The Sky's the Limit

Using the marbled Designer SEries Paper today to mimic the sky. This card goes together quickly. The card I saw on Pinterest stamped the plane right on the DSP. It does actually fit but it requires careful placement. I decided I would stamped it on Whisper White cardstock and then fussy cut and adhering it to the card with dimensionals. The sentiment comes from the Butterfly Basics stamp set.

Latch Card

I saw this Latch Card cut and layout on Split Coast Stampers. It was fun to look at my stamp sets and see what I wanted to create. The nice part about these cards is the little circle becomes part of both the front and the interior of the card.
The top card uses the Nuts About You stamp set and the Picture This set for the inside expression. I really wanted to use the Nuts About You with the bird and bird nest for this card but it wasn't quite tall enough to fill the space so I added the Garden Green grass made with Fringe Scissors to the base.

The bottom card uses the Pleasant Poppies stamp set with the moth from Nature Walk stamp set. The expression on the inside comes from Butterfly Basics stamp set.

Oh, Happy Day

I didn't have any of the same elements in the card I CASEd so, just used the layout and made this card. I like the way all the pieces came together.

It's Easier Than It Looks

 These cards have been showing up all over the web. They just require two cuts to make the folded corner. I followed Dawn Griffiths instructions on her video using Lovely as a Tree stamp set and Something to Celebrate for the sentiment.

After I finished with the masculine card I decided to CASE Dawn G's butterfly card. The Butterfly Thinlits really make some beautiful projects. Here I used Basic Black card stock with Hello Honey for the butterfly.

Then I realized I had cut and stamped one too many card bases and had to pull another piece of DSP from my stash. And that brought about this card.

We have so many parish birthdays in June that I am busy replenishing my stash.

A-B-C's for Spring

This idea comes from a March 2009 issue of Stampin' Success (Stampin' Up!'s magazine for demonstrators).
I've used the Best Year Ever Designer Series Paper and images from Butterfly Basics along with the retired Hello, Hello stamp set. The boxes can be made with the Gift Box Punch Board as I did with the "hello" box. For the square boxes I used the retired Itty Bitty Box and Envelope die I have for my Big Shot. The S-P-R-I-N-G letters were cut using the retired Timeless Type sizzlits and Big Shot.

Sending Wishes with Petal Potpourri

This card is a CASE from Linda Heller's Stamping School and uses two sets from the Occasions catalog. The doily flower is from Petal Potpourri; the sentiment is from the Butterfly Basics stamp set. The "window" in the Blackberry Bliss card stock is cut using the Window Frames framelits and Big Shot. I love how the points match up! The doily was stamped using Sahara Sand ink on Very Vanilla card stock. The lace is the Sahara Sand Lace Trim from Stampin' Up!'s Occasions catalog.

Butterfly Basics and Thinlits

Here are two cards made using the Butterfly Basics stamp set and the Butterfly Thinlits. I debated on whether to order the bundle or just the Thinlits. But the images in the stamp set won me over. They are just so pretty!
There are three thinlits in the pack. I've used the two larger more detailed ones on these cards. The little butterfly on the first card is punched using the Bitty Butterfly punch.
Because these two butterflies are so detailed you will want to use a layer of wax paper between the thinlit and your card stock. And even with that added layer I found I had to add a shim to get the best cut of the large butterfly. I was using the Irresistibly Yours Specialty DSP which is thicker and has that glossy layer so that only added to the difficulty of getting a good cut. But I do like the way the sponged paper looks with the butterfly cut.
All Big Shots are a little bit different so you may or may not need a shim. If you don't like to fuss with die cuts this set of framelits may not be for you; but believe me once I got my layers for my Big Shot figured out I really had fun with these butterflies.