Welcome to Butterflys and Bows!

This weeks Global Design Projects Challenge is a colour challenge and we have a free choice an a 4th colour.The 4th colour I have chosen to use is Calypso Coral.

The other day in the post I received my order from Stampin’ Up! and at last I have the “Lift Me Up Bundle”

What a gorgeous Stamp set and Thinlit Dies…the detail in this set is beautiful.

This this card I wanted a sky background and wanted to create it with a water colour wash. So I created a background using a “Smooching Technique”.

Using a piece of window sheet bigger than my card front I added colour with the Stampin’ Write markers. Then spritzed with water until the colour and water was beading. In the past I have only used Water Colour Paper for this but as the Shimmery White Card stock also good with water colouring I wanted to give it ago. So quickly flipping over the window sheet and pressed it to the card stock pressing the colour around until I have the effect I wanted. Carefully pealing of the window sheet I was left with a beautiful soft tone background. With this technique each time you do it you will get different effects. But I was very pleased with what I had achieved.

Even though I had achieved the look I wanted I decided to add a bit more texture to my background and the way I did this was to add some clouds. This was done by using the larger Cloud Thinlit I made a stencil and in Whisper White Craft ink I lightly sponged in a few clouds, I then went over some of them with again with Bermuda Bay on the sponge but only around the edges and only lightly.

Two smaller balloons were stamped onto the card but stamped off so the ink wasn’t in full strength, so that they look like they are in the distance.

The card front is mounted on two thin matts in Bermuda Bay and Peakaboo Peach with the card base in Early Espresso. Inside the a Whisper White insert has a Balloon stamped onto the right hand corner.

Hope you have enjoyed my card…Please leave a comment as I would love to hear your thoughts.

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What do you find relaxing?

There are many crafts or activities we do to relax. For some of us its working in the gardening, or doing some embroidery, or even reading a book on the beach.

One article I have read says ….

The Huffington Post says….

“Coloring is an activity that we tend to associate with children. As we grow older, we put aside our crayons and colored pencils in favor of more respectable writing utensils like pens and highlighters. However, it turns out coloring can be beneficial for adults — namely for its de-stressing power.The practice generates wellness, quietness and also stimulates brain areas related to motor skills, the senses and creativity.”

So where am I heading with all of this…

Well this week has been a little bit stressful for me, with having an extra person in the house and trying to keep up with all the other activities I do. So today when I got home from Bible Study today ,the house was very quite. As my son had already left to return to Canberra.

So I decided to pull out the “In Side the Lines Designer Series Paper” from the Sale-A-Bration Catalogue and the Watercolour Pencils from the Occasions Catalogue.

This is the pattern Paper I decided to use..I hadn’t had a chance to use it as yet. There are 4 designs to choose from and this is just a quarter of a sheet.

So I spent a quite afternoon relaxing and colouring in…..its amazing how good you feel afterwards.

So then I made it into a card using sentiments from Flourishing Phases and Sealed with Love stamp sets.

I kept with the bright colour theme by using Basic Black (great for making colours “POP”. Mellon Mambo and Bermuda Bay. On the inside adding a small strip of the coloured paper to a Whisper White insert.

Did you know that if you spend $90 then you could also get the wonderful Designer Series Paper “FREE” and start distressing!

To find out how contact me NOW!

Found these beautiful cards on Pinterest…Do you ever go and check out what others are doing?

Its great for Ideas…just make sure if you copy a card or CASE then give credit to the designer.

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/213921051030910016/

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/73746512628861516/

https://au.pinterest.com/pin/66005950769682376/

What do you think of this….loving these the more I see them….

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Other Highlights….heard yesterday my No: 2 son will be home for a week from this weekend….he’s in the Navy and is attending ADFA- Australian Defense Force Academy. Haven’t seen him for about a month, so that will be exciting. This photo was taken last year…shhh! don’t tell him I put this up. he hates it when I do…LOL!

Have been back at the pool….swimming lots of laps….trying to get fit.

At the pool this morning…its a great indoor pool.

Have tearing my hair out this week decided to chase up some family tree branches…oh what fun…NOT!

But is it interesting….Yes

Am I addicted….YES!

I did these pages many years ago and the lady on the left is my Great Grandmother Catherine Jane Eade…I have spent days looking for details on her parents and grandparents.

Two things hinder this search…

1. Were looking into mid to late 1800’s…that’s a long time ago…
2. Here heritage is Australian Aborigine (so I have been told…by Great Aunts from my Grandmothers Family who knew her) and information is sketchy.

Anyway hope to talk to some of my mothers cousins over coming months to see what they can tell me.

Well that’s it for this weeks highlights…jump onto Pinterest you may find some interesting stuff. Check out my page while your there.

Who loves great fun cards with movement….great for kids…well great for anyone really!

Here’s a video by Stampin’ Up! showing you how easy it is to make one of these fantastic cards

Remember all the components of these cards came be purchased through me HERE

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Have decided to have a “Weekly Highlights” once a week.

Sometimes I may have lots to share sometimes not much. These Highlights may be from Stampin’ Up!

or from my own life.

So here goes, I hope you enjoy!

This week……

Last night I was wonderfully surprised to find that I was in the Top 5 in the Colour INKspiration Challenge I did last week.

On Monday I also received 5 beautiful cards from a card swap I was involved in.

Stampin’ Up! will be releasing 3 new item s for Sale-A-Bration for you to earn. These products will be available from the 21st February until the 31st March. What do you have to do to receive these…

spend $90 or more and choose 1 Free item from Sale-A-Bration.

This week I have also decided to go back to the pool and start swimming again.

Not the nicest photo of me…but here I am, about to get in the pool.

Also last week I did another You Tube video Watercolour Wings- stamping on candles…so check out my You Tube Channel by going to the Tab above

Hope you have enjoyed my Highlights

Keep Stampin’

Sorry…folks but this week I have been oh so SLACK!

But this is what I have been doing…..

The other day I was offered the chance to have a one off Market stall at Moss Vale Night Time Markets on the Saturday 28th January. I spent an hour or two thinking about it and decide OK lets to do…the problem being that’s this weekend less than a week to organise. Well with my skates on…I’m off..

Make a list….I’m not a list maker…..post-it notes every where.

Business Cards – Give away Done

Gazebo, Table, Chair – Organised for me

Cards…packaged, Priced – Done

Yesterday finished off the January Birthday Cards and they have been sent…forgot to photograph…Blast!

Do you want a card for your Birthday…contact me with your Birth Date and address and I’ll send you one.

But heres some happy mail I did receive from a Stampin’ Up! friend Alisa Tilsner, isn’t it a beautiful card I’m feeling so lucky.

Did I mention that my son is in Cambodia with the school and having a great time.

He’s been visiting different place learning about there life and customs. They have a sister school which for years the students have been visiting and raising money for them. yesterday they went there and taught the children for a day…they taught them about Australia – where we are and our animals. And played soccer against a couple of school teams, apparently the Cambodian kids practice all year looking forward to there visit……Cambodia WON!

Trust my son to play with glasses on!!

Anyway he gets back same day as the markets….good thing that’s AM and markets PM…..hope plane isn’t delayed.

So please forgive me for not posting …

see you on the other side of this week!

February’s Class is going to based on these Dyes and Stamp set.

If your interested in this class, check out my class dates in the Events Tab above and give me a call and book your spot.

This is going to be so much fun, I can’t wait. So in the meantime have a look at this video by Stampin’ Up!