Cased Butterflies

For the next few months I will be taking the cards I have had saved in draft and putting them up on my Friday's posts.  Things got a bit overwhelming in my household and my good intentions of having posts lined up for when I was off to doctor appointments did not go as planned.  I know some of these sets will already be on my retired list or no longer available.  I hope you can get some inspiration from them for a color, layout  or just something you can use to create a card you can share.  I will do my best to remember all of the things that I used to create the cards, not a guarantee!!!!    ;-) 

I know that I had cased this from somewhere but I can no longer find the original.  If you know who it is please let me know so that I may give credit!!!

Retired: Sincere Salutations- In retired Store

Card Details:

Stamps: Sincere Salutations

Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade

Ink: Island Indigo

Accessories: In Color Designer Printed Brads, Big Shot, Elegant Lines Impression Folder, Bird Builder Punch,  Beautiful Wings Embosslit Dies

Poppy Blossoms

I sooo wish I had more time for designing and creating.  I fell in love with these colors when I saw them setting out on my desk and it took me almost 2 weeks to get time to make something with them.  I have loved the flowers I have sen made with the Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch that I just had to make some myself.  The punch is so easy to use and has such a wide variety.  I cannot wait until life slows down a bunch, I have some great ideas I want to try.  Of course all of the edges are sponged to add more dimension and the flowers are popped up with Dimensionals.

Card Details:

Stamps: Perfect Punches

Paper: Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz

Ink: Chocolate Chip- Sponging:Poppy Parade, Calypso Coral, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Pear Pizzazz

Accessories: Big Shot, Framed Tulip Impressions Folder, Finial Press Impression Folder, Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch, Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack, Basic Pearls, Curly Label Punch, Leaves-Bird Builder

Happy Anniversary

I needed a simple anniversary card quick.  I found this layout and thought it would be perfect for what I was looking for.  You could anything you wanted on the 4 panels to go with any card.  I thought a cute punch art wedding cake would be cute too....someday I might remember to actually make that one.

I have been trying to do more on the insides of the cards and so this is what I came up with that still gave me room to sign all of our names. ;-)

Card Details:

Stamps: A Word for You

Paper: Basic Black, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, Old Olive

Ink: Riding Hood Red

Accessories: Small Heart Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 2 Step Bird Punch, Old Olive Taffeta Ribbon, Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot, Vintage Wallpaper Impression Embossing Folder

Balloon Owls

My daughter has a birthday party to go to tomorrow so I had to get a card made.  This one took me most of the week because my spare time is so sparse right now. When I saw this one on Splitcoast I know it was the one I wanted to do.  She asked if I could add a few balloons so that is just what I did ;)  I tore a piece of scratch paper and used my Whisper White Craft ink to create the clouds in the background.

The balloons are made with the 3/4" circle punch and a trimmed corner.  The hats I just free hand cut and she wanted some rhinestones added because all 9 yr old gilrs need lots of bling.

I chose not to cut the card but to just add legs for the pop up.  The hardest part was tying all of the thread to the balloons.

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Woodgrain Background, Heard from the Heart, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Marina Mist, Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Pear Pizazz, Cajun Craze, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Cherry Cobbler, Not Quite Navy, Lots of sponging with the matching colors

Accessories:  3/4" Circle Punch, Owl Punch, Bird Punch-Leaves, Wide Oval Punch, Jewelry Tag Punch

I am headed in for my first surgery on Monday so it may be a while before I can post again (unless I steal some time this weekend :)   )  Enjoy the beautiful fall weather and colors!

Belated Mother's Day

This is the card I made for my Mother and Mother-in-law.  I cased a card from here.  It was so beautiful I could not help but copy it.  My recipients loved it too. It was a very simple card to make.  The flowers were stamped in the Sage Shadow ink and then the edges where rolled in the Chocolate Chip ink.  I then cut out the flowers and curled them after I layered them on the Rhinestone Brads.  Of course I mailed it out late, because I just cannot keep up with my own schedule.

Card Details:

Stamps:  Vintage Vogue, Well Scripted

Paper: Very Vanilla, Close to Cocoa,  Sage Shadow

Ink:  Chocolate Chip, Sage Shadow

Accessories: Two Step Bird punch, Rhinestone Brads from the Pretties Kit

Punch Love

I love, love,love punches!  I made this card on Wednesday and toyed with whether or not I was going to post it.  As much as I love this bird punch it is on back order until March.  I guess it was a bigger hit than what the supplier thought and they just did not get Stampin' Up! what they ordered (from what I heard).  I have had the Hi Embosslit since the catalog came out and just have not found the card I wanted to use it on but I thought it fit this layout great.

The bird is double punched and offset.  I also sponged around the edges to give it a bit more dimension.  I cut the HI twice and then punched out the center with the 1" circle punch and layered the wide oval punch behind it.  Used torn paper edge to do the clouds in the bashful blue along the top.

Card Details:

Stamps: Season of Friendship

Paper: Chocolate Chip,Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue-Sponged

Accessories:Punches: Scallop Trim Border, 1" Circle, Wide Oval, Medium Jewelry Tag, Extra Large Two Step Bird, Perfect Polka Dots Impression Folder, Big Shot, Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon, Hi Embosslit Die