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.

 

Just a friendly reminder to register soon for the Halloween Online Mom & Me class coming up on Saturday, Oct. 17. We will be making these adorable Halloween cracker treat holders and a Halloween card for the kids, and a cute card for the Moms as well. To register click HERE.

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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

Enjoy Life for a Mountain Biker

My middle daughter and her family live up in what we call the north, but is actually only halfway up British Columbia, even though it takes us a good 10 - 11 hours to get there by car. It is significantly colder there in the winter, however, and in the summer, they have daylight much later than we do, so you know that you are at a higher latitude. My son-in-law is an avid mountain biker and it's his birthday today! I'm so glad that we have the Enjoy Life stamp set, just for that reason. It's the only halfway realistic mountain bike image we have, although David would be the first to point out that the rider is not wearing a helmet!

Anyway, using fall colours in the background, I sponged the sky and then stamped the silhouetted grasses and bicyclist in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

• My hubby noticed that the bike was not right on level with the grasses and I guess I was thinking that the grass was beside the road and not "the" road, but I see how it looks now, so I told him the guy had just done a jump and was getting some air time! lol
• The background paper is from the Come to Gather Designer Series Paper. I added some Braided Linen Trim around it, then tied another small piece of the trim to it. I used one of the Bird Ballad trinkets, added with a glue dot to add some warm interest and balance to the layout.
• The sentiment is from the Itty Bitty Birthdays stamp set. I used the Stamparatus to stamp the grasses, the cyclist and the sentiment to make sure I got solid images. I had to move the grasses on the plate because it didn't work to just shift the plate in the hinges.
• The colours in the sponged area are Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Terracotta Tile and Cajun Craze.

Hope you enjoyed this sample! Have a great weekend and Happy Stampin'!

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Product List

Enjoy Life Photopolymer Stamp Set [148190] $32.00	Itty Bitty Birthdays Cling Stamp Set [148618] $31.00	Come To Gather Designer Series Paper [150454] $15.75	Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119686] $12.00	Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [119684] $12.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad [147087] $10.25	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [147086] $10.25	Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $10.25
Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $10.25	Stamparatus [146276] $67.00	Stamping Sponges [141337] $7.00	3/16" (1 Cm) Braided Linen Trim [147808] $9.50	Bird Ballad Trinkets [149594] $9.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25

Winter Woods Thanksgiving for As You See It Challenges

Happy Thanksgiving weekend, my fellow Canadians! I hope you're looking forward to an extra day off and a delicious turkey dinner with family! I, on the other hand am in between daughter visits, so it's just Ken and I, so I think we'll probably get one of those turkey roasts so we can enjoy the delicious dinner without having to deal with the turkey carcass afterward. 

But it's also As You See It Challenge Friday and this week's challenge is a Theme Challenge concocted by yours truly. I wanted a theme that was a bit more universal than thanksgiving, since that's just happening in Canada this weekend, and fall would be great, but that's just happening in the Northern Hemisphere, but trees! Now, that works anywhere you happen to be, and can still be a great Thanksgiving and Fall theme if you are a Canadian in the Northern Hemisphere!

I looked over all my possible tree stamps and decided to use my Winter Woods stamp set from last year's Holiday catalogue and this year's Annual Catalogue! And I used the Come To Gather Designer Series Paper as a background with all its beautiful rich colours, which doubled as colours that I used to sponge my main image panel with.

• I just love how the end project just seems to glow! That's a product of the colours I chose. Here is my palette:

Gray Granite

Terracotta Tile

Cajun Craze

Merry Merlot

• Once the main image panel was sponged with the colours I wanted, I stamped the main image from the Winter Woods stamp set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I had to add an extra tree on each end to finish the row and fit to the cardstock length.
• I glued this piece to a backing of Merry Merlot and added a small piece of 1/4" Copper Trim using some strong adhesive on the back of the matte piece to adhere it.
• I stamped the sentiment onto a scrap piece of the same DSP that forms the background, again with some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I mounted that on a piece of the same DSP, just flipped over for safe keeping.
• I put the image panel off center on the card front to best showcase the background DSP. It also gave room for the sentiment to fit on the bottom left.
• I used some retired Share What You Love Artisan Pearls in the trees to look like sparkling stars or lights, just adding to the glowing effect.

Be thinking about November 1 and your first opportunity to order this Christmas time is Here Medley! It is sooo gorgeous you're going to want it. It's wonderful for your holiday card making and decor and you can even get a lovely bracelet for yourself or to use as a gift for someone. It's while supplies last once Nov. 1 rolls around, so you won't want to wait too long! I'm going to be playing with my set this weekend, so I'll hopefully have some samples to show you on Monday!




Also, I have my new Stampin' Trimmer in my hot little hands, and I'm very impressed with it! It has several improvements over the old model. I will do a review for you next week. Stay tuned for the Customer Release Date. As soon as we hear, I'll let you know!!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today.

Product List

Winter Woods Cling-Mount Stamp Set [151359] $31.00	Painted Harvest Photopolymer Stamp Set [144783] $27.00	Come To Gather Designer Series Paper [150454] $15.75	Merry Merlot 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146979] $12.00	Gray Granite 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146983] $12.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $8.25	Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad [147112] $10.25	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $10.25	Terracotta Tile Classic Stampin’ Pad [150086] $10.25
Gray Granite Classic Stampin' Pad [147118] $10.25	Stamping Sponges [141337] $7.00	1/4" Copper Trim [144179] $8.25	Share What You Love Artisan Pearls [146927] $8.25	Snail Adhesive [104332] $9.50
Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $5.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $5.50