Butterfly Wishes for As You See It Challenge #236

It's another As You See It Challenge Friday and this time we are doing a Speed Stamping Challenge with the theme of Butterflies. Stampin' Up! has some really nice stamp sets with butterfly images, I just had to decide ahead of time how I wanted to display them. 

What came to mind was a sponged strip near the top of the card, masked by two torn strip edges of paper. Then I intended to collage stamp my butterflies over top of the sponged strip.

• I should have taken into account how tricky these particular DistINKtive stamps were to get a good image, because even though I did a test stamp first on scrap paper, I didn't get a good image when I tried to stamp it again on the sponged strip.
• So scrambling like crazy, I stamped the two butterflies again on Whisper White cardstock, and with no punch or die available, fussy cut both of them. Then I mounted them with dimensionals over the previous images, but was able to use the antennae of the previously stamped images, instead of having to fussy cut them out.
• The three ink colours that I sponged the strip at the top with were: Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron.
• The butterflies are stamped in Mango Melody and Pool Party.
• I added some bocca dots effects using the stamp from the Beauty Abounds stamp set inked up in Pear Pizzazz.
• The sentiment is from Butterfly Wishes and was stamped in Pool Party.

 

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Product List

Butterfly Wishes Cling Stamp Set [149346] $31.00	Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set [148726] $31.00	So Saffron 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [105118] $12.00	Pool Party 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [122924] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25
So Saffron Classic Stampin' Pad [147109] $10.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin' Pad [147107] $10.25	Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad [147104] $10.25	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $10.25	Stamping Sponges [141337] $7.00
Paper Snips [103579] $13.50	Paper Trimmer [152392] $34.00	Stampin' Seal [152813] $11.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

Winter Woods for As You See It Challenge #225

I love having sketches to start my card designs with. It gets me out of design ruts that I so easily fall into. If it weren't for the odd sketch challenge that I play, I'm afraid my card designs would quickly degenerate into one of two plain, generic arrangements. 

This week, starting today, As You See It Challenges has a sketch for its 225th challenge. It was designed by Design Team member LeAnne Pugliese and it's simple yet challenging enough to get you thinking a bit:

As with all As You See It Sketch Challenges, you can take some artistic license with the sketch, as long as it is recognizable in the final project. The challenge is called Windows on the World and I decided that my window would look out on an orchard of blossoms, which is what I often see at this time of year in my corner of the world. I used Winter Woods and added the bokeh effects from Beauty Abounds for the blossoms and background. Here's a close-up:

• I love the palette I ended up using: Merry Merlot, Basic Gray, Smoky Slate and Blushing Bride with Whisper White. The white, Smoky Slate and Blushing Bride softens the Basic Gray and Merry Merlot into a calming combination.

Merry Merlot

Basic Gray

Whisper White

Blushing Bride

Smoky Slate

• The trees are actually stamped in Early Espresso, not black, just to soften the effect more.
• I added some texture with the Blushing Bride background panel, by embossing it with the Scripty 3D Embossing folder.
• The designer paper on the vertical background panel is from the Pressed Petals Designer Series Paper package.
• I used the smaller of the bokeh dot image from Beauty Abounds with Blushing Bride in for the blossoms around the trees. The larger image was used with Smoky Slate for the background in the stamped image. 
• Smoky Slate ink was also used for the sentiment from Beauty Abounds on the small flag below the main image panel and it is backed with Smoky Slate cardstock cut just a tiny bit larger than it is.
• The ribbon was some retired Powder Pink Shimmer Ribbon that I had in my stash and I added some Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels as points of light in my trees.

I hope you can find some time this weekend to play along with us at As You See It Challenges.

Although you wouldn't receive your package in time for the Facebook live event, you can still register for my Seaside Notions Online Class, because I will be uploading the Facebook Live videos to YouTube on a private link and if you register, you will be given unlimited access to that link to help you assemble your cards in your own time. To find out what you would get with the class fee and how to register, click here:  May Online Class.

If you live in Canada, and don't have a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the right side bar at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in Canada by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the top menu or clicking on any of products below from my Online Store.


Product List

Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151359] $31.00	Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set [148726] $31.00	*Pressed Petals Specialty Designer Series Paper [149500] $20.00	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $12.00	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044] $12.00
Blushing Bride 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131198] $12.00	Smoky Slate 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131202] $12.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad [147113] $10.25	Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad [147100] $10.25
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [147114] $10.25	**Powder Pink 3/8" Shimmer Ribbon [144151] $9.50	Champagne Rhinestone Basic Jewels [151193] $8.25	Scripty 3D Embossing Folder [149634] $14.00	Paper Snips [103579] $13.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25	*Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50

*Retiring Products - available while supplies last until June 2, 2020

**Discontinued Products - no longer available from Stampin' Up!

Beauty Abounds & Botanical Butterfly for As You See It Challenge #197

I've been visiting with my two sisters this past week. They have both recently retired and we have just been given a wealth of items that belonged to our dad and our family that we wanted to go through and sort out. Some of these things we have never seen before so it's been an eye-opening time as we piece together our family's history.

But in the midst of this, it is time for another As You See It Challenge, Challenge #197 as we inch closer to Challenge #200. This week Amanda has given us the cutest sketch to work with:

I got out my Beauty Abounds and my Butterfly Gala stamp sets along with my Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper and put this together:

• I wasn't sure if I liked Grapefruit Grove and Balmy Blue together, as I don't usually like complimentary colours (opposite each other on the colour wheel) together, but with Sahara Sand and lots of Whisper White mediating the effect, I think they're okay together.
• I used the Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper as the lower panel from the sketch. Botanical Butterfly DSP is a Sale-A-Bration Reward that you can still earn if you're quick. Make a $60 purchase in the next two days and you'll make it under the wire. March 31st is when Sale-A-Bration ends.
• The little punched border is made with the Decorative Ribbon Border Punch, in the Annual Catalogue.
• The Bokeh effect bubbles and the flourish stamps are from the Beauty Abounds stamp set. I used Sahara Sand, Petal Pink and Grapefruit Grove to stamp those images. The sentiment is also from Beauty Abounds.
• The Butterfly Gala butterfly images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured in with Calypso Coral Light Stampin' Blends Marker and Balmy Blue Stampin' Write Marker. The Butterfly Duet Punch is made to punch both images at the same time. I always add the butterflies' bodies after punching them out, because then you can see exactly where to situate them.
• One more punch was used and that is the Starburst Punch for the sentiment and the double butterflies.

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Product List

Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set [148726] $31.00	Beauty Abounds Cling Bundle [150617] $75.50	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Stamp Set [148580] $27.00	Butterfly Gala Photopolymer Bundle [150599] $45.75	Botanical Butterfly Designer Series Paper [149622] $0.00
Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $11.50	Sahara Sand 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [121043] $11.50	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $13.25	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982] $11.50	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25
Sahara Sand Classic Stampin' Pad [147117] $10.25	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $10.25	Petal Pink Classic Stampin' Pad [147108] $10.25	Calypso Coral Light Stampin' Blends Marker [144042] $6.00	Subtles Stampin' Write Markers [147156] $40.00
Basic Black Stampin' Write Marker [100082] $4.75	Decorative Ribbon Border Punch [143721] $22.00	Starburst Punch [143717] $24.00	Butterfly Duet Punch [148523] $24.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $5.50
Glue Dots [103683] $7.25