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The colors used here were Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry.
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.
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.
I CASE'd this card from the very talented Gretchen Barron click HERE for her step by step tutorial. Such a great idea! Save those pieces leftover from die cutting and use the negative image. I use removable tape to make sure the mask stays put while you are sponging. The colors on this card are Daffodil Delight and Marina Mist, the sentiment is from Petite Pairs.
So just to let you know it did rain (a little) and it is cooler so did I or didn't I sleep with the fork under my pillow??? Yeah right, me sleep with a fork under my pillow just so it would rain. Sheesh! Wonder why I have a headache today????
Just a quick card today! I CASE'd this card from someone-I just can't remember who...so if it is yours just let me know and I will give you credit. I used two of the new In-colors from Stampin' Up!™, Gumball Green and Midnight Muse. The stamp is from the Stampin' Up! set called Papaya Collage and was stamped 3 times without re-inking. Gumball Green is a nice bright updated green.
So, how hot is it in your neck of the woods??? It's tooo hot here in Kansas City. Over 100 degrees several days in a row and looks like it is going to stay that way for a while! We need rain too, my garden is parched. Tried doing a rain dance but...nothing! I heard that if you sleep with a spoon under your pillow the next day it will snow so maybe if I sleep with a fork under my pillow it will rain?? Or maybe I will just wake up with a headache?
Here is a card we made a couple of months ago at stamp club (see what you are missing?). The flowers are from the Stampin' Up! Mixed Bunch stamp set. I stamped them with Versamark™ and embossed them with Tangerine Tango and Melon Mambo embossing powder. They were punched out with the coordinating Blossom Punch. I paper pierced around the edge of the Whisper White card stock and used a Stampin' Write marker to make the faux stitching.
Vellum is so fun to work with! I like card stock vellum for embossing as it is thicker and doesn't wrinkle as much.
The main image is the rose stamp from the Stampin' Up!™ set called Papaya Collage. It was colored with Riding Hood Red and Gumball Green Stampin' Write markers and stamped on Naturals Vanilla paper. The little flowers were punched with the Boho Blossoms punch (such a handy punch!) The doily was cut with the Paper Doily Sizzlet Die. I know lots of crafters have had trouble with this die because there are lots of little "hanging chads" and it does take a little bit of effort. However, it is called crafting and should require a little effort on our part, I mean remember the days when we folded our paper and cut out hand-made snowflakes???
I put packing tape across the face of my die, (yep, packing tape across the foam side of the sizzlet) sticky side down and that helps the doily come off the die more easily. Anyway, I like doilies and I like being able to make a doily out of whatever paper I choose!
I spritzed the entire card with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz™. 
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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... 
