Butterflies

Hi Stampers,

I read on someone's blog that today is "Learn About Butterflies" day so I thought I'd share a few more 3X3 cards using butterflies.

Both of these cards are identical except for the main color - one is Pool Party and one is Rich Razzleberry. I used the Sale-a-bration set Elementary Elegance for both cards - they were stamped in Versamark and then heat embossed in Pewter and punched out the center with the Curly label punch. The card itself is Very Vanilla. Then I used the Beautiful Wings Embosslit and my Big Shot for the Butterfly Accents. I sponged them with Rich Razzleberry in this card and Pool Party for the other. I accented the butterflies with some Rhinestones and Pearls. The Happy Birthday is also stamped in Versamark and heat embossed in Pewter. I love how elegant these 3X3 cards look.

Enjoy the beautiful weather we are enjoying in Chicago - it was almost 80 degrees today - that's almost summer weather!

Keep Stamping,

Hopefully I'm back online for good this time...

Hi Stampers,

I am back on-line sooner than expected so I thought I'd share something with you from my Copy the Catalog Stamp Camp. I have held this stamp camp for about the last 5 or 6 years at the end of June - last chance to use some of the stamp sets and/or accessories that are soon to be retired. I copy them right from the fabulous Stampin' Up Publications - our monthly demonstrator only magazine, mini catalog and regular catalog.

The first sample I'm sharing with you came from our monthly demonstrator magazine, Stampin' Success. This sample uses the Strength & Hope set from the Summer Mini Catalog and money from each stamp set sold goes to benefit the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Most of us have been touched by this disease in one way or another and this is a great cause and a very pretty stamp set. This is a 3"X6" Blushing Bride card. The butterflies are stamped in So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie and Baja Breeze and accented with some Rhinestone Bling. The words from the stamp set are stamped in Blushing Bride and a piece of Blushing Bride ribbon completes this quick and easy card.

The second card I'm sharing today is from page 138 of the main catalog. The card itself is Crumb Cake and the other card colors are Not Quite Navy and So Saffron. On the So Saffron piece, the center image is from Friends 24-7 (soon to be retiring) stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. Then I used the Beautiful Wings embosslit for the Big Shot to cut the large butterfly in So Saffron and the smaller butterflies in Not Quite Navy DSP from the Regals stack. The butterflies are accented with Pearls and the So Saffron butterfly has a Vanilla Flower Button tied with Crochet Thread. The So Saffron piece is attached to a piece of Not Quite Navy cardstock and a piece of Crumb Cake DSP from the Neutrals stack. I also used the Paper Piercer and mat to accent the top and bottom of the So Saffron piece.

Hope that you are having a great Sunday - we had an absolutely fantastic day with beautiful weather for my son's party celebrating his college graduation - good times with our family and Jordan's friends as well.

Keep Stamping,

One more from Sale-a-bration

Hi Stampers,

Today I'm sharing a card with you that I made for a friend of mine who is moving - I'm happy for her that she's moving, but I will miss her as a friend and customer at my monthly stamp camps, that's for sure.

I saw this idea in several different places and wish I had seen it before the end of SAB to share it with you, but if you have the Bliss set, you can make your own.

I used Tempting Turquoise and Whisper White for this card. First I used the Embossed Tulips folder for the Big Shot to do the outside border for the Whisper White piece and then I turned it to the side that is debossed instead of embossed. I used the Butterfly die to cut 2 butterflies out - one in Whisper White and one in Tempting Turquoise DSP from the Brights DSP stack. Then I used temporary adhesive to attach the White Butterfly to the White cardstock and stamped the large flourish from Bliss over them both in Tempting Turquoise. I pulled off the white butterfly and attached the Turquoise butterfly on the white card and then used Dimensionals to attach the stamped piece on top of it. I added 3 of the smallest size Rhinestones for some bling and stamped the greeting from "So Happy for You" another SAB set. The Whisper White piece is then attached to the card itself, which is Tempting Turquoise.

Enjoy this week - seems like spring might actually be here at last!