butterflies

there is a funny story behind these cards. i made some cards for a swap a while back and thought i had sent them to their intended address.

they didn't arrive and totes blamed oz post and nz post 

and so i decided to make some more so my swappees didn't miss out

..............seems i had let them fall down the side of my car (you know that annoying space between seat and middle console where all your crap goes) so now i have 2 cards for the same sketch lol

 i didn't have much fabric left for these ones so only added a tiny bit to them

i also turned the sketch around to accomodate my swallowtail

for the stamped image i inked the image up with markers and then sprayed the stamp with water to make it all smudged together

i added some bling because...well...damn...who needs a reason really?!!!!

thanks

i belong to a monthly swap

and this month we had a sketch to follow

we also had some "given" objects the leader of the swap 

had sent to us that we had to use on our cards.

i got fabric-some with lines on it and some with apples.

here is my swap

 i used the stamped images from thankful forest friends in front of an embossed tree image

 the apple fabric i cut out the images and sued them whilst the striped material was used for a banner strip on the side with a bit of lace added to it.

i made an extra card with the leftover scraps and the other sentiment from the set.

i also added some buttons and twine this time.

spice up your scrapbooking

the best way to spice up your scrapbooking is to use new stuff lol

here's the latest offering from stampin up from the new summer mini

it is a lovely dsp called spice cake and has matching fabric , stamp set, button and ribbon-how cool is that?

 here i have used the lace border punch for some detail at the bottom.

i used the square punch which i inked around for the middle and i added a strip of crumb cake seam binding ribbon with some buttons

 for the photos i used the large tag from the two tags die for the smaller photo with a flower for an accent. the larger photo i cut some suede card and added some pumpkin pie card with some baja seam binding ribbon for an accent

 another accent was made from fabric put through the circles die and a button sewn onto them...you could do the same thing with paper if you like but the fabric is kinda cool isn't it?

nothing like spicing up your scrapbooking page with a mixture of textures :>