A challenge....a recipe

Hello all!

I have been out of commission for a while. Hospitalized for a time and a pending surgery coming up. I needed some "me" time to play and reflect on all that I love. MariLynn and I try to touch base on a daily basis and I have her to thank for this creation. Her challenge for us was a "recipe". She picked two criteria and I picked two. MariLynn chose butterflies and pearls and I chose (forgetting I'd done something quite similar) the color teal and lace. I used a variety of dp and a piece of dictionary page. I sponged around the papers before I matte mod podged them onto the paper. The butterflies were cut from different dps with the exception of the light blue one with pearls (that is the SU! embosslit). I used the Unity stamps Art & Possibility, The Time is Now and an itty bitty. Also used Elements of Style from SU. I managed teal with bermuda bay ink, black ink for other stamping. Teal pearls were used on the body of my centerpiece butterfly and then white pearls for a trail. Teal lace in two different colors and an antique brad. Clear snap shiny spray was painted on the butterfly and sentiment. None of my glittery sprays work....suggestions...I believe I have tried them all!

Pam

This is MariLynn. This is my card that I made using the recipe of butterflies, pearls, teal and lace. I used this week's MojoMonday 369 sketch for my card. I took a piece of teal cardstock. I embossed it with my french script embossing folder and my cuttlebug. I then covered that teal cardstock with glue encyclopedia scraps and  white paint. I wanted it to dry quickly so I put it on a foil lined cookie sheet and I put it in my oven. It dried in 2 mins. I was very happy with the results. I might have to try it again. I let it cool and I used a stencil and copper inka gold. I also took gold paint and went over the embossed script. I cut it into thirds. I wanted to have my pearls for my butterfly trails. I only had straight pearl strips. So I cut each pearl apart and using tweezers and put them down one at a time. It was fun playing with this recipe. If you would like to play along. All for fun of course,  be sure to include 1. Butterflies  2. Pearls  3. Teal  4 Lace on your card and link it in the comments section.

Tribute to a friend

MariLynn posted a card on her blog the other day casing me and it can be found on her blog Mississippi McGyver. As she said, on Sundays at Split Coast Stampers, members are featured and we are encouraged to case something from the featured stampers' gallery. Neither one of us have ever been chosen so on Monday, we decided to case one another. I love MariLynn's style. Lots of layers, colors (loves blue) and butterflies. Butterflies are always a must. I did a technique called serendipity squares which can be found here and cased these two creations; MIX64 Hello Spring and He made all things beautiful and tried to capture her love of butterflies, burlap, flowers and layers. I used a scrap of gorgeous dp on my desk and went to work. I used the swirl embossing folder and then Inca Gold in gold, green and blue on embossed areas. Also, used Elements of Style  and embossed it with a distressed green ep. I almost forgot, I managed to fit in the TLC from Monday on SCS TLC503....to use a pencil eraser somehow on our projects...my butterfly trails are pencil erasers stamped in versa mark and embossed in gold. I am thankful for all of my stamping friends and their friendship!

Have a lovely day!

Pam