Buttons and Bows and Butterflies!

Hello all our Flutter by fans! Today is Wednesday, and it is another fun challenge with the Flutter by team! Today's challenge is from our talented team member, Michelle. She has challenged us to use buttons and bows with our butterflies and/or fairies this week! It's time to dig through those drawers and find the buttons! I hope you can visit the other team members' blogs to see their creations...then, upload to Danni's blog with Mr. Linky! One of our team members, Jodi, is celebrating a birthday today!! Also, sorry for the late addition...this post was scheduled, but I am finally back home! We have a new member to add to our team, and her name is Taylor! I hope you will visit her blog and give her a big welcome!

With no stamping on this card, you would've thought it would be easy to make. Well, you know when you have a visual in your head of what the card should be and you just take a long time executing it? Yep, that happened to me. I actually spent two days, on and off, on this card. I think the main snag was the metallic thread in my sewing machine. I wanted to use the thread, but I don't think I had the right needle. I'll have to get one better suited for metallic thread. And, can I just tell you that sewing around those small flowers isn't easy. I swear that my stitching is usually much better than that! One fun thing...I did get to use my new Basic Grey paper, Lemonade that I snagged at Archivers at the end of June. It is really gorgeous paper!

Card Details:
Stamps: None (can you believe it?)
Paper: Lemonade by Basic Grey; Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red and Pink Pirouette by SU
Ink: Rose Red for edges
Accessories: Nesties Flower; sewing machine; pink and pink metallic thread; McGill Build a Butterfly punch; buttons; Coffee Shimmerz; satin ribbon

Everybody's Going off the Deep End...

because they're stampin' for the weekend!! I know...I'm sure someone else has already busted out the Loverboy song for this challenge, but since it is my first time doing the Stampin' for the Weekend challenge, I can do it!! Quick post for me because I am headed out of town until tomorrow! While our girls were at Gymboree yesterday, Dawn and I made these pocket cards for the challenge. I used Baja Breeze and Kraft, and she used Pink Pirouette and Kraft. We both used the same plan and Paper Makeup Stamps.

Card Details:

Stamps: Sunsoaked Caliope by Paper Makeup

Paper: Baja Breeze and Kraft by Stampin' Up

Ink: Baja Breeze by Stampin' Up; Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Copic markers; Cuttlebug embossing folder; Rhinestone stickers; Cloud template; sponge; SU tag punch; sewing machine; CM circle cutting system

Twinkling Reeta Dita MTTSC23, CC219

Wow, how's that for a color combination outside of my comfort zone? So, in essence this was a true challenge for me because I rarely, if ever use orange on my cards. The color combination was from this week's Color Combination challenge on SCS...CC219, and it was to use Only Orange, Purely Pomegranate, and Brilliant Blue. I was able to ink up one of my new Greeting Farm stamps, Reeta. She's a cutie, and I couldn't wait to use her. Her diamond pattern on her skirt went so well with the Argyle Cuttlebug embossing folder that I couldn't resist. Also, I brought out my sewing machine and stitched just a simple zigzag pattern with a variegated thread around the two nestability shapes. I used the sketch for Madelynn's Twinkling Tuesday (MTTSC23), and it was a fun one by Jacky this week! Check it out and play along because I always have a lot of fun with the challenges on the website!

Card Details:

Stamps: Reeta by The Greeting Farm

Paper: Only Orange, Purely Pomegranate, Brilliant Blue by Stampin' Up; Lime Rickey by Basic Grey

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Nesties Flowers; Basic Grey Lily Kate ribbon; Primas; Rhinestone stickers; Glitter brads; Variegated thread; SU Chit Chat rubons; Argyle Cuttlebug embossing folder; Flashee Fuchsia Blingz by Shimmerz

Copics: R00, R85, YR02, B29, C1, C3, E13, E31