Butterfly Bookmark

Hi guys!! It's FRIDAY!! Woo hoo!! and i have a very busy weekend planned! Firstly it's my sisters birthday tomorrow, so i'm looking forward to celebrating it with her!! It is also my last weekend in the UK before i disappear off to Tanzania for a whole month!!! Now don't worry, i have been very, very busy scheduling lots of projects ( i think you will still be getting a daily post!!!) so please make sure you visit and leave me lots of comments, so it all feels worthwhile!!

All though my Tanzania trip is going to be a very busy one i'm hoping i'll get some down time and get some reading done! and so i thought i'd make myself a little bookmark to take with me. Here it is:

This bookmark started life as a strip of 'Bashful Blue' card, next layer is 'Marina Mist' and the top layer is a strip of 'DSP' from the 'Elegant Soiree' collection. The topper is a 'Bashful Blue' 'Scallop Circle', a '1-3/8" Circle' punched from 'Marina Mist' and finally a '1-1/4" Circle' of 'DSP'. I have stamped  a butterfly from the Level 1 stampset: 'Punch Potpourri', punched him out using the 'Butterfly Punch', placed some 'Basic Pearls' down the centre of the butterfly!

A very quick make and it's lovely to be able to take something a little crafty with me to Africa! I think i'm going to miss my crafting whilst i'm away. But i think i will get my crafting fix - some jewellery making with a Masai tribe and also making some elephant dung paper!!

Please keep checking back on this blog regularly to see all my crafty creations!!  and check back tomorrow especially as i have a very cute little card to share with you, i made it ages ago for my sisters birthday and have been keeping it a secret for ages!!

Handbags and gladrags!!

Hi all, i hope you're all having a lovely weekend!! Today i have a handbag style card to share with all you lovely crafty people. Here it is:

A really quick card to make - starting with a 'Crumb Cake' card base, which i have layered with some 'Elegant Soiree' 'DSP'. I then cut a seperate strip of 'Crumb cake' and cut off two corners to create the handbag flap. I then ran some 'Very Vanilla' card through the 'Big Shot' using the 'Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder' and then cut that slightly smaller than the crumb cake strip. I used my 'Crop-adile' to punch two small holes at the top of the card and ran some 'Baja Breeze' 'Seaming Ribbon' to create the bag handle. I placed a 'Designer Button' with some 'Linen Thread' to create the bag clasp, and placed some 'Paper Flowers' in the right corner of the bag design, layered on some 'Baja Breeze' 'Satin Ribbon', with another 'Designer Button' with 'Linen thread' placed in the centre.

I'm entering this card into the Glitter Geeks challenge: Handbags and Gladrags. This is the third week of challenges offered by the Glitter Geeks - check them out and get involved!!

I'm also entering this card into the Daring Cardmakers challenge, which this week is 'Something Old, Something New...' Here's how the elements of my card fit the challenge:

• Something Old: The 'Paper Flowers' - they're retired Stampin' Up! stock, so i have had them quite a while.
• Something New: The 'DSP' i have used in this project - 'Elegant Soiree' is brand new (and isn't it lovely!!)
• Something Borrowed: The 'Baja Breeze' 'Satin Ribbon' is the remainder of a borrowed length.
• Something Blue: Quite obvious - the 'DSP', the 'Designer Buttons' amd the 'Seaming Ribbon'.

Right, i've managed to complete all my jobs for today and so i'm off to do some crafting in the garden!! Have a lovely Sunday!