Good morning, y’all – welcome to another edition of Amy’s Inkin’ Krew Team blog hop! Each month we make projects centered around a theme – and this month our theme is Celebrate Spring! We can interpret that any way we want – so…be sure to check and see everyone’s projects – we’ve got a bunch of talented ladies hopping with us this month!
I think of flowers and bees and birds and butterflies when I think of Spring – so…I pulled out some Butterfly Bijou 6″ x 6″ DSP and combined it with the Garden Wishes stamp set. Take a look-see:
The layout for this one is the SECOND sketch from this week’s Sunday Stamps challenge. I TOLD you I would end up using it!! 🙂
The color palette is from the TGIF Challenge.
And our theme dovetailed perfectly with The Paper Players challenge.
I started with a piece of butterfly-strewn paper from the Butterfly Bijou 6″ x 6″ DSP that I adhered to the front of my Daffodil Delight card base with Liquid Glue.
Next, I stamped the sweet dandelion image (yes – they’re “sweet” on a card but…not so much in my pasture!!) – three times in Tuxedo Black on Basic White cardstock. Then I cut them with a Stitched Rectangle Die.
Using Blending Brushes, I added color to each panel – in Gorgeous Grape, Daffodil Delight and Just Jade. Then I matted them on Basic Black and adhered them to the card front with Liquid Glue.
I stamped a sentiment from Garden Wishes in Just Jade ink and cut it with another of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I added some fly-away dandelion seeds in Daffodil Delight all around it and then popped the panel onto the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
Using a small detailed butterfly die in the Brilliant Wings die set – I cut one from a piece of Daffodil Delight and one from Vellum cardstocks. I adhered the Vellum die cut to the Daffodil Delight butterfly with a Glue Dot.
I adhered the butterfly to the sentiment with Liquid Glue – then added four small Pearl Basic Jewels to the “body”. A Just Jade 2020-2022 In Color Enamel Dot finished off the card front.
On the inside, I added the larger floral from Garden Wishes in Tuxedo Black to a Basic White panel. I colored the image with my Daffodil Delight and Just Jade Stampin’ Blends.
I used Liquid Glue to adhere the panel to a Basic Black mat and into my card base – popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done.
My Basic White Medium Envelope got the large Garden Wishes floral on the front…
…and more of the Butterfly Bijou DSP on the envelope flap.
Et Voila! I love silhouette images, don’t you? And the two florals in Garden Wishes are gorgeous and perfect on a blended color background! I love the versatility of the Brilliant Wings Dies – you can add a butterfly just about anywhere!! And, of course, we’ve all figured out just how cool the Butterfly Bijou 6″ x 6″ DSP is, right?
I hope you like!
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Now that you’ve seen my card, I hope you’ll take a little time to jump thru all the other projects we have to share. Click any name below, or you can use the Previous Blog button to jump back to Karen’s page or the Next Blog button to see what Sue’s been up to!
Mary Deatherage – This is me!
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Daffodil Delight Cardstock: 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ (card base, scored and folded at 4 1/4″)
Basic Black Cardstock: 1 3/4″ x 3 7/8″ (x3 – mats behind rectangles); 4″ x 5 1/4″ (mat for inner liner)
Basic White Cardstock: Stitched Rectangles (floral panels); Stitched Rectangle (sentiment); 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″ (inner liner)
Butterfly Bijou 6″ x 6″ DSP: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ (card front); envelope flap
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Such a gorgeous card Mary 🙂 Your blending is so perfect and beautiful. LOVE this card.
Thanks, Karen – these new brushes are awesome! 🙂
Beautiful!! Colors are wonderful and the tiny black borders perfectly set off the trio.😊
Thank you, Akiko! 🙂
Beautiful card, love the soft spring colors & design!
Thanks very much, Karen! 🙂
Wowzers and golly gee! That’s gorgeous! That blending and your use of those colors is a sure winner for me! You create on a higher level than I can even imagine! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us!
Nah – just been doing it a minute!! Thank you SO much for the kind words, Susan! 🙂
Stunning! I love your colors and the way you blended them. Yep, dandelions say SPRING! Best story…when my 23 yr old granddaughter visited when she was 3, she said, “Grandma, you have pretty yellow flowers in your yard! My dad kills ours!” Never forgot that one.
HAhaha!! I love it!! I often forget that wildflowers are essentially weeds, too! But so pretty! Thank you, Julie! 🙂
LOVE this card! What great colors used with the Blending Brushes…
Thank you, TL – they were interesting to put together! 🙂
Stunning and I like how you lowered the one panel.
Thanks, Karen! 🙂
Such a pretty card! Love the dandelion images, perfect colors! 🙂
Thank you, ma’am! 🙂
Pretty colors and images for a perfectly sweet springy card, Mary! Love your layout too! Thanks for playing with our Spring challenge at the Players!
Thank you, LeAnne! Appreciate your comments! )
So pretty, Mary – I love seeing this image in these soft pretty colors! Thanks so much for playing at Sunday Stamps!
Thank you, Heather – appreciate the kind words! 🙂
Mary, this is lovely! I love the color combo and the blended panels! The black background makes the colors pop! Love the flower silhouettes, too! So happy you joined my challenge at The Paper Players this week!
Thanks very much, Claire – it was a fun one! Appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Pretty card, Mary! Love the blending.
Thanks so much, Donna! 🙂
Very cool!! I love how you did the colored panels. Beautiful!!
Thanks, Jaimie! 🙂
Wow!!! Love how pretty those blended panels turned out! Beautiful card. Thanks for joining TGIF Challenges this week.
Thank you, Tami – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Pretty card, Mary! I really like the template you used. And the colors look great with the DSP!
Thank you so much, Leslie! 🙂
Mary, I love the look of this card. The Butterfly Bijou background is beautiful as are your blended panels. Such a lovely card. Thank you for joining us at the Paper Players this week.
Thanks very much, Deb – appreciate you stopping by! 🙂
Mary beautiful cards, the blending is perfect. You will have to give us a demo with the brushes. I choose you as the winner of the challenges you entered. No one can touch your card.😊
LOL – thank you for that, Shirley!! Gotta love those Blending Brushes!! 🙂
Mary these colors and your take on the sketch make this an absolutely stunning card! I’m so glad you joined us Sunday Stamps!
Thanks so much, Stef – I appreciate the kind words! 🙂