I am playing along with Wee Memories Color Inspiration. This picture inspired the Rainbow motif
I am also playing along with Hero Arts monthly contest. I used the sketch on the far right.
and last but certainly not least Cath over at Moxie Fab challenged us to make a card set Here is a close up of one of them
and the whole setSo I love Jenni Bowlin's butterflies. I love the way they are packaged. I love the colors and patterns. I just love 'em!
but I don't own any of them. So I decided to make my own.
I used my cricut Sentimentals cartridge to cut out 30 butterflies. I trimmed off the antennas so I could fit more butterflies on the card. I stamped 5 butterflies for each card in the same color but with a different Hero Arts background stamp. I used all distress inks: barn door, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, peeled paint, broken china, and dusty concord. I wanted to use rhinestones for their bodies but didn't have enough black. Enamel essentials to the rescue! I love the way it makes perfect little circles.
I colored a strip of white with the coordinated colored and layered a white banner with a sentiment over it. The butterflies were adhered with their bodies flat and the wings popped up on foam. Each color has a different sentiment.
I finished them off by adding 3 rhinestones. There are no stickles on these cards, can you believe it? Me either!!
Now for the giveaway! I used 6 Hero Arts set to make these cards. 5 background and 1 sentiment. The first person to guess all 6 correctly will win a little something special from me!
Off to work I go thanks for sticking with me :)
Here are the stamps you used: Magical Background, Musical Background, Friends Def, Background, Essential messages, Classic Fabric design and revised flower and leaves!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe one that took me the longest was the last one. I have all the others too! I love your butterflies so much better than Jen B's! This is A FANTASTIC gift set! I love it! Such a great set!
ReplyDeleteyour set is very Moxie fab! love the colors and the butterflies.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful set of cards, really LOVE your butterfly ensemble!
ReplyDeleteLove this beautiful set, Kelly! Wonderful idea to use all those stamps for your butterflies!
ReplyDeleteSeeing sets of cards always gives me a thrill and yours are BEAUTIFUL! I love your homemade butterflies - very inspiring! Thanks for playing along with us at the Wee Memories Scrappy Saturday Challenge!
ReplyDeleteKelly, this is gorgeous! Love the elegant CAS design. Thanks so much for joining us at Wee Memories! :)
ReplyDeleteOmg these are simply gorgeous!!!!!Thanks so much for playing along with us at Wee memories!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I love these! thanks for playing at Wee Memories!
ReplyDeleteOhhhh how beautiful. I'm not familiar with these stamps but just love love love your cards. I thought you used different paper not stamps...awesome. I have to send out some thank you cards and would love to create something like this thank you soooo much for sharing. www.canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com
ReplyDeleteHey Kelly, i made my version of these cards, i hope you don't mind....i just loved them. Here is the link if you want to check it out...
ReplyDeletehttp://canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com/2011/04/scrap-lifting-at-its-finest.html
Ur card set is amazing.....love all those butterfliesss!
ReplyDeleteThese are beautiful! What a great gift :)
ReplyDeleteHey Kelly! Thanks for linking these up to the Card Set Challenge in the Moxie Fab World in celebration of 350 Cards & Gifts Week! Moxie fab! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Kelly, I fell in love with your cards when I saw them featured on the Hero Arts blog. I have pinned them to Pinterest and made some using a Martha Stewart punch and rainbow colours instead.
ReplyDeletehttp://scentimentalities.blogspot.com/2011/04/butterflies.html
What a stunning set!!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely beautiful...makes me want to grab my stuff and get busy!! very inspiring..thanks!!
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