Black, White and Red

Today's card uses a stamp from the Stampin' Up 'Butterfly Gala' set, stamped with Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and coloured with a red Promarker.  The body of the butterfly is from a Memory Box butterfly die cut.  The sentiment is a stamp from the same set.  I used two Memory Box 'Stitched Circle Layers' dies for matting and layering.  The background is embossed with Sizzix embossing folder, the embossed card inked with a brayer and black ink and layered on a black mat.  I love using this embossing folder because the embossed card so easy to ink with a brayer to make my own background.   I used snippets for everything, except the card blank, so I'll be sharing my card over in the Playground. 

I am joining in the following challenges:

Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #381 ~ Use snippets

Crafty Cardmakers Challenge #260 ~ Create Your Own Background

Do-Al (l) Creative Challenge # 42 ~ black, white + another colour

Sweet Stampin' Challenge ~ Create Your Own Background

Cuttlebug Mania Challenge ~ Anything Goes

I had a spare piece of the same white embossed card and a spare little butterfly, so I made a second card and this time brayered on the reverse side to get a totally different effect.

Double Z Fold Pop-Up Card

The current Butterfly Challenge is  'Z for Z Fold Card' and there are some tutorials HERE.  My card when folded measured 6" x 4".

I decided to make a butterfly garden, so added little white strips of card in the middle of the Double Z Fold to attach a couple of butterflies on acetate to make them 'fly'.  The patterned paper is from a paper pad which came a a magazine freebie several years ago.   I used the following Memory Box dies: 'Isabella Butterfly', 'Pippi Butterfly', 'Kaleidoscope Butterfly', 'Moonlight Butterfly', 'Darla Butterfly' and 'Swirl Butterfly, using colours in the patterned paper.  The sentiment is from The SU 'Best Year' set of stamps

The card folds flat for posting.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Butterfly Challenge #143 ~ Z for Z Fold Card

Memory Box Challenge #62 ~ Birthday Cards

Country View Crafts June Challenge ~ Summer Fields

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper June Challenge

HLS June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Moving Along with the Times June Challenge ~ Things with Wings

Crafter's Cafe Challenge #245 ~ Things with Wings

Last Friday I joined in with a local Stamping Up 'Cards and a Cuppa' Zoom workshop, where I made these two cards.

Angel

The June Rudolph Days Challenge begins today and runs until the end of the month.  Six months today it will be Christmas Day..... where is the time going?!

The angel is a Sue Wilson 'Illuminated Angel Mini Striplet' die cut, using silver mirror card and backed with plain white card.  I inlaid the star with gold non-shed glitter card.  The background is embossed using a Sue Wilson 'Shimmering Stars' embossing folder, layered over a silver mirror card front.  The sentiment is attached with foam pads.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Rudolph Days June Challenge 

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge #487 ~ Christmas

Little Red Wagon Challenge # 555 ~ Sun, moon, planets, stars or space backgrounds

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Anything Goes 

Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Shoot for the Stars

The Crafter's Cafe Challenge #245 ~ Things with Wings

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #495 ~ Anything Goes

Yesterday my hubby and I had our first day out in the car since lockdown.  It was such a lovely day so we headed towards the coast at Clevedon.  We walked about five miles along the seafront and back and it was lovely to feel the cool sea breeze.

Lots of Circles

The theme of the Twofer Challenge this month is 'Circles/Bubbles'.   Two different designs, for two different occasions, using the same die, stamp or stencil.

I used the same large Memory Box stitched circle die on both cards.

I am joining in the Twofer Challenge with this pair of cards.

My first card is a CAS Anniversary card.  I made a purple frame with two of the Memory Box 'Stitched Circle Layers' dies. I used the smaller circle again to die cut a white circle, which I then embossed with an Xcut 'Small Polka Hearts' e/f and inlaid it into the purple frame.  I put a Poppystamps 'Small Tilda Swirl' die cut in the middle and a small punched white heart on top.  The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, layered on a slightly wider strip of purple card.  The circle is raised up on foam tape.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Poppystamps Challenge #69 ~ Clean and Simple

HLS June Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

Craft Rocket Challenge #71 ~ Embossing (dry/wet)

Krafty Chicks Challenge #512 ~ CAS

For my second card I made a Triple Stamping card.  I've made a few of these in the past, but never with circles, so this was a sort of experiment.  I used the Memory Box 'Stitched Circle Layers' dies to die cut two white circles and two green circles.  I layered the two white circles in the centre of the square piece of white card with repositionable adhesive.  I stamped all over with stamps from the Stampin' Up 'Flower Shop' and 'Thoughtful Blooms' sets.   I coloured in all the large flowers with two red Promarkers.  I layered up the circles and both green circles are attached with foam tape to add some dimension.  The sentiment is a stamp from the SU 'Best Year' set.  The Flower Shop stamps are a preloved set I recently bought and as they are NBUS to me I'll be joining in Darnell's NBUS Challenge.

I am joining in the following challenges:

Memory Box Challenge #62 ~ Birthday Cards

Daisy Chain Challenge #42 ~ Flowers

Stamping Sensations June Challenge ~ Make it Colourful

Alphabet Challenge ~ F is for Flora or Fauna

NBUS Challenge #15

Passion For Promarkers Week 548 ~ Use a die

Craftlandia Challenge 3 ~ Flowers

Last weekend I should have been at a Stampin' Up Crafty Retreat.  However, due to the current situation this was not possible.  Instead we had a one day Lockdown Crafty Retreat using Zoom.  All the materials were sent out and these are the card I made during our Zoom meeting.