1 Tim 6:6 But Godliness with Contentment is Great Gain

Hi Friends!!

I am finally having a chance to post some of the cards that I created this week in between working on organizing, etc. in preparation for our upcoming windows/exterior doors installation :-)

Also, while I have certain stamp sets out, I am trying to create a few cards to give them some "love", plus I found some items "ready to go" in my stash- I love what I can find when I am able to organize, lol!

I had the butterflies along with the flowers already stamped, colored and fussy-cut/punched in my stash as well as the digital verse sentiment (already printed and die cut).

I paired them with an embossed panel (again in my stash) and once I had all of my elements together, I used the layout from this week’s Freshly Made Sketches #404 Sketch Challenge along with the International Art & Soul #67 “Things with Wings” Challengeand the Word Art Wednesday #405-#407 “Anything Goes” Challenge to create the card .  

If you have not had a chance to drop by the above challenge sites yet, I hope you do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

Stamp Sets: Choose Happiness, Papillon Potpourri (both retired Stampin’ Up!), Scripture Sentiment (free digi from the Word Art Wednesday challenge blog)

Ink/Mediums: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Calyso Coral, Crushed Curry, Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Tangerine Tango,  Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen, Sharpie® Extra Fine White Paint Pen

Cardstock/Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Gemini™ Die Cutting Machine,  Ornate Lace Embossing Folder (Crafters Companion™), MFT Rectangle Dies,  Elegant Butterfly Punch (retired SU!), AquaPainter™, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit! I hope you have a great weekend and have a chance to stop by again soon!

Trust An Unknown Future to A Known God

Hi Friends!

This card was designed for a sweet young lady who graduated this year and I was able to use up quite a few pieces from my stash.

The sentiment is from the As You Graduate stamp set (retired Our Daily Bread Designs now Divinity Designs LLC) and the rest of the card was from my “stash” of unfinished projects using retired Stampin' Up! images- lol!

I love participating with online challenges and will be linking to the Global Design Project #191 Theme Challenge along with the Simon Says Wednesday “Anything Goes” Challenge and the Time Out #136 Inspiration Challenge (I was inspired by all the bright summery colors).

If you have not had a chance to visit the above challenge galleries yet, I encourage you to do so- wonderful inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of white cardstock with an embossing tool, stamp the sentiment from As You Graduate with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink, apply clear embossing powder and heat set with a heat tool.  Once the sentiment has cooled, die cut with a stitched rectangle die, mount onto black cardstock and trim close to the edge.

2). Repeat the stamping/embossing steps above with the small butterflies from Papillon Potpourri and large butterfly from Wonderful Wings (both retired Stampin’ Up!).  Once the embossing has cooled, color the butterflies using water-based markers.  Fussy-cut the large butterfly image and use the matching butterfly punch (also retired) to punch out the two small butterflies (I already had all three of these butterflies in my stash ready to go :-)).

3). Using an acetate envelope (or you could cut open a ziploc bag), press the oxide inks onto the acetate, lightly spritz with water, fold the envelope or bag over the ink and smoosh around with your finger a bit, re-open the envelope or bag and press a piece of white cardstock into the ink.  Repeat the process with another piece of white cardstock to use up the remaining ink (this is how I had this panel in my stash).

4). Stamp the distressing image from Timeless Textures with Versafine™ Onyx Black ink to add additional texture and die cut with a rectangle stitched die.  Mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim close to the edge and mount onto a piece of 4 ¼” x 11” piece of white cardstock in half for the card base. 

5). Mount the sentiment using dimensional foam.

6).  Add the butterflies to the card front and use a clear glitter pen to add shimmer to their wings.

Stamp Sets: Wonderful Wings, Papillon Potpourri, Timeless Textures (retired Stampin’ Up!), As You Graduate (retired Our Daily Bread Designs)

Ink: Versafine™ Onyx Black, Stampin’ Write Markers- Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango; Tim Holtz® Distress Oxide- Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Embossing Buddy®, Clear Embossing Powder, Heat Tool , AquaPainter™, Elegant Butterfly Punch (retired SU!), My Favorite Things™ Dies- Stitched Rectangles A2 Set 1 & 2

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by!!   Hugs and I hope you can visit again soon!

TCC71 Praying for You

Hi Friends!

It’s time for The Card Concept #71 Fresh Flutters Inspiration Challenge!  This week we are introducing five new Design Team members and wow, they are amazing!!

Here is our inspiration photo – isn’t it dreamy?  The soft colors, the textures and the gorgeous butterflies inspired me to create a Shabby Chic Mixed Media card.

I also incorporated the SC639 Sketch Challenge into the design, the Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge "Sprays" for April and the Inkspirational #132 Word Prompt "Spring" Challenge.

Hopefully you will have a chance to visit us at The Card Concept and check out our wonderful Design Team samples as well as the Splitcoaststampers challenge site!

To create this card:

1). Emboss a piece of white cardstock with the Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, trim and mount onto a piece of black cardstock.  Trim and mount onto the white card base.

2). Add the vertical strip of turquoise cardstock, layered onto black cardstock (per the sketch).

3). Die cut a piece of white cardstock with the stitched rectangle die, apply crackle texture paste with a palette knife through a stencil, allow the paste to dry.  Press the Tumbled Glass Distress Stain onto a craft mat, spritz with water, lay the die cut/embossed panel into the stain, spritz with water again and allow to air dry. Ink the retired French Script background stamp with black archival ink, stamp onto the dried panel, mount onto a piece of black cardstock, trim close to the edge.

4). Apply gesso to a pink paper doily (to tone down the pink), cut into quarters and add one quarter to the upper left hand corner of the die cut panel.

5). Create the roses with a spiral rose die from pink cardstock, add leaves and adhere to the card panel.  Mount the entire central panel onto the card front with dimensional foam.

6). Print out the sentiment from the Power Poppy digital stamp set, Rose and Camellias onto white cardstock, trim and add the banner points by hand (I use a hexagon punch), press into Tumbled Glass Distress Stain, mount onto black cardstock and add to the card front with dimensional foam.

7). Stamp the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri (Stampin’ Up!) with archival black ink onto white cardstock, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and color with Stampin’ Write Markers- Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo and Flirty Flamingo.  Use a water brush to soften the colors, mount onto the card front and add the pearls to the body.

8). Use a clear glitter pen to apply shimmer to the roses to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri (soon to be retired SU!), French Script (retired SU! background), Roses and Camellias (digital image- Power Poppy)

Ink/Medium: Printer Ink- Black, Memento™ Tuxedo Black; Stampin’ Write Markers- Pumpkin Pie, Flirty Flamingo, Melon Mambo; Tim Holtz™ Tumbled Glass Distress Stain; Spectrum Noir™ Clear Glitter Pen; Crackled Texture Paste

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise

Accessories: Big Shot™, Woodgrain Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, MFT Royal Rose Die, Punches- Elegant Butterfly, Hexagon (both SU!), Leaf (MS),  Memory Box stencil, Pink Paper Doily

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- hugs and I hope you have a blessed Easter! 

SUO168 Sale-A-Bration Fun!

Hi Friends!   

Woohoo! It’s that time again for a new challenge at SU-Only Challenges and challenge #168 is all about “Sale-A-Bration Fun”.

I decided to create a Mixed Media card using the Sale-A-Bration (SAB) sets, Delicate Details and Avant-Garden along with the main catalog sets, Papillon Potpourri and Timeless Textures.

I incorporated the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC444 Color Challenge as well as the FabFri105 Sketch Challenge into the design.

If you have not had a chance to stop by the SU-Only Challengesite to check out the rest of the Design Team projects or the other challenge sites, I hope you will do so- gorgeous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

1). De-static a piece of Whisper White cardstock with the Embossing Buddy®, ink the stamps from Delicate Details (SAB) with Versamark™ ink, stamp onto the prepared cardstock, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set with the heat tool.

2). Once the embossing has cooled, use an AquaPainter™ with ink from the Dapper Denim Classic Ink Pad to watercolor over the embossing.  Add a bit of splatter distressing with the small splatter stamp from Timeless Textures and wipe away all excess ink from the embossed areas with a slightly damp paper towel. Trim the embossed panel and mount onto a piece of Crumb Cake cardstock.  Trim the panel again and mount onto a piece of Dapper Denim cardstock, finally trimming once more before adhering the entire panel to the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

3). Use the Big Shot™ along with the Layering Circles Framelits™ to die cut a piece of Whisper White and Crumb Cake from a smaller circle die and Dapper Denim cardstock using the next larger circle die.  Split the Crumb Cake die cut circle in half and adhere behind the white die cut circle allowing the edges to just peek out from behind.  Layer onto the Dapper Denim die cut circle.  Add a bit of splatter with the Timeless Textures small splatter image using Dapper Denim ink and adhere directly to the card front (per the sketch).

4). Ink the floral image from Avant-Garden (SAB) with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink, heat set with the heat tool and watercolor using the AquaPainter™ and Stampin’ Write Markers- Crumb Cake for the leaves, Peekaboo Peach for the  blossoms.  Once you are satisfied with the coloring, fussy-cut the images and mount onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

5). Ink the lace border image from Delicate Details (SAB) with Dapper Denim Classic Ink, stamp onto Whisper White cardstock, lightly apply Clear Wink® over the stamped lace image (this will watercolor the image a bit), fussy-cut around the lace edge and mount onto the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals®. 

 6). Heat emboss the sentiment from Avant-Garden (SAB) with Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder onto Dapper Denim cardstock, trim the image and mount onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

7). Ink the butterfly image from Papillon Potpourri with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black Ink and stamp three images onto Whisper White cardstock, watercolor with the AquaPainter™ using the Stampin’ Write Peekaboo Peach marker, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and mount onto the card front. 

8). Apply Clear Wink of Stella® to the butterfly wings and pearls to the centers of the butterflies as well as to the upper right hand corner along with the sentiment. Use the White Gel Pen to add a few highlights to the center of the flowers to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Delicate Details and Avant-Garden (both SAB), Papillon Potpourri, Timeless Textures

Ink: Versamark™, Dapper Denim; Stampin’ Write Markers- Crumb Cake, Peekaboo Peach; Clear Wink of Stella®, White Gel Pen

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Extra Thick Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Dapper Denim

Accessories: Big Shot™, Layering Circles Framelits™, AquaPainter™, Embossing Buddy®, Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit – I hope that you will create your own Stampin’ Up! Only project and play along with our “Sale-A-Bration Fun” challenge!

SUO156 Primary Colors- Happy Butterfly Birthday

Hi Friends!   

It’s time for the SUO156 “Primary Colors” Challenge at SU-Only Challenges- perfect for back to school!

I decided to create a birthday card using Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry for the yellow, Dapper Denim for the blue and Real Red for the red.

I also incorporated the Create with Connie and Mary CCMC421 Sketch into the design (love their challenges :-)) plus they are also my DT Sisters on the SUO Challenge site.

I hope you will stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out the rest of the Design Team projects as well as the Create with Connie and Mary gallery- fabulous inspiration from all!

To create this card:

Ink the Timeless Textures images with Dapper Demin and Real Red Classic Ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock to create your own “designer paper”.

Cut two circles from the stamped panel using the Big Shot™ with the Circle Framelits™ (one larger circle and a medium circle) and also cut circles from Real Red cardstock using the same size framelit.

Cut the Real Red circles in half and layer behind the die cut stamped circles to create a small frame for each.

Trim a piece of Whisper White cardstock, layer onto a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock, trim and layer onto a piece of Real Red cardstock.

Mount the entire panel onto the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

Ink the sentiment from Rose Wonder and stamp onto the card front.

Add a bit of splatter with the Timeless Textures splatter image using Real Red and Dapper Denim Classic Ink, mount the larger die cut stamped circle directly onto the card front and mount the smaller circle (per the sketch) with Stampin’ Dimensionals®.

Add a strip of Real Red cardstock (again, per the sketch) and a few Pearls.

It is difficult to capture the shimmer on the wings but it is there :-)

Create the butterflies by stamping the Papillon Potpourri image onto Whisper White cardstock using Stampin’ Archival™ Basic Black ink, color the images with the Daffodil Delight and Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write Markers and punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.

Mount onto the card front and add Clear Wink of Stella® to the butterfly wings along with Pearls to the centers of each butterfly to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Papillon Potpourri, Timeless Texture, Rose Wonder

Ink: Stampin’ Archival Pad™- Basic Black, Dapper Denim, Real Red; Stampin’ Write Markers- Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry; Clear Wink of Stella®

Paper/Cardstock:  Whisper White, Crushed Curry , Real Red

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot™, Circle Framelits™,  Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by and we hope to see your Stampin’ Up! Only project in our “Primary Colors” Challenge gallery!

SUO153 Black and White with a Pop of Color

Hi Friends!   

It’s time for the SUO153 “Black and White with a Pop of Color”Challenge at SU-Only Challenges!

I decided to combine a few sets for my card and incorporate the Splitcoaststampers SC600 Sketch Challenge (using the previous SC502 Sketch) along with the Splitcoaststampers CAS382 “Wing It” Challenge.

In addition to visiting the above Splitcoaststampers challenge galleries, I hope you will stop by the SU-Only Challenge site to check out my sister Design Team projects as well as pull out your Stampin’ Up! supplies and join in on the fun!

This card is very easy to create:

Ink the floral image from Butterfly Basics with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink, stamp onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Stamp another floral image onto a piece of sticky note paper, fussy cut to create a mask and cover the image stamped onto the Whisper White cardstock.

Ink the honeycomb stamp from Butterfly Basics with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black ink and stamp repeatedly over the masked image (re-inking the stamp each time before stamping). 

Stamp the two canceled stamp images as well with the Stampin’ Archival Basic Black Ink, remove the mask and heat set the images with the Heat Tool.

Use the AquaPainter™ with ink from the Stampin’ Archival Basic Black Ink to watercolor the floral image, add shadows with the Smoky Slate Stampin’ Write Marker and color the flower stamens with the Crushed Curry Marker.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Square Framelits™ Collection to cut out the stamped panel, mount onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock, trim and mount once more onto a piece of Basic Black cardstock to create the frame.

Use the Simply Scored™ Scoring Tool to score diagonal lines onto a piece of Whisper White cardstock, trim and mount this panel onto a piece of Crushed Curry cardstock, trim and mount onto the Basic Black card front and adhere the entire panel onto the Extra Thick Whisper White card base.

Stamp the sentiment from Rose Wonder with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, cut out with the Circle Framelits™ Collection (also cutting two Basic Black circles from the same size framelit™, layer the two Basic Black circles behind the sentiment to create a thin frame).

Stamp the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri with Stampin’ Archival Basic Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, color the image with the Crushed Curry Stampin’ Write Marker and punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch.

Using dimensional foam, mount the stamped floral panel onto the card front at an angle adding the sentiment as well as the two butterflies.

Add the strands of Pearls to the butterflies to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets:  Butterfly Basics, Papillon Potpourri, Rose Wonder

Ink:  Basic Black Stampin’ Archival Pad™; Stampin’ Write Markers- Crushed Curry, Smoky Slate

Paper/Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, Crushed Curry

Accessories: Big Shot™, Circle and Square Framelits™, Simply Scored™ Scoring Tool,  AquaPainter™, Pearls

Thanks again for stopping by and we hope to see your Stampin’ Up! Only project in our “Black and White with a Pop of Color” Challenge gallery!

TCC55 "You Are My Sunshine" - Celebrate Spring!

Hi Friends!!

Woohoo!  Time for the new #55 "You Are My Sunshine" Challenge at The Card Concept!  

Our inspiration photo can be interpreted in so many ways- the colors, polka dots, theme of sunshine, wood block letters, etc.  Remember- there is no right or wrong way when it comes to interpretation and we hope to see your card in our gallery!!

I was inspired by the colors- bright yellow with black remind me of summer and yikes, bees!  Yes, I said bees..... I love bee images but am allergic to bee stings so am a bit afraid of the real thing :-) 

It is ironic since my husband and I love to collect antique honey dishes and one of the main criteria for being added to our collection is that the honey dish needs to have a bee molded into the glass or image on the dish.  There is just something about those little honeybees that we think are so cute!!

I am also linking this card to the Just Us Girls JUGS342 Word Week “Butterfly” Challenge as well as the Monthly Mixed Media MMMC24 “Butterflies and Blooms” Challenge and the Splitcoaststampers’ SC585 Sketch Challenge.

I hope you have a chance to visit us at The Card Concept and check out the rest of our Design Teamsamples as well as the other challenge sites- wonderful inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

On a piece of watercolor paper, apply Gelatos® (Lemon Yellow and Gold Champagne), spritz with water, use your fingers to mix the colors and dry with the Heat Tool.

Apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey)  to a craft mat, spritz with water and lay the panel into the ink, lift up and allow the ink to spread, if needed, add additional water to dilute a bit, continue to tilt to spread the ink and dry with the Heat Tool.

Apply more ink as desired along with Gelatos® until you are satisfied with the colors.

Once the panel was thoroughly dry, stamp the images from Graphic45® French Country III and Secret Garden with Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink (masking some of the images as you stamp and create the background).

Use as Sponge Dauber with Delightful Dijon Classic Ink (Stampin’ Up!) along with the honeycomb portion of the Mini Punchenella Stencil from Balzar® Designs to stencil part of the background and your finger using Gesso® along with the Mini Well Rounded Stencil from the Crafter’s Workshop®. 

Use a paint brush with Ranger® Tim Holtz® Picket Fence Distress Stain to tone down the postcard part of the image.

Cut the panel into thirds, use a Distressing Tool to distress all of the edges, apply Delightful Dijon Classic Ink over the distressed edges with a Sponge Dauber and mount the panels per the sketch onto a distressed piece of Basic Black cardstock.

Using a foam brush, apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium to all of the panels and allow to dry.

Ink the sentiment from Time to Flourish (Graphic45®) using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, sponge some of the same inks as the background and add additional texture with the background strip stamp from Secret Garden, Gesso® with the stencil and the Distressing Tool.

Create the banner points with the Hexagon Punch, mount onto Basic Black carstock and distress the edges again with the Distressing Tool.

Add the sentiment to the background panel with dimensional foam.

Add the ivory crochet lace along with a piece of ¼” Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon and mount the entire panel to the Whisper White card base.

Create the roses using the Big Shot™ with the My Favorite Things™ (MFT) Royal Rose Die and Mini Royal Rose Dies from Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry and So Saffron cardstock.  Roll up the roses and adhere in the center (I used Hot Glue for this step).

With a paintbrush, lightly add Wild Honey Distress Stain, spritz with Imagine Crafts Sheer Shimmer Spritz and allow to the flowers to dry.

Adhere the roses with the black leaves (punched from Basic Black cardstock and the Martha Stewart Leaf Punch) to the card front (I used Hot Glue for this step as well).

Stamp the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri using Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, color with the So Saffron and Delightful Dijon Stampin’ Write Markers, punch out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and add to the card front (again, with Hot Glue).

With a paint brush, apply Mod Podge® to the butterfly wings and once dried, add the Pearls to the butterfly centers to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri (Stampin’ Up!), French Country III and Botanicals (Graphic45®)

Ink/Mediums: Stāz-On® Jet Black Ink, Delightful Dijon; Stampin’ Write Marker- So Saffron, Delightful Dijon; Gelatos®- Lemon, Gold Champagne; Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains- Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey, Picket Fence; Gesso® , Sheer Shimmer Spray, Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Collage Crazing Medium

Paper: Watercolor, Whisper White, Basic Black

Accessories: Big Shot™, MFT Royal Rose and Mini Royal Rose Dies, SU! Punches- Elegant Butterfly, Hexagon; MS Leaf Punch, Pearls, ¼” Basic Black Grosgrain Ribbon, Ivory Crochet Lace, Mini Punchenella and Mini Well Rounded Stencils, Paintbrush, Sponge Dauber, Distressing Tool

Thanks again for taking the time to stop by- I hope you can gather your supplies and pick a style to create your own card for “You Are My Sunshine” gallery at The Card Concept!

Psalm 31:24 Be Strong and Take Heart

Hi Again Friends!!

Here is my second card I designed using The Card Concept Challenge #52 Inspiration  Photo (please see my first card in this post).

Again, I was inspired by the beautiful purples in the lilacs for my Mixed Media card (lilacs were my Mother’s favorite along with irises).

I am also linking this card to the Mixed Media Monthly MMMC#23 “Dimension” Challenge and the Word Art Wednesday #228/#229 "Family Friendly/Anything Goes" Challenge.

I hope will find the time to visit us at The Card Concept as well as the other challenge sites- wonderful inspiration from all!!

To create this card:

Using a foam brush, apply Gesso® over a piece of cardstock (I used a piece of Designer Series Paper that I did not like the pattern- one way to use up “older” paper).

Once the Gesso® dried, apply Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains to a craft mat (I used Broken China, Frayed Denim and Mowed Lawn), lay the panel into the ink, lift up and allow the ink to spread, spritz with water to dilute a bit and continue to tilt and spread the ink.

Dry the ink with a Heat Tool, apply more ink as desired along with Gelatos® (I used Aqua Dolce and Cotton Candy- spritzing the Gelatos® with water and allowing the color to run across the panel).

Some of the color was a bit bright for me so I added Ranger® Tim Holtz® Picket Fence Distress Stain to tone down some of the brightness.

Once the panel was thoroughly dry, de-static with the Embossing Buddy®, ink the retired Ex Libris background stamp with Versamark® Ink, stamp onto the prepared panel, apply Stampin’ Emboss® White Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Repeat the above embossing steps with the sentiment from the Our Daily Bread Designs Scripture Collection 3 using Versamark® Ink, then add Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink followed by Clear Embossing Powder.

Trim the background panel, mount onto the Old Olive card base and sponge additional Elegant Eggplant Classic Ink over the embossing in a few areas (wiping off the excess with a lightly dampened paper towel).

Cut the roses from Elegant Eggplant cardstock with the Big Shot™ and the My Favorite Things® (MFT) Royal Rose and Mini Rose Die, crimp the die cuts with the Crimper Tool before rolling into the flower shape and add Gesso® to the flower petals.

Punch the leaves from Old Olive cardstock with the Martha Stewart® (MS) Leaf Punch, add the roses to the leaves and apply Gesso® to the leaves as well.

Mount the roses and leaves onto the card front (I like to use Hot Glue for this step) and add the Pearls to the corners.

Ink the butterflies from Papillon Potpourri with Versamark™ Ink and stamp onto Whisper White cardstock, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Black Embossing Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

Punch the butterflies out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and color with the So Saffron Stampin’ Write Marker.

Add to the card front along with Pearls for the bodies to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Papillon Potpourri, retired Ex Libris (SU!), Scripture Collection 3 (ODBD)

Ink/Mediums: Versamark™, Elegant Eggplant; Stampin’ Write Marker- So Saffron; added Ranger® Tim Holtz® Distress Stains-Broken China, Faded Denim, Mowed Lawn, Picket Fence; Gelatos®- Aqua Dolce, Cotton Candy

Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Elegant Eggplant, misc piece of DSP (for Gesso® panel)

Accessories: Gesso®, Big Shot™, MFT Royal Rose and Mini Royal Rose Dies, Elegant Butterfly Punch (SU!), MS Leaf Punch, Embossing Buddy®, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Emboss® Clear, White and Black Embossing Powder, Pearls

Thanks again for taking the time to visit- I hope all of you have a wonderful day!!