Beautiful Butterflies

Wow! I just got my "Beautiful Wings"embosslit die and had to try it out. I absolutely love it. It cuts and embosses 5 butterflies, the distance bewteen wing tips range from 5/8" to 1 7/8". I put 2 on the outside and 3 on the inside.

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I formed a Pink Pirouette card base. I cut out a piece of Basic Gray card stock and adhered a piece of 1/8" Pretty in Pink Taffeta ribbon 1 3/4" from the top and a second one 1 1/2" from thte bottom. The I centered and attached this panel to the pink card base.

Then I stamped the Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set rose in Basic Black ink on the top part of my Very Vanilla card stock. I stamped a second rose onto a sheet of copy paper, cut it out, and used it as a mask. I then stamped the lily from the same stamp set on the bottom of the vanilla card base, making sure part of it overlapped the rose. I created a mask for the lily. I coverd both the rose and the lily with their masks. Finally,I stamped the last flower from the set between the rose and lily.

I colored the rose with Pink Pirouette and Pretty In Pink inks and the lily with Melon Mambo, Peach Parfait and Basic Black. I cut the flowers out on the right side only and then attached the resulting piece on the top left of the gray panel.

I cut the butterflies out of Whisper White scraps with the embosslit and sponged them with Pretty In Pink ink .

I punched out 1 3/8" x 5/8' oval in the Pink Pirouette and stamped my sentiment on it. I dotted a border around the oval. Then I placed the oval between the ribbons.

Materials:

5 1/2" x 8 1/2 " Pink Pirouette card stock scored and folded at 4 1/4", plus a 2" x 1" for punch

3 1/2" x 4 3/4" Basic Gray card stock

2" x 4" & 2 1/4" x 2 1/4" Very Vanilla Card stock

2 - 4" pieces of 1/8" Pretty In Pink taffeta ribbon

Basic Black, Mellon Mambo, Pretty In Pink, Pink Pirouette, Peach Parfait and So Saffron Inks.

Beautiful Wings embosslit

1 3/8" x 5/8" Oval Punch

Dawn Flight

I really like this card. Partly, because my husband used to fly, everything from a Stearman to a jet. So, this card makes me a little nostalgic.

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Materials:

1. Card Stock : Rich Razzleberry (8 1/2" x 5 1/2"), Basic Black (4" x 5 1/4"), Whisper White ( 3 3/4" x 5")

2. Inks: Basic Black, So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Not Quite Navy.

3. Stamp Sets: Plant Hope, Plane and Simple (current Mini Occasions Catalog)

4. Other: Brayer, sponge, Black Stampin Write Marker

Steps:

1. Fold Rich Razzleberry card stock to form 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" card.

2. Center and attach the Basic Black panel to the front of the card.

3. Brayer light coats of the followning inks, starting at the bottom and making your way to the top: So Saffron, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise.

4. Brayer a light coat of Not Quite Navy in a diagonal direction from each top corner. Refer to above photo.

5. Stamp trees starting on the left and then stamp off moving towards the right. Reink and stamp just a little right of center. Before you stamp off again, wipe the in off of the trunks of the trees. Stamp and then draw thinner trunks with your StampinWrite Marker. Sponge black ink from the bottom edge of the paper to the bottom of the tree trunks.

6. Stamp plane above trees and color amolst solid with marker.

7. Center adhere inked panel on black cardstock.

Faithbooking - Bountiful Blessings

I am finally finding time to do some scrapbooking. The page below is actually a form of faithbooking - at least according to my definition. I believe faithbooking is about sharing our love for God and just how wonderful He is. It also is a way to tell our families how much we love them and more importantly,how much God loves them. I want to tell them that for as long as they live and long after I'm gone. I hope that can be accomplised with the words and pages I leave behind.

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I used Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze cardstock, the same color inks and the stamp set Season Of Friendship. I stamped the tree twice with a light coat of Crumb Cake ink to lengthen the tree. I then used the brown pencil from the Stampin'Up watercolor pencil to even out the truck area and darken the limbs. I then use the aqua painter to smooth things out.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

5th Avenue Rose Thank You Card

Materials:
1. Cardstock - Very Vanilla 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., Whisper White 4 x 4 in., , Pear Pizzazz DSP 5 1/4 x 4 in. and 5 1/2 x 1.

2. Stamp Sets - 5th Avenue Floral, Baroque, En Francais, Perfect Punches

3. Ink: Crumb Cake, Garden Green and Stampin' Write Markers - Pink Pirouette and Pretty in Pink.

4. Other - Aqua painter, sponge dauber, VersaMark,  clear embossing powder, heat tool