I Spy With My Little Eye #26 🦋

Hi everyone, it’s the third Wednesday in the month again, which means that it’s time for another I Spy With My Little Eye... challenge over at Ellibelle's Corner.  Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time - please do check over on Ellie’s blog to see if you are one of our top picks. 

Ellie chose the challenge theme this month, and it is

I Spy With My Little Eye 

*** At Least One Butterfly ***

A lovely theme as we move towards summer - can’t wait to see what you make! 

Please don’t forget to pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here. 

This month we are also delighted to again welcome two guest designers - Helen and  Silke - so please click on their names to visit their blogs and see their fabulous creations.

Here’s my card for the challenge. This was a relatively simple card but it still took me about half a dozen attempts before I was even vaguely happy with the background!

I die cut a stitched square of stamping card, and added colour by dragging three different pink and yellow Distress Oxide ink pads lightly across the surface. I embossed the coloured panel with a floral embossing folder, then lightly rubbed copper gilding polish across the raised areas. I die cut a stitched circle of white pearlescent card, stamped the greeting and heat embossed with detail copper EP., and attached to the embossed panel. I then die cut and embossed two large butterflies using rose gold metallic card, attached and bent up their wings for dimension. I attached the panel to a card blank and finished off with a few teeny heart gems.

Stamps: Woodware Happy Anniversary;

Media: Tim Holtz Distress Oxide inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo); Cosmic Shimmer Copper gilding polish; Versamark; detail copper embossing powder;

Tools: Hunky Dory Moonstone Duo-Stitched Square and Circle dies; Embossalicious embossing folder; Provocraft Butterflies Cut ‘n’ Emboss folder.

Challenges I would like to enter:

2 Sisters On the Blog #97 - Wedding/Anniversary

613 Avenue Create (May) - Anything Goes with option Floral Delight (3rd entry)

A Cut Above (May) - Anything Goes With a Die Cut

Can You Handle the Pressure - Use an Embossing Folder - TOP 3

Cardz 4 Galz #250 - Things With Wings (2nd entry)

C.R.A.F.T. #755 - Anything Goes (2nd entry) 

Crafty Catz #694 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

Creative Crafters #88 - Anything Goes

Do Al(l) Kreatives #101 - Anything Goes with option Flowers (3rd entry)

Double Trouble #191 (7th Anniversary Event) - Anniversary (yellow ticket) (2nd entry) 

Heart’s Quest Celebrations of Love #5 2025 - Anniversaries (3rd entry)

My Time To Craft #560 - Square Shaped Cards (2nd entry) 

Neglected Stuff (May) - Use One or More Neglected Supplies (2nd entry)

(My Cut ‘n’ Emboss Butterflies and gilding paste were both sadly neglected)

Simon Says (Wednesday) - Things With Wings (2nd entry) 

Triple B (May) - Birds, Butterflies and/or Blooms (3rd entry)

Word Art Wednesday #700/701 - Anything Goes

The I Spy Challenge will end on the Sunday before the next challenge starts at 23:59 US Central Time - so this time that is Sunday June 15th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday June 18th.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,