Paper Hug

Hello and happy Friday everyone!

 I put this card together with snippets of dsp that seemed to coordinate well with one another and placed it on a kraft card base. I created a different herringbone pattern this time by leaving spaces between the cut pieces instead of placing them right next to each other, and then cut the whole piece with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die. 

The butterfly was cut from white and kraft and layered with a big sandy- colored gemstone in the center.

I made this card for the Butterfly Challenge #151 but I didn't use everything on the list. I tried an orange butterfly but didn't like the contrast, so I used the dsp with the pastel orange colors instead. Here's the list of challenge elements...

I did the herringbone, used the color of sand and added my butterfly, but that's all my brain could handle LOL

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Double Point Fold Hello Card

Today I'm sharing a double point fold card I created by using this tutorial. I really like how easy this was to put together and how nice it looked when it was finished. The front panel opens from the bottom and the message is underneath.

I started with some DCWV papers and some pastel pink card stock, adding a die-cut butterfly that was enhanced with some Copics to give it a little depth of color, then covered with clear wink of stella to give it a shimmering sparkle. The "Hello" sentiment is a die from Taylored Expressions, cut and layered several times and covered with glossy accents.

I will enter this into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge  - add a sentiment

Double D Challenge - saying "hello"

Butterfly Challenge #137 - I took the color "tea Rose" from the wheel and two of something - different patterned papers

Thanks for stopping by and I hope your day is a great one!

Carol

Words to Live By

I found this little stamp at a local stamp store and had to have it, because this is how I live my life - one day at a time. I thought it would make some encouraging cards, so I paired it with a water colored background I made a long time ago. I used distress inks and randomly sponged them in colors of blue, pink, yellow and green and then it was so busy with color I had no clue what to do with it, so it sat in my box of unfinished projects. LOL Recently I pulled it out and embossed it with a Cuttlebug Victoria ef and decided to color in all those embossed portions with a gold paint pen. Whew, that was a tedious task, but I like how it softened the colors of the inked background. I added a powder pink Cheery Lynn large flourish die-cut, and added a MB butterfly that was cut with vanilla and foiled gold and popped that up on dimensionals. I matted the gold heat-embossed sentiment with foiled gold cardstock, and rounded 2 corners for a softer look and called this one done.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

The Butterfly Challenge #106 where the letter this week is "E"

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp On It (sentiment)

Shopping our Stash #370 - Crazy for Coloring (I colored with a gold paint pen)

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do. We have 2 more days to endure of this sweltering heat wave and then hopefully cooler temps will be the norm for a while. It's too hot to do anything outside for me!

Carol

Mahalo

Today I have a thank-you card made for Mrs A's Butterfly challenge #102. This time around the wheel landed on the letter V, so here's what the challenge consists of:

I managed to use everything on the wheel except "vintage." 

I water colored a panel with vintage violet, salty ocean and raspberry Distress inks and die-cut the butterfly from that water colored piece, trying to make the violet the center portion. The closest color to Vermilion I could come to was Melon Mambo, so I lined the butterfly die with that color. I added a snippet of gold cardstock to the back of the black panel which was die-cut with a  Poppystamps Tulisa corner die, and added some green vines that were in my stash. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn and was a free gift with an order. For the final touch, I added some violet gemstones to the center of the butterfly.

(A sweet friend of mine recently gave me this butterfly die, and I just love it!)

Thanks for checking in with me on this Monday and I wish you all a perfect start to the week!

Carol

TMS #457

Hello and welcome to another Tuesday Morning Sketch challenge. This week we're working on sketch #457 which was designed by our own Melissa.

This week there's a prize of a grab bag of embellishments you're really going to love!

I chose a piece of glittered dsp for my background, adding blue, green, and yellow embellishments to coordinate with the color scheme. The MB butterfly was cut 3 times and layered on stitched circle dies by MFT and a scalloped die-cut panel by Spellbinders. The flourishes are by Cheery Lynn and I added some small flowers done with SU! mini punches, adding black gemstones to the centers. The sentiment is by Taylored Expressions.

Now it's your turn to join us and play along, but before you do, check out my DT members' fabulous creations right here:

Debbie

Jenée

Melissa

Patti

After Mrs. A left a comment letting me know my card can be linked to her Butterfly Challenge #101 to spin the wheel with the letter M, I'm entering it there as well! You spin the wheel and choose some or all of the elements to make your card.

Have fun and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see what you create too!

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Butterfly Challenges

I haven't been as diligent in playing challenges lately as I have a few of my own personal challenges to contend with, but I decided to take time to make and combine 2 cards to play along with 2 challenges.

First up is the Twofer challenge # 5 and this month the challenge prompt is Butterflies.

One of my cards for the Twofer is this birthday card, done with Altenew layering dahlia stencils and sponged with Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry distress inks. I used MB Darla and Vivienne butterfly dies, adding some tiny pink gemstones. The sentiment panel was done with a SU! Beautiful Bouquet stamp, heat-embossed with white. The fern is a die-cut from the Beautiful Bunch coordinating framelit die set.

The 2nd of my Twofer cards was also made for the Butterfly Challenge #100 which includes different challenges for the letter "H." I haven't played in this challenge in a long, long time, so it was fun to enter a card into Valerie's 100th celebration. Here is the prompt for her challenge:

and here's my card...

I managed to include all of the requirements shown on the wheel, and although it's not my favorite card I've ever made, it was fun to take the challenge and use all the required elements. I also used the MB Darla and Vivienne butterfly die, using a piece of harvest gold striped dsp for the bottom layer, and added a top layer that was colored with a hot pink fluorescent Copic marker. I added a heart-shaped gemstone to the body, but there is also a heat-embossed panel of golden hearts at the top of the card. The hearts, along with the gold-heat-embossed sentiment are from a Clear Stamps set. The hexagon dsp is from SU! (retired) and the grassy border was done with a Sweet n Sassy die and a remnant strip of hunter green cardstock from my stash. The card base is powder pink with a snippet of soft suede. The top was done with a SU! scalloped border punch.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a great weekend. All of you moms out there deserve a day of pampering and I sure hope each and every one of you gets it too!

Carol

Butterfly in Flight

I used a Memory Box butterfly die to create this card. I used espresso, red, orange and daffodil cardstock, and cut 3 butterflies, inlaying the colorful bits to the espresso panel, and just using the daffodil die cut to give it fluttering wings. The Nestabilities beaded oval die was cut from off-white card, and while still in the die, I colored in the beads with a Copic. The stitched oval die is by GinaMarieDesigns, and the whole card is placed on vanilla cardstock. I will add a sentiment to the inside when it's time to use this card.

I'm sharing this card with the Butterfly Challenge #79 - L is for Layers and/or the color cream.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope your day is a good one!

Carol

Thinking of You

My cousin passed away early last January, so I made this card to send to his widow to let her know I'm remembering her husband along with her.

I listed the items used for this card at the bottom of this post.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

The Butterfly Challenge #69 - Z is for Zero or the colors of Zucchini

The Tuesday Throwdown #323 - anything goes

The Wednesday Simon Says Stamp challenge - anything goes

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day!

Carol

Materials used:

Stamps - Hero Arts Lattice, SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Black, Pear Pizzazz

Embossing folder - CB decorative tiles

Inks - Distress Inks in Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed

Dies - SB nestabilities Labels 4, Lil Inker Stitched rectangles

Embellishments - SU! mini punch for flowers, black gemstones, Die-cut green unknown stem, white embossing powder, SU hexagon punch to cut the tails on the sentiment panel, puffy butterfly sticker from Cardgroup.com

Butterfly Birthday

I found this piece of pretty cardstock in my stash that looks like it was water colored, so I designed this card around the colors. I used 2 MB butterfly dies; the Darice, and Vivienne to make the butterfly. The "birthday" word die cut is by SNSS, while the "happy" die cut is from SSS. I used turquoise and Melon Mambo card stock, along with some matching sequins.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Cards in Envy "wings" challenge - use anything with wings on your card and make it flat enough to mail in an envelope without extra postage.

The Butterfly Challenge #59 - "P is for Punches and/or Pink." I went with the pink color of Melon Mambo.

Thanks for checking in and I wish you a fabulous day!

Carol

Sunglasses Required to View This Card :)

Whenever I have tiny bits of dsp left over, I punch them into 1" squares and keep them in a little box. Yesterday I pulled out that box and sorted through them to find some assorted polka dot bits, then glued them all on a piece of card, cutting it with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle die. I decided to pull out my retired SU!/Sizzix butterfly die and cut the 3 butterflies from snippets of brightly colored card stock. I embossed each one with a different dotted embossing folder to coordinate with the polka dot patchwork background. I shredded 2 pieces of black with my paper cutter for the antennae, adhering with glossy accents. The butterflies are popped up with foam tape and I added a big honkin' gemstone from Pizzazz Aplenty for the butterfly body. The sentiment is from MFP, and the card base is Melon Mambo from SU! 

I'm sharing this insanely bright, colorful card over at the Snippets Playground #239 as well as Mrs. A's Butterfly challenge #58 - D is for Dimension and/or Denim.

Thanks for stopping by and have yourself a fabulous day!

Carol

Distress Ink Butterfly

Here's my card for the Butterfly Challenge #52 - F is for fancy folds and/or the color of Fuchsia. The base butterfly was done with a SU! Bigz die, and it was sponged with several different colors of distress inks. It began with Wilted Violet, but I wanted to add some highlights, so I sponged on some Picked Raspberry which pretty much turned it darker purple, so I left it alone and decided to layer it with some Memory Box Darla and Vivienne butterfly dies. The card base, Elizabeth Crafts Designs die-cut sentiment, and top layered butterfly all began with white cardstock sponged with Picked Raspberry ink before cutting. The white card base was done with a CB embossing folder.

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

All Occasion Butterfly Card

I was playing with watercolor paper and inks one day and made several panels of blended colors that I put aside for future use. I pulled one panel out that was inked with summery colors, so I decided to turn it into a card, using the MB Vivienne and Darla butterfly dies. I cut several butterflies in colors of chocolate, red, and yellow, cutting the actual butterfly from orange, then after interchanging the negative colors, I popped the butterfly on foam tape on top of hello honey and black panels cut with MTF stitched circles. The inked panel was embossed with a TCW mini tiny circles stencil, and die cut with a Lil Inker stitched rectangle. I finished this with a piece of hello honey ribbon from SU! I left the sentiment off so I can use this for a birthday, anniversary, or thinking of you card when the need arises.

I'm sharing this with Mrs. A's Butterfly challenge #46 which is "I is for inks."

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you have planned.

Carol