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Sunday 15 September 2013

Mid way Inspiration post for Imagination Crafts: Butterflies

Good morning lovelies - when this post goes live I will be sitting on a coach - nearly all the way to Newcastle with any luck - getting ready for the Great North Run. Here's hoping the high winds and rain that are forecast don't arrive until later in the day!!!

Todays first post is a reminder of the challenge over at imagination-craftschallenges this month. The challenge is butterflies and to be in with a shot at the prize which is £40 worth of IC goodies - you need to use something from imagination crafts!

Here's what I did:




I made a double side stepper card using my hougie board. Then I made a distressed background using blues and cream and green. Did some background stamping with a script stamp - and then I used an Imagination Crafts Stencil (here) with black embossing paste. When dry I cut the panel into three and added to the stepper. I stamped the sentiment onto neenah card and distressed with tumbled glass then cut with a spellbinders die. Then I stamped some butterflies from the butterfly decoupage stamp (here) from Imagination crafts and added them to the card.

I will add some challenges later.

Thanks for dropping by today and thanks to the lovely people out there who have supported me in this run - in both words and sponsorship. It really does mean a lot to me!

Big Hugs

Rachel xx


14 comments:

  1. Super shape and colours Rachel, Also love the vibrancy of the one below, missed that I'm afraid.

    Good luck today and have a good Sunday.

    B x

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  2. Beautiful card Rachel, lovely sentiment and design.
    Good luck today!
    Our weather is awful, hopefully not too badbwere you are. Hug Kate d

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  3. Beautiful card Rachel, good luck in the Northern run.

    Hugs
    Linda xxx

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  4. Beautiful work, Rachel and good luck for the run. Thank you for the kind wishes. Vee xx

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  5. Gorgeous card Rachel, good luck with the run, hope it's not too wet there

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  6. Good Luck with the run, I hope the weather is kind to you.
    Your card is gorgeous, such a beautiful design and wonderful colours
    hugs Sue xx

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  7. A lovely card Rachel. I'm thinking of you and wishing you luck for the run, and also for the weather. Not raining here in the south yet, we've even had a little sun, so fingers crossed it hold off for you until after the race.

    Sue x

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  8. Love your card Rachel. Hopefully your weather is better than ours . Good Luck with run. Hugs Rita xxxx

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  9. That is gorgeous Rachel. I've been trying to find out how you did hun but their website is, not surprisingly, rather busy. I hope it was dry, not too windy and you enjoyed it xx

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  10. Very dramatic Rachel and also very beautiful. Hope the run went well, been thinking of you. Hugs, Anne x

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  11. A beautiful stepper card Rachel.
    Mags
    x

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  12. This is a fabulous card Rachel, great design and lovely colour combination.
    Pauline
    x

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  13. Really stunning hun, love the colours and the shape
    Lindsay xx

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