Customer Card Kit

My VIP Video tutorial shows how to put

this card together.

This is one of my card kits for March

and luckily enough I have enough of the gorgeous

Butterfly Bijou papers to fill the kits

as it's gone forever 😓

I got the layout of the card from one Mary Fish did,

but I have changed it up slightly adding

the embossed background and different colour scheme.

The sentiment has been white embossed

onto the Misty Moonlight card.

The embossing folder is called

Bricks & Mortar.

It has been finished by adding some

pastel pearls to the butterflies

which where die cut using the

Butterfly Brilliance bundle dies.

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Catz - anything goes option dreaming of summer

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Poor Hubby was shivering all nice,

literally teeth chattering, after his first jab.

He is normally very fit and healthy so

I think it was a bit shocked at getting a reaction lol.

Lovely blue skies here today but would you believe

there is a slight chance of snow!!

Have a great weekend!

 

 

Wildly Grateful card

Another thank you card for my stash.

I keep forgetting thank you and sympathy cards

so trying to build them up again.

This one has used the Butterfly Bijou papers

which are sadly sold out

but you could easily ink up your own background

to look the exact same!

I have punched the papers out using the

Tailored Tag Punch

and then laid them out on the card base

as above.

I didn't want to cover the whole card

so went from corner to corner.

The butterflies have been stamped in memento

then coloured in using

calypso coral and daffodil delight blends,

finished with a bit of wink of stella.

I die cut the butterflies and curled their wings,

then added to the card, just gluing their bodies.

The sentiment is from

Lovely You stamp set

and has been added using memento ink.

I decorated the envelope with a

matching die cut butterfly and the inside

has been decorated with left over bits from

the punched out papers.

The inside sentiment is from

Oval Occasions stamp set.

I would like to enter this into

Addicted to Stamps and More - make your mark

(coloured with markers)

Creative Moments - anything goes

Classic Design Challenge - March challenge

Hubby gets his first jab today

and my Mother-in-law is getting her second one

next week!

Things are looking up!

 

Easter Bunny Punch Art Pouches

My tutorial today is, of course,

more treats for the Grandkids.

This time I went with these cute punch art

bunny treat pouches!

Sorry for the bad photo but you can't

get these pouches to stand to had to 

lay on the floor and lean over!

You can watch my video here

The first three are for the younger grandsons

and this one is for the oldest one.

I have made them in 3 different sizes.

Largest one - 6" x 6" papers

Medium one 5" x 5"

Carrot top - 1 3/4" x 2 1/4"

Small one 4" x 4"

Carrot top - 1 3/4" x 1 3/4"

Score at 1/2" top and bottom.

To Make Bunny

1 1/2" circle and Oval Punch

I would like to enter these into

Do-Al(l)creative - Easter

Kreativtanten - Easter

Animal Friends - rabbits

 

 

Mostly Monochrome!

Our challenge this fortnight at

TAG TUESDAY

has a theme of

mostly monochrome

and it has been chosen by the lovely

Michele.

I have used Butterfly Brilliance again.

I stamped the large butterfly stamp

and cut a tag shape from it.

I used some small background stamps

and added texture to the background

using basic grey ink pad.

The main butterfly has been die cut

from the papers (sadly sold out now)

and added to the tag.

It has all been layered onto black card

and finished with a mounted sentiment

from the Healing Hugs stamp set

and then some black ribbon

stapled in place.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - mostly monochrome

Dream Valley - anything goes

Crafting Happiness - outdoors or anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

Feeling a bit better today thank goodness

so hope to catch up on some commissions.

Enjoy your day!

 

Birthday Cogs!

Happy Monday!

My card today was made for my

Mother-in-law's Grandson.

He is an engineer with Triumph motorbikes

and loves his fancy cars so I thought

this would suit him.

I have used the garage gear dies to

create all the cogs in silver, black and mango melody card.

The background papers are retired.

I also used the little brick die from the

Brilliant Wings dies to make a brick stencil

to add some brick to the papers.

The sentiments are stamped in memento

and come from Family Party and Itty Bitty Birthday

stamp sets.

I would like to enter this into

Crafting Happiness - outdoors or anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Moments - anything goes

Simon  Wednesday challenge - 2 or more patterned papers

Craft Rocket - use dies and/or spring

I've been up all night with an upset stomach

and not much better this morning

so just taking it easy today.

Enjoy your day whatever you are up to!!

 

 

Spanner Card Tutorial

Front of card

inside first layer

inside second layer, place to add sentiment

I usually do a CAS card tutorial on a Friday

but I have had this card on my MUST TRY list

for nearly a year so had to give it a go.

It is called a Spanner Card,

seriously don't know why but there you go!

I have used the lovely Butterfly Bijou papers

along with Magenta Madness card and ink.

The butterflies are from the

Butterfly Brilliance bundle

which you are going to see a lot of for a while

as I absolutely love it.

The butterflies come in so many sizes,

the papers are gorgeous and can be cut with the dies,

and it will keep me busy with birthday ideas

for a good part of the year to come!

I do have a tutorial available in my VIP Customer Group

showing how I made it.

I would like to enter this into

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

Fab 'n' Funky - no square cards

Allsorts - a stamped image

Classic Design Challenge - anything goes March

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

 

Little Note Cards

I bought a pack of the little

Basic White  Note Cards & Envelopes

to see if I would like the size.

Love them!

So easy to play with and useful for

Thank You and Sympathy cards.

They measure 3 1/2" x 5" and there are

20 cards and envelopes to a pack.

I have gone with Terracotta Tile

which is a lovely shade of orange.

I have also used the brand new

Butterfly Brilliance Suite

which includes stamps, dies, butterfly bijou papers

(the papers are only available until end of April)

and Natural Touch speciality papers.

The sentiment has been punched out using

Classic Label punch.

I absolutely love this suite so much and just

couldn't resist treating myself.

With the leftover paper I decorated

the envelope as well.

Here is a photo of two of my Grandsons

enjoying their St. Patrick's Day treats :)

Tom's helmet is something else 😂

I would like to enter this into

Crafting Happiness - anything goes or beverages

The Card Concept - photo inspiration

I used the butterfly and clean and layered style

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

Digi Designs - Beginning with B butterfly

We had a lovely day in the garden yesterday

and today looks like it's going to be good too.

Hope you all have a lovely day

and thanks for stopping by and supporting my wee blog.

 

Easter mini egg gift box tutorial

My tutorial today

shows how to make these cute little

Easter Gift Boxes that hold

4 mini eggs.

Sounds a bit miserable but the Grandkids

will get loads of these little treat packages

along with their big egg 😁

You can watch the tutorial here

Measurements needed to follow along

Designer Paper - 6" x 4 1/2"

Score long side - 1", 4"

score short side - 1/2", 1 1/2", 2 1/2", 3 1/2"

I have used In-Colours seaside spray papers and ink

and the stamp set is called

Nature's Beauty.

The punches I used are called

Lovely Labels pick a punch

(available as a bundle saving with stamp set)

and

Oval Occasions

(also available as a bundle with stamp set)

I want to enter these into

Animal Friends - rabbits

2 Crafty critter Crazies - anything with a critter

Stinkin' Inkers - hot to it

Kreativtanten - Easter

Do-Al(I) creative - Easter

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

 

 

Things with wings

It's the second week of our challenge over at

TAG TUESDAY

where the theme is anything with wings.

This week I have used

Dragonfly Garden bundle.

I made an inky background using

Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Granny Apple Green ink pads

and sprayed with water to get a bleached effect.

TIP: you can get a set of 8 mini ink pads

for a great price HERE.

I stamped out two dragonflies and inked up

using the same inks and my blending brushes.

The words were cut from the sentiments

of the same set, cut out and inked.

I set it all onto a piece of

Bermuda Bay card.

I would like to enter this into

Allsorts - a stamped image

Inspire, Create Challenge - anything goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - anything goes

I hope you will get time to join in this week

and the entries from last week were so inspirational

so be sure and drop by.

 

 

Happy Birthday To You!

Happy Monday!

Hope you all had a lovely day yesterday!

I was well spoiled from a distance 😀

My card today is another commission.

This one for a 70th Birthday.

I have used the gorgeous

True Love papers.

I used the black and white spotty papers

and inked them up using my blending brushes.

It has been paired up with melon mambo card

and ink and I used the stitched rectangle dies

to make a frame for the lovely cake stamp (retired).

The flowers were cut from the True Love papers

and coloured with my blends.

The name was stamped with

Make a Difference stamp set.

I would like to enter this into

Creations in Pink - anything mostly pink

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Stamps & Fun = creativity - flowers

Cute Card Thursday - celebrate

Creative Knockouts - birthday wishes

It's a beautiful day, at the minute anyway,

so hubby away for some necessities

and hopefully we will get a walk in before lunch.

Enjoy your day!