Butterfly Wishes

Hello friends, thanks so much for visiting!  Today I have a quick card to share with you using layered Spellbinders Dies and one of my all time favourite butterflies from Penny Black inc.

My card base has been created by cutting/embossing two Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Forty Etched Dies, scoring one at 1.5 cm from the top, fold the scored section forward.  Apply double sided tape to the section that is folded forward and attach the second die cut - making sure to line up the patterned edges to form card base.

Cut/emboss one Nestabilities Labels Forty Decorative Elements Etched Dies using Graphic 45  Couture Collection patterned paper, popping up onto the card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares.   Cut.emboss one Nestabilities Oval Ironwork Etched Dies #2 (#1 being the smallest); adhere to the centre of the card front.

Stamp one butterfly from the Penny Black Inc. Social Butterfly stamp set using Imagine Versafine Ink in Vintage Sepia and coloured using Memento ink in Teal Zeal and has been popped up using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares. 

The sentiment is from Penny Black Inc. special wishes stamp set and has been stamped using Teal Zeal ink, trimmed with a dovetail cut into each end dovetailed and popped up using 3D Foam Squares.   Trim the Want2Scrap Swirls Finesse - LeCreme and adhere along the bottom of the card front.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

A Snowflakes Promise - Anything Goes

Creates and Makes - Anything Goes

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge - Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge - MONOCHROME

Addicted to Stamps - Autumn

Glitter n Sparkle - Fall Colors

heARTful Stamping Challenge - Anything Goes + a Stamp

Allsorts - Blue and Brown

Challenge Up Your Life - Die-Cuts

Creative Fingers -  Anything Goes  

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Sunny Best Wishes

Hello friends, it is Monday evening in the Northern Hemisphere and I have to say it has been a very casual kind of day - thankfully!  I have got a lot of deadlines met - which is always a relief and even managed to babysit our grandson this evening - which is always a pleasure.  I hope Monday has been kind to you!

I have a very simply and east card to share with you today. I came across this embossing folder on one of the Craft Buy Swap and Sell Groups on facebook - Ecstasy Crafts 5x7 Dazzling Sunburst and I just had to have it - there is something about it that just makes me smile.  

I used Chameleon Art Pens on the folder to add the golden glow - Mellow Yellow to be precise,  The butterfly embellishment is from my stash, the Washi Tape by none other than Donna Salazar and the sentiment computer generated.  I have also added sequins from my stash.

The embossed layer has been popped up onto a precut card base using Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares and there you have it - I told you it was quick and easy!!  

This card is linked to the following challenges:

AAA - Bright & Beautiful 

CAS on Sunday - Glitter or Sequins

Great Impressions - Feminine 

Pile It On -  Animal(s)

The Corrosive Challenges - Always Anything Goes

 A Gem of a Challenge - Embossing Wet or Dry

Catch The Bug - Anything Goes

Making Memories Crafting - Anything Goes

QKR Stampede –  Feminine Cards or Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - CAS

Little Red Wagon - Time to Celebrate

Sisterhood of Crafters - Letter "B" - Butterfly

The Crafty Addicts - Add a Sentiment

WordArt Wednesdays - Anything Goes 

Crafter's Cafe - Feminine

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Embossing

Mix It Up Challenge  Anything Goes + optional twist: Embossing

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{hugs}}} and happy crafting

Spreading my Wings and Journaling...

Hello friends, today I am sharing my first Journal page - I was inspired to journal when I created the Mixed Media project using some of the Spellbinders Seth Apter Collection - you can see the post HERE.

I have used the negative die from the Seth Apter Drip Drop as my focal point - this is one of my favourite 'left overs'

I have inked and sponged using browns and oranges, love the warm tones on this page.  The butterfly is by IndigoBlu and has been coloured using Chameleon Art Pens.

The stamped sentiments have been added - my simple form of journaling - but I am working on that - I have never found it easy, even on my scrapbooking - but I am evolving in this and it will happen - not today, but along the way.  If you have any hints - please feel free t leave a comment here!

A few stamped ink splotches and the 'X' from the Drip Drop set has been sponged around the edges and adhered using liquid glue. I just love this journal created using recycled cardboard - I have great plans for it .... hope you join me and help me 'spread my wings' in this journey!! 

You can see the Seth Apter Collection HERE new stamps and Dies have been added and they are divine!!

This project is linked to:

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamping

A Bit More Time to Craft  - Always Anything Goes

Lost Coast Portal To Creativity Challenge - Anything Goes

Altered Eclectics - Always Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks - Anything Goes

Crafty Awesomeness - Anything Goes with Colored Image

Creative Craft Cottage Challenges - Things With Wings

Delicious Doodles Challenge - Orange & Brown

Happy Little Stampers AG with Dies -  Always Anything Goes with Dies 

The Sisters of Craft - Always Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes w/Optional Twist: Colors of Fall

We Love 2 Create  - Always Anything Creative/Mixed Media Goes

Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy - Let's Fly Away

The Stamping Boutique - Recycling

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}} and happy crafting

                                

Contemporary Squares

Hello Blog Friends, I have been playing with the Contemporary Squares Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Decorative Strips and I have to say - they are a lot of fun to create with.

My embossed background has been created using the Framed Canvas Celebra'tions™ 3D embossing folder; the Outrageous Butterfly Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® Die D-Lites™ has been cut/embossed using  Authentique Paper and has had some shimmer added, along with a Want2Scrap Mulberry Paper Rose in the center of the butterfly.  All Dies have been cut/embossed using the  Grand Calibur Die Cutting and Embossing Machine.

This card is linked to the following challenges:

Sweet Stamps September Challenge - Anything Goes

2 Creative Chicks - Anything Goes

Fan-Tastic Tuesday Challenge - Anything Goes -twist- bright and colourful

Artistic Stampers - Things with Wings

Word Art Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Card and Scrap - Use Dies

Card Mania - Pastel Colours

Crafting for all Seasons - Layering It Up 

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Always Anything Goes 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

{{{Hugs}}}