Butterflies, a colour and and stencil challenge to say thank you!

hello all
well with a bit of time on my hands because the weather - and a thank you card needed in a hurry...  I set to with my Elegant Butterfly Punch, as butterfiles are what's called for for challenge no. 342 over at  'Crazy 4 Challenges' this week.

I punched some butterflies from my card topper, added some background stamping to the bottom layer, courtesy of the Swirly bird stamp set still out on my desk since yesterday - to fill those resulting negative spaces - my take on the current challenge no. 282 over at 'Less is More' where they want us to use a Stencil.

...and combining all those with the lovely colour combination of  Watermelon Wonder,  Blushing Bride and Pool Party as suggested for this week's colour challenge,  CCMC412, over at  'Create with Connie and Mary',   This was the result !  - but abject apologies for the photography it has been so dark here today so just hope they show up!

I think the colours co-ordinate beautifully and that real pop of Watermelon Wonder I think just brings it to life. So, I couldn't go wrong.. well,  at least once I had re-inked both the lighter colours I was on a roll as they say! 

If you look quite closely you can just make out the gorgeous shimmer on this lovely weight cardstock - and other than the Stazon stamped sentiment,  the little antennae for each of the butterflies,  and a bit of toning sponging round the edges, I didn't think it needed anything esle - well maybe my beloved  Rhinestones or three, but for once I left these in their packet!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used

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Shimmery White A4 Cardstock	Elegant Butterfly Punch	Swirly Bird Photopolymer Stamp Set	Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad
Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad	Papillon Potpourri Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set	Jet Black Stazon Pad	Stamping Sponges

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and  seeing as it's 'that time of year again' when London SW19 once again takes centre stage hopefully we will have  cause to be cheering on a certain Mr A.M a bit longer than our recent performance in the 'Euros'!

Til next time.
happy stampin'
Jan x

Painters Pallette 'on point' for a thank you.

Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We're showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from the new Stampin' Up!®  Annual Catalogue.  Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping!

If you have arrived here from the lovely Diana's  blog,  a really big hello and welcome.

One of the many perks of being a Stampin' Up!® demonstrator means you get to have a play with some lovely products before the Annual Catalogue goes live.

and playing I have... with Sweet Sugarplum, one of the 5 fabby new 'In-colours' for 2016 - 2018.

I teamed it with with Very Vanilla as my card topper and used touches of Basic Grey and Emerald Envy (another of this year's releases!) for my accent pieces and sentiment.

I used  the Artist's easel - one of the Stamps in the new Painter's Palette stamp set - but instead of using it for the picture effect as intended, I stamped 3 of them, opted to trim  and turn them  'on point'  for the quilters amongst you, - giving me what felt like an Art Deco, 1920's type effect with those stylised diamond shapes, once they were all mounted together.

What do you think?

The flowers are from the Love & Affection Stamp set and they are part of a co-ordinating  suite of products, everything from Stamps, and embossing folders to Designer series papers and toning card stock packs. I whiled away a little me time - fussy cutting them so I could pop them up.

My 'Thank you' is from another of the newly launched sets - 'Thankful Thoughts'. This is a great set of  5 pairs of sentiments in varying fonts, specially designed, so you can link the inside sentiment of the card with the focus one on the outside. Thank you Stampin' Up!®. for this.

.. but as ever, yours truly decided to use another stamp for the inside, (again from the 'Love & Affection' set) as I particularly liked the wording, and think it complements everything nicely..

The whole was then finished with my customary bit of bling and some sponging and the edges and it was ready. I love how it came together.

So a huge thank you for visiting and next stop is the lovely Michelle  - make sure you don't miss anything en route, as  there are lots of lovely things to see and all are sure to inspire as you hop around the complete tour.

Til next time
have a lovely week
Jan x