I spent a few hours this afternoon making up the last 14 cards I have committed to making for IWIN for the fall. I found this wonderful butterfly decorative paper in my stash a few months ago I thought it would make such great cards for this program. I had printed the oval greetings a while back so I punched them out with the oval punch (SU). I trimmed the paper so I made the best use of the butterflies and allowed some to be prominent though it was fairly easy and there was very little waste!! I chose to have some be landscape and others portrait but in the end some pieces that worked both ways. I chose cardstock which highlighted the largest butterflies, then picked colours for the strips which I embossed to reflect other colours in the paper. Finally, I punched out the scallop ovals (SU) to coordinate with all the elements. I did a bit of paper piercing with my pattern tracing tool, punched holes in some of the scallops, used my clear gel pen to highlight some areas and generally just had a calm and relaxed afternoon making cards. I appreciate being able to make cards for this program which is so instrumental in helping people who are vulnerable find their way forward in the world.
Therese
