Oriental Stamp Art Butterfly Swap

 The Oriental Stamp Art Yahoo Group is very active for Mingles and Swaps.  I just received a Butterfly Swap I participated in- Here are the cards:

 I stamped the Butterfly image from About Art Accents, and colored it with Copics. I cut out the center image and layered it over a duplicate image- the top layer is popped up on dimensionals.The BG paper is red with Gold shimmer- it looks orange in the picture....The image has Stardust Gelli Roll pen added for accent.
How I cut out the center- I make templates of all of my die cuts:

 When I need to cut out a specific size, I can use the templates and do not have to guess.......

  Here is a picture of how easy it is to place the die over the image, I use a post it note to place the die just where I want it so it will stay in place (and I cannot find removable double sided tape anywhere), and cut it out- viola....done.....!
 You can see in picture #1 how I store my dies- a hard plastic DVD case with a magnet sheet that fits perfectly inside.

 Now, here are the wonderful Butterfly cards I received in return:

 This card was made by Sabine V

  This card was made by Mary R.

 This card was made by Sonia I.
Check out the inside:

And, one more:

 This card was made by Emilie Boyd.

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Thanks for stopping by!
Shelly