Colorful Butterfly Garden

We all fell in lone with K & Co's Mariposa collection a while back. Scrapadabadoo even bought some extra sets a few months ago. I grabbed some up, but so did everyone else because they are sold out now. Here is a card I made with some of the papers.
I added my handmade flowers and used Tim Holtz Peacock Feathers Distress Ink to add accents. (I just love that color!) The picture does not show all the glittery goodness on the paper but, trust me,  It is there.

Pretty in Pink Roses

I needed to make a special card for a very special lady. I had some serious health problems this summer. One awesome person gave a lot of emotional support and even offered to physically come help despite the fact that she has her own health problems, We really appreciated her and wanted to send a great card. In fact, my hubby was so grateful that he said the card needed to be the most beautiful card that I had ever made...
NO PRESSURE, RIGHT??? LOL
Well, she loved it so all is well. :)

I used paper from Prima's Tales of you and Me collection. Light pink foil from Heidi Swapp's Minc collection, a wooden butterfly from Prima's Stationer's Desk, my hand made roses, and lots of pearls.   

bird and open roses

Another card using
Prima Butterfly paper  
Prima Butterfly chipboard  
Fabscraps Pearls & Bling

I added some sheer ribbon from my stash and my handmade open roses.

butterfly and open roses 1

I made this lovely card using Prima Butterfly paper and a butterfly from the Prima Butterfly chipboard set.  I added some Recollections pearls along with some pearls and rhinestones from the Fabscraps Pearls & Bling set. In the center, I pleated some paper (watch this video I made a few years ago to see how it is done.)

Primrose Cards with Bo Bunny Papers

Check out the beautiful cards I made using the Bo Bunny Primrose 12 by 12 paper pad from

Scrapadabadoo.

I got a little carried away, but with all these

beautiful butterflies and lovely papers,

who can blame me. LOL

You can "catch" the instructional videos on how

easily these cards came together on the 

Scrapadabadoo Blog.

(you won't even need a net)

LOL

Step Card Thank Yous

Hello my crafty friends. I have been keeping myself busy by making cards. We needed some special thank you cards to send to some wonderful people who helped out during my dad's time in hospice and the funeral. Since I happen to make cards (LOL) I was happy to create them.

I used some more of my Mariposa paper from the K&Co stack. This one has several colorful butterflies on a glittered cardstock. Look closely and you can see the glittery dots.

I was in a colorful mood so I chose to used Ripe Persimmon and Peacock Feathers Distress inks to color my white cardstock for the card base, mats, and decorations. 

I pulled these colors to go with the Mariposa patterned paper then I ended up covering most of the patterned paper up. LOL

I added WOW Embossing glitter to the butterfly and text. It really popped against all the orange.

To accent the edges of my handmade Regal Roses in Ripe Persimmon, I added some Rusty Hinge ink.

You can download instructions for the side step card here.   Side Step Card

The "thank you" text and shadow layers can be downloaded here. Thank You Caption

The Regal Rose cut files and instructions and the Detailed Butterfly cut files are available in my Etsy shop.

  

Stickles on Butterflies

Well, I was playing with my butterfly stamps and colored them with my TH Distress markers. They were pretty but they needed a little something extra...Stickles!

 

You can see that I was not too exact with the Stickles glitter glue. Since the images were colored underneath, the glitter layer did not have to be exact.

Here is a similar color with different colors.

The patterned papers are from an older K and Co paper pad Que Sera Sera. The card base and mats were white cardstock that I inked with TH Distress Inks. Seam binding was inked with Distress Stains.

Love the glittery goodness!

Beautiful Butterflies

Whenever I see the phrase "beautiful butterfly", I think of Heimlich from A Bugs Life. That character was so funny.

Well. I have some more beautiful butterflies to share. I got a new Inkadinkado stamp set. It has lots of pretty butterflies.

For the outside, I stamped the butterflies in Black Archival ink and colored them in with my Distress Markers and a water brush. I cut them out and mounted them on a panel that I embossed and inked with Dusty Concord. Look close...I even stamped the background layer with the butterflies. :)

I added some butterflies to the corners on the inside and in the back.

I could not stop there! I had to do more...

Here is a blue and yellow card using Tumbled Glass and Scattered Straw.

I had so much fun with these stamps. I even had fun with my markers for a change. LOL

Twinkling Butterfly

Hello my crafty friends. I have so many different projects going that I have neglected my blog and commenting this week. Here is a little thank you card I made with my new Twinkling H2O's.

It does not show up in the picture, but that butterfly is filled with shimmery goodness. These Twinkling H2O's are shimmery watercolor paints. They have been around for a few years now, but I am just getting around to trying them. I really like them. :)

You can do a YouTube search for the Twinkling H2O's and see more for yourself. 

The darker areas of the butterfly are the spots where I got more pigment and the lighter areas are the spots where I let the color wash out a little. I could have added more paint to make the color more uniform, but I liked this effect. I inked my background with Dusty Concord and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks, They were the perfect match. :)

More to come.
Hope you have a great week end.

I Feel The Love - Olivia

I am sure most of you have seen Madison's blog called Funky Cards. She has a project every month called I Feel The Love (IFTL) and has even started a separate blog for I Feel the Love. She selects a child or group of children that need some extra love and encouragement to deal with the difficult illness, disability, or situation that life has dealt them. 

I have been thrilled to participate for the last couple of projects but I waited until the end of the month and had to rush to get my projects to her on time. I did not get pictures or post about them.

This month, Madison has shared the story of a precious 9 year old girl named Olivia. She lost  her mom to cancer last year and has started a group called Kids Involved in Caner Research to raise awareness and funds for colon and lung cancer,

I made a card to send to Olivia to encourage her and tell her how awesome she is.

I used some Echo Park Hello Summer paper and added some of my "pretty flowers" and a glittery letter "O".  Since the butterflies on the paper were so cheerful, I decided to add another one that was beaded. 

If you would like to make a card for Olivia, you can check out one of Madison's blogs,
Funky Cards or I Feel The Love. 

Adding On and On

Ever get an idea for a card in your head and when you start to make it, it evolves into something quite different? That happens to me quite a bit. Sometimes seeing the actual card brings other ideas to mind. Sometimes I just have to fix mistakes and cover things up. I had to fix a lot of little mistakes on this card. I like how it turned out though.

 I made this card for one of my SILs for her birthday. It started out much differently. I was going to focus on the Pink Paislee London Market papers. Then I decided to stamp a sentiment. I was even going to be brave and stamp directly on the the card. Big mistake. I should have known that never works for me. So I put the flowers on the left side to cover up the stamp. Then the card was out of balance and I needed to add something to the right side. LOL  (I used my good old faithful Tattered Flower, Pretty Flowers, and Detailed Butterfly)

So I ended up with a different design than I intended, but it is still just as pretty. I guess that is all just part of the creative process. :)

The original idea for the card would have fit into a regular envelope. With all the changes I ended up needing a bubble envelope. I decided to stamp on the regular envelope...then it needed coloring because it looked too plain...then I needed to add more...decided to doodle...then add glitter glue...

I finally just had to quit and mail the card. 

It has not made it to my SIL yet so I guess this card is still on it's little journey...LOL

Not quite a business card

I do not get out that often, but people are always asking my hubby and son for my blog site or Etsy shop name. I thought I would make some cards with my information on them. They turned out a little bigger than a business card or ATC. They should still do the trick though. LOL

Look at the detailed cuts in that butterfly! Man, I love my cutting machine.

Glittery Butterfly Video

Hello crafty friends. I finally got a chance to make a video showing how I made the glittery butterfly card from my last post.

Hope you enjoy and thanks for watching!

Glittery Butterflies

Well the "Open Rose" stuff is going well! I finally found a way to explain them that makes sense. :) I should have it all together in a few more days. 


In the meantime, I wanted to share a couple of glittery butterfly cards I made last week. I got some glitter embossing powder and, oh my, did I have FUN!

I also got some DCWV Mariposa patterned paper. It was so pretty and had such great gold foil images on it that I just had to dress up the rest of the card to go along with it.  :)   


I used a black card base and cut a turquoise blue mat. I stamped some flourishes on the mat and embossed them with gold glitter embossing powder. I used one of the sheets from the Mariposa mat stack. I added part of a gold doily and  a short strip of my new diamond edged design cut file that I cut in black. I cut one of my detailed butterflies and embossed it with turquoise embossing glitter. (It is sooo shiny in person)


If you would like to see a video of me making this card, please leave a comment.


The papers were so pretty, I could not stop there. I had to make a few more. (Really...I HAD to... LOL)

More glittery butterflies on a dry embossed shape that I inked with gold chalk ink.

This paper was so pretty that I did not add anything. (These 2 cards were made using one of the 12 by 12 Mariposa papers that I cut down. )

I can tell that I am going to love this paper pack!
(Yes, I know it has been around for a while, but it is new to me :)


Hope you enjoy these. I will have more pretty stuff soon :) I think I have a new obsession with these glitter embossing powders. LOL

Lattice Edged Cards

I have more lattice edged cards to share. 

This one has the lattice edge around three sides. I added one of my detailed butterflies and my tattered flower & pretty flower combinations. The butterfly and flower cut files are available in my Etsy shop.


It still needed something else but I knew I could not hide the edges of a ribbon and a bow would be too much. So I gathered some white seam binding in the middle and topped it off with a row of pearls. I showed how to gather the seam binding on this post.



Since you can see the other side of the card through the lattice I added a little ink to the front edges.

When I was making the cross and lattice edged mat for my other card, I made an extra set (well, ok...I made a mistake in my measurements the first time...but hey, why waste good die cuts...LOL)

I added a seam binding flower and added  a pearl.

You can download the free cut files for the cross from  this post.

But I was not through with my lattice edged files.

I had to make a card that had the lattice on both sides of the card.

This one is simple but all that cut work adds a great touch.

All I added was a mat, some patterned paper, and a caption.

You can download the "hello" script caption here.

One more thing to share...

I had to make a box to fit the card I made in the last post.

I used the lattice mat and one of my detailed butterflies to decorated the gift box I made.

I show how to make the box on this video and the cut files for the box can be purchased here.

The entire Lattice Edged Design Package is available here.

Mother's Day Card

I hope you all had a great Mother's Day!
With family birthday card, more wedding invitations, and Mother's Day all at once, I am just now getting a chance to show one of the cards I made for my MIL's.

It is very similar to the one I made for my mom last year.
You can see that post and get the sentiment cut files here. I just changed the colors and used my own butterfly and rose cut files this time. 
(Yes, I have used this color on my last several cards, but I just bought the Aged Mahogany distress ink so I am having fun playing with it. LOL)


You can find the cut files and instructions for the step card on one of the tabs under my blog header.


Enjoy and THANKS so much for all of your lovely comments! I really appreciate them. :)

Paper Bows

OK, hundreds of invitations, almost a thousand flowers, and more cuts on my machine that I even want to count...I am almost through with all the invitations! I just had to take a little break :)


I showed a card with a paper bow about a month ago. I am just now getting to the tutorial. 

I embossed this bow and inked the edges. 

The eyelet edged panel is a new cut file. I used the same eyelet edge on a strip and scored every 1/2 inch to make the rosette.

It is hard to see, but I pressed the butterfly in a glue pad and brushed on some Perfect Pearls. It has a really cool sheen in person.


The cut files for the card can be purchased at my Etsy store.


And now on to the the Paper Bow video tutorial...

Easy, peasy! 
Here is a picture of the tag with the banner shown in the video.

For this tag I inked the edges with Distress ink then stamped with Versamark and brushed on pink Perfect Pearls.


Here is a link to download the paper bow cut file and template.


Enjoy!

Peek-a-boo Card Tutorial

I have been showing the peek-a-boo card I made with the Graphic 45 Once Upon A Springtime paper. For this peek-a-boo card tutorial I will show a simpler card.

I used some thick double sided K&Co paper for the base and some thinner K&Co patterned paper for the butterflies. (Yes I keep using the same papers that I used for the butterflies last week. I just can't quit using them. LOL)

The glue holding the micro marbles onto the yellow butterfly had not dried yet. I was just too impatient to wait to take the picture. LOL 


The frame around the opening is white card stock that I inked with Tumbled Glass and a little bit of Antique Linen just to keep it from being too harsh of a contrast next to the patterned paper. Then I embossed it for a little texture.


Here is a video tutorial for making a "Peek-a-boo" card.

Here is a link to the cut files for the card base.  Peek-a-boo Card

Card Pattern Sketch # 153

When I saw this week's sketch at Card Patterns Challenge Blog, I immediately thought of the butterfly card I made last week. I still had the scraps nearby but I chose to use a handy little butterfly paper punch this time.

I mounted each butterfly with a 3/4 inch square of pink cardstock. The edges of the card were inked with Antique Linen. The crinkle ribbon was dyed using TH Distress Stain; Tattered Rose.
I used a simple running stitch to gather the ribbon and taped it onto the card with my ATG.  The scalloped border was from my stash. My Sew Easy straight stitch made the holes and pink embroidery thread added the perfect little touch. 

I even added a cute little butterfly charm that I got in a recent swap.


I am entering this card in the Card Patterns Sketch #153.
Here is the sketch...

Yep, I know I took a literal approach on the sketch, but I like it.

Leave a comment if you would like to see a tutorial on the ruffled crinkled ribbon.