Butterflies – Page 8 – Independent Stampin Up!® Demonstrator, Victoria, Australia

Butterfly Basics Bundle

8 March, 20157 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I enter a challenge at Just Add Ink. The challenge this week is an inspiration challenge JAI#253.

My immediate reaction to this image was “Wow, look at that gorgeous hot pink colour”!

I also love butterflies, so this challenge was going to be just that, butterflies, melon mambo and black.

Butterfly Basics

I love this Butterfly Basics bundle of which the stamps are photopolymer, so extremely easy to use and it has the coordinating dies. Awesome!

The base card is Black with a layer of Melon Mambo cardstock and then another layer or black, which is stamped with Craft White ink using the fern stamp. I stamped the ink off before applying to the cardstock, so that it wasn’t too white and stark.

The butterfly is the main focus of this card so it stands out in its Melon Mambo and Coastal Cabana colourings. I added 5 pearls for each antennae.

Butterfly Basics

I didn’t feel this card needed a sentiment, so I left it blank.

Be sure to decorate the inside panel of your card and even the envelope. I never send a “nude” envelope!

Butterfly Basics

Please leave a comment below, if you think my card met this challenge.

Why don’t you give a challenge a go, they are so much fun. Head across to the Just Add Ink page for more inspiration and see how the designers interpreted this challenge.

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Butterflies, Handmade Cards, Sympathy

With Sympathy

6 March, 201519 February, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I share a card which is something that we often need many of, but find it hard to make them at the time when they are required. So, I like to have a little stash of these put away for that very moment to send to a loved one when they most need it.

The Sympathy Card

Serene Silhouettes

The base card is So Saffron with a layer of Whisper White which has been stamped with the Serene Silhouette stamp set using the masking technique. This means that I have used a large post it note and put it across the card about 2 inches from the top. Stamp the images in multiple colours, stamping over the top of the post it note so it gives that nice white border in the centre of the card. Peel the post it note off, turn it upside down and put it down another 1.5 inches so it will create that white centre. Repeat the stamping on the bottom section of the card.

I often make a few of these and with this style of card, you can add any type of sentiment to the white section as required.

Serene Silhouettes

I added a butterfly stamped with Papillon Potpourri and punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch.

Be sure to decorate the inside panel of your card and even the envelope!

Serene Silhouettes

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this creation.

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Butterflies, Challenges, feminine, Handmade Cards

All Abloom Butterfly

20 February, 201512 March, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Today I entered a Creative Sketch Challenge as part of our Art With Heart Team.

I used the All Abloom DSP Stack and the Butterfly Basics & Butterfly Thinlits Bundle, along with Crisp Cantaloupe, Mossy Meadow & Pistachio Pudding card stock!

Butterfly Basics

I love these colours together and who doesn’t love butterflies and flowers?!!!

Butterfly Basics

I embossed the Scalloped circle with the Perfect Polka Dot TIEF and sponged the edges with the coordinating ink and a dauber. The sentiment is stamped with Mossy Meadow ink.

I also decorated the inside of the card with a strip of the same paper I used on the front and die cut another butterfly from the same DSP to adhere to the envelope!

Butterfly Basics

Don’t forget that the Butterfly Bundle is only on sale until the end of Sale-a-bration. By purchasing the bundle you save yourself 15%, and who wouldn’t want to do that?!!!!

Have a wonderful day!

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Butterflies, feminine, Handmade Cards

Summer Butterflies

21 January, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Here I am again with the Butterfly Basics Bundle. Today I have tried some colours that I don’t usually go for and is a little out of my comfort zone, but I think they work okay together.

I have used Calypso Coral, So Saffron and Pear Pizzazz.

Butterfly Basics

I used the Stampin’ Write Markers to in the flower image so I could get the stems green and the flower a different colour. The flower is actually coloured So Saffron, but then I used the Thumping Technique to add some of the Calypso Coral before stamping the image onto the card.

Butterfly Basics

Be sure to decorate the inside on your card also!

Butterfly Basics

What do you think of my card? Please comment below.

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Birthday, Butterflies, feminine, Handmade Cards

Butterfly Beauty

15 January, 201515 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Oh wow, I couldn’t wait to get this stamp set from the minute I saw it in the Occasions catalogue, and it hasn’t disappointed!

Butterfly Basics with the coordinating Butterfly Framelits can be purchased as a Bundle saving you 15%. But you can buy them separately also. The stamp set is available in Wood, Clear or Photopolymer and I bought it in the Photopolymer.

And here is my card that I have made using many of the items in this bundle.

Butterfly Basics

I have used Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz with some Crumb Cake as my colour palette and the sentiment is stamped in Chocolate Chip ink.

Here is a close up. I love the vellum look underneath the butterfly. I added this after I die cut the butterfly, by gluing the butterfly onto a piece of vellum and then cutting it out.

Butterfly Basics

Be sure to decorate the inside on your card also!

Butterfly Basics

What do you think? I love these colours together, they are so soft and subtle.

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Butterflies, feminine, Free Product, Mini Catalogue and Sale-a-bration (SAB)

Irresistibly Yours

14 January, 201513 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

Yay, guess what arrived today? Yes, my new goodies from the Occasions catalogue and FREE Sale-a-bration items.

You know I love butterflies, so I had to have a play with the Butterfly Thinlits and the Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper, well you wait to see what I have done with it!

Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper is white paper with a glossy white pattern is perfect for colouring using a variety of techniques, colouring to reveal the pattern. You get 12 sheets in a pack, 2 of each of the 6 designs and they are 30.5 x 30.5cm.

I have only used 1/2 a sheet to produce these 3 cards below!

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

The card base is white with the layer of Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Paper which I have coloured using the Stampin’ Ink Pads in various colours. I used 3 colours on each card and applied the ink by sponging.

This first one uses: Real Red, Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

This second one uses: Garden Green, Wild Wasabi & Pear Pizzazz. I also inked the edges of the butterfly!

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

This third one uses: Blackberry Bliss, Rich Razzleberry & Rose Red

Irresistibly Yours Butterfly

What do you think? Isn’t it stunning? I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this creation.

Well, if you love this paper as much as me, then all you need to do is place an order of $90 and these papers are yours FREE. Yes, they are part of the Sale-a-bration brochure to claim with any order until 31st March.

If you order $180 in product, you choose 2 items FREE

If you order $300 in product, you choose 3 items FREE and get $50 to spend on anything in any catalogue

If you order $400 in product, you choose 4 items FREE and get $100 to spend on anything in any catalogue

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Butterflies, feminine, Handmade Cards, Punch Art

Papillon Potpourri Pop-up Card

12 January, 201511 January, 2015 craftwithkate

Dear Crafters,

While I wait for my order to arrive with some new goodies from the Occasions catalogue and FREE Sale-a-bration products, I thought I would go back to a favourite of mine, the Papillon Potpourri Stamp set and coordinating Elegant & Bitty Butterfly punches.

I love butterflies and I think you may find that shows in this card! lol

I watched a documentary the other day which showed masses of monarch butterflies and it was just so unbelievable, that I wanted to recreate that image in my head.

Papillon Potpourri

The base layers were embossed with the new Spring Flowers TIEF. The centre pieces are die cut using the Big Shot and the Labels Collection Framelits then pierced with the piercing tool, mat & Festive Paper Piercing Pack.

Now are you ready to see inside? This is my favourite part!!!!

Papillon Potpourri

I used the Papillon Potpourri stamps with Memento Black ink then punched each one out.

I added them to the centre piece with Tombo Glue and dimensionals!

What do you think? Isn’t it stunning?

Here’s a close up of the butterfly mass.

Papillon Potpourri

I also added a couple of leaf stems from the Owl Builder Punch and some gold glitter butterflies.

Notice that I haven’t even added a sentiment! It simply doesn’t need one, or maybe it is just too busy with butterflies!

I would love you to comment below with your thoughts on this creation.

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Butterflies, Christmas, feminine, Handmade Cards, Kids Cards, Masculine

Work of Art

27 October, 201412 October, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

Today I share with you some cards created using the Work of Art Stamp Set. You may be like me and think “what on earth would I use that for?”. Well, let me show you what you can create! Now all of these cards I did in one afternoon and yes, I did have some inspiration from Jenny van Dijk a fellow SU demo.

First of all, I wanted to share a couple of cards that can be used for those who may be struggling with the terrible illnesses of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or Breast Cancer.

Work of Art

Now for some quick Christmas cards!

Work of Art

And don’t forget about a quick card for the boys and men in your life!

Work of Art

and for the ladies

Work of Art

and for that special little girl in your life, she would love this rainbow!

Work of Art

Has that given you some inspiration to show just how versatile this stamp set is?!!! Yes, I was amazed once I sat down and actually had a play with it.

Why don’t you make the purchase of this stamp set and get creative?

Products Used:

Work Of Art Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.95

Work Of Art Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$51.95

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Butterflies, feminine

Mother’s Day this Sunday!

9 May, 20144 May, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

If you don’t know it yet, it is Mother’s Day this Sunday and I have made a few cards in readiness for the celebrations.

I have to say, this style was not the easiest to photograph being such a long card!

This card is pretty cool! It only uses one page of 12″ x 12″ Designer Paper and is cut into 3 strips, so they are 4″ wide and 12″ long and then joined together to create this concertina style card which folds up and is tied with a ribbon.

Each end is punched with the Scallop Tag Topper Punch for the ribbon to tie through.

The HAPPY is part of a stamp from the recent Sale-a-bration set, See Ya Later. I just inked the word Happy only then cut it out as a banner!

My mum loves daffodils, so I tried creating them using the Petite Petals Punch and the floral punch from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. I think they came up okay and she will be able to tell they are daffodils!

The little banners at the end are made with the Banner Punch and the D,A,Y are stamped and punched out with the 3/8″ circle punch.

The Designer Series Paper is retired now, but I just love the butterflies on it and the colours, Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Very Vanilla & Summer Starfruit.

The letters are die cut from the Typeset Dies and layered onto the 1-3/4″ scallop circle punch.

I also added some butterflies punched from the same paper.

Take care and have a wonderful weekend celebrating with your mum this Mother’s Day xxx

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Butterflies, Card in a Box Style, feminine

Mother’s Day

7 May, 20144 May, 2014 craftwithkate

Hello Crafters,

If you don’t know it yet, it is Mother’s Day this Sunday and I have made a few cards in readiness for the celebrations.

As you know, the Card in the Box has been such a huge revelation over the past 6 months or so, and I was asked to make one by a work colleague for her hubby to give to his mum. I wanted to try something a little different, so I made a Card in a Box, but a longer version!

Card in a Box Long Version