Not So Blue

Greetings one and all, I trust you are well.  I am working on getting a proper shop up and running on my website as I now sell crafting supplies in addition to the things I create :). So today's creation is a card made using supplies from the first company I am stocking-The Hobby House!

The topper, blue backing papers and sparkly centre for the flower are all from The Hobby House and I have all in stock!

I am not usually one to use a topper, as I like to get messy and ink up my own but these are fabulous and I think I will be using more of them!

The die cut frame is one that I was given by my friend and I thought it was perfect for this image.  Blue is my favourite colour as it is the only colour that starts out really light and goes to really dark without ever becoming anything but blue ;)  So, many blues on this card!


I hope that you have enjoyed looking at this as much as I enjoyed making it!
Thanks for stopping by and, until next time, Happy Crafting xx

Challenges entered:
Inspiration Destination- Always Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude- Anything Goes
Craft-Dee Bowz- Anything Goes with a handmade Bow
Simply Create Too- Anything Goes
Polkadoodles- Use a Die

Sparkly Butterflies

Greetings to you all, I hope you are well.
Great news-my kitten (Frodo is his name!) is back to normal!! I took him to the vet after two days of him being not well and he had an infection in his gum after losing a tooth.  An antibiotic injection and lots of love has seen him return to his usual adorable mischievious self :)

With the recovery of my kitten, I have been able to craft again! I also ordered an easel using a voucher my brother got me at Christmas, so I will be painting again soon too!

Today sees a brand new challenge over at the Scribble & Scrap Challenge, and my DT inspiration piece is one I made using products I am stocking in my store (coming soon to cyber space-once I figure out how to do it!!).

It's a beautiful sparkly card-I love butterflies :)
I used:
Imagination Crafts: Butterfly Background Patterned card, Amethyst Sparkle Medium, Flutterby Stencil
acetate
The Hobby House Rhinestone Sparkler
Hunkydory sentiment
ribbon and silver card from my stash

I used the stencil and the sparkle medium to decorate the edges of the acetate before putting the card together.
I like the effect it gives, let me know what you think :)
Have a great day and, until next time, Happy Crafting xx

Challenges entered:
Imagination Crafts- Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge- Anything Goes
Inspiration Destination- Anything Goes
Crafting With An Attitude- Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons- Anything Goes with a ribbon
Really Reasonable Ribbon- Bright Spring Colours with Ribbon
Simply Create Too- Anything Goes
Simply Papercrafts- Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge- Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy- Girly
Through the Craft Room Door- Anything Goes
Craft-Dee Bowz- Anything Goes With a Handmade Bow

A Dragonfly Plaque

Greetings to you all, I hope you are well.
I've been a little quiet this past week, apologies for this but my kitten is unwell and I am a worrier so haven't been crafting the last few days.  He seems to be himself now but isn't eating :(
He's still mischievious and into everything and the vet said he is fine, but until he eats like he did I will worry (any suggestions will be greatly appreciated).
Today's crafting share is something I made a couple of weeks ago but hadn't gotten around to photographing.  It's an mdf 6x6 plaque painted with a base coat of vanilla chalk paint before being decorated with a stunning sparkly dragonfly.

The dragonfly is a stencil from Peerless Crafts and I used Welsh Gold Sparkle Medium from Imagination Crafts to really make this image pop.  The sentiment is a stamp by Chloe done in Vintage Photo distress ink.  The finishing touches; gold gilding wax, black ribbon and amber gems are all from my stash.

That's it from me today, let me know what you think :)

Thanks for stopping by and, until next time, Happy Crafting xx

Challenges entered:

Imagination Crafts- Anything Goes

Sugar and Betty- Anything Goes

Dazzling Diva Challenge- Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door- Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination- Anything Goes

Made it Myself!

Greetings to you all, I hope you are well today.
(I am scheduling this post as I have a busy day Monday but wanted to share this card with you!)

This is a make from a few weeks ago-I made my own background paper using a script stamp and a butterfly stamp and the ink splats stamps (all by Visible Image). I stamped the butterflies, then masked them while I stamped the script and the splats before colouring them using promarkers.

I love this home made backing paper so much that I didn't want to cover it up  with other papers or a giant central image, so I stuck with the butterfly theme and used a Stampendous stamp, just in black ink so that the colour of the background really pops.

The handmade bow, metal charm and gems are from my stash, and if I could get away with using teal pearlescent card on everything, I would!!!

Ok, that's me done for today. I hope your day is awesome whatever you are doing and I shall be back soon with makes using NEW crafty items!!! (I've done a little craft shopping!!)
Thanks for stopping by and, until next time, Happy Crafting xx