Butterfly Collection

Hello, hello! A few weeks ago I posted the butterfly card pictured in the upper right corner above (you can view details here) and after that I almost forgot to post the other two cards I created using the same colors. So today I thought I’d share the whole set.

 For all of the cards, I used Flora and Fauna stamp sets, mainly the Butterfly Jar set. I used different layouts for each card but used the same Copic markers to color all of the images. I fussy cut the large butterflies on each of the cards as well and used iridescent sequins and Wink of Stella clear glitter pen on all of the butterflies.

 This first card I created for my mom for Mother’s Day. The love you sentiment is from the Owl Always Love You set.

 For the second card, I used the Glass Dome set for the birthday wishes sentiment.

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Oh Hello Friend - CTD592

Hello, hello! I hope you are well. Today is Wednesday and the start of a new Color Throwdown Challenge where we have some gorgeous colors to create with. We hope you’ll join in and play along.

For my card I was inspired by this weeks challenge photo and I used the Flora & Fauna stamp set, Butterfly Jar to create a thinking of you card. I created a one layer card, other than the dimensional butterfly, and went with a loose flowing collage of images.

To create my card, I started out by using the Oh Hello Friend stamp set and stamped my sentiment towards the bottom of my card. Once that was stamped, I stamped the largest butterfly from the Butterfly Jar set just above my sentiment and stamped it a second time onto a scrap piece of white card stock. 

After that I stamped images around my large butterfly with other images from the Butterfly Jar set and Oh Hello Friend set and then colored all of my images using Copic markers. I trimmed down the front of my card and adhered a strip of black striped Doodlebug paper, fussy cut my second butterfly and added it to my card front and then added some Wink of Stella glitter pen which you can see in the close up photo above.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below or you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and see all of the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen

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Mermaid Wishes

 Hello there and happy Sunday! I’m popping in with a mermaid birthday card I created using the Flora and Fauna stamp set, Under the Sea.

 To create my card, I used the Under the Sea set and a white card base along with a white die cut stitched rectangle that I cut out using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables die. I blended on some tumbled glass distress ink and some broken china distress oxide ink onto my die cut rectangle. Next I stamped the wave from the set in the broken china oxide ink and my sentiment from the Glass Dome set. I stamped the seaweed along the bottom in tropical teal, simply chartreuse and royal velvet stamped off. After that, I stamped all of the images I wanted to use onto white cardstock and colored them with Copic markers, then fussy cut them out. I glued all of my sea life onto the stitched panel and then stamped the little bubbles from the set. I added the mermaid using foam tape then added more foam tape to the back of my stitched panel and adhered it to my white card base. For some sparkle, I added some iridescent sequins and some icicle Stickles glitter.

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Flora and Fauna UNDER THE SEA Clear Stamp Set 20134

Flora and Fauna GLASS DOME Clear Stamp Set 20117

Lawn Fawn OUTSIDE IN STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts LF1442

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Ranger TIM27188

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA Ranger TDO55846

Mermaid in a Bottle - CTD502

Hi there! It’s time for this week’s Color Throwdown Challenge and we have some dreamy blues and gray colors for everyone to create with.

For my card, I used the sweet Flora and Fauna stamp set Under the Sea and instead of a message in a bottle, I put a mermaid in a bottle. To create my card, I started out with a white card base, then added some brilliant blue cardstock. Next I die cut a piece of white cardstock using the Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables and blended on some tumbled glass distress ink along the bottom. After I did that, I stamped the wave image from the set in broken china distress oxide ink and one seaweed image then I stamped three of the seaweed images in blueprint sketch distress ink. Then I stamped the bottle from the Owl Always Love You set and the mermaid and sentiment all at the same time using my Misti tool. After that I did some water droplets and watered down white acrylic paint splatters along the bottom and once they were dry I stamped my fish. I colored my images using Copic markers  then added my colored panel to my card base with foam tape. I added some iridescent Stickles to the mermaid and bubbles along the bottom for some sparkle.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.

Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen
Kathy Schweinfurth - July’s Guest Designer

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Flora and Fauna UNDER THE SEA Clear Stamp Set 20134
Flora and Fauna OWL ALWAYS LOVE YOU Clear Stamp Set 20162

Lawn Fawn OUTSIDE IN STITCHED RECTANGLE STACKABLES Lawn Cuts LF1442

MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Kit

Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad TUMBLED GLASS Ranger TDP40248

Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad BLUEPRINT SKETCH Ranger TDP47346

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad BROKEN CHINA Ranger TDO55846

Hello My Friend - CTD500

Happy 4th of July to those living in the USA! 

Today is the Color Throwdown’s 500th Challenge and all of us on the design team hope you’ll help us celebrate by playing along! Before I get to my card, I’d like to welcome this month’s Guest Designer, Kathy Schweinfurth

 For my card, I used the Flora & Fauna stamp set Floral Aviary. To make my card, I started out with a white card base, then used a strip of enchanted evening cardstock and repeatedly stamped one of the floral images from the set. Next I die cut a circle of white cardstock and stamped the same floral image and the small bird from the set in black ink and colored them using Copic markers. I stamped a second small bird onto scrap cardstock and fussy cut it out, colored it and adhered it with foam tape. I stamped my sentiment onto a strip of pale pink cardstock and adhered that to my circle and then adhered the whole circle to my card front with foam tape. For a little sparkle, I added some chunky iridescent glitter to the bird and roses and added three sequins to my card base.

For more inspiration, check out the design teams' blog links below OR you can go to the Color Throwdown blog for details on how to play along and you can see all the sample entries in one location.
Amy Rohl Amy Rysavy

Barbara Anders   

Broni Holcombe   

Jodi Collins 

Lisa Henke 

Lori Tecler

Lynn Put   

Vickie Zimmer 

Wanda Cullen
Kathy Schweinfurth - July’s Guest Designer

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget, you can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest to see what I'm up to.
Flora and Fauna FLORAL AVIARY Clear Stamp Set 20166

Butterfly Birthday Wishes

 Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing another card I created using the Flora and Fauna Butterfly Jar stamp set and the current colors from the Color Throwdown Challenge #499. If you’d like to see my card from Wednesday you can click here or scroll down.

For this card, most of the images were from the Flora and Fauna Butterfly Jar set with the birthday sentiment from the Glass Dome set, the smaller flowers from the Aviary Love set and the little green foliage from the Oh Hello Friend set. All of my images were stamped onto a die cut stitched rectangle with some of the images being masked off. The large butterfly was stamped twice, once on the stitched rectangle and once on scrap white cardstock then colored and fussy cut out. All of the images were colored using Copic markers. I used foam tape to adhere the stitched rectangle to my card base which I had added a piece of gingham blue Doodlebug designer paper. To finish off my card, I added some iridescent sequins and some yellow and blue Stickles to the butterfly.

 Above you can see my card from Wednesday and the card from today together.

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Flora and Fauna BUTTERFLY JAR Clear Stamp Set 20142*

Flora and Fauna GLASS DOME Clear Stamp Set 20117

Flora and Fauna AVIARY LOVE Clear Stamp Set 20158

Flora and Fauna OH HELLO FRIEND Clear Stamp Set 20112