Butterflies and Pinwheels

Hi Stamping friends!   I have two cards to share with you today.  Both made for Split Coast Stampers challenges.

I keep a box of cards at work to sell to co-workers and it seems that Sympathy cards are always in demand - they are also a card needed on short notice so I try to always have a few in my box.  I needed to replenish my box so I made this card.  There were fun and colorful soaps for the Inspiration Challenge this past Saturday.  I was inspired by the colors in these Cocoanut Lime soaps

I combined this challenge with the Queen For The Day - Angela Maine is the Queen this week - I CASED her lovely Get Well Butterfly card.  I used a text stamp on the strip for the July Cas-ual Fridays challenge - to use text on your CAS card.  The beautiful butterfly die is from Marianne.  The text and sentiment stamps are from Waltzingmouse.  I sponged all the edges with Ranger Distress Old Paper ink.

My second card is a little more upbeat and happy!   I made this card for last week's color challenge on Split Coast.  Vicki's colors for us were white, crumb cake and coral.

 
I dry embossed a square Nestability in the center of the card and wrapped the satin dotted ribbon around the middle. Then I stamped my little pinwheel on a white square. I stamped the pinwheel again and cut out the smaller center piece adhering that over the first stamping with a foam dot so it sort of looks like the pinwheel is spinning! I added a rhinestone to the center. I adhered the stamped square inside the embossed square with foam tape and stamped the sentiment in the corner!

Well - I'm off to take my car for an oil change and tire rotation - then I'll be enjoying this beautiful summer's day weeding in the garden!

Butterfly Sympathy

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Text It, Frame It  

Paper: White, Lemon Tart, Simply Chartreuse - PTI  

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Cocoa, Ranger Distress Old Paper  

Accessories: butterfly die - Marianne, rhinestones - Kaiser, ScorTape 

Pinwheel

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Playful Pinwheels  

Paper: Kraft, white - PTI  

Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Berry Sorbet - PTI  

Accessories: square Nestability, foam tape, rhinestone - Kaiser, Berry Sorbet swiss dot Satin ribbon - PTI