Good Morning All and a very Happy Thursday!
I thought that this week I'd do things a little differently and show you the finished card at the start of the step by step. Would you let me know if you prefer that to the reveal at the end?
Anyway, let's get started.....
Cut a square of paper from the Sentimentally Yours-Graceful Butterflies and Dragonflies paper pad designed by Phil Martin.
Apply Colour Cloud Plum Cobbler Blending Ink to a Smoothie and dab onto a butterfly stamp from the Butterfly Field Stamp Set.
Stamp directly onto the patterned paper and heat emboss with Cosmic Shimmer Cleat Powder.
Die the the Finishing Touches-Ornamental Corners from coordinating paper, glue into position and trim off any excess.
Matt and layer onto Coconut White card and the same paper as before.
Ink up the sentiment from the same stamp set withBlack Archival Ink and stamp onto Coconut White card. Heat emboss with clear powder.
Cut out using Californian Collection-Decorative Frames Set B.
Cut a matt from the patterned paper using Californian Collection-Decorative Frames Set A.
Cut a slightly larger one in white then matt and layer.
Attach to the card with 3d foam pads.
Rough cut some circles from the patterned paper pad. Cut a spiral into them.
Roll up from the outside edge and glue to the middle to form a flower. Apply some of the Blending Ink around the edges for definition.
Cut some Ivy using the Finishing Touches-Trailing Ivy dies from white card.
Glue into position on the card then glue the flowers on to finish.
And there's the finished card again!
I hope you like it!
That's it for this week. I'm off to prep my demos for Ally Pally, hope to see some of you there next week! Many thanks for visiting and leaving comments. Until next time, have a happy, crafty week!
Good Morning All and a very Happy Thursday!
I'm taking a break from the Christmas Cards this week as I've been sent some new "toys" to play with!
I've kept this design quite simple but I think it's very effective so let's get started....
Cut a square of patterned paper from the Phil Martin Sentimentally Yours "Graceful Butterflies and Dragonflies" paper pad.
Ink up the large stamp from the "Butterfly Field" stamp set with Black Archival Ink. Stamp along the bottom of the paper.
Ink up the sentiment from the same stamp set and stamp in the top right of the paper. Ink up some of the small butterflies and stamp randomly on the paper.
Pick up some of the Colour Cloud "Pretty in Pink" Blending Ink on a Smoothie Tool and ink around the edges of the paper.
Emboss a square of Coconut White card with the Fine Finials A4 Folder.
Matt and layer with the stamped paper. Select a coordinating paper from the pad. Cut a square larger than the embossed card then matt and layer onto the 8x8 blank card.
Die cut 3 butterflies from Black Foundations Card using the Finishing Touches-Magical Butterflies Dies.
Shape the wings and glue into position on the card.
And there it is, all finished!
I do love to use silhouette stamps, they're so versatile and make such quick cards. They also always look fab stamped onto patterned paper. I have to say that the quality of the paper and the stamps are so good that it makes it easy to do.
Well, that's it for this week....Just to say, thank you for stopping by and leaving comments, they're always appreciated.
I'll be back next week with more ideas for using these stamps and some die cutting ideas. Until then, have a happy, crafty week!
