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Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Spring Gift Tag

Good afternoon!

Over the past few months I've seen some really beautiful gift tags on my adventures through the blogosphere. I love making greeting cards so I decided to make my first gift tag and can't wait until the opportunity arises to attach it to the present of someone special.

I decided to fray the edges to give my tag a softer look.

I glued a small flower on a light colored wooden bead that I slipped my ribbon into. The bead slides up and down for the opening size that I need.

What I used -

Premium Cardstock by Core'dinations
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Die D-Lites - Fantastic Flourish One
Martha Stewart Crafts Punch Around the Page - Double Arches
Fiskars Border Punch - Double Bubble
ek Success Flower Punch
Recollection Mini Daisy Punch
ek Success Slim Edger Paper Punch

Happy Crafting!

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Spring Card with Vase of Flowers

Good afternoon everyone!

Today I'm sharing a card with silk flowers in a vase. I recently decided to put the embossing folders back into use and I'm glad I did because the embossed butterflies really look cute with the punched butterfly.

I left space open for a greeting between the flower and butterfly above, but I think this card looks nice without a sentiment too. I used two shades of turquoise crafting card-stock, then inked the embossed paper with Tim Holtz Distress ink in the color Peakcock Feathers to make some of the details stand out.

I used three butterflies to make this by gluing a lighter turquoise butterfly to each wing of the darker one.

To create a vase I pulled a small piece of paper into a cone shape and then cut off the bottom. I also applied the same distress ink as mentioned above to give it more depth and then to make it sturdy I applied glossy accents.

The embossing folder is a large strip made by Darice.

Happy Crafting!

Monday, April 21, 2014

Embossed Greeting Card with Butterflies

Hello everyone!
I can't get enough butterflies. I'm on a roll, so I'm going with it.

The paper that was used for this project was black, white and light pink craft card-stock.

To embellish I used a tattered silk flower, thin strip of silk ribbon, Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch, a Cricut Cuttlebug embossing folder to form the little bumps/dots, an ek success border punch and some flat-backed pearls and gems.

I used glue for the embellishments so they would stick better on the bumpy surface.

Happy Crafting!

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Butterfly Greeting Cards with Out-takes

Happy Easter!

It's a beautiful day here is western Pennsylvania. I got the chance to go outside and take some pictures of two cards I was so excited to make with my new butterfly punch. I decided to do one in pink and the other in turquoise since these beautiful colors seem fitting for the day. The only problem I had was the wind blowing which I'll share a couple of those photos as well. I hadn't thought about the wind until I was out there trying to get good photos and discovered quickly what can go wrong. The experience was both frustrating and funny. I had a good laugh once I was done and began looking at my photos.

One card is slightly larger than the other because I decided to add more paper behind the turquoise one for interest.

Now for the out-takes! This is what happens when it's windy outside.

I had my son helping me hold them up until I could get the shot. I took the photo without warning him quickly enough. Oops.

So much for using glue bottles to keep them standing.

Darn it! In my rush to get the photo before the card blew over I didn't get my head out of the way.

Darn it again! My camera was too close and then the background blew backward just as I took the shot. Gotta love a challenge!

In the end I was grateful to have a few good photos :)

Happy Crafting!

#outtakes

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