Butterfly's give me a smile.

A butterfly card is always great to send to somebody.

A butterfly will always lift your spirit.

Sentiment is from Carmens Veranda stamps.

Butterfly, PaperMania.

 

The last week for the color challenge at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda

Hello stampers, scrappers and other crafters.

The june challenge is still running, so there is still time to join.

For this card I used:

Dictionary words.

The english version.

The dutch version.

Butterfly set.

Long swirl.

Glitter glue.

Distress oxide Peacock feathers.

Versa magic Pumpkin spice.

Any terracotta spray with shimmers.

Versafine onyx black.

Embossing folder.

Fine sanding block.

Die for the text.

Black marker.

How to make this background, click here!

Background.

With a fine sanding block go over the top.

Set the background aside.

With the 2 inkpads make a puddle ink and dip the paper in it.

Die cut a shape to stamp the text on.

Stamp along the text with black and a piece of the long Swirl stamp.

Use a marker to draw a black line around the die cut.

Stamp a butterfly with black and color it with pencil, and cut it out.

We will now decorate the background, butterfly, text and swirl with glitter glue.

Stick everything on a black mat with foam tape.

And that was the description of this card.

Hope you like it.

And hereby I invite you to join the challenge.

And maybe you will be the next winner.

See you there.

GO TO THE CHALLENGE!!!!!

Studio light stamps for my art journal.

 

Hi there, I made this AJ page with stamps from Studio Light. 

The butterfly and flowers are oldies.

I colored with Derwent inktense.

The challenge at lost coast designs/Carmens Veranda is "Round and Round"

What a nice challenge again.

Round and round, well everyone should be able to do that, right?

Did you know that at Lost Coast Designs/Carmens Veranda stamps,

 you can also participate in the challenge with other brands of stamps?

So it's easy, participate and maybe you will be the winner of new stamps.

Now to the explanation of this card/AJ page. 

What I used:

LCD

Shadow frames set.

Butterfly set.

Pieces of Calligraphy.

Brush strokes

CV

Just when the caterpillar.

Stencil with small holes.

Distress ink:

Evergreen bough.

Peacock feathers.

Saltwater taffy.

Distress oxide:

Peacock feathers.

Saltwater taffy.

Versafine onyx black.

Black paint for splassing drops.

Black fineliner.

Watercolor paper.

I started with Peacock feathers and the largest circle from the shadow frames set.

I repeated that with Evergreen bough and overlapped the stamp a bit.

Take a little water and a brush to spread the ink a bit.

Wait till its dry.

With the bubble plastic stamp from the Brush strokes, 

I stamped with Distress ink Evergreen bough and

Peacock feathers.

I did this in contrast next to the circles.

Stamped the 3 cirkels flom the Brush strokes set with Distress Oxide Saltwater taffy.

And did the stencil with the Distress Oxide Saltwater taffy.

I stamped the CV text and letters of the Pieces of calligraphy sheet 

with versafine onyx black.

Stamp the butterfly in the center.

Take some black paint for the splashes.

Stamp the butterfly on a piece of paper and color with de distress ink.

Cut the butterfly out and glue on the card.

Color some Peacock feathers in the cirkels.

And with a black fineliner scribble some lines round the cirkels.

Are you in the mood for new stamps?

Then join the challenge and click on the link.

And maybe you will be the lucky winner of this challenge.

And if not, keep participating and don't give up.

Good luck and above all have fun stamping.

Challenge at Lost coast designs,June #168 - Mini Me (smaller than a card) so ATC, Bookmarks, Tags, Inchies, Twinchies,

 For the mini me challenge I made a bookmark.

Something different than a card is always a nice change.

I made a bookmark with a butterfly resting on top of the book.

This is what I used:

LCD Butterflies set

 LCD Large Florisch

Distressink,

Victorian velvet,

Speckled egg,

Bundled sage.

Color pencils in these 3 colors.

Versafine black onyx.

Silver thread.

Posca marker white.

Corner scissors or punch.

White paper 200grams.

Gleu.

How its made:

Cut a piece of paper in this size.

Make spots on the paper with the 3 colors of distress ink.

Stamp the florish with the black versafine.

Color the florish with the colored pencils.

Stamp the largest butterfly of the set twice, with the versafine.

The largest because it was for a very thick book.

If you have a thinner book, take a smaller butterfly.

Color the butterflies with the pencils,

 and give them some accents with the posca marker.

Cut them out.

From the silver wire we make the feelers / antennae of the butterfly.

Take a piece of paper 1cm wide and 10cm long.

Score at 1cm, 5cm, 9cm.

Fold the centerline.

Fold out the 2 score lines as shown in the picture.

Cut a line in the middle of the butterfly that is the same size as the paper.

Put the paper through and glue the flaps to the bottom of the butterfly.

When you've done that it will look like this.

Now take the other butterfly and glue the 

feelers/antennas to the blank side of the butterfly.

Now glue the 2 butterflies together.

There may be an edge sticking out here and there with the butterflies.

Carefully trim that away a bit until they fit together perfectly.

Now take the piece of paper with the florish.

With the corner scissors or punch we cut beautiful corners.

With an ink blender and bundled sage we put the edges on a bit.

Now fold the bookmark with the flap of the butterfly in between.

Check that everything is in the right place.

If that's good, glue it closed.

I hope you find it a nice tutorial and will also make such a nice bookmark.

And don't be shy, feel free to show the result on the facebook group 

of Lost coast designs/Carmens veranda.

Also don't forget to join the challenge.

You then have a chance to win beautiful stamps of your own choice.

So click here for the challenge.

And here for the facebook group.

This bookmark is entered in the "Butterfly challenge",

1.    Make any style card/project using at least 2 of the colours on the wheel +butterfly. 

New challenge at Lost Coast Designs, "Things with wings".

 Today a new challenge starts at Lost Coast Designs. "Things with wings".
Well I think every stamper has a stamp with wings in it. 

So come join the challenge!
It doesn't matter which brand you use, you can still participate.
  And maybe you'll win new rubber stamps.
For my contribution I made a tag with the beautiful "Girl with wings" stamp from LCD.

And this is how I made it.
LCD, Girl with wings.
LCD, Long swirl.
LCD, Butterfly set.
Distress micro glaze.
Versmark and an embossing ink pen.
Gold embossing powder.
watercolor paper.
watercolor paint.

To start, take an ink blending tool with Distress micro glaze.

With this you apply it to the stamp.

Print it on watercolor paper.

You can clean your stamp with warm water and a little soap.

Choose your colours, 

I chose yellow, turquoise, light green and dark green.

But you can also take a different color combination.

Apply the paint with a wet brush, and the distress glaze acts as a resist.

Repeat until you are satisfied with the result.

Looks so beautiful.

Stamp with the Long swirl and versamark below and above the winged girl,

  and sprinkle the golden embossing powder over it.

Melt with the heat tool.

With the embossing ink pen you also do the

 outer edges of the tag with the gold embossing powder.

Repeat this process with the butterflies.

Cut them out and stick them on with raised tape.

Make it look as if they are flying away.

Now its up to you.

Make something with wings and join the challenge.

And maybe you will be the winner of some new stamps.

Please read the rules first.