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

Blue Butterflies

Hi everyone,

 

I have used the Clean and Simple sketch 187! to create my very blue butterfly card.

 

At first I was not sure what to do with the sketch and I tried a number of different stamps but I have again used the Creative Element stamp set.  I really love this set – it has a butterfly which I like, the swirls and the flower, what more could a girl ask for!

 

I decided I want to use a shade of colours. At first I was going to use plum/purple but came back to blue as I wanted to use Marina Mist as it is such lovely blue.  So the colours used were Marina Mist and Bashful Blue.

 

The base of the card is Marina Mist card stock and I have inked the swirl from the stamp set in Marina Mist ink and created a soft swirly background.  I added a touch of Marina Mist ink to the outside of the Whisper White piece and some retired Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon.

 

I stamped the flower image on scrap paper twice in Marina Mist and twice in Bashful Blue.  Two Marina Mist images were punched out with the 1” circle punch and layered on Bashful Blue cardstock which had been punched out with the 1 1/4” circle punch.  The two Bashful Blue images were punched out with the 1 1/4” circle punch.

 

The smaller circle were layered on the card first then the Bashful Blue circles were overlapped and had dimensionals adhered to the back.  The butterfly was stamped in Marina Mist and cut out and then I added a double layer of dimensionals so that it was layered a little higher then then larger circles.

 

The sentiment used is from a retired set but it just seemed to suit the card.

 

Here is my card:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Creative Elements, Happy Greetings (retired)

Card: Marina Mist, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist

Accessories:  1” (2.5 cm) Circle Punch, 1 1/4” (3.2 cm) Circle Punch, Marina Mist Taffeta Ribbon (retired),  Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

 

 

 

And there is just a touch of ‘bling’ to the butterfly :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Clean and Simple – 187 Sketch

Inspire me Fridays – #56 Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Challenges - #9 Ribbon

Deep Ocean Challenges - #24 Dies/Punches

Southern Girls Challenge – # 43 Get Your Girly On

AUD Sentiments Challenge - #53 Anything Goes

Crafty Creations Challenges – # 268 Mother’s Day

Divas by Design Challenges – #33 Monochromatic

Timeless Tuesday Challenges - #167 Butterflies

Lollipop Crafts Challenges – #78  Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Challenges - #146 Spring Time

 

 

Once again thanks for visiting my little creative corner and I hope that you have been inspired to go and have some fun creating!

 

Until next time, keep safe and well….. 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

Hello card

Hi everyone,

 

Just wanted to share with you a card I created using the Elementary Elegance Stamp set and the Everyday Enchantment DSP that is available during Sale-A-Bration.

 

I was looking at the colour challenge at Pals Paper Arts - Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke and a colour of your choice?  Hmm interesting don’t you think?  What colour would you choose?  I decide on Calypso Coral.

 

The sketch was inspired by Card Patterns Sketch # 155 and my card has Always Artichoke for the base of the card.  The circles were created with the Circle Scissor Plus in Calypso Coral.

 

The leaves/bud image is from the Fabulous Florets stamp set which is in the Summer Mini Catalogue and has been stamped with Lucky Limeade ink.

 

The flowers are from scraps I had from cutting the main DSP and I punched the flowers out using the Boho Blossoms Punch.  The second layer of the flowers has been punched out with the same punch and the card stock is Very Vanilla.

 

Unfortunately you cannot see in the photo but I have coloured the Rhinestones in with the Lucky Limeade marker and they have a light tint of ink – just to be different but still with ‘bling’ !

 

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Fabulous Florets, Elementary Elegance

Card: Always Artichoke, Calypso Coral, Very Vanilla 
Ink: Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade

Accessories:  Circle Scissor Plus, Boho Blossoms Punch, Always Artichoke Grosgrain Ribbon (Retired), Lucky Limeade Marker, Everyday Enchantment DSP, Basic Rhinestones, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

I have a few friends that I need to send a card to so this will be a great card to use for one of them.  

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

Pals Paper Arts – PPA130 Colour Challenge

Card Patterns – Sketch #155

2 Sisters Challenge - #81 Recipe, 1 Image, 2 Patterned Papers and 3 Embellishments

Deep Ocean Challenge – # 20 Spring

Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge – Anything Goes

Kaboodledoodles Challenge – Think Spring # 109

Make My Monday Challenge – Spring Flowers

Stamps Fun, Creativity - Bows

The Pink Elephant - Layers

 

 

Thanks for stopping bye and checking out my little creative corner, hope to see you back soon……. Meg

Feeling Flirtatious….

You know when you get something new like the current 2011-2012 Idea Book & Catalogue or a copy of the latest craft magazine, there is always something you just have to have or some new technique you just have to try.

 

Well one of these things I had to have from the new catalogue was the Flirtatious Speciality DSP.  I loved the bright happy colours like Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White.

 

But the paper co-ordinates so well with the Delicate Doilies stamp set – yes you guessed it another thing I had to have :)

 

So I am not letting these things gather dust – both the DSP and the stamp set have seen the light and are ready for a challenge.

 

I hardly ever use buttons so I wanted to complete the current Recipe Challenge at The Pink Elephant Challenges 

 

This weeks challenge is a
Recipe Challenge
1 Image, 2 Pattern Papers, 3 Buttons

 

 

I also found a different card layout at the The Sweet Stop  and I thought this layout would be good for the 2 Pattern Papers required for the Recipe Challenge above:

 

 

 

 

……. now I just had to put it altogether!!!!

 

 

I co-ordinated the cardstock with the Flirtatious DSP and used Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder and Whisper White cardstock for my card.

 

The end result:

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Delicate Doilies, Perfect Words (Hostess set) 

Card: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight, Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight

Accessories:  Word Window Punch, Scallop Edge Border Punch, Flirtatious Speciality DSP, Sanding Blocks, Cutter Kit, Mini Glue Dots, Ice Cream Parlor Buttons (retired), Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

You can faintly see in places on the DSP, that I have sanded the paper and I have used the distressing tool which is part of the Cutter Kit on the layer of Wisteria Wonder cardstock.

 

I often think afterwards that it would be good if I used the sanding blocks but never remember so I am happy that I remembered this time.

 

I have also linked this post to the challenges found at:

 

Crazy4Challenges – Lots of Layers & Embellies, yep have a few layers with buttons

Craft Your Days Away – Distressing,  yep have this too.

 

Hope your day was good, thanks for visiting once more.  Until your next visit keep safe and well…. Meg

Some Valentine inspiration…

I am sure that you can relate to losing track of time when you start browsing the internet. I know that I do.

 

Time goes so fast when you find a site that you like then click on another link on that site and so on and so on.

 

During my recent surfing I found some challenges I wanted to try from:

 

Pretty In Pink - http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/

Mojo Monday - http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/

The Pink Elephant - http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/

Simon Says - http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

 

The challenges for each site were:

 

Charismacardz Challenge # 3 is Pretty in Pink, to create something in Pink, yep think that is possible.

 

Mojo Monday is  sketch challenge…. love these sketches they always give you a challenge.

 

is a Photo Inspiration….

 

I show this photo and found some more pink and flowers and thought Valentine.  I missed adding this to The Pink Elephant Challenge list, to me the photos show a lot of love and warmth.

 

and Simon Says Challenge  is Anything Goes!  So my card fits this challenge as well this week.

 

I have used the I {Hearts} Hearts Stamp Set for my Valentines Day card with Real Red, Pretty in Pink and Very Vanilla cardstock.

 

The Real Red marker has been used to get the darker shading on the larger hearts.

 

 

 

Supplies:

Stamp set: Marry Me, I {Hearts} Hearts

Card: Pretty in Pink, Real Red, Very Vanilla
Ink: Real Red, Pretty in Pink

Accessories:  1-3/8” (3.5 cm) Square Punch, Real Red Marker, Dimensionals, SNAIL Adhesive

 

 

The quote is from the Marry Me stamp set in the Summer Mini and reads

 

….. Love is, above all, the gift of oneself. – Jean Anouilh…..

 

If you liked the retired stamp set For the Bride, you will like the Marry Me stamp set, especially if you need to create some wedding invitations or a wedding cards.  You could use this set in so many ways.

 

Well I am off to prepare things for tomorrow as my little girl is going back to school.

 

Thanks for stopping by and having a peek, keep well until next time….. Meg