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Welcome to Day 3 of the Catherine Pooler Designs Wild & Wonderful Release Blog Hop. This is the final day of the release hop.
Today I have three cards to share with you. The first card led to the second two. Challenge yourself to use your scraps.
Thanks
This card started because I wanted to test out the new ink colors: limoncello and grape crush. I was also very curious about the unique shape of the butterfly dies, so I had to die-cut them right away. The butterflies are die-cut from premium white cardstock and wow are they lovely! Make sure to keep the negative die-cuts.
White heat emboss the Kaleidoscope background on white premium cardstock and then ink blend using limoncello and grape crush. I ink blended the center first in limoncello and then the border in grape crush. Cut down to 4 x 5-1/4 inches and adhere to a midnight card base measuring 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches.
Layer the butterfly with foam tape. To add more dimension score in center before adding the tape. Adhere the assembled butterfly to the card in the limoncello area. Then create a white heat embossed sentiment on midnight cardstock using the Note of Thanks stamp set. Trim and adhere to card below the butterfly with foam tape.
THX
For my second card I created a shaker card, my second ever shaker card in fact. Using the negative Scroll Butterfly die-cut from my first card I adhered clear stamp packaging for the window. It is also a good time to get the sentiment figured out. I went with thx from the Note of Thanks stamp set.
Now it was time to create the background piece. I white heat embossed the Kaleidoscope background on white premium cardstock and then ink blended a partial rainbow. I trimmed this piece down to be a little smaller then the top panel which is 4 x 5-1/4 inches.
It is finally time to add a double row of foam tape around the edge of the butterfly. Add some sequins and then adhere to the ink blended panel. Adhere this finished shaker panel to a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 inch midnight card base.
Thank you so much
For my third card I started by stamping the BFF Background in black jack on a 4 1/4 x 5-1/2 inch card base. I thought a black and white color combo would be nice, but I wanted to jazz it up a little bit.
To jazz up my card I wanted to heat emboss a background on midnight cardstock using wanderlust wow embossing powder. This is where the In Flight Butterfly negative die-cut came in. I trimmed that piece leaving a small border and then cut a piece of midnight cardstock slightly larger. It was this piece of cardstock that I used a couple of flowers and a leaf from the Note of Thanks stamp set to create a wanderlust heat embossed background. I then adhered these two pieces together.
For the sentiment I created a white border strip the full width of the card. I didn’t like how it looked with just the white, so I added the white border strip to a slightly larger piece of midnight cardstock. I stamped the sentiment on the far right side. One of the circular sentiments from the Note of Thanks stamp set fit well.
Finally I assembled the card. The sentiment border strip was first adhered directly to the card base and then the butterfly panel was adhered with foam tape.
Thank you everyone for hopping by. I hope you have enjoyed this release and have been inspired the past few days. Below are all three of my cards together. Remember, it all started with the first card and the rest kind of just fell into place. I encourage you to use your negative die-cuts.
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Day 3 Wild & Wonderful Blog Hop
- Catherine Pooler
- Jenny Colacicco
- Tracie Pond – You are here
- Karen Baker
- Allison Cope
- Nanette Tracy
- Melissa Miller
- Ilina Crouse
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Have a beautiful day!
Such beautiful cards! Love the butterflies!!
Wonderful butterfly cards!!
What a wonderful way to use “scraps”!
Wow! Awesome cards!!! Colours are amazing!!!
Your cards are beautiful.
Wow again these are just so pretty
That’s a magnificent trio of butterflies !!! Amazing work !!
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So pretty – love the butterflies.
Wow, three stunning cards! All gorgeous and wonderfully elegant. Fun to see the same products used with different techniques.
Wow, the embossing on the black butterfly card is amazing. so clever and talented
I love all of these!! So pretty!!
These are beautiful Tracie! I especially LOVE that last one – so pretty!
Such pretty cards Tracie!!! My favorite one is the first…the bold and beautiful butterfly on the kaleidoscope background! Thank you for sharing!! ☺
Awesome cards! love that pretty butterfly!
Fun ideas with the beautiful new butterflies! Thanks for sharing with us!!
Love your pretty cards
Very pretty cards! Love the colorful butterfly!
These are really pretty and great use of positive and negative spaces.
Great cards, Tracie. Love the colors on the shaker card. Thanks for sharing!
Absolutely gorgeous cards! I really like all the different variations that you came up with using the butterfly die! The last card especially is my favorite!
I’m rather partial to a shaker card so I love your butterfly version.
WOW ! What a gorgeous trio of cards ! The more I see this butterfly, the more I love it, and you beautifully showcased it with your three cards. I’m totally swooning over your second card : SO BEAUTIFUL ! Thanks so much for sharing. x
Tracie, your cards are dramatic, gorgeous and beautiful. Loving this butterfly die set amazing. Thank you for sharing your techniques Wow!
I’m loving all of the butterfly cards. Your ink blending looks great. I love how you used the little stamps in the inside of the butterfly
Wonderful! Thanks for showing us how to use as much as we can to make more cards without more cost!
Beautiful cards! I really like the three-dimensional butterfly using the dies.
All of these are so pretty!
Amazing cards and techniques as always.
Cute cards, loving that butterfly!
Dramatic, gorgeous cards!
Tracie – I think your cards are so wonderful! I love these new backgrounds and you put them to such good use! Beautiful! That last card is so striking! The shaker card is perfection! Thanks for sharing your creativity and talent with us!
Beautiful cards, Tracie! I love the embossed flowers under the negative space of the butterfly. Awesome idea!
Absolutely love your cards. They are gorgeous
Beautiful cards
Wow. I am impatiently waiting for the butterfly. I almost put off ordering it, but I’m so glad I didn’t!
Wonderful cards. That butterfly is to die for…so many options.
The big butterfly is gorgeous.
Love the black one. Getting a two-fer
with the white die cut was a great idea.
this is a set I have to get. thanks
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Tracie,
Beautiful cards. Thank you for reminding us to reuse our scraps. It is something basic that is easy to forget.
Amy
Love that butterfly! Stunning cards!
Are the flowers you embossed on the buttery from the Note of Thanks?
Yes, Beth, they are =)
Great use of the negative and positives! Thank you for sharing!
WOW.. Such fun cards.. Love how you used the butterfly to make a 3D effect. This would be great for mailing as the recipient can always pop up the wings!!
Yes, fancy & beautiful!
Thanks for showing such versatile ways to use those butterflies Tracie!
Beautiful cards Tracie – I love all the little details in them. Especially that last one! 🙂