Inspiration by Gwyneth - May 2016 - Butterfly Garden

Good Morning Everybody!

Hi everybody.

For our May posts every Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog Design Team member will be working with the wonderful new collection "Butterfly Garden" that was launched in the Dragons Lair Designs Store on the 1st.

I decided to go for a home decor item this time.

And this is what I came up with::

These are what I used:

Stamping Dragon Designs Item:

Items from the "Butterfly Garden" collection available - here - in the store.

Consumables:
Hunkydory Foiled Frame; 250gsm Super Smooth white paper;  Assorted Nuvo Embelishment Mousse; Tonic Funky Glue Pen; Pinflair Glue Gel;

Equipment:
Scissors; My Craft Studio Elite Software

Method:

I took items from the collection into the My Craft Studio software and re-sized and copied as I wanted.  I also added wording to the "plant label" element.

 Pili-pala, Iâr fach yr haf, and Gloyn byw, are all Welsh names for Butterflies.

I printed everything out and cut out the label, butterflies, background, etc.

I then tore pieces from two of the plainer backgrounds and made spirals before folding and twirling into torn paper roses.  Some of the same background was torn into a panel and I went over the edge with the Tonic moose before sticking it to the background panel.  I used two different colours of the Tonic mousse on the torn edges of the roses, and the another colour on the foiled frame.

Putting the matted background panel inside the back of the pre-scored frame I folded up the box frame and stuck the foiled frame on top.

I then used glue gel to stick the flowers and butterflies within the frame and the label and one small butterfly on the edge of the frame.

I hope you like what I came up with.

- o O o -

Blog Hop News

The Dragons Lair Designs Design Team will be running a Blog Hop from the 13th to 17th May.  With something being given away for everybody who does the "Hop" it will be well worth you joining us and taking part.  Make a note of the dates and pop in at any point during the event.

- o O o -

And that is it from me for today.
Please keep coming back regularly to look at new posts as, over the next few weeks, you'll find various "Inspiration by ..." posts appear on this "Dragons Lair Designs Inspiraiton Blog", as well as other posts by different Design Team members.  I'll be back with more posts over the coming months as well, so keep an eye out for those.

You might also like to sign up for the Dragons Lair Designs Newsletter - Here! - where you can have news about new collections, etc., sent straight to your E-mail box (there are even newsletter freebies to be had.)

Stamping Dragon Designs Links

• If you fancy trying out some of Dragons Lair Designs, please do visit the Store to find all sorts of digital goodies (you'll find great digi-stamps and lots more).
• We are also on Etsy, so you can pop along - here - to find some Dragons Lair Designs digital downloads.
• And why not join the "Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group" Facebook group. It's a small, fun, group where we have lots of different activities which include exclusive challenges, daily inspiration and giveaways - and there's a loyalty club for those who take part as well.
• "Like" Us on Facebook
• Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog : new challenge 1st Friday every month
• Follow designer Janette Padley on Pinterest!
• See us on CraftsUPrint
• And on Etsy

Till next time - Have Fun Crafting!

Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog Design Team Leader

(And if you are wondering "who's Gwyneth?" - then you'll find an "About Me and My Blog!" piece on my blog.)

Artistic Expressions - New Digital Download Collection Launch At Dragons Lair Designs

Some of the design team members from this "Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog", and our sister blog "Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog", have already been teasing you with a few creations they've made using this fabulous collection even before it was available in the online store!

Well - the launch day has arrived!-

And everybody can now get their hands on the new -

"Artistic Expressions" Collection
Here!

It's a great digital collection that can be used for all sorts of crafting. Whether you are into scrapbooking, cardmaking, or other forms of papercrafting, it has lots to offer.  And because it comes in a digital format that you download as soon as you've bought it you can print and start crafting immediately, or you could do some digital or hybrid crafting with it.

There's even a

40% Discount

on everything from the collection for a limited period from the 1st to 15th April.

And if you choose to buy the two packs that form the main collection together, as one item, you will get an extra few items completely free (ones that are not available any other way.)

And if you read to the end of this post you will find a link to get another part of the collection completely Free!

If you've missed seeing any of the "Teasers" around the online crafting world over the last week or so then have a look at them now - I'm sure that they will inspire you to get crafting with the new kit.  There are also a few items you won't have seen, so something new to inspire you as well even if you have seen all the "sneaky peaks" and "teasers".

Gwyneth
A few days ago I gave my online friends and fellow members of some FB groups a sneaky peak of my first creation made using the new Artistic Expressions collection.

Well, today I have the whole card to show you.

Jacqui
Jacqui has been having some fun making some digital scrapbook layouts using various items of the collection.

And she also made a card layout

Susan
A few days ago Susan teased you with this little calendar tag.

 Well the tag forms part of a larger page in the calendar she's building up over the year.

Diane
Diane gave you a sneaky peak during the last week by showing this lovely little card.

For today's launch Diane has made this gorgeous little card.

Nan
A week ago Nan teased everybody with this little bit of a creation she'd made using this collection

Keep an eye out for her post showing you what she's made in the near future.

Janette
Janette's teaser was a little corner of a scrapbook layout - but she's not shown us the whole creation yet, so keep an eye out for that before long.

This is a wonderful digital collection that work well for all sorts of crafting, not just digital crafting.

I think that the stunning items made by the Design Team members show the versatility of this collection, so don't miss out on getting it at the launch discounted price and go to the store now to make your choices and get what you'd like.

Freebie!

 As I said near the begining of this post - we have a freebie exclusively for readers of this blog - a quick page layout -

- which you can download by clicking - Here! - it comes as a zipped up file with ToUs etc.
Enjoy Crafting!

-oOo-

Dragons Lair Designs Links:

• Store
• Inspiration Blog
• Challenge Blog
• Facebook Fan Group - Hush!  Don't tell anybody I told you, but there's another freebie available to members of the Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group on FB
• Facebook Page
• Etsy Store

We'd love to have you join us in our Fan Group and post up some pictures of any creations you make using this collection, or any other DLD items.

Elves Inspiration from Susan R

Hi Susan R here!

This is another post featuring the latest collection at

Dragons Lair Designs

ELVES

I was fortunate enough to have a mini kit to play with 

- and I showed you some Elvish tags to whet your appetite at the beginning of the month...

and my calendar...

Today I am showing you some more makes made with elements from this collection.
First, using two of the papers, I have a mason jar.
The parts for this were die cut using a Sizzix die - Canning Jars 3D, assembled with a ribbon attached.



 This treat box is suitable for a few sweets...

 

Next I made a choice of gift tags to attach to the mason jar - the first is similar to the ones above - just the image cut out and distressed around the edges with 'tea dye'.

The second uses this element from Elves which was a freebie on the blog:

The pieces were cut out, distressed with tea dye, layered up with silicon glue, punched and a ribbon added - this ribbon is one of several I upcycled from Christmas crackers!

 I attached it to the Mason Jar with a small peg.

The third is a kite card - find instructions here. I have used several paper designs, two of them printed back to back.

Hope you like my makes!!

Do take a look at Dragons Lair Designs for 'Elves' and all the other lovely designs!

Happy Crafting!

More "Understated Elegance Collection" Creations

Have you got your hands on the

"Understated Elegance Collection"
yet?

Remember That There's A
40% Discount
On Everything From The Collection For A Limited Period

Our Design Team members have had lots of fun making different creations from elements from the "Understated Elegance Collection" that launched in the Dragons Lair Designs store on the 1st February.

With several items shown online by various Design Team members since our post on the launch day, we thought that we'd collect some of them together to show you today.  We hope they show you some of the versatility of the collection and let you see some creations you have missed seeing.

Firstly A Giveaway

Dragons Lair Designs designer Janette has made a "Handmade Mini Album" using this new collection, which she is generously going to give away on the Dragons Lair Designs FB Page - Here! And it's not just the mini album she's giving away but the BRAND NEW Understated Elegance Collection on CD as well. The details are in the pinned post and a winner will be chosen after the giveaway closes on the 29th.
Here's a peak of the mini album.

Gwyneth
On the 2nd I showed you what it was I'd been teasing you with before the launch.  A bookmark holder with a stand and a hanging hole so that it could either be stood on a bookshelf or hung up nearby.

Janette

Janette had been teasing you with part photos of several of her creations before the launch -
Since the launch she's been showing you full photos of her crafted items.

Susan

Susan showed you a couple of bits of her creation before the launch and showed you exactly what it was she made with the bits on her own blog on launch day and I promissed to show them here on today's post - so here it is -

Susan also used a background from the collection for her make earlier this week which you can see here - Understated Elegance Inspiration for the February Dragons Lair Challenge - Susan R

Keep an eye out for even more creations from the Understated Elegance Collection made by our very creative Design Team members.

-oOo-

Dragons Lair Designs Links:

• Store
• Inspiration Blog
• Challenge Blog
• Facebook Fan Group
• Facebook Page
• Etsy Shop

Appreciate a Dragon Day

Did you know that there was an "Appreciate a Dragon Day"?  I didn't until a member of the Dragons Lair Design Fan Group on Facebook mentioned it in the group earlier this week.

Well - if there's one thing that those of us in the Fan Group and the various Dragons Lair Designs Designs Team definately do it's Appreciate a Dragon, or two, or three ....!

So I just had to do a little research and find out about the day, and I also had to start a challenge in the group for group members to make any new project with any, or all, of the Dragons Lair Designs dragons on it.

It seems that "Appreciate a Dragon Day", on 16th January, was first started in 2004, so that's over ten years ago.  You can read more about it by clicking - Here!

And if you are new-ish to the word of Dragons Lair Designs you might like to have a look back at some previous posts on this blog that give you a bit of a history of two of our dragons:-
Meet the Dragons ........ Rupert (1)
Meet the Dragons .......... Rupert (2)
Meet the Dragons ........ Rupert (3)
Meet the Dragons .......... Rupert (4)
Meet the Dragons ........ Penny (1)
Meet the Dragons ........ Penny (2)
Meet the Dragons ........ Penny (3)
Meet the Dragons ........ Penny (4)

These are the creations that members of the Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group made for the quick challenge -

Jacqui Robinson

Just to show that dragons come in different colours Jacqui coloured in the same image, "Penny's Discovery", twice with Penny coloured in purple and in lovely golden tones.

Diane Scotford

Diane made a lovely card using the "Ruperts New Friend" digi-stamp.

Gwyneth George

And for my own creation I got out my water colour markers to colour in the "Family Photo" digi stamp, and raided my box of cut leaves and flowers for the embelishments - I really should make a point of using up more of them before the box becomes over-full of further additions.

Stamping Dragon Designs Links

• If you fancy trying out some of Dragons Lair Designs, please do visit the Store to find all sorts of digital goodies (you'll find great digi-stamps and lots more).
• And why not join the "Dragons Lair Designs Fan Group" Facebook group. It's a small, fun, group where we have lots of different activities which include exclusive challenges, daily inspiration and giveaways - and there's a loyalty club for those who take part as well.
• "Like" Us on Facebook
• Dragons Lair Designs Challenge Blog : new challenge 1st Friday every month
• Follow designer Janette Padley on Pinterest!
• See us on CraftsUPrint

Till next time - Have Fun Crafting!

Dragons Lair Designs Inspiration Blog Design Team Leader

(And if you are wondering "who's Gwyneth?" - then you'll find an "About Me and My Blog!" piece on my blog.)