I Spy With My Little Eye..... At Least One Butterfly (Challenge No. 26)

Hello everyone and welcome to the 26th edition of "I spy with my little eye" challenge hosted right here on my blog! Pauline and I are back with a new theme for you and hope you'll join in the fun too! We  had some great entries last month, thank you all so much!! Be sure to scroll down to see who the top picks were, both invited to join us in the next challenge.

This month it was my turn to select a theme and I chose............

I spy with my little eye..............

at least one butterfly.

As always, you are welcome to share anything handmade as long a it follows the theme. We can't wait to see what you'll share with us!

And here is what we made for your inspiration:

Ellie (my card)

(All details and a mini tutorial are right below the card.)

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I'm sure I mentioned somewhere before that I am decluttering (once again!!) and came across a pretty collection of napkins sent to me by the dear Mia and I also picked up a couple from my sister. I've long admired projects made with napkins and tried it before using them with glue but it was a messy project and didn't turn out in a way for me to share. So they just sat unused in a drawer. As they "fell into my hands" while decluttering, I decided to give it another try and this time I found another way to use without the messy glue but with a hot iron, clear plastic wrap (such as saran or other cling wrap) and parchment paper instead. I couldn't believe how easy and mess-free this was!! Needless to say, my collection of napkins will be staying in my craft room :)

How to use a napkin as an Iron-On for paper:

• Step 1: Place a piece of Parchment paper on an ironing mat (or ironing board).
• Step 2: Place a piece of cardstock on the Parchment paper (I think wax paper works too).
• Step 3: Place a piece of clear plastic wrap (such as Saran wrap or Glad cling wrap) over the cardstock making sure it is laying smoothly on the cardstock.
• Step 4: Place the printed single layer of your napkin over the clear wrap print side up.
• Step 5: Place another piece of Parchment paper over the napkin, making sure all your layers are covered, especially the clear wrap so it doesn't melt onto your hot iron.
• Step 6: Use your hot iron (highest stetting) to iron over the parchment paper until the napkin is attached onto the paper. Doesn't take too long but you do need to go over it a few times. 

After this was done I simply added the Butterfly (Penny Black Soft Wings) which I stamped with Versafine Onyx ink and colored with Inktense pencils, then fussy cut. The sentiment is from Penny Black set Snippets, stamped directly onto the "napkin" paper. I also used a script stamp (old from Whimsy Stamps) on the background for more interest. Matted onto black cardstock and then a matching card base. 

I plan to share the above card with these challenges:

• Cardz 4 Galz - Things with Wings
• Crafter's Cafe - AG
• FarmQuest General Store Challenge - Anything Farm/Country goes
• Make My Monday - Garden
• Neglected Stuff Challenge  - use something neglected (the paper napkin)
• Paper Rock Scissors - Paper and/or Scissors (I used scissors for fussy cutting and paper/paper napkins for all layers)
• Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Use PB Stamps
• Simon Says Wednesday - Bright and Cheerful
• Sweet Stampin - Spring has Sprung

Pauline's Card:

Isn't this just beautiful with this wonderful monochromatic color scheme! Please visit Pauline's blog to find out how she made this card.

Related Products:

We are so excited to have not one but two guest designers this time around. Thank you Silke and Helen for joining us for this challenge!

Silke's Card

So beautiful in shades of turquoise- blue! Please visit Silke's blog to find out how she made this card!

Helen

Such wonderful gold embossing and gorgeous colorful butterflies! Please visit Helen's blog to find out how she made this card.

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Top Picks from Challenge No. 25

Thank you all again for joining us in  the last challenge, it was so great to see so many wonderful things following our "April Showers or May Flowers" theme! Selecting top picks is never easy but we finally managed and here they are listed in the order of entry:

No. 1 Carol G. (Ellie's Pick)

No. 14 Jackie C. (Pauline's Pick)

Congratulations to both of you!!

Remember, Top Picks are invited to join us in the next challenge if you like to. That would be for challenge no. 27, starting Wednesday June 18th. Of course it's not a requirement but we would love to have you both as guests!!  

If you are interested in taking part, please message me (Ellie) at ellibellescorner at gmail dot com so I can give you all the details for our upcoming theme.

Below is your top pick logo, you may place it on your own blogs if you like to :)

To play along in the current challenge please use the linky tool below.

A few things to remember:

(Complete list of guidelines and copyright info can be found here.)

• You may share up to 5 different projects.
• You may combine with as many other challenges as you like to.
• A short mention of products used whenever possible is expected, especially the focal point.
• New: While you are free to link up your creations using pre-colored digital art (AI generated, digital pre-colored toppers/images, digital papers etc.), they will be excluded from top picks. 
• Please include a link back to this blog.
• Back-linking to a recent project is allowed.
• Linkup closes on May 18th at 11:59pm CST

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