Butterfly with Stitched Flourishes

This week's code word at Addicted to Clean and Simple is STITCHED!

I used an old Bazzill Basics piercing template, and stitched the flourishes with twisted green twine.  The butterfly die cuts are from Spellbinders and the wings are popped up, the sentiment from Above Rubies Studio. 

ODBD August Challenge - Thank You

Oops Note:  I didn't pay attention closely enough, and I can only enter this challenge once.  I had already entered earlier in the month.  I deleted my link up from the OWH page.  They are 2 cards short of the 50 cards needed by Sunday night - help them out!!!!!

This month's challenge from Operation Write Home and Our Daily Bread Designs is to create a thank you card.  Thank YOU ODBD!  Here is my card:

Spellbinder tag die, Above Rubies Studio sentiment, red button and twine from stash, Bo Bunny Liberty paper, Cuttlebug stars embossing folder. 

ODBD August Challenge - Stars!!

Our Daily Bread Designs sponsors a monthly challenge.  If 50 people link up a card, they will pay the shipping cost for TWO boxes of cards for our deployed heroes.  Win for everyone!

This month's challenge if to make a card with stars.  Here is mine:

Spellbinders star dies, twine, heat embossed Fiskars sentiment, Darice wood grain embossing on the wood grain paper.  I like this one!!!  Finally, one I don't have to add to the recycling bin!!!!!

Don't forget to check out this month's challenge over at Words2ScrapBy.blogspot.com - From Darkness to Light!!

OWH Tuesday Tutorial - Paint Chips

This week's Tuesday Tutorial over at Operation Write Home is to create a card using paint chips. I have used paint chips in a few other cards on my blog.  Click here or here to see other paint chip cards. 

Here is mine:

Spellbinder die, SU! Sincere Salutations, twine a gift from my friend Annette, tiny pink pearls from my stash. 

Thing: Twine - Drunken Stampers Challenge 137

Challenge #137 over at Drunken Stampers is to create a card using twine. 

A half dozen of these is my "go to" hostess gift.  Clean and simple, with a nice personal touch. 

Confession time.  I cheat.  I use adhesive vinyl for the white circle and the letters.  On my cutter, I cut the circle, and then cut the letter inside the circle.  I place the letter onto a colored circle of cardstock, and the vinyl circle on a die cut scallop.  The vinyl has a bit of shine, and I never have glue goobers.  And no one is the wiser...

Twine is We R Memory Keepers Sew Easy Fancy Floss.  Cuttlebug embossing folders.  1/2" corner chomper.  Card size is A2.  Font is Lucinda Handwriting.  I doubt I will use this font again for the letter "B",  I think it looks too much like Barbie!