The Butterfly

Hi Everyone,
Have you played with the Color Burst that is out on the market?? Well I have a few times and last nite I played with a yellow and a blue color.

.But this time I used the Color Burst as ink.

I spritzed a mist of water on a butterfly stamp and tapped a blue and a yellow bit of the powders on the rubber stamp. Then I turned that stamp over and stamped it on white card stock.

Well I loved what I got.

I decided to fussy cut that butterfly out.

       

Next I decided to stamp this same butterfly image on a blank white card.

After doing that, I had a lot of white space staring at me, so I pulled out a new stencil and covered up that white space with a brick design.

My butterfly that I had fussy cut out, I attached it over the butterfly

 that I stamped directly on the card front.

I had a die cut, a lattice flourish, just sitting on my table and I slid it behind/underneath the butterfly

Then, I saw a  die cut piece from  K&Co, so I added that.(Its positioned above the butterfly)It was already colored  and its colors complimented the colors I was using on the card so I was OK with this addition.

   Lastly I took a dictionary page and copied it onto card stock and added the butterfly definition.

OK Let me share my card with you.

Well I am really loving that butterfly and how it came out. Hope this inspires you to use Color Burst. 

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  Viva Las Vegas - Butterfly Lady (#18198) Paper/Card Stock: White CS Ink: Memento - Desert Sand Die used: Heartfelt Creations - Decorative Lattice Swirl Accessories: K&Co Die cut card stock, Definition from dictionary, Stencils are from - Faber-Castell Stencil Collection

I am submitting this card in the following challenges:

Crafting with an Attitude - #6 Anything Goes  (#223)

DoubleClick Skittles - #29 Use A Bug  (#5)

Fab 'n' Funky -  #270 Things With Wings (#128)

Inspiration Destination - #47 Always Anything Goes  (#79)

Crafty Sentiment Designs  - Anything Goes (#96)

Through The Craft Room Door  - Always Anything Goes (#107)

Thanks for stopping by today. See you soon

Where Flowers Bloom

Hello Everyone,
Gee it seems like it's been forever since I posted. I have been so busy. I traveled to Boston and was gone for 1 1/2 weeks visiting and taking classes. Then home for one day then gone for another 3 days, traveling to Tenn. to teach 3 classes. Whew, what a whirlwind of 2 weeks. Now that I am back I have planned more classes over at Simply Said Rubber Stamps.

I am getting ready to start putting together class kits for the 3 classes that I will be teaching at Stampaway in August. Below are my classes:

 Wed, Aug 5 @ 11:00 - 1:00 Chalkboard Cards
Wed. Aug 5 @ 4:30 - 7:30  Multi Pocket Mini Album
 Friday Aug 7 @ 8:00 am  - 11:00 Two Folds Tag Book

Click here to go to the class section at Stampaway for more info and pics of class samples

OK Enough of what I have been doing class wise. Let me share with you a card that I just finished.

 I tried out a relatively new product and I love this. It's called Color Burst and its from Ken Oliver. Talk about a great product.  I used the product on a watercolor panel then I cut the panel into 1/2" strips and put together this card alternating the color strips with plain white strips.

I added flowers to the center and attached a sentiment to the bottom. The largest flower is a store bought product however the other flowers are my handmade creations.

Hope you get a chance to try and buy Color Burst. Its a highly pigmented powder and it really gives you absolutely gorgeous and colorful results.

SUPPLIES USED ON MY PROJECT

Stamps:  My Sentiments Exactly  TT240 Floral Fun Paper/Card Stock:Teal Blue CS, Watercolor Paper, White CS Ink: Memento - Teal Zeal Dies Used: Sizzix - Tim Holtz - Tattered Florals (used to make my handmade flowers) Accessories: Large Teal Gauze Flower(Store Bought), Ken Oliver - Color Burst, Pearls and Rhinestone

Stop back on May 1 for a new card spotlighting my card with the bow made using the Craft-Dee BowZ tool.

I am submitting this creation in the following challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - #103 Flowers (#28)

Amusing -  Anything Goes (#14)

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends -  #8 Anything Goes(#115)

Pile It On - #66 Same Pattern Different Ways (#8)

Crafts Galore Encore Make a Card (#156)

Die Cut Divas - In the Garden (#109)

One Crazy Stamper (M,P1,E5) Anything goes(#93)