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Thursday, March 11, 2021

All occasion cards featuring decorative paper, butterfly die cuts and rhinestones

 

These two cards were made the same way using two different pieces of this rainbow paper (colour printed digital - Melstampz).  I used white A2 cards and adhered my paper leaving room at the bottom edges to add my butterfly border.  The butterflies were die cut using a Stampin Up sizzlet which cuts and embosses at the same time.  I just used scraps of cardstock and cut a whole bunch of butterflies in coordinating colours.  I laid them all out according to size and then started adhering them in place.  I started with large ones, added medium ones in between and then added more overlapping and then finally the little ones.  I used white glue in a fine tip applicator to allow myself to carefully apply the glue just where I wanted it.  I pressed my cards before adding the clear rhinestones.  I cased this sketch from a card on Splitcoast Stampers.     Therese


SISTER STASH - All occasion card featuring a moth photo, sanded & embossed decorative paper, ribbon and a metal embellishment


This 4"x 4" photo of a beautiful moth came from a calendar I got from my sister, Sylvia.  She makes up several every year with her own photography.  I started this card with a large brown card and added an orange piece of decorative paper which I embossed (Tim Holtz) and sanded on each end to add some texture.  I trimmed a piece of brown decorative paper to be just a bit wider than the photo and left some length on the right.  I trimmed the right edge with a border die (Tim Holtz - Sizzix) which gave it a nice edge.  I embossed this layer with a script embossing folder (Cuttlebug) and sanded it as well.  I added a piece of brown grosgrain ribbon on the upper portion adhering both ends to the back with double sided tape before adding this layer to my card.  I adhered the moth photo on the left hand side and added a metal leaf embellishment just below where the photo and the ribbon intersected.  A few more for my sister's card stash!!
Therese