Materials needed:
Basic white thick cardstock
1 piece 5-7/8" x 8-1/4" scored on longside at 4-1/8" - cardbase
1 piece 4" x 5-3/4" - inside card layer
1 piece 3-7/8" x 5-1/2" - front of card layer
2 pieces approx 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" - die cut solid butterfly base layer
Misty Moonlight cardstock
1 piece 1-15/16" x 5-5/8" - front of card layer
Scrap piece to punch out 3 x 1-1/2" circles
1 piece approx 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" - die cut detailed butterfly top layer
Just Jade cardstock
1 piece 1-15/16" x 5-5/8" - front of card layer
Scrap piece to punch out 3 x 1-1/2" circles
1 piece approx 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" - die cut detailed butterfly top layer
Butterfly Bijou 6" x 6" dsp
2 sheets with large butterflies - die cut 2 x misty moonlight/jade colour
1 sheet with small butterflies - fussy cut 3 out
Basic Black cardstock
1 piece approx 2" x 2" - stamp and heat emboss sentiment
Opal Rounds
5 x front of card
Basic pattern decorative masks
Dotty one for front of card pattern
Blending Brushes
Creating front of card pattern
Misty Moonlight classic stampin' pad
Just Jade classic stampin' pad
Card Instructions
Fold and burnish the cardbase and glue the inside white piece to the inside of card.
Using the dotty mask and 2 blending brushes apply both shades of ink, very gently over the front of card white layer. Glue the 2 different pieces of coloured cardstock to the reverse side of this layer, having a small border of colour showing around the edges, but different colours on each side. Glue this whole section to the front of the cardbase.
Punch out the circles and cut them up so that they rest against the sides of the white layer and glue into place flat.
Die cut all of the different layers of the butterflies and then with the dsp pieces and the coloured pieces give them a slight curl using a bone folder. Apply wink of stella to the dsp ones and then just applying glue to the backs of the butterfly bodies glue all of the layers together, the white layers will remain flat and then these can be glued onto the front of the cardbase.
Fussy cut some of the smaller butterflies out, give them a slight curl with the bone folder and attach these in place with glue just on the backs of the bodies.
Using versamark ink, white embossing powder and a heat tool, heat emboss the sentiment. Fussy cut around the wording using snips and then glue the wordings into place flat.
Attach the Opal rounds onto the front of the card, these fit perfectly onto the dots that have been inked onto the card.
That's the card finished, hope you liked it as much as I liked putting it together it was a quick card but quite lovely with the butterflies.
I'd love it if you liked my card if you could vote for me and hopefully I can reach the top ten again.
Take care everyone till next time and keep crafting
Huge Crafty Hugs
Natalie xx
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Gorgeous! Love the layering of the butterflies. Thanks Natalie for being part of my International Blog Highlights this month and all the best with voting!
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Kylie x
DeleteWhat lovely colours and I love the use of the embossing paste
ReplyDeleteThankyou Helen I do love to use butterflies think they are so prety on any card x Natalie Arnold
DeleteWhat a lovely card, Natalie! ~ Kim Kroeker
ReplyDeleteThankyou so much Kim very kind of you to say x Natalie Arnold
DeleteBeautiful card Natalie love the colours and your design, have put my vote in xx
ReplyDeleteAwwww thankyou so much Ruth really appreciate x Natalie
DeleteWow, Natalie, fabulous card, love your background composition with the circles and masking, really sets off the beautiful flutterby's :) many thanks for sharing these great techniques. Good luck with the voting :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Anne really appreciate your commenting good luck yourself your card is amazing x Natalie
DeleteWow, what a lovely card with such different backgrounds
ReplyDeleteThankyou so much Liane very kind of you x Natalie
Deletevery neat card, love those masks the card definitely has beautiful dimension
ReplyDeleteThankyou so much Lesley really appreciate you hopping on and commenting x Natalie
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