Embossed Butterflies.

Hopefully Blogger  is now going to let me post.

I couldn't do a thing last night.

Don't know if the storm had anything to do with my connection.

We lost a tree in the high winds though.

The odd thing is that neither I nor The Doc heard it go.

One minute it was against the sky line and when we next looked

there was just a blank space where it should have been standing.

It didn't cause any damage but missed the base of the water fountain

by about 6".

Fortunately The Doc had  already drained it down and put the top half away

for the Winter so only the base was left standing 

 on the concrete paving slab.

The little birds were a tad confused this morning.

They were sat on the fence looking for their seed feeders and water container

which had been hanging in the tree.

We  had moved them to another part of the garden but it took them

a while to get orientated  and find them.

So that's Friday's job lined up to cut the tree up and dispose

of the remains down the tip!!

 

Moving swiftly onto the post that should have gone live this morning and didn't!

The new theme this fortnight

for my Butterfly Challenge

is to Emboss your butterflies using either the dry or wet method.

(i.e. embossing folders or pastes and other wet mediums)

These are the two samples I came up with for you.

 

I have used both methods on this card.

The embossing folder is by Crafts - Too

called 'Butterfly Frame'.

The  butterfly is by spellbinders which I die cut onto a snippet of brown Kraft card.

Only because it was handy and I wanted a fairly substantial base.

I used Indigo Blu Flitter Glu and then dipped in their Mega Flakes.

I love the names of their products.

this one is called 'Manchester  Tart '

and is a mixture of copper/gold/silver.

I burnished by rubbing well with the scrubber pad

and was pleased with the result.

I added dark orange gems to the body and also a few randomly

on the embossed base.

The yellow insert is another Spellbinders die

'Deckled Rectangles' S4 - 202

and the sentiment is by SU 'Pretty Petites'.

Pink and yellow card stock  and ribbon from my stash.

Entering into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamps # Anything goes.

Creative Card Crew #73. Bows.

Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.

Pixies Crafty Workshop #147 Use up your snippets (odd bit of Kraft Card.)

 

 

Having used up the bit of Kraft card on the card above

I suddenly worried that I had none left

but a quick delve in the cardstock drawer  turned up

one whole sheet left and another pack unopened.

Phew!

The base is the Kraft card sheet cut down slightly

so I have some offcuts again now for the snippets pile.

I have used a butterfly stencil by Imagination Crafts

called 'Buterfly  Flight'.

I placed the stencil over the yellow card and stamped

with Versa Mark Watermark stamp pad.

I then embossed the image with Wow embossing powder 'Copper'

and also the small solid butterfly which is by Clearly Besotted'.

The sentiment is by Sheena Douglas from her

'True Colours' stamp set which I then die cut

with Spellbinders Lable 4. and popped up on 3D pads.

 

A close up of the solid butterfly just about shows

the lovely sheen from the copper embossing powder.

Entering into the following challenges:

Craft Hoarders Anonymous #18 Layer it.

Sweet Stamps #192 Anything goes.

All Sorts #281 Embossing.

One Stitch At A time #222 Anything goes with a butterfly.

Hiding In My Craft Room #170 Embossing.