Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Dear Friend

Hiya! I made several cards over the past weekend and today I am sharing one of the favorites that I made ... I *really* love this wrinkled seam binding ribbon that I made. It started white and I dyed it this really nice plum color. I can't wait to dye some more of this soon. It's really prettier in real life. I have a few other colors in mind to try dying too. :-) Speaking of dying things ... I also colored the pearls on the butterfly bodies with a Copic marker since I didn't have any brown ones in my stash.

I had been wanting a butterfly stamp for awhile and I picked this one up from Studio Calico. I colored them to go with the ribbon I made and I added a sentiment from the Delightful Dahlia set. I think it turned out really pretty and can't wait to send it to my bestie. But I may just stare at it for awhile first! LOL

Anywho ... lots to do this week! Getting ready to attend a national DECA conference with one of my students so there's packing, orders to finish for my letter shirt business, and of course 4 days of lesson plans and copies to make. Ugh. But hopefully it will all be well worth it.

Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Butterfly - Studio Calico; Delightful Dahlia (sentiment) - PTI
Ink: Rich Cocoa - Memento; Chai - PTI; Copics
Paper: Vintage Cream - PTI; Just the Edge border strips - Bazzil; patterned paper - K & Company
Other: Pearls - KaiserCraft; foam tape; Hand dyed seam binding (by me! :-)

5 comments:

Amy said...

This is truly beautiful. I love the colors, the seam binding, the butterflies, the DP--everything!

Unknown said...

Oh my gosh...this card is gorgeous! I love your color palette and your embellies are just too awesome!

Banu said...

This card is just gorgeous. Loved the seam binding. The butterfly looks gorgeous..Very pretty.

Angela said...

Wow, this is gorgeous! LOVE the ribbon; it is so wonderfully shabby-chic and goes perfectly with the card!

Unknown said...

This card is AMAZING love all of the detail you have on it. Wonderful job!

Can you please share how you did your ribbon, please.
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