Weekly Inspiration Post for The Little Paper Tree - Fluttering By

Today I'm sharing my weekly inspiration card for the online craft shop The Little Paper Tree.

Once again I've used the beautiful 'Fluttering By' stamp set from Sunshine and Bee Designs:

You can find the set here on the website.

This time I've made a spotlight card.  I randomly stamped the three butterfly stamps on a piece of white card and then die cut a circle from the top right corner.  I also die cut a slightly larger circle from black paper.

I coloured the parts of the butterflies on the circle and then attached the black paper circle over the aperture left in the stamped panel before reattaching the stamped circle matching up the image with the rest of the design.

The sentiment I used is from the Catherine Pooler Designs 'Thoughtful Phrases' stamp set which is available here.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Always Fun Challenges - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge - anything goes

Creatalicious Challenge - anything goes/no design paper

Weekly Inspiration Post for The Little Paper Tree - Fluttering By

It's my turn to share a card today on Facebook for The Little Paper Tree online craft shop.

This week I've made another card using the beautiful 'Fluttering By' stamp set from Sunshine and Bee Designs:

You can find the set here on the website.

I started by applying Distress Ink in Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold and Spiced Marmalade to an acrylic block and then spritzed it with water.  I 'stamped' the acrylic block on to a piece of white card and then let it dry.

I stamped two of the butterflies and a sentiment over the coloured block and then added the three little dots stamp to two of the corners as accents.

Finally I drew some faux stitching round the edge of the coloured block.

Here's another view of the card:

If there is anything you'd like to purchase from the shop here then you can use this code to get a 10% discount: helenpapertree 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

AAA Cards - one layer and inspired by the graphic

Less is More - borders

Avenue 613 - anything goes/blended background

Stamping Sensations - make it colourful

Little Red Wagon - sunshine

Weekly Inspiration Post for The Little Paper Tree - Fluttering By

It's Sunday and my day to share a project for The Little Paper Tree online craft shop.

This week I've used this beautiful stamp set from Sunshine and Bee Designs called Fluttering By:

You can find the set here on the website.

I made the background from two pieces of left over patterned paper cut into strips and then attached to black paper.

I stamped one of the butterflies, die cut it with a circle die and then added a sentiment.  I only wanted a narrow mat so I drew round the outside of the die I'd just used and then cut it out with scissors.

If there is anything you'd like to purchase from the shop here then you can use this code to get a 10% discount: helenpapertree 

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Pattie's Creations Designs Challenge - things that fly

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Moving Along With the Times - things with wings

Weekly Post for The Little Paper Tree

I'm back today with my second weekly post for The Little Paper Tree.

The Little Paper Tree is an online craft shop selling a wonderful range of stamps, dies, inks and more and you can find it here.

There's also a Facebook page where you can keep up to date with new products and offers here and The Little Paper Tree Tribe Facebook group here. 

For today's card I've used a very cute stamp set from Sunshine & Bee Designs:

This is 'Koala-Tea-Time' and you can find it here in the store.

I used three of the small stamps from the set to make my own background paper.  I stamped the mug and cup in black and coloured them and stamped the hearts in red.

I also made the plain backing paper by running the same blue marker round the edge of a piece of card.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

A Place to Start Challenge - create a custom background

I Love Promarkers - anything goes/three of a kind (three stamps to make the background)

Challenge Up Your Life - animals

Weekly Post for The Little Paper Tree

Today I'm sharing my first card as part of the Social Media/Blog team for The Little Paper Tree.

The Little Paper Tree is an online craft shop selling a wonderful range of stamps, dies, inks and more and you can find it here.

There's also a Facebook page where you can keep up to date with new products and offers here and The Little Paper Tree Tribe Facebook group here. 

For today's card I've used a very cute stamp set from Sunshine & Bee Designs:

This is 'Koala-Tea-Time' and you can find it here in the store.

To make my card I die cut a circle from a piece of card to make a mask.  I applied Distress Inks in Pumice Stone, Ice Spruce and Hickory Stone through the aperture using a smaller circle cut out of a sticky note as a mask for the moon.

After I removed the mask I stamped the koala bears outline (on the right of the second row of the set) and then coloured in with a black marker.

Finally I added the sentiment below the inked circle and matted it on to black paper.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Challenge Up Your Life - animals

Crafty Animals - anything goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - anything goes

Little Red Wagon - white space

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

New Cardz 4 Galz Challenge - Cute Animals

We've got a new challenge today on the Cardz 4 Galz Challenge Blog - it was my turn to choose this time and I decided on 'cute animals'.

Have a look on the challenge blog here for all the details and lots of inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

To make my card I used:

- Koala Tea Time stamp set from Sunshine and Bee Designs

- Promarkers to colour the image

- stamped sentiment from Stampin' Up

- patterned paper from Craft Creations and The Paper Studio

- other card and paper from Craft Creations

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Simon Wednesday Challenge - anything goes
Creative Moments - anything goes
Creations in Pink - anything goes

New Simply Create Too Challenge - Shaped Cards (No Squares or Rectangles)

We've got a new challenge this month on the Simply Create Too Challenge Blog and this time we want to see your shaped cards - no squares or rectangles.

Head over to the challenge blog here for all the details and lots of inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.

I'm sharing the first card I've made using a new stamp set from Sunshine and Bee Designs, the very cute Koala Tea Time which is available here.

I coloured the stamped image with Promarkers and used a tag card from Little Claire Designs with some patterned paper from Stampin' Up.  

The sentiment I've used is from Uniko Designs and I finished the card with some white sheer ribbon coloured with a Promarker to match my card.

I'd like to enter my card in the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon - tie one on

Always Fun Challenges - shades of green

Crafting Happiness Challenge - anything goes/green