Watering Can Rainbow Butterfly Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi. I am sharing some fun rainbow butterfly cards using the butterflies from our Watering Can Stamps and Dies. This fantastic set comes with a layering watering can that perfectly complements so many of our floral layering stamps like I shared yesterday, but today, I want to focus on the two little bonus butterflies for this set of cards.

Up first is a classic grid-style card. I started by die-cutting the largest scalloped square from black cardstock using our Scalloped Square 2 Small Dies. I then cut and scored a 4.25 x 4.25 square card base, which I adhered to and centered on the back. For the front, I die-cut a 4" square from white cardstock to layer over the top using our Stitched Square Dies to frame my butterflies. 

I stamped 9 individual butterflies in a rainbow of colors. To add a little interest, I inked up the solid layer of each butterfly by inking the stamp with a finger dauber (rather than the ink pad directly) and my Misti tool. I did this several times for each butterfly, building the color darker near the wing tips and lighter near the center. I then arranged them onto my card and popped each one up with some thin Crafty Foam Tape by Scrapbook Adhesives. Given the butterfly's width is greater than its height, I had extra room in my square grid to fit a greeting between the second and third rows so I heat embossed the greeting "Fluttering by to Say Hi!" from our Spring Showers Stamps, which I stamped onto the largest pennant strip from our Notebook Photo Corners Dies. I love the clean graphic feel of this card and how it turned out!

This time, rather than stamping each butterfly in a single bright color to form my rainbow, I stamped each butterfly to have a blended rainbow on their wings. I achieved this cool look by once again applying the ink to my stamp using a foam finger dauber with the help of a Misti tool. I took turns layering each color and stamping them 2 to 4 times each until I had the coverage and brilliance I desired before switching to the next ink color. When I was done, then I could layer the black layer over the top. I am so smitten with how gorgeous they look for just a few extra steps with the finger dauber!

For my card frame, I used the stitched rectangle die from our Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies and then embossed the center portion with our Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies by using an embossing mat instead of a cutting plate. I love how all the Frilly Frames dies can mix and match and be used for a variety of techniques! 

For my sentiment strip, I die-cut a rainbow ombre patterned paper from our Spring Fling Paper pack using the smallest stitched pennant from our Slimline Pennant Dies. It wasn't quite long enough so I lengthened it by hanging part of the die off of my cutting pad and running it through a second time. However, you could also just cut it in two parts and hide the seam behind one of the butterflies. For my greeting, I stamped "Let Your Dreams" using our Plane Awesome Stamps and spelled "soar" using our Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies. To jazz it up, I then applied some Glossy Accents over the top of each letter and set it aside to dry.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Plane Awesome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ranger Glossy Accents Shop at: Sunny Studio

Passionate Penguins Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina with a card featuring one of the adorable images from the Passionate Penguins stamp and die set. I have used these stamps often and they are one of my favorites for lots of occasions!

After I made a white square card base, I cut a layer from purple paper (Flirty Flowers, Stitched Square dies) and glued it to the base.

For extra dimension I also created two white panels with one of the Scalloped Square 2 Small dies. On one of them I added extra texture with the Quilted Hearts Portrait die, I cut the scalloped edges from this piece and glued it on top of the second white panel. Now I have a scalloped edge panel with an embellished center. Love that look!

As my focal point I selected two cute penguins in their fancy car, adding balloons from Party Pets to set the scene. All the coloring was done with Copic makers, and I added white highlights with my gel pen.

This card is going to be for my husband and I really like this sentiment from the Words Of Gratitude set! I stamped the line on a small white banner with Versafine Onyx Black ink and backed it with a slightly larger banner shape.

I placed the sentiment on the bottom of the white panel and mounted the penguins and balloons with foam tape. I love how they are enjoying their ride in the car and the balloons make it extra fun! Lastly, I sprinkled a few Champagne Clear jewels onto the card.

Thanks a lot for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Berry Bliss & Slice of Summer Fruit Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fruit-themed cards for Summer using our fabulous Berry Bliss Stamps and Slice of Summer Stamps.

First, I have a card using the layered citrus slice from our Slice of Summer Stamps, which I stamped to look like lemon, lime, grapefruit, and orange slices. I then die-cut a stitched circle using our Stitched Circle Small Dies, where I lightly drew 12 spokes on the back with my pencil and clear ruler like I was slicing a pizza or adding clock tick marks to give me a way to evenly space my fruit slices. Then, on the back of each slice, I drew a pencil through the center at the halfway mark to give me another point to line up each slice. I then arranged each slice, having them overlap the outside edge of my white cardstock circle by 1/2". I used liquid adhesive for this task to have a little wiggle room to adjust them before they dried as I quickly worked around the circle. As I was starting this project, I was nervous about my ability to make it look symmetrical. However, the easy measurement tricks I described worked, and I assembled this summer "wreath" rather quickly. 

I then used our Scalloped Square 1 Large Dies to die-cut the striped paper to match the fruit from our Summer Splash Paper pack. After it was die-cut, I carefully used my paper trimmer to trim off the four scalloped edges and leave a small border around the stitching. This gave me the perfect stitched square to layer over the same scalloped square cut from white cardstock for my card base. I cut a second white scalloped square to score along the top and to adhere to the backside of my card front to form my notecard. Lastly, I stamped the greeting from the Slice of Summer Stamps, substituting the word "slice" from our Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies and Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies.

My second card pairs the watermelon from the Slice of Summer Stamps with the strawberries, raspberries, and cherries from our Berry Bliss Stamps. I arranged them in and around our Layered Basket Stamps, wrapping twine around the basket and popping it up with foam tape to help it lie flat with the thickness of the twine. I stamped and heat-embossed the greeting "You're so sweet" from our Punny Fruit Greetings Stamps onto a small tag cut with our Sweet Treats Gift Bag Die, which I topped with a twine bow. I also stamped a subtle pink diagonal grid pattern using our Background Basics 2 Stamps with VersaFine Clair Baby Pink Ink to add some interest to my background.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images. Some of these images were previously stamped using now-retired Colorbox inks; however, I spent considerable time trying to find the closest matches to share them here with you (from lightest to darkest).

Strawberries 
Concord & 9th Honeysuckle
Gina K. Red Velvet
Concord & 9th Cranberry
Gina K. Lucky Clover
PinkFresh Evergreen

Raspberries
Gina K Medium Carnation
Gina K Dark Carnation
PinkFresh Candy Apple
Gina K Cherry Red

Cherries
Gina K Medium Carnation
Gina K Dark Carnation
Gina K Cherry Red

Watermelon
Gina K Medium Carnation
PinkFresh Candy Apple
Gina K Cherry Red
Altenew Limeade
VersaMark Verdant
Gina K Lucky Clover

Layered Basket 
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Memories Sand
MFT Kraft

Yellow Lemon
PinkFresh Lemon Whip
Versafine Cheerful

Lime Slice
Altenew Limeade
VersaMark Verdant

Orange Slice
PinkFresh Apricot
Hero Arts Tangerine

Grapefruit Slice
C&9 Ballet Slipper
PinkFresh Coral Reef

or Gina K. Innocent Pink
& Lawn Fawn Bubblegum

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Slice of Summer Stamps and Layered Basket Stamps in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Berry Bliss Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Berry Bliss Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slice of Summer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slice of Summer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats Gift Bag Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Baby Pink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Verdant Shop at: Sunny Studio