Butterflies and A Happy Hello

Twofer challenge this month is Butterflies and these are my cards......

I used the same Butterfly stamp on both of my different occasions cards.

The 'Beautiful You' card is a Birthday card and the other one a 'Happy Hello'....

 I have used stencilling, stamping, fussy cutting, heat embossing, mica paints 

and smooshing on my Birthday card.

I have used distress inks and oxides activated and smooshed with water, stamping, heat embossing, vellum, fussy cutting, stencilling and die cutting for my Hello card .....

Combining the burlap distress inks and oxides produced some unexpected and fabulous colours.

The butterflies were stamped and heat embossed onto vellum.

Lots of dimension, texture and elements on the background....

I so enjoyed making two different designs, for two different occasions 

and using the same butterfly stamp.....I used the small butterfly stamp on both of my cards.

Thank you all so much for your very kind and friendly comments about my MIL Betty,

in my last post........They are so gratefully received.

Please take care out there.....

Challenges I would love to enter....

Twofer - Butterflies

My Happy Hello Card........

CountryView Challenge - Do what makes you happy 

I so enjoyed finding time to play with the inks and the oxides and I had fun....

Stamping Sensations - All Creatures great and Small
Thrilled with my top 3 shout out...Thank you

Stamping must be prominent

A Vintage Journey - Watercolour Wonders

My 'Beautiful You' - Birthday Card.....

AAA Birthday - game #15 - 3D

Stamplorations - Summer Challenge 

A card for Betty.....

CAS Mix Up challenge this month is Stencil Tracing, 

which inspired me, to make my card for my Mother In Law.....Betty.

She is in a care home, with alzheimer's and tested positive for Covid 

but was Asymptomatic and had no systems.....x. 

We didn't worry any less, especially as we couldn't visit.

Thankfully she is now free of the virus and so is the care home, in which she lives.

I don't normally share personal information on my blog, so I hope you don't mind....

This is her card....

I used two stencils, one for the background and one for the rose one on top.

I wanted the background stencilling to show through the rose....

After blending the pinks and the greens I outlined the rose with a silver pen.

This made a huge difference and I am loving the technique Nancy....

I finished off with die cutting two of the edges with a deckle edge and hi-lighting them in silver.

The CAS Mix Up Blog has tons of inspiration, using this fun and effective technique...

Thank you so much for stopping by.....

Challenges I would love to enter.....

CAS Mix Up - Stencil Tracing- Super thrilled with my win.....Thank you x

Allsorts Challenge - Flowers All Over

The Flower Challenge - Summer/Winter 

I have the huge honour of guesting with them this month....
Stamplorations - Summer Challenge

Flower Challenge Guest Designer

I was thrilled to be asked by Viv, Daizy Mae Designs,
to guest design this month for The Flower Challenge.......

The theme this month is Summer/Winter....Depending on where you live....

This is my card.....

I used Lindy Sprays for the background and stencilling with white pigment ink.

I also used a stencil for the Summer flowers....On the card itself 

and on a separate piece of card, 
so that I could fussy cut out some of the petals. 

Acrylic paint and paste was used for the flowers and a little stickles for bling.

The extra layer of petals added the texture and dimension that I was looking for.

Finishing off with the Summery sentiment and a black frame.

I thought the flower in the top right ended up looking like the Sun and it's rays, 

which luckily fitted in with the Summer theme!......

The amazing and talented Design team over at The Flower Challenge 

will 'Wow' you with their creations............

Thank you so much for the honour of guesting with you this month.

I looked forward to  seeing your Summer/Winter themed flower cards in the gallery.....

Challenges I would love to enter....

Country View Challenge is - Do what makes you happy....Getting inking and mixing the medias with fun colours sure makes me happy. Thank you so much for The Top 3 Shout out x.
Stamplorations - Summer Challenge