Butterfly Thank You

Here's a set that I haven't pulled out in a while.  This is Butterflies and Perfect Sentiments from Pinkfresh Studio.

I needed a thank you card, so pulled out the image that was already stamped and stenciled.  I also have a bunch of these sentiments ready to go, which made for a quick card!

I used the Starshine Background die on some warm pink cardstock as my base, then cut a white Hemstitch Oval to go behind the butterfly.  The butterfly was attach only with adhesive on the body, and the wings are bent up for a little dimension.  The sentiment was attached with 3D foam adhesive, and some gold pearls were used as the head, and dotted around the card.

You're Sew Amazing!

It's my sister's birthday today!  I stenciled up this panel using the Rose Tapestry stencils from The Greetery with Distress Oxide inks many months ago, and have been collecting sewing themed products since then - so finally got it made up into a card.

I ran my panel through my die cut machine with the Starshine Background cover plate from Spellbinders, to give it a bit of texture, then added the Waffle Flower Quilted Frames Die cut from bright blue cardstock, to make it look like a quilt - and mounted it on a coordinating green cardstock.

It's my first time using the Needleworker Tool Kit dies from Spellbinders, so I cut out the spool, needle and scissors to coordinate.  

I pulled out the small alphabet dies from Art Impressions to spell out my inside greeting, as I didn't own it in stamp form.  Loving sewing themed cards lately, so you'll be seeing more from me this summer :-)

Rose Tapestry

Here are two more cards using the Rose Tapestry stencils from The Greetery, along with their Embroidered Blooms dies.  One card has the Starshine Background die from Spellbinders applied to it, as it gives the look of embroidery cloth.  

I used the Gathering Stitches die from Spellbinders to create the embroidery hoop, and then created my floral groupings from all the die cuts.

At this point the sentiments are not adhered, just placed on for photos... and I probably won't use the 'I'm So Sorry' sentiment, as this is too cheery of a card for a sympathy card.  The sentiments that I've used, are Everyday Sentiments for Betterpress, from Spellbinders.

The gold pearls are by Pinkfresh Studio.

Stitching themed cards

I created six stenciled panels last fall, using the Rose Tapestry stencil set from The Greetery - this is just one colourway, the rest will come later! Everything Betsy does is just perfection, and these stencils were great to work with.

I recently got the Gathered Stitches die set from Spellbinders as a gift, and wanted to give it a try with my stenciled panels.  I got the Starshine Background coverplate die, thinking it would make a great addition to my stitching themed products, and used it on the stenciled panels as it looks like embroidery cloth.  I did the same with a piece of kraft cardstock.

I cut out the circle centers of the embroidery hoop in each of the papers and switched them up.  Then I reached for my  dies from The Greetery, and cut out multiple pieces in coordinating cardstock.  I assembled my cards, added some Betterpress greetings and a few gold pearls from Pinkfresh Studio.

Looking forward to doing all kinds of stitching themed cards!