thank you

happy friday, ya'll!

i'm busy painting the trim on the bathroom window but while it's drying, i wanted to share this card i made for embellishmagazine.com's color challenge with butterflies.

now i love my martha stewart butterfly punch, but this time i chose to use a much larger butterfly for my focal point. this is a butterfly that i drew in adobe illustrator some time ago when i wanted a big butterfly but did not have a die-cut for one...so i created my own little template. i do that a lot...trying to save money and since i am a graphic designer... :0)

so anyhow,this was an easy card...just traced the butterflies and cut them out, cutting inside the lines on the polka-dotted paper so it would be slightly smaller. i found some great big sparkly glitter at wal-mart a couple weeks ago, so i added that onto the wings for a little glitz! the scalloped edge behind the kraft card is actually fiscars treading water punch (i think it's called that) but i just hid the portion with the little dots. love how it turned out!

hope you all have a fantasic weekend. i will be doing more painting and organizing the loft and getting things ready for a yard sale in a couple of weeks hopefully! ooooh and playing with my new baby kitties!

xoxo andie...

you've been so kind

happy monday.

last night i put together a cute card for the embellish magazine.com color challenge with dimension. there's not a lot to say, it was a pretty quick and easy card. it is the second idea though, as the first one wasn't doing it for me as i was piecing it together. on this card, the whole green middle section is raised from the rest of the card with 3d foam & my stiching is getting better! and straighter! wooot woooot! hah!

features the following: cardstock: dcwv, the paper company. patterned paper: my mind's eye. stamp: papertrey ink. butterfly punch: martha stewart crafts. ribbon: offray. other: 3d foam and thread.

xoxo andie...