The focal image is a layered butterfly, made from die cut cardstock and vellum. A few clear crystals form a body for the butterfly--and hide the adhesive I used on the vellum piece, too! The butterfly is adhered to a pale blue debossed dotted panel using foam tape. A crystal flourish extending out from underneath the butterfly makes a pretty flight trail and adds some sparkle, too.For the rest of the card, I used a mix of patterned papers from Bazzill's Vintage Marketplace collection. I used two larger scale patterns to cover two of the circles on the cardfront and one featuring an eclectic mix of patterns to cover most of the cardfront. I stamped the butterfly themed love sentiment from the You Make My Day set in gray ink on a pink Fishtail Flag Stax die cut strip and adhered it at the bottom of the card. The card's an unusual mix of patterns for me, but I think I'm happy with how it turned out.
Materials Used:
You Make My Day stamp set, Die-namics Butterflies and Fishtail Flag Stax dies (My Favorite Things); Memento Gray Flannel ink (Tsukineko); Soft Sky and Pretty in Pink cardstock, Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon (Stampin' Up!); white vellum (The Paper Company); Vintage Marketplace 6x6 papers (Bazzill); crystal flourish and clear crystals (Michaels); foam tape
And, here's my entry for this month's MFT guest designer challenge. I used one of the Pure Innocence girlies and a combination of coloring and paper piecing on this one.The girl and her outfit are colored with Copic markers. To add some pattern to contrast with the yellow of her raincoat, I paper pieced her umbrella with a floral pattern from a Pebbles paper pad. I'd love a fun patterned umbrella like this one!
The rest of the card is pretty simple. I used the same floral paper to cover most of the cardfront. I broke up the busy floral print with a more subtle dotted one placed in the middle of the panel. The panel's edges are machine stitched for a nice, finished look. I added a pair of Fishtail Flag tabs extending out from underneath the left edge of the image panel, then stamped the "miss you" sentiment from the Making a List set on another Fishtail Flag Stax strip and adhered it at the bottom of the card. I accented the sentiment with a tiny piece of knotted green ribbon I found in my ribbon scrap pile.
Materials Used:
My Umbrella and Making a List stamp sets, Die-namics Fishtail Flag Stax and Fishtail Flag Layers Stax dies (My Favorite Things); white cardstock (Taylored Expressions); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); markers (Copic); Daffodil Delight cardstock, scallop edge punch (Stampin' Up!); Simply Chartreuse cardstock (Papertrey Ink);Family Ties 6x6 paper pad (Pebbles); silver gel pen (Signo); sewing machine; foam tape
They're both pretty Lori! Love the bling embellies on the first one, and that second one is just precious...what a great idea using that DP for the umbrella!
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