What If!

There are a few days left  at the Butterfly Challenge.

#65 Butterflies + H is for Hoops and/or Harebells.

(Harebell ranges from pale blue through to a brighter blue to almost purple)

so I thought I would share a couple more ideas with you. I was in a bit of what if I tried this frame of mind and these are the results.

What would happen if I took a pre cut swing card blank and then cut an extra circle from the centre, die cut a butterfly and attached it to the top and bottom of the hole with  thread ?

Well I just did!!. As my very best friend Julie was fond of saying.  I reinforced the circle with an extra ring which served to catch the the ends of the thread neatly out of sight and hold the butterfly taut.

Edged it with a silver shimmer marker pen to match the silver sticker sentiment from my stash. I coloured all exposed areas of the blank white card with a toning promarker pen.

The design paper is a freebie from Making Cards magazine Aug 2016 called 'Cocktail Time' and it enhances all the shades of Harebell  listed above.

Butterfly Die is by Poppystamps 'Theo'. Inside circle cut using Xcut  Circles nesting die.

Entering into the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations #166 Anything goes.
Dream Valley #143 One for the girls.
Crafty Catz #344 Anything goes using die cuts and or punch.
Crafting With Friends #30 Anything goes.


What would then happen if instead of throwing the empty plastic ring from the used up ds tape in the bin I cleaned it up and used it to make  a card? So I did.

Backing paper is from a Cd rom by Ooh La La Creations 2008 'Passion For Fashion' pattern No3. You can be forgiven for thinking that the bird image paper in the ring is from the same CD rom but you would be wrong as it is actually a page from The Little Book of Shimmer by Hunkydory. The pattern  really is so similar that you have to look twice. I  die cut the bird image with butterfly using my Xcut circle nesting die and a larger one from plain cardstock. The ds tape ring fitted perfectly over the image. Pre made bow was in my stash as was the puffer butterfly and the gold sentiment which I backed with a small piece of the same plain blue cardstock.

Entering into the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion #336 Anything goes.
Get Creative #51 Anything goes.
PCC Challenge #4 Anything goes.

One Stitch At A Time #274 Anything goes +recycling. (recycled the ring from the ds tape.).

A Two in One Card.

I dont know about putting the clocks back an hr I could do with putting them back a month or two!!

It's time again for the girls in the Christmas Card Club to show our cards using the theme set by Sylvie which is 'Anything Goes'. 

So I had a rummage in my used christmas card pile and then another rummage but nothing was leaping out at me so I sorted through again and then again once more. I like to make two cards one using an old christmas card and then a corresponding card using a stamp,digi,die cut, embossing folder from my christmas stash in the theme for the current week. Finally on the fifth trawl through I spotted this card with shoes on and had a light bulb moment. I suddenly remembered that I had a Bugaboo digi image of a christmas shoe bought 3 yrs ago and not used so I was in business.

Next problem was to decide on a card shape. I didn't want to alter the card design too much so I came up with my version of a Joy Fold Card which I have named a 'Two in One Card.'  The front has been slightly trimmed down  and layered onto green card stock and opens up left to right .

This then reveals a second image which is a  pre coloured freebie from making cards' Christmas Edition '2015 which I matted on to more green card stock and then onto a freebie paper from Making Cards 'Traditional Christmas ' Dec 2015. This section opens up right to left to reveal the inside.

Finally the inside of the card is decorated with more of the design papers in red and green and then I found some shiny sticker stars in my stash to mimic the ones on the card front and a sprig of holly Dimensions Sticker by Anita's. I also found some Season's Greetings stickers in my stash that matched. Yay.!

Entering this card into the following challenges;

Crafting By Designs # Get ready for christmas

All Sorts Challenge #387 Lets make a start on christmas.

Hiding In My Craft Room #273 Free style.

One Stitch At A Time #274 Anything goes with recycling.

Crafty Hazelnut's Extra # Anything goes christmas.

Now onto my second card which has been made in exactly the same way but using the Bugaboo 'Poinsettia Heel' digi which I have coloured using my Promarkers. I coloured up a second digi and fussy cut the poinsettia which is adhered over the image using a 3d pad. I used glossy accents on the centre of the flower, the heel of the shoe and on the tip but it is not showing up here .IRL it does though.

Card opens up left to right to reveal the second image below.  Freebie pre coloured from Making Cards 'Christmas Edition 2015 Pretty Poinsettia' The plaid paper is a freebie from Making Cards 'Christmas Edition 2015 as well.

This then opens up right to left to reveal the inside of the card which has been decorated using another freebie paper from the same set . The poinsettia is a sticker by Anita's and the stars were stickers in my stash.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

A Snowflakes Promise #31 Anything goes.

Crafty Hazelnut's #305 Anything goes.

Christmas Card Challenge #46 Anything goes.

Double 'D' Challenges# Plaid.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop #253 Use your snippets (poinsettia sticker on inside of card).

Thankyou  Sylvie for making me think outside of the box for this challenge.

 You didn't really think I'd let you go without showing a card with Acetate on it now did you!!!

This one is for Mo's' Rudolph Challenge' which closes tomorrow. The image is the last of the trio of Valerie digi's that I bought from Mo's digital pencil. I have already shown you one coloured in blue and one in red so went for green promarkers this time. Digi is called 'Valerie with Pup'( and I do believe Di that the doggy is a Scotty!) I have layered onto green vellum paper and then adhered to a scalloped card base. I have attached a piece of acetate to the front of the card cut to the exact shape of the green vellum (you can just see the reflection in the top right hand corner) and adhered with 3d pads which have been covered up on the front by a cunning ploy with black shimmer sticky circles.The  sentiment is computer generated and cut out using a SU labels punch. 

Entering this card into the following challenges:
Scraps of Life by Scrappy Mo#  Oct. Rudolph challenge.
Winter Wonderland # Frosty or well wrapped up.

Just Sailing by To Say.

It's both my Mum and my Dad's Birthdays today. Mum would have been 97yrs  and Dad is 92yrs.

This is the card I made and sent to my Dad. 

Iv'e used a Hunkydory kit from their Super Men Collection called The Adventure Begins. Dad was a sailor during WWII so I thought this sailing ship would please him.  Iv'e added my signature acetate front to make the card up and used  gold edging on the acetate  and added the sentiment to there too.

Happy Birthday DAD.

XX

Entering the following challenges:
Through the Craft Room Door # Anything goes.
Penny's Paper Crafty #301 Anything goes.
Inspiration Destination #109 Anything goes.
Crafty Gals Corner #95 Anything goes.
Brown Sugar #222 Birthday.
Love To Craft #3 Anything goes.
Scrapper's Delights #60 Anything goes.

Solo This time.

I have mentioned before about how The Doc's Custard Tarts from a certain supermarket come in a nice diagonal blue stripy box and I always salvage as much of the box as I can. Well they don't anymore! The box design has been changed to a peachy coloured striped one and as you can see below I have put the first salvaged box to good use.  I sat and painted another (single image this time) Woodware  Anemone  stamp on Sunday to placate The Doc for sending the last card off to Portugal!

The image has been mounted onto orange card which I have adhered to the cut down base of the box. There was just enough of the orange card left to make the spine of the card and attach the front acetate sheet which you can just see in the  photo above. The sentiment is a black adhesive one from my stash which I stuck to the white part of the image. I have left the front acetate sheet completely plain so that it wouldn't detract from the flower. 

  

Entering the following challenges:
Artistic Inspirations #166 Anything goes,
Love To Scrap #88 Anything goes.
Craft Your Passion #335 Anything goes.
Fab 'n' Funky #323 Fabulous Flowers.
Little Miss Muffet #149 Anything goes.
Creative Fingers #118 Anything goes.
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #252 Use up your snippets (Th Doc's tart box).
The Flower Challenge #1 Anything goes with florals.

Hello!

There is an Australian swap that I like to enter every month when possible and this is one of the cards that I sent to my partner for the September swap which had the theme of Animals. A quick conflab with Oz confirmed that yes birds would be classed as animals so I was good to go.

I have had this image from 'Digi Stamps 4 Joy' (called Whoose Looking At You ) in my files for 3yrs and never used so this was it's first outing.  

I have coloured with my promarkers and then ran a bit of glue around the edges and on the Emu and used Glamour Dust for a sparkle effect as there was not much colouring to do. The sentiment is by Winnie & Walter and was given the same treatment.  I used dark blue card stock to make the base card and layered a piece of gingerbread coloured card on top. I adhered the image and the sentiment on top and then lastly a sheet of acetate on top. Black sparkly sticky circle dots (from my stash) were attached to the 4 corners to hide the 3D pads holding the acetate in place. 

Entering the following challenges:
Create and Inspire #54 Anything goes.
Inspiration Destination #108 Anything goes.
PCC Challenge #4 Anything goes.
Jo's Scrap Shack #161 Anything goes.
Crafting With Friends #30 Anything goes.
A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge #30 Anything goes.
Crafting By Designs # Anything goes.
Crafty Girlz Challenges # Any thing goes.
Love To Craft #3 Anything goes.
Scrapper''s Delights #60 Anything goes.

Anemones

I try and join in a card chain challenge every month which is being hosted by Gail in Norway at the moment whilst Deborah in America is having a short sabbatical . 

The September challenge was to use any or all of the following:

A colour swatch of Vermillion/Scarlet/duckling

A sketch to follow

Stars/ Halloween/Friendship

Markers/Coloured pencils/Pastels

I managed to use 3 of the requirements highlighted in blue above.

I was in the mood for painting some flowers using my Ranger Distress Markers so sorted through my stash of stamps for a suitable one to use with the colours needed. This stamp is a single flower by Woodware 'Anemone' which I stamped once and then masked to stamp the second one and again masked to stamp the third flower. I used a selection of markers one leaf at a time laying down the colours and then using water and a fine tip brush to push the colour out to where I wanted it to be. It did take quite a while to complete but I love the result. I used a Britannia word die and an SU labels punch for the sentiment. I layered the card onto yellow and then red card stock. 

I think The Doc liked the card too as he was a bit aghast when I said I was sending it to Asha in Portugal. His request of  "Well can't you take a photo of it and send her the photo instead" fell on deaf ears though. Asha has received her card so I can show it now. 

Ever Decreasing Circles

There is a new theme  at the Butterfly Challenge.

#65 Butterflies + H is for Hoops and/or Harebells.

(Harebell ranges from pale blue through to a brighter blue to almost purple)

Here is my inspiration for you.

On the first card I have die cut three circles (from blue card) in increasing sizes and then drawn round the outside edge of the dies to make a thin ring which I then hand cut for each circle. The design paper is a freebie paper 'Simply British' from Simply Homemade magazine. I have adhered this to a blank scalloped card base . The circle hoops have been glued at the base of the card and then butterflies in 3 different sizes have been attached . I used 2 of the sizes from 'Cascadia Butterfly Trio' by Memory Box. and the tiny butterflies are a Tonic studios punch   I used blue and yellow gems from my stash for the butterfly bodies. The sentiment and die cut label were also from my stash.

Entering into the following challenges:

Love To Craft #3 Anything goes.

Creative Ladybirds Creations #20 Anything goes.

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper # Anything goes.

Crafty Girlz Challenges # Anything goes.

Crafting By Designs # Anything goes.

For the second card I have used a pink card base and attached the design paper which again is a freebie from a magazine. The  image is by Hunkydory from their 'Little Book of Butterflies'.  I used the same method as above to make a circle hoop (from blue card stock and cut the image down to fit behind. Before I attached I ran a line of glue around the edge and dipped in glamour dust which I also used on the 3 butterflies but the camera has not picked the lovely shimmer that is there IRL. The wooden love sentiment is also in silver sparkle but again is not showing up.

Hope these cards help to give you some ideas.

Entering into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion #334 Anything goes.

Through The Craftroom Door #Anything goes.

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #44 Anything goes.

Glitter n' Sparkle #210 Anything goes.

Scrapper's Delights #60 Anything goes,