Blue Belle Butterflies

Butterflies and more butterflies! I just can’t seem to stop reaching for these stamps to create with theses days. I have enjoyed experimenting with different papers, inks and techniques to create these cards. 

This card was created for the Festive Friday Challenge FF0080. The three elements I chose to use were blue, butterflies and ribbon. I used the Layered Floral Background Thin Cut on both sides of Blue Belle Cardstock and Blue Belle Glitter Paper in between. I then adhered the ribbon before gluing it to the card (this I have learned the hard way - several times!) The butterfly is from the Stamp of the Month - Winged Masterpiece, which I have used (see previous posts) to create several cards. I stamped the butterfly with Blue Belle ink and used White Opal Liquid Pearls on the centers of the flowers. I fussy cut the butterfly out and glued the body onto the card.

Materials used:

Paper: Blue Belle Cardstock, Blue Belle Glitter Paper, White Card & Envelope, White Daisy Card Stock

Ink: Blue Belle Ink Pad

Stamps: Winged Masterpiece

Embellishments: White Opal Liquid Pearls

Thin Cuts: Layered Floral Background Thin Cut

Adhesives: white glue, Tombow Permanent Adhesive

This card came about by happenstance. Had the Blue Belle paper out from the previous card, had the scalloped circle done for another card challenge, but it wasn’t looking just right on that card, and I had butterflies on the brain. So what to do?  Color My Heart Color Challenge Challenge #437 is a 3-2-1 Challenge. So I used Blue Belle Cardstock and Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans and Broken China Distress Oxides to create the other blended colours. For the neutrals I used Daisy White cardstock and Black Ink, and for the metallics I used the Blue Belle Loose Sequins. The butterfly background was stamped with the two butterflies in Versamark and then embossed with white embossing powder. I then used the Distressed Oxide Inks to create the coloured background. I cut two pieces of Blue Belle and used the Fancy Border thin cut on an angle for the top and bottom and popped the scalloped circle up with leftover foam squares. I added some of the sequins for a little bit of shimmer.

Materials Used:

Paper: Blue Belle, Daisy White Cardstock, 

Ink: Blue Belle Ink Pad, 

Distressed Oxides: Chipped Sapphire, Faded Jeans, Broken China, Mini Ink Blending Tool

Thin Cuts: Scalloped Circle, Fancy Borders Thin Cuts

Stamps: Every Thank You, Love So Sweet

Embellishments: Blue Belle Loose Sequins

Embossing: Versamark Ink Pad, White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Adhesives: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, 3-D Foam Dots

 

Winged Masterpiece Card

 I find myself going back to our March Stamp of the Month: Winged Masterpiece after seeing all of the wonderful cards being created. Next year will mark the 50th wedding anniversary of a wonderful couple and I knew that I had some 

Gold Glitter Paper and some Princess Gold Embossing Powder and I could not wait to get started. I used the gold glitter paper as the bottom mat and then used the Spring Blossoms Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of white cardstock.  I used Versamark and the Princess Gold Embossing Powder to stamp the butterfly and the sentiment onto Vellum Paper. I glued the body and antenna of the butterfly down on top of the sentiment strip. (making sure to cut the strip a little bit longer to fold over the edges of the embossed mat to hide the glue - a lesson learned from past experiences.) Then hoping it was not going too overboard with the gold, added a few Gold Glitter Gems.

Materials Used:

Stamps: Winged Masterpiece

Paper: Vellum Paper, White Cardstock, White Cards & Envelopes, Gold Glitter Paper

Embossing: Princess Gold Embossing Powder, Versamark, heat tool

Embossing Folder: Spring Blossoms Embossing Folder

Adhesive: white glue, Tombow Permanent Adhesive

Embellishment: Gold Glitter Gems

Winged Masterpiece Take Two

This card was inspired by one that was created by Allisa Steinlicht. It also follows the parameters of The Three Room Studio Saturday Challenge (How lucky was that???). I used black cardstock as an outer mat, and white cardstock for the top mat. I ran a length of the Black Shimmer Trim across the middle of the card horizontally (I especially like how it already has adhesive on it). Then I got out my brand new Charcoal Shimmer Brush and created some shimmery splatters around the top of the card. The butterfly was created with black embossing powder and cut out afterwards. I glued down the body and the antennae to the top of the card and bent the wings back a bit for added dimension. I added a sentiment to the bottom right corner. I love the simplicity of this card!

Materials Used:

Stamps: Winged Masterpiece

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Black cardstock

Inks: Charcoal Shimmer Brush

Embossing: Versamark Ink Pad, Black Embossing Powder, heat tool

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive, glue

Ribbon: Black Shimmer Trim