#187 Butterflies Galore.

The Butterflies are taking over  for the next  challenge which will run 4 weeks. There will be  no special requirements other than to have lots of  Butterflies on your card/project.

 

Your  butterflies can be in the form of a die cut, coloured image, stamp, digi, stencil, design paper. Whatever medium you choose.

No restrictions on how many entries  Just have fun.

There will be prizes to be had. 

These are some corner bookmarks.

 

Sorry there is no card from me this time. The new meds I have been put on (for a problem I didn't even know I had but was picked up from my latest blood test) are causing my immune system to go back into overdrive. The side effects are supposed to ease off after a few weeks but my immune system just hasn't gotten the message yet.

Enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

This challenge will be  running for 4 weeks.

Challenge will therefore end 

Tuesday 3rd Oct  8pm (GMT) .

Winners #186

Thank you all for making the time to come along and play with me. There were 20   entries  playing in the Tic Tac Toe. What a great selection of  cards they all turned out to be. Not easy for me to make my choices but here goes. 

Here are my top 3 for using a non shape card as your entry. 

#3 Elisa

#11  Carrie Ann Sheridan

#13 Sandy J.

Here are my top 3 for using a shape card as your entry. 

#6 Jill Giacomo 

#8 Bettascrap

#16 Gecrc Jannec

 Congratulations everyone.

Please take a bow and help yourselves to

The Top 3

Badge from the side bar.

The Prize winners are as follows.

Non shape card line 

using die cuts/flowers/spots

(20) Tina Z. 

Shaped card line

using gatefold/ design paper/stamps

(14) Donna T. 

Tina and Donna  please get in touch 

 using the email address in the side bar to collect your prize.

Can  you please let me know your favourite colour when emailing me as it will be incorporated in some way into your prize!

Please also take the Winner's Badge from the side bar.

Can I also please ask that you acknowledge your win

In the comments box below so that 

I know to expect an email from you.

Challenge #187 will be starting  8am (GMT)6th Sep.

See you back soon.

#186 Pick a Row with your Butterfly.

The Butterflies are back for another challenge which is 

Pick a Row from the chart below to go with your Butterfly on your card.

 

You can go Horizontal, Vertical or Diagonal 

so this gives you quite a choice.

I have popped in two card shapes which we have made before so you will find the tutorials for them under the card shapes tab. (Please note though you will find the Stepper card  under Faux Stepper!!)

You therefore have a choice of 5 lines to pick if you are using a shaped card with your butterfly

Namely

Gatefold/Die cuts/Stripes

Design paper/Flowers/ Stepper Card

Gatefold/ Design Paper/ Stamps

Stripes/Stepper card/Embossing folder

Gatefold/Flowers/Embossing Folder

There are a further 3 lines if you just want to use your butterfly

Namely

Die cuts/Flowers/Spots

Stamps/Spots/ Embossing folder

Stamps/Flowers/ Stripes.

There will be a prize for using a shaped card line

and also a prize for using a non shape line. 

Here is my inspiration for you. 

Using Vertical Row

Gatefold/Design Paper/Stamps/ + Butterfly

Below shows inside of gatefold. 

Using Vertical Row

Die Cuts/Flowers/Spots + Butterfly

Using Vertical Row

Stripes/Stepper Card/Embossing folder + Butterfly

Please let me know in your post which line you are using. 

Enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

This challenge will be  running for 3 weeks.

Challenge will therefore end 

Tuesday 5th Sep  8pm (GMT) .

Winners #185

Thank you all for making the time to come along and play with me. There was a total of 44 entries Wow what a selection of great cards they all turned out to be. I had 14 of them put aside as Top 3 contenders and just could not pick or whittle down any further so I put their corresponding numbers into the teacup and pulled them out that way.

So without further ado here are my 3 top selection of entries in numerical order as follows: 

 #2 Pauline C.

#5 Aquarius

# 35 Elle - Jeanne

 Congratulations everyone.

Please take a bow and help yourselves to

The Top 3

Badge from the side bar.

The Prize winners are as follows.

Again as there were over 40 entries and it was rather a tight squeeze in the butterfly mug 

I decided to make it more even and to delve into the mug twice by dividing the numbers up 1 - 22 and then 23 - 44.

1st Winner from 1 - 22

(6) Elisa

2nd Winner from 23 - 44

(27) Kathy A.

Elisa and Kathy please get in touch 

 using the email address in the side bar to collect your prize.

Can  you please let me know your favourite colour when emailing me as it will be incorporated in some way into your prize!

Please also take the Winner's Badge from the side bar.

Can I also please ask that you acknowledge your win

In the comments box below so that 

I know to expect an email from you.

Challenge #186 will be starting  8am (GMT)16th Aug.

See you back soon. 

#185 Flowers with your Butterfly.

The Butterflies are still in their summer recess for the next  challenge which will run 4 weeks. There will be  no special requirements other than to have flowers with your Butterfly on your card/project.

 

Your flowers/ butterfly can be in the form of a die cut, coloured image, stamp, digi, stencil, design paper. Whatever medium you choose.

No restrictions on how many entries  Just have fun.

There will be prizes to be had. 

Here is my inspiration for you. 

I needed a card to send to a friend to say Thankyou. 

Sorry there is a slight glare from my camera flash which no matter how many times I took the picture I couldn't avoid it. 

Enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

This challenge will be  running for 4 weeks.

Challenge will therefore end 

Tuesday 15th Aug  8pm (GMT) .

Winners #184

Thankyou all for making the time to come along and play with me. There were a whopping 40 entries in total and what a lovely selection of cards they all turned out to be. 

  Without further ado here are my 3  top  selection of entries in numerical order as follows: 

 #25 Carrie  Sheridan

#35 Suzanne H.

39 Kathy A.

 Congratulations everyone.

Please take a bow and help yourselves to

The Top 3

Badge from the side bar.

The Prize winners are as follows.

As there were 40 entries and it was rather a tight squeeze in the butterfly mug I

decided to make it more even and to delve into the mug twice by dividing the numbers up 1 - 20 and then 21 - 40.

1st Winner from 1 - 20

(6) Becca Yahrling

2nd Winner from 21 - 40

(33) Liz Cavill

Becca and Liz  please get in touch 

 using the email address in the side bar to collect your prize.

Can  you please let me know your favourite colour when emailing me as it will be incorporated in some way into your prize!

Please also take the Winner's Badge from the side bar.

Can I also please ask that you acknowledge your win

In the comments box below so that 

I know to expect an email from you.

Challenge #185 will be starting  8am (GMT)19th  July.

See you back soon. 

N.B.

Prizes for #183 are now in the post. 

Apologies for delay. 

Life has been a bit hectic. 

❤

#184 Anything goes with a Butterfly.

The Butterflies are taking a summer recess for the next 2 challenges which will run 4 weeks each. There will be  no special requirements other than to have a Butterfly on your card/project.

 Please do make sure though that your butterfly is the Central Focal point. 

Your butterfly can be in the form of a die cut, coloured image, stamp, digi, stencil, design paper. Whatever medium you choose.

No restrictions on how many entries  Just have fun.

There will be prizes to be had. 

Here is my inspiration for you. 

Enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

This challenge will be  running for 4 weeks.

Challenge will therefore end 

Tuesday 18th Jul  8pm (GMT) .

Winners #183

Thankyou all again for making the time to come along and play with me. There were 24 entries in total and what a lovely selection of cards they all turned out to be. 

  Without further ado here are my 3 non shape top  selection of entries in numerical order as follows: 

 #1 Elisa

Just love those cute little butterflies. 

 #9 Ellie - Jeanne

Love the arrangement of the butterflies.

 #18 Bettascrap

Love how delicate this tag looks. 

My 3 Bookmark Cards 

 

#7 Wilma

My favourite colours.

#13 Liz Cavill

Such a pretty combination. 

#23 Kathy Asper.

Super colouring of the image. 

 Congratulations everyone.

Please take a bow and help yourselves to

The Top 3

Badge from the side bar.

The Prize winners are as follows.

For entering a project using any 2 of the colours 

+ your Butterfly.

(14) Riet Harikini

for entering a Bookmark Card using any 2 of the colours

+ Buttons/Bows

+ Butterfly

(5)  Carrie Ann. 

Special Prize 

For using all 7 elements on your card. 

The name pulled from the Butterfly Mug

is

(22) Paper Papier.

Riet, Carrie Ann and Paper Papier

Please get in touch using the email address in the side bar to collect your prize.

Can All 3 of you please let me know your favourite colour when emailing me as it will be incorporated in some way into your prize!

Please also take the Winner's Badge from the side bar.

Can I also please ask that you acknowledge your win

In the comments box below so that 

I know to expect an email from you.

Challenge #184 will be starting  8am (GMT)21st  June.

See you back soon. 

❤

#183 Spin The Butterfly Wheel with B for Bookmark Card.

The Butterflies are back with a fresh round of card shapes for you. 

Whilst I do have lots of different shapes to try I don't necessarily have one to use for each letter of the Alphabet so I am choosing them randomly and some letters will be used more than once and in any order!

I keep finding more and more interesting shapes and my little book of card shapes not yet used numbers 57 (it keeps gong up!) so we won't be going any where none too soon. 

 The second letter out of the Tea cup for May  is 

the letter

B

Come on in.

Lets Spin the Butterfly Wheel.

Each challenge will be a letter of the Alphabet with a choice of 4 Colours , 1 Theme and a specified Card shape all beginning with the chosen letter.

As before I will be showing a tutorial for each of the card shapes.

 A link to the tutorial page is shown above under the banner heading. Just click on the Card Shapes tab and you will be taken to a drop down list of all the past and present card tutorials.

 You must of course use a butterfly on your entry but there are two categories for you to choose from.

1.    Make any style card/project using at least 2 of the colours on the wheel +butterfly. 

2.    Make a card using the Card Shape +any 2 of the colours + the theme +butterfly. 

There will be a prize for each category. 

 Please state in your post which part of the wheel you are using to play with.

There will be a special prize draw for using all  the elements from the wheel.

So lets get started.

The wheel is

B

for 

Bookmark  Card.

These are the four colours to choose from. 

The Theme is  Buttons or Bows.

I couldn't decide so you have a choice for this challenge.

Either/Or/or use them both. It's up to you. 

n.b. your buttons/bows can be Real or Faux!!

Please state the elements of Your Choice.

I loved this card as you get an added bonus with it to use separately.

Here is  my inspiration card for you.

Using all elements from the wheel.

 

You can see more details of this card over on my blog Here.

Prizes

Prizes for this year are going to be a different format.

 We are all now struggling with rising living costs and whilst it is always nice to receive a new stamp we still need to purchase for ourselves the fundamentals of our crafting hobby

so I have decided that the prizes will be a selection of just those items that we use on a daily basis and always running out of. 

i.e. D.S tape, cardstock, washi tape,ribbon, glue pens, stickers,gems,enamel dots, 3D pads, tape runners  etc.

(The Butterfly Prize Box is now fully stocked with a selection of the above items)

I will include  a fun item that can be used in your craft room just for you. 

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

Enter your creations in Mr Linky below.

Please also state if you are only playing for fun.

Happy crafting and see you soon.

This challenge will be  running for 3 weeks.

Challenge will therefore end 

Tuesday 20th Jun  8pm (GMT) .