Playing with butterflies...

Hi there,

I made another piece of wall art... this time using the gorgeous colour combo from the Play Date Cafe...

I found some Bo Bunny papers in my stash that fit these colours really nicely...

The papers took centre stage here, providing the background, the butterflies and the paper that I stamped the scripture (from Papertrey) on. I diecut a floral oval (Spellbinders) from Island Indigo card and layered on a frame from Twisted Metal Tags in Groovy Guava card. A couple of pearls on the frame and some Stickles on the butterflies finished things off.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Mojo Journal...

Hiya,

I combined this week's Mojo Monday sketch with the pretty Colour Throwdown combo...

I wanted to make an altered journal with a notebook I picked up recently so I pulled out some papers from Webster's Pages that were perfect for the colours...

I used a butterfly stamp from Verve, paper pieced with the same dsp. The sentiment stamp is also from Verve - thought it would be great for a thanksgiving or prayer journal...

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Everything Beautiful...

Hiya,

I needed to make another piece of wall art last week so I combined the CR84FN colour challenge with the Viva la Verve sketch from the first week of June...

I used a scripture stamp from Verve together with some retired SU dsp to come up with this:

I used my favourite die at the moment - the frame from Twisted Metals Tags (Spellbinders) - a birthday pressie from my hubby! The papers really did most of the work on this one - just added some buttons and ribbon to finish.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Make it a Notebook....

Hi there,

When I saw this week's Make it Monday challenge I knew I had to play along - I love sketches so this was perfect for me! I chose this sketch to work with:

I wanted to make a little altered notebook and when I saw the panels on the lower half of the sketch I thought I'd try some paper pleating...

The 'notes' stamp is from Take Note and I added a die-cut flower (Bloom Builders 3) and a butterfly from Butterfly Dreams coloured with copics. A little bit of ribbon and a button finished things off.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Waltzingmouse Wedding..

Hi there,

Being on half-term break I've had the chance to play along with a few more of my favourite challenges and one of them is definitely the Waltzingmouse sketch. This week is extra special as it's challenge #100!

I decided to make a wedding card as I never seem to have enough of them in my stash. I struggled to photograph it properly though as there is a lot of silver included...

It looks better IRL! I embossed the Labels 18 shape with silver EP, stamping the greeting (from WMS Fancy Labels set) in the centre with black ink. I added a die-cut shape from Spellbinders' Twisted Metal tags (am loving this shape right now!!) behind the Labels 18 shape. The papers are from Kaisercraft, along with the pearls. I finished things off with some grey satin ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x

Fresh Wall Art...

Hiya,

Sorry - long time, no post on this little old blog eh? I've been pretty busy over the last few weeks and other commitments have taken priority but I'm now on half-term so have lots of time to play... yay! I wanted to make some little wall hangings for my church bookshop so I used a couple of challenges to get me started - the Play Date colours and Freshly Made sketch...

  

Now I will admit before I show you my creation that I kinda missed the point on the whole 'clean' idea of the FMS challenge... I got a bit carried away and forgot the point of the challenge I was working on...! Sorry FMS gals! But it doesn't have tearing or distressing (does that still count?) lol!

I make these pieces of wall art using a piece of hard board that comes in a pack of 6 (supposed to be used as an album) - they are only slightly larger than a standard card so really easy to decorate. I used some Lost & Found papers from MME that matched the colour scheme nicely and a new Spellbinders die I recently got for my birthday (Floral Ovals). The sentiment is from a Layers of Colour stamp set I got a while ago (designed by Nina Brackett). I added lace, So Saffron ribbon, a die-cut flower & button with a couple of punched leaves and some pearls.

Here's a close up of the central panel:

Thanks for stopping by!

x Amy x