Monday, August 5, 2013

Taylored Expressions August Sneak Peek: Butterfly Parade


It's the first day of sneak peeks for August and Taylor and her team have so much to show you. I'm playing along today with a new set and the coordinating dies I illustrated—Butterfly Parade. For my first card, I stamped two sizes and styles of butterflies with distress ink and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I created the focal panel using banner stacklets 2 and two of the Curly Swirlies dies, then layered the butterflies in a whimsical flight. 



Next up, I've created a variation on the same theme and stamped butterflies in a variety of sizes in raspberry fizz ink and highlighted one cut in felt. I love the dotted swirly line in this set and can see myself using it with other stamps and dies. 



And finally, here's a very simple card starting with the fun butterfly trail sentiment and a few butterflies cut from felt and accented with half pearls.




...wishing you a beautiful day...
~Nancy

7 comments:

Jami said...

So glad you could play along today! Love those felt butterflies and I also love the use of the curly swirly die!

Joan Ervin said...

All of your butterfly cards are sooo pretty...I especially love the third card with the teal felt butterflies and the sentiment trail....gorgeous!!!

Jen Shults said...

These are fabulous Nancy! I especially love the bold colors paired with the black and kraft in your first card. Just stunning!

Shannon White said...

Just LOVE all of these Nancy!! could't pic a favorite if I tried!! They are all so Pretty And Cheery in their own way! Love them! 8-)

Hugs
Shannon

Unknown said...

Wonderful, Nancy! Love all of these fabulous butterflies -- so very sweet and timeless!

Shelly said...

Oooh, love your butterfly cards, Nancy! The white, pink and kraft one is my favorite but I'm lovin' the felt butterflies too. Hope you're having a great day, hugs!

Natalie said...

Delightful butterfly cards!!