Butterflies in Blues

 Welcome to my blog today! I'm back with the second sympathy card that I've needed this month. I've used my latest favorite, the Butterfly Escapade Embossing Folder and Cutting Die. 

I've loved using this folder to provide beautiful texture and having the die is a great option for cutting one or two of the largest butterflies to use as a focal point. Using a pale blue card stock, I added the embossing and then used the coordinating stencil to add colors in blues and green. This is so easy!

I die cut the butterfly from this panel and then placed it over a white card base, curling the butterfly wings to let a bit of the white show through. Although there is a die to use for the butterfly's body, I accented it instead with pearls. 

The prayers is made up of three die cut layers, and the sentiment is stamped in blue. It's a rainy day and the photos don't begin to show how pretty the real life details are. I love this card so much and thoroughly enjoyed making it. This will be a go-to next time I need a sympathy card. I'm thinking of how to decorate the envelope and the inside; but wanted to get this posted today.  It's going out in the mail soon! 

Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks so much for your visit, it always brings a smile and brightens my day! 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Other supplies:

More with the Butterfly Escapade HERE
Altenew inks - Deep Blue Seas and Green Meadows
SSS and Hero Arts - Prayers Die and Clear Set . This is an oldie but a big favorite of mine.

Challenges:
SSS Wednesday Challenge  Make It Feminine
Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
Triple B  Birds, Butterflies and Blooms
The Neglected Stuff Challenge 
Can You Handle the Pressure?

Honeybell Floral WIth Sympathy

Just a note to say hello. 

I know none of us really like to make sympathy cards, but there comes a time to send them. I don't usually like to keep them on hand. It seems more meaningful to me to make one that can be personalized and made special for the recipient when I get the sad news.  Now today, I need to send two! Here's the first one. 

I prefer light colors and simple layouts for sympathy cards. 

Choosing three shades of rose/pink I used the Honeybell Floral Wafer Die, cutting the images twice, and adding inking to the edges of the pieces. 

I found a fence die that's been camped out in my stash for a few years. It holds the flowers nicely!

I debated inking a cloud-filled sky versus keeping a white background. I decided to go very very light with the sponging, and I'm glad I did. Altenew Blue Horizon ink is my new favorite for clouds. 

A very light swipe of yellow for the butterfly completes the scene. 

I will wish you a happy weekend, enjoy sunshine and special times with the ones you love! See you next week. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Playing at:
NBUS  Never-been-used-stuff 

Triple B - Birds, Butterflies, and Blooms 

Supplies: 

from my stash - sentiment, MFT prairie fence, MFT cloud stencil

New - first time use - Honeybell Floral Die - SSS

Butterfly is from Butterfly Escapade EF, dies, and stencils - SSS

Beautiful Butterfly Escapades

Hello there! I hope you're having a great day!

I have a card to share today using the brand new to me Butterfly Escapades Embossing Folder and Dies from Simon Says Stamp. Deciding to order this came as a bit of delayed reaction. Apparently I'm not the only one as it is now sold out. In the order with it came many goodies from the Artsy Butterflies card kit that Simon Says Stamp offered last month. I didn't think I needed it but changed my mind after seeing so many beautiful butterfly creations! 

Delicate pastel card stock with rich embossing, a bit of inking and layered butterflies came together so nicely! Using an arched die cut, I used the Spotlight technique adding a white panel for the focal point. The sentiment is from Honeybee stamps, cut in gold mirror card stock to match the butterfly body.

 I'd like to try this card again, and I will hope the photos better show how really soft the colors are. I absolutely love the new card stock colors of the In My Heart I Want It All collection. I'm not known to use purple hues often, but I am a fan of this soft shade used in the card front. 

Be forewarned, there will be an abundance of butterfly creations coming. 

I will add this to the challenges listed:

NBUS Challenge #85
Just Us Girls - Die Cutting, the Spotlight Technique
Triple B - Birds, Butterflies, or Blossoms

A Cut Above ATG
Let's Craft and Create Challenge: Beautiful Butterflies

Thanks so much for your kind visit. Take care!

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

 

Vintage Wonderland

 Hello friends, welcome to a new week. 

I am one of those who can enjoy hearing and singing a Christmas carol anytime of year, so when I saw the Jingle Belles Challenge "Walking in a Vintage Wonderland" I got to stamping and humming!

I bought the Nostalgic Christmas set (SSS) last year and thought at first of using the ornaments for today's card. When I saw the deer, and remembered my vintage papers (Yuletide - from Scrapbook.com) I changed directions. Here you have it!

My favorite of the papers is this snowy scene. The die from Penny Black (Classy Frames) captures a snippet and gives me a focal point for the greenery and sentiment. 

I added a bit of sparkle to the greenery and the deer with texture paste and a few gems. It's a super bright day so they're hard to see in the photo. The tag and tiny sentiment are from The Greetery. 

It is nice having one card for Christmas in the hopper.  Last year I chose not to mail cards BUT... I made up for it by buying new stuff! As you will see in coming days, this seems to be a pattern. And I love it! 

I'm still recovering from being sick, and this wonderful hobby gives me so much pleasure. Your visit is fun too, wishing you a great day!

Entering this to the Jingle Belles and Krafty Chicks. See you soon! 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Joyful Day

 Hello, it's a new day! Mine has begun very early since I could not sleep. I'll bet you can guess what I did in the pre-dawn wakening. I made a card!

The background panel was ready-to-go already made with a stencil, it's from Waffle Flower Puffy Squares stencil. The boots are by Penny Black (as is the sentiment) and the flowers are bits and bobs from a few places. Figuring out what to fill the boots with and how to arrange it was the hardest part of the card! I added some shading with Copics to the boots.

It will be just in time to share at The Paper Players which ends today.

 Their challenge is a theme of spring showers which I really wanted to join since I've had this boot die on my desk for at least a month. It was bought last year and I am glad to use it for the first time now. I will head on over to share this at NBUS  as well.  I hope you can make it a great day, and take care. Thanks for coming by to visit. 

Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

It's Time for Tic-Tac-Toe!

It's time for a Tic Tac Toe Challenge, I'm glad to be here to share with you today.

I'm posting a slimline card filled with kites. I love flying kites at the beach!  

Our board offers some fun options for your creativity. I chose the left vertical column: Slimline, Pastel colors and Encouraging Sentiment.

The kites really needed the slimline size to soar! The panel was embossed and color added with stencils. Inking with pastels gives a dreamy look. I left the blue sky and sunshine for you to imagine and added sequins instead to this already busy scene. 

I can't wait to see what ideas our board will prompt for you! Please join our gallery at Tic Tac Toe Challenge as we'd love to see how you are inspired!

Just a personal note - I'm following up some busy days with some recovery time from bronchitis. If I don't even feel like stamping, then I must be pretty sick, lol! This will pass. Soon, I hope! 

 Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!

Supplies: Spellbinders Flying Kites Stencils and embossing folder

Simon Says Stamp - Happy Day stamps and dies

Sparkle for Spring

It's been a busy time! Lots of household improvements going on including having the walls and kitchen cupboards painted. It's lovely to have it finished. Also, I'm teaching a local Papercrafting class, so there was prep work to plan and assemble the projects. 

It just happens, a found a new card recently made and photographed. Ready to share! 

The flowers were embossed in gold, colored using inks and stencils, and die cut. I love having the bouquet arranged for me so it is cut in one pass. Layering it on a scalloped stitched panel and a stitched frame made it easy to assemble. The stamps are Flowers for the Soul from Pinkfresh Studio.The sentiment is a favorite.

The gold thread, gold embossing and gold metallic gems add some sparkle! I'm happy to play at The Paper Players. I love a good TTT challenge and used the middle row across; sparkle, flowers, embossing and the right row vertically; sentiment, embossing, layers. 

  Wishing you a wonderful day and much joy. Thanks for coming by!

         Be yourself

         Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!