Today’s card is another random scrap card. I dug through my scrap pile and found all these cute pieces featuring blue and yellow. I found a similar design on an old Pinterest board and modified it to my own supplies. Really love this bright card!
Stamps: Four You (retired)
Inks: Bermuda Bya
Cardstock: Bermuda Bay Glimmer Paper; Smoky Slate; random scraps
Accessories: Rhinestones; Die cut butterfly
Tools: Triple Banner Punch
Every time I host a weekend retreat, I always make cute little goody bags filled with treats. And those goody bags must have some kind of tags. I've been packing my craft area and didn't want to buy anything new, so I went digging in the leftover supplies and came up with these:
I pulled out a bunch of leftover Project Life cards to use bases. From there, I coordinated some cardstock from my Stampin' Up! stash to use as punched name tags. I added a die cut butterfly for texture. And you don't see it on the picture below, but I added some pearls, candy dots, and rhinestones to the butterflies to give the tags a bit of bling.
I attached each name tag to the goody bags using bits of leftover ribbon. I think I did very well in using random supplies to create very cute retreat tags.
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a wedding card. I don't make many wedding cards, but as soon as I saw the Petal Promenade DSP pack, I knew it would be perfect to celebrate. From there, I kept my elements simple by focusing on the die cut butterfly. I love the Whisper White Tulle Ribbon as a finishing touch!
Detail of butterfly and Wink of Stella:
Two weeks ago, I got a little carried away playing with a few of my retiring stamp sets. I wanted to make a few butterflies using the Watercolor Wings stamp set and ended up making over 20... Yeah, didn't see that coming. I took my butterflies and dug through my scrap paper box for coordinating papers. From there, I paired each card with a few embellishments (ribbon, enamel shapes, candy dots, doilies, sequins, etc).
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a fabulous flowers card. Instead of stamping with flowers, I decided to focus on some of our gorgeous floral DSP. This particular piece is from the Cake Soiree DSP pack. I featured this card at April's stamp club where we scored and folded to create this amazing double pleated fold. For the measurements and tutorial, check out Julie @ The Way We Stamp.
As a bonus, you are left with four great triangles from cutting the DSP. I used those triangles to make a bonus card! All the ladies at stamp club picked different DSP and really made this card their own. Love it!
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to homemade Valentine. I don't really make Valentines or Valentine cards, but I came as close as I could. I paired some of the new Occasions Catalog DSP, a fun die cut, and an Annual Catalog stamp set. I was going to add a another layer with our sentiment, but realized that I could just stamp directly onto the pattern paper. Perfect! From there, I stamped and die cut some cute butterflies. Love this card!
Today's challenge was to revisit a technique in preparation for August stamp club (was August 19). I hadn't revisited the bokeh technique for awhile, so I decided to focus on that. I also haven't featured it at stamp club for at least a year... For this card, I sponged on my colored ink to a piece of Whisper White. I then die cut a acetate overlay with multiple different sized circles. I then sponged on white craft ink using the die cut piece as a mask. I blended the white to create varying degrees of opacity. After letting that piece dry, I added the rest of the elements of the card.
Throughout the month of July, I'm featuring $2 cards! I have a mix of offerings with previously featured cards and some new cards. Today's card is one of the new examples. I have a few bits of this DSP laying around and found the perfect way to use it!
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using our favorite 2017-2019 In Color. Hands down my favorite new In Color is Berry Burst! I love love love this gorgeous pink-purple color. To highlight this awesome color, I made a monochromatic card. The new Color Theory DSP has these gorgeous ombre sheets that really set off the stamped sentiment, ribbon, and butterflies. It's hard to tell in the first photo, but I Wink of Stella-ed the cut out butterfly.
Detail of the shimmery butterfly:
Today’s card is being featured on Stylin’ Stampin’ Inkspiration. The challenge was to create a card using one of our favorite retiring punches. Hands down, my favorite retiring punches are the coordinating butterfly punches: Elegant Butterfly and Bitty Butterfly. I think they have been my most used punch since I bought them four years ago. Love them so much! This card celebrates the butterflies by coordinating them with a retiring stamp set, Kinda Eclectic, a retiring DSP, and two retiring colors. This card just makes me so happy!
