nearly gave up with the layout because I could get the right look but once I added the other piece of DSP on the top section of the card, I was happy.

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Sketchy Colors Challenges - #116 Challenge

Creatalicious Challenges - #33 Butterflies and Flowers

Craft Room Challenge – Emboss It
Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge – #106 Use 3 of something

SUO Challenges - #44 May is for Mothers

Celebrate the Occasion – Mothers Day

Crafty Sentiments – Mothers Day

Ribbon Carousel Challenges – Word to Mother

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge – #97 Motherly Love

Use It Tuesday Challenge - #31 All about Mum

Crafty Boots Challenges - #4 Yellow

Love to Create Challenges - #14 For Mum/Special Lady

The Pink Elephant Challenges – All about Mum

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge – Use Ribbon

Lollipop Crafts Challenge – #79 Mama Mia

Kaboodledoodles Challenges - #118 Honouring Mothers

 

Well I am off to make a cup of tea, thanks for visiting my little creative corner and I hope to see you back soon…. Meg

For the Guys

Hi everyone,

 

I have had a great time making this card.  There are so many challenges out there at the moment to create a male card, which is a challenge in itself and something that I do not do often except for Father’s Day or Dad’s Birthday.

 

I really only have one male stamp and it is the retired SU Motorcycle image and that is because my Dad loves bikes.

 

So with this one stamp I was on the hunt for different colour schemes and a sketch to fit my look.

The sketch is from Seems a Little Sketchy.

 

I found my colour inspirations in the Spice Cake DSP which is the current Summer Mini and I have used Soft Suede, More Mustard, River Rock and Very Vanilla.

 

I stamped the bike in Soft Suede on Very Vanilla cardstock and I then used the stamp-a-ma-jig to stamp the image again with Versamark so that I could emboss with clear embossing powder.

 

I used a dauber to sponge some More Mustard Ink around the edges of the Very Vanilla card stock and then used the Colour Spritzer Tool to create Soft Suede ink spots on the cardstock.

 

The sentiment is from the Perfect Words Hostess stamp set which is stamped on Very Vanilla Card stock in Soft Suede and punched out using the Modern Label punch.  I then trimmed the ends and sponged some More Mustard ink on the edges.  I layered the Very Vanilla sentiment on a punched out Modern Label which is in More Mustard cardstock.

 

The River Rock strip was ripped and added a much loved and often forgotten Vintage Brad to finish off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Motorcycle, Perfect Words

Card: More Mustard, River Rock, Very Vanilla

Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard, VersaMark

Accessories:  Modern Label Punch, Stamp-a-ma-jig, Color Spritzer Tool, Sponge Daubers, Clear Emboss Powder, Antique Brads, Spice Cake DSP, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wow – did you guess what is missing and is the norm for me?  Yes ‘Bling’, I didn’t think it was appropriate this time :)

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Seems a Little Sketchy – # 9 Sketch Challenge

Pile It On - #13 For/From a Man

Paper Playtime - #70 For the Guys and Include a Sentiment

Divas by Design – #28 Stamp Something

Sweet Stampin – Anything Goes

Stampin For The Weekend – # 6 Anything Goes

Crafty Purple Frog – #37 Anything Goes

Simon Says Challenge – Anything Goes

Love to Create – # 8 Masculine

Cards for Men - #7 Great Outdoors

 

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon…. Meg

Butterflies once more…

Hi everyone,

 

Hope that your week has been good, my weekend has come early no work tomorrow having a day off – yeah!

 

I do have a card to share with you ……

 

I have used the current sketch at Fetch A Sketch for the layout and once more there are butterflies appearing :)

 

The layers of butterflies have been created using the Beautiful Wings Embosslits Die.  Love this die as it is so easy to create the butterflies. 

 

The butterflies are embossed and cut when you put the die through the Big Shot.  The extra butterflies that are not used each time I place in a container for later use and they always come in handy to add that little bit extra.

 

My colours this time are Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake and Blushing Bride with Very Vanilla.  I have stamped the swirl from the Creative Elements stamp set and the sentiment is from the My Friend stamp set.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Creative Elements, My Friend

Card: Poppy Parade, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla
Ink: Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade

Accessories: Beautiful Wings Embosslits Dies, Square Lattice Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Modern Label Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is always room for ‘bling’ so this time the butterflies flying around all glamorous!

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 

Fetch A Sketch – # 20 Sketch Challenge

Flutterby Wednesday – Open challenge with butterfly, fairy, angel

Lollipop Crafts – # 72 Sentiment Focus

Jelly Park Challenge – Favourite Product/Technique

Ladybug Crafts Ink – Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenges – # 20 Butterflies

Everybody Art Challenge – # 185 Friendship

Always Crafting – # 4 Anything Goes

Creative Stamp Friends – #47 Spring

Incy Wincy Designs – #137 Things with Wings

Love to Create – # 7 Anything Goes

Stamps & Fun = Creativity – # 91 Spring

The Pink Elephant – Kraft on your project

Use Your Stuff – # 26 Anything Goes

 

Hope that you have been inspired to create something after visiting my little craft corner.

 

Hope to see you back soon….. Meg