Birthday Butterfly

Welcome to the studio!  I have been fluttering around my desk putting together another birthday card.  This is one of my favorite kind of cards to make since there is always a birthday to celebrate and it's good to have cards on hand.   I have a box of old photos - ones that I saved from the trash -remember before digital cameras when we had to have film developed and a lot of them never made it to a photo album or were not good enough to frame.  I kept some of those rejects thinking that I could find ways to repurpose someday.  I have used 2 of those rejected photos (shown below) in the making of this card. You can estimate how many years I have had them.  

Using a recently learned Cloisonne Technique, I stamped an old butterfly stamp from Layers of Color with Versamark ink on the sunset glossy photo and heat embossed with gold EP and fussy cut the image. (Be careful not to get paper too hot or it will blister.) I trimmed the second photo of flowers and used it as a background mat on my card.  I attached the butterfly and added with some die cut words cut with Cheery Lynn dies.  I wanted the gold edge of the card base and the gold of the words all to match the gold on the butterfly so I used the same gold embossing powder to edge the white card base and to create a gold embossed strip to cut the words.  That's what I call coordinating my golds.

Challenges:

ModSquad Challenge: Birthday Butterflies

As You Like It Challenge: Favorite Occasion (and Why) Birthdays.  I enjoy sending a specially designed card to someone having a birthday as well as keeping a variety of birthday cards on hand. And I can be as creative as I want making every card in a different way.

As You See It Challenge: #268 Techniques. A favorite technique of mine is Cloisonne Technique using heat embossing. This is a new technique that I recently learned. 

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Playing with An Embossing Folder

Hello!  I am using a new Embossing Folder by Parklane called Large Floral that I just purchased the other day. First new crafting item that I have bought in a while.  Do not know why I bought it when I have so many EF's! It just called out "Buy me".  But I felt less guilty buying it when I came across a new challenge to use our embossing folders. Can You Handle the Pressure's first challenge is Anything Goes with Embossing with a Twist of Pink.  I embossed a panel of white CS with the EF and colored the raised areas and flowers with a pod and pink ink pad. I colored in the leaves and stems with a green marker. Trimmed the panel and attached to a white mat and then a card base of a patterned paper. Stamped a birthday sentiment that I trimmed and attached to top of the card.  Used Gina K stamps and pink ink. 

 Other Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Shades of Pink

Addicted to Stamps and More: 423 Birthdays

Creations In Pink: Challenge #43 Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Seize the Birthday:  #233 Dichromatic. Use just 2 colors. Used shades of pink and green.

Double D

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Birthday Cards 2 at a Time

Welcome!  I made two window birthday cards using the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches using some new and old stamps from Gina K Designs.  I was planning to only make one but decided to do 2 cards.  The first one shown below was done with a green card base in which I die cut a window with Spellbinder's circle die. The floral stamp was stamped on a white card panel with Memento Peanut Brittle and colored with Copics.  Was trying to achieve a no lines look. Added some texture with a strip  embossed with a embossing folder border.

On the second similar card, I used a patterned paper with a solid white back for the card base. This time I stamped the image with Memento Pink Ink and then heat embossed with Clear Embossing Powder before I colored with Copics.  This way, I did not lose the details in the stamp when I colored.  I liked this look better.  Showing the inside below. 

Finished both cards with Birthday sentiments and colored gems. 

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #644

Double D Challenges: Shades of Pink

Addicted to Stamps and More: 423 Birthdays

Creations In Pink: Challenge #43 Anything Goes in Mainly Pink

Fab 'n' Funky Challenge: #545 Birthdays -create a project and use any kind of embellishments in stash.

Sketch 644

Double D

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Sweet Treats for My Love

Welcome!  I was not going to make another Valentine Theme card but when I started playing with the sketch from Tuesday Morning Challenge, I ended up making another one.  I embossed a mat of Pink CS with Cuttlebug Victoria EF to begin my design. I stamped a Power Poppy image with Memento Black ink on White CS and colored with Copics and added some icing to the sweet treats using Pink Stickles. That really sweeten up the treats. I trimmed the image following the sketch and added a layer of Polka Dot Patterned Paper to create a frame of dots. I also embossed this layer another Cuttlebug EF. Stamped a Gina K stamp on scrap of Pink CS and die cut with Spellbinders Label die. Assembled the elements on a White Card Base and added a couple Shiny Red Nail Heads for some bling. 

Challenges: 

Tuesday Morning Sketches: #643

Can You Handle the Pressure?: New challenge. Must use Embossing folder. First challenge- Anything Goes with Embossing with a Twist of Pink. Looks like a fun challenge. 

Cupcake Inspirations: Challenge 537

Simon Says Monday Challenge: Simon Says Love is in the Air

Use Your Stuff: #441 Hearts/Love

Double D Challenges: Hearts Challenge

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says Emboss It

Cut It Up Challenge: 245 Love or Valentine's Day

Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Love, Love, Love

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Candy Hearts for My Love

Welcome! I was inspired to create this card by Inspiration Station Challenge #23 Photo of Candy Hearts. The photo reminded of an image that I had on file in Print Shop.  I located the picture and printed on Glossy Paper. It even had some of the same colors as the inspiration, but I added more pink and green using pink cardstock as base and green cs as a mat.  I stamped and heat embossed Love You! on one of the hearts and created a sentiment with stamps and scraps of paper to complete the card.  I loved these candy hearts as a kid. 

Challenges:
Inspiration Station: #23 Photo Inspiration-Candy Hearts

Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge: #103 Sweet Coloring Challenge.  Used 3 of the colors, included hearts, and shared with Inspiration Station. 

Cupcake Inspirations: #537 Valentine Hearts

Use Your Stuff: #441 Hearts/Love

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2 Cards from 1

Hello!  I never throw something out if I think I can reuse or upcycle the item. I found an old commercial Christmas card that I had saved and made 2 cards from it. These are not my usual handmade cards that I stamp, color, emboss, etc. It was so easy that I feel maybe I should not enter them in a challenge.  But then I do not think I am breaking any rules???

I trimmed 2 panels from the old card and matched up with some bright green textured card stock in my stash.  I assembled 2 cards and added a die cut sentiment from metallic gold cardstock to one.  Die is from Cheery Lynn. I let the existing sentiment remain as is on the second card. 

These cards will go in my collection of Christmas cards made for my mother's Life Care Center. 

Challenges:
Krafty Chicks Challenge: #598 Week 2 Christmas. Must have something with Christmas. 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB  42 Anything Christmas Goes. 

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Christmas Wishes

Hello! Back with another Christmas card. I enjoy making Christmas cards all year long and it's fun to find so many Christmas challenges.  I was inspired by the Peace on Earth Challenge mood board when I saw the pastel colors and the tree decorated with Pink. I thought immediately of some Heartfelt Creations patterned paper in my stash and pulled it out to create this card.  Other Supplies: Pink and Blue Cardstock, Ribbon, Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Circle Die, Corner Punch, Printed Sentiment from Paper Pack, Blue, Pink, and Frosty Stickles for Sparkle on tree, flowers, and angel.

I do wish I could capture the sparkle of the stickles in my photo as it adds so much to the card in real life. 

Peace on Earth Christmas :  Challenge 9 Anything Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge Blog: MLCCB # 42 Anything Christmas Goes

The 12 Months of Christmas Link Up: Challenge # 85 Anything Christmas Goes

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Happy, Happy, Happy, and Happy

Hello! I had fun making this card but it took so long to create because I kept changing the elements and the layout, but I finally finish the design.  The card was inspired by the February Monthly Mix challenge at Gina K Designs. We are to make a fun fold card and use pattern paper that we create with GKD stamps.  I stamped GKD Petite Flourish Background stamp with GKD Green Asparagus Ink on GKD Innocent Pink ink for the pattern paper which I trimmed into panels to fit the folds of the White Card. See the fold in the photo on the side. I inked all the edges of the panels with Pilot Metallic Gold marker before attaching. 

I stamped a Rose image from GKD Tropical Blooms set with Versamark on the Pink CS and heat embossed with Gold EP. I cut the image with a die from the same set and colored in the leaves with green Copics and shaded the Petals with Pink Copics.  Attached this image to the edge of the fold. I stamped, heat embossed, and die cut the word Happy 4 times. Adhered one of these to the outside fold and arranged the others   to the inside beneath the top fold. Did the same steps-stamp, heat, and die cut- with the word Birthday and attached so you can see on the card beneath the Happy when closed and open.  Lot of Happiness unfolds from this card!

 

Seize the Birthday: 231 Sparkle and Shine. Lot of gold with sparkle and shine. 

The Flower Challenge:  #65 Occasions

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Sending Birthday Wishes

Welcome to my studio!  Did you know that in some cultures, dragonflies represent good luck or prosperity? So, make a wish when you see a dragonfly and it'll come true.  And some say butterflies are omens of good luck.  If I send a card with both a dragonfly and a butterfly, would my card be doubly full of good luck for birthday wishes to come true?  That thought inspired my design for this card  made for a new challenge that I just found, and it intrigued me....

Paper Dragonfly Creative Challenge #2 2022 is anything flies (meaning anything goes) using only the colors Pink and Black.  

Details of card: Stamped Power Poppy Dahlia XL on white CS and colored with Copics.  Placed the image on a Black Mat and then on to White Card Base.  Stamped and double heat embossed Power Poppy sentiment to send Happy Wishes. I selected this particular stamp because "wishes" look like it was written by a butterfly in flight, does it not?

I finished the card by adding the butterfly cut with a Cheery Lynn Die and lined with Pink Vellum. The dragonfly was stamped on Pink Vellum using Versamark ink with a Creative Dies stamp and heat embossed with Black EP and then cut with a die also from Creative Dies. I wanted the dragonfly to have that iridescent and transparent look of a real one.

Other Challenges:

The Flower Challenge:  #65 Occasions. My card is for a Birthday

Seize the Birthday:   #231 Sparkle and Shine. The dragonfly does have some sparkle and shine but hard to see so I'll go with Anything Goes for a Birthday.

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 Theresa

Quick and Easy Valentines

Welcome friends! I am sharing 4 Valentine cards that I quickly made using some of the same products. Supplies used were White Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, Patterned papers from a Pack purchased at Joann's several years ago, Spellbinders Scalloped Heart Dies, Polka Dots EF, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Gina K stamps, Winnie & Walter stamps, and Pink Inks.  I used both negatives and positives of the die cuts when I assembled my designs.  

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Challenges:

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #213 Hearts

The Paper Players: PP577 Theme Challenge Love and Friend

CASology: Week 400 Affection

Double D Challenges: Hearts

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Fun Fold with Flowers

Hello!  This card was made for the Monthly Mix Challenge at Gina K Designs. We are to make a fun fold card and to create a pattern paper with Gina K Stamps to use on our card.  I used stamps and a die from GKD Whimsical Wildflowers set. The image on the front fold was created using the Faux Cloisonne technique that I recently learned about from the CAS Mix Up Challenge here.  I used the glossy magazine page shown below to create the focal image. I use the same die to cut the image and also to partially cut the edge of the front flap of the white card base.  I attached the cut out image to that edge. My patterned paper that I created is shown on the left and right folds. Added some GKD Ribbon and a sentiment from GKD Wild About You Set. Used GKD Fresh Asparagus Ink and Distress Ink Fossilized Amber.  I will be including a message on the inside of the card when I use it. 

From an old issue of Living

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Winter Scene for Christmas

Hello! I am sharing a colorful Christmas card simply made with Pattern Paper from Heartfelt Creations paper pack. No Stamping! No embossing! No coloring! I used a White Card Base, a mat of Green CS for the trimmed image, and a die cut from Creative Expressions for the sentiment. Added some Stickles to the lantern and windows for sparkle but it does not show in the photo.  I consider this a CAS card since it was easy to create, has minimal layers and embellishments. Hope there is enough white space to meet the rules for CAS. 

I did another version of the card but added a strip of blue pattern paper.  Trying to do at least 2 cards at a time using the same products when I can. 

Challenges:

CAS Christmas Card Challenge: Winter Scene

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper. 

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I love reading your comments. Theresa