Category: cardmaking

Butterfly Thank You

Today, I’m sharing a card created with some Penny Black stamps and die cuts in which I’ve paired feminine (the delicate floral) and masculine (the woodgrain) motifs.

ButterflyThanks

I started by inking the  Penny Black Star Ivy [#40-310]  background with Peacock Feathers Distress Ink. I misted the stamp until the ink started to pool, at which point I pressed watercolor paper onto the stamp. As I let that dry, I applied Worn Lipstick Distress Ink directly to watercolor paper from which I die cut the  butterflies using the Penny Black Flutters [#51-006] set. (I also die cut the butterflies from blank watercolor paper, as I wanted the die cuts to have some depth.) I stamped the woodgrain using the Inspiring [#40-113] stamp set with Versamark for a tone-on-tone look. The sentiment is from Penny Black’s Special Wishes [#30-229].

Rain or Shine

I’ve had these My Favorite Things April release items for a few weeks and finally got around to putting them together on a card. I can’t resist umbrella or rain-themed cardmaking supplies!

Rain or Shine
I used the Raindrops stencil to dry emboss the Robin’s Egg cardstock for a subtle background. The sun and umbrella are attached to the card with dimensional adhesive.

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Stamp Nation Sketch Challenge

There’s a new challenge at Stamp Nation to create a card with a sketch from Stamp Nation Design Team member Maureen Merritt. The DT provided fabulous inspiration using the sketch. My take closely follows the sketch, although I used stars rather than hearts as shown in the sketch.

I’ve been wanting to combine this fun Lawn Cuts set with the Lucky Stars sentiment set. I heat-embossed the sentiment and covered the heart in the sentiment with a die-cut, for a bit of contrast.

It’s fun seeing the various interpretations to the Stamp Nation challenges from other  members. In addition to the inspiration, this friendly and supportive community of cardmakers offers lots of positive feedback, as well as advice on cardmaking products and techniques.

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Color Throwdown Butterfly

I’m sharing a card created for the Color Throwdown #293 challenge.

Color Throwdown ButterflyThe In Detail post I’ve been working on for the CLASSroom at Ellen Hutson’s includes a review of the Stephanie Barnard Butterfly Triplits Die Set (as well as the Flowers set). After seeing the fun colors for this challenge, I created a card featuring one of the die-cut butterflies. I framed the butterfly in an InstaFrame. The inside area of the MFT die was a tad small for the butterfly, so I used a square die to punch out a bigger background. I finished the card off with a sentiment from WPlus9.