Thursday, May 5, 2011

A Rabble of Butterfly Cards

Yesterday I posted a "flock" of bird cards.  I had to look up what a group of butterflies were called and they are a "swarm" (which I used on an earlier post today) and a "rabble".  So here's my rabble of butterfly cards!

The first card uses baby wipes and reinkers.  I found it on a post on the clean&simple blog from over a year ago.

The next card is for this week's sketch challenge at Just Add Ink.



This card was inspired by a card by Sunflower Stamper.  When I saw it I realized that I had this funky tool from Crop Stop that functions as a "B" plate in the cuttlebug but has the middle cut out so it doesn't emboss.  (See the second pix.  They also now have one with an oval opening.)




I am still in my church cardmaking panic - I have to leave in 1/2 an hour and I still have to plop some dinner in front of the kids and maybe I should get out of my sweats!!  So I will be back on Sunday to fill in all of the "recipes" for these cards.  Sorry for any inconvenience.

7 comments:

  1. Kim, firstly I want to say that when I opened your blog I thought I had opened mine by mistake, your blog template is the same as what I currently have! Secondly, I just saw and bookmarked a tutorial today using this funky tool to create an unembossed centre section...was trying to figure out if I could make my own up. Lastly, I love your card for this week's JAI challenge and thanks for playing along.

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  2. What pretty cards!! Especially love the colors on the first one with the various butterflies...all sooo lovely:)!!

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  3. WOW! Your work is amazing...absolutely beautiful! :) Love these cards.

    Arlene.
    http://waterdots.blogspot.com/

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  4. You've been a busy lady today! LOL! You are the embossing queen and while I love all three of these the second is my favourite. Love the pink and brown and the flower embossed on the background.

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  5. I've wondered now and then how to easily get an unembossed portion on a card! That tool is perfect! Love all the cards you are creating!! Wish I could say the same for myself, but such is life right now! :)

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  6. Beautiful rabble of butterfly cards Kim. Love the starkness of the black & white with the great spectrum of colour on the first, the perfect placement of the embossing & butterfly on the second & the elegance of the third. Thank you too for sharing all the links. :)

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  7. I notice you didn't get back to do the recipes ... but I am GLAD!!! You certainly needed to take a breather after your huge weekend. These are delicious, Kim ... and I especially like the silhouetted butterflies one! A definite CASE card there! Hugs xxaxx

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