Hearts & Butterlies - Stampin 411 Challenge #253 / My Challenge #19

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Hey y'all. Happy Humpday! It's dreary here in the DMV and I hope you're having a prettier day wherever you are. Know what's not dreary? Today's card. :) Its beautiful Calypso Coral color along with the butterflies and hearts makes me smile and I hope it makes you smile too.

Here's today's card-

Here's the Sketch over at Stampin 411 that was the challenge inspiration-

The only thing I did different from the original sketch was to turn it on it's end. I even used the same flourish design element. When I saw this sketch I knew just what I wanted to do with it and that doesn't happen very often so you can just bet I sketched my ideas out right away! Didn't want to have one of those episodes where the design idea flies out of my head. (You'd think with all the empty space in there they'd have plenty of room to fly around without feeling the need to escape, but none-the-less they still frequently do!) *SMH*

The Sweet Shop DSP is now retired, but it's just so pretty (& I have sooo much left) it was just begging to be used. The flourish is from the Baroque Motifs set and it reminded me of summer vines and what better to find around summer vines than sweet butterflies. I used my Beautiful Wings Embosslet to make them all and adhered them with Mini-Glue Dots. I was trying to go for a "soft" look and used Crumb Cake Classic Ink, however now that I'm looking at it on here perhaps Lucky Limeade stamped off once would have given me a soft enough color for the vines. Perhaps I will retry it at home and see. I stamped on a piece of Whisper White c/s. I'm not sure why it looks like Very Vanilla, I can't even blame it on my stoopid BB. It looks that way in person too. I also took the White Organza Ribbon and sponged the edges with Calypso Coral ink for a different effect.

 I think the only other thing I would change about this is to add a little shine to the edges of the wings. Oh  well, we live and learn. Guess it shows that I'm just an everyday kind of girl. I don't know about you but on most of the blogs I look at the cards are always "perfect" and sometimes it can get a little intimidating. Me, I show you all my winners, not such winners (thankfully, I don't feel there are that many of them) and the in between ones as well. LOL :) Don't get me wrong, I'm still very happy with this challenge effort, I think it's just the OCD in me that always wants my cards to be those "always perfect" ones as well.

Here's the inside-

Very simple. My sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes and I added another sweet little butterfly. This one I added Dazzling Diamonds to all of the raised embossed areas for my little something extra you know I like to have on the inside.

Well, that's all I have for you today. I hope you liked today's card, that it makes you smile and makes wherever you are today a little brighter. If you liked today's card, please feel free to leave a comment. I love hearing from you! Also, if you liked it feel free to +1 or Pin it. I have placed the  buttons on my side-bar for your convenience. Friends and Followers are always welcome too.

I hope you'll come back tomorrow for another Challenge card. This one is for Utah Diva's MDS Monday Challenge. (I know, my days are a little off this week) and on Friday for this week's End of the Week Technique, another challenge card, featuring Copic Style Watercoloring with Stampin Up's Markers. It's so Easy and so economical when compared to Copics you're going to want to check it out.


Till next time-

Remember- Life is often more about the storms that the peace they seek to overwhelm. It's not about Waiting for the storms to pass, but about Learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe,
Shan

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Sweet Treat Holder

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Hey y'all. Happy Tuesday! I hope you're having a great day and your week is off to a fabulous start. It's a little cold and overcast here in the DMV, but I've got a bright and cheery project for you today. :)

I'm always looking for cute projects to surprise friends and family with and this project fits the bill. It would also be a great hostess gift for your workshops, or a sweet surprise for a nice co-worker to find on their desk.

Here's today's project-

Two Tags- Treat Holder with Sweet Shoppe DSP

This is so Quick & Easy to make. You could make quite a few in a short amount of time and have them on hand. Love having extras on hand for those last minute occasions that invariably pop up!

I used the Two Tags Die and my Big Shot to create this. I love that die! So many different ways to use it for so many creative projects and accents. I cut out two of the larger tags, scored on the score line and then adhered my two "bottoms" together using Sticky Strip. I probably could have gotten away with Tombow, but I was in a hurry. Although you could conceivably use SNAIL, I wouldn't. I would use something that would ensure me a stronger, more secure hold like the Sticky Strip or Tombow.

Decorating it was a snap. I cut two pieces of DSP from the Sweet Shoppe collection. Since I plan on putting sweets of some sort in there I thought this pattern was just right. I adhered it to both sides with Tombow, added a strip of our White Organza Ribbon through the holes to hold my sides together, tied it all up with a sweet little bow and Done! Like I said, really Quick and Easy!

Here's a side view-

Two Tags Treat Holder

You can see how the bottoms fit together to give you a great platform to adhere your treats too. I didn't put any treats in because I made it during Lent and didn't want to get the chocolate out. :) You could easily fit  small stuff like Kisses or Mini-Reeces cups or some Ferro Rocher. You could even fit snack-size portions of your favorite candy bars in.

Well, that's all I have for today. Hope you liked it and hope it inspires you to make something cute today. If you like this DSP don't wait too long to stock up. It's in our current Mini-Catalog and it will go away at the end of this month as we get ready for the launch of our new catalog in June. It has such cute prints and even some embossed sheets.

Also our retired list is coming out in 5 days. Be sure to check back to make sure you don't miss out on your favorite stamp sets.

If you liked today's project, feel free to leave me a comment. I love hearing from you! Also feel free to  +1 or Pin it. I've put the buttons on my sidebar to make it easy to share. Friends and Followers are always welcome too. :)

Till next time-

Remember- Life isn't about Waiting for the storm to pass, but learning to Dance in the rain.

Be Safe,

Shan

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