Twofer Card Challenge

Good Afternoon friends
Today I am doing a card and gift tag.


Products I used
Card stock in natural,craft, blue and teal colour
butterfly dies, sentiment and circle dies
Die cutting machine
foam squares
Glue

Method
I cut a piece of light blue colour cardstock measuring 41/4 *5 1/2 and took a piece of craft cardstock a 1/4 inch less on all four sides and adhered it to the blue cardstock using liquid glue. The two circles were adhered using foam squares, The pattern paper flower as well as the butterfly was  adhered using foam squares. I die cut the hello die twice and adhered it to the card. To make the gift card too i followed the same process but the sizes were smaller and I used the Hugs die.



Supplies I used

Cuttlebug Cutting machine

 Hello Word Die

Hugs Word Die

Butterfly dies

I am submitting the card and Gift tag to the
Twofer Card Challenge
https://twofercardchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/07/twofer-card-challenge-29-butterflies.html

Blessings
Surekha Galagoda

Crafty shops

Good Morning friends
Today's post is all about places i buy my crafty items for my cards and craft projects.Bear in mind some items are still not available in Sri Lanka while sometimes the stuff is not of good quality. I thought I would list the places I shop so that it will help crafty friends in Sri Lanka.

Craftstore Rambasevana
It is an online store and the service is excellent. They have a facebook page with individual albums.Pictures of all crafty products with the size and price is mentioned. The owner Ridma does a good job and ordering is easy.  Once you select the goods send  her a whatsapp or messenger message on 0719888664 and she will get back with the bill. Though I can pay once the goods are delivered I prefer to pay to the bank before delivery. For me it is convenient. She individually packs everything and puts them to a bag.You can even ask her how to use a product. The only short side is you cannot touch and feel the products you are buying.But believe me there is no difference between the picture you see and the stuff you get.

Sarasavi Bookshop
They also have a lot of crafty stuff and their staff are courteous and with a smile.I visit the Nugegoda and Dehiwela branches as it is closer to my home.

Best Paper
They have all kinds of paper and inks and recently they have become an agent of Sizzix and have the Big Shot machines as well as dies and embellishments. They are located at No 21 Pepiliyana Road Nugegoda.

Art World
They also store a variety of crafty goods and the shop is in Dehiwela Sri Lanka close to the bridge.34A, Galle Road Dehiwela North.

Penguin Toys
You can buy crafty goods from Penguins and it is very affordable.The shop is at 106, Prince Street  Pettah.

Lakwin enterprises
They also store a lot of crafty goods and I mostly buy cardstock from them as it is cheaper than other places. They are located at  No 53, Prince Street and now they import 6*6 and 12*12 pattern papers and it is very affordable.You get a courteous service too.

Overseas
I have got dies,colour pens and other stuff from Simon Says Stamp, AlteNew, Tutti Designs and Pink fresh Studio.They are of superior quality and they give you what they display on the page. The only downside is that shipping is very high.At the moment you cannot ship anything from them as postal services are not working.

Blessings
Surekha Galagoda

No Limit
I buy my pattern papers from them. They have the most beautiful pattern papers and the only downside is that they fold the papers to fit the rack.

I hope that this post will help crafty friends in Sri Lanka
with Blessings
Surekha Galagoda

Butterflies

Dear Friends
A very good afternoon to all of you.
I made an Accordian fold card for the Butterfly Challenge

Materials
Pattern paper
Cardstock
Score Pal
Butterflies for decoration

Method
According to the instructions given by lovely Valerie Anne  who hosts the Butterfly challenge following version one  I cut a piece of cardstock measuring 11.5 by 5.5 inches in Apricot colour. Then I scored the piece of caqrdstock at 3 3/4,61/4.8 3/4 and 10 1/8. After folding the card according to given instructions i decided to decorate. I didn't have any pattern paper with butterflies but that did not discourage me. I had a piece of pattern paper in Apple Blossom colour with small hearts and it was with a scalloped border. I fuzzy cut the scalloped border and kept it aside. Then i measured each panel and reduced a  1/4 inch from all sides and made templates. So that i wont make a mistake. After that I cut each template on my pattern paper and adhered to the relevant panel using liquid glue. To remove the bubbles which form i rolled my pencil on top of the pattern paper. The last panel was decorated using butterflies fuzzy cut from a left over piece of pattern paper. The butterflies on top were cut from a die that I have. I really wanted to take part in the challenge as Valerie Anne helps all of us by explaining the card shape and every other little detail. Thank you Dear Valerie Anne.

The card before decoration


The fourth panel with a row of patterned paper butterflies

 Card after decoration. You can see a butterfly peeking through the fourth panel.
I am playing
Accordian style card, two pattern papers ie for the panels and the fourth panel decoration Colours Apple blossom, Apricot and Aquamarine[butterflies] and my butterflies

This is the second card I made following the version two
It is the same measurements and scoring but 2.5 inches was cut away from the first two panels and 2.5 inches was cut away from the third and fourth panels. I used a apple blossom pattern paper with butterflies  while the card stock was aquamarine and i die cut the butterflies in Apricot.The sentiment was stamped and fuzzy cut. Since the pattern paper was everything I didnt decorate it much oether than placing the butterflies.

Before the card was decorated

 After decorating with butterflies


Products I used

Butterfly dies


I am linking these two cards to
Butterfly challenge,craftyhazelnuts Pattern paper challengeSurekha Galagoda
https://butterflyspotchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.com/


Thank You
Surekha Galagoda

Another One layer card

Dear Friends
Good afternoon.

I made another one layer card for the Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge#11.

Method
I cut a piece of card stock and folded in two and stamped a deer and a tree using an acrylic block.Then i stamped the sentiment Thinking of you. I colored the deer using Colleen water colour pencils and added  the white spots using a Sakura Gelly Roll white pen. The branches of the tree was colored using Rangers Pine needles ink while the bark was colored using watercolor pencils.

The products I used
card stock
Colleen Watercolour pencils

Pine needles Distress Oxide from Ranger

Acrylic block


Hope you like my little card
I am linking this card to
https://heroarts.com/blogs/hero-arts-blog/stay-crafty-with-hero-challenge-11

Craftsmysoul Surekha Galagoda
Blessings to all
Surekha Galagoda

One Layer Card

One layer CardA very Good evening to all
This one layer card is for the Stay Crafty With Hero Challenge#11.


Materials
Cardstock
Alt E New Artist market Starter set
Misti
Colleen watercolor pencils

Method
I took a 4 by 6 piece of white cardstock and stamped the Flower and the leaves as well as the sentiment using my stamping tool. Then i colored the flower and the leaves using the markers Cotton Candy and Frayed leaf together with my Colleen Water Color pencils. It is a very simple card and hope you like it.

I am linking this card to

https://heroarts.com/blogs/hero-arts-blog/stay-crafty-with-hero-challenge-11
The products I used

Alt E New Artist Marker Starter set

Misti Stamping tool

Colleen Watercolour Pencils