Oops, how did that happen?

A more relaxing day...  mum seems to have recovered from her upset the other day,  though she is a little weaker.  But she looked a little brighter.   The sun was also shining, sadly it was tempered by a bitingly cold wind.   Well I had a couple of small wins on the lotto so decided a treat was in order and only one place to go - the craft shop!   I got some nice goodies,  card, a new die - more of that a little while, embossing folder and a background stamp, oh and a mask. Wasn't going to get the stamp but it was in the sale basket.

So back home and I put the finishing touches to my Owl,  I stamped a few of the very small flowers, coloured them and then cut them out, very fiddly stuff but worth it.   I put a dab of pinflair behind them to raise them off the card,  then managed to find some small fluttery butterflies to finish it all off. 

Trust me those flowers are SMALL!   A good job I have those squeezer type scissors,  which are ideal for cutting fiddly stuff. 

No challenges completed this week, nothing really grabbed me.  I've had more of a fiddle week,   possibly a grand tidy up of the craft space might help,  it is now a tad cluttered. Okay it is downright messy!  

I have to get a copy of the new Stamper mag, just seen the front cover and love the new stamps. 

So best get to this new die...

Ta Dah!   It is beautiful,  just couldn' t resist it.  Took a couple of goes to get it to cut, but now it works fine.  I cut a couple of butterflies out of some background card I'd been making using the dylusions,  the idea was to get a graduated colour, which I think I did.   In the background is the new card,  coredinations,  they were on CnC earlier in the week, my craft shop had them at the same price,  I went for the dark colours.  I was being tempted by some mountboard, and the X cut build a scene dies,   so much stash, so little money! 

Need to do something with these butterflies I think,  I have a friend who is in need of a cheer up, her dad has just been diagnosed with cancer, and it is a rare type.  Life can suck at times...  but I need to thank Elizabeth, the Silver Scrapper, you said some wise words in your comment,  they were much appreciated. 


I'll be back at the craft table tomorrow...  could be a case of butterflies galore!