Showing posts with label elegant butterfly punch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elegant butterfly punch. Show all posts

Friday, 1 May 2015

Shabby chic card class (tutorial)

We had a great time at my class last night, making these three vintage, shabby chic cards. It was a fast paced and fun evening, working with the lovely Everything Eleanor stamp set and a variety of punches and dies.

 
Bye bye Pistachio Pudding ink & Apothecary Accents Framelits. Missing you already *sniffle*.
 
 
 
I used some old book pages with these two cards, to give a bit of contrast to the pastel colours. I used pages from Business French for Beginners and Adventure Stories for Girls (edited by the intriguingly named "Leonard Gribble". He sounds like he should have been writing taxation manuals rather than ripping yarns for wizard "gells", but a chap's got to make a living somehow, I suppose).
 
 
 
This one has a tie closure - I glued the ribbon to the card behind the central medallion, so the glue didn't show through.
 

If you want to have a go, I've attached the instructions for making the cards here. Some of the elements I used are retiring in the next few weeks, but you can always substitute similar items. (I think you can still grab the Delicate Design embossing folders if you're quick.)

Here's what I used (current stock only)


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Saturday, 25 April 2015

Butterfly hello card




For this card I repeat stamped the typed dots from Kinda Eclectic for the background. Use a stamp positioner to help line them up in the right place (I use the MISTI which makes this technique a doddle). 

I stamped the butterfly in Bermuda Bay ink (stamping off the first impression to give a lighter look), then over stamped in black with a similar butterfly, then punched it out with the elegant butterfly punch.




Here's what I used:
 



Sunday, 22 March 2015

Butterfly birthday


In need of a last minute card (I know! You'd think I'd have loads knocking around, wouldn't you? As fast as I can make them, people nick them off me.  Or I'll make one I really like & then can't bring myself to part with it - anyone else do that?) I CASEd* this card from this month's Simply Cards & Papercraft magazine.

I used the basic grouping of the original card & substituted butterflies for flowers, as they were quick to stamp out & then punch with coordinating punches.


I used the 2013-15 in Colors which will retire in a couple of months - a real shame as I absolutely love this set. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Butterfly Basics stamp set (137154) - I forgot to add it to the links below.

Now, I best go write inside it before the temptation to squirrel it away with all my other precious makes takes hold!

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Thursday, 5 February 2015

Beautiful boxes

 
I love the gift box punch board. It turns any reasonable size piece of thick paper or card into packaging in seconds. The big boxes could fit a Yankee style candle jar, while the smallest size is great for wedding or party favours.
 

And then the fun begins deciding how to decorate. For this one I made the paper lace using the Stampin' Up! Edgelit die. The bow on the left is the Bow Builder Punch & the flowers are the Spiral Flower Die.

I'll be running a class on boxes in a couple of months - check back here or my facebook page for more information.




Saturday, 19 July 2014

A quick flip


A thank you flip card for one of my son's teachers featuring the Elegant Butterfly punch overstamped with the Dictionary background stamp in Coastal Cabana. The flip die featured isn't the Stampin' Up! one, but it's very similar. I've posted a link to the Stampin' Up! one below or you can make your own with any symmetrical die using the technique shown in my Banners Framelits flip card tutorial.