Just Wing It! Butterfly Card by Samantha Mann

Just Wing It!

Samantha is enjoying playing with our Monarchs Stamp Set and has created another amazing card to share today! 

To create this gorgeous card she started by using our Tropical Leaves Stencil transfer gel on a dark blue cardstock background. Then she applied three colors of flock to create fun fuzzy leaves. She then used our 

Essential Alphabet Die Set to cut out the words "Just Wing It" from the background panel and mounted it onto a white card base so the white showed through behind the letter cut outs! Stunning! 

Next, she used our Monarchs Stamp Set and ctamped three butterflies. She colored their wings with reds, pinks and yellows and added white paint splatters. Then she cut the butterflies out using the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. She used the same die set again, this time cutting the shapes out with vellum. She then used her sewing machine to stitch the vellum wings over the stamped butterflies. 

Here are some close-ups so you can see all the amazing details:

Isn't this card just stunning!? The mixes of textures really make this creation unique and the added dimension gives it a special finishing touch!

To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy! 

Spread Your Wings Card by Amanda Wilcox

Spread Your Wings!

Today we are sharing a gorgeous butterfly card created by Amanda that uses several of our butterfly themed products! 

First, Amanda created a gorgeous background filled with butterflies using our Butterflies Stencil Set. This stencil set includes two pieces, one with the bold butterfly silhouettes and one with the wing patterns. For her project she inked a soft rainbow background. Then she inked the stencil with the bold butterflies using colors that matched the rainbow background. To finish the background she used the stencil with the wing patterns and added glitter paste. So pretty!

To add more butterflies to her card Amanda used our Monarchs Stamp Set, stamping the images in colors that matched the background. She used the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. For the sentiment she used "spread your wings" from our Heartfelt Butterflies Stamp Set. She embossed the sentiment in white onto a black banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set.

Wha a gorgeous card! Don't forget to say hello to Amanda and see more beautiful cards by her over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Monarchs Card by Samantha Mann

Fluttering by...

Today Samantha is fluttering by with a gorgeous butterfly themed card!

To create this fun card she stamped a trio of butterflies using our Monarchs Stamp Set. She used watercolors in shades of pink and purple to add color to their wings. She also added white paint splatters over the images. The butterflies were cut out using the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. 

For her card base, she created a beautiful blue background, again using watercolors. She created a bit blue wash and then added lots of splatters in blue and white! She added the background to her card, adding some striped washi tape peeking out from the sides. Then she layered her butterflies on top, adhering them so their wings could be popped up. The final touch is the sentiment, stamped from the Monarchs Stamp Set. She embossed the words in white on two black banners and added them to the center of the card. 

What a gorgeous card! We hope that Samantha has inspired you to get out your watercolors and play!

To say hello to her and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam' Scrap Candy! 

Beautiful Butterfly Shaker Card by Larissa Heskett

A Happy Hello Filled with Butterflies

This beautiful shaker card by Larissa filled with butterflies is perfect for sending a happy hello to a friend this summer! 

She started out by stamping the big heart filled with butterflies from our Heartfelt Butterflies Stamp Set. She colored all the butterflies in shades of orange to create the feeling of a sky full of Monarchs. She made this fun image into a shaker by adding a heart frame over the top using our Heart Frames Die Set and adding an acetate window and tons of tiny sequins inside. So gorgeous. 

Next, she stamped the pretty butterfly from our Monarchs Stamp Set and added orange and a hint of blue to the image. She cut it out using the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. To assemble her card she added a hint of blue ink blending across here card front and layered the shaker heart on top. She also stamped the message "A happy Hello" from the  Heartfelt Butterflies Stamp Set along the side of the heart. A few lovely gem embellishments finish off this stunning card. 

We hope you enjoyed this beautiful card by Larissa today! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

Hello Sunshine Card by Larissa Heskett

Hello Sunshine

Today Larissa has created a card that is sure to brighten your day!

This sunny card features a cluster of lemons from our Lemon Twist Stamp Set. She colored them in gorgeous bright yellows and cut them out using the coordinating Lemon Twist Die Set. She added them to her card, arranging them in a yummy bunch and added several little flowers and swirls from the same set.

To add a pop of color she layered a butterfly on top using our  Monarchs Stamp Set, cut out with our Monarchs Die Set. She framed the whole panel with a pretty blue polka dotted paper from our Love & Meows Paper Pad, cut out using our Frames & Flags Die Set. 

We hope this card has brightened your day! To say hello to Larissa and see more of her creations, you can visit her over at her blog, Larissa Heskett Designs.

A Butterfly Hello by Samantha Mann

A Butterfly Hello! 

There are so many fun things you can do with our stencils and today Samantha is sharing a fun technique on this beautiful butterfly card! 

For this gorgeous card she used our Butterflies Stencil Set. This is a two piece stencil set and she used layer one (which has the butterfly silhouettes) and pressed Versamark ink over the stencil. Then she embossed the silhouettes in silver. 

Next, she used the second layer from the Butterflies Stencil Set (with the butterfly wing details) and used deco foil transfer gel to add rainbow foil over the top. Some of the silver embossing from the first layer melted when she used the heat laminator to apply the foil but the effect is still super cool! 

Once she was finished with the amazing background she embossed some butterflies from our Monarchs Stamp Set using white embossing powder onto vellum. She cut the butterflies out using the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. Aren't they beautiful!? She also added the sentiment "A Happy Hello" from our Heartfelt Butterflies Stamp Set, embossing it onto a vellum banner that was die cut using our Banner Trio Die Set. 

What a lovely combination of textures with the foil and vellum!  This card is sure to brighten someone's day!

To say hello to Sam and see more of her beautiful creations you can visit her over on her blog, Sam's Scrap Candy!  

Newton's Nook Designs & Therm O Web Inspiration Week - Day 3 with Farhana Sarker & Maria Russell

This week Newton's Nook Designs and Therm O Web are partnering for a fabulous inspiration week! All week long both design teams will be sharing ways to add fun foils and more to your cards using Therm O Web products with Newton's Nook Designs stamps! There are prizes too! Read all the way to the end of this post to find out how you can win! 

First up we are sharing flights of thanks by Farhana: 

On this incredible card Farhana created a gorgeous butterfly background by combining the two piece stencil set from Newton's Nook Designs with gold flock sheets from Therm O Web. She adds more gold embossed images from Newton's Nook Designs to add more fun texture! The finished effect is truly stunning! Full product list below. 

Butterflies Stencil Set | Heartfelt Butterflies (sentiment) | Banner Trio Die Set | Monarchs | Monarchs Die SetFrom Therm O Web:

Deco Foil Flock Transfer Sheets - Tuscan Gold | Deco Foil Transfer Gel Duo

Visit Farhana's blog: Everyday Engineered to see more of her beautiful work!

 Next, we have a collection beautiful rainbow pet sympathy cards by Maria:

For her first card Maria created a rainbow themed pet sympathy card.  She paired the beautiful foiled rainbows from Therm O Web with a die cut sun, clouds and dog silhouettes and a stamped sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs. Full product list below. 

Maria created a second version of this same card style, this time switching the theme from dogs to cats. Pet owners are sure to feel comfort from with this beautiful rainbow theme. She again paired the beautiful foiled rainbows from Therm O Web with a die cut sun, clouds and dog silhouettes and a stamped sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs. Full product list below. 

From Newton's Nook Designs:

Dog Silhouette Die Set | Cat Silhouette Die Set | Furr-ever Friends Stamp Set | Sky Scene Builder Die Set | Clouds Stencil | Sky Borders Die Set

Note: The Cat Silhouette Die Set and Dog Silhouette Die Set are temporarily out of stock but we will be getting more in very soon! If you'd like to be notified they are back in stock, just sign up on the product pages to be notified!

From Therm O Web:

DecoFoil A2 Toner Card Fronts - Rainbows Galore | DecoFoil Transfer Sheets-Mystic Rainbow | iCraft Easy-Cut Adhesive Sheets

Keeping with the rainbow theme, Maria continued to create more gorgeous pet sympathy cards. For this set she continued to use the toner card fronts and rainbow foils from Therm O Web. This time she paired them with the big paw print die and sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs. Full product list below. 

This card uses the same layout with a slightly different rainbow toner card front and more rainbow foils from Therm O Web. She paired them with the big paw print die and sentiment from Newton's Nook Designs. These rainbow cards are perfect for sending caring thoughts for the loss of a pet. Full product list below. 

From Newton's Nook Designs:

Furr-ever Friends Stamp Set | Frames & Flags Die Set  | Pawprints Shaker Die Set

From Therm O Web:
DecoFoil A2 Toner Card Fronts Rainbows Galore | DecoFoil Transfer Sheets Mystic Rainbow | iCraft Easy-Cut Adhesive Sheets

Visit Maria's blog: Maria Russell Designs to see more today!

Make sure to come back tomorrow for more fun with Newton's Nook Designs + Therm O Web!

For a chance to win, enter using the link at the end of this blog post today!

There are also more amazing projects over on the Therm O Web blog so pop over there for more inspiration! Don't forget to enter to win a prize from either Therm O Web or Newton's Nook Designs below! 

Beautiful Sympathy Card by Zsofia Molnar

Sweet Flowers for Sympathy

Today we are sharing a sweet floral sympathy card by Zsofia. It is always sad when you need to create a sympathy card but they are essential to have on hand. This lovely floral card is perfect for letting someone know you that you care. 

She created this lovely card by using stamping the bouquet of daisies from our Dainty Daisies Stamp Set twice. She colored the florals with soft pinks and yellow centers and used the coordinating Dainty Daisies Die Set to cut them out. Behind the flowers she added a soft gray woodgrain background by using our Hardwood Stencil with gray ink. She also added a few butterfly silhouettes using our Monarchs Stamp Set. The sentiment was stamped from our Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set. The Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set is filled with sentiments that are perfect for sending caring thoughts. The sentiment was embossed onto a banner that was die cut out using our Banner Trio Die Set.  All of the sentiment on this set will fit onto the banner dies too, which makes them really versatile. 

To add a finishing touch, a postage edged panel was added to frame the image using our Framework Die Set. 

Here is a close up so you can see all the lovely details. 

If  you don't need a sympathy card, you could easily modify this card by changing the sentiment. It would be lovely for almost any occasion! 

You can find more of Zsofia's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Safsafdesign.

Fluttering By...Card by Farhana Rahman

Butterfly Slimline Birthday Card!

Today we are fluttering by with a fun birthday card by Farhana! This beautiful card features the pretty butterflies from our Monarchs Stamp Set. She stamped and embossed them with gold embossing powder and then added ink blends over the top. Aren't they so pretty!? She cut her images out by hand but if you don't like to fussy cut, you could use the coordinating Monarchs Die Set. 

For the slimline card base, she used the large scalloped edge die from our Slimline Frames & Portholes Die Set. Then she used our Slimline Masking Circles & Squares Stencil Set  to mask over her die cut and stenciled flowers over the masked areas using our Petite Flowers Stencil using a blend of yellow, orange and red to create that lovely ombré flower background!  In the center image she added the sentiment, also from the Monarchs Stamp Set. 

Over the top of this background she added shaker frame by die cut the trio of windows using our Slimline Frames & Windows Die Set. She popped up the frame, layering it with dimensionals and acetate and filled the inside of each window with sparkly embellishments that match the colors. 

The butterflies were added over the top of the windows to finish this amazing card. 

We hope that you enjoyed this beautiful card by Farhana! You can find more of Farhana's creations and say hello to her over at her blog, Everyday Engineered.

Butterfly Mug Card by Amanda Wilcox

Decorate a Custom Mug!

Today Amanda shares how she combined two stamp sets to create a gorgeous butterfly mug! She started out with the image of the kitty in a mug from our Newton's Mug Stamp Set. This image has a big blank mug, designed to stamp sentiments on the front, but it also works great to stamp a custom image on it too! Amanda masked off the edges of the mug and then used the pretty butterfly from our Monarchs Stamp Set to decorate the front! So gorgeous! She colored the mug and kitty and cut the image out using the coordinating Newton's Mug Die Set. 

For her card, she used dies from our Framework Die Set and Frames & Flags Die Set to create a frame. Behind the frame she used our Mugs Stencil with pale yellow ink to create a background that coordinates perfectly with the mug theme! 

For the sentiment she stamped "kit tea cat" from the Newton's Mug Stamp Set onto a circle that was cut out using our Frames Squared Die Set. Then she cut out a banner using our Banner Trio Die Set and stamped "you are loved" onto it using our Heartfelt Essentials Stamp Set. 

Here is a close-up of that beautiful mug:

Did you know it's also the Coffee Lover's Hop this week? This card would be a perfect addition to the to link up to the hop for a chance at a prize! We are sponsoring this fun event and would LOVE for you to link up your coffee or tea themed creation! Head over the Coffee Lovers Blog for details!

To say hello to her and see more of her awesome creations you can visit Amanda over on her blog, Twiddler's Nook!

Wishing You a Beautiful Day Card by Ellen Haxelmans

A Beautiful Butterfly Hello!

Today Ellen has created a lovely butterfly card that is perfect for sending a happy hello to a friend! She featured butterflies stamped from our Monarchs Stamp Set in bright pink ink. These fun bright butterflies are so pretty when they are layered over several layers of neutral colored patterned papers. She also used our Framework Die Set to to create some of the paper layers and added the "hi" for a touch of sparkle using letters from our Essential Alphabet Die Set. What a beautiful combination of elements!

How to create this card:

Below we have some instructions from Ellen on how to create this card.

I scraplifted a card from Shimelle Laine. Here is how I made it…

1. (left photo) I die cut out one rectangular piece and inked the sides of the paper. After that I die cut out two frames from old pattern paper using the Framework Die Set.
   
   
2. (center photo) Afterwards I stamped the sentiment on the label. For that I used gold embossing powder. The word “Hi” is cut out from glitter paper and the Essential Alphabet Die Set.
   
   
3. (right photo) As last step I stamped the butterflies from the Monarchs Stamp Set and die cut them with the Monarchs Die Set. The inner portion of the wing I colored with soft pink Copic Markers.
   

We hope you enjoyed this fun project today and instructions from Ellen! To see more unique creations by Ellen, you can visit her over at her blog Crafty Ellen!