Dancing With The Stamps

Butterfly Galore 2 (Hero Arts: Antique Engravings)

2011-09-20T17:54:00.002+02:00

Welcome to part two of my series featuring the butterflies from the Hero Arts stamp set "Antique Engravings". Enjoy :)
Scroll down for part one...

Green and Orange Butterfly
Stamp and heat emboss butterfly.
Color the butterfly and fuzzy cut it.
Trim patterned paper and round the upper right corner.
Add the ribbon.
Adhere the paper and the end of the ribbon to the base.
Attach butterfly with dimensionals.
Round upper right corner of the card base.

"Max and Whiskers" Butterfly
Cut patterned paper into shape and mat it onto white cardstock.
Add the panel to the cardstock base.
Stamp and heat emboss butterfly on a sheet of overhead transparency.
Cut out the butterfly.
Add the butterfly and some rhinestones to the card.

Red Butterfly
Stamp and color butterfly on a piece of white cardstock.
Round the upper right corner.
Mat the white cardstock on some red cardstock.
Add the ribbon loops and attach to the base.
Round the upper right corner of the card.

Rhinestone and Text Butterfly
Trim patterned paper and mat it on pink and then green cardstock.
Stamp and heat emboss butterfly.
Color and cut out the butterfly.
Add the panel and the butterfly to the cardstock base.
Finish the card with some rhinestones.

Geometric Butterfly
Stamp and cut out butterfly on some patterned paper.
Add grosgrain ribbon the the card.
Mat yellow cardstock on turquoise cardstock.
Add the panel to the card.
Adhere the butterfly and some rhinestones.
Finish the card by rounding the upper right corner.

Thanks for looking!
Katrin

I hope you enjoyed the cards and instructions.

If you like them why not leave me a comment or a mail.

As you might know, you can even own your own Dancing With The Stamp card.

Just send your inquiry to dancingwiththestamps [at] ymail.com

Butterfly Galore 1 (Hero Arts: Antique Engravings)

2011-09-18T12:32:00.001+02:00

Welcome to part one of my series featuring the butterflies from the Hero Arts stamp set "Antique Engravings". Enjoy :)

Pink Paislee Butterfly

Stamp and heat emboss butterfly on a sheet of overhead transparency.

Cut it out.

Trim patterned paper and cut/punch out cardstock circles.

Adhere the patterned paper to the cardstock base.

Add the two circles.

Adhere the butterfly on top with some dimensionals. (The adhesive is hidden beneath the solid part of the butterfly.)

Offbeat Butterfly

Stamp butterfly on some patterned paper and cut it out.

Apply rubon to a piece of white cardstock.

Mat the white cardstock and then adhere it to the cardstock base.

Add the butterfly to the card with some dimensional adhesive.

"Die Besten Wünsche" ("Best Wishes")

Stamp butterfly and color it.

Adhere a strip of patterned paper to the bottom of the cardstock base.

Use a border punch on the bottom of the card.

Add a strip of black cardstock.

Stamp sentiment.

Adhere the butterfly to the card using dimensionals.

Draw the flight path of the butterfly with a black marker.

Brown Butterfly

Stamp butterfly on some colored paper.

Trim patterned paper and adhere to a piece of creme cardstock.

Round the upper right corner and ink the edges.

Tie ribbon around the cardstock piece.

Adhere the cardstock piece to the card base.

Add butterfly with dimensionals.

Three in a row

Stamp butterfly three times on different colored paper.

Cut the butterflies out.

Mat a piece of yellow cardstock on black cardstock.

Adhere the matted cardstock to the card base.

Add the butterfly using dimensional adhesive.

"Danke" ("Thanks")

Stamp butterfly and sentiment on a piece of white cardstock.

Round the upper right corner and mat on some colored cardstock.

Round upper right corner again.

Tie ribbon around the card.

Add the cardstock piece.

Adhere rhinestones to the middle of the butterfly.

Thanks for looking!
Katrin

I hope you enjoyed the cards and instructions.

If you like them why not leave me a comment or a mail.

As you might know, you can even own your own Dancing With The Stamp card.

Just send your inquiry to dancingwiththestamps [at] ymail.com

My Mind's Eye - Stella & Rose: Hattie Collection

2011-07-24T14:59:00.000+02:00

Hey there everyone!

A few months ago I ordered the 6x6 paper pad "Hattie" by My Mind's Eye - Stella and Rose.
What can I say? I'm in love with the paper. At the beginning I didn't even want to cut into the paper because it is so gorgeous.
The paper pad features 24 heavy weight double sided sheets in 12 designs. The color scheme is very manly, a lot of blues, some yellow and cream, orange and brown. I used one of the 12x12 papers for a scrapbook layout about my grandfather. It fit perfectly!

So here are 6 cards I made with the collection. Come back soon and I will definitately have more to show ;-)

Blue Heart (Remember: Roses)
1. Cut out a heart, a circle, and a long strip.
2. Punch out a scalloped circle slightly bigger than your circle.
3. Add the cardstock strip to the base and cut out a triangle at the end.
4. Add the scalloped circle, the circle, and then the heart with dimensionals.
5. Round the top right corner of your cardstock base.

"DAD - another name for love..." (Buddies: Argyle)
1. Cut out strips of pattern paper and cardstock.
2. Ink all the edges and then adhere to a piece of scrappaper.
3. Cut all sides straight and ink the edges (again).
4. Adhere ribbon.
5. Add the panel to the cardstock base.
6. Add alphabetstickers (Basic Grey) with dimensionals.
7. Add the rest of the sentiment in your own handwriting with a permanent marker (I used a Sharpie).

Oval card with flower (Boy: Tapestry)
Note: I used a precut cardstock base.
1. Cut a piece of DP big enough for the oval window.
2. Adhere the pattern paper to the back of the window.
3. Make flower (steps for the flower are at the bottom of this post).
4. Adhere flower, leaves and bling to the cardstock base.

Lots of flowers! (Happy: Bouquet)
1. Cut out patterned paper.
2. Round the top right corner and adhere to the cardstock base.
3. Add ribbon.
4. Make flower (steps for the flower are at the bottom of this post).
5. Stitch button on the flower with some twine.
6. Adhere the flower to the card.

Felt bird on kraft (Family: Silk Tie)
1. Cut out bird from felt. Punch hole for the eye. Add a rhinestone.
2. Cut kraft panel and paint edges with white acrylic paint.
3. Cut pattterned paper and adhere to the card base.
4. Add the kraft panel and the bird.

"Alles Gute" (Happy: Bouquet, Boy: Tapestry)
1. Cut DP strips. Add a scalloped edge to one piece.
2. Adhere all strips to a piece of scrappaper.
3. Trim edges, round the corners and ink the edges.
4. Add twine, a little bow, and the sentiment (rubon letters).
5. Adhere to a piece of white cardstock.
6. Adhere that to the cardstock base.

I hope you like the cards. So if I inspired you take out your paper pad and let's go!

Here's a quick tutorial for the flowers (without pictures)
You need: Strong adhesive tape, 5 light fabric flowers.
1. Put adhesive tape on the middle of all flowers.
2. Fold one flower in half (use the adhesive so the folded flower stays put).
3. Add some tape to the middle of this flower and fold in half again.
4. You will have a fourth of a flower that is multilayered. Adhere it to the "base" flower.
5. Repeat step 2-4 three times.
Now you have a flower that consists of 4 folded flowers.
(If you have any questions about this tutorial, let me know. I will try to make a pictured tutorial soon.)

TFL and have a great Sunday!

Katrin