Butterfly Challenge #169

 

The current theme for Mrs A's Butterfly Challenge #169 is F is for Floating Strip Card

 and she gives instructions on how to make one here. 

This is the wheel - I have used all the colours and flowers in the Tutorial 11 version of the card.

I will link this to Challenge #169

Happy Crafting!

12 Months of Christmas May 2022 Challenge #88. Winter Sports.

    

This is my DT make for the October Challenge

of The 12 Months of Christmas Link up...

This month the theme is "Winter sports"

Our sponsor is

Décosse's Dynamite Doodles

Here is my card:

I have used two papers from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - snowfall, to layer the base adding black soot Distress Ink around the edges..

I then added the die cuts from Tim Holtz' Thin Ice die set, having cut the pieces from scraps in my stash. I used double sided adhesive on these scraps before cutting them, to make it easy to attach them.

Happy Crafting!

Gecko Galz May Challenges

  

 Don't we all love a challenge? Gecko Galz Papercrafting has many monthly challenges...

 This month the main Challenge theme is 

 "La Vie Paris"

Follow the link to share your make!

May 1st - 29th.

Feel free to grab our badge, and share on your blogs.

There is only one rule, and that is you need to use at least ONE  product from Gecko Galz!!  

It can be one of the free products, stamps, collage images, or digital papers!!  It is up to you!!

The winner will receive a $25 Gecko Galz Shopping Spree 

Today I have a sneaky peek of one of my May makes - an ATC folder. 

But we also have challenges on the Facebook Group

These are the May challenges:

Then there are also the

MONTHLY Christmas Challenge

The NEW Stamp Challenge

MONTHLY Gothic Challenge

And the

Steampunk Challenge

Have Fun!

Happy Crafting!

Wynken, Blynken, And Nod.

This is my make for the DT team of Outlawz

 Sunday Songs and Rhymes

May 1 - 14

 

 Our sponsor this challenge is SheepSki Designs

Prize to the winner is 3 images from the shop

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SheepSkiDesigns

 Note:  The theme doesn’t have to be taken literally.  You may use any word or phrase out of it for your project but you MUST tell us what inspired you to be eligible for the prize draw!

 

Find inspiration in the song or rhyme:

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

BY EUGENE FIELD

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night

Sailed off in a wooden shoe--

Sailed on a river of crystal light,

Into a sea of dew.

"Where are you going, and what do you wish?"

The old moon asked of the three.

"We have come to fish for the herring fish

That live in this beautiful sea;

Nets of silver and gold have we!"

Said Wynken,

Blynken,

And Nod.

 

The old moon laughed and sang a song,

As they rocked in the wooden shoe,

And the wind that sped them all night long

Ruffled the waves of dew.

The little stars were the herring fish

That lived in that beautiful sea--

"Now cast your nets wherever you wish--

Never afeard are we!"

So cried the stars to the fishermen three:

Wynken,

Blynken,

And Nod.

 

All night long their nets they threw

To the stars in the twinkling foam---

Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,

Bringing the fishermen home;

'Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed

As if it could not be,

And some folks thought 'twas a dream they 'd dreamed

Of sailing that beautiful sea---

But I shall name you the fishermen three:

Wynken,

Blynken,

And Nod.

 

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,

And Nod is a little head,

And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies

Is a wee one's trundle-bed.

So shut your eyes while mother sings

Of wonderful sights that be,

And you shall see the beautiful things

As you rock in the misty sea,

Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three:

Wynken,

Blynken,

And Nod.

My inspiration was from the last few words of the poem...

 

I used the image Moon n Star

 

This time I started with a white card blank, matted with some blue patterned paper.

I used a grey speckly paper behind the image and the sentiment.

I paper pieced the image with a few papers from my stash using black soot Distress Ink around the rectangle edges.

Hope you will join in the challenge...

And if you haven't already become a member of our Facebook Group, please join!  

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Happy Crafting!

 

Patterned Paper Challenge May 2022

Here is my make as part of the Design Team of

 Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge!!

a monthly challenge to encourage crafters to use their patterned paper

This time I have a set of 'rip and flip' cards. Once again this was an idea from

 UK Stampers Network Craft and Chat Zoom. 

This is such a good idea to use up scraps.

 I have used small scraps of double sided papers in my stash, cut to size and ripped in half. One piece is flipped to make a background of two patterns.

The first set had papers from Paper Rose Inky Antics (on the left) and Graphic 45 Orchard Fresh. I added toppers from this set.

The second set used a Vick Boutin paper and toppers from a Kaisercraft paper pad

 (Full Bloom)

Hope you will join in with the Patterned Paper challenge!

Happy Crafting!