Trifold Card

  The idea for this card came from Shelli Gardner (co-founder and CEO of Stampin' Up!™) and can be found HERE. The card base is Crumb Cake and cut 4" x 5 1/4" so it will still fit in an A2 envelope. I used Labels Framelits and Oval Accent Bigz Clear Die to cut the panels using Primrose Petals and Island Indigo. The flower, from the Stampin' Up! stamp set called Fabulous Florets, was water colored using an aquapainter and Stampin' Write™ markers. It is easy to use markers for water coloring and I like the look better. Just  scribble a little with the marker on a plastic lid of some kind, the lid of a plastic stamp case works well, and pick up the color with the aquapainter.

 

Glittery Butterflies

  I got the idea for this color combo of Sahara Sand and Pretty in Pink after seeing Donna's card here. The butterflies were stamped with Early Expresso ink on Pretty in Pink paper, punched out with the Elegant butterfly punch and glittered with some Dazzling Diamonds™. The layout was from a sketch challenge that I meant to enter but as usual missed the deadline LOL! 

Clearance Rack Deal!!!!

Discontinued Designer Fabrics are available for only $.99!!!!! Each package contains three fat quarters 28"x18" of 100% cotton fabric. Available as supplies last. Regular price was $9.95.  

Item Description Price 121716 Deck the Halls Designer Fabric $0.99 121715 Candy Cane Christmas Designer Fabric $0.99 121817 Springtime Vintage Designer Fabric $0.99 121818 Sweet Stitches Designer Fabric $0.99

Shabby Papaya Collage

    Here is another card made with the Stampin' Up!™ set called Papaya Collage. I embossed the leaves with Wild Wasabi embossing powder on a panel of Summer Starfruit. The butterflies were embossed with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder and cut out. The paper flower was die cut with the Fun Flowers Bigz die using First Edition Designer Series Paper, sponged with some Cherry Cobbler ink and distressed; an antique brad holds the layers together. The card base is Soft Suede. When it is used on the Summer Starfruit paper, the Wild Wasabi embossing powder almost looks like the retired Stampin' Up! color Sage Shadow.

 Well off to bed, I have worked 39 hours in the past 4 days and my everything hurts! I am off tomorrow and I am sleeping in until... well just until I feel like it! LOL!

Paper Piercing Pack

Just a quick post today. I used another vellum butterfly on this card. Stamped the butterfly with Stazon™ Black and colored it with Stampin' Write markers on the back. See all that cool paper piercing on the vellum? I used the new Paper Piercing Pack! Paper piercing is like popping the bubbles on bubble wrap, you know fun to do but you really don't know why... 

  The colors used here were Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry.

Embossed Papaya Collage Frame

 The card base of this card is one of my favorite neutrals, River Rock.  It was an In-Color from Stampin' Up!™ that was retired and brought back during the Color Renovation a couple of years ago. When it retired I purchased 3 packs just in case...and I just opened the last pack.

 I embossed the frame and bird from Papaya Collage with Pewter embossing powder and the flower with Cherry Cobbler embossing powder. And yes I did fussy cut the frame.

A Little Vellum Butterfly!

This card started with the paper flower, it was in my stash of leftover card parts.  What goes better with a Rich Razzleberry flower than a little vellum butterfly? This is one of my newest stamp sets called Papillon Potpourri. There is a matching punch so I did not have to fussy cut the butterfly. I stamped the butterfly with Stazon Black on card stock vellum and then colored on the opposite side with a Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Write marker™. The edge was cut with Adorning Accents Edgelits Die.