CHALLENGES

Hello,  I thought I needed to sneak in one more  time  before  April flew on by...

    Challenges, yes we all have them,  but those are not  the kind of challenges I am here to share today .   I know this awesome group of ladies  from a super site I love , yes Splitcoastampers.  If you have never been there, there is  inspiration in the gallery,  friends in the chat forums  and  and so much  info and fun in the resources... So  this is where I go  to  get away from those other kind of challenges...
Sometimes  CHALLENGES can be fun  : )

     In  one of the threads on SCS  we have formed an amazing group of ladies. Yes, we all love to paper craft, but we are all human and live life every day as well...We all  care about each other and  enjoy  just  saying hello or what ever is on our mind, as well as offer encouragement when needed .   We  have formed another group  that loves to share ideas,  so  monthly we  have challenges  that we share... And then  each of us post our take on that challenge...

   So I have  three  cards to share with you today. These are what my  mind  saw with the goodies for April  ...

   First was  the easy one,  My sweet friend made this awesome tulle flower, and I  knew I had the perfect dp  to put it with, add a butter fly  and some bling  and voila...  The butter fly is from a die  by Dienamics, it cuts  3  different sized  butterflies,  you can stack, or use individually... yes, I love this  butterfly ...
I have another flower just like this that I plan to use on a scrap book page .    :  )

   And second  was the one I choose to find a sketch on SCS  to follow. That was one of the added guidelines in our challenge... I could not follow it exactly, but this is the basic  concept...I just  thought there too many layers  to incorporate into my card...  I used a Sizzix  embossing folder that was a gift,  and another favorite of mine.And it carried the  small flower   across the card. Along with that, I used simple matting and layering. I used a scalloped circle to bring in  the circle and  instead of a sentiment or another image I layered butterflies  with some bling  : )

 

    And the third card is absolutely nothing like I had in mind...but this what evolved... I loved this image and wanted to do something  non traditional...
   So, this is all basic, I used  simple  dp,  and I double layered ribbon, I used a ticket corner punch  to add depth  and stamped SPRING  on vellum to keep it soft. Again, yes , I used my smallest butterfly and more bling , but SPRING  bring  butterflies  right ?  I used a daisy border punch,  not very well  : (   I  might add.  I  cut the front of the card a bit  and added the same dp  to the inside as a border...I used  colored pencils and a blender pen to color the image . These are all old ideas, and  some very non perfect  cuts,   but it is  delicate... and I like  the end result .
 I added  a stamped butterfly inside in  a lower corner as well as on the envelope ...

   You will notice I did not put any  sentiments on these cards. I have a few  people in my life that simply need a reason to smile, or something to brighten their day. Some times  words are not enough, nor important.
 I hope they enjoy these cards as much as I did  creating them...

  Thanks for stopping by...Maybe next time I will just put some pictures up... Life is busy and flying by, just like our APRIL did...

From My Heart,
Have a BLESSED  DAY...