Apertures with Apricot

The New Theme/ Colour

for my Butterfly Challenge is

#55 Butterflies + A is for Aperture and/or Apricot

Here is my inspiration for you.

1st up is a shaker card.

The  apricot flower design paper is by Aspire Crafts 'Sew Pretty'

I created the shaker element using die cuts by Crafts-Too

'Square Dies Scalloped Edge and acetate.

Burlap mini butterflies are by Papermania which I coloured

slightly using a apricot promarker and then  a swoosh 

of Wink  of Stella followed by a sprinkle of Glamour dust.

They really do sparkle when the light hits them.

I used tiny beads for the shaker element 

Sentiment is a silver sticker from my stash. 

Entering into the following challenges:

Crafts Galore # Anything goes.

Creative Artiste #14  Anything goes.

2 Creative Chicks #10 Anything goes.

Crafting By Designs # Anything goes.

Crafty Calendar # Things with Wings.

Ruby's Rainbow #129 Use a transparent  element.

My 2nd inspiration for you incorporates 

decoupage into the aperture.

Here I have used a scalloped blank card as my base.

I used Sizzix Scallop Rectangle to cut an aperture 

in the front of the card. I backed it with a trellis work

die cut that my lovely blogging friend  Greta sent me  in a recent 

card swap.

I backed this with apricot card stock to cover the whole of the inside.

I adhered the decoupage element to the front of the trellis.

I have had these sheets of butterflies in my stash for years.

They are by 'Tbz-Kaart 'in Rotterdam.  Very glossy and are 

slightly embossed. You do need to cut them out by hand

as they are not precut.  I layered the apricot butterfly using 

several cut outs  and 3d foam pads in between each layer. 

This challenge will run for 4 Weeks.

Please check back here on the 1st June

when KandA and I will be showing you

more inspirational cards.

Entering into the following challenges:

Crafty Girlz #15 Anything goes.

Creative Ladybirds #15 Anything goes.

Cre8tive Hands Friends #6 Anything goes.

Jades Sparkling Butterflies #19 Anything goes.

Southern Girls #134 Anything goes.