Butterfly Gala on Window Sheet

It was so much fun stamping butterflies onto Window Sheet (acetate) for these cards that I got a bit carried away!  So I made this card to use up the extras!

A simple but effective and elegant card full of butterflies!

It's such a simple card - a layer of the Lovely Lipstick Foil under a layer of the gorgeous Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper (both Free with $90 product purchases during Sale-A-Bration) then add the transparent butterflies and some bling!

A close up of the transparent butterflies: Butterfly Gala image stamped with Stazon ink onto Window Sheet
punched out with the coordinating Butterfly Duet punch (buy both as a bundle to save 10%)

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All supplies used are available for purchase in my online store

Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle

$61.00

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Window Sheets

$8.75

Jet Black Stazon Ink Pad

$15.75

Grapefruit Grove & Lovely Lipstick Foil Sheets

$0.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

$8.75

Glitter Enamel Dots

$12.25

A Trio of Black & White Botanical Butterfly cards

I originally made these cards for a Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop that, for one reason or another, has been postponed.  So I've CASEd (Copy and Selectively Edit) this card by Connie Collins.  I like this design because it's a beautiful showcase for some lovely Designer Series Paper - of which I have a lot at the moment!  

A trio of classic black & white cards featuring the Botanical Butterflies Designer Series Paper
(FREE with a $90 product purchase until 31 March or while stocks last)

I've used up some of the gorgeous Botanical Butterfly paper (that I acquired FREE during Sale-A-Bration with a product purchase of $90!) and decided to go with classic black and white ...  and it was so quick and easy that I made a trio!

Like Connie, I used one of the Stitched Shapes dies to cut the squares of the paper but you you could use one of the Stitched Rectangle dies and trim it down or simply cut the squares with a trimmer. 

The Botanical Butterflies Designer Series Paper is double side with one side of each sheet being black & white

The base cards of Thick Whisper White cardstock are 5.75" square.  The centre black strip measures 14cm x 2cm - yes, I'm sorry about the measurement switch.  I tend to be a bit ambidexturous with imperial and metric!  The patterned strip measures 13.5cm x 1.5cm. 

The little bit of vellum softens the look a little

The greeting is from the Happy Birthday Gorgeous stamp set and I used one of the leftover bits of Thick Whisper White card.  It's cut out with another of the Stitches Shapes dies to match the squares but you could easily use a Layering Circle die or a circle punch.  The black and vellum layers were cut with Layering Circle dies.

Switch the greeting and this card style would be suitable for many different occasions

For more information about how to get FREE products during Sale-A-Bration, click here.

Thanks for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All supplies used are available for purchase in my online store

Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper

$0.00

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies

$50.00

Layering Circle Framelits Dies

$58.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$13.50

White Vellum A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

$10.00

Crazy Crafters Blog Hop with Special Guest Jay Soriano

 

Click on this image to get to know Jay and Mitosu Crafts!

Welcome to the Crazy Crafters' Blog Hop with our Special Guest stamper, Jay Soriano - we are thrilled to have Jay join us this month and so excited to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) any project that has been created by him. 

 

Whether you are starting the blog hop here at my blog, Stephanie Fischer - The Crafty Thinker, or have come from the person before me, be sure to click on the person listed under me further down the page to continue your journey on this blog hop.

Click to visit Jay's post

I'm so excited (and also a bit intimidated!) about this Blog Hop - when I discovered Jay was to be our Guest Stamper I actually squealed - because I just LOVE his work (always imaginative, beautifully executed and brimming with inspiration) and have been following Jay and Barry at Mitosu Crafts for a long time. So it was extremely difficult to choose which amazing piece to CASE!  Eventually I chose this one because it would lead me to do something new for me.

And this is what I did with it.

The floral images are from the Flirty Flowers stamp set

I clear heat embossed the centre flower and masked it before stamping the other image three times with Whisper White Craft ink.  I then removed the mask and, using a paintbrush, coloured the centre flower with the same white craft ink, building up layers of pigment.

The greeting is white heat embossed.
If I were to do this again, I would stamp off the image directly behind the centre flower. 

Tip:
As always when using white craft ink, care needs to be taken to avoid smudging as you work because it takes a long time to dry. 

Thanks for following our blog hop. Remember that currently you are at my blog - Stephanie Fischer - so click on the next name in the list to ensure that you don't miss out of seeing any of the blogs and the amazing inspiration they contain.

Thanks for visiting
'Til next time
Stephanie

Product List

Flirty Flowers Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143872]

Birthday Delivery Photopolymer Stamp Set

[143660]

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

[101780]

Whisper White 3/8" Classic Weave Ribbon

[144159]

Urban Underground Black & White Flower

For some inexplicable reason, I had an urge to do something in black and white but I didn't have a lot of time available!  So I grabbed the Birthday Blossoms stamp set, Whisper White Craft Ink and the white pencil from the box of watercolour pencils.

The flower was a test piece that found its way onto the front of a card!

I stamped the flower and leaves in the white craft ink and allowed it to dry (very important step which I speeded up with my heat tool!).  Using a soft, circular motion with the white watercolour pencil, I added white to the areas I wanted to be the lightest.  

Since I wanted to maintain a lot of control this time, I used a small brush and a little bit of water rather than my trusty aqua painter.  I kept the brush just damp and pulled the white down towards the darker areas.  Once I'd finished doing that, I checked the tones and added a few highlights with the watercolour pencil where I felt it necessary (mainly around the centre of the flower).  I didn't (and don't) feel it's quite right but I couldn't spend any more time and I think it's sufficient.

The depth provided by Stampin' Dimensionals adds more interest

I added a layer of Urban Underground paper to my black card and adhered my flower panel to the centre.  

Next, I stamped the banner from Banners For You in Basic Black ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and added the greeting from the hostess stamp set, Gift of Love.  I cut it out with the matching Bunch of Banners framelit and adhered it to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.

A simple but matching interior for the card

Inside the card I quickly stamped the flower and leaves in one corner with Basic Black ink.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


Product List - To visit my online store, click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Birthday Blossoms Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[139471]

Banners For You Photopolymer Bundle

[142335]

Gift Of Love Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141796]

Urban Underground Specialty Designer Series Paper

[142783]

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

[121688]

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

[101731]

Watercolor Pencils

[141709]

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]