More Butterflies

 It seems I make a lot of cards with butterflies. I like going to butterfly gardens and see all the pretty colors and them just flitting around looking for food. Sounds a lot like me--I spend a lot of time looking for food especially snacks, LOL!

Anyway, when I saw the new challenge up at Cardz 4 Galz--Wings I knew just where to look for inspiration. I just purchased the Days Like This Memories and More cardpack from Stampin' Up!. Seriously if you haven't tried any of the memories and more packs, you just have to order one. There are 54 double sided cards in the pack for $11.50. I have already made 15 cards from the designs and there are still a lot of cards left.

The background design is one of the 4x6 cards that I trimmed down to 5 1/4, The attached butterflies are punched from a scrap in the Subtles 6x6 papers. This one is soft and serene.

A look at another one made from the same card pack is bright and cheerful.

The centerpiece is one of the 3x4 cards in the pack. Again I trimmed down the 4x6 card and used the leftover strip in the inside.

Celebration

 This card is versatile for several occasions. Birthday, achievement, graduate, etc.

The DSP is from Stampin' Up! 6x6 pack called Subtles. One of the blue sides looks like sky. I embossed it with a cloud E/F. I die cut 2 sizes balloons from different sides of the same papers. Each of the balloons is shaded with coordinating color. Otherwise that would have ust faded into the background The balloons have dental floss strings.2 of the balloons are popped up on foam squares.  The card base is Balmy Blue. The sentiment is also SU stamped in Balmy Blue. I filled in the word with a clear star gel pen. It is popped up with foam tape. I added some sparkly gems for some sparkle. 

This is for several challenges.'

Can You Handle the Pressure. Anything Goes with twist of die cuts.

The Paper Players. Balloons and Birthday

Send a smile 4 Kidz. Birthdays for kids

Paper Funday Challenge. Anything Goes with twist of pastel colors.

 

Soft Sea Foam Sympathy

 I try to keep a stock of sympathy cards on hand.  It can be hard to make one at the time it is needed. You also would need one quickly and maybe not get your best effort.

The products are all from Stampin' UP!and in Soft Sea Foam color. 

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

Here is a blue version

Masculine Valentine

 When I saw the new challenge at Lets Create Challenge anythig goes +from the heart, I was sure I had made something that applies. I am sharing my husband's Valentine.  It is safe because he never looks at my blog. He is techie challenged and probably doesn't even know what a blog is.

I added some gray check to a gray card base. A strip of white with the sentiment from SU across the center and 2 die cut hearts from shiny red paper are popped up on foam tape and complete the card. Easy Peasy! Just right for a man--not a lot of frou=frou. 

Gear Up

I just purchased the Gears and Textures set from Stampin' Up! It is a really good set for Masculine cards.

 The tweed looking paper is retired from SU!. I used several dies from the Gears and Textures set on the corner and three gears to accent the card.The sentiment is computer made and die cut with a deckle edge circle.

Inside I  did a computer sentiment and stamped one of the gear stamps over it. 

I used the sketch at Freshly Made Sketch

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I will also upload to  My NBUS (never before used stuff)

Thought of Love

I've been making Valentines for a Valentine's Vendor Market held yesterday. I was a bit disappointed with sales. It was very cold and piles of snow on the ground so attendance was low.

Anyway, this is one of the cards that did not sell.

I used a grunge stamp from SU for the splotches behind the die cut heart. The strip on the side is from a Recollections pad of paper. I tied a pink/white twine over the seam.  The sentiment is from SU. I cut it down and backed it with pink glitter paper.  Finished off with a red gem at the top of the heart.

Playing along with The Paper Play

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Cheery Coral

 18" snow and below zero chill factors has kept me confined to the house for 3 days. What else is there to do but spend the days in the craft room for a little fun.

The papers are from SU Subtles 6x6 pack. The stripe on the left is the reverse of the leafy print. I die cut 3 leaf branches to put behind the sentiment. The label is a Sizzix die cut set.. The sentiment is also SU.

I've used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketcheshttps

Flower Bouquet for Birthday

One of my retail outlets took all my birthday cards so I have been working on restocking them.

A pad of 12x12 paper by Recollections has a full page of bouquets. I fussy cut one of them for this card. The butterfly us from the same page. The sentiment is an old unlabeled one.  To add a little sparkle, I used gold thread behind the bouquet.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches making it iin landscape orientation.

Pink Valentine

 The challenge this week Try Stampin' On Tuesday is a sketch.

I have been working on Valentines. I couldn't think of mountains on a Valentine. But I did find this striped paper from a Recollections Pad called Speciality Pinks. I fussy cut along one of the pink stripe to make it look like mountains. 

To soften the peaks, I did a scalloped border at the bottom.  I die cut hearts and embossed them with 2 different  E/F folders The sentiment is from SU and fussy curt.

Girly Pink

 the challenge by Cardz 4 Galz calls for pink flowers.

I  recently purchased a pad of paper by Recollections named Speciality Pinks to make Valentines. The papers don't all have hearts and I used 3 pieces of that pad for my card.

The sentiment is from SU and die cut in the circle.I added pink daisies along the bottom of the circle. There was too much space between sentiment and flowers so I added 3 pink gems.

The picture does not show it but the bottom triangle is a glitzy paper. The diagonal strip dark pink is really shiny.