Hello! This card was made for today's Featured Stamper challenge: DandI93. I chose to CASE, (Copy And Share Everything), This Card for today's Challenge.
Now, I've been cruising the SCS Forums the past few days and have found a BUNCH of new stampers with those questions I used to post. I found myself, more than once, shaking my head at some of the answers SEASONED stampers gave to the newbies...Don't you use heat embossing all the time? I know that I do, and thought EVERYONE did! I was pretty darn shocked at some of the answers...And, a question about "What important tools MUST I get?" I use my CUTTER and a HEAT TOOL EVERY SINGLE card I make...I suggested getting a GREAT cutter, and to skip over wasting so much money on the slide and then the rotary cutters and just jumping straight in and getting a Tonic guillotine cutter. I KNOW that was my best choice. I remember getting so frustrated at a crop, I picked up my cutter and THREW it across the room. (It was a "slide type" and it had ruined all 18 of my wedding photos...Every one of them had wavy edges!) No one got hurt...It was by the door and went straight out into the parking lot...Good, really, because that LSS had a Tonic ready to sell me! LOL! And they sold 5 more during that crop because of my destroyed photos.
On to the card! I used a butterfly from Mark's Finest Papers, (so did the card I CASED...I just changed which butterfly!LOL) I changed the center die to a circle and added a ribbon and half pearls. I also changed the color combo. However, I think the "simple design" says it all on this card. Flowers were made with an MS punch. The leaves are a Sizzix die cut. The butterfly was stamped in VersaMark onto Wowza Watercolor paper and embossed in Copper. I used Memento marker and an aqua painter to color in the butterfly. I didn't like how the edges seemed to blend into the background paper, so I used a COPIC Black marker to outline the butterfly.
Finished card size: 4 3/4" square
Total time to complete: 32 minutes
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83667
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 @ 11:04 AM
This is gorgeous Faith. Rich and lovely colors and great sentiment and 'fly. I need to get one of those cutters - thanks for sharing that information.
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
Registered: April 14, 2005 Location: Richardson, TX Posts: 3388
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 @ 11:45 AM
ROFL!!! I've tossed more than a few worthless cutters before I dropped the money to get a good cutter. If I had only done that on the front end I would have actually saved money. ;)
On to the card. As always Faith, your card is fabulous. I love the rich colors and that fabulous butterfly. I need to break out my butterflies and try to color them as well as you.
TFS!!!
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Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 @ 12:36 PM
What a very elegant beauty of a card Faith. Adding that black edge to your butterfly worked perfectly. Well done. TFS :0)....oh, btw, I just ordered me a Tunic guillotine cutter thanks to you. hehe I was getting tired of the frayed edges with my other cutter.
------------------------------ Cathy B aka: Mutnik ....or is it Nutmeg?! I get so confused!
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Registered: January 29, 2009 Location: British Columbia Posts: 6675
Sun, Apr 03, 2011 @ 1:44 PM
Awesome card! Awesome colors! Another WOW card. TFS. : )
ps. Who doesn't love a bit of help and advice from those who have been at this a long time? I know I have got sooooo many great tips and I have purchased things by advice I've recieved. A terrific bunch of people always willing to help in any way they can, is what you find here at SCS. Thanks for your tips. : )