Simply Wonderful Butterfly Framelit Card

Here's one of the make-n-takes we did today at my open house and garage sale.  I packed as many new products into this simple card as I could.  Here's how we made it!

First we started with a piece of Sale-a-bration Irresistibly Yours Specialty Designer Series Paper. The white on white image is subtle and similar to embossed white on white.  We used the brayer to roll Soft Sky ink over and over it until it was the desired shade of blue.  

This new technique makes these butterflies so easy to work with!  On the bottom layer, I folded a dryer sheet in half.  If you look carefully, there are little yellow pieces on the dryer sheet - that's because you can use the same dryer sheet many, many times.  Place your cardstock on top of the dryer sheet.  Then to make it easy to release the Butterfly Framelit, layer a piece of wax paper before putting the framelit on top of the pile.  

After running it through the Big Shot, I peeled away the outside scrap and wax paper and was left with this.  Simply peel up the butterfly and most of the little cutouts will stay on the dryer sheet! Everybody was as excited about this as I was!

We finished the card off with the Sale-a-bration stamp set - Simply Wonderful.  It's a nice set with versatile greetings.  

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Bride Specialty Paper for More Than Just Brides

What a great weekend! Rae Anne and I drove over to a group meeting. It's always a fun time to catch up with friends, see samples, watch demonstrations and do make-n-takes. (We spent the night and stamped the day away with Shirley and Mary before coming home this evening). This meeting was especially fun because the ladies that went to Stampin' Up's leadership convention last week in Phoenix shared some of the new ideas... all I can say is my stamp club is set for the next couple of meetings with some great projects!

Speaking of stamp club, this is one of the cards we did this week, and it did double duty for me as I took it to our meeting for swapping. The Bride Specialty Paper found on page 158 of the 2009-2010 Idea Book & Catalog adds a little something extra to a quick and simple card. I rolled over the paper with my brayer using Almost Amethyst ink. Like the many other brayer projects, just keep rolling and it will all even out and look great. I think this card could be used for many different occasions, but as you can see I used the sentiment from Close as a Memory.

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Supplies: Close as a Memory stamp set, Bride Specialty Paper, Lovely Lilac, and Whisper White cardstock, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, and Lovely Lilac ink, brayer

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Lovely As a Tree Crayon Resist

This is one of my favorite stamp sets because it is so versatile, but I must admit, I think I like doing Christmas cards with it the most.  This is the crayon resist technique, and it is a great way to create a simple effect.  Stamp you image on glossy cardstock with black StazOn, then with a white crayon, draw a line where you want the color to "resist".  On this card, it would be anywhere you want there to be snow.  Then roll your ink color (here it is Bashful Blue) over the image with a brayer.  It's impossible to goof this up because you keep rolling and changing directions until the color is even and smooth.  Finish the card with craft white ink for the greeting.

Christmas Moonlighting Technique

This is a technique I have been wanting to try for awhile. We talked about some good stamp sets for the moonlighting technique in stamp club a few months ago. I couldn't resist this oldie but goodie from Lovely As a Tree. I started by embossing with black on glossy white cardstock. Simply punch a circle with a Post-it note and place it where you would like your moon. Use a brayer to brayer ink over the image. The great thing about using a brayer on glossy is there is no way to mess it up. Just keep rolling and move the brayer around - perfect every time. For an added touch, I misted the Ballet Blue cardstock with a mixture of shimmer paint and rubbing alcohol.

This same card could be a man's birthday, sympathy or thinking of you.