Dimensional Butterflies

The countdown to the October Papertrey Release is on. Be sure to visit Nichole's blog for a daily dose of anticipation and see what the other PTI designers have cookin'. My turn's coming but for today I have some cards to show you that I made for my stash basket. I try to devote a few stamping sessions a month to some mass production. I usually have a list handy of the cards I need for the month and then make a few extras to put in my stash basket.

After I'm done working on my monthly Papertrey projects, I like to reach for some old, but still well loved stamps sets. For this stamping session, I chose to work with Papertrey's Butterfly Kisses and the Polka Dot Basics set. I cut my papers first which is kind of backwards to how I usually work. I didn't have stamping layout in mind, but just started cutting papers. The idea was to get a bunch of cards completed and not to worry about creating something over the top fancy. It's better to get those cards made and sent to the mailbox.....kinda justifies purchasing all these supplies, right?

After I had my basic card layout, I then started stamping. I stamped some polka dots in PTI's Berry Sorbet ink along the bottom edge, then added a strip of Papertrey's Text-Style Pink Patterns paper.
Then I stamped a butterfly onto my cardstock. It looked a little flat so I decided to stamp some additional butterflies in Berry Sorbet ink. I cut out the butterflies and used a mini glue dot to adhered the butterfly right over the top of my already stamped butterfly. By bending the wings upward, you get the feel of a butterfly in flight.
I added some pink Stickles to the flowers on the butterfly for some sparkle. I also used my paper piercer to make a swirly flight pattern.
I stamped my sentiments in black and tied on some Berry Sorbet Polka Dot Satin ribbon. These babies were done! Looks like a lot of detail, but they took very little time to assemble.
I made four more cards using the very same card layout. I turned the cards to be vertical and used some various flower sets from Papertrey....Floral Frenzy, Spiral Bouquet and Flower Garden. I switched up my ribbon to PTI's Spring Moss also for some variation.
That was a good day's work and I had a nice little stack of cards to add to my basket. So, next time you head to your stamp room, think about doing a little mass production stamping session. You'll whip out 5-10 cards in no time.