Hope Butterfly D2D

I didn't make a card using last weeks image from Designed 2 Delight as it was a Halloween image and I had no reason to use it as we don't 'do'  Halloween in the Cruxton household and it's not really celebrated that much in the UK. Fortunately as it was week 5 it had no major impact but I did of course miss out on the rest of the gorgeous set that this Hope Butterfly is part of.

Unfortunately the big C has a massive impact on everyone these days. I would be very surprised if someone you know hasn't been directly affected by it in one form or another. Breast Cancer in particular has affected my family as Paul's Auntie was very ill with it for many years and ultimately died from it. Closer to home my maternal Grandmother died from it just before I was born and my Sister has had a couple of scares from it. My own boobies are on the VERY generous side and I check them every couple of days as one of my concerns is that a cyst or tumour could hide amongst them and be undetected for quite a while unless it was painful. Due to my family history I am considered in the high risk category so now I am 40 I will be put on the screening register so I guess I have that to look forward to in the not too distant future....

I coloured this gorgeous butterfly with Promarkers/Flexmarkers, creating a second layer for the ribbon, mounted on 3d foam and using tonnes of pink ultrafine glitter..... yes I got covered and so did my pop up photo tent LOL

I followed the current sketch from Cards & Things, the papers used for this whole project have come from the scraps box I had on my desk on WOYWW #123 yesterday. I love the pretty flower paper from Smirk and it has glitter embedded in some of the flowers :) I punched a scalloped edge with a Martha Stewart punch.

The Hope sentiment is a freebie by Penny Duncan and has been cut into an oval shape with a Fiskars template.

Materials Used in this card are as follows:-

Card Size – A6

Image – Hope Butterfly by Designed 2 Delight

Sentiment – Digi by Penny Duncan

Paper - All Scraps :) Floral one is by Smirk

Embellishments - Ultrafine glitter

Tools - 3d foam, scissors, Fiskars template, Martha Stewart Punch

Techniques - Punching

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges (in Alphabetical Order):-

• Anything Goes #51 – Diecuts and/or Punches
• Bee Crafty #55 - Bling
• Cards & Things #91 - Sketch for Layout
• Delightful Inspiration – Friday Freebie Challenge
• Digistamps 4 Joy #29 – Think Pink
• Do You Stack Up #41 – Use Your Scraps
• Guylou’s Inimitability – Breast Cancer Awareness & Pink
• Hiding In My Craftroom SSS #15 – Use Your Scraps
• I Did It Creations #76 – Anything Goes
• Jen’s Digistamps – Fight Like a Girl
• Jules Crafty Snippets #40 – All papers and mats are snippets J
• Lexi’s Creations #50 – Pink for Boobies
• Little Miss Muffet #20 – Girly Girl
• Make It Monday #58 – Link Up Party
• My Sheri Crafts #70 – Think Pink
• One Stop Craft #152 – Anything Goes
• Prairie Fairy #63 – Girly
• Scrapbook Sisters #56 – Anything Goes
• Secret Crafter #155 – Anything Goes with Sparkle
• Sentimental Sunday #76 – Anything Goes with a Sentiment
• Shelly’s Images TTT – At least 4 layers
• Simon Says Stamp & Show – Things With Wings
• Simply Create #53 – Older than 6 months (paper is about 3 years old)
• Tuesday Throwdown #70 – Breast Cancer Awareness
• Woodware USA #47 – Anything Goes