Thursday, May 21, 2020

YoYo cards.

It is time again for the Butterfly Challenge to show a new letter of the alphabet. We only have one letter left to go.
#142 Spin The Butterfly Wheel With Y for YoYo Spinner Card.


  Your 6 elements are:
YoYo Spinner Card/ Yarn/Your Choice/ Yale blue/Yarrow/Yam
+your Butterfly.

N.B. Yes these colours really do exist!!

Yam  = Light orange
         Yarrow  = Light Yellow 

If using please state the element of Your Choice.

Here is my  first inspiration card for you using the following from the wheel.
YoYo spinner /Yale Blue /Yarn/ Butterflies.

Please go to the Tutorials Page on the Butterfly Blog to see how to make a YoYo Spinner element. I have broken it down into easy steps for you to follow.

I have used a free digi paper from Activity Village called Blue and Lilac Butterflies for the design paper background. The spinner element has been made with Yale Blue  cardstock.  The sentiment is by John Next Door from his stamp set ' Swirl Sentiments'.  Butterfly on end of yarn is a SU die punch and the Bakers Twine and pearls from my stash. The Little butterflies were on my desk as outcuts.

My next inspiration YoYo Spinner card uses the following from the wheel.
YoYo spinner /Yarn /Yarrow/ Yam/ Your Choice/ Butterflies.

My 'Your Choice' was to use an embossing folder. 


Background was created using an embossing folder from Crafts-Too  CTFD3103 on pale yellow  (Yarrow) cardstock. The base card is made from Pale orange (Yam) cardstock. Spinner element made using  the yellow and orange cardstock and a butterfly stamp that came as a freebie in a magazine. I created the sentiment in word and printed off. I wanted the sentient and the spinner to do all the talking on this card. 
 

Last Inspiration. 
As all the prizes for this challenge will be Gift Certificates from CraftsUPrint I will be show casing some of their downloads from their huge range  that I have already purchased. This one is is called Butterfly Decoupage and designed by Dawn Hill. They really do have hundreds to chose from and some very pretty papers. I just put in butterflies as my criteria on the search page and I got a hit of 5,000 images!
I lost a day just looking through them all  and some might have inadvertently  fallen into my basket!!

I used white cardstock for my base card and layered up with yellow cardstock. The sentiment is part of the download. The pearl is from stash. I actually purchased this image way back in May 2014 and it fits the colours perfectly for the current challenge. 

Hope I have inspired you to play along.  The Spinner is really fun and very easy to make. Challenge is again for three weeks. Only one more letter to go to get to the end of the alphabet. 

Do you want to play again with a fresh set of card shapes (I have loads already sorted out)  or do you want me to find another theme?  Let me know in the comments below. 

17 comments:

Jackie T said...

Hi Mrs A your cards are gorgeous. They are just so pretty. Take care. Hugs Jackie

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Three fabulous cards Valery Anne. Think I will have to go and investigate these yoyo cards, they look interesting.

Sue xx

Margreet said...

Beautiful cards Mrs A. Will take a look at the tutorial.
All is well here after the big shock.
xxx Margreet

Sandra H said...

So wonderful Mrs A are all of your cards stay safe x

terrie said...

great looking cards Mrs. A especially the last nice....tfs

Di said...

Brilliant cards Mrs A - I'd been wondering what you would come up with for the letter Y :) Very clever. I think I can guess what Z will be.

Hugs

Di xx

cuilliesocks said...

Absolutely gorgeous cards Valery, both beautifully designed and coloured, Kate x

Linda Simpson said...

Beautiful cards Valery, the layouts and designs of each of them are gorgeous.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Brenda in IN said...

Two fun butterfly cards that spin. That is so fun. I like the butterfly paper and the embossed backgrounds. The spinner is delightful. The Butterfly Decoupage is just gorgeous. I can't tell if those are frames added over the image or just part of the paper but I love that design element.

Kathleen said...

Three lovely creations, super colours and super background papers, especially like the papers o the first card. Super design on the last card and great colours.

Kath x

Diane said...

Wonderful colors and design Valery.

Hugs Diane

EmmaT said...

Gorgeous cards, a yoyo is a new one to me too. Emmax

Mrs.B said...

Two great cards Mrs A and I love the 'spin' sentiment. I've never seen these yo-yo cards before, so I'll check out the tutorial.
Have a great weekend, Avril xx

Carol L said...

It's impressive how you come up with so many ideas for making cards! These are all so pretty, and I've never tried making a spinner card! I'm especially fond of the last card with that beautiful image and squares! well done on each one, you did a great job!

brenda said...

Just popping in for a quick peek and say hello, not been able to do much blogging this week, fingers crossed it will improve.

B x

Mac Mable said...

Beautiful yo yo cards and so unique and Wow to your last butterlfy card, which is stunning x.

Karen McAlpine said...

Really like that yoyo spinner. I may try this. Hope it is not too hard to make. Your projects are awesome!!