Simon Says: Midsummer Blues

Good Morning Crafty Friends!

It is Monday again, the start of another crafty week.

Here in The Netherlands the kids went back to school today.

So some Mommies will be very happy.

I started this week with a card for the 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Blog,

where the challenge is

Midsummer Blues.

So to keep to the color blue and the butterflies that

flutter in my garden, I used the following:

Funky Fossil  Geo Bugs for the butterfly and the sentiment

and the Elegant Foliage stencil for the background.

I used a cut out circle behind the foliage stencil and green and blue 

oxide inks for coloring.

The butterfly is stamped with versafine and colored with different

shades of blue oxide distress ink and a watercolor brush.

The card is finished with a few blue sequins and  sprayd some

glitter dust on the butterfly, which unfortumately does not

pick up on the photo.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and

keep crafting!

Simon Says Let's go to the Beach

Today we go to the beach again and

this time for the 

Simon Says Monday Challenge Blog.

This is my card with a distress oxide ink background

and stamps from Michael Strong (seashell and starfish)

and Funky Fossil Design (bug).

Now that everyone is home and it is quiet at the beach,

all the little animals can come out and 

can have their fun on the beach.

I colored some papers with distress inks

and next I stamped on them and embossed them

with gold and silver embossing powder.

Nem i cut out all the images.

The sentiment is a sticker from a Tim Holtz binder.

Of course the little left over strip goes inside the card.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe

and keep crafting.