Hi Everyone!

How are you all, hope you are keeping well and enjoying the weather. Had such a lovely few weeks off sunshine, managed to do some gardening. I find it so relaxing plodding around the garden.

Thought I share this butterfly and flower card design with everyone.  This is a design using Meiflower metal butterflies and sequin butterflies.

Metal butterflies coloured in with Sakura pens

I have used a C6 white cardstock for the basecard, covered the top half of the card with a pretty floral scrapbooking paper and bottom half with light blue card.

Butterfly coloured in with Sakura pens

The layered die cut flowers are from Bazzil Basics Paper Flower Pot Collection. I used a black and a white flower, the white flower inked in lilac.

I have managed to colour in the butterfly in blue using sakura pens. I have done this technique on Create and Craft. Click on the word `Butterfly’ if you would like to see the demonstration.

Layered sequin butterflies

I have also added the small sequin butterflies to go with this design. To give the layered look, stick three sequin butterflies back to back. I have added a wide lilac organza ribbon to the bottom half of the card to finish off the card.

Hi Everyone

It is really cold at the moment, just feel like hibernating until the first signs of spring appear. I love seeing daffodil buds appear on the road sides, it so nice to see beds of daffodils, tulips and blossom trees  it reallys brightens up my day.

Well since there are no flowers around at the moment in the garden. I thought I put a butterfly and flower card on my blog with the colours of summer, hope this will brighten up a dreary day for you.

This is a made on a c6 aperature card.

Aperture card with a piece of acetate to create a window

Inside of the card, I have stuck a pretty pink, lime green and white stripy paper. Around the aperture I have stuck double sided tape with fairy dust on top to create a glitzy look. I have stuck a piece of pink flower ribbon across the bottom of the card and stuck some self adhesive pink gems on the the ribbon to create abit more texture.

Close up of sequin butterflies and flowers on the acetate

I have used three sequin butterflies folded in half,stuck back to back to create a 3-dimensional butterfly and stuck the sequin butterfly onto the acetate. Gorgeous way of using the sequin butterflies. I have seen this technique of folding butterfly before in a craft magazine but using butterfly peel offs  instead.

Pink, white and lime green colour themed greeting card

To finish off the card, I have stuck some matching sequin flowers onto the acetate with a small self adhesive gem in the centre of the flower. I love using this colour combination, it always reminds me of summer……. Bring on summer!

I love black and white theme. It looks so sophisticated it makes an ideal black and white birthday card. My friend Claire from Touch of Craft was selling blocks of patterned paper. She had a beautiful black and white set which included floral vellum.

Birthday card floral with butterfly

Claire used this gorgeous floral vellum in one of her cards which made me buy the black and white pattern paper block. The backing paper behind the padded sequin butterfly is also a vellum from the block. I wanted to carry the floral theme on with the white floral grosgrain ribbon mounted onto black organza ribbon.

Close Of Floral Vellum

I highlighted the vellum with glue and shimmer dust. Got this idea from Claire so all credit to her.

Close Up Of Silver Padded Butterfly

I’ve posted full instructions on how to make this card on my Trimcraft forum page.