Butterfly Wishes Birthday Card!

Hey all! Yes, another post tonight! Our challenge this week over at Cricut Cardz was to create something with a bird or butterfly cricut cut. I used the Create A Critter cartridge that I'm beginning to LOVE! I know, I know I think I say that about every new cart but this one is SO versatile! If you don't have it, I would say it's a must have!

I cut the butterfly (at 4inches) once in dark grey, then cut the layer once in pink and then the outline twice; once in purple and once in frosted vellum. I adhered them together so that the purple and vellum layers "fluttered".

I used gorgeous flowery paper layered atop butter yellow cardstock as the backdrop for my butterfly. I added a satin baby blue ribbon and attached a pink button with pink twine. Of course, I added some Luster Ice baubles too! My UK BlogFriend Jenny sent me a care package with a ton of yummy goodies, one of which was a set of foiled card sentiments. I used one of those sentiments "Butterfly Wishes" and backed it with pink cardstock and purple mini brads. This card could easily be used as a "baby" card but I chose to use it as a birthday card and used the following "Postmark Sentiments for Cards" sticker on the inside:
--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Cricut Cardz Challenge - Butterfly or Bird cut
Crafty Creations - Celebration

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!
~Hugs, JennRo~

Butterfly Thank You Card!

A very nice friend of mine did something, well, VERY nice for me this week SO I decided she deserved a card! I used paper, ribbon and embellies from my stash. I used this awesome butterfly stamp using Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo Distress Ink and added Ranger Perfect Pearls in Perfect Pearl to give the butterfly a metallic-y finish. The "explore text" is also a stamp. I only used the Vintage Photo Ink on this whole card.

Thanks for looking and please leave a comment so I know you were here!

~Hugs, JennRo~

Black, White & Red "Happy Birthday" Card -- Caardvarks "Lacy Days" Challenge & Polka Doodles Week 12 Challenge Entries!

Hello again! My Mom needed a birthday card for an old friend and I needed a card to enter in both the Caardvarks "Lacy Days" Challenge and Polka Doodles' Week 12 Challenge! I think it worked out very well if you ask me (smile) and brings my Spring Self Challenge Project count up to #28 of 30! :) If you'd like to see the other projects I created for my Spring Self Challenge, check out the label "Spring Self Challenge" listed in my sidebar.

On to the Challenges and the Project! The Caardvarks Challenge required us to use lace on a *new* stamped project. Not only is this a new creation, I used a brand new butterfly stamp too! :) The Polka Doodles Week 12 Challenge was to create a project based on the following sketch...

Ahh, but there is a catch! We were only to use Black and White and ONE other color! One of my all time fave color combos is Black & Red so I threw in the White and was all set to go! Here's what I came up with...

I used my Cuttlebug Flowery Embossing Folder in my new Sizzix Texture Boutique (LOVE IT btw!!) on the black background and paired it with a bright red mat. I stamped my butterfly using White Pearl Pigment Ink and brushed Perfect Pearls in "Perfect Pearl" over it to add a pearly white finish. I cut out the white oval using and embossed it with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder for another texture. I stamped my "Happy Birthday" Sentiment using Black Pigment Ink and Distressed the edges with the same ink. I distressed the edges of the red mat and popped them together.

I added some White Pearl stickles to the edges of the butterfly oval and drew in the dotted border with a white opaque pen. I added ribbon this great B&W polka dotted ribbon along with some pretty red lace to the base of my card and then began assembling!

I added some mini black pearls to the corners of my sentiment and layered pretty red and red printed flowers to create my three smaller objects alont the side of my butterfly oval. I used plain black brads on two of the flower clusters and a B&W Flower brad on the middle flower.Lastly, I popped everything up using pop dots and added my little B&W polka dotted bow with a glue dot. I tied a little red button with White linen thread to the middle of my polka dotted bow. Too cute! Once everything was assembled my card was finished! I left the inside blank (weird for me, I know!) so my Mom can choose what she wants inside (ie: blank, poem, etc.). This card was fun and easy to create so I'm thinking I will be using this card as a template for future creations!

Ok, so let's double check the challenge requirements...

Caardvarks

1. Use lace on your card, Check!
2. Create a *new* stamped card, Check!

Polka Doodles

1. Use the sketch, Check!
2. Use Black, White and ONE other color, Check!

Seems like I covered all my bases! Time to do a little "Easter Bunny-ing" and a little baking before bed! Hope you all have a great Easter and are fortunate enough to spend some time with your family and/or friends.

Thanks for looking!

*Hugs, JennRo*

Spring Creation Self Challenge Projects #4-7!

WOW! I've been awfully busy the last few days! I have been creating up a storm! I have a little bit of everything for you tonight (or maybe I should say, "this morning"...I really need to go to bed!! lol) My wonderful friend, Aleana, took these pictures today for me! My camera was just NOT cutting it! Hop on over to her website to see her AMAZING work!

-- Project #4 of 30 -- "Miss You" Metallic Butterfly Card --

This card is a design of The Inspiration Station where I took a "Quick & Easy" Card making class the other day! LOVED it! Really, they are all quick and easy! :D I took the class for this card. I knew as soon as I saw it on their website who I was sending it to! The "Miss You" sentiment is a stamp from my own collection as they didn't have a "miss you" stamp there to use. This was my very first "ink job" (smile) using Vintage Photo Distress Ink by Tim Holtz. It turned out a little darker than I would have liked but it was a learning experience! I wish you could see how beautiful this butterfly is in "real" life! We used "Perfect Pearls" Pigment Powder (another first for me!) and I LOVED it! I can't wait to stock up! :)

This picture shows the dimension and a close up of the Pearls! Love those too! :)

-- Project #5 of 30 -- Flowery Stamped Note card --

Another Inspiration Station Design. What a beautifully simple card to construct! Would you believe there are THREE different stamps on this card?? Stunning! I have wanted the lacy punch for quite some time and I think I'm putting it on my wish list for this weekend finally!Showing a side view of the dimensions again! LOVE my pop dots!! (And my pearlies too!!)

-- Project #6 of 30 -- "Thinking of You" Butterfly Card --

This card was SO, SO, SO easy to make! We stamped the background image twice; once on the card and once on a white piece of card stock. Colored in the white card stock buggies with our choice of coloring utensils (I used pencils, as my Copic class isn't until next month!), cut the buggies out and pop dotted them right over top of there counterparts on the card! Added some blueish pearlies (smile) and ribbon and VIOLA! Finished Product!! Oh, we also distressed the edges with Vintage Photo ink. Definitely got the hang of it now! :)Close Up of my handywork! :)Lastly, a close up of the Dimensions and Sentiment w/ BLING! :)

-- Project #7 of 30 -- "Oh Happy Day" Squirrel Card --

This last card designed by Inspiration Station was a little more tedious as there was inking, actual paper distressing and coloring to be done! Not to mention wrapping the twine and making sure to have enough left over to tie the button on! lol ;) "oh happy day" is a stamp with the dots added in with a black fine tip marker. The squirrel (Isn't he soo cute!!??) and the logs are stamped and the "bounce" line is hand drawn with a black fine tip marker. REALLY like this card!

Well, those are the card creations for the last day or so...stay tuned for another post featuring some jewelry creations! Which card was your favorite? *Hugs*

BBTB Contest Entry #1

I created this Thank You Card for the Bitten by the Bug contest ending April 19th. The requirements were to use at least one cricut cut and ribbon. I used the Cricut black marker and Tear Drop cartridge. I used the negative from the "thanks so much" cut and used the shadow blackout feature for the butterfly border. I used printed vellum on the top layer of the butterfly so that it would "flutter". On the inside of the card, I wanted to frame the text and give a little more visual interest. The blue flowers were perfect!