GDT @ Creative Craft World - Happy Birthday Challenge

Today I have been very fortunate to Guest Design along with the gorgeous girls from

Creative Craft World! 

Their challenge this week is .... 

Birthday's!

I must say a huge big thank you to Choccy and the girls for letting me play along with them this week as I had sooo much fun creating my project!

I got creative and made a handbag card, but have given it a double use as gift packing; to co-ordinate with a Birthday pressie butterfly necklace gift !  

 The bag closed (pressie is inside)

 View when you first open the bag - That middle square with the butterfly on top is the gift box.

 View when you move the gift box - you see the beautiful butterfly verse. 

 Close up of verse. 

 View of the back .

 Close up of the front of the bag. 

 Close up of butterfly on the gift box.

This week the lovely prize sponsor of 

Creative Craft World is .... 

The Crafty Pad Designs! *Woo Hoo*

I could not resist using my favorite digi stamps and have used Butterflies with verse & borders, A butterfly came fluttering by sentiment ticket, Happy Birthday Sentiment Ticket & With Love Sentiment Ticket.

I have given this piece a very vintage/distress feel with ink distressing to the cardstock base and each individual piece of the layering DP.  To give the butterfly a vintage feel I have printed it onto matching DP as the bag, ink distressed the edges and then heat embossed each butterfly layer with clear think embossing powder and then decoupaged it up to layer it and give a 3D effect.  On the bag for the butterfly antenna I made some fancy posh pins and bent them up a little and placed them underneath the butterfly.  I have used brown pearls for the butterfly trail and tiny light green gems on the fluttering ticket for the flower centers and under the sentiment. 

The ribbon is an old ivory piece from my stash of left over things and while I have added Velcro dots to close the bag; I also included the light green raffia tie as I think it looks really cute  (also it is easier to tie having the Velcro holding the bag shut).  

  I made this to add to the birthday pressie stash of things for my MIL, and to be honest; I do not want to part with it! lol as always my case!  And it was just by fluke that while out shopping with hubby last week that I came across this necklace and instantly in my head I was wondering if it would fit inside the bag!  I am taking it as a sign I was meant to make the bag and I was meant to buy the necklace (not that a girl needs any excuse to go shopping!)

Hope you like what you see, and I hope you join in the fun and please do pop by 

The Creative Craft World blog 

Check out the stunning work the 

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and join in the crafty fun!

  If your wondering how I made this ... I followed the tutorial here on inkido that Kristine from Lost in Creativity was so kind to share from her inspiration from Piabau's blog.  (try saying that 7 times really fast lol)

I also have a tip for you this week ,
 something I learn't from my girls in class 
(yes I know I am meant to teach them lol)
 
If you have trouble removing your cardstock / DP from any dies, spellbinders ect,
the fancy detailed swirly and flourish ones like I do.
Place a piece of glad bake paper (grease proof paper)
between the die and your cardstock and cut it as per normal,
it will come out of the die clean and easy like a piece of cake!
No more biting your tongue as you fiddle to get it out trying not to tear it!

Challenges this creation is entering with the help of the Feline Playful Girls:
* Crazy Amigo Challenge - Anything Goes open till Aug 16th (-/-)
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes with opt Metal - Metal pins and eyelets (Tue -/-)
Party Time Tuesdays - Birthday & A Hop (Tue 1/3)
Top Tip Tuesday - Blue, Green & Brown (Tue 2/3)
Top Tip Tuesday - TIP at end of post under signature before challenges list. 
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes (Mon 1/3)
HLSC Challenge - Anything Goes ( Mon -/-)
Incy Wincy Designs - Monochromatic Colors (Mon -)
Kaboodle Doodles - In The garden (Mon  -/-)
Lexi's Creations - Shaped Card (Mon -/-)
Stamps R Us - Birthday Challenge (Mon -/-)
Woodware USA - Anything Goes (Mon 1/2 *)
Come & Get It Challenges - Anything Goes (Sun 1/2)
Crafty Ho's - Last Challenge - Anything Goes & Hop (Sun -/-)
Dream Valley Challenges - Surprise Element (Sun 1/3)
Lollipop Crafts - Celebrate & a Hop (Sun -/-)
Sentimental Sundays - In The Garden must inc sentiment (Sun -/-)
Sparkles Forum - One for the girls (Sun  -/-)
Stampin' Sisters in Christ - All creatures great and small (Sun  -)
Simply Create - Favorite Animal - Butterfly! (Mon -)
Clearly iStamp - Things with wings (Fri 1/1)
Just Add Ink - Tearing / Distressing - ink distress (Fri -)
Raise The Bar - Anything Goes (Fri -)
Fuzzy Wuzzy - Shaped card inc an animal (monthly -)
Yes there is lots of challenges! 
But I am a Feline Playful Girl AFTER ALL!
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