Easel card Inspired by Nature

I am sharing a card I made at the end of last month, that I couldn't show you before because it was for  a friend's birthday ... Anyway, this is the Easel card I made.

It uses the gorgous butterfly punch, Inspired by Nature stampset, glitter and Designer series Paper: Urban garden.

The butterfly down the bottom is enjoying the sunshine with a layer of glitter underneath the wings.

The stampsets used are: Inspired by Nature (both the grass and the flower stamps laid over one another)
and the words are from Butterfly prints.

I have inked up the daisy with Pacific point, rubbed off the flower centre  and added some lavender lace marker to the rubber before stamping on the cardstock.

Then for texture I have covered the petals in crystal effects.

You can see how I have dotted the centres with the crystal effects. They're supposed to look like dew drops in the sunshine.
The ribbon and button hold the easel in place.

There is even a place (under the folded easel bit) for some extra stamping and wishes.

If you would like to make this card send me an e-mail 
and I can come and make it at your place.
Too far away? You can order supplies from me and stampin' up will deliver them direct to your door.
Here is what you need:

Butterfly Punch ($30.95 value)
1 Pack Assorted Cardstock ($14.50 value)
Urban Garden Designer Series Paper ($16.95 value)
Old Olive Grosgain ribbon ($14.95 value)
Inspired by Nature ($41.95 value)
PLUS
Until the 31st of March a free Sale-A-Bration Set of your choice!
Total cost: $124.95 (includes shipping of $5.95)
For the month of March you get all this -
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(including shipping straight to your door)*
Option: Add Crystal effects to your order for an extra $11.
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Butterflies and Bookmarks

I have been enjoying and inspired by all the ideas from the recent Craft Expo.
One of the display items that my upline Linda put up was a very glittery butterfly card and matching Book mark.

The original idea I believe came from the wonderfully talented Vanessa Webb.

It is really a very quick little gift to make and very striking with the chunky glitter underneath two of the butterflies. I've been making cards and embellishments and they are really fun to make.

Would you like to make one of these bookmarks at a Stampin' Up technique class?

I can show you how.

There are some beautiful products available to make cards, and gifts for friends and family.

Ask me and I can put together an order for you that will ensure you receive a free stampset (saleabration ends on 31 March) or hostess a workshop and receive hostess rewards of free stampsets and free product.

I love stamping and paper crafting but most of all I like to share my ideas and make projects with friends.

Give me a call and invite me to your place with a group of friends for $10 p/person we can make this book mark plus a matching card.

Butterfly print birthday treat

Here's one I made a little while ago. Its a birthday card but could easily double as a Valentines day card with those hearts and a different sentiment.

The colours are rich regals and Bold brights with a touch of in colour Kiwi kiss to contrast with the Elegant eggplant card base.

Inside the sweet treat cup are cut out butterflies from Flight of the Butterfly and rolled pieces of patterned Designer Series paper on a Passionate pink background.

The hello again hearts are covered with Crystal effects for a glossy shiny finish.

My Favourite part though are the punched Butterfly print images held on with brads

 to their pink and purple shadows.

What you need to make this card:

Stampsets: Butterfly prints, hello again, Sweet birthday, Flight of the butterfly.
Cardstock: kiwi kiss, elegant eggplant, passionate pink, whisper white.

Ink passionate pink, Elegant eggplant.

Punches: butterfly, word window, 1 3/4" circle.

Other: Sweet treat cup, Designer series paper, crystal effects, vintage brads, dimensional foam dots.

A Sweet cup 7th birthday challenge!

Are you making me a birthday card? Asks my almost 7 year old on the eve of her birthday...

Can it have yellow jelly beans and white in the centre and purple petals?

That was the challenge and in very quick time, between dinner and wrapping presents after sweet almost 7 year old went to bed I whipped this one up. Wish I had had more time but thats how it goes sometimes.

The Card base is in Elegant eggplant and More mustard, and the petals are orchid opulence punched out with the 5 petal punch. I have stamped the happy birthday and stem of the flower with stem sayings ... she loved it especially the yellow and white lollies in the centre.

I made her a nice butter cake though and iced it with a Tinkerbell Decal (her new favourite character) and made the lolly boxes usng the 7cm box template.

I used two punches to open the box up to show the lollies and treats inside: My new butterfly punch (for the top and the thank you tag) and the five petal punch on the front.

The cardstock is Orchid opulence and Elegant eggplant for the Oval and Ribbon too.

Inks used are: Elegant eggplant and Orchid opulence.

Stampsets used: Butterfly prints, Flight of the butterfly and hostess set Sweet little sentiments.

We were fully intending to have a picnic for her birthday but then when the weather predicted rain all week we decided to go ice-scating.

Here is the girl herself  finding her scating feet on the ice.

A birthday card and gift in black and white.

What kind of card do you make for a princess on her 21st birthday?
I guess every princess likes pink, but  turning twenty one calls for some dignity and formality... someone who plays the piano beautifully, as every princess should ...

This is what I came up with to match a butterfly printed glass vase and, a crystal encrusted picture frame for that special 21st birthday photo.

A Simple card with a little bit of fun.

If you have read my earlier posts on using white stazon ink you will know how I stamped this vase.

The butterfly image is from the new summer mini catalogue: I cant decide if I like the houndstooth butterfly best.

or the swirly flowery butterfly ...

So I used both in a fluttery pattern. It can either be a flower vase or a candle holder, however the mood or need takes her.

Products used:

For the card: Basic Black cardstock, whisper white cardstock, velum and stazon black ink, corner rounder, Silver brads, square scallop punch. Stampset: Happy Everything.

For the Candle vase: Stazon Cotton white ink. Stampset: Butterfly prints.

Butterfly prints in a sweet cup card

This is one of my favourites from the new Summer mini catalogue. There are three different butterfly stamps and they fit perfectly into the butterfly punch. They make interesting shadows on the cardstock when raised off the surface.

I have punche out a "shadow" in black cardstock and then stamped the images on Passionate pink cardstock with black ink. The centres are just a very thin strip of cardstock wrapped around both pieces and attached behind with adhesive. This allows the wings to flutter above the card.

Inside the sweet cup is a velum butterfly punched out with my new butterfly punch. Then I have touched all the edges of the velum with the 2-way-glue pen and covered it with pink superfine glitter. For extra sparkle I have placed loose blue chunky glitter in the cup.

The word stamp that comes with this set says:

I have stamped this on the Taken with Teal cardstock in black Stazon ink.
Products used to make this card:

Stampset: Butterfly prints (Summer mini catalogue) $25.95

Butterfly punch $30.95

Sweet cups (12) $6.50

1 3/4" circle punch $30.95

Cardstock: Taken with Teal, Basic black, Kiwi Kiss, Pink Passion.

Ink: Black stazon.

Velum cardstock, 2 way glue pen, superfine and chunky glitters.

Launch night a success!!!

What a great night we had launching the Summer mini catalogue last night. I enjoyed myself and I hope you all enjoyed your lucky door prizes and the projects that we made.

For those of you who couldn't make it - Here are the projects using new products from the Summer mini catalogue:

Animal stories in a sweet cup balloon.
Colours used: whisper white cardstock, pumpkin pie cardstock and ink. Riding hood red ink (for the words). New Circle punch 1 3/4" circle that is exactly the right size to hold the sweet cup.

I love the fact that our cardstock comes in so many colours that you can match it to the jelly beans in the cup.

The Animal stories stampset comes with matching double sided paper and 4 different animals in this stampset. Lots of variations for children's birthday cards and scenes.The tag at the top opens the sliding door to allow you access to your lollies with out tearing the card and when you have finished the jelly beans you still can see the happy birthday greeting through the window.

Magnetic Book mark : I made several different colour combinations of these and experimented a lot with magnets and paper clips. Finally, they seemed to work with a bit of sticky strip and good metal placement.I am using mine to mark the pages in my catalogues that I keep coming back to. The magnet keeps it from falling out even if I turn it upside down. A nice Christmas gift too for a reader in your family.

If you guessed I like butterflies you would be right and since this one comes with a matching butterfly punch I know I will get a lot of use from it. It also fits the flight of the butterfly stampset in the main catalogue... Baja breeze seems to go with everything especially butterflies I think. I have lots of different projects in mind for this stampset and punch.

Our third project was the dragon fly card featuring the beautiful large grommets that hold the ribbon neatly together. A very tailored look. Strong metal claws keep your bow neatly in place. There are 4 colours in a pack: Five each of white, black, silver and cream.The dragon fly comes from the new Nature's nest stampset and the happy birthday stamp is a single stamp which comes with a cake too. These colours are Elegant eggplant, more mustard and Old Olive and I have inked the stamp using markers direct to the rubber stamp.

I will have a few more photos of the night to show you tomorrow ... off to make a slideshow.