Ribbons and Butterflies

I totally took advantage of the buy 2 get 1 free Stampaganza special we have going on this month with Close to My Heart. That long list of stamps I had on my wish list got a lot shorter after June 1st :)  Some of the cards I had been eyeing were the quick card stamps. I posted the video earlier in the month on the blog, but I hadn't had a chance to use them yet.  This past weekend I had my chance.  It just so happened that this week's challenge over at Heart 2 Heart  was to make something with at least one ribbon on it.   So, I got to play with my new Quick Card Butterfly stamp and use up some of my ribbon stash.  Here's what I came up with.

The little 3x3 card I totally lifted from Lisa Stenz's project this month.    She has some wonderful ideas.    I loved it so much I knew I had to try it.  I used Chocolate and Sunset ink on mine and the little "thank you" is from another A size stamp set, A Garden.  While I was playing around with my butterfly I thought I would try the same idea on a bigger card.   I used my trusty daubers again and carefully daubed on Chocolate, Indian Corn Blue, and Sunset inks, then stamped onto a Colonial White A2 size card from CTMH.  The "Thank You" is from the stamp set 4 My Friend.   I added some brown ribbon from my stash and there you have it, quick and simple. 

I also had fun with the stamp set, New Arrival.  I have a friend expecting and she had a shower last weekend.  I had whipped up a card for the shower and I like how it turned out, so I made a few more.  Hers was brown and pink, but I went ahead and made some blue and brown, too.  Just in case there might be some little boys in the future. 

Again, very simple cards, but I thought they turned out quite cute.  The stamp was done in Cocoa Ink on Colonial White cardstock.  The brown cardstock is Cocoa.  The shades of blue and pink were some I had in my stash and I'm not quite sure what brand.  I've had the ribbon for quite some time and when I found it I knew I wanted to use it, so I kind of designed my card around it.  Very simple design, but it worked!  They, too, fit the Heart 2 Heart challenge this week. 

Remember you have until the end of June to take advantage of the Stampaganza, buy 2 get one free special.  It's a perfect time to start whittling away at your wish list. 

That's it for tonight.   Thanks for stopping by.  Come back by tomorrow and I'll have my #3 Studio J layout posted.

Happy Scrapping!