Monday, January 16, 2012

Beautiful Kindness and a Butterfly Mojo

Hello Everyone!

Well after yet another crafting break, I decided to jump right back into the creative arena and get my crafty juices flowing again. Life has just been so very crazy lately, I haven't had the time to do any crafting. Which has been OK, because to be honest, I haven't been much in the mood to do any crafting. I hit a slump, actually...it was more like a brick wall! I had no desire at all to do anything crafty.
I realized today that I was ready to give it a whirl again, so I looked to this week's Mojo Monday sketch for some inspiration. This sketch was fun and easy to work with and one that could be easily adapted with a variety of shapes. I used some papers from Basic Grey, card stock from PTI and the "Beautiful Kindness" set from Verve Stamps.
I stamped the butterfly on white paper with Peeled Paint distress ink and then used BG10 Copic Marker to color in the center and then I added some Black stickles and some star dust stickles to it as well.
It's not the best picture, so I do apologize for that; but I think I did pretty well for my first jump back into the arena!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Catered Crop: Buttons
PanPastel UK Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Crafty Cardmakers: No floral embellishments
Lexi's Creations: Anything Goes
Mojo Monday: Sketch
The Crazy Challenge: Tic Tac Toe: (I chose the ribbon, embossing, and a die cut shape)

Have a great evening everyone!!
 

13 comments:

Dolly Daydreams said...

So glad you jumped back in and think you made quite a big splash ! Lots of lovely layering and gorgeous papers and die cuts, such a bright and happy piece. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers and hope to see you again soon.

Marie

Lindsay Craftymonster81 said...

Fab card, love the papers and the sentiment is fantastic, the buttons look great too. Thank you for joining in with the PanPastel challenge blog
Lindsay xx

Mynn xx said...

This is AMAZING!!! LOVE the butterfly and the bow. And that sentiment is just fabulous! Thanks for joining us at CCM! :)

Eileen said...

Life gets us all like that sometimes when we are running like mad to catch up ! Glad you are back in the crafty world and thanks for joining in with us for the PanPastel Challenge .. A super card ... I adore butterflies xx

Claire said...

Your creativity is back with a bang, what a gorgeous card. I love the candy colours you've used. Thanks for joining us at PanPastels and good luck
Claire xx

Papercraft By Carole said...

Such a beautiful sentiment!! I love the combination of colours - and the buttons are so cute!! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers!! Cxx

Feebsy said...

Fabulous card, I really like the layering and colour choice. The sentiment is lovely and the buttons are such a cute finishing touch.

Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Cardmakers.

Feebsy
xx

Unknown said...

Really like the LO the papers are so pretty.Thanks for joining us at PanPastel uk this week.

Kerry DT Leader

Cheryl said...

Your card is so pretty! I love the soft colors and pretty papers.


I’m dropping by from the Catered Crop.

~Cheryl~

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lindyloo said...

beautiful card love the layout and the sentiment is so true thank you for joining us at panpastel uk this week linda x

Jo said...

Gorgeous card, fab sentiment and layout.Thanks for joining us at Lexi's creations this time and good luck!
Jo - DT

Beccas Pysselparadis said...

Beautiful card! Love the summer feeling I´ve got when I see it :) Thanks for joining us at The Crazy Challenge hugs Rebecca

Lin said...

Such a charming sentiment on a fabulous card.

Thank you for joining us at Lexi's Creations and Crafty Cardmakers.

Lin xx