M @ Butterfly Challenge

Been a busy bee today, 2 cards and a matching set of three framed atcs done, more on these on later posts.

Today's card is for Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge, and its the letter M for Magic Window, didn't enter a card for L has I have had the dreaded lurgy (not sure if it was L for Lurgy) for the last three weeks, cannot believe how ill this cold has made me! A few other people in the store where I work have had it and they've been exactly the same, so I know its not me being mardy!

Anyway, M for Magic Window, I found this template a challenge, at one point I nearly threw it in the bin but I persevered and did manage to finish it, all be it a bit wonky and creased. Hopefully I've hidden those bits.

Template + Butterfly

backing paper from a Greeting Card Backing PApers book

pale peach paper

coppery orange paper

thank you stamp

black stazon ink

black card

plain circle die

heart circle die

large butterfly embellishment

entering in: Butterfly blog = M is for Magic Window

 Amanda xx

K @ Butterfly Challenge

Today's card is for Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge, and its the letter K for Kinetic, I'm really enjoying learning how to do these card shapes. Full details are on the butterfly blog.

So again, I chose to do the card shape plus butterflies, I was going to do this black & white but then decided to do it red & white, although the ink looks more burgundy to me, so I stuck to that shade.

Swirls & card verse Honeypot Crafts

Main topper from magazine freebie

Stazon Blazing Red ink

Tattered Lace mini dies

Pink & White pearls

entering in: Butterfly Blog = K is for Kinetic

Amanda xx

J @ Butterfly Challenge

A new challenge over at the Butterfly Challenge Blog this week, this time the letter J.
I chose to do the card shape again along with butterflies. From the photos the card looks blue and pink but its actually a lilac and pink card, such pretty papers.

with the band on

papers & stamp from Christina Griffiths

 Card Making Magic All in One Collection 

issue 2

Tattered Lace mini butterflies dies

oblong with a pretty border die

entering in: Butterfly Challenge - J for Joy fold

                              

I @ Butterfly Challenge & July @ Love to Craft

Having played with 'H' (no, not the chap from Steps) over at Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge last week, I've continued playing with the new challenge (fortnightly) this Wednesday which is  'I'.

There are various ways to take part in the challenges, all is explained on the blog. This week I went with the specified card shape + butterfly.

I for Impossible Card (the flap stands up by magic itself) - full instructions on how to make each card shape are given, despite this looking complicated it was quite easy to do.

Its a bit awkward to photo so excuse the mantlepiece.

White A4 card

Grey card

Gecko Galz Papillion Paper Pack (try saying that after a few glasses)

iridescent flowers

white pearls

Sparkly Mod Podge

I used white card stock as my base, then sized the backing paper to the card shape, cut out and matted onto grey card - to give it a bit more stability. I re-printed the topper and fussy cute the butterflies out, decoupaged them on with little foam pads then painted over with Sparkly Mod Podge. Couldn't decide what to embellish with, but came across the little plastic iridescent flowers in my stash, then stuck a pearl on each centre.

entering in: Butterfly Challenge Letter I
                   Love to Craft July

Amanda xx

heart to heart

now, that was a favourite program of mine whilst growing up, and now, of course we can see the delicious Robert Wagner as DiNozzi Senior in NCIS.
Heaven.

Anyhoo, on the card.

Black & white is the current theme over at Lunagirl, current as in the challenge closes in a few hours - just getting mine in, in the nick of time.

I found this adorable image over on The Graphic Fairy's site, and thought it would be perfect as a heart shaped easel card. Only problem was I had to find a template! Good ole' Google!!

found this lovely link to a template recipe  on a lovely blog  - craftycardmakers blog

backing paper from a digi-kit

Hobbycraft white pearls & heart pearls

image from the Graphic Fairy

black pigment ink

doCraft paper roses x 2

Docraft paper posy x 2

black card

Tattered Lace 'Cherished centres' die

white card

Using the CAP2, I drew the heart shape card, printed it and cut round, remembering not to cut the 'fold'. I then printed out the heart again, this time to use as the topper, printed out 3 lots of backing paper (needed to be a certain size) and using the topper, cut out the heart shaped papers and stuck them onto the relevant sides of the card. I imported the image and resized to fit the topper, printed it out and inked the edges with black pigment ink to give it a distressed edge and stuck it to the blank topper. I then inked round all the card edges with the black ink.

Started to assemble the card by affixing the topper onto the front (used pads to raise up so it stood out slightly), to make a stopper I used the Tattered Lace die 'with love' stuck on a black dot, but it looked a bit lost....... had a fumble round my desk and found the big paper roses, perfect! Stuck the sentiment next to the roses..... then the bottom piece looked empty.... another fumble and I came up with the paper posy's/posies and the 3 little pearl hearts.

entering into: lunagir lmoonbeams - black and white

                      cheerful stamp pad - black and white