"A rose by any other name ....."

What's in a name?

Butterfly, moth - all beautiful creatures in their own way.

 

What am I rambling on about you may ask.

 

Well, I decided to join in with Mrs A's current

Butterfly Challenge 

but think I have used moths

instead of butterflies!

Maybe they're moths masquerading as butterflies!

 

Seeing as I finished this tag, I will take my chance

and enter it in the challenge anyway.

 

The current theme is 

'monochromatic'

"You are free to create your  project and butterflies

in any shades (of one colour) you like

and decorate as you wish."

 

I made my tag based on the one I made the

other day for Tim Holtz 12 tags challenge, and

that one was quite grungy - here's a little

peep at it again

(if you click on the pic you should be taken

to the post showing how I made it)

 

  

For the butterfly (moth!) challenge therefore,

I decided to go for something more feminine - PINK!

 

Here's what I used

 

 

.... and here's the finished tag

 

 

The 'butterflies' are from

PaperArtsy - 'Ancestors - Plate 1'.

The sentiment is also from

PaperArtsy - 'Clocks 4 - C4'.

The background stencil was one I've had

for ages and ages.

The bow is some old seam binding

coloured with some of the distress ink.

 

Thanks for looking - and don't worry Mrs A

if you can't accept this into your challenge,

I enjoyed making it anyway x

Tim Holtz: 12 Tags of 2014 - June

 

 Tim's tag for June is above -

If you want to see how he made it,

click on the picture to go to his blog.

 

..... and here's my version

 The idea this month was to create a look of

blended watercolour with a stencil and

distress inks.

 The background was first made on watercolour paper

then stuck onto a manilla tag.

I didn't have the stamp set Tim used but

found this butterfly one in my stash - 

from PaperArtsy (Ancestors - Plate 1).

(The words are from one of Tim's

Stampers Anonymous)

The ribbon for the bow was supposed to be

multi coloured as I did use all four of the

distress inks but the Peeled Paint green

colour seems to have won the day!

I used a couple of pink buttons instead of the

tiny gears and spinner Tim used.

Only a couple days wait until next

month's Tim tag, hopefully, I won't leave that one as late.

Thanks for looking :)

Butterflies in the Spring Time

 

I've been making some Post It Note Holders -

and one of them just happens to fit the bill for

 Mrs A's theme this fortnight on her challenge blog -

  

(click on the pic to go to her blog)

Whatever you create must have a butterfly on -

and this time must also have the colour yellow.

Here then is my entry 

A bit on the grungy side, but there is some yellow there.

The butterflies are on the postage stamps.

I used kitchen roll tissue paper and coloured it

with some Brusho powders and water.

The lady and words were printed off the computer

and it was all stuck on the covers with Liquitex 

Matt Medium.  A final spray with Crafter's Companion

Spray and Shine gives a nice protective finish.

If you flutter by the

Butterfly Challenge

blog, you'll see lots of other butterfly entries,

and there may even be a few prizes on offer!

Thanks for looking :)