Our Vintage Affair Challenge and slide mailer

My friend Polly is part of Our Vintage Affair blog, and along with Loreta organises some brlliant challenges. I can't get the link to work but this is the address, Polly I need a refresher please !!!!!!!!!!

http://ourvintageaffair.blogspot.com/2011/03/march-lo-challenge-butterflies-sketch.html

This layout is based around this months challenge, 'butterflies and a sketch'. Those of you who know me will know that I don't do scrapbooking as I find it hard to work 'big', however I really fancied trying this challenge. I began bu altering the plain white paper by distressing it and stamping a Kelly Panacci corner stamp. I have a few sets of their stamps, they are so versatile.


I created a corrugated heart, then ran a butterfly through the cuttlebug, and added colour and pearls. LOVE was cut using a Tim Holtz sizzix alphabet to which I added colour and glitter. The rest of the wording was from a rubber stamp by Inkadinkado.

I wanted to use someting different to flowers and swirls and then I had an idea I thought I would try. I intertwined some cuttlebug swirly shapes, on their own at first, but was not happy to see the bottom of the photo's through the openings. I then tried weaving some sheer fabric through the shapes and it worked really well. I finished it off by adding just a hint of colour and some pearls. I was soooo pleased with the end result, worth a full day of crating to finally get there with it!

Here's the inside of one of the 3 slide mailers I have on the go. All words and angel image are by Crafty Individuals who also sell the tiny slide mailers. They are so cute and make a nice change to give instead of a card.

This is the front of the mailer, although the colours are not at all how they look here. Again the stamped image is by Crafty Individuals.

Jean has finally started a 'Crafty Individuals blog. It's full of inspiration so if you like their style, pop and have a look...

http://craftyindividualsblog.blogspot.com/

Sue x