Swallowtail

Caroline, from our stamping group, taught some neat cards using this stamp at class last week.  Then she was kind enough to bring it over and allow me to stamp a bajillion more of them to play with.  While these are about a million miles from what we started with, these are the first two cards that I have finished. 

These were stamped onto ShimmerPaper and embossed with Black EP.  They were colored with Copics and/or SU ink pads and Aquapainter.  Then fussy cut with the second copy of the wing placed slightly offset from the first one and raised with dimensionals.  It barely shows in the scan, but the yellow background has subtle sunflowers in the right hand corner for the butterfly to land on.  I used Pumpkin, Regal Rose and Real Red to color the yellow one and used Brilliant Blue and Soft Blue on the second one.

In Full Bloom again

Found another unfinished project.  Love, love, love this retired set.  This is done with Barely Banana, Pixie Pink and some old designer paper.  Colored with Copics, glittered generously on the flower and on the bees wings.  Flower head and bee are fussy cut and attached, no dimensionals this time.  This is the only one with a sentiment.  For the other ones I have simply stamped an assortment of sentiments and have them ready to put in place once I decide how the card will be used. 

The Pears of Thanksgiving

Hope you had a verry blessed Thanksgiving.  By now everyone has received their cards and it is safe to post them. 

  

As you can see, each card was slightly different.  These are just 4 of the many that I made.  To start, I either downloaded or created my background paper.  The Filigree is a special Memory Box die called Embedded Pear, that I found at the convention.  I bought it because I thought it would make a beautiful corner piece, but as I checked out the gal told me it was made to fit their pear die.   How silly, thought I - who would ever do that.  Then I saw a couple samples of work done with the two dies combined and stopped thinking it was such a silly idea.  Since I had not purchased the Pear Die at the show, I had to recreate the proper size and proportions and make a template and again create or download my papers.  Use the template to make the pear, cut it out, sponge on different colors to create shading and realism.  I cut the filigree from different shades of brown.  Made a leaf and stem and then assembled everything.  The last step was putting on the bling.  I was going to use 'diamonds' but found these coppery multi-color pieces in my drawer and thought they were perfect for the coloring on the card.  It was fun and challenging, but among other things I am thankful that I have the time to play and create that which is in my mind, not to mention my thankfulness for all the 'toys' that I use.

 

Last Card (for today)

This card showcases a great SU DSP green Christmas Paper, against the beautiful red. Not sure, may add some glitter/bling to these. Anyway, I had fun. Hope you enjoy