Butterfly Blossoms for the Paper Players

Hello friends!  It's color week over at the Paper Players and I'm hosting.  I chose some Spring-like colors.

Paper Players

I'm also joining in over at the Time Out Challenge.  This time we are to Pick Two, so I'm choosing floral and stencil.

TOC #286

As you could tell from the blog title, I chose to use flowers. I debated about making an Easter card because I think the colors would work equally well for that occasion, but the flowers won out.

The stamp set has three dainty flower stamps and four butterflies, so lots of variety.  I used the coordinating stencils to color the images and the dies to cut them out as well as the sentiment.

I lightly ink blended Salvage Patina Distress ink on a white panel the cut it down with a postage edge rectangle die.  The shorter flowers were adhered directly to the panel except for the largest flower in the group to which I added thin foam squares.  The remaining floral image along with the sentiment and large butterfly were layered on two additional die cuts before adding to the panel.  The right wing of the wee little butterfly was glued down and a small piece of foam tape added a little dimension to the left wing.  It's not visible in the photos but I used an aqua shimmer pen to add glitter to all the images, then finished things off using a white gel pen for the flower stamen.

What do these colors inspire you to create?  I hope you'll show us this week, we'd love to see what you come up with.  Do take a moment to pop over to the PP blog as my teammates have some lovely cards to provide further inspiration.  The challenge remains open until Friday, April 18th at 3pm EDT.  

Thanks for visiting and take care!

Stef

• Simon Says Stamp Butterfly Blossoms stamps, dies and stencils
• SSS Postage Edge die
• Altenew Lemon Ice, Honeydew Glow and Lemonade Stand inks
• SSS Sprout, Fairway, Field, Lilac, Orchid, Amethyst and Mocha inks

A Little Note for Sunday Stamps

Hello friends!  It's time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps and this time Deb has given us a fabulous sketch to play with!  I do hope you're inspired to join us!

Sunday Stamps

I used this sketch as a reason to dig into my patterned paper stash and see what I could put together.

As I was flipping through my patterned paper pads, I found some bright and colorful papers that I'd received as part of a Crop and Create online weekend retreat last year.  They're from Elle's Studio and I chose two sheets to use.  Then it was deciding what to add to the three squares and I found the two white Simon Says Stamp Leanna Butterflies already die cut and tucked in with the dies, so boom!  My card was coming together quickly!

The colorful graphic paper was die cut with a Hero Arts rectangle die then layered onto a slightly larger panel of SSS Soft Navy cardstock.  The yellow polka dot paper was die cut three times with a Pink & Main Layered Square die, then I die cut six more from white and layered two each under a yellow polka dot square.  Before adhering to the background, the sentiment from the SSS Beautiful Butterflies stamp set was stamped in Versafine Clair Blue Bell pigment ink directly on one of the squares.  Next, the panel was wrapped with retired Crushed Curry Baker's Twine from Stampin' Up, then added to the white card base with thin foam tape.  Lastly, the two butterflies were glued to the other squares and topped with an Altenew Glacier Caves enamel dot.

What will you make with this fun sketch?  For more inspiration be sure to head over to the challenge blog and check out the clever variety of ways the design team used this sketch.

Thanks for stopping by!  Take care!

Stef

Butterfly Birthday

Hi there and welcome!  Today the card I'm sharing was made for three challenges - Just Us Girls (Butterfly), The Paper Players (Birthday) and Seize the Birthday (no stamping).  

Just Us Girls #644

PP603

STB244

Since I was using some larger butterflies, I decided to create a slimline card.

Starting with the butterflies, they were first embossed then die cut with coordinating dies.  They were ink blended with three shades of aqua (my photo reads more blue than how they look IRL), then I applied some Distress Foundry Wax in Glided along each of the wings.  The foundry wax was then heated to obtain the shine.  Separately from the wings, the butterfly bodies were die cut from gold metallic cardstock and adhered after the wax cooled.  The sentiment was also die cut from the same gold metallic cardstock and also from white cardstock four times.

Next I used a leaf stencil for the background, inking in greens and splattering with gold metallic paint.  It was trimmed down, adhered to the white card base, then three layers of a scallop frame were added.  The butterflies were adhered leaving room for the die cut sentiment.  

Originally the sentiment was topped with the gold metallic layer, but I could not get a decent photo of it, so I added a white layer on top and offset just a little so you could see a little gold behind it.  It was adhered to a vellum shadow layer and added to the card to finish things off. 

Thanks for taking time to stop by, I always appreciate it.  

Take care!

Stef

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Matte Gold (Simon Says Stamp), Vellum

Ink:  Sprout, Fairway, Field, Seafoam, Surf, Ocean

Other:  Happy Birthday Brush Script dies (SSS), Floating Leaves Stencil (SSS), Graceful Butterfly Embossing Folder and Dies set (SSS), Slim Stitched Scallop Rectangle die (Pinkfresh Studio), Gansi Tambi Starry Colors Metallic paint, Gilded Distress Foundry Wax (Ranger)

Sunny Days Ahead for Sunday Stamps

Hello and welcome!  It's time for a new challenge at Sunday Stamps and this week we have a wonderful sketch by Amy.

Sunday Stamps

I decided to pull out some as yet unused products from Simon Says Stamp to use for my card and I ended up flipping the sketch for a portrait style layout.

I began by stenciling a panel of white with the Peonies and Leaves stencil.  I carried the colors to go around the images so the leaf and berry stems would show.  A gold gel pen was used to color the berries

then the panel along with a panel of Gold Pearl cardstock was die cut with a deckled edge rectangle.

The panels were then layered at angles as shown in the sketch and then adhered directly to the white card base.  The Etched Butterfly was die cut from the same gold paper adhered together, then added to the panel with thin foam tape on the wings.  In hindsight, I wish I'd use thicker foam tape for a bit more dimension, but I was afraid of mucking up the whole card if I tried to remove it.  I found a wonderful sentiment in the Reverse Get Well Sentiment Strips, and die cut it as well as a strip of gold paper with a skinny sentiment strip.  They were layered onto the card and I was done!

Thanks so much for visiting, I really appreciate it.  Be sure to use the link above to check out the wonderful cards by the other DT members and hopefully be inspired to join us!

Take care!

Stef

Stamps:  None

Paper:  Neenah Solar White, Gold Pearl (Tonic)

Ink:  Baby Pink, Fuchsia, Magenta, Lime and Fresh Leaf (all Altenew)

Other:  Deckled Frames Rectangle die (Waffle Flower), Etched Butterfly die (SSS), Skinny Strips die (MFT), Peonies and Leaves stencil (SSS), Reverse Get Well Sentiment Strips (SSS), Gold gel pen (Altenew)

Simply the Best

Hello friends and welcome back!  I hope you're continuing to stay safe and healthy!

It's time for a new Color Challenge at Splitcoaststampers!  Jeanne is hosting this week and has chosen the beautiful combination of Berry Burst, Powder Pink and Lemon-Lime Twist with a dessert option to make a thank you card.

I decided to use a stamp set with lots of fun butterfly images and some of my favorite sentiments with gorgeous fonts.  The butterflies and leafy branch were colored with Copics similar to challenge colors and die cut with the matching dies. After deciding on the image placements on the die cut panel, the butterfly trail and sentiments were stamped with black pigment ink. 

Before adhering the die cut panel to the card base, the butterflies and leaves were added with foam squares so the wings and bottom of the branch could be trimmed to fit.  After the panel was adhered to the base, the final touches were to use a shimmer pen on the butterflies and add some pretty clear sequins.

Thanks for visiting, I appreciate it so much!!  I hope you'll use the link above and join us this week for the SCS Color Challenge!

Stef

Stamps:  Beautiful Day (Simon Says Stamp)

Paper:  Neenah Solar White

Ink:  Gina K Obsidian Amalgam, Versafine Clair Nocturne

Other:  Stitched Wonky Rectangle die, Beautiful Day matching dies (both SSS), Tonic Nuvo Aqua Shimmer pen, Sparkling Clear Sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Copics:  RV69, 17, 34, R32, 30, 00, YG23, 01, 00