Getting Cricky: Simply Sunday Challenge -- Winged Things!! :)

Happy Sensational Sunday, friends!! :)  Once again, it's time for one of my favorite days!!  It's Simply Sunday Challenge Day over at Getting Cricky!!  This week, the challenge is to create something with the theme of "Winged Things" -- Whether that's a bird or a bee or a butterfly, you can create a card, layout, or altered art project of YOUR CHOICE...  We want to see you use your CREATIVITY and show us your interpretation of the challenge!! :)

For this challenge, many of my Design Team Sisters will be featuring one of Kristal's NEWEST stamp sets -- "Winged Things"  -- However, I do not have this set (yet), so I chose to feature the "Amazing You" Stamp Art Set from K Andrew Designs...  I just love this set for encouraging a friend or reminding someone how special they are!!  :)

This is a "Butterfly Wand"...  When I was little, my dad would cut all kinds of shapes out of wood and attach them to the end of a stick for me -- These would become my Fairy Princess wands, my Valentine wands, and my Anytime wands...  Sometimes I would add curling ribbon that I had saved from a present to the bottom of the star or heart or letter "A" to make it extra pretty.  For me, those wands held something special that no one could take away -- By simply waving that wand, I could turn a not-so-great day into a day of FUN and IMAGINATION...  So when I saw that we were having a "Winged Things" challenge, I had an image in my mind to make a butterfly wand!!  Butterflies are symbolic of change and transformation...  And so I thought having a Butterfly Wand could maybe make some of those changes a little easier -- Just wave that wand and change your attitude toward whatever challenges you have to face!! :)

I cut the butterfly at 3" using all of the layers twice (base, shift, and shadow) on the Give A Hoot Cricut Cartridge.  I also hand cut the butterfly shape from some white tulle.  I attached each set of layers at the center only and then attached each SET of layers to either side of my stick (a bamboo skewer) so that the butterfly would be very 3D...

By scoring the butterfly wings where they join the body, I could fan the layers of wings out...  I inked each layer with Stampin' Up!'s Creamy Caramel ink and added some iridescent Stickles to the lavender layer of the butterfly wings.

After stamping two tags (cut at 1" from the Plantin SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge) with "beautiful" and "blessings", I added some pink flowers with pearl centers, some purple gingham ribbon, and two of my handmade stick pins....

Now that I've shown you my take on the challenge, I hope you'll hop on over to see what all of my Design Team Sisters made for inspiration...  Then, I hope you'll enter this week's "Winged Things" Simply Sunday Challenge at Getting Cricky...  We can't WAIT to see what you create!!


Dont' forget to stop by and see Kristal's NEWEST Stamps available (PRE-ORDERS will be shipping SOON!!)-- reserve yours before they sell out!!  There are THREE brand new sets -- "Coffee & Tea for You & Me" (get your Java on!!), "Sympathetic Sayings" (a super-sized set!!), and "Winged Things" (an awesome Mix-N-Match set perfect for many occasions!!)...  :)


 Coffee & Tea Mix & Match 


 Sympathetic Sayings (Larger set)


 Winged Things: Mix & Match (Bonus frame & images)
Until next time, may your today be filled with beautiful blessings....