Sunday Sketch and Stamp :)

Morning all, these weeks are sure flying by at the moment! Im here this morning with the latest challenge over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp - we have a wonderful sketch for you this week designed by Anne-Marie

Lovely and simple yet so effective!! I have a creation for you this week using another adorable Magnolia stamp - they are serving me well this Christmas! 

I have used the adorable Tilday with Holy Child for my creation this week, the image was coloured with copics

Skin;

E50, E51, E53, E21, E93

Hair

E31, E33, E35, E37

Others

C0, C2, C4, Y23

The papers are from a Dovecraft set I have, I do love the softness of this stack this year, nothing too harsh.  I due cut the image using my big shot and layered it onto a slightly larger circle.  I added the rhinestones from my stash to finish the sketch off. I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

Crafty Calendar - All Things Christmas

Hiding in my Craft Room - Die Cuts (the circles were all die cut)

Artistic Stampers - Christmas 

One Crazy Stamper - Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by, I do hope if you have a moment you will let me know what you think! I hope I have inspired some of you to play along with us this week - see you again soon 

x

Sunday Sketch & Stamp

Good morning! Non stop here today at butterfly HQ - got Miss A home from school as she was awake most of the night! So I'm here to share with you a creation I have made for Stamp and Sketch Sunday - 

A little while ago I was asked to join the DT over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp, with all that has been going on here it completely slipped my mind, and so I'm here to share with you today a creation I have made!! The sketch this week has been designed by Berit who is unfortunately no long with us on the DT she has made a fantastic sketch for us though 

Now as usual there are a few rules to follow, you can find them over at the Sunday Sketch and Stamp Blog.  I have chosen to work with one of my Magnolias - she has been waiting for me to use her for ages and so today was the day!! 

I coloured her with copics 

E50, E51, E53, E21, E93

E33, E35, E37

G46, R37

N1, N3

Y37

The papers were from my stash its a pad that I loved last year! Well I hope you like her and I hope you may join us over at Sunday Sketch and Stamp this week 

Looking forward to seeing your creations 

:) 

Sketch time at Creative Creations Challenges

Good morning! hope your all well - its been so chilly here, but then sometimes so warm, wish the weather would make up its mind!  Anyway I think the photo inspiration over at CCC scared you all!! Never mind, were back today with a new challenge!! This week we have a wonderful sponsor 

Kenny K 

(ins badge) 

and they have given us the wonderful prize of xxxx

so over to the challenge… we have a lovely sketch for you this week 

I have to say I fell in love with this sketch when i saw it - just nice and simple so I do hope to see more participants for this challenge! Over to my creation…. I have used the gorgeous Madison Attitude for my creation.

I just love the fact she is obviously a girl who can shop!! I decided to rotate the sketch slightly for my creation - and rather than a sentiment I have added a name :) 

The image was coloured with copics; 

Skin, Eyes and Hair;

E50, E51, E21, E93, B24, E33, E35, E37

Boots and Hat;

E53, E55

Jacket and Jeans;

B91, B93, B95, C0

Jumper and Scarf;

BV11, BV13, R37, R46

Shopping Bags 

Y13, Y15, R20, R22, BV30, BV34

The papers are from xxxxx - I just love this pad! although I have very little left now - I must look out for some more!! I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 

2 Sisters - Anything Goes

Hiding in my Craftroom - Women's Birthday

Anyway I hope you like my creation - the team have done an amazing job with the sketch so I hope you will pop to CCC to take a look and maybe join in! if you have a moment I would love to know what you think! Hope to see you again soon 

Hugs 

x

Christmas Time!

Morning, no I haven't lost the plot… well maybe I have! another Christmas card! I know but I so need to get ahead of myself! So I'm here with this weeks challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Designs - thank you to everyone that joined in with last weeks challenge - grate turn out.  So onto this weeks challenge!

Im lucky enough to host this challenge and so this week I have designed my first ever sketch!

I hope you like it! I LOVE what the rest of the DT have done with it this week! So onto my creation… Yep I have used my sketch for one of my christmas cards.  

She is so adorable and a pleasure to colour too! The image was coloured with copics and the papers are from the new Bo Bunny Pack - ohh I'm so in love with them!! 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

52 Christmas Throwdown - Photo Insperation

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

Well I hope you may join us this week at Crafty Sentiments Designs - Look forward to seeing you over there! 

Hugs

x

Top Tip Tuesday - #68 A Sketch!

Morning all, you must be able to tell now that nothing is scheduled on my blog at the moment, have got my self behind with the house stuff and not and time to sit and get a post written in time! Im here with this weeks TTT challenge! But first up I would like to thank each and every one of you that joined in for our 1st challenge of 2012, WOW over 600 entries you must have all been feeling the 'anything goes'.  Please pop over to the TT blog and check the side bar to see if your a winner!! 

OK on to our sponsors this week! 

Stamp & Create

Top Tipper Prize of

 $25.00

Stamp and Create is an on-line store based in the US. We ship worldwide with reasonable shipping prices. 

We specialize in Rubber Stamps and Scrapbook supplies. Some of the companies we carry are: Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps, High Hopes Rubber Stamps, Whiff of Joy, The Greeting Farm, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Stampavie, Whimsy Stamps, Emerald Faeries, Basic Grey, My Mind's Eye, Echo Park, Ribbon, Charms, embellishments, dies, and more!

and

Karens Doodles

...with a prize of 3 Digital Images of the winners choice.

Karen's Doodles has a fantastic selection of designs, Digital and Rubber stamps.

Look out for some of Karen's fab images in our DT samples :)

and

Sew Sweet

The Lovely Emma from Sew Sweet is offering 1 lucky entrant

a £10.00 voucher to spend at her yummi shop.

Sew Sweet stock a huge selection of Wool felt, buttons, ribbon, divine twine, Handmade personalised gifts, findings and more.

And here are the FAB sketches from our wonderful Lisa! - You can do one or both! Cant wait to see what you all create! 

Sketch 1: Layers

Sketch 2: Clean and Simple

 


You may rotate or flip the sketch, add a few extra embellishments or elements but please ensure the original sketch is clearly visible in your finished creation.

Ok so onto my card.  I chose to attempt sketch 1.  Last week I thought I was doing really well and it all went a bit wrong I had a block and that was it, I hope you like my card!

Yes I know what your saying... She's obsessed with that stamp! YES I AM, and Im happy to shout it! Its the beautiful Pippi Longsocks from Funky Kits! Trust me - you WILL be seeing more and more of here, I think she may be my obsession of 2012! 

I coloured her using my copics and added some polychrome pencils to add depth! 

Wings - BG000 Plus Stardust Stickles

Skin - E02, E00, E000 and R20 for cheeks

Frog - YG23 and YG09

Hair - E79, E37, E15

Skirt and Top - B95, B93 B02

The papers are all from my scrap box that has finally come home!! (along with another three draws and my big shot and all my dies!) Things with the house are at a bit of a stand still as we need to get a radiator moved in the room before we can finish it and get the kitchen done, so I will be making the most and crafting!!! 

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Sugar Nellie Facebook Challenge - Green, Blue and White

Try It On Tuesday - Do You Believe In Fairies? 

Thanks for stopping by and see you soon! 

x

Why...

Can I not just do one thing at a time? Ok so its the butterfly within me that makes me have a million things on the go at once, but how can I stop starting?  No matter how much I try.... I keep starting new things!

I decided the other day that I was going to change the headder of my blog...

'creations by a butterfly' although i'm still 'flutterby trina' and I always will be!

what do you all think of the new title?

I have been so far behind on things, that trying to catch up is impossible! So many half started jobs! Oh well, thats life and I need to deal with it! OK so I have been busy today, mostly paying nurse, to my sick husband.  He has (man) flu, he slept till 12:30, got up, ate and has promptly gone back to bed.  

As he has (man) flu, I thought it would be very unfair of me to be clattering about and making noise while he slept... and so I made the difficult decision and I crafted! 

Ok so yes its made me more behind, but I don't care! 

Now is it just me or is this little one just SO adorable! This is Baby Cakes, A Ragamuffin, she is just so cute, the dummy in her mouth and the little pony tail just made me fall in love, She reminds me of my Nancy actually, she always has her dummy (or bo-bo) as she calls it, and she will often have a bottle in her hand too! She is available from the Saturated Canary shop here.

For this card I took my inspiration from the fab sketch over at Saturated Canary Challenge Blog, I was so excited when I found out about the blog (although it has taken me sooo long to make a card for it!)!

Now here is what i have created! 

I apologise for the poor colour, its very windy and dull here today! I took the photos in the kitchen as I thought the best light was in there but obviously not!  I wish it would warm up a bit, if it carries on being this windy the For Sale signs on my lawn will no longer be standing!!! 

Well there you have her! I dont think she is my best attempt at a card recently but im pretty impressed with her! Oh an you will be so proud of me... Guess what I have remembered to do???.... yes I took note of what colours I used! I used my copic pens to colour;

Skin; E02, E00, E000 (her cheeks were done with R20)

Eyes; E57

Dress; RV13, RV23, RV34

Hair; E50, E51 and E53

 A5 card blank

 bazzill black 12x12 

Basic Grey Gypsy

Buttons from my stash

Well I hope you like her, I would like to enter her to the following challenges;

Saturated canary - Sketch 

I did it creations - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz -  1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Buttons

Inspire Me Fridays -Anything goes

If you have a moment, I would love to hear what you think! thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon! 

x

Top tip Tuesday Sketch!

Morning all, how are we today?! Well school run underway and thinking what needs to be done for the rest of the day - I cant believe my daughter had 13 days left at school before she breaks up - I swear they are on holiday more than I ever was! 

Well Im here to share with you the challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday this week! Well do we have a treat!? Oh yes! The wonderful Samantha has put together a sketch! 

Now how good does that look! Oh to have that talent! We would like to see what you create from the sketch - I must say I LOVE sketches now, at least they give me some direction! Remember you can use anything you wish to create your project - as long as we can see the original structor supplied! 

We have some FAB sponsors this week! 

The Crafty Pad Designs

They are offering 2 Digital images

Ohh La La Creations

Are offering one of their CD's

And our FAB new Sponsor...

Saturated Canary Digis

(adding the link caused another shopping spree!)

When I found out that we were being sponsored by the wonderful Krista I couldn't believe it, I was so excited when I found out she had opened a shop - let alone sponsoring us too! We were fortunate enough to be given a digi to play with I chose the beautiful Snow White - available from the shop here.

Isn't she beautiful!! I have to say once I got her i did have a panic! I had to try and think back to what the real 'snow while' looked like, then I thought - NO she will be unique! I even tried to add a 'shine' on the apple- it didn't work too well though! The top right corner I have used a small cut out from part of the backing paper that says 'I Love thee'.

Here she is up-close, she was coloured with copics - i was trying to keep them all in a nice order - hence why I have never listed the colours, but that has gone to pot now, so I will start listing colours soon, PROMISE! 

As you can see I added a bit of grey around the white spots on the headband to try and add more definition to it, I also used various shades of red.  She was die cut using my nesties. I did go round the edge of her with a TH DI to add more depth. 

I love this flourish, I have hardly ever used it and now I just have to make sure I have some cut in every colour and ready to go as and when, I used gems on it today to jazz it up a bit.

I have to say after everything taking so long this one bit got me - the flourish fits the nestie shape really well and the colour blended well with the DI i used!

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

Crafts for Eternity - Anything Goes

Sew Many Cards - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz Challenge - Love (the sentiment says I Love thee)

Paper Crafting journey - Die Cuts

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Punch or Die Cut

The Paper Shelter - One for the Girls

Scrapalicious - Anything goes

Whimsical Wednesdays - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekley - Anything Goes

Well I hope you like her and it would be lovely to hear what you think! 

Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you again soon! 

x

Ahhh A post from me!

Evening all, well how are we?  Well I have been spending a lot of time colouring as the Mojo kind of disappeared! but i think its coming back now.  I have had one of those evenings, where I have been colouring lots all at the same time I have been keeping notes as to what colours I used so I can share them with you... well do you think i can find the book with it all in?! NO, its done a bunk on me and i'm not happy as it had a few images in with it too, I mean its an A4 book - How do you loose and A4 book?!? 

Lets start on the important notes!

1st of all I need to tell you all about the big 1st birthday bash that will be happening over at the top tip tuesday bog on the 6th September!! We have so many prizes, I think we were all amazed at what will be available that week! From digi images to die cuts goodie bags and more, but we need your help.  We are allowing you lovely people to choose the theme for the week, all you need to do it pop over to the TTT blog and vote! 

This week the theme on the TTT blog is

'Thank You'

I tried so hard to get something done but time is flying at the moment, will be glad when the kids are back to school! Also the fab Maggie has done a brilliant tutorial for you all...  

Centre Step Card Tutorial!

its brill and I for one cant wait to try it, lets hope this week brings some peace and quiet!

I hope you will pop over to see the tutorial and maybe join us at Top Tip Tuesday for the challenge, I look forward to seeing your creations - Plus if your there REMEMBER TO VOTE!!!!

Ok so thats the important stuff out the way! I will now share a card with you! I have a little thing at the moment for Sugar Nellie Stamps... they are all so lovely and the draw is overflowing with stamps again now! If you haven't seen them before you need to pop to Funky Kits, such a fab service!!! So I decided that I was going to enter a card to the sketch at the Sugar Bowl,

When i look a all the other entries... well i know i could have done better but i'm not used to sketches and i still struggle with using different papers together... I get so scared!!! But i have tried and for me at the moment its better than having not done anything at all!!! 

Now i can tell you that the pillows were coloured using my new 'flex markers', yes I caved in and purchased them... still getting used to them but so far, I like them, cant wait for the new colours in sept! I cant even tell you what the papers as they are all scraps from the draw!

Well I would like to enter this card to a few challenges....

City Crafter - Scrap Happy

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes

The Sugar Bowl - Sketch and Blue

Would love to hear what you all think! 

x

Pear Tree Designs Challenge #50 Sketch Challenge

Morning all! Again! Well Im here to share with you the challenge this week over at Pear Tree Designs. This week we have a sketch for you all! I never used to like sketches, but I actually enjoy them more now! 

This week we are sponsored by

They are offering the winner a set of 6 new digital images from her website, fortunately the DT were able to work with some of her images this week.  I have been able to work with the lovely 'daisy' image available at the Shop.

Onto my Creation, I had made another card but decided this was the better one of them both! 

I coloured the flowers using my gelly roll pens (I found them hiding in the cupboard), then I mounted them onto some sky paper and then went over with stickles to ass some shine to them! 

The border was made using my x-cut daisy punch and then I added some pearls and stickles within the flowers.

Well I hope you like my creation this week, I look forward to seeing what you create! 

x

Heart Song Designs - Sketches With Heart

Morning all,  And Happy mothers Day!!! 

Oh how I used to love the weekend, laying in bed, getting up when I wanted, now I have 2 children demanding when I get up! Roll on 16 years time when they get up and leave me sleep! 

Congratulations to last weeks winner

Janice Melton

Your card is amazing, thanks for joining us last week and I hope you will join us this week!

Any way, a few thank you's to start this post! 

Thank you to all of you that joined us on the Hop, we hope you had lots of fun and found lots of inspiration, I know I did! 

If you didn't manage to join us this month note the 1st of May in your diary, we will be holding another hop for the new releases for May so I hope to see you there!!

Thanks to all the design team, you all made such wonderful cards and creations! You all offer such inspiration! 

And finally a big big thank you to Leah, we are all so lucky to be on your DT! 

Thank you! 

Well onto the Sketch with a Heart this week.  I'm looking forward to seeing what you all create! Just a reminder that you do NOT have to use a Heart Song Designs Digi to play but if you have one it would be lovely to see what you create! If you want to but a Heart Song Designs dig you can always pop to the shop!  Remember we still have the amzing New Release bundle, if you purchase the bundle you will receive all 10 new releases as well as save $6!!!

Here is my creation for the week, I used the lovely new release digi Pretty Parasol, I couldn't wait to colour this one when I saw it, Such a beautiful spring image! reminds me of April days and that song from Bambi 'drip drip drop little april showers'! 

The papers are old ones from magazines, but I thought they were quite spring like, and brightened the image!  This is one of the final mothers day cards, I only have one to make (i know they should all be done by now!) and that is what i'm about to get one with, thanks goodness i'm not seeing my mum till later! 

Here is a close up of one of the roses, I have punched it from the papers I used for the backing, I then put the opposite flower to the opposite paper, if you get me?!?.  I will post a link to the tutorial for the rose on the tutorial page.

Here is a close up of the image, I coloured it using my pro-markers, I forgot to take note of the colours, only because my eldest is ill (we think we may have chickenpox), I tried to distract her by getting her to help me, she kept putting the pens away before I finished! It was funny to sit there with her and ask her to get colours out for me, she did a very good job, till she got bored and tried to make stairs with them!

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges;

All Sorts Challenge - Bloomin Blossoms

Crafty Calendar Challenge - April Showers Bring Forward May Flowers

Little Claires - Spring Celebrations

Crafty Catz - April Showers

Patties Creations - Flowers or Flowers and Pearls

Res-Q Challenge - Use your corner Rounder

Well there we have it! I hope I have given you some inspiration to join us this week, It would be grate to see what you have created! Please stop by at the Heart Song Designs Inspiration blog, you will see the beautiful creations from the rest of the DT, if you have time pop over to their blogs, I know they would all love to have you there! 

x