Butterflies and Apples

You might wonder what butterflies and apples have to do with each other. (I'll admit, I never think of the two in the same sentence.)

Well... this is the 28th, so it's the day that the Calendar Girls blogging group is challenged by one of the members to create to a specific theme. Paola is the hostess this month and her challenge was a great one - though a very challenging one for me. LOL! (Those of you who know me, know I love a good challenge!!!) Thank you, Sweet P, for challenging me!

Here are Paola's instructions:

To honour a dear longtime friend of mine who passed away early today, I would like to request that you create a beautiful card using the following guidelines:




Your card must be a fancy fold, and have apples stamped on it -and colored-

(OR, if you don't own any apples's stamps, apples can be incorporated on your cards via designer papers,stickers,dies etc..), plus have at least one 3-D butterfly on your card too.



The main colors used for this challenge are to be your own favourite colors (use at least two of them please, and tell us which ones they are once you blog it.)



Why the apples/butterflies combos you may ask?


My friend used to bring me tons and tons of beautiful apples from her garden at about this time of the year as the fall season just starts to appear, and today, at the hospice, she was covered in a gorgeous handmade blanket full of beautiful colorful butterflies as we said our final goodbye....A bigger 3-D all white sequined butterfly was placed on top of her heart too...♥


Please note: Your cards are NOT to be sympathy cards at all, please keep them ‘happy/festive’ - as a celebration of LIFE in general! ♥


♥ Hug a friend today...life's way too short!

I couldn't find a single apple stamp in my stash - I know I have some, just couldn't find them - so I got creative. The instructions included "color" the apple, so I punched an apple (an old retired Stampin' UP! punch I have) and colored it with my Copics.

We were also instructed to use two of our favorite colors on our creation. The problem is, I don't really have favorite colors. (I like them all), so instead I went with my preferred hue - I prefer rich colors and bold/bright colors - but I do like a tinge of pastel, so I colored the butterfly on top if the stack of books a soft pastel yellow. ;)

Here's the inside (and a better visual of my unique fold):

You might like a closer view of my dimensional butterfly. I made it out of a Prima flower.

Please, please, PLEASE go to the other Calendar Girl blogs (they're listed in my left sidebar) and see what they made. I'm sure you'll be WOW'ed!


Image & Sentiment: Unity Books a Flutter
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Copic Markers
Cardstock: Paper Company Black and Chocolate and Staples White
Designer Paper: DCWV Red Apples and Recollections Woodgrain
Embellishment: Butterfly made with a Prima Flower and lots of Michael's Rhinestones