Showing posts with label Butterfly Thinlits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Butterfly Thinlits. Show all posts

Sunday, March 5, 2017

A Week of Thanks

Two weeks ago, while teaching a card class, I received a call from my "real" job.  I manage physician offices, and we had a power failure.  The electricity had already been off for about two hours when I got the call, and my colleague was expressing concern about our vaccines.  We have about $200,000 worth of vaccines in our two buildings, spread through six offices.  So I joined my buddy at 9 p.m. and started checking refrigerator temperatures.  Shockingly, in that short period of time, the refrigerators were already getting warmer, and we knew that our vaccines would be in jeopardy of spoiling within an hour or two.  Since our emergency services and local electricity supplier had no idea how long it would take to restore power, we jumped into high gear, contacted a number of employees and started packing up our vaccines to be moved to another facility about a mile away.

BIG JOB!  Especially when you are trying to do it by the flashlight on your cell phone!

So there we were, running around in the dark, 10 of us trying to find empty boxes, locating keys to the locked refrigerators, piling vaccines carefully into the boxes and loading them into cars (we had 3 packed and ready to go).

We sent two cars off and headed to our second building, where I was dreading the packing of all our Allergy antigen...lots of individual bottles for each patient, mixed by hand.  N.O.T.  F.U.N.

And just as we began the process the lights came back on!  Hallelujah!  And then we got to unpack everything...at 11 p.m.

Anyway, the gist of this long story, is that I had a lot of folks to thank.  So this week I'll share the thank-you cards that I made; each had a nice Starbucks gift card tucked inside.  Let's just say the recipients were happy, and I was SO grateful!

Number one -

To my wonderful colleague, Lois, who called me and got the whole ball rolling.  A simple, beautiful card using the Bold Butterfly Framelits and Butterflies Thinlits dies.



I started with a Thick Whisper White base, on which I sponged Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry inks.  The Whisper White and Basic Black layers were adhered together and I ran them through the Big Shot with the larger butterfly from the Bold Butterfly Framelits.  This created an opening in the middle of the card.

Then I cut the largest Butterfly Thinlit using Basic Black, and stuck it in the hole created, adhering it on the base with the color showing through.  So pretty!

The sentiment is from Thankful Thoughts, and is stamped in Rich Razzleberry.


I finished by swiping the brush of Clear Wink of Stella on the butterfly...I think you can see some of the sparkle here.

I'll be sharing my thank you cards this week; c'mon back for more ideas.

Click on the pic below to shop in my on-line store. 


Product List
Thankful Thoughts Wood-Mount Stamp Set
[141519]
$27.00
Thankful Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set
[141522]
$19.00
Rich Razzlebberry Classic Stampin' Pad
[126950]
$6.50
Sweet Sugarplum Classic Stampin' Pad
[141395]
$6.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
[100730]
$9.00
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock
[140272]
$7.00
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock
[121045]
$8.00
Bold Butterfly Framelits Dies
[138135]
$17.00
Butterflies Thinlits Dies
[137360]
$25.00
Big Shot
[143263]
$110.00
Stamping Sponges
[101610]
$3.50
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush
[141897]
$8.00
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , ,

Sunday, May 31, 2015

Oh, Do I Have A Set For You!

Boy, oh, boy...this fabulous stamp set is going to make you happy!  It's a beauty.  But you can't get it until Tuesday, June 2!  Unless you decide to join me as a Stampin' UP! demonstrator before then...Being a demonstrator has it's perks--like getting to pre-order from the new catalog!  And that's how I got my stamps. 

This gorgeous stamp set is called Floral Wings.  Does that make you think of a butterfly with flowers on it's wings?  Yes?  Well lookie here:



Yes, it's a butterfly with flowers on it's wings!  And what a beautiful stamp it is:



My son and daughter-in-law are celebrating their 9th anniversary this week.  I wanted to make them a card, and had been perusing MANY websites for some ideas, and this card was born.  Let's break it down so you can see the details.

First, it's a matchbook-style card (the top folds over and tucks behind a little strip on the bottom).  The Whisper White cardstock is initially cut to 4-1/2" x 11".  It took me two tries to get the letters cut correctly--



I lined up the Little Letters Thinlets along the very edge of the cardstock, and using a trick I learned from demonstrator Cindy Beach, ( placing the cutting plates on the tip of the letters, so you don't cut them out completely--they can then stand up), I carefully cut them out with my Big Shot.  (And yes, I had to cut the H-A- _- P-Y and then go back and cut the first P).  Then I cut them out again, using Watermelon Wonder cardstock, and carefully glued them (with Two Way Glue) over the base letters. 

Once that was done, I inked up my butterfly, using a trick from Lydia Fiedler.  She said to first stamp the roses, and THEN the butterfly.  And this worked perfectly!  Since the photopolymer stamps have a tab to line everything up, it made it easy.  Once the butterfly is stamped, you can add in the leaves.



I was going to use the Butterfly Thinlets to cut out my butterfly and embed it in my card (see another sample here), but I didn't want the missing pieces in the beautiful stamp.  So I opted instead to use the thinlets to cut out the butterfly in my card base, and mounted the stamped image UNDER it, using Dimensionals to give it depth.

I stamped the lovely fern from Butterfly Basics using Cucumber Crush, stamping off once and then stamping a few times to have the ferns "dissolve" on my card.  There are also a few of the honeycomb images stamped in Mint Macaron (stamped off once). 



Now for the fold:  That little strip of black polka-dot Designer Series Paper is from the new Neutrals Paper Stack--great patterns, and this one mimicked the dots in the butterfly.  Then the bottom of the card was scored (just about 1-1/4").  This creates the bottom of the matchbook--I stapled the two sides and the bottom.  When the card folds over, it tucks inside the "matchbook" (behind the letters) to stay closed.  "Together" comes from Crazy About You, and is stamped in Cucumber Crush.

The card is an odd size--4-1/4" x 4-3/4", so I had to make my own envelope.  This size is not included on the Envelope Punch Board, but I found The Crafty Owl (here) and plugged in my own measurements.  Using the terrific new Envelope Paper in the 2015-17 In Colors, I created the perfect fit:
I know this beautiful stamp set will quickly become a favorite;  if you would like one for yourself, you'll have to grab some friends and have a party (or splurge and order big!)--it is one of the Host Rewards stamp sets, only available with a qualifying order.  Contact me to schedule your party today!

 I hope my perfect son and his perfect wife have a very happy anniversary!  Do you think they'll like their card?  Please leave me a comment and let me know.

All items can be purchased here, starting Tuesday, June 2. 
Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , , , ,

Sunday, May 24, 2015

Saying Goodbye

Hard for me to imagine that just in this month of May I've had to say goodbye to two (TWO) good work friends due to retirement.  I guess when you've worked in one place for a significant amount of time (16 years for me!), and it's a good place to work, that you are bound to eventually have people retire after many years of service.   Maybe that's a good thing, but saying goodbye can be difficult.

So the most recent to retire is a nurse with whom I've worked for about 10 years.  We shared office space, and I constantly overheard her talking to herself while she did her computer work.  I used to ask if I was expected to respond, but she always declined my comment...LOL!

Using a template I had seen when the Butterfly Thinlets first came out, I created this card:
It's a really pretty, and somewhat dramatic, card in person.  The card base is Whisper White, 5-1/2" x 8-/12", and folded in half at 4-1/4".  Next comes a layer of Basic Black (4" x 5-1/4").

The top layer is Whisper White, with the medium butterfly from the Thinlets cut out and the greeting from Really Good Greetings (retiring next week!) stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black.  Behind it is a piece of Whisper White cardstock that I colored with alcohol markers in three shades--I just scribbled over the cardstock until it was a large enough area to cover the space behind the cut-out. 

Then the cool part:
I cut a piece of Basic Black with the same Butterfly Thinlet, and nestled the butterfly into the cut out in the Whisper White.  It fits perfectly and looks like the image is embedded into the white.

So  pretty!  I expect I'll make several more of these simple, almost-one-layer cards.  They are beautiful and can be used for multiple occasions.

And did you catch the matching envelope in the first photo?  Made that myself with the Envelope Punch Board and some retiring Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack.  Then I cut the smallest butterfly from the same Thinlets set using Daffodil Delight cardstock, and layered it over a piece of Whisper White.  Easy peasy to make coordinated cards and envelopes!

Most products can be purchased here.

What have you created today?




Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , ,

Monday, February 9, 2015

It's a Card in a Treat Bag!

It's Valentine Week, and I've been creating lots of goodies with all my new stuff...I'll be sharing all week.
First up, one of my FAVORITE new toys--the Mini Treat Bag Thinlits Dies!  You've already seen me use it here, but today I'll show you an alternative use for your dies--they don't have to be treat bags...use them as an envelope!
Using a piece of the beautiful Something Borrowed Designer Series Paper, I cut out my bag.  It was easy to add the gorgeous butterfly from the Butterfly Thinlits Dies (cut with Blackberry Bliss cardstock), and the added elements that come with the die.

Then it was on to the inside:
A pretty card, perfect for Valentines Day.  I stamped just the flowers from Love is Kindness, masking the words, and laying the flowers on their side.  They were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, then colored with my Rich Razzleberry and Wild Wasabi Blendabilities.  The greetings (from the now retired Good Greetings) were also stamped with the Tuxedo Black.  Then I paper- pierced two holes and tied my flowers with Linen Thread.  My Whisper White layer was added to a piece of Blackberry Bliss, and then I stapled (using our adorable Stampin' UP! stapler and it's mini staples) a snippet of Blackberry Bliss Stitched Satin Ribbon to the top.

The best part about this is that it can be mailed in a regular Stampin' UP! Medium Envelope! 

Who is getting your Valentines?

All products can be ordered here. 



Posted by at No comments:
Labels: , , ,
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)