Flutter By Wednesdays #193

So sorry for the late post! I've been an extremely busy bee working on my sister's baby shower invitations and haven't had much time or hands to spare to get everything done.  There is an end in sight though so hopefully I'll be crafting again for myself by the weekend!

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is Spring Time. It's right around the corner, yippee! It's so nice to now be driving home from work while it's still light out. Don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. Enter your creation {HERE} for a chance to win a prize from this week's sponsor - Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and more! The lucky winner will receive 5 digital images!

Check out my fellow DT members to see what they created this week. This week we are saying goodbye to Amanda, it was so nice to work with you, Amanda. Wishing you all the best!

Amanda

Anna

Danni

Harriet

Karen

Leanne

Lynette

Mary-on a mini break

Michelle

Michelle VP

Nancy

Suzanne

Flutter By Wednesday x2!

Oh happy day, it's Flutter By Day and it's also Leap Day! How you will you spend your extra day? I'm working and then I hope to craft tonight!

After taking off last week due to no mojo, I have two creations to share today. I had hoped to finish more but I ran out of time.  I finally got my desk and chair cleaned off. I spent hours coloring on Sunday!  It's been months since I touched my copics to color a full image...it was rough going at first but I think I'm back on my game :-)

Anywho, this week's Flutter By Challenge is an open one - just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation!  If you play along you have a chance to win a prize from the fabulous Susana of Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.  Susana so kindly sponsored the team with stamps to use this week - thank you Susana! Click {HERE} to enter your creation and find links to the rest of the team to see what they created.

I received the Fairy Good Hair Day from the Victoria Case Fairylicious Collection. Isn't she adorable? It took me two attempts to color her but I am pleased with how she turned out.  I paired her with some new Bo Bunny Ambrosia paper also from Susana's store. There are lots of new papers there, I did leave some for the rest of you to buy, he he :)

Here is my 2nd creation using last week's inspiration challenge. I finished it Friday night but didn't have much time to blog over the weekend.  It's also for Week #8 of the 52 Week Challenge, I've managed to still get a page a week done even though I haven't shared them all here.  For this layout I used various pieces from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found collection and the sketch I used from Sketch Inspiration.

This is the first page that I've scrapped for my wedding album. I can't wait to scrap more of the photos!

Thank you for fluttering by today :-)

Inspiration Challenge @ Flutter By Wednesdays!

Happy Wednesday!

Did everyone enjoy the Flutter By Wednesdays "Anything with Wings" challenge last week? I fluttered around a bit and saw lots of great entries!

This week Danni is challenging us to use the following inspiration picture for our creation and remember to add a butterfly, fairy or angel!

Isn't it pretty!  I just LOVE Gerbera Daisies, especially pink ones!

I hope to have a project to share soon...the mojo just hasn't been visiting me lately.  Be sure to visit the FBW blog to enter your creation and visit my fellow DT members, links are on the sidebar!

Anything with Wings for Flutter By Wednesdays!

Yes, you read that right! This week's challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays is all about the wings. Anything with wings is acceptable on your creation for THIS week only!  Click {HERE} to enter your creation and check out the links of my fellow DT sisters to see what they made this week.

I could have used so many different stamps for this challenge but as I was gazing around my room, my eyes landed on this pretty bird :)  Super quick and easy card!

Supplies~
Stamps: Bird Collage & Everyday Sayings - both by Hero Arts
Paper: Carolina Breeze by Teresa Collins
Ink: Memento
Copics: Y15, Y17, Y19
Other: Queen & Co rhinestones


Thanks for fluttering by today!

Fluttering with some Mojo!

Good morning and Happy Wednesday!  I just realized that this is my 850th post! Wow!!

It's time to flutter again with FBW and this week we have a fun recipe challenge for you!

All you need is LOVE (and don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel!!)


L = 2 or more layers
O = odd number of embellishments
V = use the color violet on your creation
E = use any color except red

This was so much fun to create!

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch which I fell in love with as soon as I saw it.

You can enter your FBW creation HERE and be sure to visit all my teammates - I'm sure they created some fabulous work to share!

Supplies~
Stamps - Birthday Greetings by Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps
Paper - Papertrey Ink cardstock and Basic Grey Indie Bloom dp
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Other - Martha Stewart punch, Kaisercraft bling, WRMK edge distresser, pop dots, MFT Die-namics Sweet Stack labels, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder

Happy February and FBW #188

Good morning and Happy February! It's a rainy dreary day here but it's oddly warm and I don't have to go to jury duty so I'm a happy girl!

It's time for the first Flutter By Wednesday challenge of the month and it's an open one. Just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. This week we are sponsored by Rhoda Design Studio and the lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to shop there! Some of the DT used digis provided by our generous sponsor, so be sure to check out their links when you enter your creation {HERE}.  Links are also on my sidebar!

I was inspired by the last few days of nice weather to create a springy card using up some Echo Park Country Drive scraps from recent layouts.  I saw a card recently on Kristina Werner's site using up lots of bitty square scraps and said I certainly can do that (many, many times with all my scraps LOL!)

I have to say the first month of the year went by so quickly but I'm ready for February! Lots of fun stuff coming up this month including two Big Picture Classes - 28 Cards in 4 Weeks and The Curious Scrapbooker's Field Guide.  I signed up way back in December so I'm excited it's finally time! I also hope to scrap more and finish up some of my reorganization in my scraproom. I'm trying to take my time with it so I don't get bored and get sloppy.  So far everything is looking GOOD!

Have a great day and thanks for fluttering by!

Open Challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays!

Happy Wednesday!

This week's challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays is an open one -just remember to include your butterfly, fairy or angel on your project! Click {HERE} to enter your creation!

I saw this sketch on Cards and Things Challenges and knew I had to use it for my FBW card.

Here is my take~

Sorry for the not so good picture...I was trying out my new phone. I think I better stick to my actual camera for card pictures when I'm indoors LOL.  The paper is Head Over Heels by Lily Bee Designs from SCACD.

Be sure to check out my fellow DT members blogs for more Flutter By inspiration! Links are on the FBW blog and my sidebar. 

Flutter By Wednesdays #185

Happy Wednesday! 

We were so happy to see so many fluttery entries last week. It's good to be back! I enjoyed fluttering around seeing so much inspiration!

This week's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is to use BRIGHT COLORS along with your butterfly, fairy or angel. Please enter your creation {HERE}. To see what the FBW team did with bright colors, visit the links on the FBW blog or the links on my sidebar.

Here is my take on the challenge~

I think I achieved the bright alright! LOL!  I used my Cosmo Cricket Delovely 6x6 pad and Papertrey Ink black cardstock along with one of my favorite butterfly punches :)

I used this week's CPS sketch for inspiration. I couldn't find my corner rounder so I decided to tear and ink the edges of the 4 square panel. I also popped up each square with pop dots but didn't end up taking a picture to show off the dimension.

I am also sharing my card with the following challenge:
Shopping Our Stash #34 - All That Glitters, Sparkles or Shines - everything on my card is from older stash and I'm glad I found these rhinestones that shine :)

Thanks for fluttering by!

It's a Fluttery Blog Hop!

Good morning and Happy Wednesday! Just a few more days til the weekend, yay!

It's the first Flutter By Wednesdays challenge of 2012 and it's also a blog hop! So if you are here from Leanne's blog, you're in the right place! If you just stopped by to visit, hello there. Our blog hop starts {HERE}. We are welcoming 4 new members to our team ~ Karen, Leanne, Lynette and Suzanne! Welcome ladies!

This week's challenge is an open one - just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation! Please enter your creation {HERE} and check out this week's sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps and see how you can win! We'd also like to thank the ladies that played along with our month long December challenge! It was so nice to see some people getting crafty during one of the busiest months of the year.

This is my first creation of the year~

I dug deep into my printed Bugaboo Stamps stash and chose Ava Fairy to play with. She's colored with prismacolor pencils and I've highlighted a few areas with Smooch Illuminate. The layout is from SCS363.

It's time to flutter on to your next stop ~ Mary!


Card Details~
Bugaboo Stamps - Ava Fairy digital image
Echo Park Paper Co. - Life is Good 
prismacolor pencils
Smooch Illuminate
flower & button from my stash

FBW #178 - Thankful/Gratitude

It's Wednesday, yay!

This week's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is Thankful/Gratitude. Don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation (I almost did!!)  Click {HERE} to enter your creation and for more inspiration, please visit my fellow DT members, links on my sidebar!

My card is the one I started coloring last week when I realized it didn't fit the challenge, he he. I'm excited to finally share my little PI girl with you all! This is Calendula and she is the October flower of the month. I just ordered November's and can't wait to get it! 

Here's a side view so you can see how I popped the flower up, this was done for a pop up swap that I am in a card group I belong to.  The paper is Crate Paper Farmhouse - a line I am in love with, just as much as I love their Random line LOL!  Everything except the rhinestones are from the TE October Key Ingredients kit.

I used this week's Critter Sketch Challenge sketch, perfect layout for my little girl!

Thanks for fluttering by today!

Fluttering by to say hi {FBW DT Post}

This week's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge is a fun color challenge! Since Halloween is just a few days away, Danni challenged us to use black, purple, orange and green on our creations. Don't forget to add a butterfly, fairy or angel!  Click {HERE} to enter your creation!

My card is a quick one since I had a bit of a mishap...I spent lots of time coloring an image only to realize that it didn't fit this week's challenge LOL!  So you'll see that for next week's FBW!

When I saw this fun sketch from Karen on Sunday, I thought it would be perfect to use with one of my Martha Stewart punches.

 I pulled out my TE Project Pantry kit from last Halloween and punched a bunch of butterflies from scraps.  The cardstock and ribbon are also from the kit.  I inked up my My Pink Stamper Buggy Punnies for the sentiment and added some Kaiser pearls to the butterflies.

For more colorful inspiration, check out the rest of the DT! Links are on my sidebar!

Use your scraps for FBW #175!

Happy Wednesday!

This week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge is to use your scraps along with a butterfly, fairy or angel.  We also have a wonderful guest designer, Barbara! Check out the FBW blog to see what she created and to enter your own creation.  You can check out the rest of the DT using the links of my left sidebar.

My card is one from the crop I attended over the weekend. I had to use my favorite paper pad - Random from Crate Paper. I've been using it lots so I had plenty of scraps to choose from LOL. I really think I'll need to buy another one when this pad is done. LOVE it!!

I used a Mojo Monday sketch from a few weeks ago, I thought one of the four squares was perfect to add a quote. This one is from Paper Makeup Stamps and it's from the Purpose of Friendship quote set, you can also get this individual quote as a digi.  I inked all the edges with my fave chalk ink - Colorbox Chestnut Roan.  The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch. I can save all my itty bitty scraps to punch oodles of them!

TFL!  I'll be back in the next few days with lots more cards to show you. I made 6 in all last Saturday but didn't unpack them until this morning.

Open Challenge for FBW #174

Good morning! It's time to flutter!

This week it's an open challenge, just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.  You can click {HERE} to enter your project and check out our sponsor, Delicious Doodles!

We were provided with images to use, however, I encountered some technical difficulties printing mine.  So I decided to whip up a quick bookmark to share. I can never have enough of these on hand!

Supplies~

• A World without Flowers Wordart from Paper Makeup Stamps
• Lilac Avenue paper from Kaisercraft
• Memento Tuxedo Black ink
• Classic Butterfly 3-in-1 punch from Martha Stewart
• Easter ribbons from Joanns

I'll be back with a big announcement soon!

Thinking of You {FBW #173}

It's the last Wednesday of September and it's our last open challenge for Danni's birthday month at Flutter By Wednesdays.  Just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation! 

This week we have two fabulous sponsors for you too - The Greeting Farm and Paper Makeup Stamps! Two of my fave stamp companies!! Click {HERE} to upload your creation and to see the great prizes you can win! 

I am still not quite back in the swing of crafting yet so I went with a very simple card using all scraps & supplies that have been laying on my desk.  My poor markers have been neglected for weeks now. Hopefully I haven't forgotten how to use them LOL

Supplies Used~

• Crate Paper Random 6x6 pad
• Martha Stewart butterfly punches
• Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type letters
• Queen & Co pearls
• Fiskars Apron Lace border punch

Other Challenges Entered~

• One Stitch at a Time #81 - Use Your Favorites (these punches are my fave to use on cards!)
• The Corrosive Challenge #133 - Punches and/or Dies

Thanks for fluttering by! Check back in a few hours to see my Guest Designer post for The Paper Variety!

Flutter By Wednesdays #172

Happy Wednesday!!

As a reminder, the challenges are open for the month of September at Flutter By Wednesdays. Just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. Since Danni is celebrating her birthday month, she'd love to see some of her favorite things included on your entry - pink, sparkle, bright colors, butterflies and fairies :)  You can enter your creation {HERE}.

This week's sponsor is the fabulous Susana at Susana's Custom Art and Card Design. Susana has fantastic exclusive lines of stamps and lots of the newest, yummiest paper on the market. Go check her out!

For my card, I used the bright Basic Grey Indie Bloom paper and butterflies and a Sketchbook Saturday sketch from a few weeks ago. The butterflies were cut from the Cricut Paper Lace cartridge.

Thank you for fluttering by today!

Flutter By Wednesdays #171

Happy Wednesday!

It's time to FLUTTER! As a reminder all of the challenges this month are open, just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel.  We're also celebrating Danni's birthday month and she would love to see some of her favorites included on your project - pink, sparkle, bright colors, butterflies and fairies:)

This week we are joined by Guest Designer, Amy Young, and we have two very cool sponsors - Whimsy and Stars Studio/Mabelle Ro and Tiddly Inks! Please click {HERE} to enter your creation!

Here is my creation~

I used the fabulous Basic Grey Indie Bloom papes - love the bright colors!  I stamped my image in Memento Dandelion ink, it's a great Hampton Art stamp that I picked up at Hobby Lobby a few months ago. The happy birthday is from a Papertrey Ink set.

I also used this week's sketch from The Sweet Stop~

Thanks for fluttering by today!  I'll be back in a few hours with my Cooking It Up with Katie challenge post.

Cupcake Ruby for FBW

Here is my promised card for Flutter By Wednesdays! As a reminder, our challenge is open this week but you must remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. Also, we are celebrating Danni's birthday month with a giveaway from some of her favorite sponsors each week.  Danni would also love to see some of her favorite things incorporated on your creations - think pink, sparkle, bright colors and of course butterflies & fairies! Click {HERE} to enter your creation!

I used Cupcake Ruby from our sponsor, Sparkle Creations.  I've had her for quite some time but this is the first time she's seen ink!

I incorporated one of Danni's favorite techniques - paper piecing. Every cupcake needs a fun liner, right? :)

The layout is from last week's SCS card sketch~

Supplies Used:

• Sparkle Creations Cupcake Ruby
• Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps - Birthday Greetings
• My Minds Eye Vanity Fair paper
• Papertrey Ink Stampers Select white cardstock
• Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Copics
• Once Upon a Princess Cuttlebug folder
• Martha Stewart butterfly punch
• Basic Grey Bling It

TFL!

Celebrate with Flutter By Wednesdays!

*Please scroll down to see today's Cooking It Up with Katie challenge!*

Today's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge theme is Celebrate!


We are welcoming a new team member today - please join us in welcoming Mary to the team!

Here is my take on the Celebrate theme. I love birthdays so naturally I had to make a birthday card :)

I used Natalie Fairy from Paper Makeup Stamps, isn't she sweet? I love how her dress came out. The most exciting thing making cards with no power was getting to use stickles. I had plenty of time to let them dry LOL.

I used a Sweet Stop sketch from a few weeks ago~

Don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.  You can upload your creation {HERE}, please check out the rest of the DT's blogs to see their samples.  Links are on the FBW blog and my sidebar.

Next week we start a whole month of fun to celebrate Danni's birthday, you won't want to miss out!

Supply List~
Stamps: Natalie Fairy from Paper Makeup Stamps, sentiment from Verve Stamps
Paper: Papertrey Ink Dark Chocolate cardstock, image was stamped on Copic Xpress Blend It cardstock, Basic Grey Hopscotch
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Other: copics, crystal stickles, Marvy scalloped circle punch, American Crafts ribbon, Prima flower

Flutter By Wednesdays #168

It's Wednesday and a very exciting day on my blog! 

First up we have this week's Flutter By Wednesdays challenge - it's an open challenge, just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. You can enter your creation {HERE}.

The entire team is using a very special image today - meet Danni! She was drawn for our wonderful leader by the talented Victoria Case. 

Please take the time to visit the rest of the design team to see what they've created using this fabulous image!

Danni, Michelle, Anna, Cindy, Harriet, Jen, Michelle VP, Nancy, Peggy

I used a lot of markers on her and I am mostly pleased with the results.  I think I could have blended out her dress a bit more but didn't realize that until I took the photo and uploaded it.

I used last week's CPS sketch for the layout. I knew I wanted to use the Echo Park Victoria Gardens paper and needed to find a sketch that would let me show off the paper in addition to the image.

I'll have another post up later this morning, please stop back to see an exciting announcement (and another card!)

Thanks for fluttering by!

~A Paper Pretties Flutter By Wednesday~

Good morning!

It's that time of week to flutter :)

We have an open challenge for you, just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.  This week we are sponsored by Paper Pretties! You can check out the prize and enter your creation HERE.

I used one of my favorite Paper Pretties images, Simply Special.

Here is a side view that shows the dimension better~

I used this week's JUGS sketch~

Products Used~
Paper Pretties Simply Special set
Basic Grey Marjolaine designer paper
Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Colorbox Chestnut Roan ink
Copics ~ BG72, BG75, BG78, YG23, E57, E99, Y21
Basic Grey Marjolaine ribbon doilies
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
EK Success scallop circle punches
pop dots

Thanks for fluttering by today! Be sure to check out the design team samples too, their links are on my left sidebar!