07/01/2013

J&C Creations - Social Butterfly with Penny Black!

Good Morning!
This week over at the J&C CREATIONS BLOG we are all about Penny Black! This particular brand of stamps has been around for years! You may know them best for their cute hedgehog themed wooden stamps and various animals. 
Today however I thought I would use of their newest Transparent Sets which is more of a Modern theme for them but just as loveable! I have used 'Social Butterfly'.


For my card I wanted to make it all about the stamps so I decided that a Clean & Simple style would work the best! To start off I stamped the sentiment that came in the set in the bottom right corner of some white card stock that I had cut to fit some black card stock. I chose the spotty Butterfly design and stamped it in the centre with the smaller stripy butterfly to the left. Next without re-inking I stamped the stripy butterfly again in  the top left. This technique is called 'Second Generation Stamping'

To make the centre Butterfly stand out I have coloured it in with 3 different Distress Markers. I have used the lightest to the darkest shades from the inside outwards of the butterfly, blending together with a water brush pen. Next I added some Distress Stickles which unfortunately you can't really see in the photograph. I then finished it off with some Glossy Accents over the top!

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
CUTE CARD THURSDAY - SOMETHING NEW
SIMON SAYS STAMP - NEW SOMETHING
(The  Butterfly Stamp Set is new)
ALLSORTS - CLEAN & SIMPLE
CUPCAKE CRAFT - JANUARY BLUES




INGREDIENTS -
Penny Black T-Set 'Social Butterfly'
Black Foundations Card Stock
White Card Stock
Dew Drops
Distress Stickles - Rock Candy
Ranger Glossy Accents


INKS USED -
Archival Ink - Jet Black
Distress Markers - Tumbled Glass, Broken China & Weathered Wood

Before I go I wanted to share some great news with you all, I have a card featured in this month's issue of Craft Stamper Magazine (Feb 2013)! The card is part of the 'Ready, Set, Stamp! Feature!' that showcases a selection of cards you can make under 30 minutes along with a particular colour scheme!
My card is on the bottom left ...



Thanks for popping by!
HAPPY CRAFTING!

XXX

14 comments:

CraftyNatalie said...

Beautiful card

Natalie

Crafts-by-Alison.blogspot.com said...

Another stunningly beautiful card and thank you for putting up with my ignorance. Alison xxx

Tess Ekwall said...

wow, what a fabulous card!! lovely!!

Sue said...

This is stunning, I really love the design and colours.

Well done for having one of your gorgeous cards in the magazine

Sue xx

rachel said...

stunning card Nat - really beautiful - congrats on the craft stamper card feature too - WTG girl xx

Alyce Kit and Clowder said...

beautiful! these stamps are adorable and the colours are so lovely :)

Tina said...

Fabbutterfly card, love the colours and congratulations on your card in the magazine.Tinaxx

debby4000 said...

Gorgeous and beautiful Nat and PB showcased it on FB too.
luv
Debby

Melissa Bove said...

Gorgeous card!! I love those pretty butterflies!!

Congrats on getting featured too!!

Thank you very much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog!

Hugs...
Melissa

Unknown said...

Such a pretty and elegant card! Thanks for joining us over at Cupcake Craft Challenge this week! Good Luck!
Congrats on beeing published!! Woot woot!! Hugs and sunshine

Sharon said...

Love the colours on your card and the stamps are lovely. Thanks for playing along with us at CCT.x

Delphine said...

Wonderful indeed, and gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at Cupcake and good luck! Delphine xx

Anonymous said...

Totally Gorgeous Card! LOVE the colour tones and also LOVE the stamps too! hugs me x

Jocelyn aka JoBear2 said...

Stunning card - wow! So elegant!

How fantastic to have your work featured in a magazine. Congratulations!!

Jocelyn
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