Butterflies Butterflies

Greetings Sweet Blogging Buddies and Crafty Friends! 

Thanks for your comments and support.

Here in Florida it is still in the mid 80s, making it difficult to get into the Fall Colors many are enjoying at this time. However, we have enjoyed a few cool mornings at 59F (15C).
So my cards are still summery! 
They are also in honor of our Southern Hemisphere friends coming into their Spring months.

The Challenge this fortnight at Scrapy Land is 
Anything Goes WITH EMBOSSING. 

To enter the challenge follow the theme AND use any die brand that Scrapy Land sells
and become eligible for a fabulous prize and badges!

My cards use the following "mix-and-match" dies from several Scrapy Land manufacturers.

(Scrapy Land dies shown below with their links)

• Memory Box Lydia Butterfly (top)
• Memory Box Sorona Butterfly (plain)
• Memory Box Finn Butterfly (butterfly body)
• Crafters Companion Die'Sires Kaleidoscope of Butterflies 
• Dee's Distinctively Flourish Set 4
• Taylored Expressions Banner Stacklets #1 
• Memory Box Chloe Stem (with ribbon)
• Sue Wilson California Collection Border, Corner, Tag

The cards are size A7 (5x7):

The solid yellow beneath the frame is dry embossed. Difficult to see, there are three layers of butterfly wings - the white (back) and vellum (middle) are both dry embossed.

The sentiment is gold heat embossed.

Both sides of the slender, designer paper frame are distressed with Crushed Olive ink. It was cut using SB Grand Large Labels.

Hope you can see the dry embossing in the white and vellum layers! 

The pretty Die'Sires background image is self-embossing during the die cut process:

Both the frame and background show dry embossing.
The base of the butterfly die cut was cut with a layer of Tear-ific Tape.
Velvety Cloud Nine Glitter was burnished atop the adhesive so that the yellow paper color would remain natural, while the velvet glitter adds sparkle and texture.

Added a peek of Sue Wilson California Collection Border, Corner, Tag on the bottom of the card for a touch of elegance. 

My pink card uses the same sketch as above:

The embossed frame was coated with Tear-ific Tape,
dredged with Cloud Nine Glitter, and then dry embossed after being die cut.

The butterfly's base layer is also coated with Velvet Glitter to match the frame.

Just a touch of Sue Wilson's border die again, to create texture in the flower arrangement.
The seam binding was crinkled and spritzed with Tattered Angels.

Looking forward to seeing your creative designs at the Anything Goes Challenge #27 for the Scrapy Land Challenge.

Products Used:

Scrapy Land Dies:

• Memory Box Lydia Butterfly (top)
• Memory Box Sorona Butterfly (plain)
• Memory Box Finn Butterfly (butterfly body)
• Crafters Companion Die'Sires Kaleidoscope of Butterflies (white cut out and dry embossed in the background of 2 cards)
• Dee's Distinctively Flourish Set 4
• Taylored Expressions Banner Stacklets #1 (to accommodate sentiment)
• Memory Box Chloe Stem (with ribbon)
• Sue Wilson California Collection Border, Corner, Tag
• Spellbinders Grand Large Labels LF-168 (frames), and Grand Large Rectangles
• Spellbinders Foliage Greenery S4-328

Other:

• Embossing Folders: Crafter's Companion Floral Wonder (for the frames), Couture Creations Walrus and Carpenter (daisy style background)
• Glitters: SNS Crystal Ice G1058, SNS Pistachio G1053, SNS Cloud Nine Microfine Velvet
• Embossing Powder: SNS Gold Detail (sentiment)
• Adhestives: SNS Double Stick Tear-ific Tapes, Scotch Dimensional, Alleene's Quick Dry Glue
• Spray for Seam Binding: Tattered Angels Vintage Pink Metallic
• Dye Inks for distressing the frames after being glittered
• Flowers, Lace, Ribbon, Pearls
• Stamp: Anna Griffin Sentiments

Thanks for letting me play in the following Challenges:

1. Craft Your Passion - #284 "Anything Goes" 10/25
2. Crafty Boots - Oct 12 "Pink Challenge" 10/25 (two weeks)
3. Sparkle N Sprinkle - Oct "Anything Goes with Loose Glitter/EP" 10/25 used glitters shown above and gold EP.
4. Creative Card Crew #94 - "Use Ribbon" Used hand-dyed ribbon in my pink card, and satin ribbon bow tied on one yellow card 10/26
5. Sweet Stamps "Oct" 'Anything Goes' 11/1
6. Hiding in My Craft Room - #221 Favorite Cutting Tool (my favorite tool is my SB Grand Calibur - all these dies were cut with it, and it is used on every card creation!) 10/24
7. Craft-Dee BowZ - October Challenge "Anything Goes with a Bow" 11/1 (my yellow and pink cards each have bows from my CDBZ).

Stamping Hugs,