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Best of Butterflies

August 10, 2013July 30, 2013 by Judi Anderson

The Best of Butterflies is just one of the Best of 25 years stamp sets. It was featured in April and is available to purchase through March 2014. This card was inspired as I sat in my backyard enjoying watching the butterflies and humming birds in my flower gardens. A butterfly came fluttering in and looked like it was blue because of the way the sun was shining. I thought it was simply beautiful.

I wanted the butterfly to be the feature on my card so I used the Window Frames Collection framelits to mat it. The butterfly is stamped in Marina Mist ink onto Whisper White card stock. This is layered onto Baked Brown Sugar, then onto Soft Sky. I embossed the larger Marina Mist mat using the Fancy Fan embossing folder. And those cute little accents on the corners aren’t brads, they are our NEW Candy Dots!

Now don’t go looking for them in Baked Brown Sugar because you won’t find them. I used the Soft Suede Candy Dots from the Neutrals collection which coordinate perfectly with the Baked Brown Sugar. Sweet, huh? These little dots are adhesive backed and so easy to use. Be sure to buy more than 1 pack or you’ll be sorry! I added a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds Glitter to the edges of the butterflies wings to mimmick the sunlight bouncing off its’ wings.

Are you wondering how I did the corners of the Marina Mist mat? watch for my video coming soon and I’ll share my trick! I’ll be bringing you another card or two using the Best of Butterflies stamp set.

Til we meet again,

Mixed Bunch, color palette series #3

May 10, 2013 by Judi Anderson

These flowers in the Mixed Bunch stamp set seemed to be the perfect image for this card. The series #3 color palette consists of ; Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Daffodil Delight & Lucky Limeade. I think I was secretly wishing that winter would finally end when I picked the first 3 color palettes because they all have been bright,cheerful colors. Some of you have commented that you were surprised I haven’t used my favorite color, Crumb Cake. I am happy to let you know, Crumb Cake will be part of the series #4 color palette!! Woo! Hoo!

For this version of this card I used theWindow Frames Collection framelits to create the Tangerine Tango element. I paired it with the coordinating Festive Piercing Pack to add the pierced details. Gotta love when Stampin’ Up! coordinates their products to help make creating easier for all.

I want to let you in a little secret~ I originally intended to have the Tangerine Tango element at the bottom instead of the top. Why did I change it? Well you see when I added the flower elements it reminded me of a face with one green and one blue eye and the curved piece made a smile!

I can see you tilting your head to see what I’m talking about. . . .

Too funny!!!!!!!

Here, I flipped it for you. . . .

. . . . . See, I told you.

Materials used:

Mixed Bunch Stamp set #125535 (w) #125537 (c)

Inks: Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade, StazOn Jet Black

Paper:Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White

Accessories: Paper Piercer tool, Window Frames Collection # 129021, Festive Piercing Pack # 127857, 1″& 1 1/4″ circle punches, jewelry tag punch , Big Shot Die cutting machine

Note: The Jewelry Tag punch, Lucky Limeade papers, inks, and accessories will not be available after June 3,2013 as they are on the retiring list.

Til we meet again,

In A Snap, A Step -Up Card Series #1-Button Buddies & Teeny Tiny WIshes Baby Card

April 18, 2013April 17, 2013 by Judi Anderson

I am glad you are liking my “In A Snap” series on my Facebook Page & the Step-Up here on my website. I would love to give you the opportunity to receive 4 different exclusive projects each week. You’ll want to be sure to go to my Facebook page & LIKE ME to see more exclusive projects in this series. If you haven’t already, you will also want to subscribe to my website, here, in the left hand column. All you need to do is be sure your correct email address shows up in the box, click subscribe and you will begin to receive an email when I post here so you don’t miss any of these exclusive projects either. Do you want even more exclusive projects? Be sure to sign up for my newsletter and you will receive more exclusive projects, tips and more! What types of projects will you be getting? Cards, scrapbook ideas & 3-D items.

For this “In A Snap, Step-Up” I am continuing to use the Button Buddies & Teeny Tiny Phrases stamp sets and the color palette of ; Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, & So Saffron. I decided to make this for a baby boy so I omitted the Melon Mambo but if you wanted to make it for a baby girl you could change out the Bashful Blue and replace it with Melon Mambo. If you were attending a baby shower and didn’t know the sex of the baby you could make this card using just the Certainly Celery & So Saffron. I used the marker on stamp technique to color the image.

Materials I used;

Stamps: Button Buddies & Teeny Tiny Wishes

Inks: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery & SO Saffron Stampin’ Write Markers, StazOn Jet Black pad

Paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, So Saffron & Whisper White

Accessories: Big Shot Die Machine, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Subtles Designer Buttons, Whisper White bakers Twine, Baja Breeze 1/8” Taffeta Ribbon

I’d like to thank all of you that have supported me in my business and allowing me to share my passion in crafting with you.

Until we meet again. . . . . .