Fantasy Stampers - Clean and Simple

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

Welcome to the weekend. I hope you have something nice planned. This post will be scheduled as when is it published we will be on our way to Bristol to visit the Zoo (the venue for the wedding) with our daughter, her fiance and his parents. We are going to be shown round and we will be able to ask questions. I am hoping that we will be able to look at some hotels for accommodation for the wedding as well. It is going to be a long a busy day.

Today sees the start of a new challenge on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge blog. The theme is Clean and Simple.

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I do like these CAS style cards.

This butterfly is a Sheena Douglas stamp that came with one of the issues of the Inspiration Magazine by Crafter's Companion. The butterfly was stamped in black archival and coloured with Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens - I do love them. 

The sentiment is from Dreamees it was part of a members gift from Create and Craft.

I cut the border with a Crafter's Companion die set. 

I enjoyed making this card. I you check back on the Fantasy Stampers Challenge Blog tomorrow the winners of the last challenge will be announced. 

Happy Crafting.

Hugs Jackie

Butterfly with Love Always

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. We did get the rabbit room ready for our daughter's rabbits who will arrive on Wednesday. They are very cute and they will feature on the Save the Date cards we are going to make for the forthcoming wedding. Also my husband started to build my crafty storage that was delivered on Thursday. So it won't be too long before I start the mega sort out of my crafty bits and pieces.

I made this card with the left overs from the butterfly card I made last week. I also wanted the play with the new Crafter's Companion Indulgence die set my friend gave me for my birthday.

I used various shades of Centura Pearl card to make the layers.

The Sheena Douglass butterfly was stamped onto watercolour card with black archival ink and then coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens and a brush and some water. 

Isn't this a pretty die I was thrilled when I received this for my birthday. This was the first chance I had to play. The die comes with two different edges for different looks. I cut and embossed some white Centura Pearl card with the die and I backed it with one of the shades of card from the layers to highlight the detail. 

Enjoy the rest of the week. 

I would like to enter Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 230

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie

Butterfly Lullaby

Hi My Crafty Blog Friends

How has your week been? It is quite a relief to be nearly at the weekend. I had a delivery of some craft storage today, we ordered it at Ally Pally,  we have waited quite a while for it. The hall is full, it all needs making up some time and then I will have to sort out my crafty mess. I wonder what I am going to find when I do.

While I was waiting for the storage to be delivered I had a play with some butterfly stamps and my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens.

The stamp was designed by Sheena Douglass and came free with Issue 9 of Crafter's Inspiration by Crafter's Companion. 

The butterflies were stamped onto watercolour card with Archival ink and then they were coloured with my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens. I blended the colours with some water and a fine paint brush. I cut the butterflies out by hand but I didn't cut the antennae. I decided where to place the butterflies on the background and then I stamped the butterflies on the backing paper and stuck the coloured butterflies over them. 

The sentiment came from the Festive Butterflies stamp set by Crafter's Companion. I am not sure what it means but it seemed to go with the card. 

I enjoyed making this card the butterflies really lent themselves to being coloured with the sparkle pens. 

I would like to enter Challenge 19 at Jade's Sparkling Butterflies, Challenge 15 at The Crafty Addicts, TTCRD Challenge 17th to 23rd May, Challenge 119 at Crafting from the Heart and Challenge 312 at Craft Your Passion. 

I hope you have a great evening. The weekend it nearly here!

Happy Crafting

Hugs Jackie