Distressed Butterfly Panel

Good morning all.

Well that was great while it lasted, the weather that is! Back to normal temps and a bit of rain.

Today marks the start of a new challenge at Fantasy Stampers. This time our theme is -

DISTRESS IT

Now that's not really my comfort zone so while Googling for inspiration some of the results referred to Distressed Inks and they are my comfort zone so that's how I ended up with this -

I'd seen the card over at Muse by Marion Vagg and loved it and wanted to take part as I've not got around to playing for a couple of weeks. This is her inspirational card-

To start I inked up a piece of card with a couple of DIs, then die cut the butterfly with a MB Pippi Butterfly then cut the panel with my MFT pierced rectangle die. I added a spritz of water and a few drops of water to bleach out some colour then stamped Thank You and embossed in white.

The background panel was stamped using my Stampin Up Woodgrain background with Versamark then heat embossed with detail white. I wanted the butterfly to be more of a contrast to the panel so wet it with water, let it stand and then mopped up the excess colour with a cloth. I added a few sequins to finish my card.

So what ever your interpretation of Distress why not have a go and join us. Just remember we need to see some traditional stamping on your project, NO DIGIs. 

Pop over to the main blog and check out the rest of the team's inspiration.

I would also like to join in the fun at -

CASology- Ombre

Thanks for calling around and all your supportive comments.

Colour Challenge

Good morning peeps, hope I find you well this Tuesday morning.

Today it's double post Tuesday so I will be back later with the new challenge at Cardz4Guyz but first it's a new challenge over at Cards und More. This time we would like to see your projects in -

PURPLE, TURQUOISE and GREY

These are my daughter's favourite colours so it reminded me of the DP I used for her birthday card way back in June last year. This is a NitWits paper from the 'Promises' set and I also used it a couple of weeks back for my fairy card. Anyway it includes the colours needed for this challenge, but I went down a different route this time following a sketch from CASe this Sketch. So here it is for your inspiration -

The sentiment panel is from a LOTV stamp set and I stamped it in Memento London Fog to get the grey element in. The white and turquoise panels were die cut using my MFT Die-namics pierced rectangles. The butterfly was cut out of the same DP and the filigree one from the turquoise card. I added a few iridescent beads for the butterfly's body. Strips of the DP were layered onto the white base card to create the stripes.

That's it then, check out the rest of the DT's inspiration and join us.

I shall enter the following challenges:-

CASe this Sketch 

Love Rubberstamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Blue and white Muse

Afternoon all, thanks for stopping by.

I've been looking at this week's Muse card by Marion Vagg all week trying to come up with a suitable entry.

Problem was that my stock of dark blue card is limited and my choice of border stamps also. In the end I settled on this entry -

and this is Marion's card

As you can see I went with my diecuts, inlaying a white MB Tessatina border then adding some Marianne flourishes and a MB butterfly. I left off a sentiment just as Marion did but added a few blue sparkles on the body of the butterfly.

This is the same card from a different angle. The card was a pearlescent finish and a bit tricky to photograph but it does show the inlay better than the first.

I didn't go with the heart theme as I'm all Valentined out at the moment, I've got quite a collection of them now if anybody wants them!

Anyhow that's about it for the moment, see you back here soon for some more exciting news.

Cards und More

Morning all.

Just a quick post to remind you that there is a new challenge over at Cards und More. This time the theme is -

GET WELL SOON

This is an extra card I made yesterday so apologies for the dreadful photo, I was going to take another but it went dark too soon! Not quite got my head around the clock change here in the UK.

This is based on the sketch over at CAS(e) this sketch.

I was immediately drawn to this by the butterfly shapes so decided to stick with the theme for my get well card. My son says that his old childminder is due to go in to hospital soon so I made this for him to give her. The butterfly die cuts are by Memory Box, the Dp is NitWits and the sentiment phrases are from STAMPlorations. Sequins and beads from the stash.

OK, see you back in a little while for the latest challenge over at Cardz4Guyz.

Time Out

Morning all. 

Today is a bit different, as I am celebrating the birthday of a fabulous crafter:-

 Nonni of Runaway Cards.

Sandie of London Days is hosting a linky Birthday Party for her.

Happy Birthday Nonni!

Here is my birthday card for her.

I have made it with reference to the challenge at Nonni's Challenge Blog Time Out

Where it is 

Challenge #12 CASE With Your Own Twist

This the card by Anita that I cased.

And the latest challenges at;-

Simply Create Too - Monochrome.

Addicted to CAS - Geometric

Loves Rubberstamps - Wings

I used Anita's ideas of heat embossed geometric panel, water colour, dew drops, colours and layered sentiment.

My twist was the addition of the butterfly using the same card as the sentiment.

I heat embossed the top panel with a Kaisercraft 'Honeycomb' stamp the used DIs in Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean to colour. The sentiment was cut in two matching colours and white using a Spellbinders Sentiments One die. The butterflies are cut using Memory Box Pippi and Isabella dies in the same card.

OK, the linky over at Sandie's blog is open for awhile so why not join us in celebrating Nonni's birthday.

Happy Birthday Kylie

G'day, it's Kylie's birthday. 

Not the Neighbours actress and petite songstress but Kylie of ATSM and ATCAS and more besides. I hear she's under the weather at the moment so it's Happy Birthday as well as best wishes for a speedy recovery from bronchitis.

The wonderful Loll is hosting a linky birthday party for her so why not pop over join in and send her your best wishes. This my card -

I was inspired by a card by Joy at Simple by Design but went with a more watercolour effect, a bit like the gardenia flower I've been using recently. The honeycomb die cut is from a Sizzix die, the butterflies are from Memory Box sentiment from a Woodware set and bling from the stash. 

Hope this cheers Kylie up, I'm sure all the love going her way will help her on the road to recovery.

Nite Nite, or Good Morning if you are in Australia!

I shall also enter this card into the following challenges:-

Crazy for CAS - Butterflies

Butterfly Trellis

I had this card made earlier in the week but in all the excitement of my new DT post, I forgot to post, so here it is today.

I was inspired by a super card made by a great designer Iwona Palamountain aka Chupa. 

I'm not sure when I saw it but I loved the contrast between the white and the intense blue and green of the stamp and the fantastic Islamic style infill of the hexagon diecut. 

My take was inspired by the latest challenge at Virginia's View which is die cuts. This card is all die cuts, even the sentiment. (OK the dew drops aren't!) The background diecut is from Sizzix as are the hexagon dies and leaf die, the butterflies are from Memory Box and the greeting is from Spellbinders. Dewdrops etc from the stash. All assembled on an A6 textured white base card.

 I am also celebrating the wonderful Darnell's birthday, 2 days late I know but happy 4th of July! Darnell has made me very welcome and was one of my earliest followers out in blogland. I love her mad typos and anarchic blogstyle. The fantastically gifted Ardyth is hosting a linky party for her so why not join in?

OK, it's raining at the moment so no grass mowing tonight and Al has taken Max for a walk so peace reigneth - for the moment.

Wednesday Muse

Morning all

I'm a bit out of sequence this week as I'm only just putting my card I made on Monday up now. I was out a lot on Monday taking a friend to hospital., not Di this time so was catching up with scheduled posts on Monday. It was a lovely day for sitting around waiting in the shade admiring the view, didn't feel like a hospital car park at all! Anyway here is the card I made for the Muse #73 challenge.

I seem to be in rainbow mode but this was based on this gorgeous card by this weeks guest Muse, Beverley Brown.

I was inspired by the butterflies and jewel colours she used to colour them. I checked through my stash of butterfly stamps but wasn't inspired then went for my Memory Box dies again. I've been enjoying playing with taking out and replacing die cuts to create one layer so I played again using sparkly filigree butterflies where I had cut away the plain shape. I coloured the base card underneath with copics to match. The sentiment is from Stampin Up.

I shall also enter the following challenges:-

ATSM - Anything goes

CAS on Sunday -  Birthday

Seize the Birthday - Anything goes - with no topping

Crazy For CAS - Stencilling 

( I used the top layer as a stencil for colouring the butterflies underneath!)

OK, that's a wrap, must make the most of the last sunny day and get the washing out! 

See you back soon.

Fusion Card Challenge

Evening folks. 

It's been a lovely day, that little bit of breeze has made the heat quite bearable. 

Fusion card challenge has been on my radar for a bit but as yet I haven't got around to entering, that is until now. I know I've done a few anniversary cards recently but the image at Fusion just shouted celebrations 

(I went with the picture only)

and as the cue word at CASology is Celebrate I thought I would combine the two with this card.

This photo didn't show the gold up very well, it looks a little grey, think the sun was too bright so I took another one.

I seem to be experimenting with layering in different ways at the moment and this is no exception. I also cut out the background butterfly and pieced it back in one layer before overlaying the matching tracery butterfly from Memory Box on top. The gold ring is supposed to represent the plate in the picture. The circular sentiment is from LOTV which I embossed in gold detail powder.

OK, that's it for tonight. Come back soon.