Time again for the Hand Stamped Sentiments (#489) Design Team Challenge. This round, we have a Mood Board with lots of options. I chose to go with the Butterflies and the Tropical Coloring.
I am sharing this card with Moving Along With The Times (#189) and their Butterfly theme and Facebook’s SU! Colour (#2605) Palette.
I opted for a clean and simple card, choosing the AAA Cards (#315) Sketch to bring my ideas together.
Here is the result:
Steps:
- Card Base: (8½” x 5½” scored at 4¼”) Basic Black cardstock.
- Background Panel: (4” x 5¼”) Basic White cardstock.
- The sentiment, Happy Birthday, from the retired Beautiful Butterflies Bundle Stamp Set, was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.
- Shapes – Butterflies: (4¼” x 5½”) Basic White card stock cut at (1½”).
- Using the Beautiful Butterflies Embossing Folder and the (4¼” x 4”) piece of cardstock, the larger Butterfly was embossed / debossed.
- Color was added to the debossed Butterfly with Stampin’ Blends Markers. Colors chosen: Pumpkin Pie, Highland Heather, Strawberry Slush and Daffodil Delight for the Wings and Smoky Slate for the Body.
- Memento Tuxedo Black ink was dragged across the image to catch the high points and define the Butterfly.
- The Butterfly was then die-cut with the coordinating Butterfly die from the Beautiful Butterflies Dies set.
- Two additional Butterflies were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers and die-cut with the coordinating dies from the (4¼” x 1½”) Basic White cardstock piece.
The Butterflies were adhered in place with the two smaller Butterflies popped up with Dimensionals. Wink of Stella Glitter was added to the Wings for a bit of sparkle. Very pretty but hard to see in the photograph.
A nice clean and simple birthday card. I wanted to play with the Debossing Technique. Perhaps next time, I might choose to just stamp the large Butterfly and color it for sharper or cleaner image. However, what is the fun in that when you want to experiment.
I look forward to seeing how you are inspired by the Hand Stamped Sentiments Mood Board this round.
Thanks for spending some of your time with me today. Cheers, Jolanda!
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