raspberry suite color challenge #16

I couldn't put away that Darcey stamp set from Anna Griffin! This time I paired it with some layered butterflies on a 5 1/2" square card base.

I have multiple rolls of tracing paper left over from my studio classes in college so I used that as the top layer on the butterflies. I was aiming for a very lightweight layer that would be fluttery and give some dimension to the card. This translucent layer was punched with 1/8" holes and then attached to the cardstock butterflies by simply wrapping the floss around both components and tying it off on the back.



supplies used:
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stamps: darcey collection (Anna Griffin); hello stamp (Studio G/Hampton Arts)
ink: versamark; chocolate chip (SU!)
paper: cream, goldenrod (DMD Industries scrap pack); kraft (SU!); tracing paper (my stash)
other: 1/8" hole punch (Making Memories); bigz beautiful butterflies die (SU!); dark brown embroidery floss (DMS); upper crest border punch (Fiskars)

plans change

This design had not been the one I intended to use for Mother's Day this year, but the two cards I had set aside for the occasion had not been safely put away and they were accidentally damaged (confession: I am not a tidy crafter). Oops. I didn't discover the offending damage until I was getting ready to drop the cards in the mailbox. Double oops! I immediately went into panic crafting mode and wracked my brain for a quick but elegant design (we were leaving early the next morning for a long weekend trip and I still had to pack!). Remembering how in love I was with this card by Heather Pulvirenti, I pulled out my punches and got to work.


The butterflies were scored on either side of their bodies (where the wings connect to the abdomen) and then I slightly bent the wings up to give the butterflies more dimension. Then I decided they needed some little antennae so I trimmed little slices off of a scrap of the guava paper. I gently bent the trimmings to give them a little bit of a curve at the top and then adhered them to the backs of the butterflies. Once the butterflies were adhered to the circles, I bent the top tips of the wings so that they lifted off of the card.

And I even remembered to photograph the inside of the card this time! I love this sentiment!


supplies used
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stamps: mother, polka dot basics (PTI)
ink: wild wasabi, certainly celery, chocolate chip (SU!)
paper: white (Hammermill); chocolate chip, wild wasabi, certainly celery, groovy guava (SU!)
other: 1-3/8" dia circle punch, 1-1/4" dia circle punch, 1" dia circle punch (SU!); butterfly punch (Martha Stewart); medium corner rounder (EK Success); Scor-Pal

card swap

Here's another card from the beginning of my stamping career. After making that stack of butterfly cards for a multitude of occasions, I guess I had butterflies on the brain and used the same theme for a SUO card swap. I cased Michelle (sf9erfan) on SCS for this card. I didn't have any SU! embellies at the time, so I created my own using punches and cardstock.

supplies used
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stamps: perennial favorites, polka dot background (SU!)
paper: bashful blue, chocolate chip, whisper white (SU!)
ink: bashful blue, chocolate chip (SU!)
other: pastels, 1-1/4" dia circle punch, scallop circle punch, boho blossoms punch (SU!); 1/8" dia hole punch, 1/4" dia hole punch (my stash)

first time for everything

While I've been a papercrafter for many years (I began creating and sending handmade Christmas cards 15 years ago!), I just started stamping about a year ago. This card was one of the first set that I made after I got my initial SU! order. I needed a few graduation, birthday and congratulation cards so I decided to leave the sentiment off until I knew what occasion would be celebrated.


supplies used
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stamps: perennial favorites (SU!)
paper: pale lavender, purple, eggplant (DMD Industries scrap pack); white (Hammermill)
ink: black (Colorbox)