Butterfly in the meadow

Hello crafting friends!

There are beginning to be a lot more butterflies about when I take Eva for walks these days. I love seeing them fluttering about among the wild flowers and thought it was time to feature one on a card. Come and see:

My new In the Meadow stamp set by Funky Fossil was the perfect set for this CAS, one layer card. I started by masking the edges of one corner of a thick card base with sticky notes and blending a little green distress ink out to a fade. With the mask still in place, I stamped my wild flower, inking up with water-based markers to get a two-colour image.

Once the mask was removed. I stamped the smaller of the set's two butterflies and a sentiment from Clearly Besotted's Friendship Fuchsias in black. The butterfly was coloured with a white gel pen and water-based markers, and I added detail to the flower heads.

EDITED TO ADD AN AWARD:

So delighted that this card was chosen as the winner at AAA Cards!

CHALLENGES
I was so excited by the beautiful inspiration photo at AAA Cards that I couldn't resist joining in!

AND IN OTHER NEWS
Eva spends her days pottering about wherever I am, snoozing or giving me a hand with the chores. Her inner clock never fails her though and she knows exactly when we should be going out for a walk or having a meal.

Here she is keeping a watchful eye on me as it's coming up for afternoon walkies time and after that it will be tea time and these are VERY important moments in a pup's life!

Sending hugs to my visitors and followers,

Fuchsia fun

Hello crafting friends!

Sometimes, when Eva and I are strolling around the neighbourhood, we pass a garden full of fuchsias in all sorts of shapes and colours. I'm fascinated by these flowers which seem to me to have appeared from another planet! They feature in today's card too - come and see:

The graphic flower image is one I've admired for a while now - it's from the Friendship Fuchsias stamp set by Clearly Besotted (currently available at a 20% discount!) I coloured the flowers with Spectrum Noir markers, added a sentiment and matted the panel onto Elegant Eggplant cardstock. Very quick and simple, but I really think those extraordinary flowers are capable of carrying the show!

I coloured my fuchsias in pink and purple for the Addicted to CAS challenge and will also link up with the fabulous Flower Challenge where this month 'Anything Goes'.

AND IN OTHER NEWS
My youngest son is gathering together all the things he needs for uni. I have just withdrawn, exhausted, from a discussion about how many pillows he needs. He has decided that four is the minimum amount of pillows that a young man in his first year must have...!

I'd love to hear what you think - about the fuchsias and the pillows! Let me know in the comments below :)

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