davebrethauer

Butterfly Wishes

 

Hello friends-

 

I just finished watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee and it ended the same time I finished my card.  Ironically I designed my card this week using a beautiful piece of Dave's 6 x 6" Poppyfinch paper and it has part of the alphabet on it.  I say way to go Tami!!  I matched my card to a TV program!!  I know boring right but I love watching those young spellers ace those ginormous words!!   OK back to the card.  First I must say I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Poppyfinch paper collection and have had my eyes on this particular piece of paper for quite some time.  I decided it was time to score it in half and make a card out of the paper.  Then I decided to "kick it up a notch".  It took me quite awhile to get all *the little details* just right but I am quite pleased at how it came out.  And, I have my Mom's birthday card made a month and a half early!!  I promise you this card looks much betterin person.  I am working on getting a digital camera or locating my old one so I can photograph my cards instead of scanning and cropping them.  I hope you will enjoy my card as I'm quite fussy.  Just ask my stampy friends but we won't go there right now!! 

 

I had another busy week teaching classes and whatnot.  It hit close to 80 degrees on Thursday and it sure was a hot one!!  I managed to squeeze in *a little shopping* this week (imagine that?).  I hope you all have a great and suntastic weekend.  I am leaving town on Friday with a friend and we are going to a "chick flick two-day crop."  I am so excited!!  I appreciate you stopping by so please leave me a *little* love if you would be so kind.  See you next Friday...same day, same place.  Tami 

 

 

Supply List:

Notecard:  Begonia

Other cardstock:  Classic Crest Solar White 80lb. Cover

Paper collection:  Poppyfinch

Stamps:  Fritillary Butterfly B1058, Happy Birthday B1228 

Jewel Stickers:  Canary, Pistachio

Pearl Stickers:  Babypink 

Inks:  Versafine-Vintage Sepia; Color Box Chalk Ink-Creamy Brown; Versa Magic-Pixie Dust

Punch:  Stampin' Up Photo Corners

Spica Glitter pens:  Mint, Buttermilk 

Sizzix Machine:  Red Circle Die

Cuttlebug Machine:  Swiss Dots Embossing Folder

Stickles:  Diamond

 

Card Directions:

Cut white paper to 6 1/4 x 6 1/2" and score the 6 1/2" width at 3 1/4".  The card will measure 3 1/4 x 6 1/4" when folded.  Tint the white paper edges pink using Pixie Dust ink.  Stamp Butterfly in Vintage Sepia ink on a matching paper from the Poppyfinch collection and cut out as shown.  Distress background paper (I cut a 6 x 6" paper in half) with Creamy Brownink.  Layer white Cuttlebugged circle to  a Begoniacircle (I used a notecard) and glue on card as shown. Add Canary and Pistachio jewels to the butterfly.  Punch out a photo corner using a Begonia scrap and distress with Creamy Brown ink.  Glue on card and then apply three Babypink pearls.   Outline butterfly, photo corner, and pink circle with the Spica Glitter pens (new colors) listed above.  I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment inside the card using Vintage Sepia ink.  It was hard for me not to use ribbon on this card but I liked it as is and hopefully you will too!!  Thanks again for visiting the Memory Box blog.  : )  Smile its Friday!!   

Basketball Penguin Clear Stamp

OK all you penguin fans - here's another entry into our line of Memory Box penguins. Our Basketball Penguin clear set - CL137 - is perfect for a basketball fan on your greeting card list. The uniform can be added to the penguin body (or he can be a referee). 

We wanted to "trace" the bounce of the ball and those great little Jewel Stickers were great for just such a job! I applied Cherry Red jewels in a graceful, bouncing arc to make it look like the ball was heading for the penguin.

I'll share another new clear set idea next week - tomorrow you can look forward to another fun post from Tami!

A Burst Of Color

Hello and welcome back to my Tuesday guest blog. I appreciate all of you that stop by to visit. I hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend. I got to play with some of the new crystal clear stamp sets this week & let me just say, you are going to love them!! There are so many fun images in these new sets, it was hard to pick which one to start with. In my project this week, all images are from the "Little Birdie" (CL133) Clear set except for the "thanks" sentiment, and that came out of the "Hear Me Roar" (CL131) clear set. I wanted to keep the design simple, but use some bright, fun colors to really show off this beautiful & unique new flower image. The thing I love about this flower is, you can create so many different looks just by the way you color the flower or choose to embellish it.

The coloring is slightly off in my photo, but it gives you a basic idea on colors.

Start with a Raspberry note card.  Stamp the larger "circle burst" image (from Little Birdie Clear set) randomly on Raspberry note card (I used Memento Rose Bud ink). Cut a strip of Tangerine Biscotti paper to 4.25" x 1". Tie with ribbon if desired. I used black grosgrain in this case. Adhere to your Raspberry note card. Cut a piece of white card stock to 2" x 2.5". Stamp your flower image (I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink) & color how you desire. I used Copics in this project. I stamped the "thanks" sentiment in Memento Tuxedo black & stamped the smaller "burst" image just to the left for fun using Memento Rose Bud ink. I added a strip of Grass Jewels (15509) across the bottom for some sparkle. Adhere your white piece to a black piece of card stock cut slightly larger & adhere to the Raspberry base.

Be sure to check out Dave's post below where there are some wonderful card samples using the new clear sets!! See you again next Tuesday. Enjoy your day!

New Clear Stamps!

We've been really busy in the design studio cranking out samples with the new clear sets! I am always amazed at how wonderfully these stamps are for positioning and making little scenes.

This is the CL139 Seeds and Stems set - it has circles with dots, some seed burst patterns and long stems that bend into beautiful tall, curves. We used a number of green ink pads to create this little scene - something serene to look at. We kept the composition simple but added a few diamond jewel stickers to add a little sparkle to the floating seeds.

It's easy to work the images together - I like to put the large circles down first, then start adding the little seedbursts on the large circles. Stamping some smaller seed shapes floating around the card makes things a little more interesting. Remember to use a lighter color for the large circles, so that the seeds show up on top of them.

This set - CL133 Little Birdie - has some birds and blooms to play with. My Favorite thing about the set is the choice of legs - long, short or no legs. You can make a row of birds or just stamp it out individually. We used the flower and leaves in the set to make a side panel - the flower is designed with the same clean lines that we used for the bird.

We stamped a musical note (from the set) near the bird - and embellished it with a jewel sticker.

And here's a close-up of the flower, decorated with  lagoon jewels and colored with copics. The overlapping lines provide lots of opportunity for overlapping color.

Finally, a fun and silly card. This is from the CL132 Giraffe Party Set - and it is sooo easy to make a card with this set. First of all it has the grass stamp, which makes a great base for a scene. I had a similar one in an old set - but when we discontinued it I found that I really missed it. 

It's simple to put the branch where you want it, so that the giraffe is really stretching it's neck to get to the leaves - and the branch itself can be decorated with jewel "berries".

The "it's been so long" sentiment is great for sending a card to someone you haven't talked to in a while.

I'll share more of the new stuff with you this week! Thanks to everybody who has been enjoying our memory box blogs - we've received such great feedback on our content! Videos, projects, dazzling cards and scrapbook pages - I am so proud of the team we have at Memory Box!

Oh happy day...

 

Hello everyone-

I hope you have had a great week so far and for those of you in the US I'm sure you are looking forward to the long three-day weekend (well some of us anyway).  We had two days of unusually HOT May weather in Minnesota this week.  It reached 96 degrees on Tuesday and it was really hot and windy on Wednesday...kind of a strange combination!!  

I will not bore you any longer and get on with my card details.  As always thanks for stopping by and please leave a comment if you would be so kind.  Its always greatly appreciated and its not that difficult or too time consuming!!  It really takes me a long time to do all this but who's complaining??!!  I like the challenge of trying to figure out Typepad and coming up with a new Memory Box card every week!!  Heck it keeps me out of trouble (stamp, ribbon, and paper shopping)...LOL!!  I really do enjoy being a guest blogger for Dave and appreciate all of you!!  Do you know there are a total of five amazing Memory Box blogs just packed with all kinds of inspiration and beautiful samples?  I myself need to spend some more time on these other fabulous Memory Box blogs and leave the other gals some *blog love* while I'm at it!!  Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy reading about my card (hopefully you will like it too) and I'll *see you* again next Friday!!  My laptop has been acting up all week and its so nerve racking.  Have a pleasant and safe holiday weekend.  Me...I'll be stamping up a storm as I have another class on Sunday.  Stay COOL my friends  and thanks for coming by for a peek peeps!!  Sunshine wishes and oh happy day!!  Tami  :'] 

 

Notecards:  Jack O Lantern and Vanilla Bean 

Paper collection:  Fernbrae

Stamps:  Butterflies B1206, Oh Happy Day B1216, Sun A885  

Jewel Stickers:  Canary

Pearl Stickers:  24-Karat Gold 

Inks:  Memento Rich Cocoa; Color Box Chalk Inks Chestnut Roan, Yellow Citrus, and Tangerine

Punch:  Marvy Southwest Corner

Metallic Thread:  Copper used in each corner

Spica Glitter pens:  Clear, Gold, and Yellow 

Copic Markers:  Y02, Y13, Y19, Y38, YR07, YR16, YR18

Ribbon:  approximately 2 1/2" brown checked

Ranger Stickles (inside of card to fill in Sun image.  Use Diamond, Yellow, or Orange).  You could also use Tombow marker(s) or Glitter or Glaze pens.  I sometimes use Canary gems on the lines of the sun.  **Thanks Lauri R. for the *rays of sunshine* jewel tip.   

Other Paper:  Neenah Natural White Linen 80lb. Cover.  I could have used an Eggshell Notecard but I didn't want to cut into it for a tiny piece to stamp the sentiment. 

 

Card Instructions:

Cut the beautiful sheet of flower paper from the Fernbrae collection to 4" x 5 1/4"  as shown on my card.  Punch each corner using the Southwest Corner punch (the punch makes two little notches).  Cut a 6" piece of Copper metallic thread.  Cut it into four equal pieces (1 1/2") and set aside.  Use Chestnut Roan to ink the edges of the pretty background paper. Next adhere the Copper metallic thread (Gold thread would work too) to each corner by using Scotch tape on the backside of the paper.  I use a small piece to hold it down on the back and then I wrap it through both notices on the front and then affix the other end to the back of the paper using another small piece of tape. I have been doing this for years and I LOVE the look!!  Stamp sentiment on a small piece of Natural White linen paper using Rich Cocoa ink.  Edge small sentiment with Yellow Citrus and Tangerine (some times I like to apply two colors of Chalk Inks when I edge the paper).  Next layer the sentiment using a piece of Vanilla Bean brown paper.  Outline the edges of the sentiment using a Yellow Spica glitter pen.  Stamp Butterflies as shown with Rich Cocoa and color in each one with Copics or other markers such as Tombow. After coloring, I used a Clear Spica glitter pen on each butterfly.  Next outline each flower on the background paper with a Gold Spica glitter pen.  I added a 24-Karat Gold pearl to seven different flowers as shown. Tie a single knot bow and apply to layered sentiment with a Glue Dot.  Stamp Sun inside of card using the Rich Cocoa ink and color with a water based marker(s), Stickles, or a glitter pen(s).  Whew, that's it and there you have another pretty card idea!!  Wow this took me a long time to write up or should I say type up!! Thanks again!!  :0'

 

Oh I almost forgot one last important step.  *Underline* the sentiment with five Canary jewels.  Sometimes I use just one jewel and stick it in the middle of the letter o but in this case I wanted more emphasis on oh happy day.  This card would also look great using other Memory Box notecards such as Vanilla Bean, Mango or Paprika.  I had a hard time narrowing it down to one color but I chose Jack O Lantern (an old favorite of mine).  You could also use Daffodil pearl stickers or other Memory Box jewels on the flowers.  I may try this card another way over the weekend if time permits??  If so, I will be sure to let you know one way or another.  Have a great day!!  Tami 

A Parsley Sprig Meadow

 

Hi everyone!! Are you ready for a little Tuesday inspiration? I have a fairly simple project this week. I was playing around with the Parsley Sprig (C1262) image on some scrap paper & realized that it could be used to make some meadow-like grass, so I played around with that idea on today's card. I also used the adorable little Nutty Squirrel (D1251) from the Woodland Springtime release. I really adore this sweet squirrel image! I also love how you get an acorn image on the side of the wood block. Definitely a "must have" image!!

Start with a Robin's Egg note card. Cut a piece of Biscotti Lavender paper to 4" x 2 5/8". Adhere to Vanilla Bean card stock cut to a slightly larger size. Then adhere that piece to your Robin's Egg note card. Cut a piece of Sweetbay paper to apx. 2 1/2" x 3". Randomly stamp your Parsley Sprig image to create the meadow-like grass (I used Memento New Sprout ink). Stamp your squirrel image onto the Sweetbay piece (no need to color in), then stamp the squirrel image again onto white card stock, color & cut out (I used Memento Rich Cocoa ink & colored pencils). Adhere your colored image onto your "blank" squirrel image. I paper pieced some Biscotti Lavender paper for the apron. Cut a piece of white card stock to apx. 2 1/2" x 1/2" and stamp Good Things (B1248)sentiment onto that piece leaving some space to add your acorn (I used Memento Lulu Lavender). I stamped the single acorn onto a scrap piece of white card stock using Memento Rich Cocoa ink, colored with colored pencils & cut out. I popped up with a dimensional sticker & added to my sentiment piece. I curled the sentiment piece for fun & adhered to my Sweetbay piece. Adhere the Sweetbay piece to a piece of Vanilla Bean card stock cut slightly larger, then again to a piece of white card stock cut slightly larger. I adhered that piece to the Robin's Egg note card using dimensionals. 

I hope you've enjoyed today's card. I will see you again next week!!

Springtime greetings from Mr. Garden Bunny.....Hello!!

 

Note card:  Pea pod

Paper collection:  Poppyfinch

Stamps:  Garden Bunny D1253 and Springtime Greetings B1226 

Jewel Stickers:  Pistachio (3)

White Ribbon:  May Arts 6"

Inks:  Memento Black and New Sprout; Color Box Chalk Ink pads Azurite, Ice Blue, Prussian Blue, Warm Violet and Wisteria

Punches: Marvy Pink Mega Circle and Martha Stewart Trio Butterfly 

Spica Glitter pens:  Clear and Silver 

Sakura Clear Glaze pen (watering can)

Sakura White Souffle pen (bunny's tail)

Copic Markers:  0 blender, CO, C1, R20, RV10, BG10, 110 Black

Ranger Diamond Stickles (bunny's ears, nose and flowers on paper)

White paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb. Cover

 

 

Stamp the three little sprouts in green ink and the main bunny image in black ink.  Little ink pads work great for this task or you can omit part of an image with Scotch tape but remember to take it off your stamp before you stamp out your image!!  I did ink the green area first and then I did the rest of the image in black.  Color in the bunny with Copic markers and punch out image using a large circle punch.  Punch out little butterflies with your paper scraps and edge them with purple ink.  Edge the bunny circle image with blue ink(s).  I like to mix up the ink pad colors to compliment the background paper(s).  Stamp sentiment in purple ink and edge with blue(s) chalk pads.  Cut two coordinating papers from the Poppyfinch collection 2" x

5 1/4" and Scotch tape together on back side in the middle.  I use a lot of Scotch tape when I design cards.  Next edge your 4" x 5 1/4" panel with warm violet or wisteria chalk ink. Apply white ribbon to panel.  Adhere sentiment to background paper and stick on 3 pistachio jewels where there is a dot for the letter i.  I used dimensional dots to pop up the sweet bunny stamp. He is one of my very favorites from the Woodland release!!  Glue on five butterflies to front panel and highlight them with a Spica clear glitter pen.  This will add some sparkle and shimmer.  I love these pens!!  Actually, I love to highlight almost everything with these awesome pens. I also use glaze pens a lot especially clear.  I did squirt on a little Stickles (glitter glue with no mess!) on the pink area of the bunny's ears and his nose as well as on some of the flowers on the pretty background paper.  I love Stickles and sometimes use a small paint brush to move it around.  I did use the Spica silver glitter pen on the watering can followed by two applications of the Sakura clear glaze pen.  Make sure you let the glaze dry good if you apply a second coat of clear glaze.  

 

Well that's it...so many putsy details but that's what I love and what I'm known for...all the little details!!  Whew, this was another long post!!  I hope you like this sweet little garden bunny card and will make one for that special someone??  Who will it be love???? (think of the song)!!  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the other fabulous Memory Box blogs. I have to myself!!  I have a very busy week ahead of me so I must get busy and back to stamping and making class kits.  I hope you will check back next Friday and PLEASE let me know what you think of my card.  Its always nice to get a little blog love!!  Happy stamping and have a super weekend!!...Tami   :-)

Flower Print Cards

I did some home improvement projects this last weekend and remembered a fun thing I learned a while back that involved flowers and hammers (using my hammer on flowers was a lot more fun than building a fence anyway!). When I worked at Impress Rubber Stamps, one of the instructors (Carla Zarkos) did a demo showing how to "press" flowers onto notecards. The process was simple - take a flower, place it face down onto a piece of paper, place a scratch sheet of paper on top and gently hammer away. When the scratch sheet of paper is lifted, it reveals the flower petals, tissue thin and stuck to the paper. Use your fingernail to gently lift the petal off the paper and all of the pigment in the flower has been pressed into the paper.

I had been using my microfleur at the time, pressing flowers in the microwave and then gluing them onto projects, but this was such a beautiful transfer method. It sounds a little more violent than it really is - since you aren't hammering with all of your strength to press the flower, but rather doing many gentle tappings to crush the pigment out of the petals. The transferred pigment was startlingly realistic, and after a month or so the print  fades to a softer, antiqued version of the original colors - but remains beautiful.

Think of this process as "grass stains" - where a plant is releasing it's pigment and leaving it on the paper - in this case we are using flower petals, and by far I would say I have the most success with violets (or "johnny jump-ups").

I picked some flowers to use and decided that the easiest way to get things flat was to pull all of the petals off and re-assemble them on the notecard. For the notecard I used an A2 sized Cream notecard from our Soiree collection. These notecards are beautiful with their torn, deckle edge.

You'll want to do this on a hard surface - I chose our patio (cement works well when hammering) and spread a piece of newsprint down to keep the notecard from getting dirty.

Place a piece of scratch paper on top of the flower and gently tap where the flower is. If you forget exactly where the flower is, you can gently lift up the scratch sheet to check the location, then put the scratch sheet back down and continue tapping until you feel you've pressed all of the flower. It's important to use a scratch sheet between the hammer and the flower - if you don't, you'll get smashed petals stuck to your hammer and spread them on the card.

Lift the scratch sheet off and you'll see the petals pressed into the paper. It's easy to lift them off - just find an edge and peel them up. What is left is all of the pigment, with all of the stripes and color separation that occured on the original petal, embedded into the fibers of the card. It helps to use a notecard like our Soiree Cream - it's a little fibrous and absorbent (it works nicely with watercolor pencils too).

You can see the colors shift a little - the original flowers have a little more red to them and the prints lean more blue and lavender. I guess you could say they go a little "shabby chic"!

Now all you have to do is personalize your stationery. I stamped our Thank You (B832) in black ink right next to the violet print for a gorgeous, simple card. Can you see how it would be easy to make about 10 of these in 10 minutes - provided you had enough flowers? If you don't have these in your yard, you could certainly pick them up from a plant nursery. One note here though - getting the flowers directly from a nursery usually means a well-watered (and juicy!) plant. Let the whole plant go unwatered for a day before using - there will be a lot of moisture in a well watered plant, especially in the stems and flowers, and I have found that the pigment is so wet when transferring, that it all runs together!

 

Play around with how you arrange the petals - I put the larger petals on top for this print and I overlapped the middle petals and bottom petal. If the edges don't come out perfectly, that's OK - it's the look you get with a handmade process like this!

There’s just something about that Spriggle…..

There is something about the new Spriggle image that makes me smile. Just the name Spriggle  makes me happy. When I first saw the images for the Sparkly Bird Bonanza release, the Spriggle image caught my eye. It is just really different and fun. It is also perfect for embellishing with Memory Box Pearls & Jewels. A great thing about the Memory Box  Pearls & Jewels is you really get A LOT  in a package. I used a bunch for my project today, but it didn’t make much of a dent in the packs I used. I would highly recommend picking some up if you haven’t already & they come in some beautiful colors!!

 

For my project this week, I worked with one of my favorite color combinations, brown & blue. I actually like a chocolate brown with just about any color. What about you, do you have a favorite color combination? I would love for you to share your favorites!! Thanks for stopping by & enjoy your day!!

 

Start with a Blue Poppy note card. Cut a piece of  Biscotti paper (apx. 2 1/8” x 5 1/8”) in Water (14005) & stamp the Spriggle (C1259) image with Brown & Blue ink onto that piece. I used Memento ink in Rich Cocoa & Summer Sky. I embellished the stamped Spriggle images with Frost (15517) & White (15511) pearls & Diamond  (15501) jewels. I sponged the edge slightly & also went over the stamped images with  Spica Glitter pens. Cut a piece of Vanilla Bean card stock to apx. 1 ¾” x 5 1/8”.  I embossed with Cuttlebug Swiss Dots & sanded down the dots slightly & colored each with Copic Marker B21. I adhered both pieces down to my Blue Poppy note card leaving an apx 1/8” gap in between the two. I stamped butterfly images from the Butterfly Kisses set onto white card stock with Memento Summer Sky ink & cut out. I stamped the body of the butterfly in Memento Rich Cocoa & cut out. I used my Spica Glitter pens again on the butterfly & embellished with White (15511) pearls & Diamond (15501) jewels. I think the Butterfly Kisses set may be retired, I would have to check that with Dave, but it may still be available at you local stamping store & I have seen it on-line as well. Any of the Memory Box Butterfly images would work perfectly. I gently scored the wings so I could have them pointing slightly upward. After assembling the each butterfly, I cut a thin strip of dimensional foam sticker & placed it on the underside of the butterfly body & adhered each butterfly to the polka dot piece.

 

See you next Tuesday!! :)

 

A little Rhubarb Tart card for thee...

Note cards:  Peony and Peapod for layering

Paper collection:  Rhubarb Tart

Stamps:  Happy Birthday B1228 and Dotty Ring C1252

Jewel Stickers:  Pistachio 

Lime Ribbon:  May Arts 13"

Inks:  Versafine Black, Color Box Cat's Eyes Charcoal and Lime Pastel Chalk Inks 

Punches:  Circles and Martha Stewart Butterfly

Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder (my personal favorite)

 

 

Hello and greetings from Minnesota!!  Happy spring!!

 

I am SO happy to be a guest designer on Dave's blog.  Thanks Dave!!  I have always LOVED Memory Box stamps and their beautiful papers.  I just love the colors Dave names everything!!  It was so hard for me to cut up my first sheet of paper and it was a Halloween collection.   I've been collecting Memory Box paper for several years so I have a pretty good stash.  My stamp collection isn't too shabby either!!  I hope you will enjoy my cardmaking style and I look forward to doing this personal challenge every Friday.  I've been stamping for over a decade now and I'm an instructor in the Twin Cities area.  Recently I started scrapbooking and I'm really enjoying the hobby.  I'm making a mini album for my little sister.  Its coming out pretty good and I've been using an assortment of Memory Box papers.  I can't wait to finish it!!  

 

Anyway here's the directions for my first card. Enjoy!!  

 

Cut a nice *choice* section from a piece of the 6 X 6" paper from the Rhubarb Tart collection and layer it with Peapod paper.  (I had to cut up a notecard for the layer).  Apply the Peapod layer to a Peony note card.  Cuttlebug a white circle using the Swiss Dots folder (my personal favorite).  Make a 1/2" slit using an Exacto knife on the Peony card fold for the lime ribbon.  Feed the ribbon through the note card and tie a double knot at the bottom.  Stamp Dotty Ring in black on green leaf paper from Rhubarb Tart and punch out using a circle punch.  Punch two butterflies from another coordinating paper in the collection and layer them on a green leaf circle.  Apply a tiny bit of glue on the back of the butterfly's body and adhere to the other butterfly. I folded up the wings so its 3 D.  Apply the butterfly circle image to the larger white circle. I used dimensional circles underneath the circle to give it a little depth.  Stamp Happy Birthday in black ink and edge with lime green chalk ink.  Next ink around the edges with  charcoal chalk ink.  I used a clear Spica glitter pen to soften and sparkle up the edges of the sentiment.  The reason I chose charcoal ink was because I wanted to match colors with the grayish black area on the right side of the beautiful floral paper (some of you will know me and say yes, it must *matchy matchy.*  LOL!!  Apply a little chipola clip (not sure who makes these or where I purchased it?) on sentiment and pop up Happy Birthday as well for a little added dimension. Last step is to add five little Memory Box Pistachio Jewel Stickers below the sentiment and apply three on the butterfly's body.  And there you have it...a sweet little Rhubarb Tart card!! : ]  Yum...it makes me hungry for a piece of rhubarb pie or custard.  Here's a little secret.  I needed a birthday card for a very special friend in Colorado and I knew I wanted to use this beautiful paper collection, my new Martha Stewart butterfly punch, and my new little Memory Box Dotty Ring stamp.  I know I will be using this stamp a lot with my future craft projects.  I think I will quick make a second one for a Mother's Day card by just changing out the sentiment.  Oh I must not forget to tell you one last thing.  I used a matching Peony envelope and lined it with another piece of yummy paper from the Rhubarb Tart collection.  The envelope liner template is from Memory Box and I love it!!  Its super easy to use and it really jazzes up your envelope for that *special person* worthy of a lined envelope!!  All you need is a pencil and scissors and your good to go!!  I did stamp two butterflies in black ink on the front of the envelope (I don't like naked envies) using Fritillary Butterfly B1058 as well as the same Happy Birthday stamp and off it went to Colorado.  Whew!!  Another deadline and another miracle!!  Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.  I hope all you Moms out there have a lovely and relaxing Mother's Day.  Hi to my Mom *Ellie*!!  I'll hopefully see you back here next Friday so please check back.  Tami