Watercolor Wings - Just for You

Yes the retirement list is out, and one of the stamps on the list is one on my favourites - "Water Color Wings" on Pg. 134 as well as the accompanying "Bold Butterfly Framelits" on Pg. 213.  I do so hate to see them go, so today I am making a card with this favourite of mine

The Stamparatus makes triple stamping so much easier, so of course I used this new tool to stamp the butterfly.  I stamped it in now time!

Colors for the butterfly, in the order stamped:  Powder Pink, Berry Burst, Tranquil Tide
Sentiment stamped in Tranquil Tide.

The butterfly was die cut with the retiring Bold Butterfly Framelit, and adhered by the body of the butterfly only, to a delicate doillie which  was placed on top of a Lots of Labels framelit which I embossed with the Striped Embossing Folder.

Some glitter enamel dots were added to the bottom and top butterfly wings.

The base card is Berry Burst, layered with Whisper White and then Fresh Florals Specialty DSP (Berry Burst).  Some 1/4" Metallic Edge Berry Burst was added to the left side of the card , wrapping it around the Whisper white and DSP layers.  A bow was added at the top.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Water Color Wings
Inks:  Powder Pink, Berry Burst, Tranquil Tide
Papers:  Berry Burst, Whisper White, Fresh Florals DSP
Accessories:  Bold Butterfly Framelits, Labels Framelit, Stripes Embossing Folder, Glitter Enamel Dots, Stamparatus, Doillie

Gift of Love - SUO Challenges #171

The theme this week at SUO Challenges is "A Favorite April Theme".  There's no secret of my love of flowers, and April is a month when flowers begin to grow and bloom in my garden and the bees begin to return.

So, a flower, with bees, is my favorite April theme.

 The flower was stamped using  the 2-step stamping technique using Flirty Flamingo and Garden Green inks. I touched up the flowers with coordinating colored markers, and some blue coloring was added to delineate the shadows. And of course I had to add a cute little bee which I colored with markers.

Some texture was added using the Timeless Texture "dot" stamp.

The image was die cut using the Labels framelit, matting the top and bottom with Flirty Flamingo card stock. It was added to the card front using dimensionals.

Whisper White cardstock with a 2" piece of diagonal striped Flirty Flamingo DSP constitute the card front. A piece of 3/8" ruched Flirty Flamingo ribbon was placed along the edge of the DSP, and a bow made with that ribbon adhered to the lower edge of the die cut image.

A vertical sentiment is placed on the left side of the focal image, with an image of a bee on both ends.

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Gift of Love, Timeless Texture, Vertical Greetings
Inks: Black Memento, Flirty Flamingo, Garden Green, Markers (Flirty Flamingo, Always Artichoke, Daffodil Delight, Basic Black, Soft Sky)
Papers: Flirty Flamingo, Whisper White, Flirty Flamingo DSP
Accessories: Labels Framelits, 3/4" circle punch, 3/8" Flirty Flamingo ruched ribbon, dimensionals, blender pen

Easter Basket

This Easter basket was made using a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers here.
The basket (bucket) is made using 3 pillow boxes and is fairly easy to make.

Stamps: Honeycomb Happiness, Wackly Wishes
Inks: Soft Suede, Black Memento, Markers(Daffodil Delight, So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie)
Papers: Soft Suede, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Delightful Dijon, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Wildflower Fields DSP
Accessories: Pillow Box die (retired), large brads, Circle framelits, Scallop circle die (retired) Fun Flower die (retired), Label Framelits, rhinestones, retired ribbon, dimensionals, rhinestones.

Happy Birthday with Tulip Flowers

This stamp is originally an Easter stamp, but I cut off the sentiment so that the stamp is more versatile.
This stamp would make a wonderful Birthday card, so that's what I did.

The tulips were stamped with Black Memento ink and coloured with blendabilities (Melon Mambo and Old Olive).  I then cut the tulips out. 

A small oval was die cut using Whisper White cardstock, and the edges pierced with the Occasions Paper Piercing Pack and a Paper Piercer.  This was adhered to a Melon Mambo label framlet die cut using dimensionals.

The tulips were adhered to the white oval and dazzling details added to the edges of the blooms.

The basic card is Melon Mambo, layered with Whisper White cardstock embossed with the Polka dot embossing folder.  Two sizes of banners were die cut using the Banners Framelits - the larger one using Sweet Taffy DSP; the smaller one in Old Olive which had been embossed with the Tiny Triangles Embossing folder.  The two banners were adhered together and then added to right side of the Whisper White cardstoc.

The focal image was adhered to the upper left.  Below this image, a Melon Mambo bow, made with the Bow Builder punch, was added.

The sentiment, stamped in Old Olive, is from "Big Day" (SAB)

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