Make your own butterflies

Today I bring you this hand crocheted butterfly pattern courtesy of Margaret Hubert. I used No. 10 crochet thread with a 1.5 mm hook.

BUTTERFLY: "Chain 15, join with a slip st to the first ch (forming a large loop) Chain 15, join with a slip st in the same st as you joined the first loop, you now have 2 loops , chain 10, join with a slip st in the same st as other loops are joined, chain 10, join in the same st again. You now have 2 chain 15 loops and 2 chain 10 loops.
Work as follows: working over the chain of the first chain 15 loop *work 5 sc, chain 4, 1 sc, ch 6, 1 sc, ch 8, 1 sc, ch 10, 1 sc, ch 8, 1 sc, ch 6, 1 sc, ch 4, 5 sc. Working in 2nd ch 15 loop, repeat from * once. Now working over the ch of the next ch 10 loop *Work 2 sc, ch 4, 1 sc, ch 6, 1 sc ch 8, 1 sc, ch6, 1 sc ch 4, 2 sc, repeat from * in the 2nd chain 10 loop. Join slip to beg ch, end off, leaving a 6” length of yarn, wrap this around center to form body of butterfly, tie a knot underneath body."

You can dress these with pearls or even try dying them with some Stampin' Up ink to match your color scheme. Thanks for stopping by!

Blog Candy Up For Grabs Over At BasicGrey

Well ladies - the BasicGrey Challenge blog is back up and running with a whole new look. They don't have the new challenge listed yet, but they have some fabulous blog candy up for grabs. Skip on over and take a look at this bunch of goodies. Their blog candy ends on Friday the 21st of August at 10 p.m. UK time. The blog candy is open worldwide so everyone is welcome.

Create4fun Challenge Week 31

I was doing some blog hopping yesterday and came across another weekly challenge. There are more challenges out there than I realized. It is hard to choose which ones to participate in but since I am a beginner so I try to stick to the easy ones. I found this sketch challenge over at Create4Fun that really pushed by limits. This long type of card is not something I am familar with. I wish they would give some dimensions for us newbies to use. After staring at the sketch for 30 minutes and looking at all the gorgeous cards by the design team members I decided to give it a try. I used some scraps from that same Daisy D pack of papers I used the other day along with some Stampin' Up cardstock. I needed five coordinating papers so that made it a little easier. I inked up this Just a Girl stamp from Sugar Nellie's new Gorjuss Girl line and colored her with prismacolor pencils. I added this hand crocheted butterfly, a few pearls, some pink organza ribbon and this cute little "Made With Love" charm. After a few hours I finally finished it.

Thanks for stopping by. Check back later this week as I am going to start giving away some blog candy. As part of my blog theme "All Stamped Up and No Place To Go" I will periodically be giving away sets of stamped images.

All Stamped Up's 1st Blog Candy

This post will remain on top until August 31st. Scroll down to see my latest creations and current posts.

**Open until 9pm August 31, 2009**

As a celebration to the end of summer break and to help launch the theme of my new blog I am offering these great stamped images that are all stamped up and have no place to go. First of all I want to say a big Thank You to everyone who has visited, followed, or just stopped by to say hello and left a comment.

Now for the details:
You can enter as many times as you like, I just ask two things – 1) that you be a follower of this blog “or” leave a link on your blog to me – and 2) leave me a message on this post to say you have done it – simple right?

The winner will be picked at random on the night the candy closes and I will email the winner for their mailing information the following day. For my first round of stamped image giveaways I am offering one of each of the Gorjuss Girl line from Sugar Nellie. They are (in no particular order):
A Little Birdie Told Me
Bear Hug
Bumble Bee
Flower Girl
Foxy
Guardian Angel
Just A Girl
Little Ducky
Little Goth Girl
Little Miss Attitude
Little Star
Party Princess
Poppy Fields
Purrfect Friend
Sent with Love
Sitting
Up Up and Away

All images are stamped on Neenah Solar White Paper using Memento Tuxedo black ink.
To see all the fabulous stamps from Sugar Nellie visit Funky Kits.

Just Magnolia Week 15 Challenge

The prize this week over at Just Magnolia is any CC Design stamp set of your choice. The challenge is to follow a sketch by Tab. I chose this darling Butterfly Tilda from the great line of Magnolia stamps. I used a piece of Bazzill pink cardstock for the base cut at 6x6 and found the printed papers in a Daisy D stack. (I found the stack at the dollar store of all places!) The image is colored with prismacolor pencils and gamasol. I definitely need to practice my coloring a little. Topped it off with a few mulberry paper flowers and some Martha Stewart punches and Voila! The sentiment is from Stampendous.

Sugar Bowl Challenge 15

This week's challenge over at the Sugar Bowl was to use Gayle's sketch and add ribbons or bows. I have been dying to use this Little Goth Girl stamp from new line of Gorjuss Girl stamps over at Sugar Nellie. I found this zebra print paper in a stash of paper I had put aside for my daughter and paired it with some teal Bazzill cardstock and grossgrain ribbon. I topped it off with this little skull and crossbone charm. I had to throw this together in a hurry as I just realized the challenge ends at 10 p.m. UK time on July 30th and wanted to get my name in the drawing for the new set of Manga Kids stamps from Sugar Nellie.