Summer butterfly

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 I have a lot of butterfly stamps and I've kind of neglected them recently. (I miss Mrs. A's Butterfly Challenge, which was always a reason to use a butterfly.) 

So, I've made a new butterfly card. The butterfly is black-embossed and colored with watercolors and reinker. After the paint dried, I stamped the butterfly on a Post-it note, cut it out and masked the butterfly to stencil the chevron pattern. Completed the card with a simple sentiment and a few sequins. Used foam tape to attach panel to topfold card base.

This card is for these challenges:

Pick 3 Challenge #7 -- purple, chevron, sequins

Stencil fun challenge -- patterns 

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2629 -- anything goes

Crafters Cafe #332   -- anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #760  -- anything goes

The Paper Funday #89  -- anything goes

Polkadoodles  -- anything goes

DigiChoosday  -- anything goes 

Presents under the tree

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 Another Christmas card in July. This one is a Zfold, with a focus on die-cuts. I combined a tree from one set with gifts from a birthday set to create this little scene.  All the die-cuts were stamped, black-embossed and cut before being colored with markers.

This card is for these challenges:

Christmas Kickstart #112 -- grace us with your presents

Die-cut Divas -- Christmas in July

Double Trouble #220 -- Christmas in July recipe -- 2 layers, 3 colors, Christmas image

A Cut Above -- anything goes

The Paper Funday #89  - anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #760 - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2628 - anything goes

 

Waving 'hi"

I made a "wiper" card -- when you pull on the left side of the folded card (see smaller photo to right), the little "wiper" hand pops up with a message. 

This card features a really sweet set of stamps from Simon Says Stamp -- The little tin-can telephone setup cracks me up.  I used silver gel pen on it to add a little metallic sheen, which you can see quite clearly in the pop-up wiper part of the card. The kitty is colored with pencils, and the greenery around him includes both stamped bits and blades of grass I just drew in with markers.  The message goes on the back of the card. (Instructions for the card are found in the SCS tutorials section.)

This card is entered in these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- 4-legged friends

Word Art Wednesday #760 -- anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies 2628 -- anything goes

 

Pattie's Creations #244 -- use  stamped or digi image

 

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes

 

 Crafts Galore Encore #149 -- -- anything goes

 

Polkadoodles challenge -- anything goes 

 

Wish I were there

 Oh my gosh, it is SO HOT. A nice sea breeze would be quite welcome. At least I can create one on paper.

This card features a beach scene from Purple Onion Designs, colored in pencils. The striped segment is stenciled. 

This card is entered in these challenges:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies #2626 -- water

Creative Inspiration -- Summer sunshine

Paper Funday #89 -- Splash 

Simon Says Stamp Monday -- stripes

Word Art Wednesday #758  -- anything goes

Digi Chooseday -- anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore -- anything goes