Non Traditional Christmas Card

Hi Everyone,

I purchased a paper pack a while back and whilst the paper is super pretty i have been scratching my head at combinations to use on a card. Does anyone else purchase paper packs and then just stare at the different designs because you can't figure out which combinations work LOL.

As Christmas is now approaching i thought this would be a good theme to start, Pinterest is also my best friend when it comes to getting card and layout inspiration so i had a good look around. Plus lets be honest you cannot go wrong with Tartan. Hope you like what i have come up with.

For this card i used.
White & Black card stock and Black Gems from Stash
Sentiment Stamp - Kaiser Craft
Dies - Spellbinders
Gold Embossing Powder
DCWV Winter Wonderland Paper Pack
We R Memory Keepers punch board

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge

Stamps & Fun Challenge 

Get Creative Challenges

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends

Addicted to Stamps Challenge

The Corrosive Challenge

Playing with Distress Inks

I have recently discovered Distress Inks and am loving playing around with them. I was looking at Pinterest for different colour combinations and this one seemed bright and fun, seeing as i am looking in to making a few Birthday cards it seems a good choice. The stamps used i got as a free gift from Papercrafter magazine and they were a good excuse to play as i have been looking at purchasing some Lavinia stamps so it was a good excuse to play. Initially i was going to stick the blended image straight on to the white card stock but in the end mounted it on black first and think it looks much better.

Items Used

White 280gsm Card stock for base

Neenah white card stock for ink blending and image

Stamps - Free with Papercrafter magazine

Black Ink - Momento Tuxedo Black

Distress Inks - Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry & Wilted Violet

I would like to submit this card to the following Challenges:

QKR Stampede Challenge

Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Cardz TV Challenge

Creative Fingers Challenge

Scrappers Delight Challenge

Brown Sugar Challenge

The Fairy and the Unicorn Challenge

Thanks for visiting

Simple and Sparkly Christmas

I recently brought a mixed pack of silver card and was itching to make a card with them. The pack contains glitter card, pearlescent card and mirror card and i thought these would be prefect for a Christmas card. I spend ages on Pinterest trying to get ideas but this one was simple and came together by itself,  but i think it came out pretty effective.

Items used:

White card stock 280gsm for base
Glitter & Pearlescent silver card by Crafters Choice
Reindeer Die - Uniquely Creative Geometric Deer
White card 210gsm for sentiment
Sentiment Die - Kaisercraft i think
Double sided tape

I would like to enter this card in the following projects:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge

Crafters Castle Challenge

Gem of a Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Allsorts Challenge

Thanks for visiting.

Where does the time go?

I knew i had not posted for a while but i didn't realise just how long it has been. Although my company moved offices and i moved house during this time. Moving went smoothly but packing up the craft room was a challenge, i kept finding things i had forgotten i had and then wanting to make stuff but i couldn't.
All settled in but lost my mojo for a while there but just been playing around with a few things and the idea for this card formed.

This started off because i was playing around with my Distress Inks, i have had them for some time but not really had a chance to do much with them. I was playing around with different combinations and practicing blending. I loved this combo and decided i wanted to make a card with it.

Distress Ink combo - Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed and Picked Raspberry.

Its so sunny and bright, i remembered i had gotten some free tropical stamps with one of the Australian Card magazines a while back and thought they would go perfectly.

I have also recently gotten a Brother Scan N Cut and i am loving it, i am really not good at fussy cutting. I used this to cut out my stamped images and to cut the shape from my ink blending. Black card stock them just seemed to make the whole thing pop more.

Items Used:
Black Card Stock - From Stash
White Card Stock - X press it blending card
Stamped Images & Sentiment - Free with Australian Card Magazine
Brother Scan N Cut - Used to cut out stamped images and blended shape
Distress Inks - Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Picked Raspberry
Copics - G05, Y17, Y18, YR09, RV09
Adhesive - Double sided tape and foam dots

I would like to submit my card to the following challenges:

Colour Crazy Challenge
Crafting with Attitude
Creative Fingers Challenge
Crafty Creations Challenge
Crafters Castle Challenge
Digi Choosday Challenge
Lemon Shortbread Challenge
Papercraft Challenges
Through the craft room door
Crafting Happiness Challenges

Thanks for joining me
Jo

Double Z Fold Card

Hi Everyone,

I have seen so many amazing Double Z Fold cards on Pinterest and really wanted to give this a try but at first glance they looked fairly tricky to create. I looked around online and found a tutorial on The Stamp Witch Blog and it was super easy to follow and i cannot thank her enough for posting this.

I wanted a fun and different card but because this is one i plan to be sending overseas i needed to be aware of posting it and costs etc. This folds fairly flat and is 41\2 in squared so a really good size.

For this card i used:

Black Cardstock - American Crafts
Sentiment Stamp - KaiserCraft
Ink - India Ink - Black
Square Die - Uniquely Creative
Christmas Tree Die - Free in Issue 123 Australian Simply Cards Magazine
Digital Papers - Nitwits Collections - Christmas Roman
Tutorial - Stamp Witch Blog Tutorial

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Crafty Creations Challenges - Anything Goes

LeAnn's World Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters Castle Challenge - Anything Goes - Optional Winter/Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting & Commenting :)

Starting on Christmas Cards

Well i figured it was time i at least started to contemplate Christmas Cards as the year i rapidly flying past. I wanted to make something simple and classy, nothing too fancy and without any images or digital elements (as challenge for me that's for sure) and that's how this card came to be. I figured you couldn't really go wrong with black and white.

Has a little incident with my white embossing but i am going with it adds to the christmasy feel :)

For this card i used:

Black Cardstock & Gems - From my Stash

Paper - Pretty sure this is by KaiserCraft (it has been in my stash a wee while)

Adhesive - Good old double sided tape

Embossing Power - Nuvo

Bow - Made on my We R Envelope Punch Board

Versamark Ink

Stamp - Wonderland by Kaisercraft

I would like to enter my card in the following Challenges:

Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge - CAS

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Just Us Girls - Stripes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge  - Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks for visting :)

Seriously, Where does the time go

I can't believe it has been so long since i last posted, i have still been crafting on and off but nowhere near as much as i would like.

This card was well outside of my normal but i got the stamp free with a magazine (Thank you Cardmaking in Easy Steps) and this was the source of my inspiration. I actually enjoyed working outside my comfort zone and am pretty please with the outcome, although clearly fussy cutting isn't something i excel at ha ha.

For this card i used the following:

Flamingo Stamp - Free with the Tropical Delights stamp set with Cardmaking in Easy Steps Issue 25
Copic - RV32 (sorry didn't try shading)
Black Cardstock - From my Stash
Tag Die - Uniquely Creative
Digital Papers - NorthSeaStudio on Etsy - Tropical Paper Pack
Image Stamped with Momento Ink in Tuxedo Black
Stamped on X-Press It Blending Card
Enamel Dots - Whimsy Stamps
Adhesive - Mix of Dimensionals & Double sided tape

I would like to submit my card for the following challenges

Brown Sugar Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes


Thanks for visiting :)

Sassy Studio Designs - Fun Card

Good Evening everyone,

Hope you all had or are having a great weekend. Cannot believe mine is almost over already, blink and its over.

For this card i wanted to keep things a little simple but still have a fun and classy card. This digi i purchased from Sassy studio Designs instantly came to mind, she is a lot of fun. Although i must confess i am not 100% happy with my colouring on this one but i know i still need a lot of practice. Speaking of colouring with Copics i am looking into doing one of the classes at Kit and Clowder as i have read a few peoples blogs that have done one and their colouring is awesome...definitely have colouring envy :)

I decided to go with a more traditional colour scheme of Black, White and Red, i really think it is a colour combo that you simply cannot go wrong with.

I keep looking at this card and whilst i am very happy with it, i cant help thinking it just needs a little more. Because i cannot place what it needs i have left it as is as i figure it is better than trying to add more to it and ruining it entirely, does anyone else experience this?

For this card i used

Paper, Cardstock, Ribbon and gems all from Stash.

Embossing Folder - Couture Creations

Image - Sassy Studio Designs

Colouring - My trusty Copics

I would be honoured to enter my card in the following challenges:

Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes

Kraftin Kimmie - anything Goes

Stampin Royalty - Embossing

Simon Says Stamp - Special Lady/Girly

Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes

Pennys Challenge - One for the girls - Female Card

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Dots or Stripes

Crafting for all Seasons - Girly Girls

Dazzling Diva - Anything Goes

7 Kids College Fund - Anything Goes

Sugar & Betty - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Girly Themes

Thank you for taking the time to visit and i really appreciate any comments that you leave :)

Jox

Halloween Hannah Lynn - Can't decide if i am early for next Halloween or terribly late for the last one

Hi Everyone,

Well after three cards using the same patterned papers i felt it was time i changed it up. I went with a Halloween Theme this time, i actually can't remember the last time i made a Halloween card so it seemed the obvious choice.

Anyone that has been following me for a wee while will know that i utterly adore Hannah Lynn images, they are funky and a joy to colour. This is a new Hannah Lynn i had purchased and i thought i would go with the traditional Purple, Orange and Green colour scheme for my card.

For this card i used:

Image - Hannah Lynn (Purchased at Crafts & Me)

Papers & card stock - All from my stash

Flowers - Kaiser Craft

Gems, Charm and Twine from Stash

Copics - 100, G28, YR09, B14, BV08, W7, C2, E50

I would very much like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Sugar & Betty - Anything Goes

7 Kids College Funds - Anything Goes

Crafters Cafe - Use a Charm

Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Special Lady / Girly

Clear It Out - Anything Goes

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to stop and look, it is always nice reading your comments and feedback.

Have a great week end everyone

Jox

I just love these patterned papers and i wanted to use them to make as many cards as possible

Hi Everyone,

I hope Monday treated you well, at least it is now closer to the weekend than it was :)

As you may have gathered from my last two posts, i am absolutely in love with these blue and white patterned papers by Fabscraps, now i do have a scrap bits box but i know what i am like, the pile just gets bigger and i forget whats in there so they rarely get used. So i used this as motivation to try and use up as much of the patterned papers as possible. I also brought a whole load of digital images over the weekend and it just seemed rude not to use them :)

I also wanted to try something a little different with my layout so please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions, i tend to get in my comfort zone and then everything kind of becomes the same...i guess you don't know until you play around and try.

For this card i used:

Image - Saturated Canary

Patterned Papers - All by Fabscraps

Dies - Spellbinders

Pearls - From stash

Colouring - Copics (same colours as my last two posts but the addition of B21 for her beautiful eyes)

Card Stock - Bazzill

I would very much like to submit my card in the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Fancy Corners

Crafty Cardmakers - Stripes

Crafters Cafe - Lots of Layers

Creative Knockouts - Lots of Layers

Crafty Catz - Use your dies/Punches

The Paper Shelter - Make it digital

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to read my ramblings.

Have a fab week

Jox

Similar but not the same

Hi Everyone,

Told you i fell in love with those papers in my last post and as you can see i made another card using the same colour combos just slightly different from the first...nice to have my mojo back!

For my card i used to following

Imade - Sassy Studio Designs

Papers - Fab Scraps

Card Stock - Bassil

Sentiment - Simply B Stamps

Flowers - Kaisercraft

Gems from stash

Dies - Spellbinders

Colouring - Copics (Same as previous post)

I would very much like to submit my card in the following challenges:

Sami Stamps Challenge - #22 Anything Goes

Digi Galore Challenges - Anything Goes

Craft for the Craic - Birthdays - Anniversaries

Art By Miran - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Thanks for joining me and fingers crossed that i am back in terms of creativity and over my crafters block :)

Jox

Seriously where does the time go?

Hi All,

I really cannot believe how long it has been since i last posted on my blog, i guess time just has a habit of getting away from you sometimes.

I went into my local craft store and despite the fact i was going to be strict with myself in that i only needed card stock, i absolutely fell in love with the patterned papers i have used in this card. So much for being strict with myself :)

There is just something so timeless about a combination of white and blue. I also went on a bit of a spending spree on new digital stamps this weekend also and the i absolutely adore the one i have used. I think i will get a fair amount of use out of her.

For this card i used:

Image: Simply B Stamps

Papers - Fab Scraps

Die Cuts - Spellbinders

Flowers - Kaisercraft

Sentiment - Sassy Studio Designs

Ribbon, Buckle and gems were all from my stash

Colouring - Copics B39, C1, C5, C7, C9, E50, E57 + Marine Star Gelly Roll

I would very much like to submit my card in the following challenges:

Sami Stamps Challenge - #22 Anything Goes

Digi Galore Challenges - Anything Goes

Craft for the Craic - Birthdays - Anniversaries

Art By Miran - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by

Jox

Hannah Lynn Dahlia Image

Hi everyone,

I brought this designer paper pad quite some time ago, its by Papermania i think. I must confess that i brought it on a whim as it reminded me of a dinner set my Nan used to have for special occasions, that white china with the beautiful blue images. I am still not 100% sure why i brought it as the dark blue is not a colour i usually use in my cards, hence why it hasn't been used before but the patterns are gorgeous and i am glad i finally got around to using it :)

This is one of my favourite Hannah Lynn images, Dahlia is such fun to colour.

For this card i used:

White Bazzill card stock
Patterned Papers by Papermania
Hannah Lynn Dahlia image
Clear & Blue gems by Kaisercraft
White ribbon from stash
Blue Pearlesent paper from stash
Marine Star & Red Star Gelly Rolls
Copics - G05, C1, B21, B39, E13, E15, E17, E50

I would very much like to enter her in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge - Make Your Mark (Using Copic Markers)

Crafters Cafe Challenge - Add Glitter

Creative Knockouts Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting

Love Jox

 

Another creation, Another Hannah Lynn Digital image

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to enter several challenges with my next card and once i finished stressing over how to combine the different elements and came up with the following creation. It is quite cute and i actually really like how it turned out in the end.

You can tell how proud i was by just how may pictures i took and i hope you like it.

For this card i used:

Easel Box card tutorial by Joani which was super easy to follow.
Payton digital image by Hannah Lynn
Gems by Kaisercraft
Ribbon, Bubble paper and white brad from stash
White Bazzill card stock
Gelly Rolls in sky star, blue star, clear star, marine star and metallic blue
Copics - B05, B12, B14, B16, E50

I would like to enter this in the following chaellenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Splish Splash (Mermaid)

Daring Cardmakers - Another dimension (Box Easel card)

Crafty Creations - White + one other colour (White & Blue)

One Stitch at a time - Favourite Things (Hannah Lynn Image & Copics)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - B stands for...(Blue, Bubble, Brad, Box, Bling, Bow)

Thank you for visiting

Love Jox

Oriental Criss Cross Card

Hi Everyone,

Work has been really busy and i have sadly been giving myself headaches due to eye strain and figured it was best to take a break for a week or two from my crafting, wasn't easy i can tell you but work does pay my craft habit so could hardly give that a break ha ha.

Well my mum bless her has resolved my cutting issues and brought me an A3 paper cutter, I think she was surprised at how excited i was over this but it will make my life easier but have to try and figure out how to store it as it is fairly large. It is really good, i had to try it out with some scrap paper of course just to get a feel for it :) but its really good and you can purchase different shaped rotary blades etc so should keep me amused for a while :)

Well i wasn't really sure what the theme of my card was going to be, i decided on another Criss Cross because i really quite like them at the moment and of course i would get to play with my new toy. So i just rifled through my paper stash and i came across some Japanese papers i brought a while ago at one of the craft shows and i liked it so that started me off. I also brought some oriental girl stamps pretty much when i took up card making but sadly have barely used them so i picked out one of those.

I cut my card base and then i decided to border punch the one side of the triangles to give it a prettier feel and then i adhered my precut patterned paper triangles. I then stamped my image on the Copic card and coloured her in using my Copics and my gold metallic Gelly roll. I cut her into a circle using my spellbinders die. I adhered white ribbon across the front and then adhered my image. I made a bow using the same ribbon and adhered to the card and attached a black and white button. I then adhered some small white ribbon roses.

I wanted the insert to bit a little more fancy so cut out two labels from white card and pearlescent gold paper and adhered them together i then cut out some butterflies using a punch from the patterned paper and adhered them to the white card.

Here's my card

My fancy insert :)

For this card i used...

Japanese Paper

Oriental Stamped Girl

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Black card stock, white card stock and pearlescent gold paper from stash

Martha Stewart border punch and butterfly punch

Spellbinders and X-Cut dies

Gold Metallic Gelly Roll

White Ribbon

Black and White button

Copics 0, C1, C5, C7, C9, B37, E000

White ribbon roses

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

The Paper Shelter

Divas By Design

Challenges 4 Everybody

Love To Create

Thanks for visiting and have a great start to the new week

Jox

My first ever Criss Cross Card

Hi everyone,

Hope your week isn't going too badly so far, almost half way through now.

Well this card is a rarity for me for a few reasons, firstly it is my first attempt at a Criss Cross card, there was not a single Copic used...it just feels wrong LOL and not a digital element, stamp or paper in sight and i have used traditional Valentines colours and image. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out and i hope you like it.

I made up my card using the papers from my collection and decided that i would make the band removable, plus this way you can reposition the image so if you want to make the message on the removable panel secret you can do or you can move the image down slightly so you can see the top. I took pictures of all three pieces so you could see in a little more detail.

The completed card assembled

Just the band (don't you love my mini bucket in the background)

The insert with the gem detail i added.

For this card i used...

Black card from my stash

Papers & Image Country Companions by Do Crafts

Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies

White and Red ribbon from Stash

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Adhesive red and Heart shaped gems

White card from stash

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Divas By Design

The Paper Shelter

Charisma Cardz

Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for visiting

Jox

Help Needed!

Hi everyone,

well i really think i need to stay away from the Crafts and Me website...i will just have a look i thought...three new digital stamps later ha ha. The one i have used on my card below is Butterflies of Hope by Hannah Lynn and i just adore her. I really couldn't wait to print her out and colour.

I need your advice though...i seem to be getting worse at my hair colouring and not better...it maybe that i am over blending or not flicking enough but i really don't know and if any of you wonderful people have any advice i would really love to hear it. I think maybe i am over thinking the whole thing or maybe laying down too much ink to start i just don't know....

I wanted to keep this one mainly pretty simple but with a real "pop" of colour and i really like the end result.

I used...

Hannah Lynn Digital Image

Papers & Card Stock from my rapidly depleting stash

Flowers and Gems were from my Stash 

Gelly Roll Clear Star

Copics YG09, B05, RV06, Y08, E50, C9, C7, C5, V17, R46

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Creative Inspiration

The Paper Shelter

Thanks for joining me

Jox

Dilema

Hi everyone from very muggy and sticky Queensland, think i would trade with one of you in the UK right now...ahhh snow!

Well i have had quite a productive few days card wise for my challenges but now have more cards than i can enter...oops. So i have had to make a decision which quite honestly is not one of my strong points. The first card i will show you today i chose because it is a little bit outside of my normal style and i really like the way it turned out, girly but not pink and frilly.

I decided i wanted to limit the amount of colour on my card so there is only a little but i think it draws your attention to the gorgeous image more.

I started this one of backwards to how i create my other cards, i coloured my image first and just picked the colours of Copics i liked and used them. I then decided to make the rest of the card the same colour. I took my standard white pearlescent card black. I cut a square 12cm x 12cm from the same card stock and embossed it. I then adhered this onto another piece of the same card stock and trimmed a border. I wanted to put some ribbon on and decided to go with the red i had in my stash and i adhered this to the smaller trimmed cards. I attached this to the base card using foam tape to give it a lift. I then cut my image out using Spellbinders dies, i cut one slightly larger using the original card stock and mounted both to the card. I made a red bow which i then adhered to the card using glossy accents. I also added some small red gems. Its hard to tell from the image but i did some highlights on the flowers and bees using my clear star Gelly roll to add a little sparkle and put some Glossy Accents on the bees to make them nice and glossy.

I used...

Pearlescent White Card stock from Kmart

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Spellbinders Dies

Digital Image from Cuddly Buddy

Ribbon - Stash

Gems - Stash

Copics V05, RV04, V17, YG09, YG17, G05, C2, Y13, E37, E41, R81, B16, YG05 AND R37

Glossy Accents

Clear Star Gelly Roll

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges;

Divas By Design

Creative Inspirations

Thanks for taking the time to view 

Jox

Forever Friends Girly Card

I trust everyone had a good week, mine was pretty busy at work and definitely happy its not the week end!

I am entering the card in several challenges and would be interested to have your feedback. Girly is not really my strong point, think i have a tendency to be too much of a tomboy some ha ha. But i really enjoyed making this one and it is certainly a lot busier than my normal cards but it has all come together pretty well i think?

Well i worked around the topper this time, whereas i normally work the other way around. The image and papers are all from the same paper pack. I used a pearlescent white card blank to start. I then cut my striped paper to the size i wanted it and mounted on to slightly darker brown paper. I then cut a smaller square of flowered paper and mounted this on the same brown paper, but i made the border on this one a lot narrower. I took some more pearlescent card stock and trimmed it down to a strip to go over the from. I then punched the design along the bottom. I Cut a strip of dotty paper and adhered this to the card strip. I am shocking at trying to stick paper down straight so much confess i had to trim along the top a little to make sure it aligned. I then wrapped a white ribbon and stuck this to the back. I then adhered the strip to the card after much playing around with positioning. I cut out the image, mounted on to white card stock and them mounted again on the same brown paper. I adhered this to the card using double sided foam tape so give it a bit more lift and so it didn't look flat against the embellishments i wanted to ad. I then cut out a flourish using a die and my big shot, this was cut from the same white card stock. I really wanted to use my Marianne rose dies because i love them and decided i would make three roses out of the offcuts of the different papers and i actually really like the contrast it gives. I punched a butterfly using my trusty Martha Stewart butterfly punch and adhered to the card and then added my beloved gems. I added some stickles to the inside of the roses to give them a little more pizazz. Hope you like my efforts

I used...

Forever Friends image and papers by Do Crafts

White pearlescent card stock from Kmart

Flourishes Die

Martha Stewart Butterfly punch

Martha Stewart border punch

Gems from Kaiser craft

Marianne Rose Die

Glossy Accents

Stickles

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Divas By Design

Allsorts Challenge

Creative Inspirations

Have a great weekend and as always thanks for joining me

Jox

Simon Says Stamp Challenge entry

Hope you are all having a great week so far, not long until the weekend now.

The Challenge at Simon Says is for black and white with a splash of colour. I had a few ideas and must confess a couple did not go according to plan, i think i tried to force the ideas and that just doesn't work. Well amazingly i had the idea for this one on the bus coming home from work and i am actually really happy with the result.

I started off using a black pearlescent card blank (from Kmart) and then took a white pearlescent card blank (from Kmart) and cut to 12.5cm x 12.5cm and then embossed it using a cuttlebug folder i have and my beloved Bigshot. I then took some hot pink pearlescent paper (from my newsagent) which i mounted the embossed card panel onto, i trimmed a small border around so make it jump from the black card stock. I then cut out some mini butterflies using my Martha Stewart punch and arranged them on the embossed panel,  There are actually 2 black, 2 pink and 2 white but the white do not show up very well in the photo. I adhered them using Glossy Accents and added small clear Kaiser Craft Gems. Hope you like it!

Simon Says Stamp Challenge