Partial embossing Beautiful Butterfly

Last week we learnt how to do partial embossing at Keryn's team meeting and it was lots of fun.  Thanks to Julie for the great tutorial, really enjoyed using all the fun tools involved in this process.

You really need a Big Shot machine to cope with the extra layers involved in this technique, a Cuttlebug machine is simply not strong enough to do this.

A couple of 'sneak peeks' as well in this card - the base card is a lovely new colour called Wisteria Wonder and the butterfly was cut out using a new DSP called "Just Add Cake".

What we used:

Card:  Wisteria Wonder, Pink Pirouette, Just Add Cake.

Ink:  Elegant Eggplant, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp Sets:  Artistic Etchings, Butterfly Prints.

Tools and other fun stuff:  Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, Basic Pearls, Linen thread, Stampin' Sponges, Stampin' Dimensionals.

A little bit of everything

Hi there - hope your day is going well.

I had stamped and punched out these butterflies intending to use them on the Matchbook Mini Album but then did not use them so I've found a proper home for them on today's card.

I love these butterflies, both the stamp set and punch, you just can't go wrong with them!

What I used:

Card:  Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, Certainly Celery, Riding Hood Red, Old Olive.

Ink:  Riding Hood Red

Stamp Sets: Butterfly Prints

Tools and other fun stuff:  Butterfly punch, Bird punch, Very Vanilla 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Border punch, Buttons sizzlits die, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Rhinestones.

Make and takes

I held my first stall at a school fair yesterday and it was a very interesting experience!  Sold a few cards, had a couple of leads, I enjoyed it.  (My typing is a little limited today so this will be brief!)

Here are the 'make and takes' I made for this occasion.

What I used:

Card:  Cherry Cobbler, So Saffron, Very Vanilla

Ink:  Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Cherry Cobbler

Stamp sets:  Petal Pizazz, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Butterfly Prints, Easter Blossoms (from Summer Mini)

Tools and other fun stuff:  Scallop Circle punch, Butterfly Punch, Large Oval punch, Scalloped Oval punch, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Basic Pearls, Rhinestones.

Best wishes

Back again!  It has taken a while for things to settle down here, but for the next couple of months I won't be posting so often as it is just not possible with visitors - I am really enjoying having them here but don't get much time to 'chill' and make my cards...

Anyway, they've just gone out for a walk so a quick post to show you this card, not my best effort but at least I've completed it - and I do love how those colours work together!

(It took me about three days to get it to the finished stage - shocking!)

What I used:

Card:  Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Old Olive, White

Ink:  Rose Red, Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip

Stamp Sets:  Sincere Salutations, Priceless, Butterfly Prints

Tools and other fun stuff:  Large Oval punch, Scalloped Oval Punch, Butterfly punch, Old Olive taffeta ribbon, Basic Pearls, Stampin' sponges.

Friend to Friend

As you may have already guessed I still had the same materials on my desk from yesterday's card when I decided to make this one!

What happened yesterday was that I heat embossed two butterflies, one on Very Vanilla and one on Riding Hood Red as I wasn't exactly sure which one I'd use at the time, which of course meant I had one left over.  It seemed such a shame to waste it that I built today's card around it (whereas yesterday the butterfly was the last element I decided to add - funny how the creative process works at times!)

I've always liked the sheet of DSP with the floral flourish in one corner and this was the perfect time to showcase it as well.

What I used:

Card:  Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Very Venilla, Love Letters DSP

Ink:  Crumb Cake, Riding Hood Red, Versamark Watermark Pad.

Stamp Sets:  Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Butterfly Prints

Tools and other fun stuff:  Butterfly punch, Wide Oval punch, Basic Pearls, Square Lattice embossing folder, Scallop Border punch, Word Window punch, Stampin' dimensionals, Stampin' sponges, paper piercing tool and mat pack.

Butterfly Love Letter

It's been a while since I last posted and my parents aren't even here yet!  Too much going on this week plus a total lack of inspiration I feel has been to blame, but today I managed to get to my crafty corner and make a card.  I had been meaning to use some more of my Love Letters DSP and in this card have combined that paper with the Buttlerfly Prints stamp set and am very pleased with the result.

And I was quite pleased how one of the Butterfly Prints actually matched the DSP houndstooth design!

I used quite a few techniques including heat embossing, dry embossing, sponging and background stamping.

What I used:

Card:  Riding Hood Red, Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Love Letters DSP

Ink:  Riding Hood Red, Crumb Cake, Versamark Watermark ink.

Stamp set:  Butterfly prints

Tools and other fun stuff:  Square Scallop punch, Butterfly Punch, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Basic Pearls, Stampin' sponges, embossing heat tool, black embossing powder, Stampin' dimensionals.

Red Butterflies

I know.... second post today!

Just a quick card to show you today, I like the little butterflies made with the Heart to Heart punch, thought they turned out very cute.

I used the colour combination on Diva Coffee Break's challenge this week - Real Red, Basic Gray and Pink Pirouette -  as I don't actually have any of the ink pads in those three particular colours I went for a 'punch up' instead!

What I used:

Card:  Pink Pirouette, Real Red, Basic Gray

Ink:  Basic Black

Stamp Sets:  Butterfly Prints, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Tools and other fun stuff:  Heart to Heart punch, Wide Oval punch, Large Oval punch, Scalloped Oval punch.

Regal Rose Butterfly

I was actually planning on having a day off from cardmaking today, but it dawned dark and drizzly, just the perfect day to craft really!  So I made a couple of projects, here is the first one.

Once again I used a sketch from Diva Coffee Break Design plus the colour scheme came from The Color Dare - I must say I found it a little bit tricky to work with these three colours, but I think I got there in the end thanks to the use of lots and lots of layers (tt's six layers deep by the time you get to the butterfly!).

You can see lots more of my cards on my Facebook page.

What I used:

Card:  Pacific Point, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette, White

Ink:  Regal Rose, Pacific Point

Stamp Sets:  Butterfly Prints

Tools and other fun stuff:  Scallop Edge punch, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Butterfly punch, Scalloped Oval pund, Wide Oval punch, Paper Piercing tool and mat, Stampin' Dimensionals, Stampin' sponges, Basic Pearls.