Butterfly Buttoned and Bowed

Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge this go round is the 3 B's

Butterflies, Buttons and Bows

I had some bits and pieces laying around that hadn't made it onto cards.

I put them together and here's what I found.

My button is faux.  I hope that's OK.  It keeps it flat for mailing.

But there's still some dimension that I think will regular postage rate.

The card is Sahara Sand not gray but I can't get it to look tan in the photos.

Everything is a snippet so off I go to

Pixie's Snippet Playground

Even the card blank is a cast off.  I hope the design doesn't fall off.

There's a stamping mistake underneath it.

CAS on Sunday

says COLOR ME PRETTY 

use markers/pencils/etc. on your card.

I used markers to color the butterfly.

Shopping Our Stash

says 3-2-1 

Use 3 of something (3 colors of cardstock), 2 of something (2 stamps), and 

1 of something (1 button)

ETA House of Cards

asks for Cute/Shabby with a button

Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Best of Butterflies, French Script (retired)

Ink:  Sahara Sand, Tuxedo Black (Memento), SU Markers (So Saffron, Tangerine Tango) I think

Paper:  Sahara Sand, Basic Black, Very Vanilla

Other:  Sweet Buttons Embosslit, Hemp Twine (Michaels)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Best of Butterflies Featuring Marie-Alice

I thought all our butterflies were gone.  Then I saw a Monarch today!  What a blessing!

This isn't a Monarch but I thought I'd share it anyway.  It's to honor the Featured Stamper at SCS this week, Marie-Alice (aka ladybug91743).  What a lovey gallery with so much inspiration!  I chose this card as my inspiration.   Here's my take.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Best of Butterflies, Inspired by Nature, Wetlands, Too Kind

Ink: Soft Suede, More Mustard, SU Marker (Soft Suede)

Paper:  Watercolor (Strathmore), Whisper White

Other: Neutral Brad, Corner Rounder Punch (EK Success)

Nothing much to talk about here.  I stamped the butterfly in Soft Suede and the grasses in More Mustard.  I mixed in some of the wheat from the Wetlands set in Soft Suede.  I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of Whisper White and stamped some of the grass and wheat on that.  I rounded the end with a corner rounder punch that the guard has broken off. Glad I didn't trash it!  A brad was inserted in the end and the sentiment was popped up on dimensionals.

Thanks so much for the visit.

Enjoy!

Best of Butterflies One Layer

I was fortunate enough to be able to get together with some stamping friends over the weekend.  The inspiration was flying! What fun!

I was puzzling over the One Layer Wednesday challenge that's hosted by Heather this week. Last week was the first time in a very long time that I participated in this challenge.  It's a challenge to find this challenge.  Am I the only one who thinks this?  Unfortunately my computer time is pretty much hit and run and if I don't find it first try, I may not remember what I was looking for when I get back! 

This week Heather said One-One-One.  Use one image stamp, one ink colour, and one sentiment stamp.

That was hard!  

My butterfly was too low.  But I was not to be deterred.

I stamped the sentiment and punched the top corner to try to get the proportion better.

I colored some rhinestones with a brown Copic Marker.  

And dropped the marker on my white capris.  Oh, no!  

But I was on a roll and not going to stop for a spot or 3!

Then to add just a little bit more interest, I paper pierced 3 corners.

After all that I learned that alcohol works well to get Copic marker out of the pants. 

Yay!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Best of Butterflies

Ink:  Baked Brown Sugar

Paper:  Watercolor (?)

Other:  Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Basic Rhinestones, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Paper Piercing Tool

And an update on the apron that I showed in this post.  I washed the apron just to see if the ink would hold.  I'm happy to report that, although it faded a little, the flowers are still there. I heat set it with a hot, dry iron after the ink dried and before I washed it.  I think that's an essential step.

Two thumbs up in that load of wash.  White capris and colored apron!

I'm so glad you could stop by today.

Enjoy!

For Queen Faith

The Queen for the Day at SCS last week was Faith (aka yabadabadoo).  It's almost time for her reign to end and I finally finished the card I started for her last weekend.

We used this butterfly for the Stamp Stack last weekend and I had stamped and colored some extras so when I saw this card, I knew it was the one to CASE.

Then I saw the Technique Challenge at SCS

"Twisted Traditions 2" -- and ***using traditional holiday colors to make non-holiday cards.***

Examples:
1. Make a red, white, and blue card that is not patriotic. (Happy Independence Day this week, America!)
2. Make a red and green card that is not Christmas related.
3. Make a green and gold card that is not St. Patrick's Day.
4. Make a red, pink, and white card that is not Valentine's Day.
5. Make an orange and black card that is not Halloween related
I already had orange and black on the butterfly, Halloween colors.   

I don't think I've been to Pixie's Crafty Workshop this week so I'm going to skip over there with my butterfly.  The circles and butterflly were all cut from snippets.

Addicted to CAS challenge fits too.

 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Best of Butterflies, Proverbs 3:5 (Verve)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), SU Markers (Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango)

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black

Other:  Lattice EF (Sizzix), Circle Nesties (Spellbinder), Neutrals Brads (I cut the prongs off with my trusty wire cutter)

I'm so glad you could stop by.  Thanks for the visit.

Enjoy!

Best of Butterflies for Queen Lori

The Queen for the Day this week at SCS is Lori (aka saintsrule).  Unfortunately I was not acquainted with Lori's work.  I was amazed and found so much inspiration in her gallery.  This is the sweet card that I CASEd! I loved the soft pastel with the gray.

This butterfly. that I stamped with the new Smoky Slate, was sitting on my table.  It hadn't even made it into the UFO box.  It was a test piece for the inside of one of the upcoming Stamp Stack cards. I colored it with So Saffron ink and a blender pen.

Note:  To get softer and more even color, swipe the marker on a clear block or a plastic lid and pick up the color with a blender pen.  I go all over the image once and then go back over parts of it again to add a little more color.

I thought it would be fun to add a little sparkle so I outlined all the wing sections with a glitter pen.  See the sparkle?

CASology's challenge this week is

Butterflies are free to fly about and we don't have to pay to enjoy their beauty.

Edited to add:

Simon Says Stamp  has a new challenge  ANYTHING GOES.  Just can't pass that up!

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Best of Butterflies, Sentiment (Stamping Studio)

Ink:  Smoky Slate, SU Marker (So Saffron)

Paper:  Smoky Slate, Whisper White

Other:  Blender Pen,  Lacy Brocade EF (retired), Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Glitter Pen  (no name)

I'm so glad you could stop by today.  I hope you're having a good week.

Enjoy!