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Sharon



Tuesday 22 January 2019

Stampin' Up! - Colour Creations Blog Hop - Night Of Navy


Night of Navy is a gorgeous colour and this week’s colour creations challenge.

Tonight, I have made a card and a little chocolate gift purse. I need to make an invitation for my first church Girlfriend’s night back that I run once a month. We are having a fundraising dinner to raise money to empower, educate and help fund start up businesses for women in Africa. We will be doing little fundraisers throughout the year. We meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month and for February it will be Valentines day so a love dinner will be a great way to start!
Butterfly Gala, Rhapsody in craft, Colour Creations Blog hop, Butterfly duet punch Garden impressions DSP, Night of Navy

For my card I have used the Butterfly Gala stamp set which is in the new Occasions catalogue. I just love Butterflies and I the sentiment I think is just great for an invitation. Who wouldn’t feel welcome when they see this sentiment… “The food things in life are better with you” Then I will put the invitation on the inside of the card.

Butterfly Gala, Rhapsody in craft, Butterfly duet punch, botanic butterfly dsp, night of navy, colour creations blog hop, art with heart


So what did I use to decorate the card front. I first put the Night of Navy card stock through the big shot with the Subtle TIEF just to give the card base a little bit of texture.  The blue butterflies are part of the Botanical Butterfly Designer series paper that is found in the Sale- A bration catalogue and I have used the dark and light Night of Navy Blends to colour them in. You can get this gorgeous paper for free when you spend $90 on product. I think I might have to spend some more to get another lot.

I stamped the sentiment on whisper white card stock in Night of navy ink and cut it out with the stitched shape framelits and popped it up on some dimensionals over the burlap ribbon. The little butterfly is stamped in memento and then I have used so saffron, and powder pink for the colours. With the stamp set it is so easy to colour your butterflies as they give you the solid stamps to do so if you would like. Plus, a little bling and your card is done! Of course, you can colour your butterflies any complimentary colour you like.

Butterfly Gala, rhapsody in craft, garden impressions DSP, butterfly duet punch, night of navy, art with heart colour creations blog hop

For our little chocolate treat bags, I found the design on Dawn Stamping thoughts and she used a 6x6 inch piece of designer series paper. I have used the Garden Impressions DSP which has Night of Navy as one of its colours and they are already in 6x6. A little bit of folding, a couple of pieces of night of navy card stock and it is so cute. I cut out the clasp to my bag with the pretty label punch and used the Needlepoint elements framelits dies to get the beautiful stitched edge.  It fits perfectly inside the punch.

I attached the clasp to the back of the bag with tear and tap and then to hold everything in place I used little Velcro dots. I put the chocolates in first to make sure I had the correct position before closing the clasp down and adhering it all in place.
Butterfly Gala, Rhapsody in craft, Garden impressions DSPm Butterfly duet punch, night of navy, Art with heart colour creations blog hop

The ribbon is so much fun and it is part of the Classic Garage suite in the Occasions Catalogue and could possibly be classed as a male oriented suite but I just love the black and silver striped ribbon for all things and my daughter would love this as she isn’t a very pink and girly girl, so these colours would be perfect for her!

As I am actually doing the little bags for ladies other than my daughter, I thought I had better put a pink butterfly on the front of the clasp so you would know which side you needed to open to get to your chocolates. You can put what ever chocolates you like in these, I have put in some favourites but 2 ferero rochers fit in them as well

To cut out the butterflies in both projects I have used the new butterfly duet punch found in the new Occasions catalogue!

As always if you would like any details on how to make these items or would like to get your hands on the products and the new Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogues don’t hesitate to contact me.

Please head over now to the lovely Cathy Proctors Blog to see who else is participating in this week’s colour challenge.

Thank you for spending some time with me today.

Take Care



7 comments:

Ros said...

The matching bag is very cute!

Tina Gillespie said...

Aww, these are both so lovely! The wee handbag is so sweet, and such a perfect gift.

Carussell Crafts said...

A lovely card and a sweet little handbag, made even sweeter with the yummy chocolates inside. A great little set.

Diane Furniss said...

Oh Wow I love that set, they go together so well. I just love little bags.

Kate Morgan said...

Wonderful projects Sharon for a great occasion, and who wouldn't love those sweet treats inside?!!!

Rachel Palmieri said...

Love the butterfly sitting on the clasp of the bag!

Cathy Proctor said...

Wow, Sharon I love your card and your chocolate purse/bag. Thank you for hopping along this week!

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