Autumn Days, A Clean and Simple card

Here's a quick post for you today.  This card was made with Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler, and Whisper White card stock.  The pheasant was stamped with chocolate chip ink and colored in with pastels and watercolor pencils.  It was stamped on the large oval  that was cut out with the Ovals die cut # 114525.

My sister, Cindy Rigel is my guest stamper who created this card for me!   I'll be showing you more of her work in the next couple of weeks.  I love the clean and simple look of the card.

So glad you stopped by today.  Come back soon!

Vintage Butterfly

This vintage butterfly card is a case of one by Amy Celona.  She cased it from Shelli Gardner!
I loved this card when I saw it and had to give it a try.
As you can see there is lots of sponging and distressing to give a vintage feel.
The stamp set is Elements of Style.  The butterfly is the Bigz  die Beautiful Butterflies.
I used Very Vanilla, Rose Red, Bashful Blue, and Crumb Cake card stock. Ink colors are Basic Black, 
Ink colors are Basic Black, Espresso and Chocolate Chip.
I also used watercolor crayons and an Aqua Painter to color the flowers.  Accessories: Sizzix Big Shot, Movers and Shapers die, 2-way glue stick, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, pink wire works, dimensionals.
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Scallop Square card with Butterfly

I recently purchased the clear scallop square die and have been wanting to use it. When I saw this pretty pink Specialty DSP in the Spring Mini Catalog, I knew they would work together for a pretty project. The scallop die measures about 4 3/8" square, so I cut my base card at 4 1//2".
I did a lot of sponging to make the scallops pop.
I layered the DSP on white card stock and centered them on the scallop.
To make the butterfly I stamped the vine from Vintage Vogue with Black Craft ink on vellum card stock. Next, I heat embossed it with black E.P. Then I ran it through the Big Shot with the Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Die. I colored it on the back with my Regal Rose marker.
The sentiment is from the Well Scripted stamp set.

Inside, I stamped the vine again using Regal Rose Ink. I added the flower with a dimensional. The little butterfly was made with the Beautiful Wings embosslit die. More product details listed below.


Supplies:
Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Well Scripted
Card Stock: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink
Inks: Regal Rose ink pad and marker, Basic Black Craft ink, Basic Black marker and Classic ink
Accessories: Sending Love DSP, Vellum Card Stock, Black E.P., Heat Tool, Scallop Oval Punch, Clear Square Scallop Die, Bigz Beautiful Butterflies die, Embosslit Beautiful Wings, Corner Rounder punch, Paper Snips, Stampin' Sponges, Dimensionals, sticky strip, Sizzix Machine.

Beautiful Wings embosslits die

This card was made by my sister, Cindy. She used an embossing folder and the Big Shot to make the background of the card. The white frame is made with the scallop trim border and the coordinating corner scallop punches. The square is layered with Old Olive card stock, and then with square of patterned designer paper. The pretty butterfly is from the beautiful wings embosslit die.














Inside the card is a repeat of the white border layered over a strip of Old Olive. More butterflies were added over the pretty border to carry the butterfly theme inside the card.
Wouldn't you love to receive this pretty card?
I always enjoy it when Cindy comes to stamp with me! She has lots of creative ideas!



Supplies:
Regal Rose, Old Olive, Whisper White card stock.
Beautiful wings embosslit die.
Embossing folder, Scallop Trim border and Scallop corner punches, retired DSP.

Butterfly Note Card

I love the new Beautiful Butterfly die.
I found this cute card by Qbee and I just had to give it a try! I've used the Tea Party designer paper, Pink Pirouette and Whisper White card stock, and Handsome Hunter ink. The sentiment is from Fresh Cuts stamp set.
This card was so easy to do. The paper is double sided and just cut diagonally and flipped one piece over.
I used the stamp-a-ma-jig to position the sentiment since the space was so narrow. The butterfly diecut is attached with a dimensional.
I think I'll be making some more of these!

Sizzlit little leaves

This card was inspired by one designed by Mary Fish and featured in the July '09 Stampin' Success magazine. I made mine standard card size and changed several other elements. I chose background paper from the retired Bella Rose collection. The circles were cut out with Spellbinders circle nestabilities, and the die cut was attached with glue dots.

Inside, I added a Pink Pirouette panel for writing on, and stamped a leaf branch from the True Friend stamp set in the lower left corner.

List of Supplies:

Stamps: Sincere Salutations

Ink: Always Artichoke

Paper: Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Bella Rose DSP, Sizlitts Little Leaves die

Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Circle and Scalloped circle dies, Eyelets, corner rounder, glue dots.

Cheep Talk with Oval Scallop Frame

Here's another card using the oval Scallop frame die. The branch and little bird from Cheep Talk fit perfectly inside. The basic card is YoYo Yellow, layered up with Green Galore and Basic Black. The stamps are all inked with markers. The bird is YoYo yellow, shaded with Summer Sun around the edges.

The frame is sponged around the outside edge with ink. Inside the frame, the white background is shaded with pastels. The ribbon is 1/4" grosgrain. Because the frame is a little too large for the black layer, I trimmed the edge of the frame off before tying the ribbon around it.

I also decorated the inside of the card with a white writing surface and strips of green, black, and designer paper. The flower from the stamp set is also stamped in YoYo yellow and shaded with Summer Sun. It is punched out with the 1 " circle punch and popped up with a dimensional. This was a fun card to make. I hope you enjoy it!

Manhattan Flower

I finally had a chance to try this lovely embossing die. I love it! This is so elegant and can be completed in 10 minutes or less.

I embossed the roses in my Big Shot, then colored them in with my Aqua Painter and ink refills for Bashful Blue and a small amount of Baja Breeze. I wet the petals with my Aqua Painter before applying the ink. I did allow for drying time before stamping the sentiment from Great Friends at the top in Baja Breeeze.

A length of narrow white organdy ribbon around the bottom added a finishing touch. The card front was layered on Bashful Blue paper.

I had so much fun with this card. I can hardly wait to try another one with a different technique.

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