MEMORY BOX - Maribelle & Selena Butterfly

Months ago I had die cut some of the Maribelle Butterfly (the outline) in black.  I also cut various pieces of Origami papers using the coordinating Selena Butterfly (the solid piece).  The butterflies had been assembled at the time but were on a shelf above my table for way too long.  The last three of the ones I had made were finally used.  Two were mounted on the yellow mats and one on a coordinating mat which was more of a salmon color.  Since the card bases were all black, I cut a pieces of white card stock 4" x 5 1/4" and added those to the insides of the cards.

Another month of 2018 has gone by and in about 2 1/2 weeks children will be heading back to school locally.  My husband is a bus driver for our school district so our schedule will become more routine around here too.  Thank you for coming by!

YUPO BACKGROUND

This card was made with the help of one of our granddaughters.  She did the background which is such a pretty combination of alcohol ink blues and purples.  I had made this die cut when I was in Des Moines.  I cut down the die cut piece to 4" x 5 1/4" and added the alcohol ink piece behind the die cut area.  The white space was perfect or a vertical stamp.  The piece was added to the card base.

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SPELLBINDERS Cut & Emboss Folder

In June  we discovered these Spellbinders folders that Cut and Emboss the design in just one pass through the machine.  

NOTE:  If you purchase one of these contact Spellbinders to find out the correct "sandwich" to run them through the machine you have.

The design actually used the full 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece but I cut off enough of each edge to add it to the navy background.  There was just enough room to stamp the "Wishing You" from a Verve stamp set.  Inside I stamped "a very happy Anniversary".  This card will go to my sister and her husband later this month.  This would make a pretty design for a 50th Anniversary and have gold foil behind the openings.

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BEAUTIFUL PAPERS FROM DES MOINES

This is another card I made using those beautiful papers I purchased in Des Moines.  For this one I decided to add a piece of vellum over the already soft colors and then added the sheer pink ribbon.  This card will be used for my mother to send our daughter for her birthday.

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POPPY STAMPS - Perched BIrd Collage

I recently purchased this die and then actually had a little difficulty deciding how to use it.  It's a new design so Pinterest wasn't much help.  First, I simply added the matted bird onto the Tempting Turquoise card base.  It was just too plain and I wasn't happy with it.  

A few days later I ran across the scrap of that piece that had been colored with alcohol ink and decided it could make a great addition to the card.  I removed the "bird", attached the scrap of the alcohol design and then added the bird back onto the card.

The gold foil highlights on the alcohol are added just before the inks are dry by rubbing transfer gold foil over the damp ink.  I love the look!

USING A CARD PART

I was cleaning out some card parts one day and decided to get this gold foil piece onto a card.  The navy piece was also on my table.  I have a package of Stampin' Up! designer paper with patterns that are all navy and white.  One more of many card pieces used up.

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ARTplorations STENCIL - A Bloom & 3 Buds

Recently my friend Harriet posted a card that was made with this stencil.  Our group tends to be great enablers so naturally I "needed" to have that stencil too.  

I sponged the design onto the white card stock using Distress Inks.  The piece was trimmed by cutting it using a stitched rectangle die.  The white space at the upper left corner seemed to need something.  I die cut a butterfly and then sponged it with the same ink.

A few days later one of my daughters asked me to make her a thank you card.  This is the one I gave her to use after stamping an appropriate message inside.

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