July Crafter's Companion Die Cut Challenge

Have you joined in on the July Die Cut Challenge at Crafter's Companion this month?  Well, if you haven't you still have time.  Here is my take on the challenge for this month.

I made this card by using only scraps left out on my desk after I made another project.  I love to do that. 

And since I have been an embossing fool lately, I just had to run the base card paper through my 6" X 6" Embossalicious Embossing Folder - Petite Dot.  This folder is obviously too short for the size of paper I ran through so I added the striped paper to the bottom.  I added the ribbon to tie the two together.  You will notice that I pulled out one of my Martha Stewart edge punches to use also because the scrap of striped paper was too short to go all the way to the bottom.  I was only using my leftover scraps remember?  (smile)

To finish things up I stamped out in Memento Ink - Rhubarb Stalk the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Stamp-It Australia EZMount Stamp Set 61 - Sentiment Swirls.  I die cut it out and added it to the front of my card with Double Sided Adhesive Squares for a little extra dimension.

Now it's your turn.  Go and get your challenge project made while you still have time to win the awesome $30 gift certificate to the Crafter's Companion store!  Until next time...happy scrapping!

Butterflies are Self Propelled Flowers - R.H. Heinlein

Hello there! Thanks for stopping and looking.  Want to see what I made?

 

 

I wanted to make a card using this sweet little butterfly stamp from Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - Flying Colors stamp set that was sitting on my desk.

I pulled out this pre-embossed sheet of paper because I thought I might want to use it on the layout I just made but I didn't end up using it.  So it was just sitting on my desk too.  I grabbed some Kraft paper and made a base card.  I layered it with this pre-embossed paper.

I had an idea of what I wanted to do but I wasn't sure what color of embossing powder I wanted to use so I stamped out the butterfly using VersaMark ink multiple times and then sprinkled on some of the colors I thought I might be interested in using on a test piece of Kraft paper.  I heat set them and after doing this, I decided I wanted to use the more green color. 

So I  trimmed my Kraft paper to the size I wanted and then randomly stamped the butterfly on this piece of paper leaving room at the bottom for the sentiment from this set to be added.  I sprinkled the stamped butterflies with green embossing powder and then heat them with my heat gun.  I did the same thing with the sentiment, this time using opaque white embossing powder.

 

 

Well now, I had those "test" butterflies sitting on my desk just ready to be added to a card.  So I had to make one with them!  (smile)  I used a Kraft paper base and layered on a bit of that pre-embossed paper, literally just using a scrap off my desk (not even trimming it!).  I pulled out my Stamp-It Australia EZMount Stamp Set 61 - Sentiment Swirls set and stamped out this birthday sentiment, again with VersaMark ink, and using opaque white embossing powder I heat embossed it.

 

These two cards went together so fast.  I just love it when I use the "leftovers" that are just sitting on my scrap desk waiting to be put away or thrown away!

 

Until next time...happy scrapping!

 

Stacy H-W