Grungy Butterflies...

Hiya!

This week we have some great colours to play with at the ColourQ...

There are lots of possibilities with these colours, and I decided to go very shabby and distressed, inspired by the sketch over at Cardabilities. Here's what I ended up with...

I started with a piece of This & That Epic Day dsp, sponged around the edge with Choc Chip ink, stamped with Gorgeous Grunge using Cherry Cobbler ink, then distressed the edges and layered onto Choc Chip card. The butteflies were stamped with Choc Chip ink on Whisper White card and embossed with clear EP. They were either punched or die-cut then coloured with a blender pen and Calypso Coral and Cherry Cobbler ink. The sentiment is from Regarding Dahlias and I stamped the chevron stamp (from Petal Parade, an up-coming Sale-a-Bration set) overlapping the sentiment flag and the white panel underneath. The leaves were die-cut from Always Artichoke and I added some detailing with a white chalk marker. The tabs on the panels under the white piece were created with the Envelope Punch board (the focus of this week's Just Add Ink challenge).

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Backyard Basics, Papillion Potpourri, Gorgeous Grunge, Regarding Dahlias, Petal Parade
Ink: Choc Chip, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, Calypso Coral
Paper: Epic Day dsp, Choc Chip, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Naturals Ivory
Accessories: Regals candy dots, Clear EP, white chalk marker
Tools: Little Leaves sizzlit, Backyard Basics framelits, Bitty Butterfly punch, Elegant Butterfly punch, Envelope punch board

Make sure you check out the rest of the Royal Court's projects this week - there's a real variety to inspire you!

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy

Lovely Butterfly Parade

Hi there!

Today I have a pretty project to share with you that I made at our Bristol Stampin Up training day on Saturday... I kinda deviated from the project design a bit and combined a couple of ideas from Hayley's gorgeous samples to come up with this...

It's hard to see in a photo the really cool layers and steps on this card, but I did take a photo with more of a side view to show you...

The background panels were stamped with one of the Sale-a-Bration stamp sets coming on the 28th of Jan, Petal Parade and the sentiment is another Sale-a-Bration set called You're Lovely. The butterflies are from the Best of Butterflies set that is available until the end of March (hard to resist a whole stamp set full of butterflies!!).

Here's the recipe:
Stamps: Best of Butterflies, You're Lovely, Petal Parade
Ink: Stazon black, Wisteria Wonder, Soft Sky, Pear Pizzazz
Paper: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Soft Sky
Accessories: Subtles candy dots

I also wanted to let you know that during Create with Connie and Mary's Preview Week for the Spring Edition, there are some fab tutorials and blog candy up for grabs! Today, the wonderfully talented Mary has a great tutorial on the Create with Connie and Mary website that you can download, and she is giving away blog candy - make sure you stop by and check it out! Don't forget that during Preview week the Early Bird price of $24.95 is available - after that the price will go up to $29.95, so if you like a bargain and loads of inspiration, now's the time to sign up!

I'll be back tomorrow with my ColourQ card, featuring Happy Watercolour again.

Thanks for stopping by...

x Amy x