Globecraft & Piccolo - Butterfly Delights and Faux Leather

I love butterflies...and leather...and sparkle! Today's project is a lovely mingle of the three.

Here's what you'll need from the shop:

Enamel Powder Micro White

Enamel Powder Deep Blue Sky

Enamel Powder Ultra Thick Clear

Enamel Powder Aged White

Butterfly Accents (A148)

Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid

Easy Grip Reversable Tweezers

Micro Glue Dots

Memento Tuxedo Black

Other Supplies:

Stampin' Up! cardstock: Whisper White, Pool Party

doily type stamp (Stampin' Up!)

Studio G sentiment stamp

Remember to use the Enamel Powder Adhesive Fluid to ink up your stamps and accents before adding the Enamel Powder(s).

Begin by stamping the doily stamp onto the Pool Party panel off center. Use the Micro White Enamel Powder. Let cool.

Here's where you'll be glad you read through the post before making this card! ;)

Open your jar of Aged White. Get out your tweezers.

Now...ink up the large butterfly and emboss using the Deep Blue Sky. While the blue is still warm, pinch a little of the Aged White using the tweezers and drop onto the blue wings. Heat again to melt. Let cool.

Love the blue with the speckles. So pretty!

Now for the 'faux leather' butterflies. Absolutely love the plain accents covered in the Ultra Thick Clear! This butterfly has 3 uneven coats. Ink up with the Enamel Adhesive, dip the medium butterfly into a pile of the Ultra Thick Clear. Melt.

Do it again! Be amazed as the plain brown transforms into a bit of faux leather right before your eyes! 

Adhere the Pool Party panel using foam and then the butterflies using the Micro Glue Dots. Stamp your sentiment in the Tuxedo Black.

Done. Gorgeous!

Inky hugs,
Angi

Sentimental Sundays #139 - Thanks

Ok...I know it's not Sunday. It's a fabulous Monday! :) I'm just a bit behind this week, but I'm getting stuff checked off my to-do lists and taking care of a few things that have come up. In the meantime, I've been doing the happy dance over the last few days, looking forward to sharing good news with you...

I'm a new Design Team member for the Sentimental Sundays Challenge Blog where the focus is handmade projects with a sentiment!

You can see the whole team and the official announcement HERE.

This week's theme is :

THANK YOU (plus a sentiment) and is sponsored by:

Sweet N' Sassy

Donating: 3 images, winners choice!

This Wednesday stop by for a peek into my studio and the creative chaos that is currently the state of affairs. I'll admit it's not a pretty sight...or site...lol I'm in the process of reorganizing and dare I say p.u.r.g.i.n.g...not an attractive word, is it?

Anyhoo, I love visiting thrift stores for my artsy supplies. Things I find are inexpensive and sometimes worse for wear, but I love to give these forsaken items a little TLC! Buttons are one of my favorite finds. Over time, I have collected quite a few buttons and figured I better start using them!

Added stickles to all the buttons

(felt like the buttons needed a little something...ack...I can't stop!) 

Lately, I've been using sketches to help me use up my stash. I've got to get rid of my excess or use it up, so I'm being proactive in my purging! I found a new to me CAS challenge blog:

Less is More and here is Sketch #8:

This sketch is about as CAS as you can get! I searched around for another sketch, thinking I'd like more options, but then decided to give it a go...after all it's called a challenge, right?

Thought I could use a little help, so this image from the

Catch the Bug January Photo Inspiration Challenge

was the extra little oomph! I needed:

See the snow, the rolling hills, the bright dancing colors? I'm from Alaska and this picture leads me to thoughts of this: aurora borealis

Gather all those elements together, get the creative juices flowing and here's my take:

What do you think? It was really difficult for me to stay within CAS boundaries!

We would love to have you play along with us, so click on THIS LINK to see the rest of the DT's projects, get some inspiration and then link up your project!

Thanks for stopping by!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Playing along with these challenges, too!

4 CCC #126 - Buttons!

Jellypark Friends Challenges - Button Up!

Catch the Bug January Photo Inspiration Challenge

Less is More Sketch #8

Card Makin' Mamas - CAS

Hey, Everyone! It's Inspiration Week at the Card Makin' Mamas Challenge Blog! This challenge is CAS - Clean and Simple. Love the look, but like to use up my stash of paper, fibers and embellishments; it can be difficult to stop adding something else to my cards!

I started with a CAS sketch - the CAS Weekly Challenge at Splitcoast and after seeing this at Case Study Challenges:

decided to go with a Valentine's theme and kraft.

And since I was keeping the design simple with a minimum of embellishments, I popped up the main panel.

What do you think?

This year my hubby and I will have been married for 22 years. We've known each other even longer. This year our anniversary is on 11❤12❤13 - isn't that cool? Not sure what we'll do, yet, but whatever we do you can bet we'll be celebrating!

Thanks for stopping by to see my card! Would love to see your CAS card, too. Be sure to link up to our current challenge HERE.

Inky hugs,

Angi

Linking up to these challenges:
Southern Girls Challenge #61 - Get Krafty
Addicted to CAS #5 - Heart
Hot Shot Craft #14 - CAS
Case Study Challenge #125
Craft Us Crazy #35 - Celebrate Love and/or Red
Clearly I Stamp #67 - Brown & Red
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #37 - Love/Romance/Anniversary
Stamp and Create - January - Love
Outlawz Challenges - Paper Ala Mode - Anything Goes

Great Impressions - Need Another "Gift" Card

Happy St. Nicholas' Day!

(Nikolaustag in Germany)

The clock is a tickin' and I needed a few quick and simple cards for those last minute gifts.  

This design fit the bill! I wanted a CAS look with texture. Easy peasy...

1. Stamp a white panel with Old World Merry Christmas (E739)

2. Color any details (optional)

3. Emboss the panel with the Sizzix Holly Swirls folder

(check your local craft store - they may still have it!)

4. Cut 3 lengths of ribbon and layer 2 pieces. Tie a bow & adhere.

5. Pop up panel with foam squares, pop dots, etc. (optional)

If you leave out the coloring and adhere the panel to the card base, this card will be quick and easy to assemble. You could even skip the embossing, if you're really in a hurry!

Here's a close up of this lovely, detailed stamp:

Have you taken a look at all the entries in the Great Impressions' monthly challenge? The theme is ANYTHING GOES! Can't get much simpler than that...I hope you find time to make a little something this month - we'd love to see it!

Inky hugs,

Angi

CAS-ual Fridays #71 - Fall and Fun

T.G.I.F, my crafty friends! Great Impressions Stamps is sponsoring this week's challenge over at...

and I've got a card to share...first a couple of sneak peeks!

Glossy Accents lady bug...

Copic colored (see below for the colors I used) with a touch of glitter...

This is such a sweet image. I love that you could use portions of this image - just the flowers - or take out the bitty bug...or paper piece the pots or even the flowers. You could even change the season by changing the colors. 

The Great Impressions Stamps I used:

Simple Things (D374)

Sunflower Garden (G196)

Cheery Lynn doily die (not sure which one...but I LOVE this one!) 

The paper...I think it's die cut from a Simple Stories 6x6 paper...I'll have to double check that.

So, in addition to participating in CAS-ual Fridays' Challenge, I'm playing along here:
CMC Copic Challenge - #52 Fall Colors
Outlawz Sunday CAS Challenge

Until next time...may all your mayhem, be creative messes!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Great Impressions DT - Abundant Blessings

Sigh. You know that Fall is on its way when Labor Day weekend rolls around, right? Hard to believe that another season is passing and we are just months away from 'The Holiday' season!

Thinking about the upcoming holidays has got me moving into 'giving mode' and wouldn't you know it? Great Impressions Stamps is going to help us out!

YOU are invited

to join us in a weekend blog hop to benefit the Ronald McDonald House,

September 28th through September 30th.

Click the badge at the top of my blog (right hand corner) for more info on the Ronald McDonald House, the hop details and how to sign up.

There are a limited number of participants allowed,

so be sure to sign up early!

I've got Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas on the brain, but have been wanting to ink up these Great Impressions Stamps images for awhile now...

Seeded Dandelions (G298)

Blowing Seeds (A118)

and work with these challenges:

Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes!

...and play around with some CAS techniques...here's what I put together:

This is about as comfortable as I get with CAS! lol

No Copics, Distress Markers, pencils...just quick swashes of color!

This sentiment stamp Abundant Blessings (C384)

is a lovely Thanksgiving saying, but I thought the first two lines matched the dandelion stamps perfectly!

Washi (Smash Tape) DIY banners are about as easy as they get. Snip, flip & trim!

I like the simplicity of the Seeded Dandelions image and that the matching Blowing Seeds has 3 tiny seeds to choose from. I've got plans to use these images with embossing powder and a little color...loving the 'wish' thoughts that come to mind with these.

If you like these images, too, you can find them locally or online at the Great Impressions Stamps store.

For more Great Impressions Stamps inspiration, be sure to visit the blog and see what the other Design Team members have created!

Our very own Mary is hosting this week's color challenge on Splitcoaststampers - check out the details & play along, too!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Great Impressions DT - Just Because

There's another Thursday post at the Great Impressions Stamps Blog...another attempt at CAS (clean and simple)...let me know what you think!

And a great way to use up those scraps...

Don't forget to check out the April Monthly Challenge, too! The theme is "Lots of Flowers"...

Inky hugs,
Angi