Frightening Butterflies

Papillion Potpourri, Timeless Textures

I don’t know if you have noticed or not, but I am trying to get out of my comfort zone and make cards using stamps I don’t normally use, using techniques that are different (for me), coloring more (something I don’t really enjoy), using colors that are not my favorites and even making a vintage card or two (those are coming soon!).  I think this card has just about all of those things.  Well maybe not, but they have a couple of them.

One thing I am not fond of is butterflies.  If I see one flying around going from flower to flower, then that is ok.  If I see a swarm, I am running for my life.  I went to a Butterfly Garden once, which was really a very hot indoor atrium with hundreds of butterflies all over.  They got in my hair and flew into me and before you left the atrium you had to be blown off in case there were any stuck to you.  It was a bug nightmare.  After I made this card, I realized the circles from Timeless Textures make the butterflies look like they are flying around in crazy circles.  It reminded me of the atrium.   Another thing I am not fond of is purple but I used it in this card.  I am getting so brave!

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Peekaboo Frame Thanks

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I got the idea for this card when I went to the Stampin Up! Convention in July in Salt Lake City.  Shelli Gardner, Co-Founder and CEO of Stampin Up! made a card like this and showed it to us at one of the General Sessions.  I don’t have a picture to share of her card because I lost all my photos I took from Convention, so I just made one using the products I have on hand.   When you pull the ribbon on the tag it pulls open the door and shows a hidden message.

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To make the window you just use the Peekaboo Frames Bigz L Die.  It cuts out the frame and window section for you.  I just attached the tag that you pull on the edge of the window using Sticky Strip.

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Dates: August 29-September 30, 2013

Offer: Get 15 percent off when you buy this Papillion Potpourri Stamp Set and the Bitty Butterfly Punch.

135311 – Papillion Potpourri in Clear Mount & the Bitty Butterfly Punch – $26.27 (you save $4.63)

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As many of you know, I am not a big purple person.  I used to work for someone who loved purple and wore it all the time.  It is funny how you attach good or bad connotations to someone you have met before in your life.  I have a couple of friends who love purple so I am going to be a big girl now and get over my disdain for the color.

I made this using the flourish from Everything Eleanor.  Then I covered it with Designer Series Paper and Elegant Eggplant card stock.  The sentiment is from the stamp set called Yippee-Skippee!  I added the butterfly because during the month of September you can get the stamp set Papillion Potpourri and the Bitty Butterfly punch for 15% off!

15% Off Butterfly Set

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Dates: August 29-September 30, 2013

Offer: Get 15 percent off when you buy this Papillion Potpourri Stamp Set and the Bitty Butterfly Punch.

135311 – Papillion Potpourri in Clear Mount & the Bitty Butterfly Punch – $26.27 (you save $4.63)

135312 – Papillion Potpourri in Wood Mount & the Bitty Butterfly Punch – $29.67 (you save $5.23)