This is for a few challenges :
Today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 56 - How Does Your Garden Grow present to use by one of the newest Dirty Gals (Whoo Hoo - Congrats Again);
Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 314 - Miles of Smiles;
Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 324;
Tuesday from a couple of weeks ago COLOR CHALLENGE # 312 - Misty Celery Roses;
Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 316 - Trellis/Lattice.
I used my Diamonds and Dots embossing folder on certainly celery cs. I stamped my flower image in certainly celery on white cs then sponged some celery around for the grassy effect. I used a scallop mask sponging some marina mist for clounds.

I stamped the butterfly on white using tuxedo black ink 3 times cut all 3 out and colored them iwth copics. Adhered the wings together and then attached to my focal panel. LOVE making 3D Butterflies.

You can see my tutorial HERE.
I inked a portion of the sentiment up in rose red, huffed and stamped then used my rose red marker to hand write in Smile.
I used a stamp set called "JUST DANDY" from MARKS FINEST PAPERS.
Sunday is our 12th Anniversary and I think this will be his card. But for now I am off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Just Dandy - MFP
Paper: white, marina mist, rose red, certainly celery
Ink: memento tuxedo black, certainly celery, marina mist, rose red
Accessories: dimensionals, stickles, spica glitter pen, sponges
Techniques: sponging, 3D, copic coloring

MFP December Blog Hop Day 2

I am too excited to be this month's GUEST Designer for Mark's Finest Papers and to play in this month's Blog Hop.

Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 4 NEW SETS!

And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!

We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!

For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.

DECEMBER 7, 2010- Natures Postage Due:

Nancyruth

Lois

Vicky

Dawn L

Anne

Peggysue

Susan

Connie

Claudine

Dawn

Joanne T

Nicole

Marilynn

Geri

Lynn

Emily N

Mark’s Finest Papers

Here it is day 2 of the blog hop and the set being featured is filled with wonderful images and sentiment. Here is just one of each. I colored with copics, then cut on the straight line of the image and matted on kiwi kiss and then a bluegreen cs layer that I also used on the bottom half of my base. My dp is DCWV. My sentiment is matted on kiwi kiss also. I cut the 3 butterflies out after coloring them exactly alike and created my 3D butterfly. I have a tutorial in my labels if you care to check it out. I love making these. They just add so much. I covered my seams with some kiwi ribbon, popped up my focal image and added some stickles for shine.

Here is a close up of this laying flat so you can see the dimension. Now go check out everyone else (links are listed above).

Priscilla Styles 3D Butterfly

This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER # 186 - Bobbie's Girl aka Carol. I chose to CASE her GREEN BUTTERFLY. I changed the colors, layout and used satin ribbon instead of crochetted, and I left off the dew drops.
I also found inspiration from this MARIAH BELT from Saturday's INSPIRATION CHALLENGE # 247 - ModCloth Site.
My layout is Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 295.
My colors also are used for the CRAFT DIGITAL ART CENTER COLOR CHALLENGE # 5 - Yellow and Brown and I distressed the edges of my focal panel then ink distressed with antique linen sponged around the edges for CRAFT DIGITAL ART CENTER OTHER THEME CHALLENGE # 5 - Distressing.
My butterflies are from PRISCILLA STYLES STORE. I printed 3 in a larger size, cut them out, colored them tehn created my 3D butterfly with them and placed it in the lower right corner.
The sentiment is one I grabbed from a Famous Quotes web site. I thought it was fitting for butterfly images. I love how this turned out and hope you do to.
Here are some close up views of the 3D butterfly:




RECIPE:
Stamps: Butterfly - Priscilla Styles
Paper: white, brown, So Saffron, Recollections dp
Ink: Antique Linen Distressing Ink
Accessories: digital images, stickles, ribbon, edge distressor, sponges
Techniques: edge distressing, ink distrssing, 3D Butterfly

CASE of Butterfly Kisses

Hi,

I thought I would share something I found when I 1st started stamping. Sorry I can not remember where I found it.

I love making 3D projects, especially butterflies. They are so pretty.

So here is the how:

Step #1

Begin with 3 punched or stamped and cut out butterflies. If you use a stamped and cut out image keep in mind the right and left wings MUST be exactly alike.

Step #2

attach the left wing of #1 and the right wing of #2 together.

Step #3

attached the right wing of #3 to the left wing of #2.

Step #4:

Now you are ready to fold the wings up and attached the left wing of #1 and the right wing of #3 onto your layer that will be placed on your project or directly on your project whichever applies. I hope this is helpful to you and you try these gorgeous adornments soon. Let me know when you do so I can ooooh and aaah at it.

Happy Sunday and the last day of my 1st week long vacation in over 5yrs. It has been a blast. The supervisor even called this morning to see if Jessie would like 1 more day of his vacation. Have I mentioned how I like it when he is working on the weekend? It gives ime to clean, rest, play without feeling guilty. LOL. Oh well I love spending time with him so I think we may try to go OOT for lunch. This is for today's FEATURED STAMPER - Kisamari. I enjoyed browsing through her gallery and decided on CASEing her JUST BUGZ Card. I changed the bug to a Butterfly, the colors and the layout. I was able to see this weeks sketch from OUR CREATIVE CORNER before IE said it could not display the page :0 ??? Not sure what is going on there. I used my new glitter dp from DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies Stack and my new butterfly punch. I am not paper punch creative so this is all I could come up with for Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE - Creative Images. I punched 3 butterflies out then adhered the eges and attached to white cs. Folded the wings up and applied some stickles. I do love how these 3D butterflies look. The sentiment is from Butterfly Kisses stamp set from TREEHOUSE STAMPS and is stamped in pink passion.
RECIPE: Stamps: Butterfly Kisses - Treehouse Stamps
Paper: hot pink, DCWV Blossoms & Butterflies Glitter Stack
Ink: Pink Passion
Accessories: ribbon, stickles, dimensionals
Techniques: 3D Butterfly