Butterfly Birthday

I made this clean and simple, one layer card for my daughter's lovely friend, Sophie. We've got a punch that punches out these butterflies, but it's just not quite accurate enough for me and I also didn't want to cut off the antennae. Can you see the two faint score lines above and below the butterflies with my Simply Scored Scoring tool?  I have cased this card from Jill Franchett who is a demonstrator in the States.   


I hope you had a wonderful 17th birthday Sophie, celebrating with friends and family. 

Stamp Set: Flight of the Butterfly, Happy Moments (retired)
Card Stock: Whisper White
Ink: Melon Mambo, Lime Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Basic Diamantes, Dimensionals
Tools: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Simply Scored and Stylus. 


We had another gorgeous day, here in Auckland today. The nights are very chilly but it's all worth it, when we're rewarded with beautiful weather the next day. I hope you're able to make the most of the day while the sun shines. 

Happy Birthday Baby!

My baby girl celebrated her 15th birthday on Wednesday which is unbelievable!  Where did that time go?  It only seemed like yesterday that she was born...{sigh}.

Bridgette is sporty and outgoing but she still loves all things girly including make up, jewellery and clothes. I was really stuck on what to make her until I came across this beautiful card from Teneale Williams. Teneale has a clean and elegant style which I love. I would have liked to have added a bit of vintage but with time restrictions, I ended up keeping it exactly the same. Why change something so gorgeous?  Bridgette loved her card - so, mission accomplished.

And, here's the inside...

Stamp Set: Butterfly Prints, Flight of the Butterfly, Upsy Daisy
Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink
Accessories: Whisper White Organza Ribbon, Fine Supernova Pink Glitter, Basic Pearls, Sticky Strip, Extra Large Butterfly Punch, Corner Punch, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Circles #2 Originals Die, Dimensionals.

TGIF and the school holidays :)

Another cute Make n' Take

As I mentioned the other day, I was at the Craft out West over the weekend. It was a huge success and there were lots of lovely stalls including our very own Stampin' Up! one. I worked the Saturday with Karen who is my wonderful upline and this is one of the cute cards people could make with Karen for FREE, if they visited us. I love these bright, coordinating colours. 

Stamp Set: Short and Sweet, Flight of the Butterfly
Ink: Ruby Red
Cardstock: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Pretty in Pink
Designer Paper: Raspberry Tart
Accessories: White Gel Pen, Scallop Circle Punch, 3 3/8" Circle Punch, 3
1/4" Circle Punch

Happy 14th Birthday Bridgette..

It was my youngest daughter's birthday on Tuesday and this is the card I made her. She loves butterflies and I love easel cards, so it didn't take me long to decide what to come up with.  It's not obvious in the photo, but the large butterfly has been double stamped with vellum and is attached with a rhinestone brad. There is also glitter on all the small butterflies, so it's very feminine and pretty.

 

Flight of the Butterfly

This was the class I held on Saturday which was well attended by my lovely ladies. They all did a fabulous job of making a criss cross box with the Bella Bleu designer series paper and four coordinating 10cm x 10cm cards. One of the ladies thought the design was very Laura Ashley and I'd have to agree. I bought the class instructions from Jenny Moors who is a very talented Stampin' Up! demonstrator from the UK.  I altered the cards a bit and think the end result is very feminine and pretty.

 

Springy Thing..

We had a lovely group of ladies join us yesterday for our second WOW PaperKRafters event in West Harbour. It was a very humid and sticky day but everyone lasted the distance and completed the four projects. I taught the Springy Thing (couldn't come up with a better name for it) and although it looked a bit daunting, everyone finished it within the time frame and did an awesome job. Well done ladies!! I can't remember how I came across the instructions to make it so unfortunately I can't give credit to the designer. I've made quite a few over the years embellishing it for different occasions. Here's a photo of what we made yesterday when it is closed.

And, here's what it looks like when you pull the opposite corners and open it up. It could be used for invitations or an occasion of your choice by changing the embellishments. The bone folder got a work out when making the nice crisp folds.... If you would like the instructions on how to make this, feel free to email ME 

Another weekend is nearly over with.  Have a great week everyone.

Stamp set: Butterfly Prints, Priceless, Flight of the Butterfly
Ink: Mellow Moss
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Mellow Moss
Other: Clear rhinestone brads, dazzling diamonds glitter, dimensionals, butterfly punch, scallop square punch

Birthday Season is upon me!!

I'm in the middle of the birthday season at the moment. Between 15 October and 10 November I have 14 people either in my family or close friends to make cards for. Then, I have a bit of a break (a week) for another friend, then my oldest daughter Nicole turns sweet 16th birthday on 17th December. She shares her day with my SIL Lyn in Australia.

This is one of the cards I cased from the very talented Michelle Cave from Hastings. She had made hers using Urban Garden which looked stunning, but I've used Raspberry Tart DSP. Flight of the Butterfly stamp set sells for $63.95 for 10 stamps ~ 4 message stamps and 6 cute images which use the two step stamping method or can be stamped alone as done here.