Love as delicate as a butterfly's wings. . .

I have new stamps from Close To My Heart that are jumping up and down, screaming to be used! I love this new stamp. It's perfect for the Valentines I'm making. I especially love the hearts on the wings of the butterfly. It was a combination of image and sentiment in one clear acrylic stamp. They call it Quick Cards-Butterfly and only charged $6.95. They have several Quick-Cards stamps in the new Idea Book that was just released.  I used the Deconstructed Sketch #36 for this card. I also made this for the Valentine challenge this week at Stamps R Us Challenge Blog.

I scored the image rectangle 1/8" from the edges and mounted it on white textured CS with pop dots. I inked the image with the Cotton Candy ink and used the Rock and Roll technique to ink the edges and sentiment portion with the darker Cranberry ink.

5.5" square card:
Paper - K and Company - patterned paper; CTMH - White Daisy CS
Stamp - CTMH "Quick Cards-Butterfly
Ink - CTMH Cotton Candy, Cranberry
Other - CTMH Cranberry ribbon collection; Recollections Floral Embellishments

Child's Birthday Card

Since I have eight grandchildren, I was happy to see the challenge at Stamps R Us to make cards for "Kids." My grandkids are finally old enough to appreciate such things. I used the sketch at the Cards & Things challenge #105 and some papers from the "Cupcake" collection from Basic Grey as my inspiration. I did the dry embossing for Sentimental Sunday's Challenge #87. I wish more embossing folders would fit a 5 x 7 card, but since most of them aren't, the easy solution is to mat them and put them on the larger card, leaving a wider border. That's why I modified the sketch below.

I had to use green brads for the grandson whose favorite color is green, like the Hulk! Thank you ladies for the simple inspiration!

5: x 6.5" card:

Paper - Basic Grey "Cupcake" (yellow, red, bright pattern); Close To My Heart (outdoor denim, White Daisy), Bazzil other blue mat

Stamps - both CTMH - Fanfare Workshop stamp set, "Happy Birthday

Ink - CTMH Brown Bag, Holiday Red, Outdoor Denim

Other - Cuttlebug embossing folder, CTMH brads, Martha Stewart border punch