It’s Sunday and time to play with The Paper Players.  This week the talented Jaydee is hosting a theme challenge:  Spring!  And what says Spring better than Butterflies and Blooms! I hope you enjoy my clean and elegant Spring card!

The finished dimensions of this card are 4-1/4″  wide x 5-1/2″ long.

• Razzle Dazzle! Rich Razzleberry Field Flowers sparkle with the addition of Dazzling Diamond centers! I love adding glitter with Stampin’ Up!’s Two Way Glue Pen.  It’s my favorite way to glitterize!

 

• Pearlicious Papillons! What better way to add elegance to butterflies than with Basic Pearls!

• It’s Bow Time! A beautiful bow is the perfect finishing touch to a clean and elegant card.  Satin Ribbon works best for adding a touch of class, and is easy to work with!

• Less is More!  Look at the difference between my first card, with three butterflies, and my finished card, with two.  Although the third butterfly is gorgeous in itself, it is too large and throws off the balance.  In this case, less is certainly more!

The large butterfly overpowers the design

The design is now opened up

• What’s Your Angle?  Look at the difference changing the angle of the larger of the two butterflies makes! Once again, it is all about the balance!

Before

After changing the angle

This card will be winging its way to Jasmin Arakawa, Brady Schach‘s accompanist.  Jasmin is extremely talented, as you will see if you check out her website.  And speaking of Brady, he did a fabulous job Friday evening performing the Jolivet Concertino with the Western Illinois University Orchestra.  To top off the evening, Brady was the featured soloist during the Orchestra’s performance of  selections from Bizet’s Carmen.  I hope to have a recording available later.  In the meantime, I would love to share Brady’s publicity photo, which was taken by KimAnne Photography.  She does excellent work!

I hope you enjoyed today’s card, and that you will check out the rest of what the design team has created for you.  As always, I do appreciate your comments!  Of course, if you ever have any questions about the cards that I create or the techniques that I use, I am only an email away! Until next time…

 

Photo courtesy of Sugar Bee Crafts

 Today is Dr. Seuss’s birthday.  I remember reading Dr. Seuss books when I was little, and I remember reading them to Brady when he was little.  When Brady graduated from high school, one of the graduation gifts I purchased for him was a copy of  Oh the Places You Will Go.  There are so many words of wisdom in that book. 


So today, in honor of Dr. Seuss, here is a little Seussian poem for those of you who may be thinking about becoming a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator and taking advantage of the Starter Kit special, which you can read about HERE.  (Thanks to John Sanpietro for the idea of creating our own poem.)

Available starting today is Stampin’ Up!’s new Diagonal Plate for the popular Simply Scored scoring tool.  Making boxes and envelopes has never been easier! Watch this video, then order yours today! Remember, Sale-A-Bration is still in full swing, so make certain to take advantage of the free items available with a $50 product purchase!