Yellow Butterfly Birthday Card

One of my favorite parts about summer is seeing the butterflies flutter around the yard. We typically have several little yellow/orange butterflies called Orange Sulfur in late summer. I've seen monarchs, black swallowtails and red admirals but the Orange Sulfur are one of the easiest to spot.

The butterfly was my inspiration for this Yellow Butterfly Birthday Card. It gave me another opportunity to use two of my favorite stamp sets: Watercolor Wings and Butterfly Basics both by Stampin' Up!. The dsp is retired but it's still one of my favorites,  Affectionately Yours by Stampin' Up!. Colors used on the butterfly include: Daffodil Delight, Crushed Curry and Crumb Cake. Then I heat embossed the Crumb Cake area with retired Iridescent Ice embossing powder. Other colors match the dsp and include: Watermelon Wonder, Night of Navy, Cucumber Crush and Crumb Cake. That's it! Thanks for stopping by my blog and enjoy the rest of your day!

Challenges entered:

• SU! Only: Happy Birthday
• Little Red Wagon: Favourite Products
• Watercooler Wednesday: Feminine Anything Goes
• Mod Squad: Wings as Focal Point

Indigo Flower Wishes Card

Happy Thursday! This afternoon I decided to use the sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday to make a card. I had good intentions to use their optional theme of Blue and White, but after searching my paper stash I ended up using Island Indigo and Very Vanilla. I really liked how the papers from the Something for all Seasons paper pad by Authentique looked with the sketch. The stamp set is one of my favorites by Stampin' Up called Butterfly Basics and all stamps used are from the same set. The colors include: Island Indigo, Tip Top Taupe, So Saffron and Very Vanilla. The sending Wishes Your Way sentiment is nice for many different occasions and I had to add the butterfly with pearls for detail. Well, that about sums it up. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Indigo Flower Wishes Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Try Stampin' on Tuesday: Sketch  
• Fab 'n' Funky: Two or More Designer Papers
• The Crafty Addicts: Anything Goes/With Flowers
• Crafty Girls Creations: Anything Goes

Thinking of You Card

When it comes to sentiments, Thinking of You is a great all occasion greeting. It can be followed by... and wishing you a happy birthday,  on your anniversary, during this difficult time, etc. You can send a Thinking of You Card for no occasion at all. For this reason I believe using Thinking of You on handmade cards is very versatile.

This card was made using my favorite colors and stamp sets. All supplies are by Stampin' Up! and are currently available. Stamp sets include: Butterfly Basics, Sassy Salutations and Watercolor Wings. The colors used include: Blissful Blackberry, Crumb Cake, Rich Razzleberry, Mossy Meadow and Very Vanilla. To add some sparkle detail to the butterfly I used glitter embossing powder that was heat embossed. That's it!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

• Sweet Stamps: Anything Goes
• Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes
• Sparkle N Sprinkle: Anything Goes with loose glitter, embossing/flocking

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Butterfly Feel Better Card

Hello and happy day! Wherever you are, I hope your day has been lovely and I'm glad you stopped by my blog. This weekend here in Oklahoma, we are expecting cooler weather and that has put a big smile on my face. I'm so ready for FALL!

My afternoon was spent creating this Butterfly Feel Better Card, it was inspired by three challenges listed below:

• Colour Me!: Colours
• SU-Only: Get Well
• Just Add Ink: Glimmer

All supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up! and here is the list:

• Paper: Whisper White and Garden Green cardstock.
• Stamps: Sassy Salutations, Butterfly Basics and Watercolor Wings.
• Inks: Garden Green, Island Indigo, Pacific Point, Crumb Cake and clear VersaMark.
• Other Stuff: Heat tool, Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter, Bold Butterfly framelit die, Big Shot, and Stampin' dimensionals.

The design is a minimized version of a previous card I made, click here. I debated about using patterned paper but decided to keep it clean.

Here is a close-up of the embossed glitter detail:

My crafty companion waking up from his nap:

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Butterfly Card with Washi Tape

Do you have supplies in your stash that rarely see the light of day? For me, it's washi tape! I really like the idea of it, but I'm just not that skilled at applying it to my project. In fact, I almost gave up on making this Butterfly Card with Washi Tape until I decided to wrap the tape around to the back of the white panel. This gave it a finished look I could live with. There are a couple of washi tape challenges right now and several with butterflies. I was prompted to make this card by another crafty friend, KT Fit Kitty, you can see her card HERE. Her card was made for the Butterfly Challenge from Mrs. A. to use a Butterfly along with Washi Tape. Sometimes it takes a challenge to push me to use my neglected supplies.

The list of challenges that inspired this card include:

• Butterfly Challenge: Butterfly + Washi Tape
• QKR Stampede: Washi Tape
• Suzy Bee's Bloomin': Anything Goes with Wings or Feathers
• Crafting with Dragonflies: Card with Butterfly

Most of the supplies for this card are by Stampin' Up! with the exception of the corner punch by Fiskars and pink rhinestones by Recollections. The colors include: Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo, Island Indigo and Night of Navy. The stamp set used is called Butterfly Basics and the washi tape is at least a couple of years old. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Coral Butterfly Card

Thanks for stopping by my crafty blog to check out my Coral Butterfly Card! This card was inspired by several challenges listed here:

• SU-Only: Favorite New Stamps
• Tuesday Morning Sketches: Sketch
• Just Add Ink: Butterflies
• Mod Squad: The Wing's the Thing
• Fab 'n' Funky: No Patterned Paper

Choosing my favorite new stamps wasn't easy but I did it! The stamp sets include:

• Watercolor Wash
• Butterfly Basics
• Watercolor Wings

All supplies on this card are by Stampin' Up! The colors include: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Soft Sky, Tip Top Taupe, Wild Wasabi, Crisp Cantaloupe and Calypso Coral. The lace ribbon in Mint Macaroon blends nicely into the soft sky background and helps provide a little texture. I used the stamp off method often to soften the ink colors. That's it! I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

Sending Wishes Card

Hope you're having a great day! There isn't much going on around my house, I'm not complaining... I guess I like the quiet life. This morning I made this Sending Wishes Card using the Butterfly Basics stamp set by Stampin' Up! It's been in my stash for awhile but sadly this was it's first time to see ink. I paired it with a couple of my older but current favorites, the Flower Shop stamp set and Hardwood stamp. The color coral seems to be really popular right now, so I used Calypso Coral along with Wild Wasabi, So Saffron, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla. I'm always scared to do layered stamping but I think it turned out pretty good. I appreciate you stopping by my blog and hope you come back soon.

This Sending Wishes Card is entered into the following challenges:

• 613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin': Something Old & Something New
• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes