Autumn Butterflies

Welcome, sweet crafting friends!
So glad you could make it for a little Dies R Us Inspiration today!

Those of us in hot, steamy Florida are longing for Autumn weather.

Autumn in Florida means decreased temperatures and BLESSEDLY decreased humidity!

That won't happen until the end of October. (wry laughing)

So in the meantime, I will 

Dream of Autumn on Butterfly Wings!

Hoping you will enjoy a few hidden tricks I've shared below...

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The following Dies R Us Products are being used:

Memory Box Delia Butterfly #98353

Memory Box Finn Butterfly #98351

Spellbinders Butterfly sets

Spellbinders Classic Scallop Rectangles lg

Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish B127

Cheery Lynn Large Lace Faerie Queen DL160

Both cards are "U.S. Business Size" cards.

The first card uses Memory Box Delia Butterfly #98353 and Finn Butterfly #98351.

How to make your butterfly "self-fluffing".

Finished Butterfly on card (it automatically "fluffs" itself up):

Inside of the cards:

This idea would be beautifully done using any dies!

Tip: 

Use unheated embossing powder. 

The Sparkle N Sprinkle Brown Fizz has a blend of brown tones and a dash of autumn colored glitter in it. It is heat set on the filagree portion of the butterfly. 

However...

Because I don't care for the reflection of the double-stick adhesive behind the rhinestones, I sprinkled the same EP atop the rhinestone stickers. The EP around the rhinestones is not heat set. It affords a matching shadow for cohesiveness with rest of the card, and it gets rid of that pesky "shine" from the clear adhesive. Depending which EP you elect to use, the effect will change the appearance of your card! Here is a close up:

My designer paper is old, old, OLD. My mother-in-law and I purchased it back in 2003 at a quaint little stamp store in South Tampa. Being a butterfly enthusiast, she would love the cards!

Fun second card using the Cheery Lynn Large Lace Faerie Queen DL160 die set. It is a 2-piece set (the white background is cut with the 2nd, solid die). Beautifully frilly and delicate!

I die cut the golden pearlescent vellum first, then the brown layer. The brown layer is thick cardstock because I only wanted the tops of the wings to cut out. The rest is "embossed" or taped back into place (see view below) in order to show off the beautiful filagree of the gold vellum layer:

The Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish B127 is coated with beautiful SNS Florida Beach glitter!

Hope you enjoyed today's ideas.

QUESTION PLEASE!

What is your favorite brand of White Pigment ink?

When embossing with white detail EP, I prefer using white pigment ink to VersaMark.

I used SU white on one card, and VersaMark on the other card. There is a big difference.

But I'm disappointed that my seldom-used SU pad is so concave! It is difficult to get a clean inking with it. So am in the market for another. What do you use?

Thanks for your input!

Products Used:

• Memory Box Delia Butterfly #98353
• Memory Box Finn Butterfly #98351
• Spellbinders Butterfly sets
• Spellbinders Classic Scallop Rectangles lg
• Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish B127
• Cheery Lynn Large Lace Faerie Queen DL160
• Penny Black "Special Wishes" stamp set
• Stamp Doctor "Life Is" stamp
• Craftwell Honeycomb Embossing Folder
• Sparkle N Sprinkle: VersaMark Ink, Brown Fizz embossing powder #381, White Detail embossing powder #298, Florida Beach G1111, VersaMark
• Papers: White, Golden Halo Vellum, Pattern Paper, Brown, Mustard

Playing in the Following Challenges please:

1. 613 Avenue Create #189 Anything Goes with Optional Twist -  Colors of Fall (check weekly, 10/2)
2. Craft Your Passion Challenges #328 Anything Goes 9/12
3. Die Cut Divas September challenge "Fall Theme" 10/1 (sep post 10/2)
4. Dragonfly Dreams (Sept 4) Monochrome 10/2
5. Dragonfly Journeys #73 Social Butterfly 9/11
6. Dream Valley Challenges #139 Monochrome 9/10
7. Eclectic Ellapu Purple Challenge (Sept) "New Beginnings" 10/2 (the cards' interiors have a story about creating yourself - it is something new happening all the time - and a butterfly makes itself new) 10/1
8. Inspiration Destination #102 Anything Goes 9/14
9. Love to Craft Challenge Blog #2 Anything Goes 10/1
10. Scrapy Land Challenges (Sept #49) Anything Goes with Dies 9/21(listed above)
11. Sparkle N Sprinkle Creative Challenges (Sept) Use EP or Loose Glitter) both cards use white EP in the sentiment, One card uses EP in the butterfly body and frill layer, one butterfly flourish uses glitter, the card interiors use glitter on the die cuts) 10/1
12. The Corrosive Challenge (Sept #9) Anything Goes 10/2
13. World Wide Open DT Challenge (Sept) 9/15

Stamping hugs, and best wishes for good health to everyone -