Green Butterfly Birthday Card

Hello! Last week my new boss asked me to make his wife a birthday card. When I asked him what her favorite colours were, he said green. Well, I don't know if monochromatic green is what he had in mind, but I decided to make three cards and let him choose. This Green Butterfly Birthday Card is the first one I made. I LOVE green and I've used one of my favorite butterfly stamps that I heat embossed using three different colors of embossing powder. The design comes from this weeks sketch at the Just Us Girls challenge blog. For a little extra detail I stitched around the edge of the patterned paper to give it that nice handmade feel. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

My Green Butterfly Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Just Us Girls: Sketch
• 'ABC' Challenge: Monochromatic 
• Top Tip Tuesday: Embossing
• Flutter By Wednesday: Any Winged Creature
• Creative Creations: Monochromatic
• The Crafty Bloggers: Favourite Things

Green Butterfly Birthday Card Supplies*:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Gumball Green, Certainly Celery and Garden Green card stock and Willow Path patterned paper from the Woodland Park collection by October Afternoon.
• Stamps: Butterfly Trail stamp by Inkadinkado and sentiment stamp from the Simply Sketched hostess stamp set by Stampin' Up!
• Inks & Colouring: Classic stampin' pad in Garden Green and VersaMark stamp pad. Embossing powders in Gumball Green by Stampin' Up! and Stampendous! Pearlustre in Emerald and Jade.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Heat Tool, Fancy Fan embossing folder, oval punch and scalloped oval punch, sewing machine, thread, ivory gemstones by The Paper Studio, and stampin' dimensionals.

*Unless noted supplies by Stampin' Up!

Hello Card

Is it nap time??? The last couple of days I have been really tired and it has zapped my creative energy. Here in the US we turned the clocks forward one hour over the weekend and it's staying daylight an hour longer. Which is great, it means Spring is almost here. We have a few more days until Spring officially arrives, but here in Oklahoma we are having 76 degree weather. It feels like Spring, so let's go ahead and say Hello to Spring with this Hello Card.  I LOVE the colors in the patterned papers by October Afternoon. It's a simple card but it's full of color. Well, enjoy the rest of your day and thanks for stopping by!

Hello Card Supplies:

• Paper: Very Vanilla, Daffodil Delight, and Gumball Green card stock by Stampin' Up!, a couple of random pieces of scrap card stock, and October Afternoon patterned paper from the Cakewalk collection using Hula Hoop and Paper Straws.
• Stamps: Hello sentiment stamp from the Lacy & Lovely stamp set.
• Inks: Classic stampin' pad in Gumball Green.
• Other Stuff: Big Shot, Sizzix Floral Botanical die set, Fiskars scroll corner punch, yellow pearl by Recollections, and stampin' dimensionals.

My Hello Card is entered into the following challenges:

1. Celebrate the Occasion: Spring is in the Air
2. Crafty Sentiments Designs: Hello Spring
3. The Crafty Bloggers Network: Spring or Pastel
4. Creative Stamp Friends: Spring Colours