Butterfly Wishes

Good morning all, me again today as Jude has been too busy to get anything prepared lol, I hope you are having a good week so far. We are carrying on with the Simon Says Stamp theme, so today's card is another I made from an SSS monthly kit.

This was made with the April 2018 kit, and the stamp set is called Beautiful Day. 

Firstly, I stamped the large image with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink, and then added the sentiment. For the background I used Altenew Inks from the Rock Collection to stamp some of the smaller solid butterflies from the set.

I wasn't quite happy with the background and thought it needed something more, so using the eraser on the end of a pencil, and more of the same ink, I added some dots all around the images.

I coloured my main image using Copic Markers, and then chose a burnt orange card blank to put it on. Before I sent this one out, I did add some lovely coloured sequins, but I forgot to take a photo lol.

Anyway, I hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

1st, 2nd, and 3rd generation stamping

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend. We had a really busy day on Saturday in the garden, we removed a piece of old lawn and replaced it with some artificial grass. Sounds really simple doesn't it. But believe me it was backbreaking, and my brother did most of the work lol. Anyway, it now looks lovely, and Molly approves 😊, so it was definitely worth it. 

Right, today's card was made after watching some Jennifer McGuire video's, and led to me having a go at 2nd and 3rd generation stamping. The technique, (if you haven't tried it already) is to ink up your chosen stamp and stamp the image, then stamp the image again elsewhere on the page a 2nd and even 3rd time without re-inking. 

Depending on the type of ink you use, will depend on the results you get. For this one I used dye inks, so my 3rd stampings are very feint.

I used Memento inks in Teal Zeal and Dandelion, with a couple of different butterfly and bee stamps, and stamped them randomly across the panel.

Then I cut the large butterfly using a Spellbinders die, and inked it with the same colours.

I stamped a greeting using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, and then layered the panel with a yellow mat, before putting it on a polka dot card blank.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Butterfly wishes

Good morning folks, I hope you have had a lovely weekend. If like us you have had very warm and dry weather, then you will either have loved it or hated it like me lol.  No I don't really hate it, but I do spend my life in a constant sweat, I even use the air-con in winter 😲💦😓 lol.

Anyway, today's card is one I made for mum's birthday last week, but we didn't use in the end. I used the Winnie and Walter Pallet background stamp, using Rocky Shore Crisp Dye Ink from Altenew, on to Dessert Sand card from Crafters Companion.

I stamped the background a couple of times, lining them up with the MISTI, then trimmed the panel to fit an A2 card blank.

I used a cream card blank so chose a pretty cream linen card to cut the diecuts from. I used the Noor Butterfly Edge for the bottom, and a Spellbinders Butterfly for the top. 

I put the butterfly border on the bottom of the card and then cut a strip of cream card to go across the top for my butterfly and sentiment.

I stamped a simple Happy Birthday sentiment and then added Mum on the bottom strip.

Then I decorated the butterflies with pearls and Nuvo Glitter Drops.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Sorry You're Leaving

Good morning all and happy hump day. Are you having a good week?

Today's card is one I made for a friend when she left work last week. After many year's of debating it she has finally taken the leap and moved down the country to live with her partner. So I thought a map themed card would be appropriate.

I looked for inspiration on Pinterest and found a card that had used butterflies, and seen as how she loves butterflies I thought it would be a good idea.

I cut the butterflies out using dies from the My Monthly Hero March kit, from an old road atlas. I used the areas that she lives now and where she's moving to in the diecuts.

Then I took a copyright free image of a UK map from Google images and cropped it down to the area I wanted. Then I printed it in black and white on the laserjet printer.

I like orange with black and white so went with that colour scheme. As I don't have any orange pearls I used plain white ones and coloured them with an orange Copic marker.

Then I printed a couple of sentiments on the PC to finish it off.

Hope you like it, Deb's did :o).

Take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Silver Butterflies

Good morning all, hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to a crafty weekend. 

This card is one I made for a friend of my Son's to send to his mum on her 60th Birthday. 

I started by designing a corner floral arrangement with my Silhouette software. Then I printed it with the laser printer and foiled it on my Minc machine, using silver foil. 

I used a soft grey card as I wanted to keep to a very simple colour palette. I cut the card down to fit an A5 card blank and matted it with black card.

Then I stamped a sentiment using a mix of Simon Says Stamp and Studio Calico stamps, and heat embossed it with Ranger Fine Detail Liquid Platinum embossing powder. 

I stamped and embossed the Sizzix butterflies on white vellum, and then cut them out with their corresponding dies. Then I added the Mum banner to the bottom and finished the card off with a few silver sequins.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Butterfly wishes

Good morning friends, are you looking forward to the weekend? I know I am, can't wait for a bit of a rest! lol. 

Today's card is another that I made for mums birthday a couple of weeks ago. I took inspiration from Pinterest again and came up with this card using the craft supplies that I have. 

I used a 7 x 7 card blank for the base and a soft turquoise shimmer card for the background. Then I took a piece of white card and ran it through an embossing folder to give me the detail on the left hand side. 

Then I used a Spellbinders Lacey Ovals die to cut a small aperture in the card. The leaves are from a MFT Stamps die which I cut in the same white card. 

The larger butterflies are from an old die that we got with a magazine, and I added some pale turquoise pearls to their bodies. 

The sentiment die was also a magazine freebie and I cut it twice so that I could shadow the turquoise layer behind the white one. 

I used a new alphabet die set for the Mum. This one is called Finlays ABC's by Lawn Fawn, again I cut it twice to shadow it. 

I placed the die cut leaves behind the front of the card and then fed them through the oval aperture. Then I punched a couple of butterflies to go on top. 

A few extra pearls was all it needed to finish it off. 

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Flower Birthday

Good morning all, hope you are having a good weekend so far. Today's card is the one I made for our aunt who's birthday is today. I'm sure she will be having a lovely birthday as they are currently cruising around the Far East!. So happy birthday Sandra hope you have a lovely day. 

I used a 6 x 6 card blank and chose some dark pink and pale pink card. Then I embossed the pale pink card with an Embossaliscious embossing folder. 

For the flower detail I used a Diesire swirl leaf die and an MFT swirl die. 

Then I added two different sizes of punched daisy's to some of the stems.

I used a stamp from a set that came free in a magazine and stamped it with Magenta Archival ink. Then I heat embossed it with clear fine detail embossing powder. 

I used some bright pink ribbon across the bottom and then added a bow. 

Then I finished it off with a punched butterfly, a little crystal butterfly and some pink and clear gems and pearls. 

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx