flower card

 

We are having terrible weather. Snow, rain and freezing rain one after the other. It started in the middle of the night last night and will not likely end until late tomorrow night. Monday is a holiday in Canada called Family Day. A day when families are to spend the day together doing something fun. The trouble is pretty much all family activities are closed because of the weather. Even our church has canceled services tomorrow. I’ve had more than enough of snow and winter this year. Bring on the sun and heat!

Today’s card was one of those ‘lets see how this looks’ without much preplanning in mind….okay, no planning in mind.

 

I had those flowers die cut and the edges inked but had no real plan for them. I also was looking for some paper scraps to use up….still trying to reduce the scrap stash. So, the background is just two pieces of paper, cream on top, blue on the bottom, with strips from the strip stash glued together on an angle.

Then I just started gluing on the flowers. I didn’t add a sentiment as this one could be used for many occasions.

That’s all for a snowy, icy February night.

Cheers

Violet

 

 

Big Bloom Flower Card

 

We just had the worst winter weather system…at least in my opinion it’s the worst….freezing rain. When the temperature is right around the freezing point and it starts to rain, it freezes on contact with whatever it hits….trees, houses, streets, cars, etc. So the streets become a skating rink with lots of fender benders.  School buses were cancelled and even some schools in some districts. I had to take the recycling out to the curb tonight and our driveway was still icy. I truly hate winter.

But, I do have more time to craft in the winter and I can’t seem to stop making cards using the Big Bloom die set. So, here’s another on.

Once again all the flowers and buds were die cut with white cardstock and then ink with blue ink. I think this is Blueberry from Stampn’ Up. The background was created with a stitched embossing only die. It doesn’t cut but makes the impressions only. The circle element is all one piece. Sorry, no idea where I got it from.

That’s all for an icy Thursday.

Cheers

Violet

 

 

Pink and Green Card

 

The last two days were wonderful with balmy weather right around the freezing mark. After last week’s record-breaking lows, this is balmy. Tomorrow will be a wet one with a mixture of rain, sleet and snow.

Today’s card is another one made with the Big Bloom set. Love this die set.

I decided to turn white cardstock into all pink flowers and this used a lot of the die cut flowers and blooms in the set. The leaves and the green branches are also part of the set. Once again, I flipped the flowers and petals over and rubbed the stylus around each petal and the flipped back again and pushed down in the centre. This really gives the dimension in real life although not so much in the photo. The background was plain white so before I glued the flowers down, I sponged on some light blue ink. Once everything was adhered, a few gems were added. It was then glued to a pink piece of cardstock and then on to a green card base.

That’s all for a warm…warmish?  Thursday night

Cheers

Violet

 

Fussy Flower Card

 

Even though November is my least favourite month, it is doing its best to convince me to like it! The weather here is more like late September. Yesterday I walked around my garden and was surprised to see some flowers still blooming. No need for heavy coats yet. Its still ‘sweater weather’.

Today I’m posting a card I made that took a bit of fussing but it’s the kind of fussing I enjoy.

 
The paper background are strips left over from other projects but they were from the same paper pack so they go together well. Then the dark horizontal strip was added so the boots had something to sit on. Otherwise they would look like they were floating.
The fussy part was die cutting all the flowers and ferns; colouring the small pieces; and then gluing them on where they belong. All the coloured flowers are individually made. Yeah, fussy project. The butterfly was also die cut and it was added because I really like butterflies. Then a few blue gems were scattered on. The boots were die cut and coloured. The boot die was one of my better purchases because I have used it so many times. They almost look like cowboy boots here but they are supposed to be garden boots.
That’s all for a very mild Thursday on November 7, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

 

Flower Card

 

We have had some beautiful weather the last few days. Its hard to believe it’s the end of October….but its coming to and end with cold temperatures and rain for Halloween.

I’ve been out of sorts for the last two weeks with a sore throat, laryngitis, headache and no energy. The last two cleared up within a few days but the sore throat and laryngitis lasted until a few days ago. I did finally get the Halloween cards finished and in the mail though. And I’ve started on my Christmas cards.

Today I’m posting a card I made earlier this month.

The background was just white cardstock, and a stencil was placed over it and blue ink was sponged over the stencil which left a nice soft background. I wanted the flowers, which were die cut, to stand out so the background had to be soft. There were no stems or leaves with the die cut flowers, so I hand cut the stems and used some other leaf dies. The butterfly is from my stash as is the ribbon. I didn’t add a sentiment to this one as I’m not sure what occasion I’m going to be using it for.

That’s all for a lovely Tuesday, October 29^th.

Cheers

Violet

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Another flower card

 

Predicting the weather has been a challenge this year. The other day it was calling for beautiful warm weather with zero chance of rain until October…..we had a massive thunderstorm and pouring rain in the middle of the night last night. Crazy, loud thunder, lightning and pouring rain, which my husband slept through. Unbelievable!

Here is another card using that boot die that I used in the last posting.

The background is from a 6” paper pack cut down to 4.25 x 5.5. I kept seeing this paper in the pack and had no idea how to use it so a background it became. Then I die cut the boots….still with no plan in mind. Then I found this frame already cut and decided to use it. It needed something in the frame and after auditioning a few pieces of paper, I chose this striped one. Then came the fun part – making and adding the flowers. These are all die cut coloured and assembled. Yes, every tiny bud is a separate die cut. When I explained the process to a couple of non-card making friends, they both roller their eyes and said I was nuts. Yup, I am but I love making these. They come from different die sets. Once they were glued down, I added the punched butterfly and called it done.

That’s all for a warm Saturday, September 21, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

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flower card

 

It’s hard to believe that it is the middle of September already. We have had beautiful days and no rain. In fact, this is the driest September on record so far and no rain is in the forecast until October. Unfortunately, I got hit with another trigeminal neuralgia attack about 10 days ago and just not starting to feel better. So, I thought I should post a card while I can.

The background is a recycled old greeting card….nice but plain. So, I die cut the boots from reddish paper and sponged on brown to make them look old and lovely worn. The flowers in the boots were all die cuts as well. I love making them. The butterfly is from an old punch. The background was cut down to 4x5.25 to fit on a standard A2 card which is 4.25x5.5. It was mounted on the black card base. I didn’t add a sentiment and left it blank inside as it could be used for many occasions.

That’s all for a lovely Wednesday on September 18, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

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Old Dies, New Card

 Hello All! Its been awhile since my last post again. Life has been busy. The weather is still cooler and rainier than it normally is for this time of the year but the good news is, we haven’t had to turn the A/C on very much at all. I have been busy making cards - I made and donated 48 to the local hospice so that was quite a lot of work but they do appreciate handmade cards to send out. I did make a few for myself as well, including this one.

 I’ve had this flower die for more years than I care to admit and have seldom used it. Time to dig out the old dies! It does not come with the stems and leaves but that was an easy fix. The background was pure white so I sponged on some light blue ink through a stencil and did some extra sponging as well. The ribbon was wrapped around the card before it was mounted on a dark brown card base the same colour as the top of the flowers. Then the butterfly was glued on. No sentiment was added as I’m not sure what it will be used for.

That’s all for a very cool Sunday, June 9, 2024.

 Cheers

Violet

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Wild Flower Card

 It’s been quite a week here again in Ontario with the weather all over the place. The rain and thunderstorms continued but we dodged the tornado….and we were close to having frost the last two nights. Its not unusual to have to turn  the furnace off and on during April but usually in May the furnace is off until we turn the A/C on in June or July. We had to run the furnace a bit the last two mornings just to get the chill out of the house. We did enjoy coffee in the backyard today - first time this year!

 Today’s card was a bit of an experiment - nothing new there, right! But I did like how it turned out.

I love the wild flowers die set - I think from Tim Holtz - and I’m trying to use them more often. I also have the jar stamp that I seldom used so I decided to put them both to use on one card. The flowers were all die cut from white cardstock and then  various colours of inks were used to colour them. I like this look better than die cutting them from solid cardstock…except the black ones in the background. I had to hand cut the vase as there is no die for it but that’s okay. It was easy to hand cut and I actually enjoy hand cutting things. I tried laying the vase and flowers on a variety of paper for the background and rejected all of it. I didn’t want a busy background so I kept it super simple but using a dark blue card base and the came colour cardstock die cut with a stitched rectangle die. A bakers twine bow as added and the stamped sentiment on a die cut banner was added.

That’s all for a sunny and fairly warm Friday May 31, 2024. Have a wonderful, safe and creative weekend everyone.

Cheers

Violet

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Two Cards Today

 Yet another rainy day here in Ontario. It’s been colder than normal as well which doesn’t sit well with me. I’m a heat loving girl and I’m looking forward to summer weather. All the spring bulbs are blooming like crazy though and I have some friends and some kids from the nearby school coming over to help themselves to daffodils and hostas. They all need thinning out so I’m happy to pass them on.

Sorry for the long gaps in posting. But from now until late fall its going to be hit and miss getting a post done. I’m too busy outside enjoying whatever nice days we have so I’m not in the computer mood those days…..too tired to post by night time! So, today I’m posting two cards. I just bought this single die of a watering can and decided to experiment with it.

Card Number One:

                                     
So the first time I die cut this watering can, I used a piece of black cardstock, rubbed VersaMark all over it, and sprinkled on some Perfect Pearls in various colours  to grunge it up a bit and die cut it twice. Then I used one for extra pieces by trimming off both the top and bottom rim; the handle and the spout and glued them on to the other die cut. This added a bit of dimension. I wanted the can to sit on something so a dark green strip was placed on the green patterned card base but it needed something else. So I punched that white strip and placed it underneath -yes, the green looked like a shelf now so I glued it all down.

Then I went through the flower stash and found the daisies,   extra petals, some leaves and the pruning shears and glued them on. I didn’t add a sentiment so it can be used for many occasions.

Card Number 2:

                                  

I still had a piece of the cardstock that I used on the first card so I die cut another watering can and put it together the same way. But, I wanted a totally different card. Once again, I went through my stash and found this green card base and a strip of paper that matched it and glued that on. I laid the watering can down and it landed on an angle as if it was pouring water. Hmmm. I could work with that so I stamped a flower below the spout and coloured it and then added the Wink of Stella to give it some shimmer with yellow Stickles in the centre. The top of the can was blah so some leaves were die cut and some greenery die cut to add to the top, which I know doesn’t make logical sense, but it liked it so they stayed. Then small blue gems were added as if they were  water droplets coming out of the spout onto the flower. Then three black dew drops (which I’ve had for years) were added to the bottom right. I didn’t bother with a sentiment on this one either.

So, that’s all for a rainy Tuesday, April 23, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

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Power Poppy Card

 Were you able to see the eclipse where you live? It was a once in a life time event and I’m so glad we were able to see it - and that the clouds moved on just before lunch. Some areas were not so lucky and it was very cloudy. We returned our eclipse glasses to the library today. They will be donated to a group who sends them to poorer countries when they have an eclipse.

Today I’m posting a card using a stamp from Power Poppy. They have awesome flower stamps, including digital stamps. 

                                              

This tulip stamp is one of my favourites. I don’t usually colour them that dark but I rather like it….and I happened to have a card base the same colour. I like to make my own card bases so I have quite a variety of them.  Once this was stamped and coloured I trimmed it down to fit on the right side of the card and added that gold peel-off strip on the left. Then more gold peel-offs were used - the corners and the sentiment and even the gold strip under the sentiment. Then the gold gems were added. 

That’s all for a lovely warm spring day - got out and did some gardening this afternoon - but tomorrow is going to be a rainy day. Time to stay inside and make cards and quilt.

Cheers

Violet

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Winter is Back

 Its winter again! The nice milder than normal temperatures are retreating and the darn cold winter weather, along with snow, has returned. The only good news is the ground is warm enough that the little bit of snow we got pretty much melted very quickly. However, even a little snow is too much snow for me. I want the warm weather.

 Today’s card is one of my favourites to colour. It’s a Poppy Power stamp.

 

It was coloured with pencils and blended with gamsol. The background was sponged on chalk. The sentiment is a black peel-off. I die cut the frame by putting two dies together. The background papers are from my stash. It was a quick and easy card once I had the colouring done.

 That’s all for a cold, snowy and windy winter day on February 15, 2024.

 Cheers

Violet

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 Rain! Rain, rain and more rain. Its been raining here since sometime in the middle of the night and hasn’t stopped. But it could be worse, the areas north and east of us are getting rain, snow, sleet and freezing rain… it changes from one to the other at will which makes driving very dangerous. At least we don’t have to shovel rain! All this rain is coming from a Texas Low! Yes, we get a lot of our weather from a Texas Low which is strong wind that picks up moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and follows the jet stream to Ontario. This is also why we get the aftermath of a lot of hurricanes. A little weather info for you!

Now on with the card of the day!

                                    

  This card came about one bit at a time. I had no idea what I was going to make when I started out. I bought a package of various flowers and butterflies from Stamp Art in London, ON (awesome on-line or in person shopping store) and I really liked this one. Roses are my favourite flower. I had some beige cardstock that who knows where it came from and it was cut about 4 x 6 so I trimmed them all down to 4 x 5.25. Then I used a text stamp to stamp some words to get rid of all the beige. I think I stamped this in Distress Ink Rusty Hinge. I didn’t want it even as it was just for some background dimension so I didn’t use an acrylic block. I just tapped on ink here and there. The edges were inked with the same ink. I found this card base in my stock and thought it would look nice with the roses. I wanted something behind the roses so I twirled some gold thread around and glued it behind the roses. Then I stamped the sentiment on a die cut tag and called it finished.

 That’s all for a very wet Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

Cheers

Violet

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Flowers in Clay Pots Card

 Its hard to believe its almost the middle of November already. The time and the year is flying by faster than ever. I wasn’t feeling great over the weekend because of the rain, so I didn’t get too much done. I’ve been purging my craft room with limited success but I did manage to donate a lot of ribbon and embroidery floss. I love my stamps and dies so the only stamps that left are the old dollar store ones that I bought when I first started card making about 15 or more ago.

 I did recently pick up a couple new dies….ooops, that’s why the purging is not going well…. but these are unbranded dies that are so low in price, it didn’t break the budget… and I had nothing like them…. and they don’t take up very much room...yada yada!

This time I just used the clay pots.

 

I love these clay pots. There are two different sizes. The edges were inked with a dark brown ink and even added some smudges because they are sitting outside on a brick wall - courtesy of an embossing folder. The clouds were die cut and then grey ink was sponged around the edges for them. The flowers are actually from a sticker pack from the Dollar Tree. Then I just died a cord around the bottom of them. This would definitely qualify for a quick and easy card.

That’s all for a mild November day - it got to a high of 10C (50F) this afternoon but the wind made if feel colder. But the nights are right around the freezing mark.

 Cheers

Violet

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Three Cards Today

 It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a card. The weather decided to give us about a week of summer temperatures and it was just too nice out to sit inside. So besides biking, hiking and working on the garden, there was not much time….. or energy left … for anything else. Removing all the dead annuals in the fall is no where near as much fun as planting them in the spring. I’m definitely cutting back on the gardening next year!

 So, today I’m posting three cards because they were all made using the same die, but different embellishments. Here they are.

                                     

The die cuts out that long stitched panel plus the three small ones.   Then I had to make the background and find elements to fit inside - I enjoyed doing that. It also cuts out the inner panel and squares so that makes it easy to reassemble. This rose on the long panel is a die that out of sparkly red/purple glitter paper. It’s not bright red, not really purple either but I looked nice cut out so I went with it. Then I found some Stampin' Up flower stamps that I decided would look nice in the small panels so they were stamped and then the sentiment was stamped. Once it was mounted on the card base I decided the die cut rose needed a little extra so diamond Stickles was squirted and moved around inside the petals and the leaves….nice! Then a few gems were added.

Next card:

                                        
Once again I die cut the panels and inked the backgrounds to match. Then I stamped the flower in the long panel and decided to do silhouettes in two of the squares. All stamps were from various Stampin' Up stamps. Then I stamped the sentiment - no idea where that sentiment is from. The flower  and leaves were blending in with the background too much so I smeared some Distress Ink on a pad and used a paint brush to colour in the flower and leaves. Much better. It was mounted on a light green card base that seemed to compliment the background.

 On to card number three.

                                          
As I was flipping through my flower stamps I found this one that looks like a dandelion gone to seed. Perfect for a birthday card. Once again I used the same process of die cutting the panels and then creating the backgrounds. This time all the flowers were stamped in black ink as was the sentiment. Once it was assembled and glued to the green card base, I added some gems. It’s hard to see in the photo but I used a fancy sparkle pen and made little dots in the the flower heads. The top one shows this the best but it is much better in real life.

 That is all for this week. This weekend is the Canadian Thanksgiving so happy Thanksgiving to all the Canadian readers and Happy weekend to everyone else.

Cheers

Violet

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Two Flower Cards

 We are in the last part of August now. The summer months have flown by once again. We are enjoying every nice day we can for as long as they last.  We had a beautiful day yesterday and enjoyed a visit and BBQ at one daughter’s house with one other daughter and family there as well. We love it when we all get together. One daughter is too far away to attend these though.  

 

Today I’m posting two cards because they are so similar. Hope you like them. These were stamped using a new Stampin' Up stamp set I picked up on Marketplace. I thought they would work very well for the cards I mass produce to donate to the hospice.

 First thing I did was die cut two stitched panels and two cranberry coloured cardstock panels the same size as the stitched panels; one for each card. 

                                          

For this card I left it in the die; placed it on a Sizzix magnetic platform to hold it in place; and sponged various blue inks around it.  Then I stamped the sentiment in the same ink as the flowers. Then I took the die cut a piece of cranberry coloured cardstock and glued it to a flowered background on an angle; then the stamped image was glued on top. It was then glued to a cranberry card base. I added some gems around the sentiment and one at the top.

Next card

 For this card I stamped the image on the stitched rectangle and then placed a hand-made stencil over top. To make the stencil I just punched and/or die cut small circles in a piece of thin plastic. It works just fine and it cost me nothing. I used a light grey ink to sponge over the stencil to add some circles to the background. Then I used the same procedure as the other card to place the cranberry cardstock on an angle and then adding the stamped image. It was glued to another designer paper and then on to the cranberry cardstock. Instead of a sentiment, I just added a cranberry bow.

 That’s all for a cooler day than yesterday on Monday, August 21, 2023.

Cheers

Violet

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Three Flower Cards

 I have three cards to show you today, all very similar but with small differences. I was having one of those days when my brain disorders were acting up but I wanted to do something, but didn’t know what. So, I headed on down to the ‘lower studio’ (aka the basement) where I make my cards, scrapbook, paint, etc and pulled out the wild flower dies I have. I think they are Tim Holtz but not sure as I take everything out of the packages. Anyway, I was having fun and doing something like this seems to make the pain less noticeable and I just kept making them.

And then I realized I had to do something with them. Gulp. I made a lot of flowers. This is one of the cards I made.

                             
 So I pulled out a bucket die, die cut it twice and glued them together, inked the edges and added the brads. There is a slit in the top of the bucket to insert things like flowers so I just kept adding various flowers until I liked the end result; taped them together at the back and then thought, “hmm, what next? I really should start thinking projects through from beginning to end but I never do. Its design as you go in this house.

So, I sat the flowers and pot to one side and started looking through the stash for some paper I could use to decorate the front of the cards. The bucket and flowers got so large, I decided to make 5 x 7 cards instead of my usual A2 size cards. I found plenty of paper that I was able to tape together at the back to fill the card base; added some gold strips or ribbons; and then glued to bucket of flowers on. I decided not to add a sentiment as I’m not sure if I will be using these as birthday or thinking of you cards. I still have some flowers left over too. Here are the other two cards.

 

That’s all for a beautiful day this first of August.

 

Cheers

Violet

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Aqua Cards 6 and 7

 Rain, rain and more rain. Its been a very wet weekend and the week ahead is going to be, more rain!

Today I’m posting Aqua Cards number 6 and 7 because they are made with basically the same design. (If you are just joining in, please do back a few posts for the start of the Aqua card Challenge)

  Both cards had a sheet of background designer paper cut to 4 x 5.25 so they would be glued to a standard A2 size card and leave a thin white border. Then a strip was cut and glued to the left side with gold peel-off strips down the edges. After that, there were a few changes.

                                      
This card’s strip was about 2” wide. A stitched circle was die cut using white cardstock and then blue ink was sponged around the edges - the white just glared too much. Then more of the ‘used to be stickers but now you have to fussy cut them’ were finally fussy cut and glued with dimensional dots while some flowers where glued flat beneath them.

The sentiment is a gold peel-off.

 Next card.

The strip down the left side on this card was the piece left over from the first card I showed you. A larger stitched circle was die cut and then a smaller one from velum which was placed on top. Then those fussy cut birds were glued on with dimensional dots. There was still a piece of the same cardstock as the strip so a tag was die cut and a small gold peel-off sentiment was added there. For the gold bow, I just used a small piece of a gold line with a gold flower on top.

 The next three cards were made using the left over strips, but those will be posted on another day.

 That’s all for a cold and wet Sunday, April 30, 2023.

Cheers

Violet

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Aqua Card Number 5

 Well the rain has finally quit falling, for now. Tomorrow it should be almost 50F and no rain so we can get the grass cut and some yard work done….. before it starts raining again. May 1 to May 20 is commonly known as ‘birding season’ here in Ontario. Its when the warblers and other migratory birds stop in Southwestern Ontario to rest before heading up north to breed…a few species stay for the summer. It is the only time we get to see these beauties and we look forward to it all winter. And according to the long range forcaste, its going to rain for at least half of that time. (sigh)

 Aqua Card number 5.

                                        

The background is one of the papers from the 6” pack, cut down to 4 x 5.25 so it fits on a standard A2 card and leaves a nice small border. Then I cut the paper with all the butterflies on it about 2” wide and set it aside while I punched the white border. I had a lot of punches gifted to me and I seldom remember to use them…out of sight, out of mind! I’m trying to make an effort to use them more often. Once the white border was glued on to the butterfly strip, it was glued down the centre Then I die cut a stitched circle border and glued a circle of velum behind it and glued that on. All the embellishments came with the paper pack but I had to fussy cut them all out. That’s okay. I actually don’t mind doing that at all. Some were glued on flat; some were added with dimensional dots behind them. Even the tiny butterflies had to be fussy cut but I cheated and used the body from an old butterfly die, although modified. I was quite pleased how this one turned out.

 That’s all for a fairly warm Wednesday, April 26, 2023.

Cheers

Violet

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A Flower Card

 We are having yet another ice storm! Very unusual to have even one major ice storm a winter, but two in one week is really rare. Most winters we get a bit of freezing rain but it doesn’t usually amount to much but not this year. The trees are once again covered with ice and lots of limbs are down - one large one on a hyrdo line so the north part of the city has no power. I cannot wait for spring! I’ve had enough of winter!

So, thinking of spring, I thought I would post a card that has nothing about winter on it.

 

 I was sorting out some left over bits of paper and this strip of roses fell onto the desk. Time to use it! This is definitely a quick and easy card. The paper came from a 6” paper pack and it was cut down to 5.25” x 4” so it fit on the white card base that is the standard A2 size of 5.5” x 4.25” leaving a thin white border. The rose strip, which was left over from a different 6” paper pack, was glued down the left side and gold peel-off strips were glued to either side. The butterflies were from a different source all together but the colours were right. The edges had already been inked with a wine ink sponge and the bodies were die cut from an old Memory Box butterfly die set. I always have a lot of these die cut and set aside so they are ready when I need them. I decided the butterflies needed a little bling so my trusty glue pen was scribbled around the edges and here and there on the wings and then Stampin’ Up very fine glitter was poured on. I use this glitter all the time and it seems to be never ending, which is great. I decided not to add a sentiment so I can use it for any occasion.

 That’s all for a very icy and cold Monday February 27, 2023.

  Cheers

Violet

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