Butterflies in Flight

Hope you enjoy this one. 

I am in Dallas as this posts at the annual OCC Connect Conference. I hope to learn lots and maybe have some more fun shoebox things to share with you when I get back. 

Victorian Lady

Well, I've finished all of my January birthday cards now. Here is the last one.

Materials needed:
Victorian lady stamp set from Hot Off the Press
Warmest Regards stamp set from SU!
First Edition patterned paper from SU! 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
White card stock
Pastel chalks/mine are from SU! but they are now retired
Hair Spray
Certainly Celery ribbon from SU!
Large oval punch SU!
Old Olive card stock 2 3/4 x 2 3/4"
Doily from SU! or Wilton's
Mementos Black ink
Stampin' Dimenionals

This is easy to make just following the design you see on the card.
I think chalk is my favorite medium, even though I don't use it that often. There is so much you can do with it and it's so versatile! When I finish chalking my image, I spary it lightly with hair spray. This is not acid free so if you are doing something that you want to last for generations, find an acid free fixative at your local store. For cards, IMO, hair spray works just fine.

Have fun and I hope everyone who receives one of your cards appreciates the time you put into it!
Have a blessed 2015!
 

Embossed and Doily

Here's a girly birthday card I had some fun with. Easy to make!

Materials needed:
Blushing Bride cardstock, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Pacific Point cardstock 
Pacific Point ink pad
Twitterpatted patterned paper (from 2012)
Secret Garden stamp set (#129144)
Tea Lace Paper Doilies (#129399)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (#122334)
Simply Scored borders Plate (#126192)
1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch (#119854)
Modern Label punch (#119849)
Word Window punch (#119857)
Candy Dots Brad Bases (#132293)
Candy Dots, Brights (#130931)

1. Choose the border from the Simply Scored Borders Plate that you want to use. Emboss it on the left side of the card stock.
2. Adhere a 1" x 4  1/4" strip of scrap patterned paper across the bottom about a 1/2" from the edge. I use Twitterpatted dsp for this.
3. Crumple the center of the doily to make a pleated look. Adhere the center to the cardstock.
4. Stamp one flower at the top of the Blushing Bride cardstock. Stamp another on a small piece of Pacific Point cardstock. Using the Scallop Circle punch, punch out the flower you just stamped. Adhere the scalloped circle to the center of the doily.
5. Stamp a greeting on white cardstock. Punch it out with the Word Window Punch. Punch out a piece of patterned paper with the Modern Label punch. Adhere the greeting on top of the Modern Label. Place it on the top right hand side of the card.
6. Punch holes on either side of the Modern Label and insert brads. Fold over on the back side. Adhere the card front to a card base. Add a greeting or note to the inside and get ready to give it to a friend.

Doily and Daisy

Yes, I'm using what was still on my work table for today's card.

Materials Needed:
Tangerine Tango cardstock 4 1/4 x 5 1/2"
Old Olive cardstock
Patterned paper 1 x 4 1/4"
Whisper White cardstock scrap
Secret Garden stamp set (#129144)
Really Good Greeting stamp set (#130333)
Doilies (#129399)
Simply Scored Scoring Tool (#122334)
Simply Scored Borders Plate (#126192)
1 3/4" Scallop Circle punch (#119854)
Old Olive ink
Tangerine Tango ink

1. Line your Borders Plate onto your Simply Scored Scoring Tool /board. Line your cardstock up with the embossing border that you want for your card. Place the plastic overlay (that comes with the border plate) over the cardstock. Use your scoring tool to emboss the border that you wish onto your cardstock. Turn the cardstock over to see the embossed border.
2. Adhere your patterned paper (I used some a retired scrap that I had) vertically on the right side about 1/2" from the edge.
3. Crumple the center of the doily somewhat to make pleates in the doily. Adhere this to the center of the card, overlapping the patterned paper.
3. Stamp a flower from the Secret Garden stamp set onto Old Olive cardstock with Old Olive ink. Stamp the same flower on the left hand side of the card within your embossed border. Punch out the flower on Old Olive cardstock with the Scallop circle punch. Adhere this to the center of the doily.
4. Stamp your greeting in Tangerine Tango ink on white cardstock. Cut it out around the outside of the greeting. Adhere it to the bottom left side of the card.
5. Adhere your card front onto your card base and add a note or greeting to the inside of the card.
Have fun stamping today! 

Doily Gate Fold Card

I do enjoy making fun cards and I think that a gate fold card fits in the fun category! To learn how to make a gate fold check my my earlier tutorial on this technique. Here is today's gate fold card.

This was made using paper from the Floral District(#126919) designer series patterned paper pack. The doily is stamped in Raspberry Ripple using the Delicate Doilies (#122592) stamp set. Punch it out with the 2 1/2" Circle punch(#120906).

When you are punching a stamped design out, turn your stamp over so that you can line up the image in the stamp area. That way, you'll get it stamped like you want it.

I used a piece of Gumball Green cardstock that I cut to 1 1/2 x 5 1/2" to make a scallop border. Punch it with the Scallop Edge Border(#119882) punch. Save the strip of cardstock that the punch cuts off. You can use it later. The Raspberry Ripple strip on the green here was the leftover from punching out a scallop edge on Raspberry Ripple cardstock.

This brad is from the Summer Smooches brad collection (#125589). The greeting is from Teeny Tiny Wishes (#115370) stamped in Gumball Green classic ink. It is punch with the Word Window punch(#119857). The edges are inked with Gumball Green. Don't put adhesives all the way across the greeting tag because you want it to be able to open with the "gate."

 Place Stampin' Dimensionals (#104430) on half of the back of the doily you made earlier.

I find it easier to lay the paper on top of the Dimensionals so that I can see where I'm sticking it.

Here's your completed card. I needed another card so I used some of my leftovers to make the same card again, just a little different.

Have fun making some cards that are a little different than usual.

Paper Doily Card

I am just loving the new Paper Doily Sizzlits die (#125592) that came out in the occasions mini catalog! I guess I've just got a touch of that Victorian romanitism in me.

I used it to make the focal point on this card and for the top embellishment.
1. Using my Big Shot Die cutting machine (#113439), I cut the doily out of Daffodil delight cardstock. I also cut a doily out of garden green cardstock. (Actually, I was having so much fun, that I cut a bunch of doilies out of all different colors so I could have some to play with.) I used melon mambo cardstock for my base.
2. I had some white doilies that I had bought in the cake decorating section of my local store that I used to back my daffodil doily.
3. To make the embellishment, I cut a 5 petal flower (punch #119880) out of Old Olive (one of my favorite colors to use!). I then used the same punch to cut a flower out of the garden green doily that I did earlier. I applied adhesive to the back of the doily flower & placed it on top of the old olive one. When you cut different shapes out of the doilies, they really need a solid one for the background. Otherwise, there are too many cut outs that they don't really look good.
4. Next, I cut a strip of 1/2" melon mambo polka dot ribbon (this exact ribbon is retired but there is a great 1/2" scallop dots ribbon that will look great here {#122985}) Apply adhesive to the back of the ribbon and wrap around the bottom of the card with the ends to the back.
5. I stamped "friend to friend" from the Teeny Tiny Wishes set (#115370) on paper & then punched it out with Word Window (#119857) punch. I punched out of Old Olive cardstock with the Modern Label punch (#119849)for the background for the greeting.
6. Using one of those super patterned brads that I got free from the Sel-a-Brations Enchantment Ribbon & Brad Pack (127279), I attached the greeting at the center of the doilies. I am loving that SU! now has so many more cool brads! I hope that they keep these patterned brads after the Sel-a-Bration sale is over. I just love them!