Butterfly Bliss

Hopefully you are not too tired of my whitewashed, shabby elements cards...cuz I have another one for you!
Used a different DP collection this time. I was at Winners/HomeSense just before we came up to the lake and I spied some 6x6 paper pads. This is from First Edition Spring Feast. They were only $3.99 for each pad...I bought this one and another one called Song Bird.

Now remember that I am working up here with a very small amount of supplies...and they are dwindling as we speak! I think the Bliss ticket needs chalked or inked or something just to make it coordinate a little better...but with only a small pot of cream acrylic paint, I tried to make it blend by whitewashing the edges slightly. Not perfect but Cèst La Vie!

When I added the Memory/Box banner, I whitewashed it really heavily...as I wanted to show the sweet little lined pattern that is embedded into the lantern circles. I pop dotted them forward with my
new, slim style, pop dots. These dots are great as even with the bling diamonds on top they still slide through the post office tester slot!

Recipe
Card Base - from my stash; Michaels Recollections square, textured, white card sets
DP - First Edition, Spring Feast
Card Stock - snippets from my stash
Dies - Spellbinders Floral Ovals,  Memory Box die banner; the corner die is Spellbinders,  I forgot my little book that I record these details in...I cut the dies before I left home so not sure of the name...sorry!
Bling - from my stash
Chipboard - from my stash; Michaels dollar bins

I am entering this card in the following challenges

Pixies Crafty Workshop - must be snippets.

Rudolph Days - Christmas NBUS

NBUS...what a weird accronym! My friend Darnell @ http://www.djkardkreations.com/
penned this one...it stand for Never Before Used Schtuff.
You know what it is...we all have it. It is tucked away in drawers, folders, backets, and envelopes. You name it...we have it somewhere...or something somewhat like it! lol

Darnell penned this word and is on a mission to make NBUS cards this year. I have decided to join in on her parade. When the mood overtakes me, I will combine NBUS with my effort to use up my paper scraps...so it shall be cards of snippets as well as NBUS...oh my...that is a mouthful!

Here is my first try...I will be submitting this card to Rudolph Days at my friend Sarn's blog, Stamping For Pleasure. Making a Christmas Card on the 25th of each month for her challenge helps keep the finished cards number up so the Christmas season can be a little less hectic! There are some lovely Christmas cards submitted there so Christmas themed inspiration abounds.

My main NBUS item is the Kraft Christmas stocking tag. I got it for Christmas quite a few years ago. It came in a packet with a few other similar themed items that will eventually also turn up on NBUS cards. While I never liked it on it's own, I don't mind it combined with my stamped wreath image. 

The tag had a smaller, very narrow strip of tag that said, I BELIEVE. It sat at a weird angle and read backwards. I removed it and added the stamped and coloured wreath  to cover the spot where it used to sit. When that wreath looked a little bare, I added the 3D teddy from a dollar store page of decoupaged stickers. Another NBUS and another I couldn't imagine using as although I did like it, it just seemed too darned small to be a focal point. Combining it with my stamped wreath worked for me. A little Christmas red stickles added to the teensy berries on the wreath gave it just a touch of bling too!

So this is proof that something you never thought you would use, could work out after all.

Recipe: 

Card base and envelope - from my stash, originally Michaels, Recollections Kraft Corrugated

DP - from my stash; My Minds Eye Santa Claus

Cardstock - red and kraft snippets from my stash 

Dies - Marriane corner die blog candy from Shaz in Oz @ http://calligraphycards-shazinoz.blogspot.ca/

Bling - last of the snippets of teensy fire engine red bling on the card. This size is hard to find...while I do have some other shades of teensy red ones, I will be watching to replace these!

Embellishment -from my stash,  K and Co present with bow

Stickles - from my stash, Christmas Red

Stamp - unknown; I stamped this at a stamping class at my local scrapbook store and did not write down the name

I am entering this card is the following challenges:

1. Pixies Crafty Workshop - must use snippets

2. CHNC Extra - Always Anything Goes, must be Christmas

3. Stamping for Pleasure Rudolph Days Challenge - must be Christmas 

Silhouettes

Here is another of the inspirational cards I made at my weekly crafting day up at the lake.

I continued on with using the chipboard shapes from Michaels and whitewashed the edges again...yep, just like my previous post. I kept embellishments to just a few clear diamond bling bits that I added to the chandelier. Here is a bit of a close up.

Recipe
Card base - From my stash; Michaels Recollections brand square textured card set
DP - Prima Lyric
Card Stock - Kraft snippets from my stash
Dies - Spellbinders Floral Ovals and Spellbinders Fancy Ribbons Die
Chipboard - from my stash; Michaels dollar bins
Sentiment- from my stash 7 Gypsies stickers, Trousseau
Bling - from my stash

I am entering this card in the following challenges

1.Pixies Crafty Workshop - must use snippets