After almost 2 years

Hello again

Technology has been my enemy since I got my new phone.  I've struggled to connect and so couldn't upload any photos of projects.
I have continued to follow many challenge blogs, but had lost interest in creating for them for the above reason.  But ..... yesterday I saw the Gingham challenge from Double D.  I love the Gingham Gala papers from Stampin' Up and have had such fun making some cards with them.  There is an instant wow factor and they go with just about anything.

I used 3 SU stamp sets:
Wonderful Moments for the sentiment
Butterfly Gala for the butterflies
So Hoppy Together for the flies

The butterflies were  stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black so I could colour them with Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends then punched out using the butterfly duet punch.  I then swiped each butterfly with Versamark and heat-embossed with clear powder.  They look amazingly glossy, though it's not so clear in the photo.

The flies were coloured with the same blend and the wings were coloured with a silver sparkle gel pen.

Finally, I flicked some black dots from my marker right across the white card.

Cards and paper:  lemon lime twist card base, black mat, lemon lime twist gingham paper and whisper white.  I die-cut the layers with the Paper Roses A6 stitched rectangle dies - especially sized for standard Australian cards.  I have had so much use out of these - it is such a treat to be working with the right shape for our cards.

Next question.......  Can I link this to the challenge?

Thanks for visiting my blog.  I hope to be back soon!