Challenge, Take Two....and Three!

You know that challenge I posted about a couple days ago?  This one at The Shabby Tea Room:

where I had just made a card that fit the challenge, but fit the samples a little too closely for my comfort?  Well....Friday turned out to be a very productive day...not only did I get another card made for the challenge, but I picked up some additional pieces of paper and made a third card!

So here's how challenge card #2 turned out.  When I worked at the scrapbook store, there was a butterfly die that I was especially fond of.  Before the store (sadly) closed a few years ago, I cut some chipboard and paper butterflies using that die before it went away...and I still have some left.  It formed the base for the embellishment cluster on this card...

Supplies:

Patterned papers: Fancy Pants Floral Chic (lilac); Echo Park Dots & Striped (yellow dot)

Laces: local craft stores      Paper doily: Wilton (colored with Dusty Concord Distress Ink)

Paper flowers and Pearl flourishes: Prima      Sentiment stamp: Hero Arts

Hug Snug seam binding      Fern punch & Clear coarse glitter: Martha Stewart

Miscellaneous: Die cut chipboard butterfly; twine

And after this one turned out so well, I glanced over at a shaped card base I had made with one of my trusty Spellbinders Grand Labels dies, and card #3 was on its way to completion.  I found a package of Martha Stewart cotton lace butterflies sitting in my "use me!" basket, so I added a little bit of clear glitter to the top of it, then layered it over a couple punched butterflies to give a "fluttering" effect. 

Supplies:

Patterned papers: Melissa Frances "Antonia" (blue); Basic Grey Kioshi collection (floral)

Spellbinders Grand Labels Four      Lace: Venus Ribbon      Pearls & Paper roses: Prima

Lace butterfly & Butterfly punch: Martha Stewart      Sentiment Stamp: Papertrey Ink

Hug Snug seam binding     EK Success Double Crochet Lace edge punch

When I first saw this challenge, I wasn't sure I could get more than one more card with it..  But sometimes it's the challenges you're the least sure about that turn out to be the most inspirational...and this was one of those challenges. 

Thanks for stopping in.  I received a fun box of beautiful new Echo Park papers today...guess what I'll be playing with tomorrow?

Have a wonderful weekend!