Just Because Butterfly

The only butterflies we will be seeing for quite some time are the butterflies on this card!!  As I type, it is -2degrees with a wind chill of -23!  To create today's card I used the medium butterfly thinlet included in the new Butterflies Thinlets Dies (Occasions Mini).  After deciding where I wanted the butterfly on the Calypso Coral cardstock, I ran it thru the Big Shot (placing a piece of wax paper between the thinlet and the cardstock).  I adhered the Coral onto a white card base and after getting rid of all the little schnitzels of the butterfly, I placed the pretty diecut just where it was cut on the cardstock.  I only glued the center of the butterfly to  the card.  Since everything is white, "just because" had to be white, too.  So out came the Versamark, white embossing power and heat gun.  The smaller butterflies were in my saved case of little extras from the Beautiful Wings embosslit.  Then I had the not so brilliant idea to add white antenna to the butterfly using a gel pen~~won't be doing that again!    Have a great day and keep warm!

Treat Bag Card

What a cold, white morning we have here!  My outside surroundings are beautiful and I am very happy that I can stay home this morning.  Today is the start of Sale-a-bration and the Occasions Mini is now live, too.  So, today's post was made using the Big Day stamp set, an SAB choice, and the mini treat bag from the Occasions Mini.  This time the treat bag is also a birthday card.  It fits in our standard card envelope and can hold not only a pullout note but also a gift card.  I stamped the image which is on the front of the mini treat bag  twice in two different colors and then cut the "celebrate" from the Tempting Turquoise tag and adhered it over the Rich Razzleberry one using dimensionals.  The striped paper is from the Sweet Taffy collection in the annual catalog.  The words stamped on the insert of this card are also from the Big Day stamp set. Such fun products in these newly released catties.  Have a great day!

Love Is Kindness Hello

I stamped the Love Is Kindness image on white cardstock, coloring it in using Old Olive and the newly released Pink Pirouette Blendabilities.  I then had the brilliant idea to cut it out.  Well, it did take a while to hand-cut but it was worth it.  By layering the cut image on a white background, you can't really see the little section I missed.  A  strip of the new washi tape is a nice decorative touch under the "hello" and behind the bouquet of tulips.   I really like the word thinlets.  I know I can cut words using my Explore, but when you just need one or two, the thinlets are much quicker to do.   Plus, I do like the font used for the thinlets.  Have a great day and bundle up if you go out!

Happy New Year!

Today's post is that of a mini treat bag created using the new and beautiful Designer Series Paper, Something Borrowed.  And more beautiful than the paper is the Sahara Sand 7/8" Lace Trim.  Both of these items are in the Occasions Mini.  The heart (retired punch) needs something more~~a little bling, maybe?  Or a few pearls?  At any rate, the paper is pretty, the ribbon prettier.  Have a great day and find yourself a little stampin' time!