spread your wings

 Hello, friends!  Today I have two cards for the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps March release. I could feel spring trying to come today and I don't know about you, but I am ready for butterflies and flowers! This new butterfly set is called Spread Your Wings. I also used a new Leaf Branch Stencil and the previously released Script Background.

Product links: Spread Your Wings Stamp & Die Bundle, Leaf Branch Stencil, and Script Background. Spread Your Wings is also available separately... Stamp set and Die Set.

I love the blue & purple color combo in my first card. I brushed the stencil with the same shade of blue and stamped the script in a light gray. The measurements of the panels are: white- 2 x 3 3/4 and two 1 x 3 3/4, purple mats- 2 1/8 x 3 7/8, and two 1 1/8 x 3 7/8.

My second card is CAS. I decided to make a rainbow of butterflies and popped them all up with foam dimensionals. It still looked like it needed a bit of something so I threw on a few scattered rhinestones.

Have a great day!

Diane

Big Bold Butterfly

 Hi Stampers!

This is Michelle from East Bay Stamp Chick with a card share.

Today's card features a big, bold butterfly from the new stamp set Garden Whimsy.

This butterfly is so fun to color. I love all the bold colors. I used alcohol ink markers to color it. The sentiment is also from the same set. For the background I used the new Delightfully Delicate stencil. Here's a closer look at them.

I added some sequins and heat embossed the sentiment and the card is done. So easy!

I hope you have some fun crafting this weekend!

begin again

Good morning! Today I have a CAS card to share with a new Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps set called Begin Again. If you like butterflies, this set is for you! I also used the new May Stamp of the Month: Encouraging Thoughts sentiment set and mixed it up with the With Love Alpha set to create the word "day".

I cut out and added one of the smaller butterflies (minus it's antennae) over top of the large one, only attaching it in the body. Then I bent the wings forward and adhered a rhinestone.

This card is quick & easy...give it a try! Have a great day!

Diane

butterflies x4

Good morning! I have FOUR cards to share using the Sweet ‘n Sassy February Stamp of the Month: Made New. These butterflies are so pretty and very versatile. Last week I shared two other cards with them...they're so fun to use! For my cards today I also used these SNSS stamp sets: Forever & Always, Typewriter Blocks Alpha, Nature Silhouettes, and Long Stem Silhouettes.

 

I stamped them in lots of colors for my background on the first card, then the black one was popped up with dimensionals.

 

 

I colored a rainbow of butterflies on my second card...

 

For the third card I die cut the top corner and sponged some inks on the layer behind it. Flowers were stamped with the same colors and the butterfly was colored to match.

 

This last card started out a disaster as I had one mistake after another. I was too stubborn to toss it after all the effort put into it so I kept going. LOL! In the end, I liked it after all. :)

 

Have a great day!

Diane

 

 

 

Made New

 Hello! It's Monika here today showcasing the February Stamp of the Month: Made New. I love butterflies so this is my kind of set. 

For my first card, I stamped all the butterflies on vellum with Versamark Ink, then I heat embossed the images with white embossing powder. The background was stamped with a retired swirl background image, then it was colored with Brea Reese shimmer paint. I also stamped one of the butterflies on water color card stock (twice), and colored them with pink shimmer paint, cut the images out then layered them on top of each other, using foam tape. 

My second card is a simple design... the alcohol ink background (Tim Holtz inks with gold foil) does take a little bit of time to create, but I had that already on my desk, waiting to be used... it is perfect with the simple vellum butterfly (stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder) and the word strip... 

I hope I have inspired you to craft today!

Thank you for stopping by,

Monika