Saturday, April 27, 2019

Butterfly Birthday Girl Card

So glad to be back, I've been sick since Easter.   I thought I would make a very simple card today as to not overdo it and make myself feel worse.
I followed this weeks sketch at Tuesday Morning Sketches for the card layout.  I cut and layered up the center banner section first From MFT - Stitched Fishtail Flag Stax  Banner.  I ran the top white layer through my cuttlebug Argyle embossing folder before adhering the two together.  I laid it flat on my card and held in place as I butted the beautiful border die cuts up against it on either side and glued them down.  They are from Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites Die - Flourish Trim.  Once I had those adhered in place I took the center banner section and popped it up with foam tape.  I really had to search my stamp stash to find something to fit on that tiny teal wavy banner from Madison Avenue - Mama Elephant that I shadowed in purple.  I found one to work perfectly to stamp Birthday in Memento Tuxedo black ink and then heat embossed with clear acrylic Embossing powder.   That awesome Birthday word stamp is from YNS Cupcake Day Stamp Set, as well as the word girl that I stamped in the bottom right corner just in black.
Butterfly Close-up
Wow I can't believe this is the first time I've used this beautiful layering butterfly stamp from HOTP Layering Butterflies Stamp set.  Since I decided to stamp directly onto matching colored card stock I skipped the bottom stamp layer number one and just went with the top two layers.  WOW!  So very pretty!   I stamped layer number two in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and layer number three with a deep Violet purple ink.  Then I simply added some clear wink of Stella in all of the areas that stamped purple, I wish you could see that in the photo.  I will definitely be using this stamp set more often... so beautiful and easy to mass produce.  I added some pretty purple Dew Drops from the Robin's Nest to finish this simple and easy card off.  Thanks so much for stopping by, glad to be crafting again and I hope to work on another card tomorrow.

I will be entering into these fun challenges:
Tuesday Morning Sketches #500
Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes
Scrapy Land Challenge -  Any  #112
Crafty Creations Challenge - Any  #389
Cardz TV Challenge - Any    #88
Jo's Scrap Shack - Any #279
Cut It Up Challenge - #172  Butterflies & Bugs
YNS Challenge - #112 Clean & Simple
DL.ART April 2019 Linky Challenge


 

8 comments:

Andrea W said...

Great choice of colors and I love the pretty butterfly. So glad you joined us this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches.

Rianna / RiCre8s said...

This card is so pretty and I love the blue and purple colour combo! :)
Thank you for participating in Jo’s Scrap Shack Fun-Day Friday Challenge this week. :)
~Rianna / RiCre8s DT

Cut It Up Challenge Blog said...

Thanks for the smart tip on how to eliminate the base layer of a multi-step stamp. Very clever, and it really packs a punch! This is a beautiful card.

I hope you feel better soon. Thanks for joining us for our Cut it Up for our Butterflies and Bugs challenge!

Evelyn
http://mylittlecraftblog.wordpress.com

ScrappyHorses said...

Beautiful colors to coordinate with your butterfly stamping! The embossed banner is gorgeous with that lovely die and dew drops! So happy you shared this with us at Cut It Up! ~Katrina

Debbie said...

Ooh! This is gorgeous! I love that butterfly and embossing and pretty die!!
Thanks for playing along with us for our 500th sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches!
Debbie ~ TMS DT
Debbie's Dash of This and That

Patti said...

What beautiful colors Eva and that die cut could not be more perfect for our sketch!! Thank so much for participating in our Tuesday Morning Sketches 500th challenge!

Christine said...

Such a lovely focal point with the pretty embossing and die cuts
Thanks for sharing at Jo's Scrap Shack!
Blessings,
Christine
DT Member
https://withaverygratefulheart.blogspot.com

Helen said...

A great card - thanks for sharing it with us at Jo's Scrap Shack.

Helen x