As my classy cousin celebrated half a century I thought I would illustrate how quickly time is flying by with a card covered in of course 50 butterflies - here they are all double winged and therefore have enough room to flutter in a seriously sparkly way! I used some retired DSP for the colour inspiration!
Stamp sets: Beautiful Birthday, Creative Elements
Ink: Basic Black, Bashful Blue(retired)
Card stock: Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue and Basic Black and Silver Glimmer paper
Accessories: Beautiful Wings embosslit, Scallop trim corner punch, Rhinestones and Big shot simple numbers(retired)
I also wanted to show that sometimes my inspiration is completely backwards and comes when I get the present ready, so I used the swirly pattern of this packaging and the pink and grey colours as the starting point for the card below.
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Stamp Sets: Beautiful Birthday, Everything Eleanor, Papillion Potpourri
Inks: Melon Mambo, Smokey Slate
Card stock: Silver Glimmer paper, Whisper white, Smokey slate, Melon Mambo
Accessories: Bitty Butterfly and Elegant butterfly punches, Rhinestones and NEW Candy Dots Brad bases in Melon Mambo and Basic Black, Simple Big Shot Numbers.
Last but not least,
Encouraging my penchant for postcards I made this one using the Swallowtail stamp, I simply love the detail, here on Very Vanilla Card stock with Early Espresso Ink and backing card, as with my last demo order I put this stamp in for my hostess credits . . . .
Seemed a shame to write on it really, and even worse to cover up a section of it with a postage stamp!! So I think now I have the Post Card stamp the possibilities are endless and the postman is going to LOVE me ;-) Keep on crafting, Gen xxxx
