Lift Off

Good morning

Today is the final day of Mrs Beez's personal challenge to to show support, and raise awareness of, the charity Amy and Friends and the work they do to support children suffering from Cockayne Syndrome.  Amy and Friends adopted the butterfly to represent those whose lives have been cut short by this terrible illness and therefore Mrs Beez has been placing a butterfly on all of for projects for the past month.

I really admire what Lisette - aka Mrs Beez, has been doing to raise awareness of this charity and it meant so much to me when she asked me to be a guest on her blog.  I want to thank her for giving me this fabulous opportunity.

As these are my last butterfly cards for a while I thought it appropriate that they, once again, should feature the outstanding Stampin' Up Swallowtail Butterfly stamp.

I watched a You Tube clip by Brandy's Cards, which showed me how to make this style of card.  As you can see, it has dimension and looks as if it is elegantly peeling away from the page.

Regular visitors will know that I take out my own form of insurance policy when I stamp images and always make two impressions (at least) and, if nothing goes wrong, I end up with two very similar cards.  I managed not to mess things up this time, so I made one card in SU Midnight Muse and the other in Cherry Cobbler.

Please visit Mrs Beez's blog to find out more about the work of Amy and Friends and how Mrs Beez is raising awareness and, whilst you are there, check out her blog candy giveaway, it is the last day today, so hurry.


Dionne

Butterfly and Thistle

Hi

I have another butterfly card to share with you today.  As you know, my friend Mrs Beez and I have been raising awareness of the charity Amy and Friends, and the work they do to support children suffering from Cockayne Syndrome, by placing their butterfly emblem on our projects.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on silver Mirri and Midnight Muse card.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Finally I added some flat backed gems.

Please visit Mrs Beez's blog to find out more about the work of Amy and Friends and how Mrs Beez is trying to raise awareness.


Dionne

Killer Stilettos!

Hi and a big welcome to anyone visiting my blog for the first time.  It is so great to have new visitors, but it is even better when someone chooses to come back again.

A new challenge starts at Crafty Boots Challenges today.  The theme of this challenge is 'Die Cuts', it was was chosen by the very talented Helen.  Your design can be anything you like, as long as it contains at least one die cut.

I little while ago I bought several large embossing folders to use with my Grand Calibur.  However, I have not really used them that much and this challenge seemed like an opportunity not to be missed, so I got my favourite dotty one out for this card.

Having embossed some white card I then got out my dies.  These fabulous stiletto sandals are from Tattered Lace and the flourish is from Marianne Design Creatables.  As you can see, the sandal straps are made up of tiny butterflies so  I added a few more butterflies to the design with the aid of a Martha Stewart punch.  I then added a few flat backed gems, a bow and a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

The rest of the Crafty Boots Challenges Design Team have been very busy making some inspirational pieces, please pop by and take a look.

Good luck.

Dionne

Three Little Maids

Three little maids who, all unwary

Come from a ladies' seminary

Freed from its genius tutelary

Three little maids from school

(From Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado - Three Little Maids From School)

Hello my friends

I hope that your weekend is going well.  It is cooler here but very pleasant nonetheless.

There is something about a Gilbert and Sullivan tune, I am not sure how well their work travels, I doubt they are as well know as Rogers and Hammerstein or Cole Ported, but they are rooted deep in the British psyche and today I thought that I would get you humming one of those tunes that just gets stuck in your head - even if you cannot remember the words!

My friend Lisette (aka Mrs Beez) and I have recently been posting projects featuring butterflies.  It all started when Lisette decided to raise awareness of the charity Amy and Friends, and the work they do to support children suffering from Cockayne Syndrome.  Why butterflies?  Well, Amy and Friends adopted the butterfly to represent those whose lives have been cut short by this terrible illness.

I have a simple card to share with you today.

My three little maids are three Marianne Design Creatable swallowtail butterfly die cuts, which I cut from silver mirri and backed with some pretty papers from my stash.  I curled their wings to give them dimension and finally added some lovely green flat backed gems to their bodies.  The backing paper is from a Papermaina stack featuring Lucy Cromwell's designs.

Please visit Mrs Beez's blog to find out more about the work of Amy and Friends and how Mrs Beez is trying to raise awareness of this condition.  Whist you are there, take a look at her anniversary blog candy giveaway.


Dionne

Butterfly and Lupin

Hi

It's the weekend, hooray!

By now regular visitors to this blog will know that my dear friend Lisette, aka Mrs Beez, has decided that for a month all of her projects will feature a butterfly, this is to show support for the charity Amy and Friends and the work they do to support children suffering from Cockayne Syndrome.  Amy and Friends uses the butterfly to represent those whose lives have been cut short by this terrible illness.  I have a thing about using butterflies in my crafting, so I was thrilled when Mrs Beez asked me to make some cards to help her raise awareness.

Today's card features this lupin and butterfly image from Eureka Stamps called Butterfly and Bluebonnet.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and mounted it on pearl card, unfortunately the pearl card made my stepper card hard to photograph.  Let's try another angle.

The flourish die is by Marianne Design Creatable and the butterfly dies are by Memory Box.

Please visit Mrs Beez's blog to find out more about the work of Amy and Friends and how Mrs Beez is trying to raise awareness of this condition.


Dionne

Feeling Blue

HI

Thank you for dropping by again, I really appreciate the support you have been showing over the past few weeks whilst I have been  posting cards featuring butterflies.  I should like to say a very special thank you to Michaela for all the support and encouragement she has been giving to me.

As you know, my friend Mrs Beez and I have been raising awareness of the charity Amy and Friends, and the work they do to support children suffering from Cockayne Syndrome, by placing their butterfly emblem on our projects.

For some time I have been admiring this style of card on other people's blogs and with the help of Stamping With Jill, I finally worked out how to make one .... or two!

My stamping can be a bit hit and miss, so I have got into the habit of making two impressions, just in case I messed one up.  However, this Stampin' Up Swallowtail butterfly stamp is such a treat to work with, I do not think I have ever ruined an impression, but that it way I keep showing you two very similar cards whenever I make something with this stamp.

Everything I used to make this card, other than the white card, came from Stampin' Up.

Please visit Mrs Beez's blog to find out more about the work of Amy and Friends and how Mrs Beez is trying to raise awareness.


Dionne

More Sunflowers

Hi.

Today I should like to say a special hello and welcome to Sandy D.

Wow, it is the 1st of August, before we know it, it will be Christmas again.  I really must make a start on my Christmas cards, I don't want to leave it to the last minute, like last year.

For the past weeks I have been posting cards featuring butterflies and I have been telling you how my friend Mrs Beez and I have been raising awareness of the charity Amy and Friends, and the work they do to support children suffering from Cockayne Syndrome.

Today I have another card featuring butterflies and sunflowers or cone flowers.

This fabulous image is from Eureka Stamps, it is called Butterfly and Sunflowers.

After colouring it with Promarkers I mounted it on silver mirri and dark blue card.  The backing paper is by DoveCraft.  The sentiment is an old one from Kanban and I think the ribbon is from Stampin' Up.

Please visit Mrs Beez's blog to find out more about the work of Amy and Friends and how Mrs Beez is trying to raise awareness.


Dionne

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicited to Stamps and More - Challenge #56 - Anything Goes!!!
Tammy Scrappin Corner Challenge # 73 Theme Use a Digi