Butterfly Birthday Wishes

It's time for a new challenge with us on the

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 476

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

Fred She Said Digital Designs

Paper Nest Dolls

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Today I have used the SwallowTail Butterfly digital stamp by Fred She Said Digital Designs to make a pair of shaker cards.  This digital stamp set comes with a combination of black & white and pre-coloured images.  I have used the pre-coloured SwallowTail Butterfly digital stamp to try a new-to-me shaker card technique.

My cards started on my Silhouette Studio design mat.  I opened the pre-coloured SwallowTail Butterfly digital stamp and a pretty blue digital watercolour paper.  I confess, I printed a bundle of these butterflies, fussy cut each one, carefully inked the outer edges then decided on a different card design, so my kaleidoscope of butterflies (yes, I looked it up) have been set aside for another day.  I added an offset to the butterfly, printed a sheet of them then cut with my Cameo.  I trimmed the digital paper to 4 3/4" x 6 1/2", added a 3 1/2" round window and sized the butterfly to fit neatly inside, printed then cut with my Cameo.  I added an 1/16" offset to make a matting layer for the window panel and cut it with my Cameo.  I matted a card base 5 1/8" x 6 7/8" to allow for a 1/8" border around the matted shaker panel.  I die cut sets of black and white alphas to make layered "HAPPY" and sets of a layered "Birthday" for both cards, adhering the layers together before adhering to the card fronts.
I used double-sided tape to adhere acetate to the shaker window then added foam around the back of the matted card front, carefully sealing around the edges of the window.  I went around the outer and inner edges of the foam with a black marker to match the matting layer.  The butterflies were adhered together with some clear jewellery bead thread between the layers along the middle body line.  The layered butterfly was secured in place with double-sided tape, with the length at the top allowing the butterfly to float down in the window but not to the bottom and the length at the bottom allowing the butterfly to float up to the top of the window ... sure hope this makes sense ... the idea is to allow the butterfly to flutter around the window without going upside down.  You can read all about it HEREin this fabulous tutorial by Jennifer McGuire.  I put some double-sided tape on top of the thread, cutting slightly longer, folding back and putting more tape on top, to ensure the thread doesn't work loose.  I had so much fun making a special shaker mix, combining cupped and flat sequins, seed beads and bugle beads in a range of blues, black and sparkling clear.  The photo below was my second attempt at making the card.  The first time I sealed it closed it was way too full, so I quickly peeled off the backing layer before the liquid adhesive had dried, luckily my "Quick Dry" wasn't too quick!  I tipped the shaker mix out, made a huge mess, eventually dividing all the different elements in half and sharing them between the two cards.  This time I sealed the card again and it was much better.

Before I sealed the second card, I decided to carefully pick out the beads and add more sparkling clear flat sequins to give the butterfly more room to float around the window.  If you look closely in the shaker windows above and below, you will be able to see the clear thread limiting the movement of the butterflies.

  

   

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I also had the pleasure of working the Paper Nest Dolls



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NOW it's YOUR turn!
I hope that I have inspired you to get creative

and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for
Penny's Challenge 476
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Fred She Said Digital Designs - digital stamp - SwallowTail Butterfly

digital paper - Watercolor Backgrounds
this was a freebie set of nine papers from The Hungry JPEG
Silhouette Cameo
Sizzix Big Shot
Kaisercraft - decorative dies - Alphabet Uppercase
Cottage Cutz - layered Happy Birthday dies
acetate -
X-Press It - foam tape - X-Press It - double-sided tape -
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive - to adhere the alphas

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Sending a big Thank You to for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 476Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

    

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges

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Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge 140 – Birthdays
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - July Challenge – In The Garden

... CAS or layers of fussy cutting making it fancy

It's time for a new challenge with us on the

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 463

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

Fred She Said Designs

Di's Digi Stamps

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Yesterday I shared these cards using the delightful Dahlia Garden digital stamp from Fred She Said Designs, one of our generous sponsors for this challenge, to make some CAS cards coloured with Copic markers.  You can read all about them HERE or by clicking on the image below.

Earlier today I had the opportunity to work with the delightful Dahlia Garden COL
pre-coloured digital stamp set from Fred She Said Designs and so much fun creating a set of cards.
This is the set of eight cards I shared earlier today.  You can read all about them HERE or by clicking on the image below.

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This is the last card I have made (so far ...) using this set of digital stamps.
On first look it appears CAS but the there are eight, yes EIGHT, layers on the flower.



I created a 7" x 5" card front using the "Burnt Orange Big Dahlia" and the "Dahlia Garden Leaf Left" in Silhouette Studio.  As well as the card front, I printed off eight of the dahlia flowers, fussy cutting each one smaller and smaller then layering them on top of each other.

I only remembered to take the photo after I adhered the first flower to the card, oops.

. . . lots of photos for lots of layers . . .

   

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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for
Penny's Challenge 463
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Fred She Said Designs - digital stamp set - Dahlia Garden COL set

This set of pre-coloured flowers and leaves is an absolute delight to
work with, so many lovely shades to layer in endless combinations.

Font Bundles - sentiments - Dream Of Spring
this beautiful font is still available for FREE
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the image panels to the card bases

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Sending a big Thank You to Fred She Said Designs for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 463 on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.

    

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I am going to enter the following challenges:

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Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 – Anything Goes

Many MORE Delightful Dahlias

It's time for a new challenge with us on the

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 463

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

Fred She Said Designs

Di's Digi Stamps

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Yesterday I shared these cards using the delightful Dahlia Garden digital stamp from Fred She Said Designs, one of our generous sponsors for this challenge, to make some CAS cards coloured with Copic markers.  You can read all about them HERE or by clicking on the image below.

Today I had the opportunity to work with the delightful Dahlia Garden COL
pre-coloured digital stamp set from Fred She Said Designs and so much fun creating a set of cards.

*** WARNING ***
lots of pretty cards and lots of photos ahead

This set of pre-coloured flowers and leaves is an absolute delight to
work with, so many lovely shades to layer in endless combinations
... a total of 45 different images to work with ... WOW!
I've only used two from this floral rainbow.

I opened the images in Silhouette Studio and layered different ones together to create the image panels for a set of "Thinking of you" cards.  Font details are linked below.  Some were printed on white cardstock, trimmed and scored to make quick single layer cards 5" square and 7" x 5".  The next set of cards were made by matting the image panels and layering to make 6 1/4" square and 7" x 5" panels cards.  I matted the panels on to the same white cardstock then adhered them to card bases, the extra layer was because the "whites" were too different.

The orange flowers are the "Burnt Orange Big Dahlia",
the leaves are the "Dahlia Garden Leaf Left".

and the yellow flowers are the "Yellow Mignon Dahlia", the leaves
"Dahlia Garden Leaves Right" and the buds "Dahlia Garden Buds".

There is one lucky last card that finishes off the set.

On first look it appears CAS but the there are eight, yes EIGHT, layers on the flower.  I created a 7" x 5" card front using the "Burnt Orange Big Dahlia" and the "Dahlia Garden Leaf Left".  As well as the card front, I printed off eight of the dahlia flowers, fussy cutting each one smaller and smaller then layering them on top of each other.  I only remembered to take the photo after I adhered the first flower to the card, oops.

   

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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for
Penny's Challenge 463
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Fred She Said Designs - digital stamp set - Dahlia Garden COL set

This set of pre-coloured flowers and leaves is an absolute delight to
work with, so many lovely shades to layer in endless combinations.

Font Bundles - sentiments - Dream Of Spring
this beautiful font is still available for FREE
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the image panels to the card bases

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Sending a big Thank You to Fred She Said Designs for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 463 on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.

    

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I am going to enter the following challenges:

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As You Like It Challenge - Anything Goes
Although favourite thing is to colour, I love to sit quietly and fussy cut to make cards
Crafty Catz - Challenge #490 – Anything Goes – optional twist: Flowers
Incy Wincy Designs - 20th Jan to 1st Feb – Anything Goes
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #129 – Anything Goes

Delightful Dahlias

It's time for a new challenge with us on the

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

Penny's Challenge 463

As always, the challenge is Anything Goes.

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The sponsors for this challenge are:

Fred She Said Designs

Di's Digi Stamps

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Today I have used the Dahlia Garden digital stamp from Fred She Said Designs, one of our generous sponsors for this challenge, to make some cards.

I started by printing a bundle of the beautiful flowers and leaves in different sizes from the fabulous digital stamp set and quietly fussy cutting them before pulling out my Copic markers to colour them.

Then, circumstances suddenly changed for our family and I needed some "thinking of you" and "get well soon" cards, so I headed back to my Silhouette Studio design mat and layered a dahlia over some leaves, added a sentiment to make these cards.  I printed the card panels on X-Press It blending card, heat set, trimmed to 7" x 5", then coloured with Copic markers.  Why did I choose a single dahlia?  Well, it's because the "Thelma Maude Dinner Plate Dahlia" holds strong sentimental value for the precious family members that I'm making these cards for.  It was a tough challenge though, as these huge blooms have such dark, dark flowers and I confess, I struggled.  I tried colouring two different ways, one with the "traditional" dark centres and lighter tipped petals, the other with some lighter shading across the middle of each petal to give some curved dimension.  I kept on layering more colour and still think that I need to try them again with some underpainting and without the lightest shade ... hoping it will work out like it looks in my mind!



. . . this card ended up being 7" wide x 4 3/4" high . . .
I dropped the RV99 marker and it did not want to disappear, no matter
how much magic "0" Colourless Blender I used, so I trimmed it off

Luckily the Get Well Soon card had no mishaps and remained 7" wide x 5" high.

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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for
Penny's Challenge 463
on the
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
Fred She Said Designs - digital stamp set - Dahlia Garden

X-Press It A4 Blending Card

Copic markers - petals - RV91-95-99
let me assure you, RV99 is very dark
Copic markers - leaves - G12-14-07
Font Bundles - sentiments - Dream Of Spring
this beautiful font is still available for FREE
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the panel to the card base

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Sending a big Thank You to Fred She Said Designs for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge 463 on Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog.

    

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I am going to enter my "Thinking of you" card in the following challenges:

I might make another post to enter my "Get Well Soon" card in challenges

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A Gem Of A Challenge - Wk 2 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - January Challenge – Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge Blog - Challenge 555 – More Than A Single Word Sentiment
Brown Sugar Challenge Blog - Challenge #297 – Anything Goes
Classic Design Challenge Blog - Challenge #1 – January
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 1 – Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge Blog - Challenge 127 – Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Challenge #405 – Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #179 – Anything Goes optional add a snowflake
Digi Choosday Craft Challenge - Week 3 – Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Studios - Challenge #23 – Something New
I have used a new digital stamp and new-to-me curved petal colouring technique
Incy Wincy Designs - 20th Jan to 1st Feb – Anything Goes
Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge Blog - Challenge #6 – Anything Goes
Love To Scrap Challenge Blog - LTSCB #129 – Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Craft Challenge - Wk3 – Anything Goes
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Challenge #1 – Anything Goes
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes 21st Jan

Summer Fun at the Crafty Gals Corner

It's time for another challenge with us at the

Crafty Gals Corner

This week we are letting our creative juices flow with

Challenge #195 - Summer Fun

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are bi-weekly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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The sponsor for this challenge is:

The Paper Shelter

Prize: 3 Digital Stamps

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Today I have used the Cutest Ice Cream Cart digital stamp from The Paper Shelter, our generous sponsor this week.  This super cute image comes with a digital stamp to colour, along with a pre-coloured image and patterned paper.  Unfortunately I haven't been able to colour this week, so I was thrilled to have the pre-coloured image to work with.

Here's a sneak peek of two of my cards.

I opened the image in Silhouette Studio and sized it with plans to make a 6x6" square card and a 5x7" top folding rectangle card.  I used the pre-coloured image in PNG format, so that I could place the image over a digital cloudy background paper.  I added a digital sentiment, matching the colour to the chocolate brown of the awning on the ice cream cart.  I printed the image panels on smooth white cardstock, trimmed to size, heat set then used my Copic markers to add some shadows to ground the image.
I matted the image panels on Merlot weave cardstock and trimmed it down to 1/16" edges using my Perfect Layers Ruler.
Next came the card bases.  I cut the scalloped square and rectangular cloud panels from Carnation weave cardstock, scored the top back panel from each pair then adhered them to the front panels to make top folding cards.  It was quick and easy to finish them off by adhering the matted image panels in place.

You can see from the image above, that I have scored along the first scallop to adhere to the front panel and create my top folding cards.  It's a great way to make folded cards from different shapes.

This Cutest Ice Cream Cart image is so cute that I ended up making four cards.

PS: it was ever-so-easy to choose the perfect
cardstock colours using my Kaisercraft rainbow.

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NOW it's YOUR turn!

I hope that I have inspired you to get creative
and look forward to seeing your projects fill the gallery for

Challenge #195 - Summer Fun

at the Crafty Gals Corner

Crafty Gals Corner Challenges are bi-weekly.
Each crafter may only submit 3 projects per challenge.

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*** INGREDIENTS ***
The Paper Shelter - digital stamp - Cutest Ice Cream Cart

smooth white cardstock - letter size - to print image

Copic markers - ground shadows - W0-1-3-5
Kaisercraft - 12x12 weave cardstock - Carnation + Merlot
Silhouette Cameo

Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #204358
Baby Card Clouds - cut file - by Lori Whitlock
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #2231
Square Scallop Lg - cut file - by Silhouette
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #145682
PN Hello Gorgeous - font - by ScrapNfonts
used for the sentiments on the rectangular cards
Lily Bloom Regular - font - used for the "birthday wishes" sentiment
this font was included in a free bundle last year from The Hungry JPEG
Silhouette Design Store - Design ID #267812
You Are So Sweet - cut file - by Silhouette
used for the sentiment on the square cards
Fred She Said Designs - cloud background - Daisies & Ladybugs
scoreboard and bone folder
Perfect Layers Ruler - 1/16" border
Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers & top folds

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Sending a big Thank You to The Paper Shelter for supplying the digital stamp I used today and for being a sponsor for Challenge #195 at the Crafty Gals Corner.

    

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges:

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A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge - Challenge #95 – Anything Goes
A Perfect Time To Craft - July Challenge #7 – Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Challenge #166 – Anything Goes
optional 2 or more Designer Papers
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - July Challenge – Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday – Challenge #588 – Birthdays
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #390 – Digital Image