Good afternoon my friends!  It is still very wintery up here in the north, and I am ready for some spring, how about you?  With Spring in mind, I have created not one, but TWO cards using the Just Butterflies digital stamp set!

Just Butterflies Digital Stamp Set

 

Just Butterflies Digital Stamps

I took the Just Butterflies Digital Stamp Set and copied and pasted, resized and changed positions until I was happy with the placement of my butterflies.  I use the Silhouette Studio software for this but you can also use Word or another cutting machine software like Cricut Design Space.

Just Butterflies Digital Stamps

For the teal colored butterflies I used different blends from the same color family (BG) and mottled the background with cool greys and blending solution.  For the Orange butterflies, I used YR and E color blends and mottled the background with BG’s and blending solution.  Using the same techniques, I get two very different cards!  Do you like to try different color blends?  Sometimes I use blends from one artist such as Sweet Sentiment and other times I use my favorites from Vanilla Arts.  It all depends what I am working on and what kind of mood I am in lol.

Have you seen this project by Betsy?  She prints her butterflies out on patterned cardstock!  I have not tried that yet, but I definitely need to give it a go!  And I love the color that Guest Designer Donna adds to her butterflies, so bright and cheery!

That’s all for me today, I will see you again very soon with more fun projects from Joy Clair Designs!