Dried Marigold, Texture Paste and Spellbinders

Hi everybody, sorry I've been away for so long, but I've had a busy month! Been on holidays, my daughter graduated high school among other things lol. So we have a new challenge starting at Eclectic Ellapu and for the Purple team the the theme is to use Texture Paste. I was a bit challenged by this card, nothing seemed to balance out but I got there in the end.

To start this card I used a Heidi Swapp mini stencil, with Liquitex texture paste. Over this I used dried marigold distress ink. I also used distress ink around my card base. I then used my ebosser to cut Spellbinders dies, the top butterfly layer is vellum. I used more dried marigold on these as well as to stamp the Fiskars sentiment. I added some ribbon and bead string as well as bling from Kaisercraft to finish.
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Purple

Die Versions Big Butterfly with a Little Distress and some MSE

Hi everyone, thought I would try and make a one layer card. I am not to good at the clean and simple look so I try and attempt a few CAS cards every now and then. Not sure if this one qualifies lol. This week it's the purple teams turn at Eclectic Ellapu and if you haven't guessed the theme is BLING or Sequins lol. We all know I love bling :)

For this Card I took the Die Versions Big Butterfly die and cut some scrap cs to make my own stencil/mask. I started with a white card base and some random Distress Ink pads (was at my friends so used a combination of what I'd taken and hers lol). As always all cutting is done with my ebosser :) I used my blending tool and randomly applied colours over the die cut. I had to hold the die cut down firmly to stop it from moving and change where I was holding it as I went so I didn't miss any spots.From top left I used, Festive Berries, Tumbled Glass, Versa Magic Spring Pansy, Evergreen Bough, Brushed Corduroy and Broken China.

I used a pair of tweezers I got from ebay to adhere my bling with Matte Accents. The tweezers are in the nail art section of ebay and only cost $1 for two pairs.

 My daughter chose the colours of rhinestones I used. A beautiful aqua colour and a dark green. Again I got the bling from the nail art section super cheap.

 I then added some stamping in Stazon Blazing Red and Forest Green. I used the MSE stamp set Thinking Of You. I added some more bling to the centre of the flowers in an orange colour. This card was super quick to make and is a good way to utilise your dies in another way! Not sure I like the finished result, I liked it much better before the addition of stamping! lol
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Purple

Pattern Play Day Two Using Prima And Porta Crafts

 Day two of pattern play and chose to emulate Jennifer Rzasa today. I borrowed a friends stamp set because it had some lovely big giant flowers in it. You are supposed to stamp one of each of the designs but they don't actually line up so instead I stamped four of the second largest flower on Prima Inamorato pp from the Cavalier Collection.

I then fussy cut the four layers to make my dimensional rose. The stamp set is from Porta Crafts 3D collection. I guess it's just called rose or something as it doesn't have a name on the packet . . .

Next I decided I wanted to use the leaf stamp to fussy cut some leaves. I used more Prima paper, this time I used Rue 88 Cafe Diamant and then fussy cut them. I used Jet Black Archival for the flower and leaves.

I layered the rose using foam tape between each layer as well as underneath. The leaves are double sided taped down. The sentiment is stamped with Deep Purple Archival.

I couldn't help it. I am back in the bling thing lol. I used it once and now it's probably going to be on everything! Everything is better with bling!
Happy Scrappin'
Purple
I am entering this here:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Spring/Easter
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

KaiserCraft Lullaby Baby Card

I made this card using the sketch at Freshly made again and combined it with the challenge at Eclectic Ellapu. This one was quick and easy as most of the work was done by the Kaisercraft Lullaby paper pad itself :) Here is the sketch . . .

I chose two papers from thee stack and a co-ordinating scallop die cut from the back of the pad. I also chose a  scalloped saying. I mounted the circle on a Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Circle Doily with foam tape. I also used foam tape between the doily die and the pp.

The Baby Boy stamp is from the KaiserCraft Lullaby stamp set. I stamped it with Archival ink in French Ultramarine and then quickly covered with ranger superfine embossing powder and embossed it. 

I added a strip of white cs between the scallop and pp and then decided the whole thing looked to plain and added some bling with Matte Multi-Medium. Some were sticky backed but they just would not stay put lol. I really like this sketch! It makes making a card a breeze!
Happy Scrappin'
Purple

I am entering this here:

Eclectic Ellapu - Pregnancy/Baby

Freshly Made Sketches - Sketch

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

DIY Butterflies part 1

I have seen several great butterfly tutorials and so far I have tried two of them.
Tonight I created some butterflies from a youtube video I watched by CreativeKelly4rmCali
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zzlgh6uKEnk&feature=related

These butterflies are so easy to make. I threw some together on the spur of the moment.  All the flowers I used except for the top most pointy petal one are primas. The pointy petal one is from iamroses. The only requirement is that they be 5 petal flowers.

I misted all of them with my home made glimmer mists. The large black flower was actually a pp prima so I used black soot stain and black home made glimmer mist. I misted first but my mist wasn't dark enough so I grabbed my distress stain. I then painted with triple thick and set the rhinestones in it.

For the rest I used glossy accents to adhere the rhinestones. Please excuse my dingy craft mat lol. Well used :D

As you can see the glue on the purple one hasn't even finished drying :D I wanted to try out different shaped flowers. If I find more different styles i will try them too. So long as it's a 5 petal flower it should work...
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Purple