Butterfly Basics for The Paper Players

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The Paper Players are having a wonderful theme challenge this week: Clean and Simple Featuring a Flower.  I pulled out one of my favorite sets, Butterfly Basics, to create today’s card.  Enjoy!

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This card measures 4-1/4″ wide x 5-1/2″ tall when folded.

  • Soft and feminine! Stamps from the Butterfly Basics set, as well as the Speckles image from Gorgeous Grunge, were inked in Tip Top Taupe and stamped off in order to create the background panel.

  • Snip! Snip! Snip! The Flower image was faux water colored using Blender Pens, Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz inks.  It was then snipped out with Paper Snips before being popped up on Stampin’ Dimensionals.  Although it does not show up in the picture, in real life these blossoms have a lovely shimmer courtesy of Clear Wink of Stella.

  • A bow and a butterfly! A cheater bow was fashioned from Blushing Bride ribbon to add a touch of texture.  And what could be a better finishing touch than a Perfect Plum butterfly?

In my haste to snap a few pictures of this card, I did forget to add pearls.  But rest assured that before I send it out, I will be adding a pearl or two!

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Good News

As several of you already know through emails we have exchanged, I received the results of Brody’s biopsies.  Neither lump was cancerous! Woo hoo!  His incisions are healing nicely.  Of course, it is so important to get plenty of rest, so he has been taking his fair share of naps!

As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create, or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! And
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Beautiful You for The Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches

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I am thrilled to combine my two favorite challenges this week:   The Paper Players and Freshly Made Sketches.  The result is a quick and easy, clean and simple design which uses the Beautiful You stamp set.  I hope you enjoy today’s little paper-pieced gal in red!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This folded card measures 5-1/2″ wide x 4-1/4″ tall.

  • Cover your bases!  A 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ piece of Thick Whisper White card stock was scored at 4-1/4″ to form the card base.  The front was then covered with a 5-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ piece of Diagonal Striped  Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack.
  • Lady in Red! The Glamour Girl image was stamped in Archival Basic Black Ink onto Whisper White card stock.  She was then inked up and stamped again onto the Mini-Heart pattern from the Sending Love Designer Series Paper Stack.  The dress and hat were cut out and adhered onto the image which was stamped on the card stock. How much this reminded me of my paper doll days!

  • The finishing touches! A cute little Basic Black Baker’s Twine bow adds a touch of texture. In keeping with the simplicity of the card, the sentiment was stamped directly onto the Designer Paper.

Beautiful You was a set I I knew I had to have the moment I saw it.  I love to water color and paper piece, and this set is perfect for both. Plus, I absolutely adore the “Live, Laugh, Love” sentiment which is included as one of the sentiments.

I will be sending this card to Brady’s girlfriend who will soon be celebrating her birthday.  I am tucking it in a box which contains a pair of LuLaRoe Giraffe pattern leggings (she loves giraffes) and a Paper Pumpkin kit.  Since she is starting a new adventure in the state of Washington, I thought the Another Great Year kit would be a good one for her.  Brady and I also did a little shopping for her at Goodwill, where he found an adorable little fox mug and two necklaces he thought she would like.  I am so proud of him.  On his limited budget, he found gifts that are truly from his heart and that he knows she will love.

As I leave you today, I want to let you know that Brody the Boxer had two lumps removed Monday.  We have yet to receive the biopsy results, so we still have no idea as to the type and grades of the tumors.  But on the bright side, after a wobbly start, he is doing great! He’s eating, drinking, and enjoying his short walks on these rainy days.

I just had to share this family picture taken Monday evening a few hours after he was brought home from the vet. Jackie, Kia and Muffy did not leave his side, and were quite concerned.  In fact, we have all been sleeping on the floor, since he is not yet allowed to jump onto our very tall bed.

As always, if you ever have a question about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…
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Nailed It for Freshly Made Sketches

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In the midst of preparing for an impending ice storm, which is set to hit here Sunday, I managed to ink up the Nailed It stamp set for the first time. Oh my gosh! This was a bundle I had reservations in purchasing, but now that I have played with it, I LOVE it. The Urban Underground Designer Series Paper and Embellishments are the perfect choices for this set. And I can’t say enough about the Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder.  I wish you could see these hexagons in person.  They are amazing! The sketch for today’s card comes from one of my favorite challenges, Freshly Made Sketches.  Enjoy!

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips
This finished card measures 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ when folded.

Watercolor Pencils rule! I colored the Screwdriver image using the Daffodil Delight and Basic Grey pencils.  To add a little more shading, I added Delightful Dijon ink using a Blender Pen.

The adorable Ruler was created with the Build It framelits and Silver Foil.  You can also get an idea in this picture of the deep impressions made with the Hexagons Dynamic Folder.

Of course, with a Screwdriver image, you just have to have Screws!  Enter the Urban Underground Embellishments.  How cute are these!

In keeping with the theme, I selected the “Sorry I screwed up” sentiment.  But I think I will switch it out later for one of our many “Happy Birthday” sentiments, and use this as a masculine birthday card.

I cut the Label die cut from the Build It framelits out twice: once from Very Vanilla card stock and once from a snippet of Urban Underground Designer Paper.  I cut the designer paper one in half, and adhered it to the back of the sentiment label, just for a little extra oomph!

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I hope you enjoyed today’s card.  As always, if you have any questions about the cards I create or the techniques I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

 
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