Mouse and Butterfly

I know, it's a goofy title.  The butterflies are obvious in the winter white and marcasite embossing powder.  The mouse comes from the sketch challenge I played.  You see, this is a fabulous Waltzingmouse sketch. 

The butterflies were a special request by my daughter.  She wanted to have butterflies on the birthday card for her friend, Mercedes.  I chose the color scheme to match the gift bag we had ready to fill after our shopping trip.

With all the glitz of the embossing powders, I felt like I had to make the sentiment panel stand out a bit too.  I added dots like a marquee and went over the white and hot pink dots with a Sakura Clear Star gel pen to give them a bit of sparkle too!

I got the wonderful crocheted ribbon from Mandy at Limelight Papercrafts.  Incidentally, she is closing her shop and putting many items on sale.  You may want to check it out!

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Details - Stamps: Well Scripted, Blue Skies (Verve); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pink Passion; Ink: Versamark, pink passion marker; Accessories: Marcasite ep, winter white ep, heat tool, May Arts black crochet ribbon, white gel pen, Sakura clear star gel pen, corner chomper, wide oval punch; Techniques: embossing.

Not So Long This Time

I had a ton of fun making cards for VSN this past weekend and now it is time to share them.  I made this card for Denise's challenge to pop up your sentiment. I also found a Waltzingmouse sketch that worked fabulous with this challenge!  

I really admire some work done by Sarah Martina and find that she uses paint on her projects.  I just had to try, so I painted up my edges for a little more interest.  What do you think?

I also busted about a new to me cupcake punch and had fun with it!  It is so perfect, I just love it!  I see many, many more birthday cards in its future.

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Details - Stamps: Vintage Labels, Happy Moments; Paper: Whisper White, Baja Breeze, BG Two Scoops dsp; Ink: Night of Navy; Accessories: MS cupcake punch, Stardust Stickles, curly label punch, 1 1/4" square punch, white acrylic paint, stampin' dimensionals, MM edge distresser.

And Still Not Found!

Man, has it been a long time since I have posted!  This card did not come without much anguish.  Not because it is a sympathy card, but because it is monochromatic blue.  Who knew that would give me such trouble?

Anyway, this was for a Flourishes challenge to make a card with a monochromatic color scheme.  I am happy to have it completed and like it even more as I continue to look at it!

I had sympathy in mind as my mother asked me to make her such a card.  Although, now that I think about it, I'm not sure if she needed a sympathy card or a "care and concern" type card.  Oh well, with VSN starting in a matter of minutes, I should be able to come up with something.

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Details -  coming soon.