Butterflies Dies - All the Fun These Days!

 Have you noticed all the butterfly dies that Stampin' Up! is offering now?  I love how they coordinate together.  Back when I made this card, we didn't have the new Bold Butterfly dies which coordinate but now we do and I am having such fun making cards with them.  Here I used the vellum pack that was offered during Sale-A-Bration and colored the back side of the leaves.  I also broke out my silicone mat and made the butterfly's body using Crystal Effects.  I then used an alcohol marker in Navy to color it once it had dried.  It peeled up from the silicone sheet easily and I just used a little more Crystal Effects to glue it to the butterfly.

Here is how I finished off the inside of the card.

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Product List

Label Love Clear Bundle [132751]	Petite Petals Clear Stamp Set [133155]	Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad [126970]	Old Olive Stampin' Write Marker [100079]
Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100867]	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum Stack [138639]
Butterflies Thinlits Dies [137360]	Petite Petals Punch [133322]	Builder Bird Punch [117191]	Artisan Label Punch [130920]
Silicone Craft Sheet [127853]	Crystal Effects [101055]	Rhinestone Basic Jewels Embellishments [119246]	Dazzling Diamonds Stampin' Glitter [133751]

Pretty in Pink.....

 

Baby cards don't need carriages, teddy bears and rattles. Here is a cute baby card using - of all things - Gorgeous Grunge! Here is what you need to make this card:

• Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride and Whisper White Cardstock
• Pink Pirouette and Blushing Bride inks
• Gorgeous Grunge and Label Love stamp sets
• Small Oval and 1/2" Circle punches
• Whisper White 1/4" stitched ribbon
• Artisan Label punch
• Pearls

 

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Gold Embossed Zoo Review....

I am really going to miss this stamp set that retired in June. We made this card at a recent workshop which I cased from Sandi MacIver. She is such a talent! We cut strips from the Modern Medley DSP and embossed it using the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set and gold embossing powder. We also ran a couple strips of sticky strip down the sides of the paper and embossed those as well. We added the chevron ribbon and embossed the sentiment from the Label Love stamp set in white embossing powder and punched out with the artisan label punch.

Here is the inside of the card. I gave everyone the choice of making the card with the penguin or the zebra. Here' she same card using the zebra.

 

 

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Stampin' Up!'s Dress Up Framelits

 It seems like Black & White is such a trend in weddings these days and this card which I CASE'd from a swap card I received is perfect for the trend.  Further, it worked perfectly for my Black & White class theme.  As you can see, this is a Buckle card - or at least that is what I call it!

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Stamps:      Label Love
Inks:           Black StazOn
Paper:       Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Modern Medley DSP, Silver Glimmer
Other:       Artisan Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Dress Up Framelits, Pearls & Rhinestones

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Punch Art Card Swap at Stampin' Up! Convention

My final organized swap was a Punch Art Card swap.  Here we actually made a full card with punch art.  I came across this little ladybug on Pinterest but it was holding a glitter heart.  I decided to give her a bunch of flowers instead which worked perfectly with the "Just for You" sentiment.  I mean really, who wouldn't love to receive a bunch of flowers from this adorable little ladybug????

Finally, what do you call a male Ladybug?  A Manbug????  Hummmm.......
Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Paper:       Wisteria Wonder, Basic Black, Summer Starfruit, Pear Pizzazz, Real Red, Daffodil Delight,
                   Primrose Petals, Pool Party, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry
Inks:           Pool Party, Basic Black, Wisteria Wonder
Stamps:      Label Love, Daydreams Wheel
Punches:     Artisan Label, Small Oval, Large Oval, Extra Large Oval, Owl Builder, Itty Bitty Shapes,
                    1/2" Circle, 3/4" Circle, 1-3/4" Circle
Folders:      Fancy Fan
Other:   Chevron Ribbon, Signo Gel Pen, Glue Pen & Lots of Patience!

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Fancy Folds Swap at Stampin' Up! Convention

Here is another card that I swapped at the Fancy Folds swap.  I signed up for three different groups so I received 30 different types of cards - pretty cool!  Remember my blog post about working on a bunch of items for my nephew's wedding?  Well, working on all of that inspired this card.  It is a three tier pull card (instructions on making these are under my Specialty Cards tab).  I love how it looks like a wedding cake and is in my nephew's wedding colors!

 Here is the card fully opened.

Here is the card closed.  While the card can be pushed down all the way so it appears as a square, in this case I did not want to close it over the pearls and run the risk of them coming off during the pulling process.
Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Paper:       Pool Party, Whisper White
Inks:           Pool Party
Stamps:      Label Love
Punches:     Artisan Label, 3/16" Corner, Ticket Duo Builder
Folders:      Stripes, Modern Mosaic, Fancy Fan
Framelits:  Floral Frames Collection
Other:   Creped Filter Paper, Delicate Details Lace Tape, Brad, Pearls

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams

Fancy Folds Swap at Stampin' Up! Convention

Here is the Cascading card that I made for a Fancy Folds swap that I did at convention.  This is the second year that I have done this swap and it is one of my favorites and, more importantly, gives me ideas and inspiration to share with you!

Here's what you will need to duplicate this card:
Paper:       Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, Quatrefancy DSP
Inks:          Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Pool Party, Strawberry Slush, Pumpkin Pie
Stamps:    Mosaic Madness, Label Love
Punches:  Mosaic, Artisan Label, 1/2" Circle, Itty Bitty Shapes
Other:      Rhinestones

Forever Stampin',

    Cathy Williams