Wednesday, June 21, 2023

Large all occasion card featuring an assembled butterfly over a hand decorated background

#5 in my current series of cards!!  The main focal elements are created by assembling fussy cut petal shapes that were stamped on scraps of decorative paper.  I die cut a black body and adhered the four petals to the body.  In the process of handling this butterfly while coming up with a card design I added white glue to the area to better secure the wings to the body.  I created a custom background for this card.  I started with a piece of cardstock which had red ink painted all over it.  I added some green areas with watercolour to echo the colours in my butterfly.  I used two flower stamps (Magenta) to stamp flowers - large ones in red, little ones in light green.  I added yellow centers with a marker and then leaves and swirls with a teal gel pen.  I added a bit of green watercolour to the leaves to flesh them out a bit.  I embossed the whole piece with the Subtle Texture embossing folder (SU).  I added a coordinating blue ribbon securing the ends to the back with double sided tape.  I folded a shorter piece over a yellow strip and secured it with a green glittery brad.  I adhered the strip to my background!!  I added the butterfly with double sided tape, created the flight path with a fine tip Sharpie.  To echo the glitter from the brad I added lines of clear glitter to the butterfly.    Therese
 

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