#69 Butterflies +Z is for Zero and/or Zucchini

Welcome back to my Butterfly Challenge. The Butterflies have now rested their wings and are fluttering to go. Winners results for #68 are in the post below. Please make sure you check back as it could be you.  Unclaimed prizes go back into the pot and there have been a few! Thankyou all so much for continuing to play along.
We are now three quarters of the way through the current set of letters and themes. A new mix has been entered into the challenge too!!

 Each challenge will be a different letter of the Alphabet. It will always be Butterflies with the addition of an item/theme beginning with a chosen letter. Along with the letter will be a corresponding colour.
You may choose to use just the letter/theme + butterfly or use the colour +butterfly.
If you make your project using both the letter and the colour +butterfly you will be eligible for going into a second draw to win an additional prize. so that's 2 chances to win on each challenge.
My Guest Designers will choose which letter goes next and I will supply the theme and colour.

I'm delighted to introduce you to my next Guest Designer.

Please welcome back 

Tina Z.

(winner of #62.)

Hi. I am Tina and I live in Slovenia, a country well known for its stunning nature. I have been married to my high school sweetheart and we have a 5 year old daughter and two sons (4 and 1,5 year old). I started card making in 2010 when my husband bought me a green Cuttlebug J.  I didn't know a hobby could be so addictive … So I created my blog to share my love of crafting and to enter challenges, which inspire my  crafting.

Both decisions – to start crafting and to start blogging  - are among the best in my life, it is so inspiring. I don’t have any specific ‘crafter style’,  I just love playing with papers and trying different styles and techniques, e.g. CAS, vintage, bokeh, smooshing, water coloring …

You can find more on my blog (http://www.treebug.org/). The name incorporates my passion for environment (»tree«) and card making (»bug« is short for my green Cuttlebug)

I am so happy to be a Guest Designer at Butterfly challenge – butterfly dies were among the first dies I bought. Thank you Mrs A.!

Tina  has chosen

# 69 Butterflies +  Z is for Zero

with the additional option of Z is for the colour Zucchini.

(The definition for Zucchini as a colour is hues of yellow through to hues of green

and I will accept either or both colour ranges.)

Your Zero can be a nought on your project to represent a special birthday or an event maybe. 

Here is Tina's card for you.

Tina  has made a Birthday card for a special 10yr old. 

Please do go on over to Tina's blog to see how this beautiful

card has been made. 

Thankyou Tina  for being my guest Designer for #69.

Please take the new Guest Designer badge from the side bar.

Here is my inspiration for you.

Please go to my  Blog Here   for full explanation of how the cards were made.

The Winner may choose one item from the following prizes.

(A) Blue Selection

(B) Pink Selection

The additional prize available if

using both Zero and the colour Zucchini along  with your Butterfly

is

Sizzix 659125

Thinlits Die.

Butterfly, Flourishes & Frame.

Please be sure to read all the rules on the tab above

and enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

Winners #68.

You have far exceeded all my wildest dreams with over 40 entries for this extra special challenge.
Thankyou all so much for taking time out of your busy christmas schedules to flutter by with your gorgeous Fairies and fun Elves, Gnomes and Pixies. I loved every entry.

As the challenge lasted for a month I have decided to pick 3 Top Fairy Cards and then a further
Top 3 from the Elves,Gnomes, and Pixies.

Here they all are, in no particularl order.

Lets hear it for the Fairies.

(18) Glenda.

(with her gorgeous stitched Fairy)

(29) Pooja Sharma

(with her beautiful Fairy scene)

(32) Cherio Urgia.

(with her cute blue flower Fairy)

Now lets hear it for the Elves, Gnomes and Pixies.

(2) Teresa.

(with her very pretty winter Elf. )

If your reading this Teresa please get in touch via my email

so that I can leave comments for you as your google + and I'm not.)

(5) Tracey.

(with her fabulous bah humbug Gnome)

(39) Kimbo.

(with her 2 Gnomes from home)

Congratulations to everyone. Please take a bow and help yourselves to the new Top 3 badge from the side bar.

Now onto the 2 Winners picked by Random Org.

(21) Sunshinepen

and

(17) Rainey\'s Craft Room

Congratulations  Penny and Lorraine.

Please get in touch using the email address in the sidebar letting me know which prize you would like to receive shown in #68.

Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

Hope to see you all back in #69.

#68 All kinds of Fairies, Elves, Gnomes and Pixies

Hello and welcome back 

to a very Special Challenge.

Please stop and flutter for a while.

Winners results for #67are in the post below.

As in previous years 

The butterflies are all now in the chrysalis stage 

and will be back again  in the New Year

ready to spread their wings.

In The meantime 

for the whole of December 

(closes 27th )

The Fairies and their friends have all come out to play.

The New challenge for #68 is

Fairies, Elves, Gnomes and Pixies .

You can make Christmas/Non Christmas items

just so long as I can see a fairy/ies with wings 

 on your project or an Elf, Gnome or Pixie or two.

There will be two winners chosen

and a Top 3 selected.

So to get you started here is a selection of cards from me. 

A Shaker card  using Lavinia Stamps ' Dancing till Dawn'.

Christmas card using Bugaboo's 'Mistletoe Fairy' digi.

Christmas card using  'Sleepy Holiday Fred Gnome ' digi

by Lacy Sunshine. 

Please stop by my Blog for full details.

The Winners may choose one item each  from the following prizes.

2017  Diary  + selection A

Or

2017  Diary  + selection B

Please be sure to read all the rules on the tab above

and enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

Winners #67

Hello again.
Time to announce the winners of my Not Square and/or Navy challenge.
Thankyou all so much for coming along and joining in. Several of you joined in more than once.

My Top 3.

In numerical order they are

(10)  Alison C.

(with  an eye catching  circular arrangement.)

(16) Amanda H.

(with  a superb oval die cut card)

(19) Liz Cavill. 

( with a stunning blue/yellow butterfly card.)

Congratulations to everyone. Please take a bow and help yourselves to the new Top 3 badge from the side bar.

Now onto the Winner picked by Random Org.

(14) Glenda (Paper Cat)

Congratulations  Glenda.

Please get in touch using the email address in the sidebar letting me know which prize you would like to receive shown in #67.

Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

The Winner of the  

Papermania's

Square Urban Stamp

'Beautiful Entomologist'.

for using both Not Square  and Navy

+Butterfly

is

(13) Lia 

Congratulations  Lia.

Please get in touch using the email address in the side bar. Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

Hope to see you all back in #68.

#67 butterflies + N is for Not Square and/or Navy

Welcome back to my Butterfly Challenge. Winners results for #66 are in the post below. Please make sure you check back as it could be you.  Unclaimed prizes go back into the pot and there have been a few! Thankyou all so much for continuing to play along.
We are now three quarters of the way through the current set of letters and themes. A new mix has been entered into the challenge too!!

 Each challenge will be a different letter of the Alphabet. It will always be Butterflies with the addition of an item/theme beginning with a chosen letter. Along with the letter will be a corresponding colour.
You may choose to use just the letter/theme + butterfly or use the colour +butterfly.
If you make your project using both the letter and the colour +butterfly you will be eligible for going into a second draw to win an additional prize. so that's 2 chances to win on each challenge.
My Guest Designers will choose which letter goes next and I will supply the theme and colour.

I'm delighted to introduce you to my next Guest Designer.

Please welcome 

 Mervi (Loreal Blondi)

(winner of #61)

My name is Mervi Väisänen and I live in Finland. Because I'm blond my Blog name is Loreal Blondi. For me it's an omen and I think that's why my life is so happy!

Like many of  you, I can say too that I have made cards all of my life! But nowadays I have plenty of time to do it – when ever I like! Not only to myself and challenges, which are so great, but also to relatives and friends who I know love to get some handmade cards now and then.

For me it's more than making cards - it's almost way of living :) And it's fun!



Mervi has chosen

# 67 Butterflies + N is for Not Square

with the additional option of N is for the colour Navy.

Your card/project can have lots of  other colour just at long as you have used navy somewhere for me

and I would like to see a shaped card .No square cards allowed.

Here is Mervi's card for you.

I love the embossed background and just take a look

at that gorgeous butterfly!! 

Please pop over to Mervi's Blog to see 

the full details of her  lovely card.

Thankyou  Mervi for being my guest Designer for #67.

Please take the new Guest Designer badge from the side bar.

Here is my inspiration for you.

Easel butterfly card.



Please go to my blog  Here  for full explanation of how  the card was made.

The Winner may choose one item from the following prizes.

2017  Pocket Diary with 

 Pink/Green selection

or

2017  Pocket Diary with 

 Blue/ Purple selection

The additional prize available if

using both Not Square and the colour Navy with your Butterfly

is

Papermania's

Square Urban Stamp

'Beautiful Entomologist'.

Very kindly donated by Kim Dear.

(Thankyou Kim.)

Please be sure to read all the rules on the tab above

and enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.



Winners #66

Hello again.
Time to announce the winners of my Quotes and/or Quicksilver challenge.
Thankyou all so much for coming along and joining in. We had one  new player so welcome.

My Top 3.

In numerical order they are

(7) Lorraine

(with this superb magical digital layout)

(14) Treebug

(with these beautiful tags and matching folders)

(19) Charlotte E. (Lady Joyful)

( with a lovely silver embossed butterfly)

Congratulations to everyone. Please take a bow and help yourselves to the new Top 3 badge from the side bar.

Now onto the Winner picked by Random Org.


(22) Karen P.

 

Congratulations  Karen.

Please get in touch using the email address in the sidebar letting me know which prize you would like to receive shown in #66.

Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

The Winner of the  

Darkroom Door

Collage Stamp

Butterfly Garden.

 

for using both Quotes and Quicksilver

+Butterfly

is

(3) Sunshinepen.

Congratulations  Pen.

Please get in touch using the email address in the side bar. Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

Hope to see you all back in #67.

#66 Butterflies + Q is for Quotes and/or Quick Silver

Welcome back to my Butterfly Challenge. Winners results for #65 are in the post below. Please make sure you check back as it could be you.  Unclaimed prizes go back into the pot and there have been a few! Thankyou all so much for continuing to play along.
We are now three quarters of the way through the current set of letters and themes. A new mix has been entered into the challenge too!!

Each challenge will be a different letter of the Alphabet. It will always be Butterflies with the addition of an item/theme beginning with a chosen letter. Along with the letter will be a corresponding colour.
You may choose to use just the letter/theme + butterfly or use the colour +butterfly.
If you make your project using both the letter and the colour +butterfly you will be eligible for going into a second draw to win an additional prize. so that's 2 chances to win on each challenge.
My Guest Designers will choose which letter goes next and I will supply the theme and colour.

I'm delighted to introduce you to my next Guest Designer.

Please welcome 

Kath B.

(winner of #60)

Kath says

I've always enjoyed crafting and started knitting and sewing clothes for my dolls when I was young.  Since then I've also done crewel and cross stitch embroidery, woodwork, flower arranging, cake decorating and sugarcraft, and tried a few other things along the way!

A few years ago my husband gave me a gift voucher for my birthday so I could attend a local cardmaking class – he always jokes that it’s been the most expensive birthday present he has ever given me!  I started my blog Handmade by Kath to get feedback on projects for my Certificate in Papercrafts and now use it for entering blog challenges.  My favourite style is CAS, although I enjoy trying different styles and techniques to get out of my comfort zone.

Kath has chosen

# 66 Butterflies + Q is for Quotes

with the additional option of Q is for the colour Quick Silver

I'm upping the ante slightly here and asking for specifically quotes on Butterflies.
Gulp!!!!
Here are just a few I found  though on the web to get you thinking.

If nothing ever changed there'd be no Butterflies.
Your wings already exist, all you need to do is fly.
Never settle for anything less than Butterflies.
Always be brave enough to fly.
Butterflies are self propelled flowers.
Blossom like a Butterfly.
The Butterfly counts not months but moments and has time enough.
Happiness is like a Butterfly.

Your card/project can have lots of colour just at long as you have used silver card either for the edging or silver for the wording. (I just need to see silver some where on your project).

Here is Kath's card for you.

I love the silver edged panels and the quote is so true.. 

Please pop over to Kath's Blog to see 

the full details of her  lovely card.

Thankyou  Kath for being my guest Designer for #66.

Please take the new Guest Designer badge from the side bar.

Here is my inspiration for you.

Please go to my blog  Here  for full explanation of how  the cards were made.

The Winner may choose one item from the following prizes.

2017  Pocket Diary with 

 Pink/Green selection

or

2017  Pocket Diary with 

 Blue/ Purple selection

The additional prize available if

using both Quotes and the colour Quick Silver with your Butterfly

is

Darkroom Door

Collage Stamp

Butterfly Garden.

Very kindly donated by Kim Dear.

(Thankyou Kim.)

Please be sure to read all the rules on the tab above

and enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

Winners #65.

Hello again.
Time to announce the winners of my Hoops and/or Harebell challenge.
Thankyou all so much for coming along and joining in. We had two  new players so welcome.

My Top 3.

In numerical order they are

(1) Aquarius

(Superb circle die cuts and such a  pretty blue background)

(8) Pooja

(Subtle shades of colour with  pretty butterflies)

(15) Karen P

( Check out Karen's awesome toadstools!)

Congratulations to everyone. Please take a bow and help yourselves to the new Top 3 badge from the side bar.

Now onto the Winner picked by Random Org.

(28) Pearl

Congratulations Pearl .

Please get in touch using the email address in the sidebar letting me know which prize you would like to receive shown in #65.

Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

The Winner of the  

Crafter's Companion

Butterrfly Lullaby stamp set

for using both Hoops and Harebell

+Butterfly

is

(14) Jenny L.

Congratulations Jenny.

Please get in touch using the email address in the side bar. Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

Hope to see you all back in #66.

#65 Butterflies + H is for Hoops and/or Harebell.

Welcome back to my Butterfly Challenge. Winners results for #64 are in the post below. Please make sure you check back as it could be you.  Unclaimed prizes go back into the pot and there have been a few! Thankyou all so much for continuing to play along.
We are now more than two thirds through the current set of letters and themes. A new mix has been entered into the challenge too!!

Each challenge will be a different letter of the Alphabet. It will always be Butterflies with the addition of an item/theme beginning with a chosen letter. Along with the letter will be a corresponding colour.
You may choose to use just the letter/theme + butterfly or use the colour +butterfly.
If you make your project using both the letter and the colour +butterfly you will be eligible for going into a second draw to win an additional prize. so that's 2 chances to win on each challenge.
My Guest Designers will choose which letter goes next and I will supply the theme and colour.

I'm delighted to introduce you to my next Guest Designer.

Please welcome 

Rahmat

(winner of #58)

'Hello, I am Rahmat, I am very delighted to be a guest designer for the butterfly challenge today. Thank you Mrs.A.

 I am a crafter since childhood, I started with embroidery plus sewing, and then I moved onto paper crafting. Initially it was just making cards, and paper-crafts for my kids.

A friend of mine saw my cards back in 2013, and forced me to make 10 cards for her, since then a spark was ignited, and I worked my way through finding things in this crafting world, like a little Alice in the Wonderland!

It took me sometime to discover my very style, which is CAS mostly, but I do love to try out different techniques from time to time. Embroidery being my first love, I take every possible chance to add a stitch or two on my cards.

I started blogging about a bit over 2 years now, and got more and more into card making since then. I am a mother to 2 teens, a teacher by profession, but currently doing substitute teaching. Besides card making, I also enjoy photography, cooking, traveling  and I also love to give lessons for free on Indian cooking. 

Rahmat has chosen

# 65 Butterflies + H is for Hoops

with the additional option of H is for the colour Harebell

(Harebell ranges from pale blue through to a brighter blue to almost purple)

So I would like to see hoops /rings of some description on your project along with your butterfly/ies of course.

Here is Rahmat's card for you.

I love how Rahmat has used the full spectrum of the colour here. 

Please pop over to Rahmat's Blog to see 

the full details of this lovely card.

Thankyou  Rahmat for being my guest Designer for #65.

Please take the new Guest Designer badge from the side bar.

Here is my inspiration for you.

Please go to my blog Here for full explanation of how card was made.

The Winner may choose one item from the following prizes.

Hessian Goody Bag

containing either

(A)  Pink bag

(B)  Gold/Yellow/Orange bag

or

$10 gift certificate from 

Raspberry Road.

The additional prize available if

using both Hoops and the colour Harebell

is

Crafter's Companion

 Butterfly Lullaby Set.

Please be sure to read all the rules on the tab above

and enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

Winners #64.

Hello again.
Time to announce the winners of my Checkered and/or Cyan challenge.
Thankyou all so much for coming along and joining in. We had one new player so welcome.

My Top 3.

In numerical order they are

(10) Sunshinepen
(A window box full of butterflies)

(21) Pearl
(Using a snippet from a gardening magazine
with her butterfly)

(25) Repolainen
( This card totally blew me away using
the colour cyan with black.)

Congratulations to everyone. Please take a bow and help yourselves to the new Top 3 badge from the side bar.

Now onto the Winner picked by Random Org.

(13) Lilian A. 

Congratulations Lilian .

Please get in touch using the email address in the sidebar letting me know which prize you would like to receive shown in #64.

Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

The Winner of the  

Tonic

 Laura Butterfly Set.

for using both Checkered and Cyan 

+Butterfly

is

(20) Janis in ID. 

Congratulations Janis.

Please get in touch using the email address in the side bar. Please also take the new Winners Badge from the side bar.

Hope to see you all back in #65.