I used a 1 inch ruffled square punch and punched out a multitude of squares
Inking each square around the edges
On a mat of white paper 5x6" I drew a faint pencil line diagonally from corner to corner
Working from the middle I started placing my squares along this line
Moving from row to row until the entire surface was covered, leaving a small space
between each square showing the mat below
I trimmed the square to 4 x 51/4" and placed it on my card front
Next I punched out a Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly,
Inked the edges and used some Diamond Stickles on the wings
I took some light weight purple beading wire to form the antenna
and popped the butterfly up on the lower left of my card front.
On the inside I used a script stamp over a piece of printed paper from
the K&Company Best of Brenda Walton stack
I was given the butterfly (which was cut on white cardstock) in a RAK
so I used some spray and glittered it up,
ran it through the Polka Dot Embossing Folder in my Cuttlebug and
stamped it with a My Sentiments Exactly stamp
The last step was placing some small pearls
where each square met at the corners
My good friend Vicky at Clips-n-Cuts posted a darling card she'd made using a dress form. Well I just couldn't stand it.
I had the Cricut Cartridge of my friends sitting here: Forever Young, and on it was this darling dress form. Well once I got started I just had to keep on making them. The dress forms themselves are cut from the front and back cover of the K&Co 12x12 Paper Pad Olivia Rose. It's heavier weight and the hit and miss of words, numbers and prints from the packaging gave for some interesting dress forms.
Here is a close up of each card -
The background behind the dress form is a piece of lavender paper that I stamped with the Prima clear stamp - Recital. I then wet the paper and smooshed it all up in my hand, slowly pulling it back into shape and the using my heat tool to dry it. When dry I added a layer of Lindy's Stamp Gang Desert Moon Antique Rose spray.
The next dress is bordered from one of the acetate sheets that's included in the above mentioned paper pack. I used Glossy Accents on the belt and while wet sprinkled it with pink sparkle.
This is the first card I made, and what started the chain reaction. The border punch is Morocco Lace by EK Success and the paper is from the K&Co Susan Winget Spring Blossom Collection. The Sassy stamp is from Fiskars, I think it's called Girlfriends. I used Glossy Accents over it and the mat again was cut from the paper pad backing page.
With this one I also cut the hat from the cartridge and used a little bling on it. Inside the sentiment reads "It's Your Day" most insides I've left blank. I used a Mrs. Grossman's sticker on the front and then used a combo of Smooch spray in gold, Perfect Pearls in gold and water to spray the front.
Here I added the Sweet sentiment from a dollar stamp from We R Memory Keepers and stamped the hat from the Fiskars set I mentioned above using Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and Glossy Accents over the top.
Another hat from the cartridge and an strip of the ruler and paper from the Olivia Rose Collection. The border punch is Apron Lace by Fiskars.
The checkered border was a die cut frame in the paper pack that I clipped and formed a smaller frame around my card, the heart was on some ribbon from Bo Bunny I had.
The mat here is embossed with my Cuttlebug and the Spots and Dots folder. I used a sanding block to distress the circles revealing the under color. The stamp is the same set, Girlfriends, from Fiskars. The black lace is Bo Bunny.
This last card I sprayed the lace, which started out white, with Tattered Angels Cranberry and then stamped the saying with a Fiskars stamp (do not have the name of this collection). The border punch again Apron Lace from Fiskars and the paper was Spring Blossom pack by K & Co.
And that's it. A great set of cards and a whole lot of fun. Thanks again Vicky for all your inspiration!
This is the fourth of this set for my friend. Now can you see why I scooped up these new K & Co Paper packs? I guess after the snow, cool temps and cloud cover here in Southern Utah I was drawn to something bright and Springy! This again is the Spring Blossom Paper Pad.
This petal soft yellow flower is one cut from the White Rose Trim put out by Bo Bunny. I again used my Gold Glow Smooch spray and rubbed the tops lightly with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The great yellow ribbon I picked up at my LSS for 85% off after season last year. I love it because it's wire edged.
Sentiments also from My Sentiments Exactly as the previous 3 cards. I bungled up the inside and rubbed the sentiment on crooked so I had to improvise by adding another ink edge mat and a new sentiment. That's the glory of paper crafting you can almost always hide the goobers! The top mat, Daisy Garden, is from the Spring Blossom Seed Pocket Die-Cut Cardstock package. I've never used these little packages of goodies until someone gave me one as a gift at Christmas time. As you can see I'm really loving how they can finish off my cards.
So sorry I can't remember who made this stick pin, it's from the November Stick It To You swap at Your Paper Pantry. If you recognize your handiwork please let me know so I can give you credit!
Another for my gift set of cards. This is the back side of the paper from the previous post. I used a new EK Success border punch I got for 80% off at JoAnns, what a deal!!! The punch is called Graceful Heart which will be perfect for Valentines!
The die cuts are precut from K & Co in their Spring Blossom Icons Die-Cut Cardstock and Acetate Collection.
I really like this ribbon punch from Fiskars and must admit I often forget I have it and don't use it as often as I could. It's called Leaver It to Weaver.
Sentiments are the Inspirations/Encouragement set from My Sentiments Exactly. I sprayed the inside of the card with Gold Glow Smooch Spray, it's a little hard to see here but it gives the inside a great shimmer.
K & Co Paper Pack by Tim Coffey called Cottage Garden.
Sentiments are rub ons by My Sentiments Exactly.
Inside of card - Border Punch by EK Success called Morocco Lace
(another I got at JoAnns on clearance for 85% off - love those bargains, love this punch!)
I got this great paper pack from K & Co by Brenda Walton called Oliva Rose. I just love the papers and when I started making cards they just grew and grew. Here's a few I've completed.
Part of the paper collection is a sheet of transpariences. I love the look of this one. The stamp is from Inkadinkado, Kathy Davis Flowers.
I added a couple of K & Co Handmade Gem Flowers to the centers of the ones I cut out from the paper. I glued the tight to the edge and pop-dotted them on the inside edges to give them lift.
Like the look the jagged swirls I added.
Stamp is Heard from the Heart from Stampin Up
Butterfly is cut from the paper, Glossy Accented and edges sprinkled with fine black glitter.
Flowers cut from paper and pop-dotted up so that the mini tags can slide under them.
