BUTTERFLY AFTERNOON

         My goodness it is cold here today, potentially going to get some snow but maybe it will pass us by. I am hoping it will all be clear by the weekend as I have a workshop with Hazel Edwards on Saturday afternoon and then our monthly workshop with Maria Moorhouse on Sunday. Busy weekend hopefully. 

      So while it is so cold I am using the time to do some craft and catch up on jobs that I have been meaning to do for a while. Nothing too energetic as I still have a painful back but it is improving slowly. Thank goodness. 


       So I found out this NDC butterfly that had not been used, not sure why because I do like it a lot. Used it for the first card. 


                                                   

           Colours are a little pale on the photo, (that vibrant stage did not last long Maggie) so I have taken a few closer shots. It is heat resistant vellum used on the butterfly. 

     

          For the background I brushed through a small section of  a stencil with Artistry ink, colour Tenacious Teal. I also spritzed with some blue dilusion ink and some Inca Gold paste made into a spray. Finally I brushed lightly through the script stencil in random places with Black Shadow Artistry Ink.

       For the butterfly I stamped it out on heat resistant vellum with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Little bit of careful cutting out and layering up. I also die cut a couple of swirls from a Spellbinders die. Then fixed everything in place.

    For the next card I used Tina's flowers and once again they were stamped onto vellum and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I brushed over them lightly with some ink to match the background which is a piece of Clarity paper.   

    

       

            I had to trim the paper to fit my base card and in so doing cut off the darker edges so I used some Distress Oxide in to blend over the edges. I also die cut a circle out of the middle before assembling my wreath so that the sentiment stood out a bit more. 

  

                               Little closer look at the flowers.

    

       The butterfly is a Crafter's Companion one that came with my Gemini. (Whoops I missed a gem there on one of the flowers, better put that right.) 

    

         The teapot stamp is next on my list to be used. Will be back later in the week hopefully. In the meantime stay safe in the snow if it arrives.

                       Bye for now.  xx