Life Doesn't Have To Be Perfect

I love that I really had no idea what would be created when I sat down to this beautiful new Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim from Stampin' Up! I knew I'd like to pair it with the Typeset DSP and Basic Black. (The new Dotted Lace also comes in the other new In Colors!)

My card base is Ivory Naturals card stock, which sadly, is retiring. I will miss it! It has teeny fibers and flecks in it and is slightly more sturdy than Very Vanilla. It's great for a vintage look.

The Butterfly Basics Basic Black butterfly looks stunning against the print background. She is adorned with pearls to match the vintage feel.

My sentiment is from Perfect Pennants (I'm so glad it will remain in our annual catalog) and is stamped in the new Tip Top Taupe ink. I'm loving this new In Color! I cut it out perfectly using the Deco Labels Framelit. Three teeny pearls adorn the bottom.

My Dotted Lace Trim is adhered with a length of Sticky Strip (also retiring!) The last retiring bit from my card is the Simply Pressed Clay flower that I created using the Buttons and Blossoms mold. I colored it using the Tip Top Taupe Stampin' Write Marker and then added some shimmer with my Wink of Stella pen.

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Sending Butterfly Wishes

Happy Friday! I hope your weekend is already starting. This card is the third card we made in my April Workshop. I used a sample from the March/April issue of Stampin' Success magazine, which all Stampin' Up! demonstrators receive free. There are always usable ideas in there. I changed the colors and the shape of the card and I left off one layer on the butterfly.

I love all of the shine on this card, made possible by the Gold Embossing Powder with a sentiment from Butterfly Basics and the medium-sized Butterfly Thinlet cut out of Gold Foil Paper. 

Two other gold items are the Gold Mini Metallic Clothespin and the smaller butterfly, die cut from the Fancy Foil Designer Vellum. I was able to die cut it and leave one heart in the middle.

I like all of the layers on this card. The Typeset Specialty Designer Paper was cut to 1 x 5" and then I made a banner on the bottom. The Melon Mambo banner was cut using the Banner Framelits. After I assembled the layers, I used the postmark stamp from Butterfly Basics with Jet Black Stazon  for an authentic-looking postmark.

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Butterfly Basics Bundle

Thursday's post had my first April Workshop card to show you here. Here is the second card. I used Butterfly Basics and the Butterfly Thinlits. Coincidentally Stampin' Up! is offering the Butterfly Thinlits dies at a discount through April 30th. They are only $21.20, which is 15% off. Plus, you get to choose one of three Sale-A-Bration products as a bonus. The thinlits are again available for shipping and this is how Stampin' Up! is celebrating this very popular item.

I love the three different sized options in the Butterfly Thinlits. Here, I have heat embossed the medium-sized butterfly stamp from Butterfly Basics onto vellum with White Embossing Powder. I layered it over a Crisp Cantaloupe die cut and it looks so delicate. I used a Glue Dot to hold it on.

I used a Stampin' Dimensional to pop up the postmark stamp after punching it out with the 3/4" Circle Punch. At the bottom, I added a knot with Crumb Cake Seam Binding Ribbon.

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