Monday, April 5, 2010

Vogue Butterflies

When I first looked through the Occasions Mini Catalog, the stamp set Vintage Vogue didn't immediately catch my eye. But, I received the set for free when I attended the Phoenix Regional in January, so I've had the opportunity to use it. Now I think it is one of my favorite sets from the Mini Catalog!

For this card I started by using the single stamp Butterfly Accent. I stamped with Pretty in Pink on Whisper White and then cut out the butterfly. After I had finished cutting, I had the thought that perhaps the Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die (Big Shot) may have a coordinating butterfly. I checked and sure enough--almost an exact match. So, for the vellum layer I went the easy route and used my Big Shot to do all the cutting work. :-)

To dress up the vellum butterflies, I stamped with Versamark ink and embossed with Iridescent Ice Stampin' Emboss Powder. I layered the two butterflies together and then wrapped the Linen Thread around. I also used Iridescent Ice around the edge of the card--I just used my Versamark pad to dab around the edges and then embossed. So lots of sparkle going on in this card! :-) The friend sentiment (also embossed with the Iridescent Ice) is also from the Vintage Vogue set--I just omitted the 's' from the friends stamp.


Stamps: Vintage Vogue, Butterfly Accent
Ink: Pretty in Pink craft ink, Versamark
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Vellum Card stock, Whisper White
Accessories: Iridescent Ice EP, Heat Tool, Embossing Buddy, Pretty in Pink Satin Ribbon, Linen Thread, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz Die, Big Shot, dimensionals

5 comments:

Lisa Brown said...

Beautiful card! Love the vellum--thanks for the inspiration!

Sharon said...

I saw your card in IPICKS blog...I just love it!

Leslie said...

Simply beautiful!

ArtisticInkspirations said...

Was looking for things done with Vellum, and found you.. very nice!! Will have to case. My stampers wanted to know what to do with Vellum1!

Nicole said...

What a beautiful card, Allison - awesome use of vellum!