Pink, pink, pink

 Hello lovely crafters

At last...I've made a card for Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge.

I started using a gel print which is made with ink and a stencil. Then stamped the branches and added the pink flowers. 

I wanted to make them slightly 3D so added some tiny paper circles behind and shaped the petals. The butterfly also has scraps behind to lift it. 

So for the Butterfly challenge I have used: Flowers, Forest Green, Frosty Rose colours with Fuchsia gems in the middle of the flowers. And the butterfly of course. I thought I'd used blue but I think I changed my mind! I have several blue butterflies now waiting for another project.

I've also used snippets so this is heading to the Snippets Playground. 

Another spare butterfly. The gel print is from my stash and the leaves are cut from a snippet too. My stash is in piles all over the floor where I was looking for just the right colours. 

As I've used a stencil for the background I'm linking here. The optional May challenge is Girly!

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day x

Quilting

Hello lovely crafters

At last a card and using lots of snippets. 

I saw this idea on facebook and here is the link. 

I cut my strips to about 2cm and then just randomly added them using a spare bit of card to stick on to. There was a fair bit of shuffling about before I stuck it all down. The genius here is running it through and embossing folder so it looks quilted. Of course, I didn't have one quite big enough so there are some dodgy edges but it's fine. 

 I have plenty of design paper which I rarely use, preferring to stamp my own. This is mostly from a pad I bought very early on for making cards for boys or men. I still have most of it left. I don't buy dp now but I do admire it in shops...(and blogs).

I'm running over to the Snippets Playground to show this off. It's all made from snippets including the greeting of course. 

It's slightly larger than usual so I had to make and envelope too. 

Thank you for visiting, enjoy your day x