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Saw That, Made This: Julie's Butterflies

Saw Julie's gorgeous card HERE, and made this:

Card Construction Details:

1.  Had pre stamped scrap of sentiment on white Bazzil paper on table from failed former project, so started with that.

2.  Found patterned paper (this is part of a piece with stripes of different patterns and had that bit of black on the bottom).  Trimmed.

3.  Die cut butterfly and stamped and colored with Copics.

4.  Trimmed piece of polka dot patterned paper and adhered to cheap cardstock to firm it up. Die cut with circle nestability.

5.  Adhered flowered paper to polka dot paper, then sentiment strip.  Added white dots on flowers.  Adhered to a white card with dimensionals. 

6.  Adhered glitter to butterflies and added some yellow on top of glitter with a Copic.  Cleaned glitter off Copic (don't recommend this technique, but it did work.)

7.  Added clear Ranger Glossy Accents to body of butterflies and adhered the butterflies with the same stuff. 

MOOD WHEN DONE = Grateful Julie has a clue.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko Studio Time; PTI Butterfly Dreams
Paper:  Bazill textured white, PTI polka dot; other unknown paper
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo
Other:  A Muse Studio glitter; BV 02 and 04 and Y15 Copic markers; Glue pen; Ranger Glossy Accents; Bic White Out pen; dimesionals

 

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Fun New Finds for 2011

or in some cases rediscovering  --

Jill Foster  Stumbled upon her blog Inspired By in late 2010 and was so blown away I read every single post, watched all of her videos, etc.  She hooked me on Ranger Distress products.  Never realized how a product line with the word "distress" could create bold and bright and fun items and not shabby vintage ones.  Thank you, Jill, for opening up a whole new world of ink and color for me.

Amber at Damask Love  Her creativity sets her apart from the pack. And she has a great sense of humor. 

Love and Support on the Internet  Katie, we miss you.  Enough said.

My Silhouette  Such an awesome, easy to use machine and it makes things that I really use and love. (Too bad I can't get it to cut at the moment !! but it will as soon as I have the time and patience to work through some solutions.)

Non or Not Just Stamping Crafty Blogs -- Alisa Burke, Little Birdie Secrets, PrintPattern, The Swell Life  just for starters.

My local stamp store -- Angela's Happy Stamper -- It's a fabulous store with a terrific owner.  Lots of great classes.  Yet I rarely went there because it is about a half hour drive.  With limited time, it wasn't possible to just drop by whenever.  However, I've found myself getting a bit disenchanted with online craft shopping and now make a point of purchasing from Angela's whenver I have the choice (some companies are only available online and that's fine with me too). 

I pop her an email when I want something and Angela either orders it or sets it aside for me.  I also took a few classes there this year, including one with Shari Carroll from Hero Arts. Awesome.  Real people, can touch and see the product, no shipping hassles.  More on all that later!

Getting together with real people to stamp --  made the time to get together a few times this year with other stampers.   Really nice folks and I love this group of ladies -- so nice to break out of a screen and my craft room and connect with real people.  Check out Cheryl's blog post HERE for a peak at our last get together.

Hope to be back tomorrow with some stamping to share! 

Inspiration Stamping -- Julie

It's a bit intimidating to use one of Julie Ebersole's card as an inspiration.  But I decided to just jump into the pit and post a card inspired by Julie's Let's Get Merry Red, White and Kraft Christmas card.  You can see Julie's terrific card HERE. 

I don't have the Hero Arts stamps and die that Julie used, but I have another Hero Arts deer and greeting.  Here's my version --

Cutting out part of the deer made it easier to put him on the hills. 

Wanted some texture to jazz up this cute deer -- used Bazzil textured white cardstock, Ranger White Glossy Accents, Crystal Stickles (and my fingernail to rough up the edges of the "hills" before I added the glitter.  And popped up the panel with dimensionals. 

Note:  Stampin Up's White Craft ink and A Muse Studio's Cherry ink work very well on Kraft cardstock.  The red ink stays true to color (unlike some dye inks, which turn too dark on Kraft).

MOOD WHEN DONE = That's a long story!