Ten-Minute Craft Dash!

A ten-minute craft dash? Are you nuts? It doesn't sound possible, does it...but you know what, it really is. Head over to Pretty Pink Posh to get the nitty-gritty details, and then play! I had quite a lot of fun with mine.

So, you're allowed to decide what you're doing first - which is good, because otherwise I'd never have made it. Jenny from Crafting in the Country sent me some die-cuts, and I was looking through them when I spotted this floral wreath. I always cut & score my card bases ahead of time - they are tucked into a drawer with the envelopes right in easy reach. So, I started with these items:

-wreath die-cut, already cut out
-sympathy sentiment
-blue pearls
-Spectrum Blue Frost ink pad....to be continued, there!

Here's my card:

Supplies: die cut from Jenny;
Martha Stewart butterfly punch, scrap vellum;
blue pearls from $store;
Blue Aegean chalk ink - Colorbox;
Martha Stewart butterfly stamp (envelope)

It took 9.5 minutes. I stamped the sentiment first on scrap paper, to check the colour match - nope. None of the three blues in the Spectrum pad were a good look, either full-strength or stamped off. Crud. Enter the Blue Aegean chalk ink - perfect. So, a couple minutes were sacrificed to the ink choice. The rest fell right together - stamp on card, adhere wreath, pop pearls on....5 minutes in. Needs something else. But what? Die? Too much time. Punch! OK, where's the vellum....I've used pearlescent vellum, because it was the best match in the bunch I pulled out. Punch two, fold them in half, stick them down, put some pearls on. Ta-da!

I did the butterfly differently this time - I folded them, and adhered half of each butterfly. The folds are in the centre & just barely touching. This gives more dimension (and more stability!) to the butterfly than stacking them directly on top & bending the wings upward. Why didn't I think of this before? Probably I thought I was saving time by not un-folding them after? Who knows, but I like it!

I'm terrible at trying to edit in HTML, so I'm going to tuck the graphic in at the end & hope it shows up properly! The inaugural 10-minute dash ends August 25, and give it a whirl - you might have a lot of fun :)

xoxo,
Jessi