Love is Like a Butterfly

Today's card is one that I made for this week's MTME Pretty Patterns sketch - we are on week 18 already!  I love the sentiment, "Love is like a butterfly - it goes where it pleases and pleases whereever it goes."  My daughter loved butterflies and told me that she would send me butterflies from heaven so now I think of her every time I see one.

The butterflies on this card are from Tending the Garden digi set.

I took the butterfly and flipped it and saved it as a separate image so I can print them up going in either direction.  I then colored them with copics and cut them out.

The sentiment is from Chase Your Dreams digi set.  I cut it out using Spellbinders Beaded Ovals and sponged the openings using 'spun sugar' distressed ink.

I used paper from the following digi paper packs: Serenity, Cheerful Chirps and Fresh Flowers. 

I used Borders, Fanciful Flourishes by Cheery Lynn Designs and Magnolia DooHickeys Leaf and Swirls for the white swirls and leaves. 

The flowers were made using My Favorite Things Dienamics Mini Rolled Roses.  I love making these cute little flowers.

Here's this week's sketch - I hope you will play along!

Thank you for stopping by!  Don't forget to check out the rest of the design team's creations at the My Time Made Easy blog.

This card is also being entered in the following challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room:

    inspiration photo, colors: pinks, reds & neutrals and flowers

CR84FN color challenge:

Simon Says Stamp = anything goes!

Mirror - Mirror

I have a post today using a Lili of the Valley stamp.  I'm new to their stamps but I think they are soooooo cute!

 

Isn't this little girl so stinkin' cute playing dress-up?  I added some pearls around her neck since all the best-dressed ladies are wearing them.

I also added little pearls in the lace flowers and on the bow in her hair.  I used the sketch for the Lili of the Valley challenge and the colors from CR84FN.

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:
The Shabby Tea Room:  favorite embellishments and paper: I love flowers, lace, pearls and doilies, etc
Stamp and Create: Summer
Creative Inspirations: Summer
Stampin for the Weekend: favorite things:  flowers, lace, pearls and doilies, etc
Papercrafting Journey: anything goes!


Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed your stay and I hope that you'll come back tomorrow when the MTME's Pretty Pattern sketch team (yours truly included) will have a new sketch for you... and we'll post some new cards to inspire you as well.

MTME Pretty Pattern #5

I made this card using MTME digi paper Warm Serenity and Cherry on Top. I also used the image "Love" from Sentimental Occasions Labels... which has 38 images!  It's a beautiful set.

I used Spellbinders for the lacy cut-outs behind the "love" sentiment.  I added some hand-dyed wrinkled seam binding (that I bought online) and a heart button and viola'! 

Here are a couple of images that show the dimensional aspects of the card.  I really enjoyed working with this sketch - very easy and fun to use!

The neat thing about digital stamps and papers is that you can  easily change the size.  As you print the paper smaller the design on the paper becomes smaller too... which is perfect for card making.  The larger size can be used for card making too or scrapbooking, making flowers or any other papercrafting idea you may have.  This is all new to me so when I say, "if I can do it - you can do it" I really mean it! Here is this week's sketch:      I hope you will visit all the other design team member's blogs and see what they have for you today.  Start your hop at My Time Made Easy Blog.  I also hope you will play along this week.  If you play every week you will be entered into a drawing for a cool prize.  Check out the blog for details!  Oh... and if you ever go to the MTME blog and get lost (meaning you can't find the challenge) then look to the right side of the blog and you will find both a Pretty Patterns challenge and a Pretty Palette challenge.  Just click on those images to go to the current challenge.   I chose the colors for my card from this weeks'  CR84FN challenge.  LOVE thos colors and the MTME digital papers fit the bill perfectly. 
   Thank you so much for your visit!  Every comment is greatly appreciated.

Some Bunny Loves you for the Prairie Fairy

I created this cute card for a chance at being a design team for The Praire Fairy Designs.  They provided the digital image for us to use and we were to make whatever we wanted with it.  I'm afraid I made a mistake and thought it was due by Saturday night and I spent last night (Friday night) watching my son perform with the Thespian Club at his local high school instead of finishing my card.  He played a part in "Drop Dead Juliet" and ended up having to wear a dress and a wig... he also gets stabbed in this play but he kept UN-dying.  It was quite a comedy!  Last night is the only time they will perform this little play here where I can see it... so I HAD to go.  When I came home and started to put the finishing touches on my card I went to the Praire Fairy site and they had closed the submissions.  I was a little down but you know what?  Making the card was so much fun I'm not even going to let it get me down.  I'm going to email them and just let them know that I did make a card.  I don't expect them to set aside their rules just for me (and there's no guarantee that I would win a design team spot anyway)... I just thought they would like to see the card I made with their image.  So without further adieu, here's my card.

 

This cute little guy is sending his heart in the mail to his bunny love.  I used copics to color him, added a little shimmer to the heart when I painted the "love" with red shimmerz.  I used SU Real Red ink to sponge the edges of the die using the Spellbinders as a mask.  I ran the brown paper through my Big Shot with Tim Holts "Postcard" embossing folder.  I then used vintage cream ink to highlight the embossed area. I used Tea Dye Distress Ink around the card base which is SU's Kraft. 

I tied a bow with some red shiny ribbon that I had in my stash.  Then I added a Maya Road Transparency Doily behind the bunny.  

You can probably see the doily a little better at a different angle in this photo. 

I then added some flowers...

and fancied up the ribbon.. (yes, it is secured that way)

and put it all together and here's what you have:

I'm also submitting this card for two challenges:

Friday Sketchers - sketch

CR84FN color challenge - red, kraft & brown

Thank you for stopping by!  Hope you enjoyed your visit.  I truly appreciate every comment left here.