Announcements and an Embossed Witch Flourish Card

Spooktacular Greetings Everyone!

Sorry it has been so long since my last post and my last video. Over the past few months I have been in and out of the hospital due to an unknown allergic reaction in my throat. Currently, the doctors are as mystified as I am as to why this is happening.

As the holiday and craft fair season begins, I am going through my supplies and weeding out things that I am no longer using or have never used. These items are available through my eBay store. 

Today I would like to share with you this embossed witch flourish card that I made using a stamp from Inkadinkado.

I made this card using a variety of materials that have been in my stash for...well...years. A kit for this card is available in the eBay store as well.

How-to Video:

How-to Emboss using Powder:

Thanks for stopping by. Happy crafting!

Embossed "Happy Halloween" Card

Good Evening Everyone,

Today is the first day of my vacation. This is the first full vacation I've had in years. I really have no plans to go anywhere, but I do have plans to work on many projects.

Today I completed this cards:

The main image is a stamp from Inkadinkado. I stamped the image with VersaMark and embossed in with Midnight Black embossing powder from Stampendous.

I then inked the embossed panel with Iced Spruce and Black Soot Distress Ink. I covered the whole panel with the Iced Spruce and inked the edges with the Black Soot I used the wrap around method to attach a piece of ribbon along the left edge of the image panel. I took a shorter piece and tied a knot.

I stamped the sentiment with Tuxedo Black ink and adhered three red rhinestones.

There is a kit available in my eBay store to create 6 of these cards with envelopes.

Thanks for stopping by.
Toni

A Little Halloween Spirit with Stampin' Up and Mojo Monday

My favorite season is coming! I love the cool crisp air of fall. The trees are changing colors and painting the forests and skies. This will be the second season that my dear boyfriend and I will be able to go apple picking together. I have two favorite places; Carter Hill Orchard and Gould Orchards. Apple orchard are a great place to visit for a whole day. It's even better when they make their own apple cider donuts or have pumpkins for carving.

Do you have a favorite orchard that you and your family visit every year??

To celebrate the coming season, I decided to create a card that showcased the wonders of the fall season and my favorite holiday...Halloween. This is the sketch I used as inspiration.

 I used my Copic markers to color this image from Stampin' Up's Halloween Smiles Set (now retired). To color the image

 I used the following color combinations:
Pumpkins-YR31, YR68, YR15
Crows, Tire and Wheel-barrow -C7, C5, C3
Leaves and Grass-G99, YG95
Stems and Ground- E37
Wheel-barrow handles- E31, E33













I then used my Inkssentials Opaque Pen in white to accent the images to highlight. 

 Each Layer to the card is inked with Walnut Stain from Ranger by Tim Holtz

The lace is also distressed with the stain.

Using two buttons in different shades of orange I accented the pendent with twine.

I have put a kit with materials to create this card on eBay. You can find my eBay store by clicking the navigation tab above. Thank you so much for stopping  by and happy crafting.

Proud to Announce...Our First Digital Stamp!

Good Afternoon Everyone,

I am very proud to announce that Blu Butterfly Creations has teamed up with Graphic Artist Adam Bagni to bring you digital stamps. Our first digital stamp is a sentiment for the upcoming Halloween Season. This image is available in The Butterfly Garden (Navigation Tab above).

Below is an example of a card using this digital image. The image is printed at 2.5x5.75" and colored using Copic Markers. I used Spica pens to accent the image. The image was then adhered to a black cardstock mat with a piece of striped paper from DCWV. The orange pattern cardstock is from American Loft. Both the orange pattern paper and image are distressed with Black Soot by Tim Holtz.

We have more digital stamps on the way. I hope you enjoyed stopping by.

Toni
Blu Butterfly

MoJo Monday Sketch #357

Good Evening Everyone!

I'm ready for Fall and Halloween! The smells, the colors, it's all so magical. So I created a card with all the Halloween colors I love.

I stumbled upon MoJo Monday Sketch blog last week. I love the ideas I've been having since. Here is the sketch I decided to make.

Here is my version:

The image is by Lockhart and the sentiment is from Memory Box.

Entry for Core'dination Challenge #10- Tags and Journaling

Good Afternoon Everyone!

It 3pm here in New Hampshire. That means there is only nine hours left to the Core'dination Online Crop. I'm sad that it will be over so soon. I have really enjoyed chatting with participants online using Blogger and Facebook.

Challenge #10- Use tags and Journaling

I decided to make a card. I used tags to create the tombstones that line the bottom of the card and the journaling is a newer stamp from Memory Box.

The swirl was created by sanding a piece of Core'dination while it was on top of a chip board swirl then I cut it out.

 I used Stickles in Midnight Blue to add some bling to the card base.

Thanks for stopping by my blog and please leave a comment.

Entry for Core'dination Online Crop-Day 2 Challenge 14 from Kristine

On to the third day of  Core'dination's online crop! Last night I finished up my take on Kristine's sketch for Challenge #14.

Here is the sketch:

 Here is my take on the challenge:

 I decided to use paper from the Black Magic Collection. I used six different colors to complement the pattern paper. I used Protect (around vertical striped paper), Warlock is the 12x12 piece, Wizard (around the word print paper), The Alchemist (behind the eyes), and Magic (behind the dotted paper and sentiment). I used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Wild Honey to soften the edges of the pattern papers and on the sentiment.

This Challenge really pushed me to not be afraid of using a large variety of papers. I used 13 different papers total on this one 12x12 page. I'm so proud of myself for [pushing beyond my conservative look on my supplies. Thanks Kristine for your challenge!

Powder Embossed Spider Webs

Materials:
Versa Mark Marker
White Embossing powder
Heat Tool
12x12 black paper
Spider Web Stencil (or you can draw it free hand)