Beautiful wings

I have used lots of butterflies on cards lately and these cards seem to be among the most popular with the people I show them to.  So I really feel justified in purchasing the Beautiful Wings butterfly die!

So here is the first of what will probably be many butterfly cards!!

I stamped the background with the Fresh Vintage stamp (sale-a-bration set) which I coloured in with stampin' write markers - quite time consuming but I love the effect!  I also finally worked out how to ruffle the seam binding ribbon!  My favourite bit though, which I copied from a picture I saw online, was using linen thread for the butterfly's body!

Stamps: Elementary Elegance (SAB), Fresh Vintage (SAB)

Card stock: Crumb cake, regal rose, very vanilla

Inks/markers: Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake

Equipment: Beautiful Wings die, Perfect Polka Dots and Vintage Wallpaper embossing folders, Curly Label punch

Others: Linen thread, Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon

Cheeky monkey

Yet another birthday card commission and this one was for a 2 year old boy.  I got out one of my favourite stamp sets - Fox and Friends and selected the very cute monkey stamp...

I was asked to personalise the card with the little boy's name so I used the Just Perfect Alphabet stamps using the Stamp-a-ma-jig to perfectly position the letters (kind of!!!).

Stamps: Fox and Friends, Just Perfect Alphabet

Card stock: Old Olive, Crumb Cake, So Saffron

Inks: Soft Suede

Equipment: Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Scallop Border Punch, Simple Numbers Dies

A wedding card

Another card commission - this time a wedding card and the brief was for a neutral colour scheme with birds! I first thought of using the Bird Builder punch but changed my mind. This is what I ended up creating...

I also made a coordinating gift tag and wrapping paper.

And my favourite part of the whole card was spritzing it with the shimmer mist I made by mixing a drop of champagne shimmer paint with some alcohol in a spray bottle - FUN!  You can just about see the subtle sparkle on this close up...

Stamps: Clearly For You, Tiny Tags, Elementary Elegance (SAB)

Card stock: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Ink: Crumb Cake

Equipment: Heart Punch, Wallpaper Embossing Folder

Others: Very Vanilla satin ribbon, antique brads, champagne shimmer paint

Fancy a cuppa?

So I got my big box of goodies delivered on Friday.  I had a busy weekend making a stack of cards commissioned by friends (pictures of these to follow...), but I managed to make 2 cards using the new products from the Summer Mini Catalogue.

The first uses the Tea Shoppe stamp set and new Framelits dies.  It's a fairly simple one - I needed a change from some of the more elaborate and labour intensive cards I've been making for my friends!!

It also uses the flourish from Everything Eleanor to make the steam coming from the teacup! The 'steam' is stamped sraight onto the card base and a window was cut out of the very vanilla using the framelits and then embossed.The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.

Stamps: Tea Shoppe, Everything Eleanor, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla

Inks: Crumb Cake, Regal Rose

Equipment: Framelits dies, Perfect Dots embossing folder, Word Window punch

Others: Pearls and Chantilly Lace Trim