A sweet butterfly themed layout and 3 Christmas cards by Beverly Sizemore

Hi, Beverly here today to share a quick and easy scrapbook layout done with three different Hampton Art stamp sets.   I’ve always loved butterflies and even consider myself a “collector” (of butterfly rubber stamps).  

I got my first hanging basket of Trailing Angelonia this summer and was thrilled to see butterflies “hanging out” with it.  So not only is the plant beautiful, it is useful for attracting butterflies (and hummingbirds) as well.

MY BUTTERFLY GARDEN SCRAPBOOK PAGE SUPPLY LIST:

Stamps -- Hampton Art (IC0226 for Arrow, IC0162 for Tag and

                SC0525 for Butterfly)

Ink Pad -- Clearsnap, Inc. (Colorbox Archival Dye in Wicked Black)

Patterned Paper -- KI Memories (KI10062 Flutter Lovely/Ruffle)

Alphabet Stickers -- Glitz Design

Pearls -- Queen & Company

Baker’s Twine -- The Twinery

Misc. -- Black and White Cardstock

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.  Trim patterned butterfly paper to create border.  Adhere down

     left side of page.

2.  Stamp arrows with black ink on white cardstock.  Trim and adhere to

     top and bottom.

3.  Adhere photo between arrows.

4.  Create title by mounting alphabet stickers on black cardstock and then

     white cardstock.  Adhere above and below photo.

5.  Stamp tag image with black ink on white cardstock.  Trim closely and

     tie baker’s twine bow at end.  Do journaling on tag.  Adhere to lower

     right corner of photo.

6.  Stamp three butterfly images with black ink on white cardstock.  Trim

     each and adhere as shown.  Adhere three pearls on each stamped

     butterfly.

Designer:  Beverly Sizemore

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Hello my crafty friends…it’s Beverly today to share three cards.  You know how each year you say you are going to make Christmas cards BEFORE the holiday rush.  Yep, I say it every year too.  J  So don’t faint when you see these cards because I actually did it this year!   It’s easy to get a head start when you have pretty holiday images to work with like these from Hampton Art.  I kept the cards simple so it would not be “work” to reproduce several of them at a time.  So fa la la, get your stamps and inks out and get to work!  Just think how glad you will be when Christmas rolls around.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS WREATH CARD SUPPLIES:

Stamps -- Hampton Art (PS0460A Snowflake Wreath and

                PS0716 Merry Christmas)

Ink Pad -- Clearsnap, Inc. (Watermark)

Embossing Powder -- Clearsnap, Inc. (White)

Circle Diecuts -- Sizzix Framelits

Twine -- Jillibean Soup (jbr442 navy and white)

Foam Tape -- Scotch/3M

Cardstock -- Navy and white

Pearls -- Recollections

INSTRUCTIONS:  Heat emboss wreath image and sentiment on navy cardstock with embossing powder.  Trim each as shown and mount on white cardstock.  Wrap twine around top of wreath and tie bow.  Mount with foam tape to larger white cardstock die-cut circle.  Adhere white pearls on wreath.

Adhere to top center of navy card base.  Adhere sentiment below wreath.

Designer:  Beverly Sizemore

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MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS CARD SUPPLIES:

Stamps -- Hampton Art (PS0670 Music and PS0721 Santa)

Ink Pads-- Clearsnap, Inc. (Stephanie Barnard Colorbox in

                 Strawberry and Spearmint)

Cardstock -- Diecuts With A View (The Evergreen Stack)

Circle Diecut -- Sizzix Framelits

Baker’s Twine -- The Twinery

Jewel Swirls -- Recollections

Foam Tape -- Scotch/3M

INSTRUCTIONS:  Stamp Santa image and music image with red ink on white cardstock.  Trim Santa shape into circle using Sizzix Framelit die and trim music image.  Mount music on green and then red patterned foil cardstock.  Create banners from foil patterned cardstock.  Adhere images as shown.  Secure baker’s twine and baker’s twine bow on card base and Santa image.  Adhere rhinestone swirls to banners.

Designer:  Beverly Sizemore

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LOVE AND CHEER CARD SUPPLY LIST:

Stamps -- Hampton Art (PS0465A Santa and PS0718 Sentiment)

Ink Pads -- Clearsnap, Inc. (Stephanie Barnard Colorbox in

                  Strawberry and Spearmint)

Jewels -- Recollections

Cardstock -- Diecuts With A View

Patterned Cardstock -- Diecuts With A View (The Evergreen Stack)

Circle Diecuts -- Sizzix Framelits

Foam Tape -- Scotch/3M

INSTRUCTIONS:

Trim two shades of green cardstock and patterned dot cardsock for your card base.  Stamp Santa image once with strawberry ink and twice with spearmint ink on diecut circles.  Adhere down left side of card base.  Stamp sentiment once with strawberry ink and once with spearmint ink.  Trim and mount to base with foam tape.  Adhere jewels between sentiments.

Designer:  Beverly Sizemore