Recipe Challenge

At Meljen's Designs this week, the challenge theme is a recipe.  You have to use one bow, three brads and a circle on your project.  Here is my card for the challenge this week.

I used the image Simple Little Butterfly which is available at Whimsy Stamps.  I used two of the brads for the color spots on the butterfly, and the third brad is on the bow.  I really love these button brads and will have to get more.  The butterfly is actually dimensional on the card.

I colored it using colored pencils blended with baby oil.  Then I cut it out and folded the wings up slightly for some dimension.

Card measures 4.5" x 5"
Cuttlebug embossing folder-Bloom Dots
Spellbinders Eyelets Pendants
Button Brads-Paper Studio Spare Parts
Ribbon from my stash

A Recipe for Adorable

The challenge at Meljen's Designs this week is a recipe challenge.  The recipe is 3 colors, 2 papers, and one bow.  The challenge at Wee Memories this week is All Things Adorable.  So easy to combine these two challenges because I think Meljen's Designs images are so adorable!!

This week I decided to use the image Lovey Pup that I won in a recent blog hop.  You can find him in the Whimsy Stamps store.  I have had him printed for a while but decided to color him using my new favorite technique, colored pencils blended with baby oil.  I thought I was in love with the alcohol ink markers, but I feel like I have much more control over where the color goes with the colored pencils.  For the recipe, I used red, creamy caramel, and baby blue as my colors.  The papers I have had forever just waiting for the perfect card.  I added a little faux stitching with a fine Sharpie and a tiny rhinestone for the tag on his collar.

Card measures 5.5" x 4.25"