Butterflies and other small wonders

Over at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge this week we are sponsored by The Crafty Pad and I was very fortunate to be given Butterflies with Verse and Borders to create with.  The theme is Gardening ~ and I used one of my favourite quotes from Alfred, Lord Tennyson:



I printed the quote directly onto smooth cardstock, and kept the design simple to keep the focus on the butterflies, which I printed onto photopaper and coloured with Twinkling H2O's 'Summer Breeze'.  I added some Kaisercraft Rhinestone Strips to finish it off.  And something different for me ~ I added some extra butterflies to the inside as well:



This is also for:
# Paper Sundaes ~ Gems and wings
# Truly Scrumptions ~ Things with wings


Moving on to some other little miracles of nature - I was enthralled by these tiny toadstools which I saw at Mount Tamborine last month. They are only about an inch high and the prettiest shade of orange. I couldn't resist scrapping this photograph with Cosmo Cricket 'Earth Love' paper - finally my decision to 'wait for just the right layout' has been vindicated!





This one is for:
# Scrapping Everyday Miracles ~ Use paint and type-written journalling
I used Jo Sonya 'Titanium' acrylic paint for the background, and 'Courier' font for the journalling
# Tip Top Tuesday ~ T is for ~ 'tiny' and 'toadstools'