Flocks of Butterflies

Are they even called a flock? My dad once told me (When I was very small) that butterflies never fly in straight lines because they have hay fever and are sneezing all the time, and that was why you never see them flying in flocks because the power of one thousand butterfly sneezes would be immense lol.

Anyway enough of that silliness and on to today's project which is a gift, gift bag and tag

It uses the lovely papillion pot pourri set in daffodil delight and Tangerine Tango

Heres a closer look at the matching tag

I added some pearls to the bodies of ALL the butterflies

Here's the matching gift using the Tag a Bag gift boxes

Here's a closer look at the flower

Well I hope you like todays offering, if you would like to order any of the items used to make these projects please use the 'shop now' tab

Products used

Stamps
Papillion Pot Pourri

Card
Whisper White
Daffodil Delight

Ink
Tangerine Tango
Daffodil Delight

Accessories
Blossom Punch
 Bitty Butterfly punch
Elegant Butterfly punch
Pearls
Tag a Bag Boxes

A Lovely Sunny Morning

I'm getting too used to these sunny mornings, although it was quite cold here in deepest darkest Yorkshire.  There was mass excitment this morning in our house as I thought I was going to be filmed this afternoon, only to check my emails to discover the camera man has been delayed in New York lol Just my luck.

Anyhoo I wanted to share with you a project we made at craft class on Thursday, which was a Tea Caddy

Yes I still have that very scruffy grid paper lol. In my defence it has all my notes on it.  This lovely little tea caddy is perfect for the twinings individual tea bags.

The flower on top is made using the blossom punch, the papers are the tea for two DSP perfect for this project

Here's a close up of the stamp which is from the Tea Shoppe set,  I've also used, crumb cake, soft suede and Island Indigo.

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Happy Crafting Deb

More Flutterbys

Well it was work yesterday for me, kids weren't so bad considering they'd just had a week off. and just 4 weeks and 3 days till Easter break lol

Today's little offering is a gift bag to match the card I showed you on Sunday

This time instead of inking the daisies with the ink pads and daubers I used the stampin write markers and as you can see it's a much better effect.  I just added a brad to the middle, it is a stampin up brad but unfortunately they are no longer available, which is a shame as it matches perfectly  as it has a little butterfly in the centre.

Items used
Blossom Punch 125603 £15.50
Rhinestones 119246 £4.50
Chocolate Chip A4 Card 108599 £6.25
Stampin Write Markers Neutrals (8 markers 1 in each colour) 119703 £18.25
So Saffron A4 Card 106611 £6.25
Stampin Write Markers Subtles (10 Markers 1 in each colour)119700 £23.95
Paper Daisies 119243 £5.75

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx

Flutterbyes

Well we didn't get the expected snow yesterday which was good.  We also have Scotty too Hotty this weekend which is an extra bonus, he's been walking round with his leopard hat on ready for the snow lol

Today's card is made using the Blossom punch

To make the butterfly you just cut off the top two petals ending the cut in a V shape and there you have a butterfly, I'd used gems for the body and antennae and have used the colours, chocolate chip, daffodil delight and whisper white. Look at the top right hand corner, I've added a little detail by just using the corner punch.

Items Used
Blossom Punch 125603 £15.50
Scallop Trim Corner punch 118870 £8.95
Word Window Punch 119857 £14.25
Modern Label Punch 119849 £15.50
Rhinestones 119246 £4.50
Paper Daisies 119243 £5.75
Teeny Tiny Sentiments (w) 129579 £32.95 (c) 120024 £25.95
Chocolate Chip Card 108599 £6.25
Whisper White Card 106550 £7.50
So Saffron Card 108611 £6.25
So saffron Stampin Pad 126957 £4.95
Chocolate Chip Stampin pad 126979 £4.95

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx

Box of delights

Well the kids at school are abuzz with excitement as next week is their last week at school plus, it's activity week, plus it's only four days long!!! You can't get better than that! I'm a little abuzz myself as it'll soon be time for our holidays and this year Scott's God Mother and my good friend mama Jac is tagging along with us too.

Anyhoo to the work in hand, I made this lovely surprise box, it seems to be the 'in' thing with fellow demonstrators at the moment and I'm not surprised as you can make it from a single piece of card and it's very simple to make.

I've used Daffodil Delight and Early Espresso to make this box, and used the mixed bunch stamp set to decorate, and the blossom punch, as you can see I've topped the flower off with an antique brad.

Isn't just lovely it's no wonder everyone's gone mad making it, you can make it too because there is a video tutorial right here for it and if you would like to order the items used to make it please do email me

Happy Crafting

Deb xxx