Watercooler Wednesday WWC33 Inspiration Challenge Winner!

Wow, I just got great news!  I was chosen as the winner for last week's inspiration challenge over at the Watercooler Wednesday challenges!  

I'm so thrilled to have won with my entry.  It was pretty stiff competition and I understand my card just squeaked by because of the pop up on the inside. 

If you haven't seen the design team and other entrants cards yet, make sure you click  on this link, you won't regret it, there's so many awesome cards to CASE.  

Here's the card I won with and the link to my post. 

Happy Stamping!
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CMCC#79 - Colour Me... Striking!

What a great combination of colours for this week's Colour Me challenge. They are Bermuda Bay, Marina Mist and a neutral of your choice. I chose white to offset these beachy summer colours.  

Here's My Card:

I  really like the fern fronds in the Butterfly Basics stamp set and decided to combine them with the butterflies on my birthday card.  

 

1.  The Bermuda Bay card base measures 8 1/2 x 11 and is scored at 5 1/2.  I embossed it with the new Elegant Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (TIEF).

2.  The Whisper White mat measures 3 1/4" x 5 1/8".  The Marina Mist, Bermuda Bay and Whisper White strips on each side of the white mat measure 1/4" x 5 1/8" and were adhered with Tom Bow glue.

3.  I stamped the large lacy butterfly in Marina Mist on the bottom of the Whisper White mat.  I re-stamped this image on a post it note and used that as a mask before stamping the ferns.  The ferns were stamped in Bermuda Bay.  I only inked the stamp once and then after the first image was stamped I moved the stamp towards the left and re-stamped and then repeated this for the last image.  Note:  Don't raise the stamp in between stamping just turn a little on an angle and repeat.  You'll wind up with a nicer more evenly balanced image as the colour gradually fades out.

4.  I stamped the three small butterflies on the Whisper White card mat.  I re-stamped them on a scrap of Whisper White and cut them out with the Bitty Butterfly punch and adhered to the card base with dimensionals.  Two were stamped in Bermuda Bay and the third is in Marina Mist.  Small basic rhinestones were added for some bling to the centers of each of the butterflies. 

5.  The "Happy Birthday" sentiment from Butterfly Basics was stamped across the center on an angle in Marina Mist ink. 

6.  The whisper White card mat for the inside of the card measures 5 1/4" x 4". 7.  I stamped the greeting "Sending Good Thoughts Your Way" from the Perfect Pennants stamp set and the Butterfly in Marina Mist.  The ferns were stamped in Bermuda Bay ink.

Supplies:

Stamp Sets:  Butterfly Basics and Perfect Pennants

Ink:  Marina Mist and Bermuda Bay

Card Stock:  Whisper White, Bermuda Bay and Marina Mist

Accessories:  Elegant Dots TIEF, Big Shot, Bitty Butterfly punch, Basic Rhinestones, dimensionals and Tom Bow glue. 

Thanks as always for by.  

Happy Stamping!

Penny Tokens