#115 It’s A Bug’s Life – INSECT as your MAIN FOCAL point

Before I announce this time's challenge can I draw your attention to our Design Team call for a new blog which can be found here or here

Kimx is hosting our challenge today and she has chosen

'It's A Bug's Life' as her challenge to you. She would like to see Butterflies, Dragonflies, Ladybirds, or any other INSECT as your main image or focal point of your project 

We are sponsored by

HOBBY ART STAMPS

with this fabulous prize

CS077D Butterflies
 As a family business we're a friendly, helpful, bunch at Hobby Art.  All our stamps are designed by us and manufactured in Britain.
Look at the gallery on my blog - jennymayes.com - for lots of card ideas using the Hobby Art range. 
We're pleased to sponsor the Crafty Cardmakers Challenge and look forward to seeing the entries.   Good luck everyone.  Jenny and all. X

and also by

DI'S DIGISTAMPS

with a $12 gift certificate

I have been drawing since a child and studied graphics at College many years ago, I now work as a Medical photographer part time but my love was always drawing. I started cardmaking about 4yrs ago when I bought my daughter a cardmaking kit which we did together, but I’m afraid I got the bug! My daughter preferred scrapbooking. I then started looking online at other blogs and this then became my passion and I loved sharing my cards with like-minded people.
I love stamping and loved finding images, but sometimes I could not find what I wanted so I started to draw myself.
This then has become my second addiction and I have never looked back, I love thinking of new images, and its just fabulous to see others take them and make them into beautiful works of art. Long may it continue! 

Some inspiration from our DT

Kimx

I used the fabulous stamp set from Hobby Art for my card as well as some handmade background paper created using inks and the Creative Pallete. 

Viv

A CAS card from me for this challenge!

Josephine

I've used some Sizzix dies and a technique I spotted recently of insetting the die cuts into the background. More details on my blog. 

Vania

Lin

I created a background with a clarity stencil and dylusions. I also used Dylusions on the Chocolate Baroque stamped butterfly.

Julie

Sympathy Bugs by Wee Stamps, coloured with Copics.

Feebsy

I used Sheena Douglas, MFT and Indigo Blue stamps to create my dragonfly card; the background was created with Distress Inks and Perfect Pearls.

Jackie

My card this time is monochrome black and and white with a stamped and zendoodled butterfly which was covered with microbeads.  I used a tonic die for the "doily" and a Martha Stewart punch for the paper ribbon.

Cindy

 

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