Sparkling Swallowtails

Today I have a couple of cards to show you...one for my niece, the other for my upline.  I have to say I love this stamp!  It seems like there's so many different colors I can use with it. :)  

This first card is for my niece's birthday.  I know she loves yellow, but I needed to add a bit more color so I used Primrose Petals and Pretty in Pink.  First I inked the whole image in VersaMark, then sponged on the other colors.  After I stamped my image I covered it with Heat & Stick powder, then used the heat gun.  After that I poured Dazzling Diamonds all over it and used the heat gun again.  If you want lots of sparkle that's the way to do it!

Since I really liked my niece's card I thought I'd do another one using all of the 2012-2014 In Colors.  I made this as a thank you for my upline.  Whenever I need to borrow any of her stampin' stuff for my stamp a stacks she's more than willing to share...even at the last minute. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

First Card

Stamp Set:  Swallowtail

Card Stock:  Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Daffodil Delight, Pretty in Pink 

& Primrose Petals

Versa Mark

Heat & Stick Powder

Stampin' Glitter:  Dazzling Diamonds

Second Card  

Stamp Sets:  Swallowtail & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Raspberry Ripple & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Raspberry Ripple, Primrose Petals,

Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green & Midnight Muse

Versa Mark

Punch:  Elegant Butterfly

Embossing Folder:  Fancy Fan

Heat & Stick Powder

Stampin' Glitter:  Dazzling Diamonds

Bashful-Wisteria Roses

Since it's Sunday that means it's time for another Red Hot Stampers' challenge card.  I decided to go through my supplies to try and find something I hadn't used in a while.  That's when I found my Manhattan Flower Embossing Folder.  I ran it through the Big Shot, sponged the roses, then spritzed them...gotta make them shimmer! :)  Don't forget to check out other cards made using this sketch over at the Red Hot Stampers blog here.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Blooming with Kindness

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Wisteria Wonder & Bashful Blue

Embossing Folder:  Manhattan Flower

Framelits:  Apothecary Accents

Sponges

Pool Party Pop-Up Posies

Today I have a few last things to show you that I made using the Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit..specifically the pool party flowers.  I hope you enjoy each way I made the flowers.  I wasn't so sure about this set since I like to come up with my own 3-D flowers, but after playing with it and quickly and easily making flowers it won me over. :)  There are so many other samples online line that you can check out too.

With this flower I snipped each of the petals in half, put in the brad, then folded each of the petals forward to give it some depth.

On this flower I sponged around the edges of the petals with Island Indigo ink, put the brad in, then crumpled the petals.  The darker ink really adds some character to the flower.  I actually forgot I had made a little note card that I had slipped inside of this little envelope until I grabbed it to take some pics. lol

These were actually my favorite flowers and of course the hardest to make!  When I was messing around with the flowers I found I could make the crocuses by folding them a certain way.  I know...crocuses aren't blue.  I even checked online and they are pretty much all white, purple or yellow.  I decided to make them anyway because they were unique and they made me look forward to the first flowers that pop up in my yard every spring. :)

  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Pretty Petites (Sale-a-bration 2013) 

& Teeny Tiny Wishes

Card Stock:  Pool Party, Crumb Cake, So Saffron & Certainly Celery

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Pool Party & Island Indigo

Stampin' Write Marker:  Wisteria Wonder

Punch:  Petite Curly Label (Sale-a-bration 2013)

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Bigz Dies:  Scallop Envelope & Fancy Favor

Ribbon:  Sycamore Ribbon & Button Pack (Sale-a-bration 2013)

Pop-Up Posies Designer Kit

Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Sponges

Pretty in Polka Dots

Yesterday was my daughter's birthday so I thought I'd make her a card with a dress on it.  I guess this is actually a challenge I got from my upline quite a while ago...make a card using the Dress Up Framelits Die.  Since the weather didn't cooperate a lot this past winter one of our meetings was cancelled...so I must confess I never did it until now. :(  I just made a nice and simple card by adding our smallest pearls as a necklace and folding the 3/8" taffeta ribbon in half and adding it as a belt.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

Designer Series Paper

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Island Indigo

Embossing Folder:  Perfect Polka Dots

Framelits:  Dress Up

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Pretty Papillon Potpourri

These cute little 3x3 cards and small box were another thing I made to feature paper-piercing using the Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack.  I guess you really can't see the paper-piercing unless you click on the pic so it comes up bigger, but it outlines the butterflies.  I was also looking through the "Less is More" challenge and these fit the category this week...keep it clean and simple, and frame it!  The little "frames" are easy to make using two square punches.

I had to add more than one pic to get a few different views of the cards. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Papillon Potpourri

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Red, Daffodil Delight,

Garden Green & Pacific Point

StazOn:  Black

Punches: 1 1/4" Square, 1 3/8" Square & Elegant Butterfly

Occasions Paper-Piercing Pack

Shimmer Paint:  Champagee Mist

Sponges

Chalkboard Technique with Elements of Style

Today's card is a technique I've never tried before that I saw over on the Friday Mashup...the chalkboard technique.  I was going to use this as one of my stamp a stack cards, but thought it would take me a lot more work to prep it than it would take the ladies to make it.  I've got to keep their cards at least a little challenging, right? ;)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Elements of Style

Card Stock:  Basic Black, Primrose Petals & Whisper White

Versa Mark

Stamin' Emboss Powder:  White

StazOn Ink:  White

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Ribbon:  3/8" Stitched Satin in Primrose Petals

Celebrate Today!

Today's card is another one of my March stamp a stack cards that was inspired by the Paper Craft Crew card sketch challenge.  I wanted to use a color I haven't used in a while, so I decided on Calypso Coral.  I also wanted to show the ladies how easy it is to make a small flower using the creped filter paper.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Hello Doily & Perfectly Penned

Card Stock:  Calypso Coral & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad: Calypso Coral

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Ribbon:  3/8" Ruffled in Calypso Coral 

& 3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Spritzed Creped Filter Paper 

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist