Pink and Tan Butterflies

Thank you for all the lovely comments I received about 'Orange Flowers'. Due to the public holiday yesterday, I was able to complete another card for different challenges. This is my first entry in the My Mind's Eye sketch challenge. I love the MME papers and I've started to collect a few now. The sketch is below and I decided to combine it with my second entry in the CR84FN challenge - love the pink/tan/cream combination. This week's Simon Says Stamp challenge is 'Anything Goes', just perfect to add this card as well!

All the papers were from the MME A Happy Heart collection, the stamp is from MME. Thanks for dropping by. I may not have time to make another one before the weekend as we are gearing up for a weekend trip, will be posting again next week (some more lovely colours and sketch challenges have caught my eye!).

Challenges:

MME April Sketch

CR84FN52 - Pink/Tan/Cream

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Via Vellum Kraft

Papers - MME A Happy Heart

Stamp - MME Fiddlesticks "Story" Stamps

Die - MFT Butterflies

Inks - Distress Tea Dye, HA Bubblegum

Others - Hero Arts Hues Dots, White gel pen, Kaisercraft gem

Hero Arts April Sketches

Here are my two cards made from this month's Hero Arts sketch contest. I only attempted two of the sketches and will try the third one later this month. The first card does not have a sentiment as I wanted to use the butterfly to sit within the scalloped circle. 

The second card is for a friend who just had a baby girl and I wanted to use my new HA stamp (Four Flowers) recently purchased from the Paperific Expo. I originally embossed the vellum on white patterned vellum and was not happy with how it sits on the card. So I dug out some pink patterned vellum which has been in my stash for I don't know how long. I'm glad I'm finally able to use it and was happy with the end result! I have recently found some transparent mounting tape at Officeworks, which was perfect for the flower in this card.

Both cards will be entered (at the last hour) to A Blog Named Hero's first challenge - play favourites , Simon Says Stamp - Use Your Favourite Tool (My Big Shot) and this month's Hero Arts April  challenges.

Thanks for dropping by.

Easter weekend cards

Ah, so nice to have a nice long weekend at Easter. Even though we had a pretty busy weekend catching up with family and friends, I managed to squeeze in some time to make some cards. I came across a very interesting blog page about Runway inspired cards and was keen to participate in the current challenge.
I used a white card as a background and a cream coloured card as a mat (although my photo may not show up the colours correctly). The paper is from Kaisercraft Sweet Nothings and it is so pretty I wanted to show off as much as I could without detracting from it. A vellum butterfly embossed in white and a sheer white ribbon with roses finished off the card nicely. There was no room for a sentiment as I can use this for a birthday or wedding card. I am also entering this card into 'A Blog Named Hero' first challenge using my favouring HA butterfly stamp from Antique Flowers and Butterflies set. Voila!

The inspiration for the card comes from this runway photo:

The second card I had time to make today was inspired by Sweet Sunday Sketch 156:

I used Bo Bunny Gabrielle collection to piece together this card. I also used another one of my favourite HA dogwood stamp, a card I made with this stamp has been submitted for publishing in the Australian Cardmaking, Stamping and Papercraft magazine. I also used my new Martha Stewart acquisition from the Paperific Expo in both cards and topped off with some gems from Hero Hues. This card will be submitted in A Blog Name Hero - favourite HA stamp challenge and the Sweet Sunday Sketch 156 challenge. Again, I did not add a sentiment as the whole card seems too busy for one. This will be added inside the card. I am also entering both cards into the Simon Says Stamp - My Favourite Tool challenge, which is of course the good old Sizzix Big Shot, used for both cards.