Stamping In The Light: June 2012

Monday, June 25, 2012

Tweet Blessings - Play Date Cafe Color Splash

Hello and welcome. I hope everyone enjoyed last week's Mark's Finest Papers & Stamps, a Heinrich Company's June stamp release & blog hop. If you missed the hop, you can always go back through on the Speedy Fox blog.

After finally getting rid of a 3 week migraine, I could concentrate long enough to stamp again, and it sure felt good getting inky. I decided to go with last week's Play Date Cafe color splash challenge in order to get the mojo flowing again and pulled out a stamp set that had not seen ink yet called Tweet Blessings.

I started out by stamping my main image in memento bahama blue ink onto MFP snow storm smooth heavy card stock before inking the edges of the image and then layered using black linen & bang up blue card stocks before adding mini black brads. The saying is stamped in memento tuxedo black with the edges inked in bahama blue & layered with card stock scraps before adding matching black baby brads. The whole card took about 15minutes to complete.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Tweet Blessing
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bahama Blue
Card Stock: Snow Storm Smooth Heavy, Bang Up Blue Linen, Black Linen
Accessories: Black Brads, Mini Hole Punch

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Silly Shells - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's

June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19

I'm In Stitches Featured June 20

Island Life Featured June 21

Silly Shells Featured June 22

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on June 23, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday June 22, 2012.

Sue

Mark's Finest

When I first saw this set, I thought "it has to be framed", not sure how, but it has to be in a frame. With this in mind, I pulled out one of the frames I had picked up at the dollar store recently to make sure the colors I used looked good within, and outside, the framed area. Then I stamped several images of the shell trio, and the boat once, from Silly Shells on scrap snow storm smooth card stock so I could cut those out to pop up on the frame later. Then I stamped the main underwater scene out in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm smooth card stock, making sure the shell trio was included into the corners before coloring everything with prismacolor markers. Once my coloring was finished, I stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass, broken china, and Adirondack caramel inks over and around the underwater images to complete my scene. Then it was time to start building the 3-D portion of my scene.

I started out by cutting out the additional images I had stamped onto the scrap paper then popped those up using pop dots. Then taking my cuttlebug seashell/seahorse die I bought on clearance at Michael's several years ago, I ran it several times through my big shot using scrap paper to get several different sizes, and colors, of seahorses, seashells & starfish. Then I took my Martha Stewart branch punch and punched several branches to use as "sea ferns" or "kelp" along with my underwater scene. Finally, I took my Martha Stewart sand dollar punch to get a couple of extra starfish, and a fiskars crab punch, ran all of my die cut, or punched, pieces through the paper crimper and began adhering them using Ranger Crystal Accents or micro glue dots. The final embellishment was some mini pearl stickers from Michael's and googlie eyes to the seahorses.

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Silly Shells

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Adirondack Caramel

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Various Scraps

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Frame, Big Shot, Cuttlebug Die, Ranger Crystal Accents, Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Martha Stewart Sand Dollar Punch, Fiskars Crab Punch, Glue Dots, Stipple Brushes, Pearl Stickers, Googlie Eyes, Paper Crimper, Pop Dots

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Island Life - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's

June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19

I'm In Stitches Featured June 20

Island Life Featured June 21

Silly Shells Featured June 22

Sue

I have to say I absolutely love this set!!! That being said, I have two cards to share with you today.

The first one incorporates one of my favorite images - lighthouses! I also knew this image just had to be watercolored too. So, I stamped my main image from Island Life in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm smooth card stock and pulled out my prismacolor watercolor pencils with blender marker to color. Once all of the watercoloring was finished, I pulled out my stipple brushes and lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the top edges of the main image for the sky and then Adirondack lettuce ink for the grassy area before layering. Once all of my layering was finished, I stamped my background using the new Silly Shells set stamped in Adirondack aqua ink. My final touches were some birds and grass from Scenic Selections, grossgrain ribbon, and some Making Memories brads.

My second card is also watercolored using the prismacolor watercolor pencils and blender marker, only using the second image in the Island Life set - the docked island boat. Once my coloring was finished, I again stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink for the sky, layered and added some gold mini brads before stamping my card using Silly Shells stamped in Adirondack sailboat ink before adding gold cording at the top with a brass palm tree charm and birds from Scenic Selections.

I'm also submitting both of these cards into this months Craft A Scene beach challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today. Don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Island Living, Silly Shells, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Adirondack Sailboat, Lettuce, Aqua, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Forest Moss

Card Stock: All MFP

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Blender Marker, Charm, Gold Cord, Gold Brads, White Brads, Stipple Brushes, Grossgrain Ribbon

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I'm In Stitches - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's

June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19

I'm In Stitches Featured June 20

Island Life Featured June 21

Silly Shells Featured June 22

Sue

For my card, I chose to go with a simple black/white with a pop of color theme - vintage style, so I pulled out some Echo Park Yours Truly designer paper and thumbed through it to find my inspiration.

Once I had decided on the designer paper, I stamped the sewing machine from In Stitches in memento tuxedo black ink onto Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company snow storm smooth card stock before taking a memento ladybug red teardrop ink pad to the edges and adding just a little bit of ink; then layering. Once my layering was finished, I added some Making Memories black baby brads and adhered the image over a small strip of red damask designer paper also from the Echo Park Yours Truly pack before stamping my saying, making sure it matched the sewing machine image before adhering. The only embellishments I added were black/white Recollections paper flowers from Michael's with a red gem center and then some additional red gemstones on the bottom left hand corner.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design teams blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP In Stitches

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ladybug Red

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Black, Tomato Red, Echo Park Yours Truly Designer Paper

Accessories: Recollections Paper Flowers, Glue Dots, Red Gem Stones, Brads

Monday, June 18, 2012

Welcome Poppies - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's

June Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Welcome Poppies Featured June 19

I'm In Stitches Featured June 20

Island Life Featured June 21

Silly Shells Featured June 22

Sue

The poppies are back!!!! Yippee!!!!!!! Can we have a shout out for the graphic designers for bringing our favorite flowers back into the fold?

For my card, I chose to be inspired by California's wild poppies that grow just about everywhere in the late spring and early summer. They are just beautiful but don't you dare pick them!! Since the poppy is the California state flower is against the law to pick them, however, no one said anything about inspiration being illegal ;) even with migraines - yes, they're still hanging around.

I started out by stamping my images from the new Welcome Poppies set by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company in memento tuxedo black ink onto snow storm smooth card stock and coloring with prismacolor markers before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass ink around them and layering. Once my layering was done, I stamped the card and first card layer in Tim Holtz spiced marmalade and Adirondack lettuce inks. The saying is directly stamped onto My Minds Eye Miss Caroline designer paper I was gifted by a friend in memento tuxedo black. The only embellies I added are some punched Martha Stewart mini butterflies with bling bodies, orange satin ribbon with a green hat pin and some orange brads.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design teams blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set. Have a great day!!

Stamps: MFP Welcome Poppies

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass, Adirondack Lettuce

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, New Leaf, Orangerie Sunset, Morning Sun, Tomato Red Scrap, My Minds Eye Miss Caroline Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Ribbon, Hat Pin, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, Bling

Hot Summer Flamingos - Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge #25

Hello again. Second post for me today. If you're looking for my YNS challenge card, please scroll down one post.

I'm late uploading for this week's Friends of SpeedyTV by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company. Since summer is starting this week, the FOSTV are challenging you to created a summer themed card. Since my daughter kept talking about someday wanting to visit Disney World© in Florida, I chose to pull out the Flamingos On Vacation and make a summer themed card inspired by her dream to visit Florida someday.

I started out by stamping my images in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP snow storm smooth card stock and colored with prismacolor markers before stamping just the palms two more times in memento bamboo leaves and cottage ivy onto scrap snow storm smooth to cut out and pop up later. Once all of my main image stamping & coloring were finished, I stamped the polka dot ribbon in Stampin Up! pixie pink diagonally onto the card to create my own background before lightly stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass ink around my beach scene, layered and added some white Making Memories baby brads. The only other embellishments were some white silk bridal flowers I found on clearance at Wal-Mart last year with hot pink gem centers. The final touch was 4 small "coconuts" punched from scrap brown card stock using a small hand held hole punch and 2-way glue pen.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and don't forget about the blog hop that starts tonight at 12:00am EST on the Mark's Finest Papers blog.

Stamps: MFP Flamingos On Vacation

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves, Cottage Ivy, Stampin Up! Pixie Pink

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Pixie Pink, Black, Brown Scrap

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Glue Dots, Stipple Brush, Gem Stickers, Making Memories Baby Brads, Small Hole Punch, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue Pen, Silk Flowers

Fiona's Summer Bike Ride

Hello everyone!! Today I am sharing a card I made on Friday for the Your Next Stamp Summer challenge, however, my migraines haven't allowed me to upload it until now.

I started out by stamping Fhiona Riding Her Bike and the flowers in memento tuxedo black ink onto white card stock before coloring with prismacolor markers and stippling Stampin Up! bashful blue ink around her for the sky. I also stamped the clouds and sun twice from Flying High Accessories before coloring those also with prismacolor markers and sponging with ink.

Once all of my stamping/coloring was done, I layered everything onto a Lily Bee Happily Lost designer paper card before adding some ruffled ribbon, bling flowers, brads, and then the popped up clouds and sun to finish my card off.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: YNS Fhiona Rides A Bike, Flying High Accessories
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, Summer Sun, Lily Bee Designs Happily Lost
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, Bling Flowers, Stipple Brush, Pop Dots, Sponges

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Cool Breezes

Hello and welcome to Thursday! The week is almost over and thank goodness for that since I've had an awful one with my migraines. Since I couldn't sleep thanks to said migraines, and the meds were not working again, I decided to stamp and give you a sneak peek at a couple of new sets being released by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company next week called Silly Shells and Island Life.

I decided to use the color scheme from this week's Color Throwdown, however, I was missing a couple of the colors so I had to improvise. After stamping my main image from the soon to be released Island Life in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP snow storm smooth card stock (no vanilla card stock), I pulled out my prismacolor watercolor pencils and a blender pen and got to work water coloring the image. For some reason, I just see this beach scene water colored instead of using markers since it reminds me of a painting. Once my water coloring was finished, I pulled out my Scenic Selections set to add some seagulls and then the saying from Island Life, stippled bashful blue ink around the edges for the sky and a bit of so saffron to age the entire image a bit; plus make up for not being able to use the vanilla card stock and began layering.

After my layering was finished, I pulled out the soon to be released Silly Shells and stamped my background in sahara sand before sponging the same ink around the edges of the card. I decided the only embellishments would be some bakers twine and a lighthouse charm since I was making this card for my husband's upcoming birthday in a couple of weeks.

Challenges card is submitted for:

Color Throwdown 196

Splitcoaststampers - WT379 Man Up Challenge

CCEE124 - Nautical Theme

Anything Goes #69 - Around The World (Travel)

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Island Life, Silly Shells, Scenic Selections

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Sahara Sand

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, So Saffron

Accessories: Prismacolor Watercolor Pencils, Blender Pen, Bakers Twine, Pop Dots, Small Hole Punch, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue Pen, Lighthouse Charm

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Take Time To Live

Hello and welcome to Wednesday!!! I am late uploading my card for this week's Friends of SpeedyTV Father's Day challenge by Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company. My migraines have just been out of control lately. It took me 4 days to stamp this clean and simple card and another 3 to be able to upload it. Not good if you ask me. However, I digress.

I started out by stamping my images from Father Time in memento tuxedo black onto MFP corn husk card stock and then using the direct to paper technique added some Tim Holtz forest moss to the sides of my layered images. Once that was done, everything was then layered onto some vintage watch designer paper I bought at Costco years ago and then onto a black linen card.

The inside saying is also stamped in memento tuxedo black with the same clock image over stamped lightly in Stampin Up! going grey.

I also decided to enter this into SCS's Queen For The Day challenge. Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and why not join this week us at Friends of SpeedyTV.

Stamps: MFP Father Time
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Forest Moss, Stampin Up! Going Grey
Card Stock: MFP Corn Husk, Black Linen, Costco Designer Paper
Accessories: Brads

Happy Birthday Cupcake

Hello and welcome. Today is a special day since it's Taylor's from Taylored Expressions 30th birthday!!! Can you say Happy Birthday Taylor!!!!! A few weeks ago, everyone that receives the TE newsletter received a special one from Jon (Taylor's husband) asking us to make a very special birthday card and mail it in time to arrive between June 7th-12th to surprise Taylor. Here's my card I mailed off to Taylor. I hope she likes it. I was dealing with some major migraines at the time I made this but didn't want to miss Taylor's special day.

I started out by stamping my images from Cozy Cottages and CreativiTEA in memento tuxedo black onto MFP snow storm white card stock and colored with prismacolor markers before cutting one image out to pop up later. Then I stippled Stampin Up! bashful blue & sage shadow inks around the edges of one cottage, layered, and added some faux rose red brads before popping up over a TCP die cut heart border. Then I popped up the main image panel over the border before popping up the additional cupcake cottage and adding ice stickles to highlight the frosting and hearts.

Once that was done, I took the second set of images, cut out the flower and saying, popped them up over the border and added some Michael's olive bridal confetti flowers as leaves before adding some layered rose confetti flowers with gold sticker centers as the only embellishment. With the addition of some luscious chocolate satin ribbon from Stampin Up! my card was finished and ready to mail off.

Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure to stop by Taylor's blog and wish her Happy Birthday today.

Stamps: TE Cozy Cottages, CreativiTEA
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Flue, Pallet Burnt Umber, Adirondak Espresso
Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Basic Gray Sweet Threads Designer Papers, Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip, Rose Red, Pretty In Pink Card Stock
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Michael's Bridal Confetti Flowers, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Ice Stickles, Gold Stickers

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Celebrate!

Hello and welcome to the first Your Next Stamp challenge hosted by my buddy KJ. This week's challenge is a color one: pink, orange and green, so I went with a celebration theme and pulled out my Celebrate set I won from the Hope You Can Cling To challenges over on Splitcoast back in October and got to work even with a migraine.

I started out by stamping my pinata onto white card stock in memento tuxedo black and colored with prismacolor markers before cutting one pinata out and setting aside to pop up later. Then I stamped the banner in memento black and also in Stampin Up! pixie pink onto scrap card stock so I could color the open "flags" and cut/paste the solid ones. After that I stamped the streamers in only orange before stamping the card in green galore and adding a scalloped border. The only embellishments I added were ribbon, balloon brads, and primas with baby brad centers.

Also made the card for this week's SCS WT378 banner challenge.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: YNS Celebrate

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Green Galore, Pixie Pink, Only Orange

Card Stock: White, Green Galore, Pixie Pink, Only Orange

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Brads, Primas, Pop Dots, Ribbon, MFT Die-Namic, Stipple Brush

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

One Ol' Bag - My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch Review

I originally made this card while dealing with a nasty migraine. Still can't believe I posted it.

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Hello and welcome to another My Time Made Easy Pretty Pattern Sketch challenge. This week we are doing a review of sketches 34-40, so you can choose your own sketch to base your card on. This week, I chose to go with sketch #37, however, with a bit of creative license.

Once I had downloaded MTME's new Let's Go Camping digital stamp set and the matching Camp Out digital paper, I cut out and colored the backpack and matching saying to make a birthday card. Once I added my layers and primas with bling, I was finished.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day and don't forget to participate in this week's challenge.

Stamps: MTME Let's Go Camping

Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Sahara Sand, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, MTME Camp Out

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Primas, Bling, Glue Dots, Black Marker

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Fabulous Fifties

I recently found a challenge blog focusing on clean and simple (CAS) cards called CAS-ual Fridays and haven't had a chance to participate in any of the challenges yet. Well, today, I finally got a chance to with my version of a clean and simple card. This week's CAS-ual Friday challenge was to use bling on our cards so that's no problem for me at all. The hard part was keeping the card fairly clean and fairly simple.

I started out by printing off some images onto white card stock I had on my computer from Pink Cat Studio called Retro 50's before coloring with prismacolor markers and lightly stippling SU pretty in pink around them. Then once my layering was finished, I added silver brads, ribbon, and bling onto the glasses and then the dots for the "i's" in the saying before adding to my card.

This is fairly simple for me. Usually I would add a few more things, like primas, more bling, and pop up an image or two, but I didn't here. Here's a close up of the glasses.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: Pink Cat Studio Retro 50's
Ink: Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pretty In Pink, Basic Gray, Burgundy, DCWV Matte Stack
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Bling, Silver Brads, Glue Dots, Ribbon

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Under The Sea

Hello again and welcome. This week's Do You Stack Up challenge is all about the sea - specifically under the sea. The whole time I was stamping my card, I had the silly song from Disney's© The Little Mermaid movie going through my head - Under The Sea. Not what I needed while battling a persistent migraine, but thankfully the meds were working enough for me to stamp and occupy myself for a bit.

For my card, I chose to use some long retired sets from MFP called Flourished Sea Creatures and Fish You Were Here since I felt they fit the theme so well. I started out by stamping my seabed and background images in various memento inks onto MFP snow storm smooth card stock and then the turtle, larger gold fish, and blue fish onto scrap card stock in memento tuxedo black ink so I could color them with prismacolor markers, cut out, and pop up later.

Once my coloring was finished, I lightly stippled Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink and Stampin Up! bermuda bay ink over and around the stamped seabed images before layering my main image panel and adding some bashful blue brads. Finally I was ready to cut out and pop up my sea turtle and larger "gold fish". Once I had those added, it was time to add some pearls as water bubbles and googlie eyes to the seahorse and fish. Here's a close up of the dimension of the card.

Since I ended up with an extra fish, I decided to decorate the inside of the card as well this time, so after stamping my saying and adding some sea ferns, I added the additional fish and then some royal blue satin ribbon. Here's the finished inside.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Retired Flourished Sea Creatures, Retired Fish You Were Here

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Bermuda Bay, Various Memento Cat Eye Inks, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Pacific Pointe, Bermuda Bay, Bashful Blue

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Pearl Stickers, Pop Dots, Googlie Eyes, MS 2-Way Glue Pen, Black Marker

Lemon Branches & Butterfly

Second post for me today. If you're looking for my Play Date Cafe and Just Inspirational challenge post, please scroll down one post.

This week's 4 Crafty Chicks challenge is all about branching out - basically using anything with branches. Here in the Central Valley it's fruit picking season so I went with the idea of lemon branches. Also this week's Crazy 4 Challenges blog challenge is all about butterflies - no problem there since I have lots of butterfly images. So even though my migraine was bothering me again, I got to work stamping since it was either stamp or cry.

After stamping my images from Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company Pucker Up and I'd Pick You mini stamp sets onto snow storm smooth card stock and colored with prismacolor markers before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around them for the sky before layering. Then taking my extra images, I cut them out and added them to the main panel allowing parts of the lemon and butterfly to extend off the layered panel before adding some small pale yellow prima flowers with gold ice stickle centers. The only other embellishments I added were some faux brads made from scrap spring leaf card stock and purple & black ice stickles to the butterfly.

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Pucker Up, I'd Pick You Mini

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Green Galore, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass

Card Stock: All MFP

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Stipple Brushes, Primas, Glue Dots, Ice Stickles, Small Hole Punch, MS 2-Way Glue Pen

Flap Your Wings

Hello and welcome to the weekend!! Today I am sharing a card I made for a few challenges since they all just fit together nicely. Once I saw this week's Play Date Cafe and Just Inspirational color challenges, I knew I had to pair them both with the new Crazy 4 Challenges butterfly challenge. The colors all just screamed flowers and butterflies. So I pulled out two of my favorite Mark's Finest Papers, a Heinrich Company sets, Hello Butterflies and Mother's Magnolia, and got to work stamping, even with a nasty migraine (thank goodness the meds were working).

I started out by stamping my flower images in memento tuxedo black onto snow storm smooth card stock, then colored with prismacolor markers before stamping one butterfly directly above the magnolia's and the rest onto scrap snow storm smooth card stock before coloring, then cutting out to pop up later. Now I just had to have some sort of sky behind my butterflies, so I cheated a bit on the colors and added just a stipple or two of bashful blue to barely color the background before stamping my saying.

Once I had all of my layering finished, I then added the cut out butterflies by popping them up on dimensionals, then pinching the wings up a bit for some added dimension. My only embellishments is some crystal ice stickles highlighting parts of the butterfly wings and some ripened tomato satin ribbon tied into a knot.

Challenges submitted:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Butterflies

Just Inspirational #31 - Color

The Play Date Cafe #134 - Color

Thanks for stopping by today. Have a great weekend.

Stamps: MFP Hello Butterflies, Mother's Magnolia

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Bashful Blue

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Stampin Up! Pure Poppy, Summer Sun, Pink Pirouette

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ice Stickles, Stipple Brush, Dimensionals, Soft Subtles Brads

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