Butterfly catching

Afternoon Folks!

Hope everyone is well! I've been trying to get back into the swing of card making after spending quite a lot of the summer away from my crafty stash!! I've caught up with my DT commitments which I can't show you yet, but today I've made a quick card which I can share:

I've been rooting through my old stash again and decided this topper from LOTV would look fun teamed up with my new memory box butterflies - love making these: 

I used this sketch from Sketch N stash as my inspiration although I did move the butterfly on the RHS up a bit as it looked wrong on the ground!!

The backing paper is an antique piece from Daisy D's and the sentiment is from Craftwork cards! I'm trying hard not to crumble and buy more papers before Christmas ..... wish me luck!!

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:

Lili's little fairies - No flowers

Cute card Thursday - Wings

Delightful challenges - Make the cut

Dutch dare - Birthday Wishes

Aud Sentiments - any sentiment

Anything goes - In the garden + Butterflies

EDITED TO ADD:

Lucky winner at Lili's Little fairies

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Thanks for visiting!!

Baby Elephant card!!

Hi Folks!! I'm back to the land of blogging after going AWOL for a while after Easter!! I managed to clear a small space on my desk today and get some crafting done, think I must be the worlds most disorganised crafter - or is it because I am untidy?? Perhaps best not to answer that one!!!

Anyways, here is the result of this afternoons efforts, a cute baby elephant card which might become a 'New baby card' - a family friend is due very soon or if the new baby isn't 'pink' as my nephew would say, I thought it would make a nice kids card!!
The inspiration for this card came from the Sketchy Colors challenge, this week the colours are pink, grey & white and as soon as I read them I thought of my new elephant digi stamp! This cutie is from Squigglefly and it is drawn by Crissy Armstrong who has just started a new challenge blog called Sundays with Crissy. The first challenge is 'To make it a combo' so in my usual fashion I decided to combine this card into multiple challenges!! I used the fab sketch over at Sketch & Stash along with my new digi stamp and a sheet of 12" x 12" paper by American Crafts which has been in my stash since forever (not even sure why I bought it originally!!) . Rather appropriately I think my little elephant fits nicely with the challenge recipe over at The Pink Elephant this week, which is to use 1 image, 2 dies (scalloped and plain circle nesties) and 3 favourite embellishments (layered up flowers). Allsorts this week are looking for petals and pearls and My Time to Craft also have pearls as a challenge. Crafty Angels challenge is 'My favourite things' which could be interpreted in 2 ways for this card - I love elephants (you might have guessed) and I also love flowers on my cards! Then last, but by no means least, Papertake weekly challenge is 'Cutie Pie' which I think this little Ellie definately is!!

I think that 8 should qualify as a 'combo' of challenges LOL, thanks for looking!!!

Isn't she cute ???

Hello Folks!

Don't you just love this cute & girly bear?? She is called Daisy and I bought her this week from The Clipart Fairy. I think she was an absolute bargain for 65p and so easy to use and resize etc. If you are a bear fan like me, they have several cute bear digi's that are just waiting to be adopted!! A few more might have jumped into my shopping basket along with Daisy. Well, I didn't want her to get lonely now did I!!!

I used a sheet of BG paper from sugared collection, prima E - line flowers, prima got flowers, papermania (i think?) paper for her dress, butterflies and ribbons from stash, computer generated sentiment and a clear pearl.

Daisy is 'entering' the following challenges:

Sketch & Stash Challenge #32 : Daisy was new and the butterflies have been in my stash for ages!!

Create4fun: brown, cream & pink

Quirky crafts challenge: Flowers

Stamptacular Sunday challenge : Flower power

Crafty calendar challenge: Flower power & optional pastels

Pink Elephant: Pastels

Digital Tuesday : Scrap it - Daisy's dress has been paper pieced with a scrap from my box of bits!!

Creative Cottage: Pretty Pink

Pile it on : Animal Riffic! - she is a bear so I hope that counts!!

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Crafty creations: Anything goes!!

Good luck Daisy!!!