Thursday, September 18, 2008

Flight of the Butterfly


My friend Tonya was nice enough to let me borrow her Flight of the Butterfly set this week (thanks Tonya)! These are 2 very simple little cards I made yesterday. The first card is 4 1/4" square. I like the clean, simplicity of it. It's funny, but I thought I would like the larger butterflies and swirly sentiments, but so far, I'm just loving that little butterfly and the simple thank you sentiment.
Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss & Bella Rose DP just seemed like the perfect companions for this stamp set. Do you ever look at a particular stamp set and instantly think of a color combo? I do. For this set, I could only see the butterfly in Riding Hood Red. Which reminds me...what did we ever do without those new in-colors? I love them...every single one of them, but Riding Hood Red & Pink Pirouette are my 2 favorites (this week anyway!).
Here's the other card I made, it's note card sized, 3 3/4 x 4" ~

Seems like I can always use a thank you note. Since these were so quick and simple, I may make a few more... just to keep on hand. thanks Tonya for letting me play with the set, always fun to try something new :) !!!

That's it for today...hope you're having a good week, thanks for stopping by!

Supplies for the first card (4 1/4" square) ~ Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly Paper: Riding Hood Red, Kiwi Kiss, White, Bella Rose DP Ink: Riding Hood Red Tools/Accessories: Square scallop punch, 1" circle punch, Paper piercing tool/mat pack, Riding Hood Red Taffeta ribbon, Dimensinoals, Stamp-a-majig

Supplies for the 2nd card (3 3/4 x 4") ~ Stamps: Flight of the Butterfly Paper: Riding Hood REd, Kiwi Kiss, White, Bella ROse DP Ink: Riding Hood Red Tools/Accessories: Scallop Edge Punch, Square scallop punch, 1/4" twill olive ribbon (retired), Dimensionals, Stamp-a-majig

15 comments:

Danni said...

These are stunning cards! Love the colors and how crisp, clean they look. Great job!

Anonymous said...

So crisp and clean and surprisingly these colors look great together!

mudmaven said...

What gorgeous, elegant cards! The color combo is great. ~chris

Pauline said...

These are very elegant indeed, well done.

Tonya said...

Nancy, Your welcome! These are great! You did a fantastic job featuring this set!

The in-colors are amazing this year!! Thank goodness there is a lot of time left to play with them! =)

Marlou McAlees said...

2 gorgeous cards :)

Jami said...

Love these both! The colors are awesome!! Love how you tilted the panel and added scallops to the bottom of the notecard!!
Hugs, Jami

Me, My Stamps and I said...

beautifully done !!!!!!!
lovely colors, nancy!!!!!
yfs:)
chat

Maria Matter said...

Nancy, these are beautiful, great colors! Crisp and clean, just lovely!!
Blessings, Maria

Fay said...

Wow....LOVE the cards! They are so clean and classy. Thanks for sharing!

Pinky Roth said...

I found your blog through Sharon, NoTime to Stamp and I am amazed at your stamping talent! Both of these cards are wonderful and so clean and crisp!

Pinky

Angel said...

I LOVE your butterfly cards. VERY pretty!

Nicole said...

I LOVE these cards and color combo! I used elegant eggplant with kiwi kiss today, it is awesome, too! Beautiful cards!

Nancy Riley said...

These are awesome, Nancy! Love the combination of the circles and squares ... and all the layers!

Jackie Pedro said...

Beautiful cards, Nancy! I love the colors and all the white space...