I named myself The Crafting Professor, since I'm a crafter, and I'm a college professor. I went through many, many years of graduate school, and the best source of relaxation and stress relief was being in my craft room or going to a local crop. Back then, I never told anyone that I was a full-time graduate student. I was waiting for the day I would scrapbook my graduation page. Now, I run the ScrapbookerPhD challenge blog (http://scrapbookerphd.blogspot.com), and am bringing my passion for crafting and teaching together. But here, at The Crafting Professor, I'm just sharing my work with like-minded crafters from all over the world.

Monday, June 23, 2014

With Sympathy


 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge!



Challenge #216 Color Challenge

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~This Weeks Challenge~
Color Challenge
Create a project that uses the colors purple, yellow and gray

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.

For my project, I knew I was planning to make a sympathy card. A long-time friend's mother died recently, and I wanted to send something special to her.  So I started with the pattered paper which is more like a lattice with shades of purple, gray, and yellow. It is from the Wisteria pad by Basic Grey. I built up three mats underneath with one in dark gray, one in light gray, and one in dark purple. Then layered the purple frame on top of the patterned paper.


I added these two gorgeous butterflies to the center purple frame and popped them up for even more dimension. My favorite embellishment is a butterfly. They are so versatile in theme, and they are can be both the focal point or a secondary embellishment. These particular butterflies have metal wires curling throughout their bodies, and the look is just beautiful. They are from Recollections. Once the butterflies were in place, I used flourishes from my Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge to add a bit more light purple. Lastly, I added a few of Carri~abusybee's Skittles. 


Challenges Entered

Penny's Paper-Crafy Challenge: Favorite Embellishment (Butterflies.  I have hundreds.)
Miriam's Crafting Blog: Wings (Metal). 
Diva's By Design: Layers
Lauralcraft: Things with Wings
Fussy and Fancy Friday: Things with Wings




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6 comments:

  1. Michelle N.June 24, 2014 at 7:22 PM

    Love those butterflies! Great background paper, and the flourishes are awesome!

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  2. IvonneJune 25, 2014 at 1:35 AM

    Beautiful card! Love the purple/gold color combo, it looks so elegant. The butterflies are gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenges! Hugs, Ivonne

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  3. Crafty JudithJune 25, 2014 at 5:06 AM

    Hi hun and loving the butterflies - super design and love the colour - thank you for sharing with us at Dragonfly Dreams hugs Judith x

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  4. MollieJune 26, 2014 at 12:49 PM

    Absolutely beautiful! LOVE your card, Faith! Those butterflies are stunning! Fabulous job!

    Have a wonderful day!

    Emily
    Mollie's Motif

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  5. LaurianJune 27, 2014 at 3:33 PM

    Stunning project, I love the butterflies!

    Thanks for joining us at Dragonfly Dreams and I hope you come back again soon!

    Hugz

    Laurian
    Owner Dragonfly Dreams

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  6. VannessaJune 27, 2014 at 4:30 PM

    Gorgeous card and those butterflies are just stunning! Thanks for joining in The Fussy and Fancy challenge this week.

    Hugs, Vannessa
    F & F DT

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