Wondercolor Wings Photo Serving Tray- another craft show item

I rescued this photo tray from a dark corner of a thrift store.  The paint was all chipped, and the glass was filthy.  But I saw potential and below is the result.

After taking everything apart. and thoroughly cleaning it, I repainted the tray black, cleaned and polished the glass insert.

Butterflies were stamped in the photo slots - using the Watercolor Wings stamp set .

The colors used:  Soft Sky, Marina Mist and Island Indigo, with Black Memento for the Body and antennae.

The arrangement of the butterflies is different in each of the 4 photo slots.

Butterfly Pop Up with Watercolor Wings

This card has been inspired by several demonstrators who have made different versions of the butterfly pop up card.
For this card I used the Watercolor Wings stamp set with the Butterfly framelits.

The front of this pop up card features a 3D butterfly, a sign of things to come.

On the Basic Black card base, I place a layer of Lemon Lime Twist card stock, and then a Whisper White layer stamped with the Definitely Dahlia stamp (second generation stamping) in Crushed Curry.

A scallop Rich Razzelberry circle provides a landing place for the butterfly.

A piece of 1/4"  Lemon Lime Twist ombre ribbon was added to the left side.

Colors for the butterfly on the front:  Tangerine Tango (second generation, Tangerine Tango, Black Memento.

Open the card, and magic happens:

Five butterflies pop up.
Below the butterflies is a sentiment from "Sunshine Wishes"

All the butterflies were stamped the same way, with one color.  The first layer was second generation, aka stamped off; second layer full strength of ink color; third layer also full strength of same color.  The body is stamped in Black Memento.

Colors for the butterflies: (from left to right)
Butterfly 1:  Lemon Lime Twist
Butterfly 2:  Tangerine Tango
Butterfly 3:  Dapper Denim
Butterfly 4:  Crushed Curry
Butterfly 5:  Rich Razzelberry

The butterflies were folded in half (color side in), and then attached to each other at the wing side edges only (not the entire wing).
After all butterflies attached together, attach one butterfly to the front inside near the top about 1 1/4" in.  Then add adhesive to the butterfly at the other end, and close the card.  Leave the card closed until adhesive has set.

Supplies Used:
Stamps:  Watercolor Wings, Definitely Dahlia
Inks:  Black Memento, Lemon Lime Twist, Tangerine Tango, Dapper Denim, Crushed Curry, Rich Razzelberry
Papers:  Basic Black, Whisper White, Rich Razzelberry
Accessories:  1/4" Lemon Lime Twist Ombre ribbon, Bold Butterfly Framelits, Butterfly thinlets, rhinestones, Sunshine Wishes thinlet dies

Little Moments Matter - Try Stampin' on Tuesday #324

The challenge this week with Try Stampin' on Tuesday, as well as a sketch challenge, is also a theme challenge - to use  shades of one color.

I used various shades of mauve/purple, The sketch is courtesy of Kaylin.

The base card is Wisteria Wonder, layered with Whisper White embossed with the Fluttering Wings  embossing folder. The  edges of this embossed piece were sponged with Wisteria Wonder ink.

A fancy scalloped circle with tiny flowers around the edge was die cut and adhered to the lower  half of the card front.

On top of that I adhered a 1" strip of  Wisteria Wonder DSP, followed by a 1/2" piece of Perfect Plum card stock.

The butterfly was made using triple stamping using the "Watercolor Wings" stamp set - using  the following  colors:  Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum and Elegant Eggplant. This stamped butterfly was die cut using the "Bold Butterfly Framelit".  The same size butterfly was die cut with Perfect Plum cardstock using the "Butterfly Thinlet" die and adhered to the stamped die-cut butterfly in the center of the butterfly only.

This butterfly unit was adhered to a Whisper White scallop circle, which was adhered to a Perfect Plum circle.  A dimensional was used to  adhere the circles to the middle of the die cut scallop circle.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Watercolor Wings
Inks: Wisteria Wonder, Perfect Plum, Elegant Eggplant
Papers: Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Wisteria Wonder DSP
Accessories Fluttering Wings Embossing Folder, Bold Butterfly Framelit, Butterfly Thinlets, dimensionals.

Now it's your turn to create something using Kaylin's sketch and you have 2 weeks to do so.  When you are finished, upload it to the Try Stampin' on Tuesday blog or Facebook Site.  I am looking forward to your creations.

Watercolor Wings Note Card and Tote Bag - SUO 128 - Butterflies

For the challenge with SUO this week, create a project, using Stampin’ Up! products only, that features Butterflies – one or a whole bunch – but certainly make the butterfly the highlight!

I decided to make a note card featuring the Watercolor Wings stamp set - to put in a small tote bag to use as a hostess gift.  I tried something new with the tote bag this time.  Instead of paper handles, I used the Delightful Dijon ribbon.  It didn't quite turn out as expected, but I like it anyway.

Since the focus of this challenge is on the butterfly, here is the note card.

The tote bag was made using the Delightful Dijon DSP, so the colours of the butterfly reflected that.  In order, these are the colours I used:  Delightful Dijon (stamped off), Delightful Dijon full strength, and Black Memento ink.

The butterfly was stamped at an angle on a note card and is the main image on the card.

A medium butterfly thinlet was die cut in Basic Black and adhered to the stamped butterfly at the body only.  Then rhinestones were added to the body.

Along the left side I stamped  the rows of dots, and next to it the word "Hello" from the "Greeting Thinlet dies.

Supplies Used:

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Butterfly on Faux Tile background

I really wanted to place this butterfly on a brick background, but my brick embossing folder has not arrived yet, so I made a faux tile background instead.

The Faux Background:

• One inch score lines were drawn across a 5 by 3 1/2" piece of Whisper white cardstock, first in one direction, and then at right angles to the first lines.
• A scrap piece of printer paper was placed close to each score line, and with a sponge dauber and Smoky Slate ink, a very light layer of Smoky Slate ink was applied first above, and when finished, the paper was turned upside down and ink was applied below the score lines.  This is done in both directions.  Then, taking the spong dauber, the edges are sponged lightly with Smoky Slate ink.
• Using the fern stamp from Butterfly Basics and Old Olive ink the fern  was stamped twice from the right lower corner.

The Butterfly:

• On a scrap piece of Whisper White cardstock, using the triple stamping technique, the following colours were used to make the butterfly:  Soft Sky, Marina Mist, and Island Indigo.  The body was stamped with Black memento ink.
• The butterfly was then die cut using the Coordinating Bold Butterfly framelit.
• A second butterfly was die cut in Vellum, using the Butterflies framelit.
• The Vellum butterfly was adhered to the die cut butterfly using tombo glue.  Both were then adhered to the Faux Tile background at an angle, and the wings fluffed up.

• The sentiment was stamped with Island Indigo ink, punched with the small oval punch and matted with the Word Label punch in Island Indigo.
• Some rhinestones were placed in the upper right corner.

Supplies Used:

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Monarch Butterfly Note Card

This is the note card I intend to send to anyone who send me an On-Line order.  I just love the Watercolor Wings stamp set, and coordinating it with the framelits from the Butterfly Basics stamp set is absolutely marvelous.

Close up of butterfly

• On a note card,I used triple step stamping to make the Monarch butterfly. I stamped the first butterfly from the Watercolor Wings stamp, set in Daffodil Delight,  the second butterfly with Tangerine Tango (over top of the first butterfly), and finally the third butterfly with Cajun Craze (on top of the other two).  The body was stamped with Black Memento ink, as were the antennae.
• Using the Big shot, a medium size butterfly was die cut in Basic Black using the framelit from the Butterfly Thinlets
• This butterfly was adhered to the stamped butterfly using a thin layer of tombo glue on the back of the body of the butterfly.  The wings were lifted up gently.
• The sentiment was stamped in Tangerine Tango

Supplies Used: 

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Watercolor Wings - How to and a card

I had a lot of fun today making sample colours for the new stamp set "Watercolor Wings".  Going through this exercise reminded me of the SAB Lotus Blossom stamp set where 3 colours were used to stamp the flower.

First of all, I'm going to start with a card I made using this stamp set,

•  The basic cardstock is Tip Top Taupe layered with Whisper white cardstock.  Before adhering the Whisper white cardstock to the card base, a piece of 1" Tip Top Taupe dotted lace ribbon was attached.  A second piece of ribbon was ruffled using a needle and linen thread and attached on top of the first ribbon with glue dots.
• The image panel is Go Wild DSP  matted with Tip Top Taupe.
• The butterfly was stamped first with Tip Top Taupe (stamped off), then Tip Top Taupe (full strength), and finally Black Memento.  The body is Tip Top Taupe, as are the antennae.  Some white dots, using a white gel pen were applied to the black dots at the bottom.
• The butterfly was die cut using the new coordinating "Bold Butterfly Framelits.  A second butterfly in Tip Top Taupe was die cut and the two were adhered in the middle, so the wings can flap.

•  A piece of Whisper White cardstock was die cut using the new "Lots of Labels Framelits".  Before matting it with a Basic Black framelit, it was embossing using the Boho Chic embossing folder.  This unit was then adhered to the DSP panel near the top.
• Tip Top Taupe ink was used to stamp the sentiment from "Another Thank You".  It was punched using the small oval punch, layered with a 1 1/4" Tip Top Taupe circle and finally a Basic Black modern word label punchie.  It was adhered at the bottom of the image panel.
• I will put my supply list at the bottom of this post.

Now, for the "how to"  Watch Patty Bennett's video.

I learned a lot watching it.  She has some neat ideas, so rather than reinvent the wheel, I am going to embed the video in this post:



I have made my own colour samplers, some of which are the same as Patty's, but some are different.

Any colour combination can be used.  I actually went to Pinterest where I have a folder on butterflies, and they were useful in stimulating some of my colour choices.


Have fun!


Supply list for my card:

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