Welcome to Butterflys and Bows and Video Friday!

Today the video I am showing you is one done by Stampin’ Up!

“Stylish Stems Framelits Dies”

i love these dies and you can get them as a bundle from the Occasions Catalogue – Special Reason Bundle pg. 42

I will admit I’m still yet to get them but i love some of the different cards I have seen using this beautiful bundle.

 Here are some cards I found on Pinterest using the stamps and dies..

These cards are beautiful…have added links to each of the photo’s so you can find out more about the artist and the card.

Welcome to Butterflys and Bows!

What a week so far…..my eldest son is home for a weeks holiday and its wonderful to have him here!

This post was to happen yesterday so sorry it didn’t happen

The colours that have been chosen for this weeks challenge are….

I have a special little friend and on Monday he was telling me that this week he has a Birthday and will be turning a “BIG 5”.

So, this card is made for him….

With only 3 colours and two of those colours quite strong I have kept my card very simple.

The colour I chose to put with Night of Navy and Whisper White is Emerald Envy.

I used the cloud dye-cuts from the bundle to cut the clouds from the Whisper White card front and let the Night of Navy show through. The Balloon has layers underneath in Emerald Envy and Night of Navy with a hint of Wink of Stella to give it a hint of glitter.

I’m sure my little friend will love this card….

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What have I been up to ?

Wouldn’t you like to know!

I have been very busy getting ready for Stampin’ Up! “On Stage Event”.

This is where all the Stampin’ Up! Demonstrators get together at different Venues around the world to Swap ideas, get together, re-new friendships and find out what will be happening in our world of Stampin’ Up! for the following 12 months.

Its lots of full on fun!

These happen twice a year and last year was my first and I was not going to miss out on this years.

So in April in about 2 weeks time I will be getting up very early and traveling into Sydney.

So what have I been doing…….

Now I would love to show you but ……

I can’t!

But I will latter when the Event is over I will share will you what I made and what I have Swapped them for.

This is a great event and if you are interested in joining me in Stampin’ Up! Then give me a call because Next year I would love to take you with me.

Welcome again to Butterflys and Bow and to Video Friday!

Today I’d like to share with you a Video I saw last week and it looked so fun and different to anything I’d seen before. It also involved using Re-Inkers and I don’t use them very often.

It’s called”Re-Inker Rainbows” and the Video is by Kim Williams of “Stampin’ with Kjoyink”.

Kim states that this is a “Fun stamping technique using Stampin Up re-inkers and shimmery white Cardstock for a unique card background.”

Check out her Blog and YouTube Channel.

 Blog – http://www.stampinwithkjoyink.typepad.com/

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPHkB8zs77SgQ3mXgp1tSVA

I love these cards and I had to give them ago myself, I love the simplicity of them and the uniqueness of them. i just wish I had all the colours that Kim used and it wasn’t until I finished playing that I relised Kim had used 5 colours and I had only used 4…..odd numbers are always best. But I am still happy with the way mine turned out.

These were so much fun to make …simple quick and very effective…so much so I ended up making about 8 of them and if I had more colours I don’t think I would have stopped.

These would be great for a Party or Class.

So id you are interested in having a Party or Class and you would like to give these fantastic cards a go call me and book a date!

The 2 Stamp sets I used were Layering love and Suite Sentiments.

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Welcome to Butterflys and Bows.

Today I am taking part in the Global Design Project challenge and the theme is ….

“AMUSEMENT PARK”

There are so many aspects of Amusement Park……

For me its the local show, which was on last weekend.

I didn’t get to go as it rained all weekend and me and mud (clay) don’t mix. The last time I was at the show ground to go to the Circus I thought I was taking part of the entertainment and went flying through the air and fell flat on my face in the “Mud”……LOL, its funny now!

But I did hear the noise from the show….the “Fireworks”

So I decided my card is going to have a Fireworks theme…..

OK, so how am I going to achieve this look….

of bursting colour against the night sky.

So last night I spent some time on YouTube University and found some videos on Joseph’s Coat Technique. I had seen this before but hadn’t got around to giving it ago.

So went to bed late but excited about what I came up with……

There is a Tutorial with all measurements and products used along with a YouTube Video.

Which can be found above in the Tutorials and YouTube.

Hope you enjoy my Video…”Bloopers included”

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Hi and Welcome to my Butterflys and Blows Blog

How many of you was disappointed when the Holiday Catalogue finish and there were still products you wanted?

Did you know that some off the products have been carried over and can still be purchased!

I’m so excited that this products will be around for a bit longer, as there are still I want to get…

So don’t forget to go to my shop and have a look….

I will leave a link below…..

Here’s the link to my On-Line Store…MY STORE

Remember if you have any questions just give me a call

Hi! Hope you are all having a lovely day.

It has been raining here in Moss Vale Australia all week and it looks like it will be a wet weekend as well. Our local show is also on this weekend so I don’t think I will be getting down to that. Last time I went to the show ground to go to a Circus in the rain I went for a tumble falling flat on my face…not a pretty sight…LOL!

So I think I will be staying away!

Anyway what do I have coming up…next month I will be running a class on “Water colour Backgrounds” using some of the techniques I have been doing and posting about over the last few weeks.

Dates : April 21, 2017

Booking required by April 10, 2017

More information about cost and what you require for the class will be found on Events page above.

Hope that if you live in Australia (Near to Southern Highland) you are able to attend.

Have a lovely and safe weekend..

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!