Black and White Chevron Ribbon

My Inspiration for this card is our new Chevron Ribbon.  I only purchased the Black and White, but it comes in 12 yummy colors!  I love the new Chalk Board set and used a sentiment stamped and embossed in White craft ink on Basic Black then punched with the 1 3/8 Circle punch.  The Monarch from Best of Butterflies was embossed and cut out.  The Apothecary framelit gives a nice backdrop for the Butterfly, with the scruffed edges.  The Basic Black card stock is embossed with the Modern Mosaic embossing folder.  The card base is Naturals White and the Dictionary Background stamp was stamped with Black Stazon ink.  The Ribbon is frayed for more texture.  This card is going to be one of my Swaps for Convention.  You can make them at the next Stamp A Stack July 13th!

Dictionary  130348 Wood $17.95,  130351 Clear $13.95
Best of Butterflies  133345 Clear only $14.95
Chalk Talk  130631 Wood $25.95,  130634 Clear $18.95
Apothecary Accents framelits  127003  $24.95
Modern Mosaic embossing folder  129984  $7.95
White Craft ink  101731  $7.50
White embossing powder  109132  $4.75
Black Stazon ink    101406  $7.95
3/4 Chevron Ribbon  130010  $8.95
1 3/8 Circle punch  119860  $15.95

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Betsy's Blossoms Mother's Day

Mother's Day is just around the corner and even tho the weather does not feel like Spring, this card Screams Spring!  This card was inspired by a swap from Convention 2012.  I changed the colors and the focal stamp, but used the Border idea which drew me to this swap.

The card base is Daffodil Delight.  The White mat is cut at 4 1/4 X 5 1/2.  You will trim it down after stamping the flowers so it fits on the card base leaving a frame of color.  The Flower from Betsy's Blossoms was stamped in Calypso Color down the side of the Whisper White card stock.  Trim the flowers with paper snips and then even off the bottom and top with your paper trimmer.  The Sentiment from "Wonderful Mother" was stamped in Calypso Coral.  The large Butterfly from "Best of Butterflies" was stamped on the white card mat in Daffodil Delight ink.  The Butterfly was stamped again using the "Rock N Roll" technique on a scrap of Whisper White card stock.  Ink the Stamp with the Daffodil Delight ink and then Roll the edges on the Calypso Coral ink pad.  Stamp and then cut out this Butterfly.  I popped it up with a glue dot and added a strand of pearls as the body.  I added 2 mini Calypso Coral Butterflies cut from the Beautiful Butterflies Embosslit.  Larger pearls were added to the center of each flower.  Great card for Mother's Day, Birthday, All Occasion!

Ingredients:
Wonderful Mother    126505  Wood  $11.95,  126507 Clear $8.95

Betsy's Blossoms  126004  Wood $28.95,  126006 Clear 126006

Best Of Butterflies  133345  $14.95 Clear only

Beautiful Wings Embosslit  118138 $11.95
Calypso Coral ink  126983  $5.95
Calypso Coral card stock  122925  $6.95
Daffodil Delight ink  126944  $5.95
Daffodil Delight card stock  119683  $6.95
Whisper White card stock  100730  $8.50
Basic Pearls  119247  $4.95

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Best of Butterflies

Sorry I missed a day this week!  Shock and dismay!!  But working for the Royals can make blogging a bit tricky....so back on track again this week with great projects from the Mini catalog.  But first I wanted to share this Thank you card made with "Best of Butterflies".  I love Butterflies and I know lots of you do also, this month's THANK YOU card for orders is today's card.

One of my favorite colors is retiring, Certainly Celery.  The card base is Certainly Celery and the Whisper White mat is cut at 4 X 5.  I stamped the largest Butterfly in Calypso Coral, the next largest in Daffodil delight and the smallest in Certainly Celery.  We have made Triple Stack cards before and I am not sure if this technique has a name, but I call it Triple Panel.  After stamping all the Butterflies, I cut the panels at 1 5/8 inches.  Start at one side and adhere the first panel, positioning evenly, leaving a 1/4 inch border.  Here is another picture:

Add the middle panel and the last.  The Sentiment from Round Array was stamped in Certainly Celery ink on Whisper White card stock and punched with the 7/8 Scallop Circle punch.  Daffodil Delight card stock was punched with the 1 1/4 Scallop Circle punch.  Crepe Filter paper was punched with the 1 3/4 Scallop Circle punch.  When punching Crepe Filter paper, layer over card stock.  This prevents tearing.  See my example below:

Save your cardstock punch for another project.  Crumple the Crepe Filter paper.

Pop up the Thank You on the Daffodil Delight.  Spread out the Crepe Filter paper and use a glue dot to adhere to the Daffodil Delight circle.  Adhere all the layers to the card using 2 glue dots!

Ingredients:

Best of Butterflies  133345    Stamps set only Clear $14.95

Round Array   129090 Clear Stamps only $14.95  Bundle with punch 133899 Clear  $23.95

Certainly Celery Card stock  105125  $6.95
Whisper White card stock  100730  $8.50
Daffodil Delight card stock  119683  $6.95
Calypso Coral ink  126983  $5.95
Daffodil Delight ink  126944  $5.95
Certainly Celery ink   126958  $5.95
Crepe Filter paper  129393  $2.95
7/8 Scallop Circle punch, see bundle above
1 1/4 Scallop circle punch  127811  $15.95
1 3/4 Scallop circle punch  119854  $16.95

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Best of Butterflies

I am back from Vacation and will be working on my This N That book and hope to start posts tomorrow, but here are the details for the new Best of Stamp set.

Best Of Butterflies Clear-mount Stamp Set  Item # 133345

Price: $14.95

Did you know that every year Monarch butterflies migrate from Canada to Mexico, and that the migration might span multiple generations of butterflies? Impressive. Of course, you can just stamp a butterfly from the Best of Butterflies Stamp Set on a card and mail it ANYWHERE in the WORLD. Take that, Mr. Monarch butterfly! Every month during 2013, we’re combining some of our all-time-favorite stamps with a new, never-before-seen stamp to create a monthly “Best of” stamp set. Best of Butterflies is our April offering, but don’t forget to check out the sets from previous months as well. They’re available all year! Note: Clear-Mount Blocks B, C, and D needed for this set.  I will be ordering my Best of set this weekend at the Mystery Hostess Stamp a Stack.  You can order also and be entered to win the Hostess Benefits!!  Shop my Online store 24/7 and use Hostess Code:  QAMXEPTD.  This Hostess code will close Sunday April 7th at 6pm. www.kathyswanson.stampinup.net