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 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

 

Winged Masterpiece

 I had a chance to experiment with a technique I saw demonstrated by Melissa Johnson using alcohol markers on vellum. I used gold embossing powder on the dragonfly stamp and  I was pleased with how it turned out. So now I had a dragonfly, but what to do with it. 

Then I saw the card challenge at Heart 2 Heart Challenges where the colour challenge this week is gold and I knew just what to do. I used Distressed Oxides to create the background and matted it on a second background of gold. All it needed then was a few embellishments and it was done. 

Materials Used:

Paper: Daisy White Cardstock, Gold Glitter Paper

Ink: Candied Apple Distress Oxide Ink, Tattered Rose Distress Oxide Ink, Fired Brick Distress Oxide

Adhesive: Tombow Permanent Adhesive,glue

Embossing Supplies: Princess Gold Embossing Powder, Versamark, heat tool

Embellishments: gems