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This is a blog I use to share my papercraft projects. I make them for friends and family, as well as selling them to fund my craft stash. You can get in touch with me at loumac03@gmail.com if you have any questions or would like to place a commissioned order.

Friday, 15 October 2010

Mojo 160 & PDCC 51

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Evening all, hope you have had a good Friday, mine.. we'll it has been very productive to say the least! :) After I had tided my room, the bathroom and the kitchen I decided to take time out and sit down to create a card, or three. The first one I came up with was based around the sketch challenge over at Mojo Monday, this is only the second time I have ever entered this challenge.

This was the sketch..

And this is the card I came up with..


& a close up of those dinky little buttons and the gorgeous 'mottled effect' if thats what you would call it? butterflies..


This card originally started out in my mind as a Chrismas card, considering I was using Christmas patterned paper, it seemed like the right thing to do. But nothing is ever straight forward when crafting it is? :) Infact, I think I like the way it turned out better than I would of if I had made it into a Christmas card!!

Supplies
Solid card stock: Bazzill - Kraft; SU! Old Olive, Sahara Sand & Whisper White
Patterened paper: BG - Eskimo Kisses
Ink: SU! - Old Olive & Bashful Blue
Stamp: Hero Arts - Big Hugs
Buttons: BG - Eskimo Kisses
Tools: WRMK - Corner Chomper; MM - Slice (Fa La La ); Fiskars - Apron Lace Border
Miscellaneous: White gel pen; white emboridery thread; Ranger - Glossy Accents

Hope you like my little creation! I shall enter it into the competition and see what happens from there. Head on over to Mojo Monday now to enter into the 160th Week Challenge before Sunday (17th) night , join in the fun!

Edit: 15/07/10 22:18 - Also entering this into PDCC51. This is the colour combo for the competiton..


By designer Sarah Anderson.. Thank you to Jo who recommended I enter my card into this challenge too as the colours are pretty similar!!

I will aim to get my other projects uploaded sometime this week!!

Lou. xo

9 comments:

  1. Jo Hooper15 October 2010 at 21:21

    Hi Lou, lovely card those butterfly are gorgeous how did you line them up so well. Thank you for your tips on photos I will give it a go. Not sure if you are interested but your colours this week are similar to the Play Date Cafe colour combo challenge, maybe you enter into that one too,.

    Jo

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  2. LouDotMac15 October 2010 at 22:54

    @ Jo Hooper. Thank you :) I managed to get the butterflies lined up using my Stamp-a-ma-jig, a funky term for a simple stamp positioner from Stampin' Up!, this way you can achieve clean straight lines when lining up and stamping you're images.

    I have entered PDCC, thank you for pointing me in the right direction!!

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  3. MaryR16 October 2010 at 00:16

    what a beautiful card - love the butterflies and buttons

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  4. Keva16 October 2010 at 04:29

    You're absolutely right that nothing in crafting is ever straightfoward...lol. I love your card. The butterflies look great and I love the patterned paper.

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  5. Kirsty Vittetoe16 October 2010 at 05:22

    This is so sweet, love those buttons and butterflies!

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  6. Renée16 October 2010 at 07:11

    lovely card! LOVE the way you did those butterflies!

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  7. The Pursuit of Stampin'ess16 October 2010 at 07:14

    Hi dear.. This card is stunning.. I really like it! And the saying is so true! Enjoy the rest of your day.. night.. It's late I gotta go to bed! Sleep well!
    Take good care, Pauline

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  8. Sarah Anderson16 October 2010 at 09:00

    This is a beautiful card, love your 'mottled' butterflies :) Thanks definitely goes to Jo for pointing you in our direction here at the Play Date Cafe. I wouldn't have wanted to miss this card. Thanks for playing along, I'm off to peruse your blog :)

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  9. Ruby16 October 2010 at 20:38

    Very pretty card, your butterflies look lovely mottled like that! So glad you found us. Thanks for joining in with the fun this week at the Play Date Cafe!

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I would love to hear what you think. Thanks for taking the time to look. xo Lou.

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