Another Butterfly....

Another challenge with a butterfly! Such fun... and a great time to try the Rounded Diamond stamp and die set. I am taking part in the CAS(e) This Sketch Challenge 127.

Here's my card:

Stamping the middle sized rounded diamond with Staz-on black, and sponging Distress inks in green, dropping waterspots to get the inks to move. Purposely sponging outside the rounded shapes, I added the butterfly that was die cut from watercolor paper that was painted with blues and sponged on the edges with black, sequins added also.

The body of the butterfly is made with black thread and attached with foam tape. The greeting is embossed on vellum... "If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.."

Isn't that true!

Tags...

Tags are new for me... crazy, right? Everything to make cards and I rarely make tags for gifts! Well I decided to try for the Tag You're It Challenge #23...

Here are my tags...

since we give the grandkids gifts on their birthdays and their siblings "un-birthday" gifts, I left room to fill in "un" on the tags!

This weekend we're off to PA for Will's 8th birthday. Emma loves owls so I thought that would make great tags for their gifts! Ahhh... the SU owl punch! Haven't used it in an age....

The cupcake punch worked well on this tag too! I made many of each...

A new trend!

Happy Father's Day

Playing around with the Rounded Diamonds dies and I came up with this Father's Day card for John...

Again I had trouble photographing it ... On Kraft card stock using a pattern paper I cut out the first diamond, and stamped right on the card base the greeting. Then with the larger diamond cut from Kraft, I stamped the "you're the best and gold embossed it.

Using the pattern piece that was cut from the original piece, I cut the smallest diamond to make a frame and attached it to the large diamond! Added a little heart and "Viola!" It's a wrap!

The greeting is stamped in black and then embossed with clear powder, making it look like it has a shadow... It is from a Hero Arts set that I use all the time!

It's true... he is the best! Happy Father's Day, John!

Butterfly: Thanks

When I used the stencil for the butterfly Here, I wondered what the negative space would look like.

Here's my card:

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The color is almost too soft to photograph! After masking with the butterfly and the border edge, I used Distress Inks - blues and yellows, then splattered them around the stencil. I also spotted some water to make the colors move a little more... Stamping "happy" in yellow...

... and happy birthday inside the card, with a smaller stamped butterfly. Very simple but will make an easy birthday card to have on hand.

Here's another card for I made for a challenge... even though I was too late.

It is very similar to the other but reminded me of the blue swallowtails that I sometimes am lucky enough to catch a glimpse of in summer! Love the easy style of this card...

Next I need a Father's Day card for John...

CAS(E) This Sketch

Another challenge to try... and a stamp set that I've never used before!

Here's my card for the first time at this challenge ...

What a great stamp set... I had more fun with this one! Clearly Besotted makes it with matching dies, although I didn't use the dies. I stamped the two leaves sections, and then added the layer stamping again where it overlapped. Next I added the strawberries.

The greeting is stamped in Stazon Black until the last "scrumptious" was a mistake that I had to cover and then embossed the word in black, also stamping the smaller strawberry and layering it on the top layer. Good save after all the other work! Ink colors are SU Pure Poppy and Gumball Green.

The larger layer is attached with fun foam which gives dimension hard to see in the picture.

Don't you just love a good strawberry?

Make It Monday: Neutrals

So since I am brave enough to start a watercolor class... I should take on a challenge or two. The butterfly card went to The Card Concept and I think I am ready to try another...

Here's my card for Make It Monday ...

Using a neutral color for the background, I sponged a light tan over a stencil on the masked card base. Then stamped PTIs Fruit Fusion: Berry strawberries with red and green. The greeting is with black, a sentiment from a Clearly Besotted set.

It is amazing how that neutral stenciled background affects the card!

Watercolor Thank you

For my birthday, our son and his family gave me all kinds of beginner art supplies for my new venture into watercoloring. How thoughtful! Of course I had no more idea of what to do with them, or what I should get. The good thing about the class, is that everything is provided.

So I decided that the thank you should be part of the first lesson... real stretch for me as the newest recruit! Here's my card...

It is done "freehand" on the paper and with the paint and brushes they got for me... then I put it on a card base and added my new favorite PTI Super Swoosh!

It works, right :)