BUTTERFLIES AND A TEASER

Hey All! Happy Hump Day. Hope your week is progressing nicely. I have 3 cards to share with you today. As I was uploading them, I noticed that they all had one thing in common. They all had a butterfly in the theme. Here is my first card:

This is a square card. I cased this card from SCS. The card I cased can be found here. I followed the "rules of casing" and changed more than 3 things. I just loved the unique idea of using Nesties within Nesties. The stamp set I used on this one was from Flourishes called Poppy Patch. The butterfly was from an Inkadinkado set. I'm not sure who does the corner bracket stamp. The main Nestie die cut is lifted from the card with foam squares for dimension. You can see it better in the pic below:

I really love the look of this technique and I love how the card turned out.

Here is the second card I'd like to share with you:

Again, another cased card from SCS. You can see the card I cased here. The only thing I really cased was the actual "concept" of the card. I literally changed everything about the card. Different butterfly, different color, matted the image, added a sentiment, etc. I really do like how this one turned out as well. I thought the "dream" sentiment fit this card. The butterfly and sentiment are both from an Inkadinkado set. I used a dew drop at the end of the word dream, and I used rain dots on the corner brackets.

Here is my last card for this post:

I made the background paper for this card. I started with white card stock and dragged some Ranger Distress Ink over it. I used two colors for this effect. Tea dye and Antique Linen. I then stamped the image in black Archival Jet Black ink starting with the lightest going to a darker image. Cut it out with my Nesties, and added the sentiment on the bottom. I then stamped the small butterfly on the paper and cut out a smaller size with the Nesties. I used a black pen to trace around the inside of the Nesties die before popping it out. I cut a second one in black card stock and rotated it 1/4 of a turn to get the effect. Added a jump ring to the top and attached it to the black satin ribbon. Below is a close up:

There you have it. I also wanted to give you a little teaser with this post. I have some exciting news to share with you, but the details won't be given until the next post. What I will tell you is that I've been asked to join the design team of a new stamp artist!! I'm really excited, and I will share more details next post. There is something in it for all of you too!!!! So keep watching for the details.

Until then, hope you liked the post. In keeping with the butterfly them, the pic of the week is also a butterfly. LOL Thanks so much for coming by to see me. Love having you here and I so love your great comments! Thanks again for sharing your time with me. I'll be seeing you on your blogs!

Best,

Curt O'Brien

"God help me be the person that my dogs think I am."