All Seven

Time for more inspiration with the butterfly challenge which still has another week to run.
#107 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with  the Letter A.

My  1st card uses Azure /Add Buttons/Butterfly.

I have been itching to have a go at this background technique using Wax paper with an embossing folder. Gina K has an excellent tutorial on You Tube called Wax Paper Embossed Background which I followed but changed things up a bit to make it my own.  So first off I chose a couple of EF's from my stash (oops didn't realise I had so many) and ran some designs off onto the wax paper. After transfering the designs onto white paper I experimented with various inks and colours. I found the darker colours worked best.  On this card I have used a Spellbinders EF Just called 'Floral' SES-007 but to my mind it is really more  Floral Swirls and inked with SU's 'Island Indigo'. Adhered to a piece of black card stock slightly bigger than the card. The die cut leaf swirl is by Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourish B1175. Butterfly is again by Cheery Lynn Designs and is part of their Tiny things with Wings set B266. The corners are from Sizzix 654470 Architectural Accents set. Finally the flower stamp is Imagination Crafts Flower stamp set which I stamped some just using the SU ink pad and the others with London Fog and then again in the Su colour. Fussy cut them out and arranged in a cascading design. The top two have buttons that had been cut from some old clothing and were on my desk. The sentiment is by Dovecraft and I cut 3 times and then glued together before adhering to the bottom of the card.

Entering this card into the following challenges:
Daisy Chain Challenges #23 Birthday.
A Bit More Time To Craft #76 Anything goes.
Daring Card Makers # Who's the (Em) Boss.
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #335 Use your snippets (black card and I snipped the buttons off a shirt)
Ally's Angels #13 Anything goes.
House Of Cards #Birthday theme or colours.
Love To Scrap #113 Anything goes.



2nd card uses all seven elements of the challenge.
Apricot/Azure/Amethyst/Add Layers/ Add Buttons/ Add Ribbon +Butterfly.

I spent a whole day yesterday  trying to get decent photos and finally gave up with the ones I took this morning. Lighting is terrible whichever room I use.  Anyways for this card I have water colored  an image using a stamp by Docrafts Paper Mania called 'Botanicals' using my Marvy LePlume II markers  by picking the colour up from an acrylic block with a water brush pen.  Once dry I edged with a silver gel pen.  Orange spotty paper is by Acid Drops and Whatnots. Striped paper a freebie from Making Cards Magazine Jul 2015. The butterflies are two decorated wooden buttons. Amethyst ribbon was from my stash. The sentiment  is by Crafters Companion.

Entering this card into the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations #207 Anything goes.
Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.
Crafty Gals Corner #174 3+layers
Crafty Creations #374 Anything goes.
Creative Inspirations # Anything goes.
Creative Fingers #152 Anything goes.
Crafters Castle #9 Anything goes.
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned  Paper Challenge #  Anything goes.
Create And Inspire #77 Anything goes.
Love To Craft #26 Anything goes.