Sunday 6 September 2015

Stampin' on Sunday ~ Butterfly Basics

It was "Back to School" last week, for me if not the children. The first classes of the new term. I decided to use the same set of stamps as I had in the last class of the Summer term. I like to show how versatile a set can be if you give it a little thought.

























The mesh design, a postmark and that lovely sentiment from the Butterfly Basics set. Some speckling from Gorgeous Grunge and the intricate butterfly die, layered with a little punched one, to finish off.

























Here I added my favourite Hardwood background stamp and punched out some hexagon apertures for that mesh to peep through. A different sentiment and some punched butterflies raised on foam pads for dimension.

























This time I stamped the mesh and speckles onto a piece of card so that I could punch the hexagons out and add on top of the background mat. I thought this would make a good male card. It could be adapted to any colour scheme, but this is one I never grow tired of.

I'll share the final card from that class (and the story of the unexpected shed) on Wednesday. It's a glorious day here. Hope the sun is shining with you too.

6 comments:

Abi said...

I love those hexagons. They make your eye travel right across the card. Lovely designs as always.

Sandra said...

Someone at the crop had the hexagon punch ... I'm very VERY tempted lol. Love how you've used it

Sian said...

I think I commented on that wood background before..it is lovely

Jo said...

Another set of beautiful cards x

KraftyKaren said...

Really lovely cards x

Gail said...

They're all really lovely - I especially love that butterfly in the first one!