Bird and Branches - another catalogue sneak peak - Paper Craft Crew Challenge #377

I have a nest of Robins in the tree in my back yard and their comings and goings provide endless entertainment for myself as I garden.

The Birds and Branches bundle in the upcoming catalogue evoked memories of this, so I decided to use this bundle for the horizontal sketch challenge with the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #337.

On an Early Espresso card base, layered with Calypso Coral card stock, is an embossed Whisper White layer upon which the focal image is built.  Both the Whisper White and Calypso Coral layer are die cut using the Rectangle Stitched dies.

The images are stamped on a separate piece of Whisper White, except the branches which were die cut with Mossy Meadow card stock.  They were then added to the lower left of the embossed layer as shown.

The images were stamped as follows and then die cut with the Birds and Blooms dies:

Nest:  Crumb Cake, and sponged with Soft Suede

Eggs:  Pool Party

Bird:  Crumb cake.  Breast coloured with Calypso Coral Stampin Blend, sponged with Soft Suede

Feet in Black Memento,

Sentiment:  stamped in Mossy Meadow and die cut with Tasteful Label Die.

Summary of Products Used:

Stamp:  Birds and Branches

Inks:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Pool Party, Calypso Coral

Papers:  Early Espresso, Calypso Coral, Whisper White, Mossy Meadow

Accessories:  Birds and More dies, Layered Leaved Embossing Folder, Tasteful Label Die, Dimensionals

Inks:  Soft Suede, Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Early Espresso

More Butterfles, Only Punched

Butterflies seem to be very popular this year, with not one, but two stamp sets featuring these winged creatures in the Occasions catalogue.

The last three posts featured cards made using the Butterfly Beauty framelits. Today's post features a card made using the Butterfly Gala stamp set and it's coordinating Butterfly Duet punch.

The butterflies were stamped with Black Memento on Whisper White, coloured with Mint Macaron blendabilites. They were then punched with the Butterfly Duet punch.

The base card is Mint Macaron card stock, layered with Whisper white embossed with the Layered Petal embossing folder.

On the left is a 2" strip of Love What You Do DSP edged on both sides of Mint Macaron card stock punched using the Ribbon Edge Punch.

Before adhering this to the card base, 1/4" organza ribbon and bow, coloured with the Mint Macaron blendability. is added. The sentiment, stamped in Mint Macaron, is added to the lower right.

The two larger and one smaller butterflies were added to the card front as shown in the picture on the left and Clear Wink of Stella applied to their wings.

Three pearls were coloured with a Blackberry Bliss blendability and added to the upper right.

The stamens of the butterflies were stamped after the butterflies were attached to the card.

On the left shows a close up of the wonderfully detailed butterflies.











Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Butterfly Gala
Inks:  Black Memento, Mint Macaron,  Mint Macaron and Blackberry Bliss blendabilites
Papers:  Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Love What You Do DSP
Accessories:  Butterfly Duet punch, Decorative ribbon edge punch, Pearls, Layered Leaves embossing folder, Clear Wink of Stella, 1/4" white organza ribbon coloured

All a Flutter -Butterflies Everywhere

I'll never forget the time I went to the Butterfly Emporium on the other side of Toronto.  It was winter and as I walked into a hot humid room I gasped with surprise! Large  butterflies with turquoise wings were flying around everywhere! Their beauty and grace astonished me.   One landed on my head and I stood still with bated breath, not wanting  to scare it, not wanting it to leave.

When I saw the Butterfly Gala stamp set memories of that day came flooding back.  My card today reflects, in some way, those memories.  I wore a polka dot shirt that day, with  dark burgundy pants.

The "Share what you Love" DSP was perfect and provided the colour scheme for the rest of the card.
The card base of Mint Macaron was layered with Whisper White  embossed with the Layered Leaf  Embossing Folder.

On top of this was added a strip of dotted  DSP with Mint Macaron strips punched with the Decorative Ribbon Punch along both long sides. I coloured some 1/4" white organza ribbon with a Mint Macaron blendability and placed it on the left side of the DSP before attaching it to the Whisper White layer.

On a separate piece of Whisper White card stock, two butterfly pairs (each stamp is comprised of a large and small butterfly) and coloured them with a Mint Macaron Stampin' Blendability.  They were then punched with the Duet Butterfly punch and the edges sponged with Basic Gray ink. Clear Wink of Stella applied to their wings gave them an almost  translucent appearance.

Glue dots were used to adhere the butterflies to the card front.  One of the smaller ones was added to the top of the sentiment, which is from "All Things Thanks"; the second one was reserved for the inside of the card. Their little antennae were stamped directly onto the card front.

A Blackberry Bliss blendability was used to colour three pearls which were then placed on the upper right of the card.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: Butterfly Gala, All Thing Thanks

Inks:  Black Memento, Mint Macaron (Light and dark) Blendabilities, Blackberry Bliss Blendability, Mint Macaron marker

Papers:  Mint Macaron, Whisper White, Share What You Love DSP

Accessories:  Duet Butterfly punch, Decorative Edge Ribbon punch, 1/4" white organza ribbon (retired), Pearls, Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, Glue Dots

Thinking of You - Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday #341

The optional theme with this week's sketch challenge with Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday  is "Bold Words".

The Bold Sentiment, from "Count My Blessings" is stamped with Rich Razzelberry ink on a 1 1/2" piece of Whisper White cardstock which extends horizontally all the way across the top of the card.

The card base is Garden Green card stock, layered with Very Vanilla embossed with the Layered Leaves embossing folder.

On the left is a strip of Painted Autumn DSP with a strip of scalloped Rich Razzelberry card stock adhered to the inside edge.

Extending from the left bottom border of the sentiment strip is a notched piece of DSP, which is the reverse side of the DSP already used.

To finish the card, I placed 3 pieces of Glitter Enamel Dots on either side of the sentiment.

Supplies Used:
Stamp:  Count My Blessings
Inks:  Rich Razzelberry
Papers:  Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Rich Razzelberry, Painted Autumn DSP
Accessories:  Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, Tasteful Trim Die (retired), Glitter Enamel Dots