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Good morning everyone!

Today starts a new challenge at Cardz 4 Galz and this time we would like to see BUTTERFLIES on your creations!

I decided to make a couple of cards and they feature butterflies from Hero Arts and a die cut sentiment from Spellbinders. I used distress inks to watercolor the butterflies and the backgrounds were created with embossing folders and the same colors of distress ink. 

For this card- I applied Twisted Citron DI randomly to one side of Darice Multi-sized dots folder, misted it with water, put a piece of Canson Mix Media paper in the folder, closed it and pressed down on the folder to transfer the ink... you could also run it through your die cut machine. Once dry, I stamped the corners with Peacock Feathers & a mesh stamp from Darkroom Door...

and on this card- I applied Brushed Corduroy & Walnut Stain ink to a Darice Brick Wall folder and then followed the same steps as I did on the card above.   

I love the way these backgrounds turned out especially the brick wall one! AND the distress ink & embossing folder technique was so easy to do... I can't wait to try other embossing folders! :)

Well, that's all for now... thanks so much for stopping by and don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog to see the gorgeous creations by the other team members!
Tammy x

Challenges I would like to enter:
4 Crafty Chicks- Stamping-No Digi's
A2Z Scrapbooking- anything Goes
CAS Watercolour- Butterfly
Classic DT Open Challenge- Always Anything Goes
Country View Crafts- July: Things with Wings
Crafting By Designs- Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers- Watercolour Optional twist- blue
Through the Purple Haze- Spots and/or Stripes (first card)

OWH World Card Making Day Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!  Welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home World Cardmaking Day Blog Hop!  I'm excited to participate this weekend because I love to support this wonderful organization!  OWH sends blank cards to US servicemen and women to write in and send back home to their loved ones. All the information & guidelines for making cards for OWH can be found on their main blog!

The theme for today's hop is Christmas/Holiday cards based on a sketch.  I have two cards to show you! On my first card I used OWH Sketch #132 and Bugaboo Stamps 
Snowman Broom image.   

On my second card I used OWH Sketch #98 and another image from Bugaboo Stamps called  Eggbert Winter.

Both of these adorable images were colored with Copics.  The sentiments are from Hero Arts and the papers are from Echo Park the Season's Greetings collection.  On each card I covered a clear button with the matching designer paper to create a custom button... in an older post I have a quick and easy tutorial for you to follow, if you're interested! :)  You can find it here! 

Well, that's it... I'm trying to keep it short because I know you have a lot of blogs to visit. Click on the banner above to continue to hop!   
Thanks so much for stopping by today and enjoy the rest of your hop!  

Baby Wipe Flowers

Good Morning everyone and Happy Friday! It's Alphabet Challenge time and today's

letter is... R for Recycle or Repurpose!  For my project I made a gift bag & mini card and this all happened by accident!  Love when that happens!!

Anyway, after dying a bunch of seam binding I cleaned my craft mat with some baby wipes and then tossed the wipes in the trash.  The next day I saw one of the wipe sitting there and thought it looked like tie dye... so I pulled it out of the trash! :)  I ironed out all of the wrinkles and then cut different sizes of circles to create these fun flowers.  I had to move the die cuts around a bit because some of the wipe was too thin to cut through... but over all, it was just like working with felt!  

Here's a picture of the final project...   

 

and here's a close up!  You can really see the different fall looking colors in the flowers and seam binding! 

  

Now it's your turn to recycle or repurpose something! You can make any handmade craft item you like! For more inspiration don't forget to stop by the challenge blog and take a look at the DT wonderful projects! 
That's it for now, but I will be back tomorrow with two more post!  Busy, busy weekend!   Thanks so much for stopping by!

Challenges I would like to enter:
Crafty Boots- Three of something (3flowers, 3bows & 3buttons)
Crafty Creations- Fall colors
Delicious Doodles- Flowers
Divas by Design- Texture
Do You Stack Up- Warm colors
Little Red Wagon- Buttons
Make it Monday- always Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash- C13 Go Green (Color or Recycle) Stash-gift bag & buttons
Stamp n Doodle- Use something recycled
The Crazy Challenge- Handmade Flowers
Tuesday Alchemy- Anything But A Card Or Tag!
Unstampabelles- Recycling or Repurposing (no stamps allowed) 

Supplies: Hug Snug seam binding, craft mat, baby wipes, Jacuard Textile paint for dying (Goldenrod, Russet & Scarlet Red), small spray bottle with water, QuicKutz Nesting Circles, Sizzix Rick-Rack die, Papaya Puree cardstock and the Kraft gift bag & buttons are from my stash.

Punched Circle Flower

Good morning all! It's tutorial Wednesday at Bugaboo!! Every Wednesday one of the DT members create a tutorial and this week it's my turn! Today I am going to show you how to make a paper flower from a circle punch and double sided paper.

Supplies Needed: circle punch- I used a 1", double sided paper, adhesive & a button
Punch eight circles. For seven of the circles, fold in adjacent segments, creating a V shape.

  

   Fold the last circle in half, then fold it in half 

 again for quartered folds. Open and lay flat.

Adhere the folded circles to the center of the quartered circle, using the folds as guides. Finish with a button in the center.

Attach to your project!

That's it! I hope you have enjoyed my very quick and easy tutorial! ...give it a try sometime! Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

Challenges:Cheerful Stamp Pad- Going around in CirclesCraft Your Passion - Anything goesCreative Craft World- Anything BUT BirthdayCupcake Inspirations- photo inspiration (green & purple colors)Inspire Me Fridays- Anything goesOoh La La Creations- CirclesPapertake Weekly-Anything goesScrap-Creations-buttons or bow or bothSparkles Forum- one for the girls

Stamp: Some Support other supplies: Copics, Oval nesties, Sizzix rick-rack die, 1/2" circle Punch, gems & ribbon

Custom Button...

Good morning all! It's tutorial Wednesday at Bugaboo!! Every Wednesday one of the DT members create a tutorial and this week it's my turn! I love buttons...they are my favorite embellishment to add to projects!! So today I have decided to show you how to create a Custom Button...like on this fun St. Patty's day card!

Supplies needed: clear buttons, designer paper, Glossy accents, scissors, paper piercer and a nail file.
 
Steps: apply a small amount of Glossy accents to a clear button, lay the button on the dp and move it around a bit to make sure the button is completely covered with Glossy accents. If the paper starts to curl-weigh down the button with something...like a small acrylic block let the button dry completely.
Paper pierce through each of the button holes and cut the paper around the button as close as possible...and if you want the button to be extra smooth sand the edges down with a file

Now the button is ready to add to your project!
That's it! I hope you have enjoyed my very quick and easy tutorial! ...give it a try sometime! Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful day!

I would like to add my St. Patty's Day card to the following challenges:
Allsorts-Luck he Irish
Crafty Catz-yellow & green
Creative Card Crew-Green
Fairy Fun Fridays-It's my party/party theme
For Fun-a bit of the green
If The Shoe Fits-St. Patrick's Day
Scrappy Frogs-Good Luck
Sentimental Sundays-Let's go green!
Sisterhood of Crafters - St Patrick's Day
Stamp: Bugaboo Ruby March Other supplies: Copics, sewing machine,corner punch, CB Argyle ef and CB flower die

Pretty in Pink

Good morning! I'm so excited...I was asked to help out with some of the Challenges over at OWH Stars and Stamps and this is my first time to host!! So... for my first challenge I chose Paper Piecing! I love this technique! It is such a great way to add color and pattern to your stamped images! If you are not sure how to do Paper Piecing you can see my tutorial here! On my first card I used a Stampavie-Leere Aldrich stamp. It's such a great image for Paper Piecing!

On my second card I used Laura's Sketch from 2S4Y...and the Challenge this week over at Cupcake Craft-is Flower Power. Both cards work for that challenge! This cute little Kitty image is from Pink Cat Studio. I Paper Pieced her sweater...
So, go stamp your images, cut up your papers and have some fun! Make sure you link your Paper Piecing projects here!
Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!