The 3 B’s

Butterfly’s , Blooms and a Ballerina

 Today I would like to share with you something very special I made to swap with the darling Ms Ali over at Aqualeiga’s Escape.   If you have not peaked at her blog ... You do not know what you are missing!

I have fallen in love with her Strawberry Shortcake Recipe Card ATC’s that you can have a peak at HERE and her lush butterfly’s you see floating around in many of her gorgeous cards like the one HERE.    

The every so nice Ms Ali and I came to a swap agreement that she would make me some Strawberry Shortcake Recipe ATC’s and send me some of her lush butterfly’s and I in return would make something to surprise her!

Seeing as the swap is for some butterfly’s, Mojo thought we would return the favor.  And with extra secret intelligence that Ms Ali loves lilac and lemon ... Mojo and I crafted this for her...

An altered tin in lilac and lemon ...

On the top there is a lilac dressed Ballerina figure sitting amongst a yellow field of handmade lilac blooms and glittered butterfly’s.

But this is no ordinary tin!

This tin is brimming with butterfly’s & blooms on the inside too!

Inside I have added –

20 x Butterfly borders - punched in assorted colors of purple and yellow

1 x box of butterfly's - from the punch borders

12 x Purple blooms - Spritzed with pearl white mist, but I left the centres blank so Ms Ali could add a pearl if she would like

  4 x Fancy scallops in DP - 2 x large, 1 x med & 1 x Small

 On the underside of the lid I have added the round Daisy Chain of Summer Sentiment – available from The Crafty Pad HERE.  I bling-ed up the flowers with some jewels and again added some purple glittered butterfly’s to continue the theme.

And once Ms Ali has used all the stash inside, it will make a perfect tin to sit on her desk or dresser that she can fill again with other bits and bobs.

 I will add though that I am in a terrible pickle with my Miss Chloe (3) as I am so nasty and cruel a person to even contemplate boxing butterflies!  Ali has however promised me that she will release them once they safely reach her care and Miss Chloe is content with that knowledge at the moment :P

I can see many of these tins being made come Christmas time for gifts for all my crafty friends!

If you would like to see how I made the adorable blooms on the lid of the tin and used inside the tin for stash, stay tuned to this blog for a tutorial that I heard a little bird told me would be posted next Wednesday :P

Happy crafting folks!

 

Challenges Ms Ali's tin is entering: 

Craft Your Passion -#50 Show your apprechation

Creative Craft Friends - #21 Spring  

Die Cut Dream - #85 Mothers Day or Special friend - Special friend for this creation

Happileigh Scrappin' - #15 Spring has sprung

House of Gilli - Pastel colors with bling

Make It Monday - #29 Anything goes 

Ohh La La - #76 Mothers Day or Special friend - Special friend for this creation

The Shabby Tea Room - #54 Bingo  - Punch / Die Cuts, Flowers & Gems

Stamp With Fun - #103 Spring

Stamping Scrapping - Pastel Challenge (1 of 1)

Card Cupids - #17 Spring 

I Did It Creations - Welcome Spring

Stampin' Sisters In Christ - Something hidden from view - The contents of the tin

A Gem Of A Challenge - #17 Anything but square

Craft Your Days Away - #16 For Mum or special lady 

Our Creative Corner - Don't Throw That Away - The tin once had lollies in it

Secret Crafter - #126 Anything but a card

Delicious Doodles - #17 Dimensional project (2 of 3)

Paper Cutz - #83 Your choice

Stampin With The Dragon - Bring on Spring

Wags 'n' Whiskers - #50 Spring

Digi Doodles Shop's Best - #51 Anything goes

Sassy Studio - Make Your Own Embellishments

Some Odd Girl - Think Spring
My Grafic - March Anything goes

DZ Doodles - Photo Inspiration of the yellow and purple tulips - (GD)
Papertake Weekly -  It's a mom thing or just be girly
Tuesday Morning Sketches - #86 KIDS - Keep it delightfully simple with a kids theme 
Tuesday Throwdown - #41 Anything but a card