Butterfly Flourish

Happy Spring everyone!  Well...spring may officially be here, but the weather is not cooperating with the new season!  I'm ready to say good-bye to winter, so for my new sample for The Sweet Stop, I grabbed some butterflies and spring colors!

Creative Nugget:  I found this Graphics 45 patterned paper in my stash and thought the Butterfly Flourish stamp by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps would work well with this week's sketch.  Both sides of the DP were used to make the three panels on the card front and were stitched to Early Espresso card stock.  This was mounted to a Vintage Cream card base.  The butterflies were stamped on Vintage Cream card stock, colored with Copic Markers, and mounted to an Early Espresso Gold Labels Four Die.  An extra set of butterflies were cut out and popped up for dimension.  The sentiment is from the new Be Encouraged stamp set and was cut with a Spellbinders banner die.  An organza brad and some pearls finish the card.

These stamp sets were used to create this card:

       

         Be Encouraged                          Butterfly Flourish

I hope you'll be able to join us at The Sweet Stop this week. Be sure to check out the wonderful samples created by the Sugar Babies for your inspiration.

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Janice Melton

Robin Parker

Faye Winn-Jones

Melissa Schultz

Ceal Pritchett

Marlena Peduzzi

                                              Stephanie Serrano

Thanks so much for stopping by...have a wonderful week!

Hugs,
Cathymac

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Butterfly Flourish, Be Encouraged (SNSS)
Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento), Walnut Stain ad Broken China Distress Inks (Ranger)
Paper:  Vintage Cream (PTI), Early Espresso (SU!), Little Darlings Collection DP (Graphics 45)
Accessories: Sew Mini (Janome), A2 Matting Basics A Die, Banner Die, Gold Labels Four Die (Spellbinders), Kaiser Pearls, Bella Organza Brad, Copic Markers R01, R02, R05, Y21, Y35, Y38, BG70, BG72, BG75, YG 61, YG63, YG67

Butterfly Flourish

Hello friends...it's Saturday again and time for another fabulous sketch from The Sweet Stop!  Korin just keeps coming up with sketches that yield beautiful results!  I don't know about you, but a good sketch just seems to get my creative juices flowing...I hope you like my samples for this week!

Creative Nugget:  See what I mean...I really like how this one turned out and I didn't even use copics!  I began by making a wrinkle-free background for the butterfly panel.  Some Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress ink was swiped across a non-stick craft mat and spritzed with water.  The ink on the work surface beaded up and a piece of white card stock was dabbed and twisted on the wet ink.  A heat tool was used to dry the ink.  The same process was repeated two more times until most of the ink on the work surface was used.  A circle nestie was used to cut the panel. The Butterfly Flourish, from a new clear stamp set released earlier this month by Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps, was stamped on the panel with Versafine Onyx Black ink.  The verse from Psalms, from the  Wait on the Lord stamp set, was stamped on Fine Linen card stock and cut with a rectangle nestie. Both panels were mounted on black and layered on some designer paper from My Mind's Eye.  Some stitching was added around the perimeter.  A black border left over from another project was zig-zag stitched to the striped panel.  All of this was layered onto True Black and a Fine Linen card base following the sketch.  A black ribbon was tied across the middle and some black rhinestones were added.  One of the butterflies was stamped again, cut out, and popped up for some dimension.  The sentiment and little banner are from the Rose Collage clear stamp set, and were cut out and added to the circle panel.  That finished off my sample.

Here's the Christmas version:

If you've enjoyed these samples, you're sure to get inspired by what the other Sugar Babies have created for you today.  Be sure to check them out and play along with us at The Sweet Stop this week!  If you use punches or dies on your card, you could even be eligible for a prize!

Sugar Babies

Monika Davis

Shelby Goolsby

Wendy Ramlakhan

Janice Melton

Shannon White

Kim O'Connell

Chrissy Dickinson

Thanks for stopping by...hope you get to grab some stamping time and enjoy your weekend!

Hugs,

Cathymac

Card recipe:

Stamps: Butterfly Flourish, Rose Collage, Wait on the Lord (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps)

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black (Tsukineko), Broken China and Peeled Paint Distress ink (Ranger)

Paper: Pure Linen, True Black (PTI), Neenah Solar White (Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps), Vanity Fair Paper Pad (My Mind's Eye)

Accessories: Circle, Scalloped Circle, and Rectangle Nesties, Classic Petal Edgeabilities

(Spellbinders), Non-Stick Craft Mat (Ranger), Sew Mini Sewing Machine (Janome), Black Ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Kaiser Black Rhinestones