Butterfy on a Tulle window shaker

After making a Watercolor wash for another card I made a couple of days ago, I used it for today's card.  I again madee a tulle shaker with a butterfly. adhered to the front.

I must admit, I love making tulle shakers.  This time I used a tulle that had glitter embedded in it.

I made a window frame the same size as my watercolor wash back ground.  On the back of the window I adhered a piece of  white glitter tulle using tear and tape adhesive.  Another piece was adhered to the watercolor wash background.

Above is the watercolor wash background.
Sprinkle embellishments were added to the tulle on the watercolor wash back ground , and the top piece was added to the background piece.  Excess tulle was trimmed.
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This was added to a Melon Mambo card front.  Two smaller punched Melon Mambo butterflies were added to the sentiment and on the front.

A butterfly was die cut using the Butterfly thinlet and adhered to the tulle.  Some dazzling details was added to the body of the large butterfly and the two smaller ones.

You can see the shaker elements under the glitter tulle in the picture above.

The sentiment is from Happy Happenings and stamped with Black Memento.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Happy Happening (R)
Inks Black Memento, Melon Mambo, Pacific Point, Calypso Coral
Papers: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Watercolor paper
Accessories Glitter tulle (non SU), Rectangle stitched squares (non SU), Butterfly Framelit, Bitty Butterfly punch, Dazzling Details, Sprinkle embellishment

Altered Journal - a Craft Fair Item

Yes, I was busy yesterday.  I covered the journal using Flowering Fields DSP.  I didn't have enough left to use the same DSP on both side, so I cut them in half, and used a half of each on both front and back.  A black die cut strip was used to cover the seam.

The spine was covered with Basic Black cardstock, and a piece of clear sticky ribbon was placed along the edge of it.

On the upper Basic Black piece, a small and medium die cut butterfly was adhered.  they were die cut using a piece of Flowering fields DSP.

On the lower half, The Apothecary framelits was used to die cut a piece of Basic Black cardstock.  Using the stamp set "Big News", the sentiment was stamped on Whisper White, die cut using an oval framelit (I cut the bottom and top off), and matted with Calypso Coral Cardstock.  This was added to the Apothecary die cut and then adhered to the bottom of the journal

Gift Baskets for Craft Show

I made 4 gift baskets for a craft show on May 2 at the Peterborough Publich Library.  I used the Berry Basket die to make the baskets and I put the lining on the outside, using the Painted Blooms  DSP.  Each basket uses a different pattern from that design pack, and all the contents that I made use the coordinating paper and the Painted Petals stamp set.  I only made 4 because they are very labour intensive and each basket and contents takes a long time to do.

 For each of the baskets I made a multi layer flower using the colours of the DSP on the basket.  I used a combination of 2 dies:  The  Flower Frenzy die and the Bouquet Builder die.  This was attached at the base of one of the handles.

Contents include:  Post it Note holder with pen, Wine Tag, Note card in Envelope, Gift card/note holder, and a magnetic frig holder plus another small gift.  The baskets don't hold as much as I thought.

Once finished, each basket was wrapped in clear cello wrap, and a coffee filter rose was adhered to the top.  Then a die cut butterfly with a large rhinestone on it was adhered to the rose.

A tag, made using the Banners framelits, again with a coordinating DSP piece on it, was attached to the outside of the basket.

Now to start making some more items to sell.

Any local followers, come and see me at the Library.

Butterfly Easter Create with Connie & Mary #345

Although the elements in the sketch challenge with Create with Connie & Mary could be any shape but a circle, I decided to stay with the circles.   I also decided to use the Irrestibly Yours DSP sponged in 3 different colours as the background.

 

The Irresistably Yours DSP was sponged with Wild Wasabi, Melon Mambo and Marina Mist inks in a diagonal manner.  It was matted with Whisper White cardstock and both were adhered to a Melon Mambo card base.

A 1/4" Melon Mambo cotton ribbon was adhered at an angle in the lower part of this DSP.

To make the focal image, I first started by stamping the image from Indescribably Gifts  with Stazon onto Whisper White cardstock, and punched with the 2" circle punch.  It was then  coloured with markers and an Aquapainter and the background sponged a Marina Mist.  Dazzling Details outlined the flowers and stamens.

The second circle, a piece of Daffodil Delight, was punched with a 1 3/4" circle and embossed with the Decorative Dots embossing folder.

The third circle, a piece of  Wild Wasabi was punchd  with a 1 3/8" circle and embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder.

They were arranged on the card as indicated by the sketch.

Rather than made a 4th smaller circle, I elected to die cut a small butterfly in Daffodil Delight, place a 7/8" scallop circle of Melon Mambo in the center of the butterfly.  In the middle of that I placed a 1/2" circle in Daffodil Delight, and finished it with a large rhinestone.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny wishes.

Here are the supplies I used:

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I also used Melon Mambo 1/4" cotton ribbon.

Class on Backgrounds made with Blendabilities

What a fun evening we had.  It was a little messy, but everyone was giggling, laughing, oohing, ahhing, and commenting on other classmates backgrounds.
Yes, it was Blendability background night.  See the tutorial here

My plan for them was to create 2 different backgrounds using 3 or 4 blendability colours. Photo paper was used because SU does not carry glossy cardstock anymore. But they had so much fun they didn't want to stop.  Finally after 4 backgrounds I had to "pull the plug" you might say.  There were 2 cards to be made and we were running out of time.

Here are some of the backgrounds created:

 

The student was a bit disappointed with this first attempt, but I loved it, and it has so many possibilities.  Colours used: Bermuda Bay, Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, and Crumb Cake.  Spritzing with a bit more alcohol would have helped here.

I loved this one too.  Colours used:  Wisteria wonder, Calypso Coral, Night of Navy, and Wild Wasabi.

Here you can see the strokes left by the pen - like a watercolour background.  Colours used: Old Olive, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight, Medium Crumb Cake.

The cards planned for the evening involved the use of the Butterfly framelit, but some problems occured with the die cutting.  I demonstrated the use of dryer sheets and wax paper, confident it would work well, but apparently photo paper does not die cut well.  We spent a considerable amount of time poking out those little "pokies" out of the butterfly, but it was all done in good humour.

After the butterflies were ready, they were mounted onto cards.  Each card looked different, because I let them choose which background they were going to use.

The stencil that was left did not occur as planned either.  For some the butterflies were cut too close together, and some (the majority) die cut the butterflies too far apart (despite instructions not to do so).  As a result the stencil was not able to be used as planned for the second card.
The students came up with the idea of using only half the stencil i.e. only 1 butterfly per card with the card turned horizontally.  I didn't get a picture of their creation, but I thought it was a great plan.

Here was my plan:

So just picture the stencil cut in half, and only 1 butterfly used.  The second butterfly was used to make a 3rd card.

The students had so much fun making the backgrounds and then designing their own cards that they were reluctant to leave.  "Good class"  "Love the technique"

This just shows you that as a teacher you have to remain flexible, and sometimes let the students do their own thing within boundaries.