Recycling

A New challenge starts today over on the Butterfly Blog.

#111 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with the Letter R.

Here are my cards for some  inspiration.

1st card is using  Rose pink/ Round/ Butterfly.





The Rose stamp is by Clearly Besotted along with the sentiment  and coloured using my Marvy LePlume II water colour pens by scribbling the colour onto an acetate block and picking up with a water pen.  Diecut using the largest  Sizzix scalloped circle in my set . The design paper is from LOTV  NitWit collections 'Pastel Dreams' paper pad.  I adhered the circle onto the front of the card with 3D pads and the silver edging and the circle butterfly are from my stash. 

Entering the above card into these challenges only:

Colour Crazy Challenge #44 Anything goes.

Creative Fingers #154 Anything goes.

Allsorts Challenge #492 Pretty papers.

Crafter's Castle #11 Anything goes.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge #Anything goes.

Love To Craft #28 Anything goes.

Love To Scrap #115 Anything goes.

2nd card is using  Royal blue/Recycling/Butterfly.
On this card the recycling element is a reused table napkin. I didn't use the cling film method but tried another way using a  glue stick and found it worked just as well and less fidly than getting the iron and cling film out. Once the glue had dried which didn't take very long I trimmed to size and neaten and attached to front of the base card made from Royal blue card stock. The gold edging and sentiment were from my stash. 

The longest part of making this card was watching all the You Tube videos as I was sure there were other ways of reusing a napkin and there are!!

Challenge runs for 2 weeks and I will show you the last two cards using the elements on the wheel next week.  Hope you will come and play along.

Entering this card only into the following challenges;
Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.
A Bit More Time To Craft #79 Anything goes.
Crafty Catz #436 Anything goes/Add a sentiment.
Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends # #93 anything goes.
Crafts Galore #57 Anything goes.Unicorn challenge
Unicorn Challenge #38 Use a sentiment.

Today is My Day!

I still have several cards already sent to my Grandson that I haven't gotten round to showing. This is one I sent to him back in July (When it was hot and sunny!) and the word search inside was to find the list of flowers that I enclosed for him. 

Base card is orange cardstock and the spotty paper is from a paper pad I believe I picked up in The Works called 'Urban Style'.

The digi image is by Cut and Tape Girl on Etsy called 'Line Cat Exotic' and coloured with my promarkers. Stamped sentiment  is by Imagination Crafts.

He looks a bit cross here but I think he is really just a big softy.

Entering into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft #79 Anything goes.
Colour Crazy Challenge # 44 Anything goes.
Crafty Catz #436 Anything goes+ Add a sentiment.
Creative Fingers #154 Anything goes.
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #93 Anything goes.
Pile It On #148 Pets.

Green Door.

One of our daughters neighbours (whom we got to know quite well ) has just moved. They tried downsizing their house and having a larger garden but they missed having the rooms so have now upsized back to a larger property but on a much smaller plot not far up the road.  This is the card I sent them.
The digi image is by Spyders Corner  'New Home 3873'. I have coloured  using my Graph'it markers and  distressed round the edges. The design paper was glued to a piece of cardboard and then also distressed around the edges before attaching to the base card. The Sentiment was also from the same design paper set by Alison butler.  The reverse side of the paper had the rows of houses on it  so I used on the back of the envelope I made for the card. Now been  received by the new home owners so I can show.

Back of envelope. 

Entering into the following challenges:
Love To Scrap #115 Anything goes.
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge # Anything goes.
Crafts Galore #57 Anything goes.
Little Miss Muffet #201 Anything goes.
Cute Card Thursday #554 Anything goes.

A Floral Explosion

Time for some more inspiration over on the Butterfly challenge.

#110 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with the Letter G.

Here are my cards for you.

1st Card using Butterfly/Grape/Glossy Accents.

I have used a ready made card shape which I drew around on the grape coloured card and trimmed to be a tad smaller to fit onto the front of the card. I die cut the centre out using my Xcut ' Parenthesis ' largest die in the set.  The dig image is by Bugaboo called 'Bug Flower Butterfly Corner'. Coloured using my Graph'it markers. and a silver gel pen. The sentiment (by Crafter's Companion) has been die cut 3 times and then adhered together before being given a liberal coating of Glossy Accents. I placed and centered  the image under the die cut aperture before adhering to the front of the card.  

Entering this card into the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenge #43 Anything goes.

Die Cuttin Divas #393 Anything goes.

Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.

Second card uses all seven elements of the wheel.
Butterfly/Grape/Gold/Green/Glossy accents/Gems/Glitter.

 The digi  image is again by Bugaboo called 'Bug Flower Butterfly Vase' and coloured using my Graph'it markers. I have used the grape and green on here. The gold is the glitter card and the gems are from my stash and dotted around the image.  Not showing up here in the photo but the trailing leaves and the top leaves by the butterfly have been coated in glossy accents. I have layered up the image onto the glitter card and then onto the base card to give dimension along with the gems.

Challenge is running for its second  week and closes  on Tuesday 6th November 8pm (GMT).

Entering this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers #221 Explosion of colour.
Cards 4 Galz # Lets go digital.
Little Miss Muffet #200 Anything goes.
Daring Card Makers # Go glitter.
All Sorts Challenge #491 Pearls and /or  gems.
Less Is More #383 Dimension.

Winter Wonderland with Bunnies.

Still chasing my tail. I have come to the conclusion that it needs to be longer, about the length of a pieces of string should do it !!
Time once more for the girls in the Christmas Card Club to show out makes. Christine set the theme of Winter Wonderland. I have used some sheets of images by Joanna Sheen 'Christmas in Holly Pond Hill' which were free in Making cards Nov 2015.
They just lend themselves to being Joy Fold Cards.

1st Card.

 Tartan paper  was from making Cards 'Paws For Christmas ' Nov 2016 and the snowball paper came with the Christmas in Holly Pond Hill.  Ribbon from my stash.  The Sentiment was from a freebie set in Creative Stamping magazine issue 62.

2nd card.

 Design paper is again from Christmas in Holly Pond Hill. Nov 2015.

Entering into the following challenges:
Scrappy Mo's Rudolph Day Challenge.# October.
Fab 'n' Funky #413 Christmas.
Penny's Paper Crafty #402 Anything goes.
Shopping Our Stash #Not your average card.
Cardz 4 Galz #82 Fancy Folds.
Crafters Castle #10 Anything goes.
The Creative Crafters # #9 Anything goes.


Just off to find a piece of string. Anybody got a tape measure!!!!

Little Acorns

Every year I mean to do an Autumn themed card and this yr I was determined to get one made and here it is. The stamp was actually coloured up over 4yrs ago and then put away. Not actually forgotten about but I wasn't happy with the result. I had been going to a craft class where we were using promarkers but the teacher then changed us to colouring pencils and I just can't get on with them. I was so upset when I coloured him in as everyone else in the class had done an excellent job in getting the colours blended.  4 yrs on (and on his own ) he doesn't look as bad so time to make him up into a card.

 The stamp is by Sheena Douglass Perfect Partners 'Little Acorn Stamp Set' . It comes with leaves and acorns which we did colour up but I'm not happy with them either so not used.  I have followed  the sketch from Cheerful Sketches as the design for the card.  The papers are either magazine  freebies  or digital downloads. The jute edging was from my stash along with the hugs and kisses gold sentiment. I die cut Mr Squirrel using my Sizzix scallop circles 657552.

Entering him into the following challenges:
Cheerful Sketches Challenge # follow the current sketch.

Daisy Chain Challenges #24 Autumn/fall.

Creative Inspirations # Autumn glow.

Unicorn Challenge # Autumn or Halloween.

Stamping Sensations # Shades of Autumn.

Creative With Stamps #31 Halloween or leaves.

Love To Scrap #114 Fall back.

Crafty Calendar # Autumn.

Dies R Us #107 Anything fall.

Addicted To Stamps #167 Autumn colours.

Fairy Dust

Time for a new challenge over on the butterfly challenge where the new theme is
#110 Spin The Wheel with the Letter G.

Here are my first inspiration cards for you

1st Card using Gold/Gems/ Butterflies.
I have used a gold promarker for the hair and the gems are also gold which I have attached  in the centres of the design paper flowers.

The digi image is one  that I received as a prize back in Nov 2012  Called  'Fairy Dust -0002' by The Scrapbook Society. This is its first outing.  Coloured using Graph'it and  Promarker pens + a gold gel pen. I wanted to enter the challenge over at Cheerful Sketches so decided to incorporate the sketch for October on this card.The pink butterfly paper is from Paper Craft Essentials magazine. Other papers unknown. I have die cut the image using using my xcut circle dies and then adhered to another die cut which is Spellbinders Blossom five. I thought that it matched the flower design on the floral paper perfectly. Dismal lighting doesn't show up the  gold gems that I adhered to the centres of the flowers. They sparkle beautifully IRL. (I am investing in a proper light box so should not have these problems in the future!)

Entering the card above into the following challenges:

Cheerful Sketches Challenge # October challenge.

Crafty Catz #434 Anything goes +make it square.

Love To Craft #27 Anything goes.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge# October challenge.

2nd Card using Green/Glitter/ Butterflies.

I have used glitter card here and attached my digi image by Delicious Doodles called 'Butterfly Border' using  extra strong red ds tape.  Image has been coloured using both graph'it and promarker pens + a silver gel pen.  The pink and green design paper is from Paper Craft Essentials magazine and the green paper adhered to the base card is from Making Cards March 2015 called Potted Petals. Sentiment is a silver sticker from my stash.

Entering this card into the following  challenges:
Crafts Galore #56  Anything goes.
Crafting By Designs # Anything goes.
Fussy and Fancy #223 Things with wings.
Through The Craft Room Door # Anything goes.


Hope I have inspired you. The challenge runs for the normal 2 weeks.