Flutter by butterfly ....

flutter by butterfly, 

floating flower in the sky, 

kiss me with your petal wings, 

whisper secrets, tell of Spring.

My Daughter's friend was celebrating a special "0" birthday last night.  The colour scheme for the party was purple, mint and white, and as she just loves butterflies it was pretty obvious that she would get a kaleidoscope of them.  

My go to card for special birthdays is the 'card in a box' as it is so easy to get the wow factor with them.   Yes, they do take a lot more time, but I think they are worth it.

So this was the card for my Daughter to give:

 

 and this was my card to her:

 

and how about this gorgeous cake, made by my Daughter?  The colour of the "nude" icing was just perfect.

Once cut, the cake showed the marbling of the colours beautifully.  

A very special cake for a very special lady.
 

 

Many happy returns!!

Woodland view

So many wonderful products to play with in SU's Holiday Catalogue!  I was a bit late putting in my order so had seen quite a few of the new items used by others.  Among my favourites was the Woodland Embossing folder.  I loved the Festive Fireplace stamp set and dies mainly because of the little cat, but had no idea what I was going to do with them until I sat down with my new goodies.  Initially I thought I would have the cat watching a bird in the trees, but my birds were all a bit too big ..... some time later (read that as "few hours") and this was the result.  The trees are seen through the hole in the brick wall and the butterflies have replaced the bird. 

In hind sight I realise that I should have used an extra layer of foam tape between the trees and the wall to give a bit more dimension, but I am happy with how it turned out and it really does look better in real life than in my photo!

Luckily, I had all day to play with my new stash and got a few other bits done as well.

Thanks for popping in,
Mary

Happy flutterby

What a challenge this week at Dynamic Duos!  Calypso Coral and Black!  The colours certainly are stunning together and the team made it look easy- ha ha - guess that's why they are on the team.

I did have something in mind when I started, but the end result is nothing like the original vision - funny about that!

 

Stamps:    SU Papillon Potpourri and Oh Happy Day(retired SAB)

Card:   SU Whisper White; Glossy White; Calypso Coral; Black

Other:    Big shot; fancy fan embossing folder;  scallop trim border punch

I was told that it is better to use a black background when photographing cards with white on them and I guess the two shots above prove that. 

Thanks for fluttering by,

Mary