Spreading Wings Butterflies

I just got a sentiment stamp from Hobby Lobby's clearance. "Until you spread your wings, you have no idea how far you'll fly." What is the perfect stamp to use with the sentiment? Butterfly! Of course!

I ran through all my stamp sets and tried to find the perfect butterfly. This is what I came up with. I used memento dew drop ink pads to ink up the entire butterfly stamp with the lightest color Angle Pink first as a base color, then I dabbed Rose Bud, Lulu Lavendar, Lilac Posies, Sweet Plum on the stamp randomly here and there to make the butterflies all colorful.

 

 

Then I suddenly remembered my beloved but recently neglected big butterfly stamp and I had to use it to make another card. The same method was used for this big beauty.

 

Here is a close up.

Here are the two cards side by side.

I am playing along the challenge at CAS on Friday #127 One Layer Wonder.

Also Just Add Ink Challenge #398 Color.

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge 281: Anything Goes.

Time Out challenge #104: Bold .

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

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Pink Kind Bear

I am sharing an easy to make die cuts only card using the so cute Kind Bear Die from Paper Smooches again. The sentiment was also die cut using pink cardstock to match the pink flower.

 

Here is a close up. I added some shimmers with Wink of Stella glitter brush on the flower and the sentiment.

I am playing along the AAA card challenge: CAS Game #109 -  Die Cuts ONLY.



HLS February Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.

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Majestic Two Tones

The inspiration card made by Debby Hughes at Altenew February challenge was the inspiration to make my cards for Altenew's challenge. I used two different neutral colors, grey and kraft, as the backgrounds for the cards. I first stamped the Altenew's Majestic Bloom stamps base image with white pigment ink. When the ink was dry I then stamped the layers with Ruby Red and Coral Berry. The leaves were stamped the same way with white pigment ink and Frayed Leaf ink. For the flower centers, I heat embossed with silver embossing powder for the grey card and copper embossing powder for the kraft card.

The "Thank you" die cuts are part of the Majestic Bloom Stamp and Die Bundle. They are so pretty and so versatile. You can arrange the two words vertically or horizontally or move them around to accommodate any images. Here, I die cut them four times and glued them together before put them on the left of the flowers. And finally, I added silver and pink sequins for the grey card. For the kraft card, I used copper and pink sequins. 

 

Here are the two cards side by side. I think I am in love with the grey.

I am playing along the Altenew February 2018 Inspiration Challenge.

Also the Card Concept #86 Old Fashion Love. I was inspired by the pink flowers and the white accents for my clean and simple card.

HLS February Anything Goes with Dies Challenge.

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Smiley Happy Birthday

I was inspired by the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and made a happy birthday card with smiley face balloons. The balloons are from My Favorite Things' BB Happy Hippos stamp set. I masked the balloons and stamped the balloons four times in total, then I painted them with watercolor and added smiley faces. Painting all the colorful balloons and the smiley faces made me very happy. 

Here is a close up.

I am playing along the CAS(E) this Sketch challenge #258.

CAS On Friday Challenge #126 - Dies. The Sentiment banner was cut with a die.


Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #279 - CAS. 

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge: Add a Die Cut. The Sentiment banner was cut with a die.

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Kind Bear

I made a cute bear card for a friend. I used the kind bear die from Paper Smooches and the impression mat to make an impression on a craft card base, then I colored the bear with colored pencils. 

I am playing along the Send a Card to a Friend Day at Simon Says Stamps.

Floral Smile

I made a card for a dear friend. She is moving to Florida early next month. Although saying good-bye is a hard thing to do, I wish her all the best and hope she would smile when she thought of us. 

I used watercolor to color all the flowers and then added a light blue watercolor wash around the flowers. I then die cut the sentiment "smile" from the floral background. To make the sentiment stand out from the background, I die cut three more "smile"s from a white cardstock and glued the three layers all together.

At this point, I debated if I'd had the sentiment hidden or not. Here are the two cards side by side. I think the white sentiment popped more with the floral background and I am glad about the decision. And the bonus was that the sentiment cut outs can be used to make another card!

                                                       

Here is a close up.

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Majestic Thank You

I love my Altenew majestic bloom stamp set and the coordinating die set. It's so easy to make gorgeous cards with them.

This is a close up. The sentiment Thank You was stamped using black pigment ink then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I fuzzy cut the sentiment and used foam tapes to give it a pop.

 

I am playing along the Altenew January 2018 inspiration challenge: