BEAUTIFUL YOU AND DELIGHTFUL DAISY

I've been neglecting the Beautiful You set lately as there have been some lovely new sets to play with but today I thought it deserved an outing with a twist - including the new Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper.

I used the papers as a background but also cut it out for her dress. I have layered her onto Old Olive and added a dotted background with a white pen to simulate a window or as if she is looking in a mirror.

 I added some butterflies - one with the sadly now retired Bitty Bitty punch but the other larger butterfly ws cut out with Winged Blossoms framelits.  I added some Enamel dots to the butterflies, a bit of sponging on the smaller one.  There is Wink of Stella on the butterflies, on her hat and on the dress.  The hat was coloured in with a touch of Watermelon Wonder using a blender en.

The sentiment from the same set was embossed with white embossing powder and a touch of Lace Ribbon finishes off the card.

I know a very stylish lady who is going to receive this for her birthday.

I'm entering this card into :

The Paper Players -             theme Birthday 
Inkspirational -                    theme Windows
Hand Stamped Sentiments - Sketch - Butterfly 

  HAPPY CRAFTING

 

WATERCOOLER WEDNESDAY CHALLENGE 117

Did you notice my new badge?

I am super excited to have been offered a place on the Design Team of the fabulous Watercooler Wednesday challenge blog.  I have played along with their challenges on and off over the last few years and I was honoured when Heidi asked me to join them for an initial few months.  It is amazing to see all the work that goes on behind the scenes for a challenge blog - who knew?

So for my first challenge this week on the other side of the fence it was 

Heidi's Feminine Challenge - Anything Goes

 I grabbed my Birthday Blooms - I'm so happy this set is staying for another year in the catalogue.  I used our Watercolour Pencils to colour in the rose with a touch of Wink of Stella on the stamens in the middle.

I wrapped some of the Copper Metallic Thread - tricky stuff to use as it is so fine but it helps if you add a bit of glue to the back of your cardstock before wrapping it.

I've used the Bitty Butterfly Punch which sadly is not staying but mine is going nowhere - I love these butterfly punches and I will still use them.

The card was layered onto some Old Olive Cardstock onto some Whisper White which has been embossed with an embossing folder.

 

 I hope we have inspired you to join in with the challenge.  Check out all the other Watercooler Artists to see what they have in store for you this week.

HAPPY CRAFTING

 
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JAR OF LOVE

 

I was delighted to be chosen as one of the Top Three this week at Inkspirational Challenge for my little Picture Perfect card.  Proudly displaying my badge!


Their challenge this week is the following: Click on the image to be taken to the challenge Challenge #132



  



 I had a bit of a mix up with this challenge this week as the link actually took me to Watercolour Swooshing which I did then found I couldn't link it up as that was actually the week previous.  Anyway my card can still be considered a Spring card so I'm going to put it in anyway.

I had fun with this - getting inky and not as messy as I thought I would. I was surprised at the colours that came out - as I used quite dark colours and ended up with a realy pinky greeny colour!

I've used the lovely Jar of Love set and Framelits which is continuing into the new catalogue.  I love playing with this set and its so versatile for spring, summer autumn or winter cards.

Saying farewell to Papillon Potpourri and the Bitty Butterfly punch by just adding a small butterfly to my card.

 Here you can see the colour combination that went into making the flowers for the jar.

The Challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday is also Spring so I'm going to add my card to their list also.

HAPPY CRAFTING


 

MEDITERRANEAN MOMENTS - GLOBAL DESIGN PROJECT #80

There's a CASE the designer challenge over at Global Design Project this week and this is the card we are to CASE - copy and selectively edit.



 

I've used Mediterranean Moments again for my card - but this time the cute image of the cat sitting and watching that butterfly!  I've used the Bokeh Paper from the Falling in Love Designer Series Paper - these are so not my colours but I do find myself strangely drawn to them.  I've used the reverse sidew for the stripe across the card and inked up the tag in Rich Razzleberry around the edges.

The Banner was cut with the Banner Framelits - do you know when you use the one I've shown you actually get two parts cut out.  So if you choose different colours you can make the banner as shown.  Hope that makes sense!

 If you are on Facebook I have just started a new Facebook Group called The Joy of Sets - each week I will choose a Stamp Set = it could be current or retired and all you have to do is add your project be it card, 3d project or scrapbooking page.  Hopefully it will be a great resource for all who love Stampin' Up!  Do pop along and join the group - it is open to all = Demos and Non Demos alike! Click on the image below to join the fun!

 

 HAPPY CRAFTING

 

POOTLERS BLOG HOP - SALE-A-BRATION - AVANT-GARDEN

Welcome and thanks for joining us on another Pootlers Blog Hop this time celebrating Sale-A-Bration 2017.

My card uses the Avant-Garden set - a wonderful set of 10 stamps with three sentiments which I know I'm going to really miss when Sale-A-Bration ends on 31st March.

I've used a retired embossing folder for the dots but you could use any folder you had to hand.  I wanted to use the dots to match up with the background dots behind the flowers.

 
 A touch of Dazzling Diamonds on the inside of the flowers adds to some sparkle and the Basic Pearls on the butterfly just lifts it.

  SUPPLIES
Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Pear Pizzazz, Crumb Cake
Inks - Pear Pizzazz, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Old Olive
Accessories - Basic Pearls, Dazzling Diamonds, Lace Trim, Bitty Butterfly Punch, 
Stampsets - Avant-Garden, Papillon Potpourri


   

 

   

An InLinkz Link-up

As usual if you are in the UK or parts of Europe you can purchase all supplies from my store - click on the link below.

There will be a video tutorial for this on my YouTube channel coming soon.

HAPPY CRAFTING


 

PAINTER'S PALETTE - PAPILLON POTPOURRI

The challenge over at Watercooler Wednesday this week is a sketch.  I'm delighted that my Masculine Card was given an Honourable Mention last week so I'm displaying my badge with pride.

And on to the sketch.  You'll find their challenge here






I'm still loving the Painter's Palette stamp set and must probably apologise early because I think there will be lots of cards made with this stamp set over the coming months.  I think its so versatile.  I've seen some lovely bunting made with the easel which I may attempt too.

It's a dull, cold day in June here in the UK so I chose some lovely Brights colours to cheer me up and, as the sun is not shining, there are few butterflies around at the moment.  Come on Summer - where are you?

I've used Tempting Turquoise with Melon Mambo.  My new purchase this month was the butterfly punches which are a must with the Papillon Potpourri Stamp set.  I did try to cut them out but these punches are so much easier and look fabulous.  A touch of enamel dots in Brights just finishes off the butterflies.

The Designer Series Paper is also Brights - thankfully not retired as I love these papers.

I've listed all the supplies used - just click on the link to be taken to my store and dont forget to use my Hostess Code for June which you will find on the right of my blog post.

SUPPLIES

 

 Painter's Palette Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Price: £16.00

 

Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set

Price: £14.00

 

Bitty Butterfly Punch

Price: £14.50

Elegant Butterfly Punch

Price: £14.50

  

 

Brights A4 Cardstock

Price: £7.25

 

Brights Enamel ShapesPrice: £8.25

Brights Designer Series Paper Stack

Price: £20.00