Springtime at Poppystamps

It's my turn over at Poppystamps and I have a soft spring thinking of you card using some of the newly released products.

I've used 3 different paper pads on my card from the new release including a glitter pad that is beautiful and die cuts like a dream.

Stop by the blog here to see all the info!

Have a great day!

Go For Gold

Hello everyone! There's a new challenge up at Poppystamps and the theme for this month is Go For Gold!

For my card I decided to use gold embossing powder for the gold theme. I started by die cutting the sentiment from white card stock, smooshing Versamark over it, sprinkling it with gold embossing powder and heat setting it. By doing this I know that all the gold on my card matches perfectly.

For the background, I took a piece of white card stock and used the Memory Box Raymelle stencil with Distress Ink in Mermaid Lagoon.

I used Distress Ink in Wilted Violet, Shaded Lilac and Picked Raspberry to colour some white card stock. I die cut the butterflies from this, stamped the delicate body images in Versamark and gold embossed.

I took the Versamark ink pad and dabbed it around the edge of the stenciled piece, sprinkled with gold embossing powder and heat set. This adds a visual definition between the panel and the black card base without needing another layer of paper.

To finish off the card I added some black gems.

The Go For Gold challenge lasts all month so you have lots of time to submit your projects and at the end one person will be randomly chosen to win some Poppystamps products.

I can't wait to see your creative projects!

CL429 Ornamental Butterflies 1541 Ornamental Butterflies Die Set 1735 Spectacular Happy Birthday Memory Box Raymelle Stencil

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Simon Says Flickr Challenge

Simon Says Stamp has started a new bi-weekly challenge on their Flickr site and it's being run by the fabulous Barb, whom we all adore!

This first challenge is a colour challenge and the rules are pretty simple.  Use at least 3 out of the 5 colours and use at least one Simon Says Stamp exclusive brand product on your project.

I used 6 dies on this project (yikes that seems like a lot) and four of them are by SSS.  One is from Poppystamps and one is from Papertrey Ink.

I inked up the solid butterfly with Distress Inks and added 2 layers of the overlay die cut in vellum.  I coloured the Birthday die cut with Squeezed Lemonade and the Leafy Sprig die cuts in a couple shades of green Distress Ink and sprayed everything that was inky with Perfect Pearls for a little shimmer.

Thanks for dropping by!

Hero Arts Sketch Challenge

It's been a long time since my last post, so I'm happy to be popping in today to share a card I made for the Hero Arts Sketch Challenge, which sadly, is over tomorrow.

I chose sketch #2 (the one with the flower) as my inspiration and made a shaker card.

I finally bought Hero's Butterfly Die and am so glad I did.  I just love the large size and that it has so many cut-outs.  I die cut mine out of paper that I colored with yellow, orange, pink and red India Ink.

Instead of using a tag to mount my butterfly on, I used a glassine envelope that I filled with Hero Arts Mixed Sequins.  I think Hero Arts doesn't make them anymore as I couldn't find any on the website.

The background was white heat embossed with the Five Line Background stamp and the sentiment is from the Sending Smiles set.

To finish off I added Glitter Ritz to two edges of the card for some added sparkle.

I'm also entering this for A Blog Named Hero's You're the (em) Boss Challenge.

Thanks for visiting today, I appreciate all your lovely comments!

Have a great weekend!

Scribbled Butterflies

One more card for the Stenciled Online Card Class.

Kristina's scribbled hearts card in class looked so cool so I adapted the technique for my card with butterflies and by using two colours on each butterfly instead of just one.  It's a simple and fun technique and would be great to do with kids.

Off to make another card for class. Thanks for dropping by!

Dear Santa At A Blog Named Hero

It's week three of our Dear Santa celebration at A Blog Named Hero and we're all about home decor.

I had a tough time with this category, I really don't make many decor items using stamping but in the end I came up with something for my niece's bedroom wall.

I bought some wooden butterflies (about 4" across) at the dollar store and painted them with gesso and Distress Paints and then stamped on them.  While the ink was still wet I added Prisma Glitter, because every young girl likes a little bit of sparkle!

I hope she'll like them.

Thanks to Hero Arts, Simon Says Stamp, Kelly Purkey, Lawn Fawn, CAS-ual Fridays, Avery Elle, American Crafts Amy Tangerine and Neat & Tangled.  for all the goodies left by Santa.  You are the best!

Stop by A Blog Named Hero to see the projects made by the design team and guest designers.  You'll be in awe of all the talent.

For our last week we'll be showcasing Christmas Quickies. Things to make in 10 minutes or less.

Have a great day!

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A Little Inky

I played around with some Distress Inks to make the inky background for the butterflies.  I'm really loving the colour combo of Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves and thought it would look great on a black card.

I sprayed the distressed piece with Perfect Pearls for a little shimmer and stamped the Social Butterfly from Penny Black in white dye ink on top.

The card base was clear embossed with Penny Black's Paisley Outline for some subtle texture and the sentiment is from their Gratitude set.

I just got the Large Flourish Die (I consider it to be more of a leafy stem) from La-La Land and wove it around the butterfly panel.

Here's a close-up of the embossing and shimmering.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Tic Tac Toe With Wings

Back with a card for CAS-ual Fridays Tic Tac Toe Challenge and for Simon Says Things with Wings Challenge.

I used the left column of polka dots, a square card and birthday from the tic tac toe board.

I inked up some acetate with Alcohol Inks and stamped the butterfly image on top of that.  I die cut a bunch of leaves to put behind the butterfly and added some texture to the background with a PTI Impression Plate.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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