Butterflies with Embossed Script with Blockheads

Hi Dreamers!
I am back after a few days off from blogging.  I have been making cards for charities.  I made 30 Valentines' Day cards for "Cards from the Heart Drive"  --Which, by the way, is being sponsored by Blockheads Paper Arts!!!! 
 I made 30 children's cards for Operation Write Home, and 10 for Card Care Connection.  Whewww!  I'm tired!  LOL.  (I will be showing you the cards through out the month-and probably next month too--there are quite a few cards!)

So,today I am back with more butterflies!!   The Blockheads Designers are going all out showcasing butterflies for the month of January.  For my project, I used several stamps and heat embossing to create a card and tag set.  Perfect for a birthday!

Materials List:

Stamps: 

Lepidoptera Large, Medium, and Small single stamps with cling.  (Also available on a half sheet-Grunge Collage)

Script Background

 Travel Documents

Ink:

Versa Mark

Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw, and Dried Marigold Distress Ink

Coffee and Sienna Archival ink

Other:

Clear Embossing Powder

 Pre-cut Tag

CS: cream and dark green

Wired copper and wide green ribbon

Rhinestones

Instructions:

• On the Manila pre-cut tag and cream CS stamp the Script stamp with Versa Mark ink and heat emboss with clear powder.
• Cover the tag and CS with Scattered straw Distress ink.  Wipe the ink off the embossed image with a soft cloth or paper towel
• Cover the right side with the Dried Marigold ink leaving the far left with just the yellow ink.  Wipe the ink off the embossed image.

• Stamp the butterflies and Travel Document  with coffee Archival ink
• Wrap the green ribbon around this piece
• Stamp additional butterflies with Coffee and Sienna ink - cut out 

• Make a card base from dark green CS
• Add the stamped piece to the card base
• Add the cut out butterflies to the card front with dimensional adhesive
• Wrap the wired ribbon around the card and secure with glue.  
• Add rhinestones and Green ribbon

Tag

I just love the way the embossed image peeks out from the two colors of Distress ink!!  And, all the butterfly action is so sweet!  This will go in my card giving box for someone's birthday.

Well, let's enter a few challenges too!!
Pause, Joy, Dream: use ribbon
Incy Wincy: tic tac toe--I used embossing, anything but a card , and add a tag
Crazy Challenge: no decorative paper
Use your Stuff: collage
Flonz Craft: vintage
613 Avenue: anything goes

Tomorrow, I will have some super cute cards from the Operation Write Home cards!  I used a pretty little dress digi--see you later for that!!  I hope you have a super day.  Love ya.
Karen

Holiday Wine Bottle Tag

Hi Dreamers!
How are you today?  Things are pretty good here.  Very chilly and starting to really feel like winter and the holiday season.  So, to warm us all up, I have created a Holiday tag for a bottle of cheer.

You can make this tag quite quickly.  You could use Christmas Decorative paper instead of  the background that I made.  My  background is made with Spray inks and a Crafters Workshop Template.

To Make the tag:

• From Cream CS cut a piece 3 1/2" x 8"
• Score at 5" and again at 7"
• Punch or cut the circle in the 2" section.  (I used a Spellbinders die to cut my circle.  My punch would not reach far enough to punch the circle in the center.)

• Stamp the Holiday Dress Form (Unity Stamps) on cream CS or a scrap of the Background. 
• Layer with red CS
• Add to tag with dimensionals

• Gather the ribbon (May Arts) with hand stitches
• Glue the gathered ribbon to the tag and cover edge with trim (May Arts)
• Cut letters from Ephemera and add to tag.

How fun is this??!!  I am going to make up several of these to have on hand for Holiday Gift giving.  Some elves would be cute too.  Or, reindeer.    The possibilities are endless!   Hope you are inspired to make a few.  

And, how about some Challenges just for the fun of it!!

365 Cards: day 273 any card you like

Crimbo Crackers: Christmas

Moving along With the Times: use 3 elements beginning with the same letter---the letter H: holiday stamp, the word Holiday, and I punched a "hole".

S J Paper Crafts: Christmas + alphas

Crafts 4 Eternity: Christmas

Fussy and Fancy: Christmas

I have lots planned for the month of December.  I have so many projects I had to make  a posting schedule again.  LOL.  I don't want to forget something.  So, according to the schedule, tomorrow, you can see a Christmas framed picture with Stampsmith stamps!  AND, a card called "Angel Faces" with Paper Artsy stamps (available in the USA from Blockheads)!!  OHHH.  I am sure you will enjoy them!  LOL.  See you then!  Love  ya.

Karen