Life Gets Busy

We've had a busy time over here at the Inky Pinky household. We held a HUGE garage sale over the weekend with our daughter. What a lot of work, but it did pay off. We did reallllllllly well. Now we're just tired and trying to put the house in some sort of order after cleaning out closets.

I've also gotten to spend quite a bit of time with my daughter and granddaughters. (YAY!) Love doing that. My daughter can be so hysterically fun and who doesn't like too laugh? My granddaughters love to pose for Grandma. So when they are around I usually grab my Nikon and do some photo shoots with the girls.
Here's one from over the weekend that just cracks me up!

Just love the "sincerity" of those "air kisses". LOL 

I've got some cards & things to post for the rest of the week. So check back and see what I made in between the bits & pieces of life.

Butterfly Week - Saturday Scrapbooking

Wow the week sure did fly. I've had a great time coming up with projects for butterfly week. Now it's time for a scrapbook page.

This photo was taken at my daughter's wedding almost 2 years ago. From left to right - Diana's Godmother, Diana's Aunt (my sister) and me. My sister & I have been friends with Cari for almost as long as I can remember. It was an amazing night and being able to share it with such special people made it magical.

To make a page that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

12 x 12 Whisper White card stock

Basic Black card stock

Riding Hood Red card stock

Basic Black Jumbo Stampin' Around Ink Cartridge

Very Vintage Stampin' Around Wheel

Stampin' Around Jumbo Wheel Handle

Basic Black Ink

Sponge Dauber

Apothecary Label Framelits

Beautiful Butterflies die

Beautiful Wings embosslit

Perfect Polka-Dots embossing folder

Fancy Fan embossing folder

Big Shot

Snail Adhesive

Glue dots

Dimensionals

Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Using the Very Vintage jumbo wheel, handle and Basic Black ink cartridge, create the background on Whisper White. 

Cut mats: Basic Black 5 1/2 x 7 1/2

                Riding Hood Red 5 1/4 x 7 1/4

                (photo is 5 x 7)

Adhere photo to mats, adhere to center of page

Using the Beautiful Butterflies die, run a sheet of Basic Black and Riding Hood Red to cut butterflies.

Emboss the large Basic Black butterfly using the Fancy Fan embossing folder in the Big Shot.

Emboss the smaller Riding Hood Red butterfly using the Polka-Dots embossing folder in the Big Shot.

Adhere the Riding Hood Red butterfly to the Basic Black butterfly using a dimensional.

Adhere this large butterfly to the upper left hand corner of the photo area.

Use scraps of Basic Black card stock in the Beautiful Wings embosslit. You will need 2 sets of these butterflies.

Adhere 3 small butterflies in a grouping that looks good to you using glue dots.

Cut Riding Hood Red Apothecary Label to be used for journaling block.

Ink edges of label in Basic Black Ink.

Write journaling.

Adhere label to page.

Attach butterflies on either side of journaling label.

Using Basic Jewels Rhinestones, adhere small strip to the "body" of the large butterfly near the photo.

Put smaller rhinestone in the center of the rest of the butterflies.

Put small rhinestones in the center of some of the flowers in the background stamped image for added sparkle.

Let your creativity sparkle - make some thing today.

Butterfly Week - Fast Card Friday

Ever look at cards online and think: WOW I really want to try to make that? I've been doing a lot of that lately. I've really enjoyed the process of taking that original idea and turning into something my own. Today's card came about that way. 

I saw a card online and thought I'd like to try to make it. So I grab some paper that was similar in color and gave it a shot.

I liked that one so much I through I'd try it in other colors. (Sorry for the rotten photos - it was reallllllllly late at night when I took them.)

 Tempting Turquoise

Elegant Eggplant

Wisteria Wonder

To make a card that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Card stock - color of your choice

Basic Black card stock

En Francais stamp

Whisper White craft ink

Beautiful Wings embosslit

Big Shot

Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Glue Dots

Snail Adhesive

Card base is standard size.

Basic Black card stock mat is 4 x 5 1/4

Colored card stock mat is 3 3/4 x 5

Let your creativity shine ~ make something today!

Butterfly Week - Thursday

Today's card is a pretty quick but has a little sparkle to give it a punch. 

To make a card that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Whisper White card stock

Rich Razzleberry card stock

Perfect Polk-a-Dots embossing folder

Beautiful Wings embosslit

Big Shot

Glue dots

Dazzling Details

Tombo glue

Corner Rounder *I used a larger corner rounder

narrow white ribbon

• Card base is 4 1/3 x 5 1/2, cutting an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper portrait style. This makes the card sit like a tent.
• Cut a piece of Whisper White card stock 4 x 5 1/4.
• Round corners of Whisper  White card stock and the bottom corners of the card base.
• Insert the Whisper White piece into the embossing folder, 3/4 of the way in. 
• Run through Big Shot.
• Take a small piece of Rich Razzelberry, insert in the Beautiful Wings embosslit, and run through the Big Shot.
• Cut narrow ribbon to go across the card where the dots stop. Adhere to card. 
• Create a fauz bow and adhere.
• Adhere Whisper White piece to card base.
• Adhere butterflies to bottom of card using glue dots.
• Using Dazzling Details, emphasis the detail on the butterflies. 

Have fun creating your own cards today.

Butterfly Week - Wednesday

Here we are at Wednesday already in our Butterfly Week. Today's card uses the left over butterflies from other projects that I talked about yesterday.

To make a card that looks like mine, you’ll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:

Tempting Turquoise card stock

Whisper White card stock

Beautiful Wings embosslit

Baker's Twine - Island Indigo

Tempting Turquoise ink

Curly Cute stamp set

Lattice embossing folder

Big Shot

Tombo glue

Glue dots

Dimensionals

• Card base is 4 x 5 1/2.
• Using the Big Shot, run a 3 1/4 x 3 1/4 piece of Whisper White card stock through in the Lattice embossing folder. 
• Arrange the butterflies as desired and adhere with glue dots. 
• Cut pieces of Baker's Twine to create grid and adhere to the back of the square. 
• Adhere square to card base with dimensionals. 
• Trim a piece of Whisper White card stock to 1 1/4 x 3 and cut a notch in the end to create a banner. 
• Stamp sentiment in Tempting Turquoise ink. 
• Adhere more butterflies. 
• Attach banner to top of card.

If you have any questions, leave me a comment.

Take some time and create something today.

Butterfly Week - Tuesday

Today's card  is adapted from a card that my Upline created, Dawn Griffin. This card is a 5" square card. Remember that you'll need a larger size envelope to mail these and you may need to add a bit extra in postage because it's not a traditional size.

To make this card like mine, you'll need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Supplies:
Basic Black card stockTempting Turquoise card stock
Beautiful Wings embosslit
Scallop Trim border punch
Basic Jewels Pearls
White gel pen
Dimensionals
Snail adhesive
Glue dots

Card base is 5" square, so card stock needs to be cut 5" x 10".
Mats:
Basic Black - 4 3/4" square
Tempting Turquoise - 4 1/2" square
Basic Black strip - 1 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Using the Scalloped trim border punch, punch along the bottom of the Basic Black Strip.
Take the gel pen and make little dots on the strip. I've found that it's better to do this now than to wait until after you place the butterflies.
Use the Beautiful Wings embosslit to create butterflies.
Put dots on the butterflies that have the raised dots.
Place the dot butterflies on top of the largest butterfly with glue dots.
Arrange the large butterflies along the Basic Black strip and attach using dimensionals. I popped the center butterfly up on 2 dimensionals for a little something different.
Arrange 3 of the same smaller butterflies in the upper right hand corner and attach with glue dots.
Add pearls to butterflies.
*If desired, stamp a sentiment in the upper left hand  corner.

Tip Tuesday: 

My tip for you this week is ... when using the Beautiful Wings embosslit, the butterflies that you don't use in a particular project - save them. Grab a baggie or an envelope, whatever works for you and save them. Use these extra butterflies to create in other projects, like what I'll be showing you on Wednesday. By saving these little bits & pieces you'll be stretching your crafting dollar and maximizing your crafting time.  

Now it's your turn. Take some time to be creative today.

Butterfly Week - Monday

Welcome to Butterfly Week!
This week I'll be showing you all kinds of cards and projects that feature butterflies as the focusing accent. So grab your butterfly punches, dies and embosslits and let's get started.

This card is a CASE (copy and share everything) from a card I saw on Pinterest. I don't remember who the original designer is, so if you know, please leave me a message and I'll make sure to give proper credit.

To make this card like mine, you need the following supplies. Remember, if you need any of these supplies, just click on the name of the item and it will take you directly to my shop.

Today's card is a bit bigger than usual. The card base is 4 1/2 x 5 3/4, so you'll need a bigger envelope.

Supplies:

Basic Black card stock

Whisper White card stock

Pacific Point card stock

Calypso Coral card stock

Lucky Limeade card stock

So Saffron card stock

Beautiful Wings embosslit

Big Shot

Basic Jewels Rhinestones

Curly Cute Stamp set

Basic Black ink

Glue Dots

Snail Adhesive

Sizes to cut squares:

Whisper White: 1 1/4 inch

Basic Black: 1 1/2 inch

Pacific Point: 1 3/4 inch

Rectangle strip:

Whisper White:  2 x 4 1/2

Basic Black:  2 3/16 x 4 5/8

Pacific Point: 2 5/16 x 4 3/16

To make your card like mine, assemble the pieces according to the photo. 

Take some time today to get out your supplies and get creative.