Tinyrose's Craft Room: Butterflies in Flight Mini Striplet

Friday, 29 May 2020

Butterfly Birthday Card and matching Bookmark

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

I am trying out new blogger I am not sure that I like it much. How are you getting on? The weather has been lovely. Our garden is proving to be a delight. Last year we treated ourselves to a table and chairs set for the garden. This year we have been able to have a lot of meals outside.

My friend's birthday was a week ago. The present I ordered came yesterday and we delivered it on our walk this morning.

Here is the card I made for her. The background is some inky kitchen roll stuck to card.

This is the Butterflies in Flight Mini Striplet die from Creative Expressions. I cut the separate butterflies and put them behind the panel to make the butterflies stand out. I cut three of them to fill the card.

I added the sentiment to the card.

As I didn't have the present I decided to make a matching book mark. The die set seems to lend itself to making bookmarks. I was lucky that there were enough leftovers to make it. My friend loved her card and bookmark and was very understanding about the delay with her present.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Challenge 187 at the Creative Fingers Challenge blog

Challenge 257 at the Crafty Cardmakers Challenge blog

I hope that you have a good weekend.

Take care and stay safe.

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Wednesday, 6 May 2020

A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies

Hello My Crafty Blog Friends and Visitors

How are you getting on? Life is certainly strange. My hubby had a doctors consultation yesterday he had to send photos and then have a chat with the doctor on the phone. It was all done and dusted quite quickly. He is fine nothing to worry about.

I made this card with the leftovers after I made another card for a friend.

The card blank was made with the waste from the other card. There was enough of the inky background left to go behind the die and to make the butterflies. The die I have had for a while and this is the first time I have used it. It is the Butterflies in Flight Mini Striplet die from Creative Expressions.

The extra butterflies come with the die set. I did cut the striplet again and cut the butterflies from it so the free ones had some definition. To go behind these butterflies I used the Leafy Flourish dies from the John Next Door range.