Spring is here! At least with everything blooming anyway. This makes me think of flowers, birds, and butterflies. My card today is a fluttering butterfly that is pretty simple to create.
STAMPBUNDLE
This fluttering butterfly is created using the Beautiful Butterflies Bundle. The Hybrid Embossing Folder was used to create the embossed layer, as well as cut the large butterfly from the center. One swoop through the Cut & Emboss Machine and that section is complete.
Then all I had to do was Die cut the delicate butterfly from Basic White cardstock. I added the White and floral layer behind the embossed layer first. Then added the white butterfly with a single Glue Dot to the center of the body. This allows the wings to be free to float around a bit.
PAPERS
The “floral” part of the card is the DSP behind the butterfly cut out. This piece was chosen because of the small print and to carry on my purple theme. It is a beautiful piece of DSP from the Perennial Lavender Designer Series Paper.
To pair with the DSP, I chose Gorgeous Grape for the card base. And then added the embossed layer using Highland Heather. I really love these two colors together. The thin White layer helps the delicate butterfly to pop a bit. Plus brings out the bit of white in the DSP.
EXTRAS
There are not really much extra needed today. The beautiful embossing and the delicate butterfly are both wonderful. However there must be a little bling. So I chose the Purple Shimmer Gems to continue with my purple card. I have a smaller one on the butterfly body and then two of the larger size scattered around the card.
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Jackie
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My favorite colors from Stampin’ Up! are the Brights Collection. The Ocean Friends Suite is full of the Bright colors and feeds my need. Plus these papers just make me Smile!
And this one is a Fun Fold as well.
STAMPS
There are two different stamp sets used on this Fun Fold card. Both of the sentiments are from the Pattern of Friendship stamp set. The front sentiment is a definite favorite of mine. Cards should make us Smile, and this sentiment really does for me. And the inside Bubble looking font of Happy Birthday is from the same set.
To add some additional “sea” or “ocean” to the inside of the card, I added the bubbles around the sentiment. These are from the Ocean Friends stamp set. The bubbles paired with the starfish DSP and did not leave the inside as plain.
PUNCH
The fun sentiment layer on the front is made using the awesome Sweetest Star Punch. I really love this punch and was so happy it carried over. You may remember it from the Fall Mini Catalog. It was a bundle with a Mr. and Mrs. Claus stamp set. To create my focal layer, I stamped two of the stars and layered them on top of each other but spread out. It was easier to stamp the sentiment after punching out the star. Since the stamp set is photopolymer I could see placement perfectly. And much simpler than stamping and then trying to get it positioned where I wanted it when trying to punch.
PAPERS
These bright colors from the Friends of the Ocean Designer Series Paper are what created the card. I love the mix of Brights in the starfish piece. And I am old enough to remember when orange and pink were first paired together back in my younger days. I loved it back then as well as now. Both of these papers are from that DSP.
The card base is pulled from the DSP. I used Pumpkin Pie as the color. Lemon Lime Twist and Summer Splash are the two star colors. The card base is 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 and scored at 1 1/2 and 5 3/4 to make the fun fold. The smallest section is the bottom and I used Tear & Tape to close the edges. A gift card will fit in here as well as the sentiment layer.
The front DSP layers are placed on a Basic White layer that measures 5 X 3 3/4. To add this to the front of the card, I added my glue to the card front. This ensured I would not have too much glue and glue my card shut!
EXTRAS
The bling and ribbon are the two Extras today. It was used to join the two patterns of DSP together after adhering them to the Basic White base. Plus it gives a grounding spot for the star.
I chose the Sunny Day Iridescent Dots for my bling. There are three different colors in two different sizes on the package. I scattered all three colors around the card. These are also part of the Friends of the Ocean Suite of products.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
I don’t know how you work with ideas, but mine tend to get off track. The card I have today is one that started out as a case of one I received at OnStage. It included stamping on the DSP. I love doing that so that got me started. And then it veered way off from that inspiration card. They have nothing in common except for stamping on DSP! LOL!! That is ok because I feel it is more my own. Except I cannot help but laugh at myself. Here is the small amount of stamping on the DSP.
STAMPS& DIES
There is a bundle as well as the Elements of Text stamp set that I mentioned. Beginning with the stamping on DSP, I used the long and narrow stamp from the set. It is intended to be a background so I wanted a softer stamping. Basic Beige on this light DSP worked perfectly. It actually gave a light green look which worked perfectly with the large leafy piece.
The bundle is the Memorable Blooms Bundle. There is not a stamp for the large leaf, just a Die, but I love the presence it brings to the card. For the small floral image, I used Basic Gray to stamp on Very Vanilla cardstock. Then to keep the lighter tones going, I colored with Pretty In Pink Blends just around the edges. The leaves are colored with Old Olive Blends both light and dark.
PAPERS
There are several colors of cardstock, along with the simple piece of DSP. The card base is Old Olive to match the large leaf. (I did try Basic Beige for all light tones but it all faded together.) The embossed area is Crumb Cake for a lot of texture with one swipe of the embossing machine. Next is an off-center piece of Basic Beige. And on top of that is the DSP.
That little piece of DSP came from the Country Lace Designer Series Paper. Most of the sheets in this pack are softer colors. There are some darker blue sheets, but most seem to be a Basic Beige color. You can see the light pattern in the piece I chose. I really do love stamping on DSP!
EXTRAS
To create this card took several different Extra products. First is the Mini Corrugated 3D Embossing Folder. This creates a stand out texture layer. Then to add more texture, along with some bling, I wrapped the Gold Twisted Thread around those layers twice. A simple knot off to the side completed this. And finally a flour needs a butterfly. Now that Spring is trying to appear, I felt it appropriate to add a Brushed Brass Butterfly as the bling.
MEASUREMENTS
This card base of Old Olive measures 4 1/4 X 11 and is scored and folded at 5 1/2. The Crumb Cake embossed layer is 4 X 5 1/4. For the off-center pieces, the Basic Beige measures 3 X 4 1/2 and the DSP is 3 X 4. There is a piece of Very Vanilla as the inside layer of the card cut to 4 X 5 1/4.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
The Annual Catalog is coming to an end. So I am going through stamp sets that I have not shown enough love. Not necessarily ones that are staying or retiring, just ones that needed love. And I now have a fancy cake birthday card. This cake is almost too pretty to cut into!
STAMPS
This gorgeous cake is for a dear friend who loves lemon and loves berries. In looking through stamp sets I saw the Cake Fancy set. All of the stamped images are included in that set, along with quite a few more of the small detail stamps. This was a build and think about it type cake project! At the end I needed a simple sentiment. I found this small one in the Spring Corners stamp set.
These stamps are the distinctive type. They show shadows, etc. For the cake plate I began with Pretty Peacock Ink. Next came the lemon cake made with Daffodil Delight Ink. I stamped two layers for a special cake. Next came the berries. These are stamped three times using Blackberry Bushel Ink. The berries are what led to fussy cutting the cake out as they hung over the edges too far. And the daisies with their leaves were also fussy cut.
PAPERS
Once again there is no DSP used on a card. It is shocking!! Since I wanted a lemon cake, I used Lemon Lolly cardstock as the card base. Even though I used Daffodil Delight Ink for the cake. The lemon lolly ink is really light. Next comes Pretty Peacock as the layer. It began as a thin layer. Then when the cake got fussy cut, it needed more. So it was embossed to help everything stand out more.
EXTRAS
There are three Extras today! First is the embossed Pretty Peacock layer. I used the Distressed Tile 3D Embossing Folder. This folder is a favorite as it goes with almost any design and has great detail. Next is the Gold Open Weave Trim. We have previously had a silver version of this. I was amazed at how well this gold stood out against the Pretty Peacock. The cake needed a grounding spot and the trim makes a great one!
Finally the bling. I was undecided on what to use with the various textures and darker colors. Then I realized the flowers needed centers. And that led me to a color similar to the berries. These are the darker of the Purple Shimmer Gems. There are three shades and two different sizes of each. So I added large for the centers and then added a couple of the smaller ones like a berry fell off.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
My card to share today took a few different turns in it’s creation. I cased it from the little pamphlet we were given at OnStage for the After Hours stamping event. Ideas from templates and simple layouts inspire me. This one began as a male birthday, then brightened up to where it could be anyone’s birthday hug.
STAMP BUNDLES
There are two very different Stamp Bundles used to create this card front. The Hug comes from the Hearts & Hugs Bundle. I have to say that I am Not a fan of mice, gerbils, hamsters, etc! But this guy is cute on my card. LOL!! He is stamped using Pecan Pie Ink and then colored with Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blends. The sweet, and matching, sentiment is from the same set. I love embossing, but rarely think to do it. But I did think of it today. I White Embossed the sentiment to help it pop even though it is a smaller font.
The second Stamp Bundle is the Spring Corners Bundle. I love the “corner” stamps, but also this set of balloons is great for a number of uses. And the matching Die makes it so easy. These balloons are colored with Real Red, Azure Afternoon, and Light Night of Navy Stampin’ Blends. There are also a set of balloons on the inside of the card.
PAPERS
Deciding on papers was a bit different for this card. I did not even think of DSP. That is very unusual for me! The idea had been for a masculine card so I had thought of the blues, with a layer of Crumb Cake. I ended with Night of Navy as the card base, a layer of Crumb Cake, and then the Misty Moonlight embossed layer. When I began laying everything into place, I realized the huggy guy needed a grounding spot. Thinking it needed a bright, stand out, layer, this became the Real Red strip. And then it developed a bit further with Heat Embossing the sentiment to aid the small font in popping.
EXTRAS
There are two wonderful extras today. The gorgeous Forever Plaid 3D Embossing Folder created the wonderful layer of depth. This folder gives such detail to a card. And for a change of layout, I staggered the two layers instead of aligning them properly.
The final touch is bling. For this scenario I decided on darker bling. The Regal Foiled Adhesive Backed Dots are rich, deep colors. And since there is a dark blue and a red, they worked perfectly. I used both of those colors and scattered them around the card.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
I have been back from an Amazing Stampin’ Up! OnStage Event for a couple of days. A fun time was had for sure. We all received the upcoming Annual Catalog as well as some sneak peeks at upcoming May Online Exclusives. There are some awesome products in both releases.
This is a reminder to please check out the Online Exclusives currently available. Samples are shown with each product the same as in the catalog. I will admit that it has taken me a bit of time to get used to looking online. But then I think that I do this with most of the places I shop regularly. So why not with SU!
The card I have to share today is a simple Thank You type card. It is for all of you. You have all supported me in some way with my business and I am very grateful! This is a simple layout that can be simplified or taken up a notch, depending on your time or wishes.
STAMPS
The stamped images are both from the Memorable Blooms stamp set. There is a bundled Die set, but I opted to stamp the floral image on the larger white layer. I had chosen the DSP first so colored the floral with Stampin’ Blends to match the paper. The flowers are Pretty In PInk with Pretty Peacock as the leaves.
To add the sentiment layer was a bit of a trial! The way everything layed out did not leave much room. So I got creative and left a straight edge along the top and sides with the bottom fussy cut. I actually like how it turned out. To create this, I first fussy cut the sentiment and then layered that onto the Pretty Peacock paper. Then it was fairly easy to fussy cut around the fussy cut. LOL!!!
PAPERS
There are actually two different sheets of DSP used. Both are from the Lily Pond Lane Designer Series Paper. This 6X6 pack is so fun with the lily pond and duck images on one side and complimentary design sheets on the reverse. I have used two of the reverse sides. The sentiment layer is a soft dotted pattern. And the strip of little flowers is what brought in the Pretty Peacock cardstock. I chose that as the thin layers and Pretty In Pink as the card base.
The card base measures 5 1/2 X 8 1/2. I added the thin layer of Pretty Peacock at 5 1/8 X 3 7/8. That left the Basic White layer to 5 X 3 3/4. And the DSP strip on the left only runs the length of the White. It measures 1 1/8 X 3 3/4.
EXTRAS
The DSP strip and the fussy cut sentiment added some extra touches to the card layout. So it really did not require a lot of Extras! It did require bling however. I went with the extra bling in 5 Rhinestone jewels. They are scattered around the flowers and a single one added to the sentiment.
HOST CODE
My FEBRUARY HOST CODE is S2EYAW9N. Orders of $50.00 or more will receive an appreciation gift from me. I appreciate you choosing me as your demonstrator!
Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you enjoyed today’s project and will come back. I do read and reply to all of the comments individually. They mean a lot to me. Please reach out if you have a question.
Smile and Keep On Stamping,
Jackie
New Scrapbooking Catalog
The newest addition to Stampin’ Up! is an Online catalog of Scrapbooking products. You can see the catalog by clicking the photo below and save it to your computer.
Online Exclusives
New Online Exclusives have dropped. There are Halloween, Fall, Christmas, and many that are great year round. Of course the new Designer Series Papers and Embellishments are fabulous as well!
You can go directly to these in my Online Store by clicking HERE
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