Metallic Gold and Pink Mica Butterfly Card

The butterfly is an image I traced and cut from pink mica paper.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up Whimsical Words set.  I deckled the edges using a pair of scissors. The sentiment and the leaves were stamped using gold metallic ink.  The flowers were stamped with Melon Mambo ink.

Grunge Card

I was inspired by Gwen Edelman's card using Stampin' Up's Gorgeous Grunge stamp set to make this one.  I've wanted that stamp set ever since it was shown in the catalog and have never gotten around to ordering it.

This morning, I went through my stamp catalog and selected multiple "grunge" images to create my version.  I added some straight lines with a Stampin' Up marker over the stamped images.  The oval was punched with a 1 3/8 x 2" punch.

The butterfly is from the Papillon Potpourri set, punched with the Bitty Butterfly punch.  The sentiment is from Whimsical Words stamp set. I used Memento Tuxedo Black, Lady Bug red, Bamboo Leaves green, and Dandelion yellow inks.