frame it.....with Butterflys

Hi everyone, do you ever have one of those days where its tooo cold to go outside or  literally to cold to do anything at all except turn on the heat and watch a good movie., well I had one of those days on Monday and being the person I am I cant just sit so I had this idea about making something to go in my family room and thought what better then making a picture frame using the gorgeous

 "NEW BUTTERFLY DIE"

 from La La Land Crafts...

So out came my Bigshot, Butterfly die, Chosen paper and off I started....

The dies cut beautifully and the hardest part was measuring/placing the 30 Butterflys out on the 12 x 12 bazzill page to evenly space them.

I am really happy with the result and it looks so much better in real life- ( it is always hard to get a good pic thru glass) but the colours of cream, red, brown and black look great and the wings are up off the page.

I gave each butterfly a different coloured hearts centre as I wanted the little heart to stand out from the butterfly. 

I have found the perfect spot for it on my cupboard with all my other photos, so if you have this Butterfly die, why not give it ago and make your own frame.

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Birthday....xox

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This week the theme over at  La La Land Crafts Inspiration week is

*****BIRTHDAYS**** 

On my card I used  HEART BALLOON LUKA , I stamped him a few times for the 3 balloons, added some presents, washi tape, splatter paint background and some machine stitiching. The sentiment is from my dymo labelller. 

There are more fabulous inspirational creations on the La-La Land Crafts Blog both today and on Friday and don't forget that you can link up your La-La Land Crafts makes to the Customer Gallery to be in with a chance to win a prize

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

have a sunny day!

Hi Everyone, Its La La Land Crafts Inspirational Monday and the theme for this week to isnpire you is..

***** FUN in the SUN*****

I have used Summer Luka along with the Wave Border Die and the Palm Tree Die to create my little summery scene.

I used the fronds/leaves from the Palm Tree die to make my shrubs and the shells are brads fom my stash.

There are more fabulous inspirational creations on the La-La Land Crafts Blog both today and on Friday and don't forget that you can link up your La-La Land Crafts makes to the Customer Gallery to be in with a chance to win a prize

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Happy Birthday

Hi evryone, Today we are celebrating The Octopode Factory Challenge 1st Birthday.... so what better then  cute lil "JOLEE" but instead of her holding only one birthday cake I used this CAKE and printed it off 5 times so I could use them as a big number 1.

I then also put some balloons in her hand as no birthday should be without all the frill and once again I used my washi tape, I confess I have a few rolls of this stuff- love it -a little machine stitching and my dymo labeller(rediscovered and found packed in box since moving house) to use for my sentiment.

If you pop on over to the blog HERE, Lily has some news to share.

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Classic...

Hi everyone, Haven't we had some fabulous new images and Dies released from La La Land Crafts lately.

 Today at  "La-La Land "Inspirational Monday  the theme to inspire you is

*****Something For Dad*****

On my card  I have  used SITTING LUKA and he is available as both a rubber stamp and a digi-stamp, HERE and HERE.

I have teamed Luka up with a ute digi image from "Fred she Said" and coloured it to look like a Rusty old Ute- my inspiration for the colouring of my car this way came from Suzanne Dean.

There are more fabulous inspirational creations on the La-La Land Crafts Blog both today and on Friday and don't forget that you can link up your La-La Land Crafts makes to the Customer Gallery to be in with a chance to win a prize

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Hi-Ya from Downunder.....

Hi fellow Crafters, It's "La-La Land AUSSIE IMAGE RELEASE DAY

 and do we have some Fabulous  AUSSIE images.

introducing...... OUTBACK LUKA

I found a Map of Australia on google , made it into a PNG file and then had lots of fun adding images from Make It Crafty to complete my Aussie Outback scene to showcase OUTBACK LUKA.
I also used the cute little TURTLE from the Brick Wall Stamp set -HERE
*****for your info..... these stamps are only available in Australia right now and will be released everywhere else in mid-July :-) Aussie residents contact your local craft store and for those of you who live in Perth, West.Australia- Collins Crafts in Balcatta has them in stock now.......

.There are more fabulous inspirational creations on the La-La Land Crafts Blog both today and on Friday and don't forget that you can link up your La-La Land Crafts makes to the Customer Gallery to be in with a chance to win a prize

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

dream high...

Hi Everyone, It’s time for a New Challenge this month over at Bizzy Becs Challenge Blog  and the theme for the Month of JUNE is an Inspirational Picture,

"a Bowl of Skittles"

so that means you can create anything that is Bright, Cheery and COLOURFUL.

I used 2 Magnolia stamps for my card, Edwin with Plane and Summer Memories Meadow Daisy, I  airbrushed the cloud background and added a sun-stamp from Purple Onion Designs.

Magnolia stamps are available over HERE at Bizzy Becs online Store and dont forget to POP on over HERE as well to see the Dt gorgeous creations and enter in for a chance to win a Fabulous prize.
 I managed to find a challenge  to enter...
Tilda's Town Challenge- Use a Magnolia accessory stamp.
Magnolia- Down-Under Challenge- Seeing Double- hope my flowers count!

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

Paradise....New Dies

 Today is  "La-La Land "Inspirational Monday" and this week we are

Showcasing the Fabulous NEW Dies for Sale over HERE at  La La Land Crafts.

Now those of you who know me well will know I have an addiction to Dies and when Irina first showed these dies to the DT gals I can tell you there was lots of oohing and ahhhhing - me probably being the loudest, lol.... Ok you get the idea " I absolutely LOVE these dies, they are just Brilliant!!!!!!

On my card I used UKULELE LUKA, PALM TREE DIE and WAVE BORDER DIE.

There are more fabulous inspirational creations on the La-La Land Crafts Blog both today and on Friday and don't forget that you can link up your La-La Land Crafts makes to the Customer Gallery to be in with a chance to win a prize

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There is also a 10% sale on the Dies for June 4th & June 5th only, Use the code INTRO10........ "unfortunately" this sale does not apply to those of us who live in Australia or New Zealand- you will need to contact your local craft store to purchase the dies.

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx

dazzle them...

 The Octopode Factory challenge theme for this week is 

 "Black and White".
 Yes.....I can see you thinking, is that  RED on my card,well I just had to add that little splash of colour, naughty aren't I, lol.....
I used one of Lily new Images, 1 of the Whimsical Cheapskate images HERE and the Fabulous quote that just went so well came on my card came from HERE    SillyDillyBeans Images.

Thanks For Stopping By and Have Yourself a Great Day.xxx