Butterfly Wishes

This is my entry for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge this weekend, although I didn't use a cupcake image....I needed to make a card for Scrap Chic Boutique using the butterfly die and the patterned paper, so this sketch worked well.

I finally got around to using the CrafT Products Metallic Rub-ons that I bought at a stamp show a year ago....they are very fun and I'll be sure to use them some more. I used them on the embossed butterfly and I think it really makes the textures pop.

There's not a whole lot to this card (I seem to say that a lot....). I stamped a flourish in the bottom left and upper right corners because I have a hard time with white space. All of the swirls in the flourish stamps were colored over with my clear Spica marker, as were the purple swirls in the patterned paper. I also scribbled it all over the butterfly - I wish all the sparkle showed up in the photo.

The mats were all cutout with my Nestabilities. A little bling in the center of the butterfly and that's the card. Thanks for coming by. Hope you have a great week!

Card Details:
Paper: Glitz Design Gigi Swirls; green, purple and pale yellow card stock
Stamps: Autumn Leaves Elegant Flourishes; Savvy Stamps - sentiment
Bling - Heidi Swapp Pink Jewels
Marker - Copic Spica clear
Ink - Ranger Adirondack Eggplant
Metallic Rub-ons - Craf T Products

A Veritable Frenzy!

Here is my second card using the Basic Grey Euphoria Frenzy paper. The flowers and scrolls in the stamp reminded me of the paper. I stamped it first in Adirondack Cranberry and then decided I wanted more of a purple scheme so I overstamped it with Adirondack Eggplant. It's mounted on some of Marco's Paper's Stardreams Stationery - I love that stuff for its little bit of shimmer.

The extra wide scalloped grosgrain ribbon provides some interesting challenges. For this card I used a rub-on sentiment, which worked pretty well with the grosgrain. I layered a second, smaller ribbon on top, accompanied by a small ribbon slide. A few little Dew Drops in the upper left corner and - boom - you're done!

Hope you're having a great Fourth of July holiday! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Details:
Pattern Paper - Basic Grey Euphoria - Frenzy
Stamp - Autumn Leaves Botanicals
Rub-on - Die Cuts With a View
Ink - Ranger Adirondack Cranberry and Eggplant
Other - ribbon (lavender) - Scrap Arts, ribbon (wide grosgrain) - ??, Spellbinders Nestabilities, The Robin's Nest Dew Drops, Ribbon Slide - Making Memories

New Basic Grey

Here is another Scrap Chic Boutique design team card. The pattern papers are from the new Basic Grey Euphoria line. I stamped the main image using white ink and then dressed it up a bit with my Pink Copic Spica Marker and some rhinestones. The ovals were all cut out with my Spellbinders Nestabilities, as was the ribbon tag.

Have a great Fourth of July holiday! Thanks for stopping by!

Card Details:
Pattern Paper - Basic Grey Euphoria - Frenzy and Utopia
Stamps - Autumn Leaves Botanicals (flowers) and Stampendous (sentiment)
Rhinestones - Kaisercraft and Heidi Swapp (corner stickers)
Ink - Ranger Adirondack Cranberry and Stampabilities White Pigment Ink
Other - ribbon, Spellbinders Nestabilities, Copic Spica Marker - pink