Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Rainbow Card Set and Giveaway

This last post is a card set I created for my girl friend.

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 set

So 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 :)
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17 comments:

  1. Anita RexApril 5, 2011 at 5:57 PM

    Here are the stamps you used: Magical Background, Musical Background, Friends Def, Background, Essential messages, Classic Fabric design and revised flower and leaves!!!!!

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  2. Anita RexApril 5, 2011 at 5:58 PM

    The 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!

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  3. veronicaApril 5, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    your set is very Moxie fab! love the colors and the butterflies.

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  4. Tiffany ErvinApril 6, 2011 at 12:11 AM

    Beautiful set of cards, really LOVE your butterfly ensemble!

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  5. BarbApril 6, 2011 at 12:54 AM

    Love this beautiful set, Kelly! Wonderful idea to use all those stamps for your butterflies!

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  6. NerinaApril 6, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    Seeing 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!

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  7. Vera Yates (Ling)April 7, 2011 at 10:03 AM

    Kelly, this is gorgeous! Love the elegant CAS design. Thanks so much for joining us at Wee Memories! :)

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  8. Handmade Creations by StephanieApril 7, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    Omg these are simply gorgeous!!!!!Thanks so much for playing along with us at Wee memories!!!!!

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  9. LaurelApril 9, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    Wow, I love these! thanks for playing at Wee Memories!

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  10. KimberlyApril 10, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    Ohhhh 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

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  11. KimberlyApril 10, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Hey 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...
    http://canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com/2011/04/scrap-lifting-at-its-finest.html

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  12. Khin HninApril 10, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    Ur card set is amazing.....love all those butterfliesss!

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  13. Jessi FoganApril 11, 2011 at 8:10 AM

    These are beautiful! What a great gift :)

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  14. Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking EditorApril 11, 2011 at 12:25 PM

    Hey 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! :)

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  15. Steph MitchellApril 25, 2011 at 11:48 PM

    Hi 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.
    http://scentimentalities.blogspot.com/2011/04/butterflies.html

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  16. cards by caraJuly 3, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    What a stunning set!!

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  17. UnknownFebruary 22, 2014 at 12:43 PM

    absolutely beautiful...makes me want to grab my stuff and get busy!! very inspiring..thanks!!

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