I had to pull out my new Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers from Stampin’ Up! to play a little more today.  The stamp sets featured on this card are Work of Art and Papillon Potpourri and my card design was inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch #75 and by the CAS-ual Fridays CFC131.

I started by stamping the sentiment from the Work of Art stamp set (available June 2) in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink (available June 2) on a Whisper White panel.  I adhered the stamped panel to a Basic Black card stock panel with SNAIL, then to a Daffodil Delight card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I cut a banner from Basic Black card stock using one of the Banners Framelits Dies.  I used the same die to cut a banner from Whisper White card stock and I stamped the paint splash from the Work of Art stamp set in Daffodil Delight ink across the banner.  I trimmed that banner just a tiny bit on the right and left side of the Whisper White banner and adhered it with SNAIL to the Basic Black banner.  I trimmed about 3/4″ off the top of the layered banner, then adhered it to the card front with SNAIL.

I stamped the butterfly image from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, then started coloring it with my Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers.  I started with the darkest shade and went to the lightest shade.  Then I used the Color Lifter to remove some of the Pumpkin Pie ink along the edges of the wings and on the body and I colored over those areas with the medium Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabities Marker.  I loved that I could blend the two colors together!

I punched the butterfly out with the Elegant Butterfly Punch and adhered it to the card front with a Stampin’ Dimensional.

I finished the card front by coloring Rhinestone Basic Jewels (my group of three on 1/3 of the card) with my darkest Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers and a black Sharpie marker, then adhering them next to the sentiment.

And just because I’d had so much fun coloring the butterfly for the card front, I stamped the butterflies from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set again in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on a Whisper White card stock panel and I colored them with my Pumpkin Pie and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Blendabilities Markers.

You can find a complete list of supplies, including card stock cuts, at the very bottom of this post.

May 1-15 Hostess Code: 6BX7XPUK

Use this hostess code when you order and receive a free gift from me!  If your order is over $150, please do not use this code, but you’ll still get the free gift!  The free gift for May is your choice of 1-1/4″ Burlap Ribbon, 7/8″ Cotton Ribbon or Natural 5/8″ Chevron Ribbon.

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Limited Quantities of Retiring 2012-14 In Color Card Stock Now Available

When Stampin’ Up! announced the retired list, the 2012-2014 In Color 8-1/2″ x 11″ card stock sold out very quickly.  They are happy to announce that they’ve been able to obtain additional product, and there are limited quantities available again. Once they run out of this new stock, it will be sold out for good.
The following items are available, only while supplies last:

Item Description

Item	Description
126840	Gumball Green 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock
126843	Midnight Muse 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock
126841	Primrose Petals 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock
126842	Raspberry Ripple 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock
126839	Summer Starfruit 8-1/2″ x 11″ Cardstock

If you’re interested in stocking up on the retiring 2012-14 In Color card stock, click here to go over to my online store to start shopping the retiring list.

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Weekly Deals From Stampin’ Up! May 13-19

Here are this weeks Weekly Deals from Stampin’ Up!

Click here to see the Weekly Deals from Stampin’ Up! in my online store.  The Weekly Deals are only while supplies last and only available at these great prices through May 19.

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New My Digital Studio Downloads Available From Stampin’ Up!

 

Click here to see the new My Digital Studio downloads available now from Stampin’ Up! in my online store.  Click here to see all of the latest My Digital Studio Downloads available.

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Stampin’ Up! items used to create this card: