Wings tag

The challenge this week on Tag you're it this week is Wings. I used my butterfly stamp again which. I stamped it onto DCWV OUAT paper and highlighted areas of the butterfly with crystal lacquers. The background of the tag was coloured with Color box Brocade ink pads, and I added my painted flowers and finished the edge of the tag with Acrylic dabber.

Coffee and Cream

The theme for rubber stamped ATCs on CSF this month is coffee and cream, and here is my offering.................yet another outig for the butterfly and flowers I'm afraid!

Tag...............

This is what happens when I tidy my desk!! I found this little strip of lovely grunge paper and couldn't bear to throw it away, so I made this tag, again using some butterflies which I had previously made using fantasy film and crystal lacqeurs and my butterfly stamps. The tag was finished off with flowers that were drawn on using Adirondack pens.

And more..................

Tall swirl cards, made in a very similar fashion to the last two :)

Another canvas

Here is another canvas that I made for a very good friend of mine, made in a very similar way to my canvas, only this time I used my butterfly stamps, and fusible fibres/fantasy film, glitter and acetate to make the butterflies.

Playing!

Well have been very self indulgent recently, and despite the long "to do" list, stuck on my wall...............I've been making something for me!! It occurred to me that I don't actually have anything with my flowers on, so I have made myself a canvas! I covered the canvas with some scrummy Creative Impressions paper and distressed the edges with black distress ink. The words from the sheet off paper..."Be true to yourself" I tore out and attached to the bottom corner of the canvas. I used some left over paper to cut out some flowers, the edges of which were again distressed, before the flowers were covered completely in Glossy Accents.I attached these to the canvas, and added gems using stickles paint. more flowers were painted on, gems added and leaves painted. The canvas was then finished off with butterfly stickers. The colour has not come out very well in the photo, as it is actually darker and more gothicy than it appears! :)

Dufex cards

Well..........I saw these beautiful dufex card blanks, which I thought might make stunning cards when married with my flowers and some butterflies, so voila, here's the result! The blue card has been folded and cut according to the instructions included with the card blanks, a piece of Joanna Sheen backing paper was added to the middle panel, before I painted my flowers, again highlighted with flat backed gems. Two butterfly stickers were added to complete the card.


For the p**k (!) card I cut the dufex blank and attached a panel to the front of a pearl card blank. I cut a section form the edge of the card blank, using deckle edge scissors, and attached another section of the dufex card to the inside back of the card. I then used a corner punch to decorate the front corners of the card. Flowers and butterfly were then added as before.

Last ones

Ok I promise this is the last lot of these butterfly ATCs I'll bore you with, but I have put them on for those of you who are practising my flowers, if you look closely you'll see these ones have buds for you to try, instead of the normal small flowers, enjoy!

More ATCs

Well now I've been playing with crystal lacquers now. These crystal lacquer butterflies are mounted onto some of that lovely plastic that is transparent and yet holographic and looks like silk. I have also painted "the flowers" again and gone around the edges with a gold acrylic dabber.


This last green one had gold peel offs placed around the edges, which were also filled in with crystal lacquers, and embellished with flat backed jewels. Bindis were added to the butterfly bodies as a finishing touch.

Molly's Card

I had to make a card for a rather special lady who will soon be 90 years old! Using a cream pearl card blank, I embossed a line around close to the edge, and highlighted it with a peeloff. I then drew a scroll on a piece of plain cream card and antiqued it using a distress ink pad. I wrote the message freehand with a two way glue pen and foiled it using foiling glitter, I attached the scroll to the card using foam pads. I attached some purple funky flowers, and used chunky self adhesive stones for the centres. I painted the small flowers and leaves using Liquid pearls and Ranger acrylics. Meanwhile using my own design butterfly stamps, I stamped the butterflies onto acetate, and glittered on the back, I then attached these to the card using dst and foam pads. I stamped and embossed my bee, and coloured it using Aquatone pencils, cut him out and attached him using foam pads.