Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge and But of Course Di's Snippet Challenge

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Two of my favorite blogs to follow are Pixie's  Crafty Workshop and Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge.  When I can make one card that fit the criteria for both I am extremely happy!

Today....I am extremely happy!  But before I share that happiness, I want to say thank you to everyone who has been commenting on and joining my blog.  Yesterday a young lady named Jean joined as a follower.  What makes me so pleased is Jean said she wished she could follow me via email.  Thank you Jean for pushing me into trying to figure out how...And guess what, I can't believe how easy it was.  I'm from the generation of don't push buttons you don't know what could happen.  Well, this button made me very happy and my machine did not blow up!  (giggling here).  So again, Thank You Jean!

Now back to the challenge(s)  at hand.  Mrs. A's challenge is to make a card using stripes and dots.  So, this is what I made.  These are all scraps from an album I made using Graphic45 Secret Garden collection.  I just noticed this....even my ribbon has stripes...I used the ribbon to mute the pattern behind it.  My dots are sequins that I've had for quite some time.  I think, though they are light in color, they add dots of sparkle on this card.  Even the little butterfly got into the act.  She too is sporting sequins.  The graphic was a happy accident.  It is actually the reverse side of a piece I'd originally thought about using as my background.  If you click on the photo it will enlarge and you can see the sequins much better.  And I really like the wording on the graphic.  Di's challenge is to use up scraps and even the ribbon was a scrap,

Now, on to the inside....

Snippets again, The butterflies were just from borders that I kept.  Not enough paper to do much more than punch butterflies.  These butterflies were punched using the Martha Stewart punch with the 3 butterflies.  The piece behind the sentiment wasn't big enough of course I realized this after I'd glued it down...so, the left side was a piece of trim I'd saved from another project.  Not perfect gluing, but pretty close.  There is sequins here too.

Valery and Di always give me reason to use bits and pieces.  I have to say, sometimes it's a challenge to use up those snippets and not cut into a full sheet.  I must say I'm also challenged to use patterns that I would not think would work together, but you know what?  I think they do.  In addition to being brought up in the don't touch that generation.  I've also been brought up to not mix patterns.  Hey, if the Queen can do a photo bomb....I can mix patterns!  Love this photo:

Thanks JayDetaylor for being in the right place at the right time and having a camera!

Well, that's it for me today.  I'm going to try to get a card done for Rudolph Day....If that's going to happen, I'd best get my act together.

Hugs from me to you,
Mary Mac
AKA:  Glitter Grammy

Sparkles Christmas Challenge #42

Happy July 1st.  And welcome to another Sparkles Christmas Challenge.  Boy the year is really flying by....Thankfully, I have one more Christmas Card ready to be signed and mailed.  This card uses lots of what I like.....an up-cycled Christmas graphic.  This one was hard to photograph.  lots of silvery shine.  But the image was so pretty I just had to use it.  I guess I don't think of a lavenderish blue color for Christmas, but it sure turned out well.  The Poppystamps "Merry" die is perfect for cards I love the size and it looks great in all colors.  I don't know the name of the background paper, and I guess it's not really Christmas, but I sure like how it brought the card to life.  Some silvery ribbon and the outside of this card is done.  Now what to do on the inside......

A simple inside, with room for a holiday note.  I really like the Memory Box snowflake.  It adds the perfect amount of glimmer.

Be sure to check out the Sparkles Christmas Challenge blog.  And if you want to join in, the theme this month is a Winter Scene.

This month's sponsor is.....

If you are the lucky winner you can have your choice of 2 dies or 1 die and 1 stamp.... WOW!  So, show us what you've got and maybe you'll be the winner!  Be sure to link your creation on the Sparkles Christmas Challenge blog page.  And be sure to check out Marianne Design.

Before I go....I want to welcome the newest member to our design team....Welcome Caz!  I know you'll have as much fun as I am.  Check out Caz's site by heading to the Sparkles Christmas Challenge blog page.  

Until next time.....Merry Almost Christmas and Hugs from me to you!
Mary Mac
AKA:  Glitter Grammy