Beautiful You

Have you checked out the March Release from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps.? It's amazing! Trust me, you are going to want it all. For today's card, I played with the Beautiful You sentiment set and Mosaic stencil from the new release. I paired it with Begin Again from a previous release.

I used the mosaic stencil with seedless preserves and kitsch flamingo distress oxide inks on white cardstock. I splattered black ink on the panel, die cut it and set aside. I stamped the butterflies(2 each) and sentiments on white. I trimmed the sentiments and outlined the edges with black marker.

I colored the butterflies with markers and fussy cut out. I attached the background panel to a white card base and decide on placement of sentiment strips and butterflies. I glued down the words and one of each size of the butterflies. Then, I glued just the body part of the butterflies to the other ones. Once dry, I bent the wings up to add some dimension. 

Beautiful You

 Begin Again

  Mosaic Stencil 

This post linked to:

Simon Says Monday Challenge - Use at least one stencil

Krafty Chicks Challenge - Stamp Act

As You Like Challenge - Interactive or not 

I don't like making them because they are too much work.

Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes
 

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks so much for stopping by!

Karen

Simply Amazing

Today's card is the kind of card I love to create! The one that will lift someone up with a beautiful sentiment and kind words inside.

 

 

I began by creating the background. I used the Vintage Doily stencil with basic gray ink on a lighter gray cardstock. Then, I stamped the Script Background with the same ink over the top of it and cut with a stitched edge rectangle die. I stamped the sentiment from My Thoughts of You on the panel with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I matted the panel with black and attached to a basic gray card base. 

I stamped the butterfly from Begin Again on white cardstock, blended honeysuckle and cranberry ink on the wings and fussy cut out. I popped the butterfly up with foam tape and added some black jewels to finish it off.

 

 

**The stencil and butterfly set are part of the current sale that ends tonight.**

 

Begin Again

Script Background 

 My Thoughts of You

Vintage Doily Stencil 

This post linked to:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Make Your Own Background

Little Red Wagon Challenge: No Pattern Paper 

As You Like It Challenge: Dies verses Stencils and Why 

I use to really be a die girl as stencils intimidated me. In the last year, I have started playing with stencils more and love the versatility of them. 

All Sorts Challenge: One for the Girls 

I hope you enjoyed today's card and thanks so much for stopping by!

Karen

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Thinking of You

I love butterflies and can never have enough butterfly stamp sets! Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps just released a brand new butterfly set and I had to play with it first. Today's card features two of the new releases, Begin Again and Encouraging Thoughts.

I started by stamping and embossing the butterfly with black ink and embossing powder on Canson XL watercolor paper. I colored the image with Arteza Real Brush Pens (bumblebee yellow and rouge pink) and fussy cut out. I die cut the layering pieces and used the same color ink to splatter on the rectangular one. I found some coordinating washi tape in my stash and put it across the top, stamped the words in black and attached layering pieces as seen popping the butterfly up with foam tape. I utilized the previous Freshly Made Sketches #432 for my layout. This layout great for quick cards!

Thanks for stopping by and happy stamping!

Karen