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Hello again to those of you who have popped by for another peek at my crafting progress. If you are new, welcome.

It is time for another blog hop. I am really enjoying taking part in different blog hops and challenges. It is a great way to ensure that I am using my Stampin’ Up!® products and posting projects regularly. I hope that you like today’s.

The ongoing theme for this blog hop is THANK YOU. I really like this theme, while it might seem like the idea of thanking someone is unfashionable, it is alive and well and needs to be modelled for others. If I send someone a thank you card, that is a prompt for them to remember to thank others for what they appreciate.

This is the card I made for the April 2021 Blog Highlights – an image of my card is posted on Kylie’s gallery.

This gallery features everyone’s submissions and gives you the opportunity to vote for up to 5 of your favourite cards. The top 10 vote winners then get to participate in an International Blog Hop. Would you consider taking a moment and voting for my card? I’d really appreciate it!

How to do Voting?
Once you click on the link below you can see the photos. Please look for my gorgeous Dandy Laser Cut dragonflies card (#) and click on the little heart sign on the right-hand top side of my photo. Once you’ve touched the little clear heart it will turn to Red Color and that is the notification that you voted. You can vote for up to five, but it’s not required, you can also just vote for one. Thanks so much!

For this project I wanted to use some of the lovely paper from the SAND & SEA DESIGNER SERIES PAPER, the DANDY LASER-CUT PAPER (the dragonfly piece) and the shimmery PEARLESCENT SPECIALTY PAPER..

I used my BLENDING BRUSHES to colour the dragonfly DANDY LASER-CUT panel. The colours I used were Flirty Flamingo and Seaside Spray. As soon as this panel was dry I painted it using FROST WHITE SHIMMER PAINT. The photos don’t show the full effect of the blending brush colouring.

I cut a 1″ strip of PEARLESCENT SPECIALY PAPER and placed 1″ strips of FOAM ADHESIVE SHEETS onto one side. Then I used my MINI STAMPIN’ CUT & EMBOSS MACHINE and dies from the PLAYFUL ALPHABET DIES to cut the letters for this “thank you”.

For the card insert and envelope front I used the space left behind from the single dragonfly, that I coloured and attached across the N and K. I positioned this ‘template’ over the bottom right hand side of the card insert and the same posiotn on the envelope and then coloured it using Flirty Flamingo and Seaside Spray.

if you like the project I have shared today, please make sure you click on the link below and vote for me.

Thank you again for popping by.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Sand & Sea Suite Collection [155980] $159.75	Sand & Sea Designer Series Paper [154288] $20.00	Dandy Laser Cut Paper [154300] $20.00	Playful Alphabet Dies [152706] $59.00	Foam Adhesive Strips [141825] $14.00
Pearl Basic Jewels [144219] $8.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Seaside Spray A4 Cardstock [150889] $15.25	Pearlescent Specialty Paper [154291] $7.00	Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad [147052] $13.00
Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Hello and thank you for popping by. I hope that you enjoyed yestarday’s post. I had such a good laugh when I realsied that I had got one of the colour for a colour challenge wrong.

Yesterday I had intended to explain why I hadn’t posted anything on Saturday. Time got away from me – I spent all of Saturday and fair amount of time on Sunday making 45 Mother’s Day cards. The Kangaroo Point Markets where I had a stall at the end of last year, is back for the first time in 2021 next Sunday. So it made sense to have a heap of cards ready so that I can plan a special Mother’s Day promotion.

I made an Easter gift box ready to give yesterday, so I thought that I’d share it with you today.

It measures 5-1/2″x 1-1/2″x 1-1/2″ and holds lots of lovely mini chocolate eggs. I used the Butterfly Brilliance Bundle and coordinating Butterfly Bijou DSP. The colours used are Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral and Just Jade.

I used some Terracotta Tile ribbon, from the Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack, Vanilla ribbon, from the Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack , and Linen Thread for the ribbon bundle on the gift box top. The ‘Happy Easter’ is from the Timeless Tulip Stamp Set. After I stamped it and trimmed the Basic White card stock, I popped it between the ribbons and the last butterfly.

I really enjoy making 3D projects and it’s been such a long time since I’ve made a box of this type – so long, that I can’t even give it a name for you. If you know, please leave me a coment. And, it is always fun to fill gift box with goodies.

What treats have you shared with family and friends over Easter?

I hope that you and your family had a peaceful Easter.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Butterfly Brilliance Bundle [155821] $96.25	Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set [155092] $30.00	Brilliant Wings Dies [155523] $77.00	Butterfly Bijou 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [156824] $20.00
Forever Greenery Trim Combo Pack [152475] $15.75	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Ornate Garden Ribbon Combo Pack [152479] $12.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00
Calypso Coral A4 Card Stock [124392] $15.25	White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00

Hello and thank you being here, again, today. I am so pleased that you are popping by to see what my latest, latest project is.

As I mentioned recently, my new Sunday posts will be a project from the Global Design Project’s weekly challenges. And, if you saw my earlier post today you will know that I made two amazing projects for the challenge but I only used two of the three colours. The third colour should have been Seaside Spray but I used Soft Sea Foam – I know, how wrong can you be. And yet, I posted and confessed my mistake. An hour later, I decided that I still wanted to participate – so, here is the card I have just finished ‘throwing’ together.

I grabbed the Enjoy the Moment Stamp Set from my shelf and the challenge colour ink pads – Sahara Sand, Seaside Spray and So Saffron, as well as the reinkers. I very quickly decided to use the Fluid 100 Water Colour Paper so that I could do some messy water colouring. I stamped the images, using the Saddle Brown StazOn ink pad – each image was stamped off twice before the image was stamped onto the water colour paper.

Each image was water coloured with minimal water on the paper. The small amount of green was achieved after combining 5 drops of So Saffron with 2 drops of Seaside Spray. When the images were dry I went back and added some direct colour to create distinct lines and edges.

When each image had dried, I used the Rectangular Postage Punch to create each ‘space’. There are elements of this card that I would refine a second time around – but, it’s not too bad for a project made an hour before the Challenge (and 25 minutes from finishing this post).

Phew, I think this last ‘minute’ card has come together fairly well. And, I am still chuckling that my first effort had one of the colours totally wrong – I think my signature hashtag should be #keepingitreal – what do you think?

I hope that you like it.

Happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.\

Enjoy The Moment Cling Stamp Set [154452] $40.00	Rectangular Postage Stamp Punch [152709] $31.00	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $15.75	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $15.25
Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00	Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $13.00	Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00
Seaside Spray Classic Stampin’ Pad [150085] $13.00	So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $13.00	Water Painters [151298] $21.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00