Butterflies at Totally Gorjuss

Wow it's been a long week we have had stock take at work this week so I worked my day off to help get everything ready. As it's Saturday it's time for a new challenge over at Totally Gorjuss which this week is a nice easy one Butterflies. I have been busy making gifts for teachers this week and here is one I made for a friends little boy to give to his teacher. I was asked to incorporate butterflies into the present as that is what his class is called. I bought some plain black memo blocks from work in the sale recently for 50p each ( I think they thought I was mad at work as I bought 15 of the things lol but as a crafter I could see the potential of them!!). I started of by printing a verse onto some white card and then got my distress inks out to play on this one I have used Picked Raspberry and Peacock Feathers. The swirls are the Grunge Flourish stamp from Visible Image. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch which I embossed with the Divine Swirls folder in my cuttlebug and then inked.

Here's an angled photo so you can see the sides of the block as well sorry about the path I had a nightmare trying to take this photo's as the sun was really bright and all the others had terrible shadows on them. 

I would like to enter my memo block into the following challenges:

Visible Image Challenge - Anything Goes

Bloggers Challenge - Quotes 

Playing with my distress inks

Here's a quick card I made a while ago using my distress inks I used Dusty Concord. I stamped the image 3 times without re inking the stamp. I did the centre swirl first and then the two out swirls to give a subtle effect. Then I simply added some gems and some punched butterflies to it. The sentiment is from Craftwork cards coloured with the distress ink and the ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Challenge - In the Garden & butterflies

Creative Card Crew - Things with Wings

Colouring with Distress Inks

 

Now a few months ago I only has 2 distress inks pads, today I have 13, seems they have become a staple item to my crafting. I know I'm a little behind the times but they frightened me I saw all the amazing results other people got with them and thought there was no way I could do the same but slowly I have gained more confidence with them and now use them on most of my cards

I bought this stamp with some birthday money and thought I would have a go at colouring it with my distress inks. I stamped the image in Memento Rich Cocoa onto some Kraft card.

 

 

 

 

I used a water brush and a piece of laminated card ( or if you have one a craft sheet), I pressed the ink pad onto the laminated card and then used my water brush to put some water onto the ink and started to colour. I've found it best to start off pale as you can always add more colour, the more water the paler the colour. For this image I used the following distress ink colours Iced Spruce, Peeled Paint, Wild Honey, Weathered Wood, Brushed Corduroy & Festive Berries

 

Here's the finished card I have inked the edges of the Kraft using the blending tool with Brushed Corduroy ( it doesn't look so dark in real life) and then simply mounted it onto some dark brown card, stamped Happy Birthday in Memento and stapled a piece of jute across the card.

Monochromatic GREEN at Incy Wincy

 This weeks challenge at Incy Wincy is

Monochromatic GREEN

and we are sponsored by

Care2Stamp

Now my first thought when I saw this challenge was yuk I don't do green, but I have to say I really like my card I have used this gorgeous fairy by Wee Stamps coloured her with promarkers and although you can't see in the pictures I've given her wings some sparkle with a sakura pen.

 The papers are so old MME ones which I edged with green distress ink. The flower is made from 4 scallopped circles which have been scrunched up and inked.

 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Whimsy Stamps - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Distressing

Lollipop Crafts - Use 2 or more punches/dies

The Pink Elephant  - Monochromatic

Love To Create - Things with Wings

Sugar And Spice And All Things Nice

Good morning as it's Monday it's time for a new challenge at Incy Wincy and this week we are sponsored by Stamp Fairy and our theme this week is

Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice (Girly)

Now before I go any further I have to tell you I'm in love with this card it just kinda fell together.

My DP was just a plain piece of card which I have inked with Spun Sugar distress ink and then stamped over the top with some old basic grey swirl stamps in the same colour. The spotty paper is from Pink Petticoat. the little butterflies are punched with a woodware punch and the ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons.

I have coloured Molly with my promarkers and gently inked the edges again with distress ink.

The 2 hearts have both been ink the front one lightly and the back one more heavily, I've then added crackle accents to them both and then one dry added some small gems to the back one and wound some gold cotton around the front one.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lollipop Crafts - Monochromatic

The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - Spots & Stripes ( Spots on paper and stripey ribbon)

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Ribbons - Seeing Spots & Stripes ( Spots on paper and stripey ribbon)

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Pink + 1 ( PINK + White)

I  ♥  Promarkers - Spots & Stripes ( Spots on paper and stripey ribbon)