Good evening,

Popping in quickly with a wedding card. The wreath was made the same way as I made this wreath on a previous Christmas card. The butterflies were heat embossed onto vellum – something I have never tried before, but I like how they turned out. I am entering this into the CAS-uals Friday embossing challenge.

A close up of those vellum butterflies and the wreath which I distressed with Worn Lipstick and then cut around by hand. The photo doesn’t show the score lines on the back panel well, but they are more pronounced in real life.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Playful Animals stamp set (CL155), Hero Arts Antique Engravings stamp set (CL383)
Ink: Versamark watermark ink, Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Worn Lipstick
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square – cut to size), X-Press It blending card
Other Supplies: Vellum, Zing embossing powder – white, heat gun, Kaisercraft perals – snow, pearl, cream, pink, Glossy Accents (to adhere butterflies), Martha Steward score board, Kaisercraft ‘Wedding” rub on.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi everyone,

Today I have a set of butterfly cards to share with you. If you have followed my blog for a while you will recognise that I have made this card before – in the turquoise colour, but I thought that it needed some friends. I am really happy with the results. They are coloured in with prismacolor pencils and gamsol. Beware, there are quite a few photos….

And then one showing all the colours together! Not sure which colour I like best…but I am partial to the turquoise, pink and blue ones!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Engravings
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), turquoise, mustard, pink, dark blue, purple and orange Bazzill card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, stubbs, Kaisercraft pearls – pearl and snow, TLC Quik words and Kaisercraft rubons.

I love making sets…there is something complete about it! It appeals to my sense of ordered-ness!

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

 

 

 

Update April-11

This card placed in the Hero Arts Fab 5!

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Hi,

My little girl turned one on Christmas Eve and we before we left to go away for Christmas we had a little party for her. This is the invitation that I made for her birthday party. It looks like an A5 sized card, but it as actually a mini card – A6 size (half a normal sized card). Yes, yes…I know it is that Hero Arts butterfly stamp AGAIN…..but I just love this little guy!

…and the twine is good old kitchen twine!

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Engravings Stamp, Hero Arts Flowing Flowers and Leaves Cling stamp
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black,VersaMark Watermark Ink
Card: Kraft Card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, stubbs, kitchen twine, Kaisercraft pearls, white pen, foam dimensionals, small circle punch, Zots 3D dots

I can’t believe my baby is 1! Happy birthday little one.

Thanks for looking,

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Hello there fellow paper lovers!

Well I think I am on a roll using the Hero Arts butterfly stamp from the Antique Engravings set. I love this little guy as it is so realistic looking and I love blending colours with my prismacolors and gamsol.

I have used the sketch from the current FTL #114 (and isn’t it a beauty!).

I am also entering the blue butterfly card into a new challenge over at JayGee’s Nook where the inspiration photo is this. I got my inspiration from the  gorgeous blue/turquoise colours!!

And here is it….

And just to be different from the blue butterfly card, I am entering the pink version into the Scrapbook Boutique Butterfly challenge where at least 2 butterflies need to be used in a design.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Engravings
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white square single fold)
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, stubbs, Kaisercraft pearls, Wendy Irving ‘Hello’ and ‘Sending you a smile’ rub ons.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

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Hi there,

I have made a card for the Clean and Simple Stamping challenge – Fall to layout #113. The challenge is to use the following sketch.

Well I thought it would be really easy to get something happening – but it has been sooooo frustrating!! Nothing was coming together last night! But alas, after some sleep, a tidy up of my craft area and some peace and quiet, I managed to come up with the following – and I am quite happy with the results. I think I was trying to be too clever last night whereas I should have just stuck with clean and simple all along!!

I coloured in the butterflies with 3 shades of turquoise and then used gamsol. The white card is actually textured but this is a bit hard to see in the photos.

Supplies:

Stamps: Hero Arts Antique Engravings
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured single fold), Turquoise Bazzill card
Other Supplies: Prismacolor pencils, gamsol, stubbs, Kaisercraft pearls, TLC Quik words “thank you” rub on.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

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Hi all,

It is my sister’s birthday tomorrow and I thought it would be nice to make her a little gift set of butterfly cards. I made 6 in total and then packaged them together in a clear box.

The butterflies are coloured in with prismacolor pencils then gamsol and then I added some white dots on each butterfly. The background is Kraft card run through the Cuttlebug with the Birds and Swirls embossing folder and then I used some Versamagic Cloud white archival chalk  ink and lightly rubbed it over the top so only the embossed areas picked up the colour – the result turned out a little shabby chic style ( I would use a brayer and put ink on the embossing folder as I have seen some people do it, but  don’t own a brayer!)

I just had to include all of the cards as the butterfly colours are so pretty and vibrant!

Supplies: Regal Craft Cards (textured white single fold), Kraft cardstock, Cuttlebug, Birds and Swirls embossing folder, Versamagic Cloud White archival chalk  ink, Bazzill cardstock (brown), white cardstock, Hero Arts butterfly Cling stamp (from Antique Engravings set), prismacolor pencils, gamsol, stubs, Hero Arts Classic messages stamps, VersaMark watermark ink, white embossing powder, white Pilot  pen, Kaisercraft pearls, Zots 3D clear adhesive dots.

I love making sets of things – I think they make a nice gift. Let’s hope my sister likes them!

Hope you are having a great day.

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