Lotus Blossom Again

The card that I am sharing today, was the result of numerous stamp offs from the Lotus Blossom stamp set.  If you had a chance to see my post from yesterday, you saw that I had several colors of the blossom on different cards.  Well, each color has a stamp off of color and when I saw what they looked like, I decided to make a card out of it!  Why not!  If you aren't sure what I am referring to, there are some wonderful tutes on the web regarding how to stamp the Blossom.  Let me know if you have questions.  Thanks for looking...Until next time,

Hugs,

Alicia

Lotus Blossom, take 1, 2 3!

I have fallen in love with the Sale-a-bration set Lotus Blossom!  It is a 3 step stamp that gives really beautiful results!  I haven't said that about a 2 or 3 step stamp set in awhile..  So I have thr wee different takes on it!!  Well acutally four, but will share that another day!

First up a card that just kind of came together.  A lot of times, I will have a vision of what I want the card to look like, but then the end result is usually better. Go figure!!  Anyways, below is a card I want to share that was fairly simple to put together.  The blossom is stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink.  The original card that I wanted to share did not have the ink around the blossom, but as fate would have it, I accidentally got some ink on the white paper, so just tried to cover up with the ink.  With that being said, I like it better!!   

Next up with the Lotus Blossom, I needed a couple of gifts so made a gift box of cards and then used the new gift bag thinlit to hold some cute thank you note cards made with the Lotus Blossom Stamp set.

What I love so much about this stamp set is how easily you can get images that look like a lot of work but really aren't.  Hope this will give you some ideas.  Let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks for looking.  Until next time,

Hugs,

Alicia

 

Beautiful Butterfly

This particular card came about from my desire to experiment with texture paste.  I saw a card that looks basically like this on Pinterest and liked the texture so decided to give it a try.  This is the result!!  I really like it.  I used the butterfly framelit that is from the Occasions Catalog.  While it is currently unavailable, I hope that Stampin Up will be able to get some back in stock for the ones of you that don't yet have it.  I die cut the butterfly out of some sturdy kraft cardstock, then used the cutout to fill in with the texture paste.  Love how it turned out!  You could even color the texture paste it you wanted to have a colorful butterfly!!  Hope you like.  Any questions, please let me know.

Thanks for visiting..Until next time,

Alicia