STAMPIN' UP! SKETCHED BUTTERFLIES WEDDING CARD FEATURING DAFFODIL DELIGHT

 

In this week's Colour Creations blog hop, our feature colour is Daffodil Delight.  Yellow is not a colour I gravitate towards in my crafting, so it has been a bit of a challenge for me to have Crushed Curry and Daffodil Delight to work with these past couple of weeks!

I have created a wedding card in white, with touches of Daffodil Delight and gold.  I have used Thick Basic White card for all my white layers.  I like to use it when I'm colouring with Stampin' Blends Markers, and when using a 3D embossing folder (and intricate dies).

I stamped the large butterfly, and two smaller ones, on Thick Basic White card using Versamark ink.  After sprinkling white embossing powder over the stamped images, I melted the powder with my heat tool.  I used Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers to colour the butterflies, then cut them out with co-ordinating dies.

In my close-up photos, you can see some of the detail in the two Thick Basic White layers that are matted on Gold Foil.  The top layer was die-cut using a Delicate Forest Die, that creates a leafy arched aperture.  On the next Thick Basic White layer, you can see some of the Distressed Tile embossing.

 

On the bottom of the two layers, I gold heat-embossed the sentiment, from Something Fancy.  I then partially embossed this panel, using the Distressed Tile 3D embossing folder.  

Daffodil Delight Glossy Dots were added to REALLY bring out the yellow on my card!

I added some white baker's twine to the bottom of my card front, wrapping two lengths around the layers before adhering them to the Thick Basic White card base.  With another two lengths of twine, I made a bow, and added it with Mini Glue Dots.

Inside the card, I added a white-embossed sentiment on Daffodil Delight card.  I cropped the sentiment with the long label from the Delicate Forest Dies, running it through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine twice, to cut it down to the size I needed.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Diane Furniss:

If the link doesn't work, or if you'd like to see a full list of participants in this week's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a fantastic job of co-ordinating our Colour Creations shares, all year round.

Listed below are all the products I used to make my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

I love taking part in the weekly Colour Creations blog hops, and am sad to say I'll be missing the next two or three.  Happily, though, I am going travelling.  Yay for new adventures!  I look forward to re-joining the blog hops when I'm back in a few weeks.

Product List

Sketched Butterflies Bundle (English) [163492] $87.25	Something Fancy Cling Stamp Set (English) [160416] $41.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Daffodil Delight A4 Card Stock [121680] $20.25	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00	Metallics Wow! Embossing Powder [165678] $37.00	Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154883] $19.25
Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Delicate Forest Dies [162679] $67.00	Distressed Tile 3 D Embossing Folder [162189] $17.50	Baker's Twine Essentials Pack [155475] $19.25	Glossy Dots Assortment [158827] $14.00
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $12.75

STAMPIN' UP! SKETCHED BUTTERFLIES BIRTHDAY CARD IN BERRY BURST

After making a card for last night's Colour Creations blog hop, I was inspired to create another card featuring Berry Burst.  It's such a pretty colour, that I tend to overlook.

From Berry Burst Glimmer Paper (with Adhesive Sheet on the back), I die-cut some butterflies (using the Sketched Butterflies Dies) that became the dramatic, sparkly, focal point of my card.  My somewhat lacklustre photography doesn't show them off to their full effect, I'm afraid!

I stamped, in Berry Burst ink, small butterflies all over the Berry Burst background panel.  After sponging the edges with Berry Burst ink, I adhered it to the Thick Basic White card base.

I used a Perennial Postage Die to cut the large central panel from Basic White card.  To this piece, I added Berry Burst ink with a Blending Brush, using a heavier hand at the top, and graduating the colour a bit.  I then dripped water (by squeezing the barrel of my Water Painter) over the coloured piece, and added fine splatters with the brush tip of my Basic Black Stampin' Write marker (flicking the tip against the open lid).  Once all this was done, I ran it through my Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine, using the Cute Crochet 3D embossing folder.

I added a strip of Berry Burst DSP to the Perennial Postage die-cut, and mounted the die-cut piece on a Basic Black card layer.  Before gluing this down, I added a horizontal strip of White Glimmer Paper to the Berry Burst background panel.

The sentiment, from So Sincere, was white heat-embossed on a piece of Basic Black card that I cropped using a Delicate Forest sentiment label die.  As a finishing touch, I added Purple Fine Shimmer Gems.

Listed below are all the products I used to make this card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Sketched Butterflies Bundle (English) [163492] $87.25	So Sincere Cling Stamp Set (English) [162283] $42.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $19.75	Berry Burst A4 Cardstock [144249] $20.25	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] $20.25
Brights 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163775] $21.75	Berry Burst, Old Olive & White 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Glimmer Specialty Paper [163769] $10.50	Berry Burst Classic Stampin' Pad [147143] $15.75	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.75	Basics Wow! Embossing Powder [165679] $37.00
Heat Tool [129056] $56.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $227.00	Perennial Postage Dies [162607] $58.00	Cute Crochet 3 D Embossing Folder [163792] $17.50	Delicate Forest Dies [162679] $67.00
Blending Brushes [153611] $27.00	Water Painters [151298] $23.00	Sponge Daubers [133773] $13.25	Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [162481] $6.25	Purple Fine Shimmer Gems [162611] $14.00
Adhesive Sheets [152334] $20.25	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $10.50