Butterflies - Wednesday Stamper

I got on a roll with this week's Wednesday Stamper theme of butterflies. I love spring and it feels like spring here today. Here are three cards that I made using this theme.

The lighter butterfly images were made using a Technique Tuesday stamp and Castaway ink applied to cardstock to which I'd applied Peeled Paint distress ink. The darker toned butterflies were Art by Moonlight images stamped with Versamark. The sentiment was also by Art by Moonlight. Art by Moonlight stamps, as well as a number of other gorgeous stamp lines, are available at Stamp Francisco. The winged people are by Time to Stamp.


This card originally started out as an ATC that I turned into an A2 size card. The stamps used were both Art by Moonlight. The main image was colored with colored pencils and Gamsol. The card front was embossed with the tapestry texture Cuttlebug embossing folder.


This card was made with a Sunday International art doll image stamped on Scarlet's Letter Bazzill paper. The other stamp images were by Ma Vinci. The butterflies were Spellbinders cut and emboss dies used on more Scarlet's Letter paper then brushed with a charcoal chalk ink Cat's Eye.

More fun with Castaway

Yesterday I 'distressed' some white cardstock with some Ranger distress inks. I wanted to play around with the Castaway ink pad again. I kind of like how unpredictable this can be. It's not unpredictable in the sense that I don't know if it's going to work. It works great every time. I just don't always know what color will come through. That's where some of the fun comes in.

This first card has Peeled Paint distressed cardstock as the base. The lighter green image is the effect of the Castaway ink. This wasn't exactly a strong bleach effect, but definitely a distinct effect. The stamps are by InkaStamps. The border was made using the Fiskars lace punch and I edged the card with a copper leafing pen.


This next card has Dusty Concord distressed cardstock as the base. In this case the Castaway ink turned out to be that pale blue color at the upper left. These images are all by Non Sequitur. The sentiment is by Art by Moonlight.


I should mention that I do follow the instructions on the Castaway pad. I give the ink at least 5 minutes to dry before applying heat to it with my iron. I haven't tried using my heat gun on it to see if it'll get as nice a result. I've been enjoying finally using my iron for something fun instead. LOL!

Tsubasa's wings

I've been so absorbed with making ATCs and ARCs that I haven't been making as many regular cards lately. I changed that trend today and made a square Asian card featuring Inkastamps' stamp of the month.

Tsubasa's wings

The stamp of the month is the image in the center, called Tsubasa's wings. I stamped it using Castaway ink, which I was using for the first time. It worked beautifully! I tried something that Dymphie on 2Peas had mentioned, which was stamping with this ink on paper colored with Ranger's Distress Inks. Thanks so much, Dymphie! The above was stamped on regular white cardstock to which I'd applied Fired Brick distress ink by DTP technique. I stamped the image with Castaway, waited 5 minutes and then heated it with an iron. It has the look of ivory, not quite a pure white, and though I originally intended to color it, I decided to leave it as it was. The rest of the images are also by Inkastamps, the background stamped with Peeled Paint distress ink and the sentiment with Brilliance Lightning black ink . The border is paper from Stone House Stamps, punched with a Fiskars lace border punch. I think that this technique of using Castaway ink and distress inks is going to be a keeper!