Flutterby Butterflies

Since last October I've been bogged down with paperwork, forms and even more paperwork, and then just before Christmas my Mother-in-law was taken into hospital, and is still there. It looks as though it going to be a long recovery as well. This has left me little time to Craft, but today I decided that I was going to have a me day. So I got the stamps and inks out and had a play, I've even managed to get three challenges covered with this card.

I started with an 8x8 white card base, some pale peach centura pearl card and some backing paper from the Artylicious Butterfly Bliss CD. Before matting the backing paper I blended some Spiced Marmalade distress ink around the edges, and over stamped with the Leafy Branch stamp from Designs By Ryn, a very talented lady in Canada. Check out her website, she has some beautiful designs, and a very talented design team. After placing the backing onto the matting I added some ribbon, and flowers. The butterflies are from Chocolate Baroque, and are my all time favourite stamps, these were coloured with pro markers, then cut out. Before sticking them to the card I shaped them by hand, and added some feelers made with beading wire. I'll add a sentiment when I know who this will go to.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges

My Time To Craft .... Things With Wings
My Craft Creations ... Flowers and Butterflies
For Your Inspiration ... Photo for inspiration below.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and your comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Hello Doily

This is my final week as Guest Designer over on the CD Sunday blog, and this week they are challenging you get creating using Doily's. I know that I have several spellbinders dies that would have been perfect for this one, but went for the Venetian Accents range. I've used an 8x8 white card base for this weeks card, and keeping with a blue and white theme throughout, I used a navy blue card for matting. The CD I used was MCS click, print and go, Paper Flower  Expert, and I chose to use the pansy. I printed off one of the duo backgrounds which has a border effect going on in the middle, and matted it. Next out of the same blue card I cut some corners with a Marianne die, and placed them in all of the corners. I then cut out a scalloped heart in white and a plain one in the blue card, and placed slightly to one side. With the fine detail on the Doily's I found they were easier to release from the die after being cut, by using greaseproof paper on top of the card, I cut two of these, having printed the sentiment onto the card first and placing the die over the top, and then overlapped them slightly. The flowers are made up by cutting out each petal separately then sticking together, the leave were also from the CD and placed under the flowers. I just finished the flowers by adding some gold glitter in the centres.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and you kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Forever In Blue Jeans

This week the challenge over on the CD Sunday blog is Forever In Blue Jeans. I looked through lots of Cd's before finally deciding to go with this image from Garden Sheds by Card Creations +. This could be an ideal card to give to an older teenager or even an ageing hippy, I must say that the dog does look a little bemused with the sounds coming from the guitar. I used an A5 brown card base, and also brown card to mount the decoupage onto. I had some wood embossed card in my stash which after cutting to size I went around the edges with Tea Dye distress ink then monted as backing on the card. The sentiment was computer generated, and the musical notes were cut on the cricut.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Another Winter Wonderland

Today I thought I would share my second Quintile with you. A much simpler one than yesterdays. I use a stamp from the Hearth and Home set, stamped it in black Memento ink and then coloured with aqua pencils. Then with a quickie glue pen I added glitter to the areas that I wanted to show as snow.  The sentiment "Winter Wonderland" was added to the bottom and was from a small set that was a special to Guild members some time ago. Finally I went around the edges of the scene with Tumbled Glass distress ink.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and you kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

Winter Wonderland

I joined the online group Chocolate Baroque, when it launched sometime ago, and then sat in the background occasionally popping in to see what everyone was making. Then last year I followed with interest the tag swap that was set up, and there were some wonderful tags created. This year I decided that I needed to join in more, so I've taken the plunge and joined the Quintile Swap. This is my first Quintile for January, which is on the theme of Winter Wonderland. I've taken a background that I'd made previously using Distress Ink pads and water on a glass cutting mat, and by placing the card stock onto this and picking up the colour. Then I over sprayed with some glimmer mist, I can't remember what colours I used, but it was the right sort of colour for the challenge. Next I stamped the images that I wanted to use onto the background, these were from Terrific Treescapes, Christmas Creatures, I can't remember the name of the set that the robin came from, and the small deer is from an Indio Blu set. I them added some Sapphire Blue distress ink over the top part of the picture and a little white Brilliance ink to the bottom. The colour added was with promarkers, the snow to the trees was a white sakura pen, and finally I added a couple of gems to the tree ornaments.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Vintage Vogue

This week the challenge over on the CD Sunday blog is Vintage Vogue, and I must say I do have quit a few CD that would fit this theme. I decided to use Debbi Moores, One Fine Lady, and this very elegant lady out for a stroll. The image has four layers of decoupage, which were put together using glue gel. I printed off one of the scenes from the CD but did cut it down to fit in with my layout, and added a piece of lace to the edge. I went for a fairly plain backing paper, keeping the decorative strip, which I added flat back pearls too. I added die cut corners, cut with a Marianne die. I had some cream coloured flowers in my stash, which I blinged up a bit by spraying with gold glimmer mist, I then added some jewellery findings and flat back pearls to the centres. I have a box with leaves and swirls cut out ready to use (made with the scraps left over from other projects) so I raided this and added in with the flowers.

Thank you for taking the time to look, and your kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

CD Sunday - Art Nouveau

After having to desert the CD Sunday challenge blog half way through the month of October, and my stint as Guest Designer, the lovely ladies have kindly invited me back for January. As it's the first challenge of the month there is a sponsor, and this month it's Peerless Designs. This card is made using the Floral Jewels Cd and it has a lovely Art Nouveau theme throughout. I've used Poppy for my card and backing papers from that section. After printing off two matching backing papers, and tearing one and placing it over the top. Next from another backing paper I cut a section out and laid down one side. The oval topper was placed on an oval cut using scalloped edge and green mirri card, and the rectangle was place onto some green mirri card also. I've finished the card off by adding some red flowers from my stash, and leaves cut using a Marianne die, the flourishes are also from a Marianne die, finally I added some flat backed pearls.

Thank you for taking the time to look and you kind comments which are always appreciated.

Sue

This should have gone live at 9.00 am this morning, oh well better late, than never!!!