Celebrate With Cake

 

This year I am trying to make a concerted effort to use my stash rather than collect it.

I have been making cards for at least 25 years now and in that time I have amassed a lot of supplies. Over the last few years I have tried not to buy too many new items, glue and consumables of course have been the exception from this.

So in an attempt to actually USE my dies and embossing folders especially I have pulled out not one, but 2 dies that I have not used before.... Go me!

When I saw the current sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge I had already decided to use the sentiment die to make a birthday card for a neighbour. I had the perfect piece of paper in my stash to suit the background so the sketch was a brilliant starting point for this card.

The image was cut from white card and coloured with a combination of Promarkers, fine liners and a Spectrum Noir glitter marker.

This was then mounted onto black card cut with the scalloped outline die and popped up on 3D foam for dimension.

A sheet of card was used for the base and I added some cardstock which was in my coloured scraps file. It came in a mixed bag of scraps from Craftwork Cards years ago and was 8' square so I was really pleased to use it after so many years. Each colour is embossed with different textures.

The small butterflies have been cut using a Martha Stewart punch. I love how detailed it is despite being small in size. I cut the bottom layer from scraps of a green paper. The top layers were cut from scraps of a striped paper from DCWV which I lined up so that it would be symmetrical on each wing. These butterflies are stuck down in the centre and the top layer wings folded up.

The large green butterfly was cut from a perfume box that I saved as it has a really sumptuous flocked texture and was far to nice to throw away. This particular die has an outline that is attached to the main butterfly and you can stick it down and leave the wings flapping.

I have found some amazing tools called Teeny Tiny Dauber Sticks which I bought from Hunky Dory Crafts. You get loads in a pack and you can wash them to re-use. They are perfect for gluing very fine detailed dies and I am really pleased I have tried them. (I am not affiliated in any way, just a very happy customer)

Finally I have added some small gems to the body of the butterflies and some star gems dotted around the card.

Card Details -

Size - A5

Dies - Celebrate With Cake (Crafter’s Companion), Kaleidoscope of Butterflies (Crafter’s Companion)

Punch - Butterfly Stamp & Punch Set (Martha Stewart)

Colouring Medium - Promarkers, Fine liners, Spectrum Noir glitter marker

Designer Paper - Embossed card from Craftwork Cards, Butterflies The Glitter Stack (DCWV)

Embellishments - Self adhesive Gems

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order)

• {Pin}spirational - #312 Embossing
• A Perfect Time To Craft - #4 - Anything Goes
• A Place to Start - Anything Goes
• Addicted to Stamps and More - #465 Die Cuts
• Allsorts - #775 Anything Goes / For the Love of Animals
• Ally's Angels - #80 Anything Goes
• Atlantic Hearts Sketch - #571 Sketch for Layout
• Butterfly Challenge - #195 - Prize 1 - All 6 colours used/Embellishments/Embossing (but not a folder) Butterflies
• Classic Design Challenge - #3-2024 Anything Goes
• Craft Rocket Challenge - #113 Layer It Up
• Crafts Galore Encore - #122 Anything Goes
• Crafty Animals - #82 Anything Goes with an Animal or Insect
• Crafty Calendar Challenge - Dry or Wet Embossing
• Crafty Catz - #669 Anything Goes
• Creatalicious Challenges - #275 Anything Goes
• Creative Fingers - #275 Anything Goes
• Daisy Chain Challenges - #84 Not Square
• Di’s Digi Designs - Lots of Layers
• Digi Choosday - #13 Anything Goes
• Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday - Anything Goes
• FarmQuest HomeStyle Kitchen Challenge - #4 Anything Food Goes
• Gem of A Challenge - #7 Anything Goes
• Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love - #4 Birthdays
• If You Gave A Crafter A Cookie - #191 Inspired by Happy Birthday (Theme plus sprinkles on the cupcakes)
• Let’s Craft & Create - #206 Anything Goes & Beautiful Butterflies
• Love To Craft - #79 Anything Goes
• Love To Scrap - #166 Anything Goes
• Mirtillamente - #30 Anything Goes
• Mix It Up Challenge - #70 Anything Goes / Fancy Fold
• Morgan’s Art World - #75 Anything Goes
• My Time To Craft - #531 Butterflies or Dragonflies
• Outlawz Tuesday Colour - Blue & green from top, pink from bottom Colours
• Outlawz Twisted Thursday - Anything Goes
• Penny’s Challenge - #568 Anything Goes
• Polkadoodles - #13 Anything Goes
• Scrapping4fun Challenges - #234 Anything Goes
• Sheepski Designs - #85 Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Happy Birthday
• Sparkles Monthly Challenges - #174 Sweet Treats
• The Crafting Challenge - Anything Goes
• The Creative Crafters - #74 Anything Goes
• Triple B - Birds, Blooms & Butterflies
• Unicorn Challenge - #84 Not Square
• Word Art Wednesday - #641-642 Anything Goes
• Word Power Challenge - #4 Large Sentiment as the Focus