SPRINGTIME BUTTERFLY

HEY BLOGGIES,

A few days ago I saw a wonderful Swallowtail Butterfly card by a fellow demonstrator Tami White.  I was so inspired by her card I decided to make one myself.

I have loved this swallowtail butterfly stamp since it first came out.  I made so many cards with it in the beginning, but not so many since the holidays hit.  I am glad for a reminder of how beautiful it is and what fun cards we can make with it.

 A closeup of the wings so you can see the ink blending.  I used Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Rose Red inks and a sponge to do my blending.

One more view of the complete card. I should have done a landscape card so that I had more room for my sentiment.  It was a bit of a squeeze to get it in there where I wanted it, but I did it!!

Thanks for stopping by and a shout out to Tami for her awesome idea.

TRYING A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR FRIDAY MASHUP

HEY BLOGGIES,

The FRIDAY MASHUP has us trying a new technique on our cards - ink blowing.  Whaat??? Yep, just like when we were in grade school except with our re-inkers we drop a few spots of ink on the paper then take a straw and blow the ink around the paper.

Here is my take on the idea.  I mashed it up because you could also follow their colors of Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry and Basic Black.  Yep, I did that.

 My card base if bermuda bay and the stamped layer is on whisper white. I just randomly blew the ink around the card stock, then moved my large swallowtail stamp around until I thought it fit the best.

 I stamped the Swallowtail butterfly stamp with versamark and used black embossing powder.

On a piece of basic black card stock I stamped with versamark and used crushed curry embossing powder for the HOORAY sentiment.

That's all there is to it!!  I believe I will do another and do smaller "splats" of the blown ink to see how that looks.

Thanks, Friday Mashup, for the challenge.  I had FUN FUN FUN.

SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLIES

I know I have said it before, but I LOVE the background stamp SWALLOWTAIL.  It is so large it covers the whole card if you want it to.

Today I have a card to show you with a new technique for me.

 I used some printed designer paper and stamped my swallowtail butterfly with versamark.  Then I put early espresso embossing powder on it and heat set it.  Very striking, don't you think?

I also put a small amount along the edges so it was similar to a background layer behind the paper.  I like that look.  And I put a small strip of the designer paper on the inside for continuity.

My second card is emboss resist.

 Stamp with versamark and then use CLEAR embossing powder.  After heat setting it, use sponges and ink to rub color around the stamped image.  Clean off with a clean rag and VOILA.  Ink is in the unstamped impressions and around the outside of the butterfly.  LOVE IT>

Here are both cards side by side.  Different techniques but both are beautiful.

What do you think?  Have you used both of these techniques?

Thanks for stopping by.  STAY CREATIVE MY FRIENDS!!

BUTTERFLIES ARE FREE TO FLY, FLY AWAY

Words from an Elton John Song I just heard coming home from Physical Therapy yesterday.  Which fits in perfectly with my card today, which is using the LARGE SWALLOWTAIL single background stamp.  I am LOVING this stamp!!

I started with a card stock base of very vanilla and stamped the Swallowtail with Versamark.

I applied white embossing powder and heat embossed it.  Here is a closeup so you can see the texture.

 I then used a sponge and soft suede ink and rubbed all over, darker on one side than the other for some shading and variation.  Next I rubbed more mustard ink where I desired.

With a clean cloth, I rubbed the white butterfly all over to get any stray ink that was on the embossed areas.  That's it!!  Now you can add a banner with your sentiment that you choose.  I do that once I know why I am sending the card, i.e. birthday, congrats, thinking of you, etc.

I saw this technique on Dawn Ochefski's blog, a fellow demonstrator.  Thanks Dawn!!

If you use this technique on your blog, won't you tell them you saw it here?  Thanks!

I would love to hear your thoughts on this beautiful and simple card.

Thanks for stopping by!!

BUTTERFLY WITH HEAT EMBOSSING AND CHALKS

Here is another SWALLOWTAIL stamped card.  It is stamped in versamark and then embossed with MELON MAMBO EMBOSSING POWDER and heat embossed.  I then colored it here and there with CHALKS until I had the colors and intensity I wanted.

Enjoy!!

Pink pirouette and melon mambo with assorted colors of chalk.

Thanks for looking.  Let me know if you have any questions.

BLOG HOP - DAY 1 - HERE COME THE BUTTERFLIES

Hello and welcome to day one of our blog hop this month.  We are all demonstrators for Stampin' Up! and are SO EXCITED that we have a new Spring Catalog AND that SALE-A-BRATION STARTS today!!!  What is that you ask?? I am so glad you asked.  For every $50 you spend on any of our product, you get to pick a FREE ITEM from the Sale-a-bration flyer.  FOR FREE - did I mention that if you give a workshop in your home and have friends over, they also get a FREE ITEM for each $50 of product they order AND you get an EXTRA FREE ITEM when your party reaches $400.  This is in addition to the HOSTESS DOLLARS you earn and can spend on any catalog items you choose!!  WOW WOW WOW.  So now you see why we are so excited about this time of year.  HURRY AND CONTACT ONE OF US QUICKLY SO YOU CAN GET YOUR CHOICE OF DATES FOR YOUR WORKSHOP.

I chose to use this fabulous background stamp SWALLOWTAIL.  It is a large butterfly that is perfect even for small projects.

 Isn't this an awesome stamp??!!  I stamped it with versamark on a pink pirouette card stock and then used early espresso embossing powder and heat embossed the image.

 I used a sponge and highlighted certain areas with pretty in pink, melon mambo and pink pirouette ink, they rubbed it all over with a towel because the embossing powder will resist the ink and it will just sit there wet until you rub it off.

 I attached this panel to a panel of melon mambo cs and then put it on the pink pirouette card base.  I used some glue and dazzling diamonds glitter in certain areas to make them shine.

And for this cute little sentiment I used the FREE PETITE CURLY LABEL PUNCH from sale-a-bration along with the FREE PRETTY PETITES STAMP SET also from sale-a-bration.  I put it up with dimensionals on a melon mambo regular curly label punched cs.

What do you think? Isn't this stamp now at the top of your MUST HAVE list?  It is in the Spring Catalog and is a wonderful background stamp.  I have two more cards for you with this stamp:

 Here it is in blue embossing powder on a daffodil delight card stock.  I fussy cut it out with my paper snips and attached it to island indigo card stock and then a card base of so saffron cs.

Here is another one but after I fussy cut it out, I used some ink and a sponge to add some highlight colors.  I added more mustard,daffodil delight, marina mist and island indigo inks to the wings here and there.

This sentiment is again from the PRETTY PETITES FREE STAMP SET with the FREE PETITE CURLY LABEL PUNCH backed by the curly label punch.

I would love to know what you think of my cards.  Won't you leave me a comment?  I HAVE BLOG CANDY:

1.  Leave a comment each day of the hop. Make sure I can contact you if you win.
2.  If you become a follower, you have another chance to win.  IF you are already a follower, leave another comment telling me you are. But I won't force you to be a follower.
3.  Enjoy our hop.

That's it!!  At the end of the hop I will be giving some fun items away from Stampin' Up! and the winner may be YOU.

Now hop on to the next blog by De Williamson and enjoy the creations.  You can also hop back to Bridgett's blog if you would like.