Clearly Not a Promarker in sight!

Well, it's Sunday again & we all know what that means!!!

No silly billy, I'm not referring to the 'W' word tomorrow! 

It's time for another challenge at The Crafty Pad! YAY!!!!!
This week we Challenge you to use something Clear on your project!

We have two sponsors this week

Letraset, 

who are offering up a fab pack of 5 'Spring'colours Promarkers
to one Lucky winner!

Debbie, the lovely boss & owner of
 The Crafty Pad Designs,
is also giving the winner 3 lovely digis from her shop! Woo Hoo!

Here's my card!

Sorry this weeks pics aren't great but the light just wasn't right.

 I did try a couple of times but as I had to get this card sent off  

I just didn't have time to wait until the light was better! 

The colours actually married up much better than they look in the photos!

The Design Team were given a sample of Letraset 'Safmat' to play with! 

It's awesome stuff  which is so versatile& can be used in many different ways! 

The possibilities are endless! 

Rub ons's for cards, altered items, packaging, candle decoration etc etc etc!

So, how did I make my card?

I used a square brown textured card as my base, added a matt of 

white pearlescent card & another matt of this lovely 

brown floral paper which is from Papermania.

I decided to use this paper as it is almost identical to the fabric that my 

tote bag is made of, which has been well admired by the recipient!

I printed the beautiful Butterflies & Verse set from The Crafty Pad Designs 

onto an A5 sheet of the Safmat. 

I simply cut out the verse in two sections & placed 

one section at the top & one at the bottom of my card.

I cut out the butterflies & stuck them onto a piece of DP then cut out.

I love the effect of the Safmat on top of the DP, it gives a 

kind of lustre to the paper.I added a bit of glamour dust to the edges of 

their wings &  when the glue was dry, 

I curled the wings a bit to give a bit of dimension!

I then layered up the butterflies using Letraset's 'Letratac'

( which we were also given a sample of to play with)

on the body section. 

It's fantastic for these fiddly little bits, you get the

 adhesive right where you want it & nowhere else!!

Silly me forgot to take a photo of the butterfly though didn't I! Doh!

As the butterfly was made using the same DP as is on the base card,

I cut out a little label using a nestie & used that as a matt to separate them.

I then attached the butterfly, body section only, using the Letratac!

The lovely Chocolate coloured ribbon is from a local haberdashery

 & is threaded through a piece of the pearl card 

which was cut & embossed using a 

Marianne's Creatable Die

I finished off with a few little irridescent gems on 

the butterfly's body & antennae!

 I hope you like it! 

Thanks soo much for stopping by! 

Have a beautiful Sunday!

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges if I may

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - must use a digi - oh so girly

Inspire Me Fridays - always anything goes

Polkadoodle -anything you would find in an English garden

Simply Create -  favorite animal (Hope Butterflies count)

Totally Papercrafts - bling

4 Crafty Chicks - bling

Art Impressions Stamps Challenge  - inspiration from nature

Aud Sentiments Challenge -  anything that will make someone smile/enjoy your day

Digi Doodle Shop's Best -  anything goes

Paper Play -  in the garden

Pixie Dust Studio -  monochrome using your favorite color

Stamp Insanity -  use your favorite colors

Stampin' B's -  use ribbon

Crafts and Me -  ribbon

Paper Pretties - no markers

Papercraft Star - anything goes

Paper Shelter Challenge - anything goes

Everybody-Art-Challenge -  Garden

Jac-Inks Papercraft Challenges - Monotone

Karen's Doodles Netherlands -  Anything Goes 

Partytime Tuesdays -  Anything goes

My Grafico - Anything Goes

Digi's With Attitude - Anything Goes

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Monochromatic